Report: Apple Working on Fix for MacBook Air Screens

From PC World: Some of Apple's new 11- and 13-inch MacBook Air notebooks have been suffering from screen problems, including horizontal and vertical lines appearing across the screen, color changes, and blank and gray screen crashes. Others have reported odd kernel problems...

AT&T launches health care business

From CNET News.com: AT&T is making a new foray into the health care market with a business geared toward improving patient care and trimming medical costs.

Announced today, the new AT&T ForHealth unit will deliver a range of wireless, networked, and cloud-based products to doctors...

Time Warner Cable profit rises, subscribers slip

From CNET News.com: Time Warner Cable saw bigger profits on increased revenue during the third quarter of 2010 even as it lost TV subscribers.

The second largest cable operator in the U.S. reported a 34 percent jump in profits for the three-month period. Earnings increased to $360...

Kinect Launches, Receives Lukewarm Reviews

From DailyTech: Microsoft's long-awaited motion sensing accessory for the Xbox 360, Kinect, is finally here. Ex-Microsoft employee Robbie Bach, who helped design the device, previously stated that Kinect (formerly Project Natal) represents a "mid-life" kicker for the console. It...

Intel Light Peak to Land Early Next Year

From DailyTech: Intel is an innovator in the computer market and has been for years, despite issues with anticompetitive practices around the world. Intel currently supports USB 2.0 and other connectivity like FireWire and eSATA in its mobile chipsets.

However, Intel has not offered...

AMD Starts to Talk About Bulldozer 2 Micro-Architecture

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices recently released its conceptual server roadmap for the next several years. Apparently, the company's next-generation server platform will not only support both Bulldozer and Bulldozer NG central processing units (CPUs), but will also "fuse"...

Browser add-on lets enterprises run IE6 inside IE8

From InfoWorld: A startup led by people who worked with and at Microsoft on Internet Explorer will soon release an add-on that lets customers run the aged IE6 within the newer IE8 browser.

The Unibrows add-on is aimed at companies that want to move off IE6 -- and the almost-as-old...

WiGig to Line up With DisplayPort Standard

From PC World: With an eye to letting people link more devices and displays without using cables, the Wireless Gigabit Alliance plans to bring DisplayPort technology into its specification.

The WiGig group, which is promoting a system to wirelessly transfer data within a room at...

Google Settles Buzz Lawsuit With No Payout to Gmail Users

From PC World: Google on Tuesday said it won preliminary approval to settle a class-action lawsuit related to alleged privacy violations caused by its Buzz service.

The company will pay US$8.5 million into a fund, which will go to organizations focused on Internet privacy education...

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