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Google Instant searches as you type (Macworld.com)

6 hours 29 min ago
Macworld.com - Google on Wednesday introduced a major overhaul to its familiar homepage. Now, in addition to offering search suggestions as you type, you'll actually see search results generated with each keystroke, too.

Reggie Bush Uses Foursquare and Stickybits for Football Scavenger Hunt (Mashable)

6 hours 30 min ago
Mashable - Last year's Super Bowl champions, the New Orleans Saints, will kick off their season with a home opener against the Minnesota Vikings Thursday night. In anticipation of the game, running back Reggie Bush is giving away eight autographed footballs to fans who track them down scavenger-hunt-style.

Hack attack hits home for AP writer (AP)

6 hours 33 min ago
AP - The Twitterverse is full of far more mysterious forces than indecipherable trending topics and Lady Gaga.

Microsoft previews more of Office 2011 (Macworld.com)

6 hours 49 min ago
Macworld.com - Microsoft continues to dole out the tidbits about Office for Mac 2011. As it did in August and July, the company has released a video highlighting some of the update's new features. This third entry in the Behind-the-Scenes series focuses on co-authoring tools, the softwareâ??s connection to Officeâ??s Web apps, and PowerPoint's Brodcast Slideshow feature.

Google searches Web as fast as you can type (AFP)

6 hours 53 min ago

AFP - Google on Wednesday began scouring the Internet in real time, delivering results as fast a a person can type.


Amazon buys online music retailer Amie Street (AP)

7 hours 8 min ago
AP - Amazon.com Inc., seeking to expand its position in the music download market against rivals like Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store, has purchased online music retailer Amie Street for an undisclosed amount.

Apple releases iOS 4.1 for iPhone, iPod touch (Macworld.com)

7 hours 40 min ago
Macworld.com - Apple on Wednesday released iOS 4.1, the first major update to its mobile OS.

Trend Micro Revamps Entire Product Line With 'Titanium' (PC World)

7 hours 47 min ago
PC World - Following up Norton's new product launch early Wednesday, Trend Micro announced an overhaul of its entire home user product line on Wednesday, under the moniker "Titanium." The new products, Titanium Internet Security, Titanium Maximum Security, and Titanium Antivirus+, include new features that use cloud computing for malware detection.

Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP)

7 hours 52 min ago

AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.


Xbox blocks W.Va. gamer over town's name: Fort Gay (AP)

8 hours 30 min ago
AP - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive.

A Sneak Peek at Google Instant Search for Mobile [VIDEO] (Mashable)

8 hours 46 min ago
Mashable - Sometime this fall, you can expect Google Instant Search to appear on your mobile phone.

Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)

8 hours 55 min ago
Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)

8 hours 55 min ago
Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)

8 hours 55 min ago
Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)

8 hours 55 min ago
Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)

8 hours 55 min ago
Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)

8 hours 55 min ago
Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)

8 hours 55 min ago
Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

Oracle plans to give Hurd $950,000 annual salary (AP)

9 hours 5 min ago

AP - Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year.


Vodafone loses tax appeal in India (AFP)

9 hours 5 min ago

AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone lost a legal appeal Wednesday against an Indian tax bill estimated to be 2.0 billion dollars relating to the group's 2007 purchase of local group Hutchison Essar.