Technology news

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  11/20/09 7:40pm Computing, Gaming, Mobile Sony Online Service to challenge iTunes selling music, movies, and books as digital downloads

  Sony announced in Tokyo today that it will launch a new music, movie, and book downloading service called Sony Online Service.… dig deeper

  Around the web:   businessweek.com , techmeme.com , downloadsquad.com , 9to5mac.com , mashable.com , appleinsider.com , engadget.com , pocket-lint.com 

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• NEW PHONE

  11/20/09 5:40pm Mobile Samsung Omnia II with 3.7-inch WVGA screen arrives on Verizon December 2

• DELAYS

  11/20/09 4:25pm Computing Archos 9 internet media tablet ships next month, hits retail next year

• PRE-ORDERS

  11/20/09 3:15pm Mobile Barnes & Noble Nook sold out till January; sorry, holiday shoppers!

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  11/19/09 7:30pm Computing YouTube adds automatic captions for the hearing impaired, lovers of the mute button

  The new feature uses speech recognition technology to caption any video uploaded to YouTube. dig deeper

  Around the web:   googleblog.blogspot.com , Techmeme , venturebeat.com , theregister.co.uk , NewTeeVee , ReadWriteWeb , news.cnet.com , Search Engine Watch Blog 

  Profile pages:   YouTube, Streaming video, YouTube, Google, Google Voice

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  11/19/09 7:00pm Computing Twitter asks "What's happening?" Farewell, "What are you doing?"

  The site has asked "What are you doing?" since its inception, but because it has evolved into new territory a new phrase was needed. dig deeper

  Around the web:   Twitter Blog , techmeme.com , news.cnet.com , venturebeat.com , TechCrunch , Mashable! , thenextweb.com , erictric.com 

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• CHEAP WEBOS

  11/19/09 6:15pm Mobile Palm Pixi drops to $25, Palm Pre to $80 on Amazon

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  11/19/09 5:30pm Computing, Mobile Rumor: Apple Tablet gets $2,000 OLED model, delayed till late 2010

  The rumored 9.7-inch OLED tablet would supplement the already-rumored 10.6-inch LCD version. dig deeper

  Around the web:   DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia , Techmeme , news.idg.no , 9to5mac.com , Gizmodo , news.softpedia.com , i4u.com , Electronista 

  Profile pages:   Apple, Tablet PC, OLED, LCD, Touchscreen, Capacitive touchscreen, multi-touch

• WEB BROWSER

  11/19/09 4:25pm Computing Google Chrome for Mac will launch publicly by the end of the year, Linux version development going "very well"

• WEB COMPUTING

  11/19/09 3:20pm Computing Google Chrome OS unveiled, released to open source community

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  11/18/09 6:12pm Mobile Rumor: Google Phone will be VoIP only, arrive in early 2010

  Anonymous sources have told tech bloggers that Android as we know it now is only the beginning, and that a genuine Google-branded phone will hit next year. dig deeper

  Around the web:   techcrunch.com , Techmeme , IntoMobile , MakeUseOf.com , All Things Digital , Crenk , t3.com , insideaffiliates.com 

  Profile pages:   Google Android, Google, Google, Google Android, VoIP, Google Android 2.0, 3G, HTC, Google Voice, Android OS, Operating system, 4G, Smartphone

• NEW READER

  11/18/09 5:09pm Mobile Sony Reader Daily Edition with library checkout now pre-ordering

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  11/18/09 4:10pm Gaming, Computing Sony PlayStation 3 joins Facebook with firmware 3.10 today

  Sony says that more Facebook features are coming, but that it has no plans for Twitter integration. dig deeper

  Around the web:   pcworld.com , techmeme.com , Electronista , Gizmodo , engadget.com , NewTeeVee 

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• U.S. LAUNCH

  11/18/09 3:07pm Mobile Nokia N900 Maemo phone now on sale in the United States, still really expensive at $649 unlocked

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  11/17/09 7:30pm Computing Google Image Swirl is a sexy (but kind of superfluous) way to search

  The new Labs feature uses a Wonder Wheel-like interface to display related images. dig deeper

  Around the web:   googleblog.blogspot.com , techmeme.com , Latest from Computerworld , ReadWriteWeb , blog.searchenginewatch.com , googlewatch.eweek.com , searchengineland.com , TheNextWeb.com 

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  11/17/09 7:00pm Computing, Gaming Xbox 360 now does Facebook and Twitter, PS3 firmware 3.10 to add Facebook too

  Microsoft promised social networking on the 360 way back at E3, but Sony will offer similar features any day now. dig deeper

  Around the web:   pcworld.com , techmeme.com , All Facebook , BusinessWire Tech , TechRadar , Joystiq , Engadget , TFTS 

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• EARLY LAUNCH

  11/17/09 5:50pm Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 available to AT&T business customers today

• HOLIDAY RUSH

  11/17/09 5:10pm Computing Dell Adamo XPS now on sale, but it won't ship until December 22

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  11/17/09 3:50pm Computing The Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker taken offline indefinitely, replaced with newer tech

  The Pirate Bay founders are talking to other tracker admins to convince the community to switch to the DHT and PEX protocols. dig deeper

  Around the web:   TorrentFreak , Techmeme , GigaOM , arstechnica.com , Mashable! , downloadsquad.com , neowin.net , theregister.co.uk 

  Profile pages:   BitTorrent, The Pirate Bay, piracy, web browser

• PRICE DROP

  11/17/09 2:40pm Mobile T-Mobile Sidekick returns to the market at a lower price post-data-loss-fiasco