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White House tweeting spreads president's message (AP)

March 9, 2010

FILE - In this July 7, 2008, file photo then-Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., checks his BlackBerry in St. Louis, Mo. Blending behind-the-scenes nuggets with a defense of Obama's record, White House and administration officials are increasingly communicating through Twitter, the popular social network that operates as a Web-based clearing house for public statements on subjects as broad as the federal budget and as narrow as personal grocery lists. It's similar to a bulletin board where anyone can post short notes and users cull the pieces they see by choosing to 'follow' individuals' account.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - #wanttospinWHreporters?


Toyota disputes critic who blames electronics (AP)

March 9, 2010

Dr. Matthew Schwall, Toyota's Managing Engineer of Exponent's Vehicle Engineering, performs a pedal test on a BMW during a live webcast  Monday, March 8, 2010, at Toyota Headquarters in Torrance, Calif. Toyota, dogged by millions of recalls and claims that it still has not fixed its safety problems, assembled a group of experts who said studies by an Illinois professor who revved Toyota engines simply by short-circuiting the wiring were flawed because they created conditions that would never happen on the road. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)AP - Toyota, dogged by millions of recalls and claims that it still has not fixed its safety problems, took its strongest step yet Monday to silence critics who blame faulty electronics for runaway cars and trucks.


IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - When you recycle a plastic bottle, it doesn't necessarily become another plastic bottle.

Database can crack missing person cases — if used (AP)

March 9, 2010

FILE- In a photo made March 17, 2007, Janice Smolinski poses in her Cheshire, Conn., home where a photo of her son, Billy, is visible in the foreground. Billy disappeared from his Waterbury, Conn. home in Aug. 2004 and Smolinski believes a Justice Department database program will someday help find her son who was 31 when he vanished. (AP Photo/Michelle McLoughlin, File)AP - A new online database promises to crack some of the nation's 100,000 missing persons cases and provide answers to desperate families, but only a fraction of law enforcement agencies are using it.


Web standards group gets former tech exec as CEO (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - A former executive with IBM and other tech companies has been named the new CEO of an organization in charge of coordinating the technical specifications behind the World Wide Web.

Tax season bringing out the fraud artists (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - How do you know that the sender of an e-mail that has landed in your inbox is trying to steal your money or your identity? The message comes right out and asks for it.

Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term in NYC gun case (AP)

March 9, 2010

FILE- In this Feb. 9, 2010, file photo, rapper Lil Wayne enters Manhattan criminal court in New York. After two delays, Lil Wayne is finally set to be sentenced Monday, March 8, 2010,  to a year in city jail, as planned when he pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He admitted illegally having a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus in July 2007. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)AP - After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.


Sony to Begin Worldwide 3D TV Launch in June (PC World)

March 9, 2010

PC World - Sony will begin selling 3D TVs in Japan on June 10 and worldwide at about the same time, it said Tuesday. A firmware upgrade to its PlayStation 3 console that adds 3D support and other 3D-compatible home electronics products will also be available to coincide with the television launch.

Texas Instruments (Investor's Business Daily)

March 9, 2010

Investor's Business Daily - Texas Instruments , a maker of cell-phone chips, raised its low end of Q1 EPS forecast to 48-52 cents vs. views of 49 cents. It also expects Q1 revenue of $3.07 bil-$3.19 bil vs. views of $3.08 bil. Shares dipped in late trading.

TV Industry Needs a Standard for 3D Glasses -- Now (PC World)

March 9, 2010

PC World - After months of buzz, 3D television has officially arrived. Panasonic on Wednesday will launch its new series of 3D-enabled HDTVs at Best Buy, a move that's part of a united industry effort to bring three-dimensional entertainment to your living room.

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