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Online ad improvement seen in IAC\'s 4Q loss (AP) $\"In$ AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.
Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook (AP) $\"Wii$ AP - A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company\'s slump.
Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked (AP) $\"In$ AP - Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.
MySpace Music experiments with audio ads (AP) AP - Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.
Google reduces fee to break Nexus One contract (AP) AP - Google Inc. is shaving $200 off the fee that it charges customers of its new Nexus One phone to break a service contract with T-Mobile, as federal regulators continue to probe such fees and the rationale for them.
Chinese police shut down hacker training business (AP) AP - Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.
Google warns Chinese knock-off to stop using logo (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own.
Nvidia Unveils Optimus Switchable Graphics Technology (PC World) PC World - Does your laptop have switchable graphics? You know, both an integrated graphics chip that sips energy and gives you long battery life along with a discrete GPU (graphics processing unit) that offers better 3D graphics and video performance? Notebooks with switchable graphics have been shipping for years, but they haven\'t lived up to user expectations. Nvidia hopes to change that with their new Optimus technology.
Microsoft E-health Research Taps Xbox, Mobile Phones (PC World) PC World - Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company\'s Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.
5 Hopes for a More Social Gmail (PC World) PC World - Google on Tuesday is reportedly going to unveil a new social service that will incorporate a stream of \"media and status updates\" into Gmail. These streams would not be public, but would require you to connect with your fellow Google users and may eventually incorporate other Google services like YouTube and Picasa, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Gamer to pay Nintendo $1.3 mln for illegal upload (AFP) $\"A$ AFP - An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release, the firm said Tuesday.
2010: Finally the year of the Mac? (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - It\'s almost a pathetic assertion: This year, the Mac will break out of its ghetto and become a mainstream computer for individuals and businesses alike. That unfulfilled desire is foretold every year and has been since the mid-1980s, when Apple\'s then-groundbreaking computer was quickly sidelined by the IBM PC and, later, Microsoft Windows.
Motorola Droid Goes Android 2.1 This Week (PC World) PC World - The Motorola Droid will be upgraded to the Google Android 2.1 software this week, the company announced on its official Facebook page. The over-the-air software update will bring the Droid software on the par with the Google Nexus One, albeit with some features missing.
Exar to buy Neterion for between $10M and $11M (AP) AP - Exar Corp. said Tuesday that it will buy Neterion Inc., which provides adapters for servers and storage systems, for between $10 million and $11 million.
Summary Box: New attack shows security chip hole (AP) AP - CRACKING THE UNCRACKABLE: A former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has found a way to break into a type of chip that protects the most important secrets inside many personal computers.
InfoWorld review: Windows on the Mac (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Why choose between Windows 7 and Snow Leopard when you can have both? A Mac with virtualization software is a great platform for running Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, or other Intel-based operating systems, all at the same time. There\'s also Mac OS X\'s native Boot Camp, but it only supports Windows and doesn\'t give you access to Mac OS X without rebooting.
Rumor: Core i7 Coming Soon to MacBook Pro? (PC World) PC World - Rumors are hinting that an upgrade to Apple\'s MacBook Pro notebook line could be coming in the near future. The rumor comes courtesy of French site Nowhere Else, which claims that Apple will reveal updated Macbook Pro\'s featuring Intel\'s newest Core i7 chips. \'
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