Add To Watchlist

TECHBIT

The Wire

Facebook users can help Chase find small charities

JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million.

Dell makes new green move with bamboo packaging

Bamboo has sprouted all over. It's being used everywhere from floorboards to tableware to inline skates and T-shirts, as consumers increasingly seek out products considered gentler on the Earth.

YouTube tries to help media find more free video

YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.

USA Today tests online edition at colleges

Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.

Microsoft brings more Web data to Bing results

Microsoft's Bing search service will pull more information and tools from other Web sites as the company tries to distinguish itself as part of its challenge to market leader Google.

Web-based e-mail features come to desktop software

E-mail has taken a full circle.

Microsoft's monthly security fixes spare Windows 7

Microsoft's newest computer operating system has survived its first few weeks on the market without needing any security fixes.

Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks

A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.

Microsoft redesigns MSN, adds Twitter, Facebook

Microsoft Corp. is giving its MSN Web portal a long-overdue makeover and says it hopes the new site will funnel more people to Bing, the software maker's search engine.

Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video

Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.

Chinese site to steer users to legit music source

A music service that plans to offer free song downloads said Monday that China's largest search engine will send users to the service in a deal that could cut online music piracy.

Music service Lala heralds MP3-killing iPhone app

Online music retailer Lala is preparing to launch an iPhone application that its co-founder says paves the way for the end of downloading songs in the MP3 format.

Google expands availability of its free voice mail

Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk.

Metallica debuts finger-tapping app in iPhone

Headbangers will have a reason to steady their gaze a bit starting Tuesday, when rock band Metallica makes its way onto iPhones with a finger-tapping music app called "Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica."

TechBits package

With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further — introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen.

HP, Amazon to sell paperback versions of e-books

Some of technology's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books.

HP, Amazon to sell paperback versions of e-books

Some of the technology industry's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books.

AT&T asks employees to lobby FCC on net neutrality

AT&T Inc. is encouraging employees to join its lobbying campaign against proposed federal rules that would restrict the ways broadband companies can manage traffic on their networks.

New Wi-Fi technology to let gadgets talk directly

Starting in mid-2010, new versions of gadgets like cameras, cell phones and computers will be able to talk to each other using Wi-Fi without needing to connect to a wireless network first.

Music blog to offer high-quality song streaming

Consumers seem reluctant to sign up for online music services that charge subscription fees, yet a music blogging site is hoping to reel in music lovers by offering unlimited access to a catalog of high-fidelity tunes for $5 a month.

US netbook by Nokia to be $300 with AT&T service

Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of cell phones, says its first laptop for the U.S. market will cost $300 with a two-year wireless broadband contract from AT&T Inc.

Scribd tries to help newspapers share documents

Ever wonder where newspapers and blogs get some of their tantalizing tidbits?

Next: the pill bottle cap with a cell phone

"Hi! This is your aspirin bottle calling. I haven't seen you in a while. Why don't you come see me soon? I'm good for the heart, you know."

Ask.com mines online coupons with new aggregator

Ask.com hopes to persuade consumers that are fond of discount Web sites to bring their bargain hunts to its search engine.

Verizon discontinues `Hub' touch screen home phone

Verizon Wireless is pulling the "Hub," an Internet-connected home phone with an iPhone-like touch screen, after just eight months on the market.

The Vine
How to be a better kisser - MSN Dating and Personals
Source: Msn

This peaked my interest because I wanted to see if there might be some tips to learn. I'm always open for suggestions and I love to learn. Especially when in comes to male/female relationships.

Obama Love Affair Doesn't Stop at the Waters Edge
Source: 850koa.com

For the foreign press it's all Obama all the time.

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine