- 2010-03-11T18:38:10
Three strong earthquakes rocked Chile this morning, just as the country was swearing in a new president. 
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- 2010-03-11T16:55:57
Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement. 
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- 2010-03-11T18:39:18
House Republicans agreed Thursday to adopt a ban on congressional earmarks in spending bills for next year, upping the ante with Democrats in the political battle over fiscal responsibility and pork barrel spending. 
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- 2010-03-11T17:04:25
Superintendent John Covington called for the closing or consolidation of almost half of the schools in the Kansas City, Missouri, school district. 
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- 2010-03-11T18:36:15
An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness. 
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Report finds online censorship more sophisticated
(AP)
- 2010-03-11T19:04:28
AP - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents. That's what Reporters Without Borders says in a study released Thursday.
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Feds pledge tough review of Comcast-NBC deal
(AP)
- 2010-03-11T18:37:02
AP - Federal regulators are pledging a rigorous review of the proposed combination of Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal.
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Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo
(AP)
- 2010-03-11T11:59:03
 AP - Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.
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Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market
(AP)
- 2010-03-11T00:06:26
 AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.
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Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales
(AP)
- 2010-03-11T18:06:11
 AP - Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.
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Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites
(AP)
- 2010-03-10T19:43:39
 AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.
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Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label
(Reuters)
- 2010-03-11T18:13:40
Reuters - British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums.
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GDC: Khronos group unveils OpenGL 4.0 and 3.3
(Macworld.com)
- 2010-03-11T17:04:00
Macworld.com - The Khronos group has released versions 4.0 and 3.3 of the OpenGL spec, the latest version of the cross-platform, royalty-free 2D and 3D graphics API used on all major desktop operating systems, including Mac OS X. It also serves as the basis for OpenGL ES for smart phones and the upcoming WebGL standard for Web browsers.
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Opera Mini 5 Released for Android-Powered Smartphones
(NewsFactor)
- 2010-03-11T17:28:52
NewsFactor - Opera Software launched an Android version of the company's Opera Mini 5 mobile browser Thursday that promises to significantly improve page loading and speed on compatible smartphones. The beta release continues the company's campaign to increase the visibility of its browser on a global basis.
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Panasonic Sets the 3D HDTV Bar At Best Buy
(PC World)
- 2010-03-10T22:55:00
PC World - A scrum of reporters pressed against Brad and Ashley as they shuffled up to the counter at a Best Buy store in Manhattan. Cameras flashed and elbows flew. Was it the end of Brangelina? Some new reality show?
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Sony unveils motion-sensing controller for PS3 consoles
(AFP)
- 2010-03-11T17:03:44
 AFP - Sony on Wednesday unveiled a hotly anticipated motion-sensing controller that it hopes will fuel new interest in its PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.
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Pink Floyd and iTunes could split after court ruling
(Macworld.com)
- 2010-03-11T18:12:00
Macworld.com - Itâs âA Great Day For Freedomââat least for the members of Pink Floyd. As BBC News reports, the band has emerged victorious in a legal battle with record label EMI, accompanied by a ruling that could soon lead to the bandâs entire discography getting pulled from iTunes.
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Motorola to add Microsoft's Bing to smart phones
(AP)
- 2010-03-11T18:08:31
AP - Motorola Inc. said Thursday that it will add Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search and map functions to its smart phones that use Google Inc.'s Android operating software.
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CA Expands Cloud Services with $350M Nimsoft Purchase
(NewsFactor)
- 2010-03-11T16:13:36
NewsFactor - IT software behemoth CA has acquired yet another company as it moves to provide its emerging enterprise customers and managed-service providers with cloud-computing support. CA acquired Redwood City, Calif.-based Nimsoft, its fourth acquisition in the cloud-computing space, in a cash purchase valued at $350 million, CA announced Wednesday.
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Google says talks with China ongoing
(AFP)
- 2010-03-11T16:33:30
 AFP - Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.
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Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux
(PC World)
- 2010-03-11T03:16:00
PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didnât last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.
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No Camera on Apple's iPad, After All?
(PC World)
- 2010-03-11T16:22:00
PC World - Apple's latest iPad software development kit nixes references to video calling and chatting, creating uncertainty about the chances of a camera coming to the iPad.
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