Google Buzz Connects Gmail Users Germany Takes Stance on Street View Macworld Focuses on Mobile Apps Nexus One 'Support' Passes the Buck New Zealand Virgin Auctions Herself Google May Make Gmail More Social Google has moved to get serious about social networking with Google Buzz -- a new feature of its Gmail web-based e-mail system that aims to connect its growing base of Gmail users.
The German government has warned Internet giant Google that it is considering legal moves to prevent the firm's Street View system from displaying images of the country's cities and streets. Macworld 2010 kicked off in San Francisco Tuesday, showcasing hundreds of Mac products and services, expert advice, and demonstrations -- but this year mobile apps may steal the show. Need support for Google's Nexus One smartphone? You can finally call Google directly -- but you might not get all the answers you're looking for. You may get passed to another vendor.
A New Zealand teenager who says she auctioned her virginity online for $32,000 to raise tuition money did not break any laws but it might be risky for her to follow through on the deal, police warned. Google will reportedly roll more social-networking features into Gmail, the fastest-growing e-mail service. The new features could save users the trouble of switching to Facebook or Twitter.
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Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU To Save Battery Life Nvidia has taken the wraps off a notebook technology that chooses the best graphics processor for any given application and automatically routes the workload to Nvidia or Intel processors.
Microsoft Says Battery Woes Not Caused By Windows 7 Battery problems on Windows 7 machines are not caused by the operating system. That's the position of Stephen Sinofsky, head of the Windows division, in a long posting on the Windows engineering blog.
IBM's New POWER7 Servers Save Energy with Big Loads IBM has unveiled high-capacity servers that are the first to be based on its new, multi-core POWER7 chip. It said the new line is designed "to manage the most demanding emerging applications."
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Intel Launches Quad-Core Itanium 9300 Series Processor After two unexpected delays, Intel has launched the Itanium 9300 series, a 64-bit, quad-core processor code-named Tukwila that is expected to double the performance of its predecessor.
Google May Add Facebook, Twitter Links to Gmail Google will reportedly roll more social-networking features into Gmail, the fastest-growing e-mail service. The new features could save users the trouble of switching to Facebook or Twitter.
IBM's New POWER7 Servers Save Energy with Big Loads IBM has unveiled high-capacity servers that are the first to be based on its new, multi-core POWER7 chip. It said the new line is designed "to manage the most demanding emerging applications."