Can Orwell, Vonnegut, Austen lead you to love?
By LEANNE ITALIE 2010-08-19T20:48:25ZNEW YORK (AP) -- Chin Ma is 25 and looking for love. He paddles regularly in the dating pools online, paying fees to navigate millions of profiles based on lengthy checklists and compatibility formulas.... hosted.ap.org |
Kinect's Israeli partner sees a remoteless world
By TIA GOLDENBERG 2010-09-04T14:48:31ZTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push. The air conditioner senses your presence and changes the temperature to your liking.... hosted.ap.org |
IBM buying Netezza for about $1.7 billion
By ANDREW VANACORE 2010-09-20T21:03:29ZNEW YORK (AP) -- IBM Corp. said Monday it has agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Netezza Corp., a company that helps businesses sort through data on corporate servers.... hosted.ap.org |
PayPal iPhone app lets you scan checks to deposit
By 2010-10-08T01:13:25ZSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Betting you wouldn't trek to your bank or the closest ATM if you didn't have to, PayPal has added a feature to its free iPhone application that lets users deposit checks into their PayPal accounts by taking a picture of them.... hosted.ap.org |
Google executive pushes privacy concerns
By DAN PERRY 2010-10-27T00:20:33ZJERUSALEM (AP) -- Google's global privacy counsel says he's surprised by how few people choose to control what ads are steered their way - a tool which the Internet search giant launched, albeit with minimal fanfare, over the past year.... hosted.ap.org |