For stars, high-tech gaffes hard to hide (AP)
AP – So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 — and you post something you probably shouldn’t on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online.
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Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police (AP)
AP – A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.
Apple’s iPhone arrives in tech-savvy South Korea (AP)
AP – Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations the communication and entertainment device will shake up a local mobile market dominated by domestic giants Samsung and LG.
Signal fading on radio traffic reports (AP)
AP – For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the “eye in the sky.” He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation’s worst traffic.
Government delays new ban on Internet gambling (AP)
AP – The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.
Activision says “Call of Duty” series tops $3 billion (Reuters)
Reuters – Activision Blizzard Inc said on Friday its “Call of Duty” video game franchise pushed past the $3 billion mark in global retail sales.
Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry (AP)
AP – Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods.
Apple’s iPhone set to make splash in South Korea (AP)
AP – The iPhone’s arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.
iPhone set for tough test in South Korea launch (AFP)
AFP – Apple’s top selling iPhone faces one of its biggest challenges yet when it goes on sale this weekend in South Korea, the world’s most wired nation and long accustomed to cutting-edge gadgets.
Software Spending Expected To Begin a Rebound in 2010 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – The year 2009 will go down in IT history as a year of drastic budget cuts. But 2010 should see a software spending resurrection as companies in many countries increase their budgets and prepare for growth.
Videogames find ways to help real CSI solve crimes (Reuters)
Reuters – In hit TV crime drama show “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation,” and its two spin-offs, the criminologists use the latest technology to solve grisly murders and other crimes.