In a sting operation cooked up by Google, Microsoft allegedly copied search results for its search engine Bing
Facebook knows what you look like - WaPo
New Facebook technology will scan faces in photos to give tag suggestions for newly uploaded photos
iPad escapes AT&T prison, heads for Verizon Oct. 28 - Gizmodo
Release seems to lend even more credence to those early 2011 Verizon iPhone reports, which should make you as happy as it makes AT&T nervous
Robots punch humans for science - New Scientist
In another test, a researcher put his own arm on the line to show how smart sensors could enable a knife-wielding kitchen robot to stop short of cutting him
Video app can transform any flabby slob into a hottie - Gizmodo
The system allows anyone to easily manipulate ‘the body shape and proportions of a human actor in arbitrary video footage’ by just using sliders in a control panel
'That's a wrap' no longer applies to bodies - Popular Science
A new technology allows editors to alter actors’ physiques
Google's Android dominates Apple, defines future of smart-phones - Newsweek
Android’s open-source model gives Google an advantage over rivals selling closed systems, like Apple, which also operates its own online stores
Suit claims CIA knowingly bought faulty, hacked software - CNET News
Lawsuit alleges software used to track movement of cell phones was flawed
Media bias: Apple dominates headlines - NYT
Study finds that, among its competitors, Apple is most covered by media
DARPA seeks to prevent future Wikileakage - Wired
Former hacker heads new DARPA project dubbed ‘CINDER’
Samsung spawns an iPad killer? - CNET News
Samsung president calls Galaxy Tab a ‘paradigm-shifter’
New 'check in' apps aimed toward homebodies - CNN Tech
Instead of checking into places, new applications make it possible to ‘check in’ to a book or television show
Germany embeds data-storage chips in mandatory ID cards - International Business Times
Via a compulsory ID program, RFID chips will allow German authorities to access citizens’ personal data
Officials use Facebook to bust teachers playing hooky - NY Daily News
More than a dozen Department of Education employees were busted in the past two years for faking illnesses to take paid vacations
NASA rethinks conventional eyeglasses - Popular Science
An adjustable focus will aid those with weaker vision
Broadening broadband - AP
The Obama administration is backing a plan to nearly double the space available for wireless high-speed Internet traffic
Canadian company builds the textbook of the future - Toronto Star
Textbooks are all digital with videos, podcasts, and pages of data
Customize your Google search page - PC WORLD
Google will now let users add personal photos to the background of its search page