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Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP)

This screen shot shows Google Inc.'s Instant Search, introduced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Google is accelerating its search engine by displaying the results as soon as users begin to type in their requests. (AP Photo/Google Inc.) NO SALESAP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday with a new feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their request.




Review: Ping a handy iTunes add-on with promise (AP)

FILE - In this file photograph taken Sept. 1, 2010, Apple Inc., CEO Steve Jobs with new Apple iTunes logo at Apple announcement in San Francisco. Ping, is a potentially useful addition to iTunes, letting you see what songs your friends are buying and where your favorite bands are playing next. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, is a potentially useful addition to iTunes. With it, you can see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them.




HP's interim chief says Oracle alliance 'strained' (AP)

FILE - In this March 6, 2008 photo, (then) Hewlett Packard Company CEO Mark Hurd speaks at HP headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarter-century alliance with Oracle Corp. has been "strained" by the dispute over Oracle's hiring of ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd, HP's interim chief said Wednesday.




Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation? (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.

Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.

Apple releases iMovie 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Wednesday is apparently Apple Update Day, as the company has released iOS 4.1, iPhone Configuration Utility 3.1, and now iMovie 1.1 for iPhone and the new fourth-generation iPod touch.

Oracle plans to give Hurd $950,000 annual salary (AP)

FILE - In this March 6, 2008 photo, (then) Hewlett Packard Company CEO Mark Hurd speaks at HP headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year.




Summary Box: Gamer from Fort Gay blocked by Xbox (AP)
AP - OOPS: Microsoft Corp. had to apologize to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer after suspending him from its Xbox Live service for listing his location as Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive.

DC launches free Wi-Fi on National Mall (AP)
AP - Free wireless Internet access has been added to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Washington Post writer falls for Twitter hoax (The Upshot)
The Upshot - Last week, a Washington Post columnist started a Twitter hoax. This week, a Washington Post columnist fell for one. Jonathan Capehart, an editorial writer and columnist, took "@RepJackKimble (R-Calif.)"  to task Monday for tweeting that "Bush fought 2 wars without costing taxpayers a dime." Capehart responded in a blog post that President Bush advocated for "two [...]

Amazon buys online music retailer Amie Street (AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc., seeking to expand its position in the music download market against rivals like Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store, has purchased online music retailer Amie Street for an undisclosed amount.

Mobile App Development Boom Driving Impressive Growth for Appcelerator (Mashable)
Mashable - As more and more software development focuses on smartphones, a new industry is building up to help developers create and rapidly deploy mobile applications.

Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

Microsoft previews more of Office 2011 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Microsoft continues to dole out the tidbits about Office for Mac 2011. As it did in August and July, the company has released a video highlighting some of the update's new features. This third entry in the Behind-the-Scenes series focuses on co-authoring tools, the softwareâ??s connection to Officeâ??s Web apps, and PowerPoint's Brodcast Slideshow feature.

Apple releases iPhone Configuration Utility 3.1 for Mac, PC (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - To coincide with the release of iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday, Apple also released iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU) 3.1, an update to its device management utility for businesses and the enterprise.

10 arrested in European raids on Internet piracy (AP)

Police in 14 European countries on Tuesday launched a series of raids against an online film pirating network, Swedish authorities said.(AFP/File)AP - Ten people have been arrested in raids across Europe against computer pirates who put illegal copies of movies and television series on the Internet, Belgian police said Wednesday.




Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere (PC World)
PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.

Google unveils faster Internet search (AFP)

Google Vice President of Search Product and User Experience Marissa Mayer announces Google Instant during a special launch event in San Francisco, California. Google announced the launch of Google Instant, a faster version of Google search that streams results live as you type your query.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Internet giant Google began delivering turbocharged search results on Wednesday, offering suggested Web links as fast as a person can type.




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