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  Windows 7's
  Slingbox-like feature

  With the release candidate of the operating system, Microsoft added an option to stream media over the Internet from a home PC. CNET News' Ina Fried found it useful, albeit with some limitations and caveats.

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  Week in review:
  EU slams Intel

  World's largest chipmaker hit with record EU fine, while Google caused its own network outage. Also: SlingPlayer for iPhone, sans 3G.

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• Group aims to keep MySQL healthy

  The Open Database Alliance, founded by Monty Widenius, will act as a hub for MySQL, the open-source software Oracle is getting with its Sun acquisition.

  (Posted in Business Tech by David Meyer)

• Google revises AdWords trademark policy

  Search giant says it has modified its policy on trademarks appearing in keyword ads, allowing brand names to show up in AdWords copy.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• Apple, others sued over Shazam app

  Tune Hunter claims it holds the patent on the technology behind Shazam's music identification and discovery service, suing Apple, AT&T, Samsung, Verizon, and others.

  (Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

• U.K. police swamped by surveillance TV data

  Law enforcement can't keep up with the amount of information generated by the country's millions of closed-circuit TV cameras, a police representative says.

  (Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

• Muscle power saves the day for Hubble

  Applying elbow grease to free a stuck bolt, a shuttle spacewalker saved the day and freed an aging camera, clearing the way for installation of a $132 million replacement.

  (Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

• Video game sales down 17 percent

  NPD Group says that despite the latest figures showing a year-over-year decline in sales, it's hard to reach the conclusion that the industry has begun to soften.

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• Google networking error caused outage

  An effort to update networking addresses in its IPv6 shift didn't work out as planned this morning, causing widespread service outages for about an hour.
  • YouTube arrives on Google News
  • Widespread outages rattle users

  (Posted in Digital Media by Tom Krazit)

• Phase One takes lead in camera sensor test

  The medium-format camera has narrowly edged Nikon's top-end SLR in DxO Labs' test of image sensor quality.

  (Posted in Underexposed by Stephen Shankland)

• 'Verified apps' coming soon to Facebook

  The social network will soon be awarding the accolade to developers who opt to go through a security review for a fee.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• HP laptop batteries recalled for overheating

  About 70,000 batteries sold with HP laptops are subject to overheating, according to the CPSC. Two have caught on fire, but no injuries are reported.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

• Tech giants line up for e-health dollars

  Cisco, Dell, Intel, Intuit, Microsoft, and others band together to make doctors aware of the benefits of electronic health records.
  • Google wants to know if you're sick

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Facebook members hit by another phishing scam

  Hackers break into accounts and send e-mails to Facebook friends, urging them to log on to fake Facebook sites and unwittingly give away their passwords.

  (Posted in Security by Michelle Meyers)

• MLB scores a tech patent

  Major League Baseball would be prevented from streaming games if not for a system that enables it to block video to subscribers located in "blacked out" areas.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
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