Google ‘Preferred Sites’ Unclutters Search Results (NewsFactor)

January 19, 2009
NewsFactor - Google may have slashed its budget for technology tinkering on engineers' pet projects, but that doesn't mean the company isn't seeking new ways to make its search-engine results better.No tag for this post.













Low-Cost, Open-Source Web Tablet Comes to Life (NewsFactor)

January 19, 2009
NewsFactor - The growing category of very inexpensive laptops, spearheaded by netbooks and One Laptop Per Child's vision of the $100 laptop, may soon have another offering.No tag for this post.













Sony Online Entertainment Buys Game Studio

January 19, 2009
San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment announced Monday that it has acquired PoxNora, an online collectible strategy game, and other assets, from Octopi LLC. Octopi is based in Tucson, Arizona. Sony said that the members of Octopi's development team will become a new Tucson-based studio for the company, and will work on new trading card and strategy game projects. Financial terms of the deal, which closed Friday, were not announced. READ MORE>>No tag for this post.