<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Miscellaneous - Digital Convergence]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:15:39 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Miscellaneous - Digital Convergence]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[Royal Navy to Use PSPs as Training Tools]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/royal-navy-psp-training-playstation,news-5214.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/royal-navy-psp-training-playstation,news-5214.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:50:00 CET PSP: Royal Navy Edition.]]> <![CDATA[Town Appoints, Pays Resident Tweeter]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Darlington-Resident-Twitter-Mike-McTimoney,news-5226.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Darlington-Resident-Twitter-Mike-McTimoney,news-5226.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:21:01 CET A small town in the UK has appointed a resident tweeter. ]]> <![CDATA[News Corp Rivals Threaten to De-list from Google]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/News-Corp-Google-Publishers-De-List,news-5200.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/News-Corp-Google-Publishers-De-List,news-5200.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:01:02 CET A couple of weeks back News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said he was considering blocking Google from indexing his news sites as part of the company's plans to push a pay-for-content business model. Now other publishing companies are threatening to do the same.]]> <![CDATA[Google, Tivo Team Up to Track Ad Viewing Habits]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-TiVo-Data-Partnership,news-5198.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-TiVo-Data-Partnership,news-5198.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:01:01 CET Google and TiVo have announced a partnership that will see the DVR company provide Google with specific user data to help the search giant's advertising business.]]> <![CDATA[Man Arrested for Refusing to Tweet at Crowd]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Justin-Bieber-Crowd-Tweet-Arrest,news-5170.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Justin-Bieber-Crowd-Tweet-Arrest,news-5170.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:10:00 CET A record label executive has been arrested for allegedly refusing to use twitter at the behest of the police. ]]> <![CDATA[Father Speaks Only Klingon Until Son Turns Three]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Klingon-baby-talking-star-trek,news-5147.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Klingon-baby-talking-star-trek,news-5147.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 CET A lot of kids are brought up speaking more than one language at home but how many kids are raised in a home where Klingon is the only language they hear? ]]> <![CDATA[One Third of Teens Admit to Driving Intexticated]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/teens-driving-texting-cell-phone,news-5128.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/teens-driving-texting-cell-phone,news-5128.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:30:00 CET A third of teenagers are guilty of texting while driving. ]]> <![CDATA[NASA Bombs the Moon and Finds Water]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-moon-bomb-water-LCROSS,news-5115.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-moon-bomb-water-LCROSS,news-5115.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:31:00 CET Water, ahoy!]]> <![CDATA[Boy Uses Pancake Inquiry on Facebook as Alibi]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Status-Update-Alibi-Robbery,news-5094.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Status-Update-Alibi-Robbery,news-5094.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:20:00 CET A boy accused of playing a part in a robbery has been released after his attorney used his Facebook status to prove his innocence. ]]> <![CDATA[Hijackers Take Over Hundreds of Facebook Groups]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Hijack-Control-Your-Information,news-5080.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Hijack-Control-Your-Information,news-5080.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:41:00 CET Facebook is denying hijack claims this week after hundreds of groups on the social networking group were taken over by a group called Control Your Info.]]> <![CDATA[Hacked Roombas Used to Play Pac-Man]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/roomba-hack-pacman-pac-man,news-5075.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/roomba-hack-pacman-pac-man,news-5075.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:30:00 CET Pac-Man and ghost gang can clean your floors.]]> <![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider Hit By French Bread Bomb]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Large-Hadron-Collider-LHC-bread,news-5047.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Large-Hadron-Collider-LHC-bread,news-5047.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:50:00 CET Bird drops bread on LHC, causing it to overheat.]]> <![CDATA[Judge Orders Site to Stop Selling Beatles Tracks]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/EMI-Beatles-Bluebeats-psychoacoustic-simulation,news-5048.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/EMI-Beatles-Bluebeats-psychoacoustic-simulation,news-5048.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:40:00 CET The Beatles just got a teeny, tiny bit more digital with the launch of an Apple-shaped USB stick containing the entire Beatles catalog. However, that's about as digital as things are going to get for fans of the Fab Four for now.]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Internet Users Not Antisocial]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/internet-users-socialize-antisocial-Pew,news-5038.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/internet-users-socialize-antisocial-Pew,news-5038.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:10:00 CET Good news, technophiles. Research shows that an increased use of cell phones and the internet has not led to a spike social isolation. In fact, things are pretty much the same as they were in 1985. ]]> <![CDATA[FBI Not Digging Facial Recognition Technologies]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/fbi-facial-recognition-terrorists-fingerprints,news-5017.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/fbi-facial-recognition-terrorists-fingerprints,news-5017.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:00:00 CET FBI isn't going forward with face verification.]]> <![CDATA[Woman Plans to Give Birth Live on Internet]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Lynsee-Live-Internet-Birth-pregant,news-5015.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Lynsee-Live-Internet-Birth-pregant,news-5015.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:00 CET A Boston woman is planning to give birth live on the Internet. ]]> <![CDATA[Pirates Buy More Music Than Non-Filesharing Peers]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pirate-Fileshare-Music-Download-Illegal,news-5001.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pirate-Fileshare-Music-Download-Illegal,news-5001.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:00:00 CET All too often filesharers are painted as evil pirates who steal from artists and the music industry. However, a recent study has found that those downloading illegally, spend more money purchasing music legally than those who don't download at all. ]]> <![CDATA[Egypt Advising Cell Phone Users on How to Behave]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/egypt-cell-phone-ethics-code,news-4982.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/egypt-cell-phone-ethics-code,news-4982.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:40:00 CET It's time to pack your bags and move to Egypt. ]]> <![CDATA[Tire Company Shows Off Flexible Ereader]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/tire-bridgestone-ebook-ereader-flexible,news-4973.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/tire-bridgestone-ebook-ereader-flexible,news-4973.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:40:00 CET It seems more and more companies are jumping on the ebook reader bandwagon and who better to join them than tire maker Bridgestone? ]]> <![CDATA[7,000 Dominoes Used to Celebrate Windows 7]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dominoes-windows-7-video-microsoft,news-4969.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dominoes-windows-7-video-microsoft,news-4969.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:40:00 CET All the Windows 7 hype is finally dying down. No more insane burgers or performances by Ashley Tisdale, no more Family Guy clips or launch parties. It's nearly over, guys. But nearly never won the race. ]]> <![CDATA[Teen Goes on Axe Rampage After Losing Game]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Teenager-Video-Game-violence-manslaughter,news-4963.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Teenager-Video-Game-violence-manslaughter,news-4963.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:20:01 CET A 17-year-old boy who lost three games of FIFA against his brother later broke into the home of a 65-year-old woman and, armed with an knife and an axe, stabbed the woman several times in the back, stomach and leg.]]> <![CDATA[Music Royalties Body Threatens Singing Store Clerk]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Royalties-PRS-Sandra-Burt-Singing,news-4929.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Royalties-PRS-Sandra-Burt-Singing,news-4929.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:20:00 CEST A store clerk in Scotland who was told she was not allowed to sing while she restocked the shelves has received a formal apology from Performing Right Society (PRS). ]]> <![CDATA[Ion Rocket Engine Can Take Us to Mars Faster]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ion-engine-star-trek-mars,news-4909.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ion-engine-star-trek-mars,news-4909.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:40:00 CEST Just like in Star Trek!]]> <![CDATA[Thief's SUV Gets Gas Pedal Disabled by OnStar]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/OnStar-Remote-Disable-Stolen-Car,news-4917.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/OnStar-Remote-Disable-Stolen-Car,news-4917.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:20:00 CEST OnStar has gotten a lot of people out of sticky situations but this is the first time they've ever retrieved a stolen car by electronically disabling the gas pedal during a high-speed chase. ]]> <![CDATA[Barnes & Noble Announces Snazzy $259 Ereader]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/barnes-noble-ereader-kindle-ebook,news-4916.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/barnes-noble-ereader-kindle-ebook,news-4916.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:11:01 CEST Barnes & Noble today announced the Nook, an ereader set to take on Amazon's Kindle and all of the other 'us too' products that have launched in the last year. ]]> <![CDATA[Report: Bluetooth Watch Coming to BlackBerry]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/blackberry-wrist-watch-phone-rim,news-4907.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/blackberry-wrist-watch-phone-rim,news-4907.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 CEST Attention all BlackBerry owners with money to burn: You'll definitely need the possibly not even real BlackBerry watch below. ]]> <![CDATA[Airport Body Scan Banned From Children, Teens]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/airport-body-scan-child-porn,news-4898.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/airport-body-scan-child-porn,news-4898.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:50:00 CEST Now your children's privates will remain that way.]]> <![CDATA[Seriously: Livescribe Makes App Store for Pen]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/livescribe-smartpen-app-store-pen,news-4894.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/livescribe-smartpen-app-store-pen,news-4894.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:40:00 CEST Don't chew on this pen. ]]> <![CDATA[2010 Olympic Medals Made From Old Electronics]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/olympic-medals-electronics-circuit-boards,news-4889.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/olympic-medals-electronics-circuit-boards,news-4889.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:50:00 CEST It's just a few months to the 2010 Olympics take place in Vancouver and it looks like there's going to be a wonderfully geeky touch to the event this year. ]]> <![CDATA[ecoATM Pays You to Recycle Old Gadgets]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ecoatm-electronic-recycling-gadgets,news-4836.html#xtor=RSS-211735 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ecoatm-electronic-recycling-gadgets,news-4836.html#xtor=RSS-211735 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:30:00 CEST Put phone into machine.]]>