<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Miscellaneous - Influence of Technology on Society]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:13:20 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Miscellaneous - Influence of Technology on Society]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[TV Market to Launch Cross-Platform App Store]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/TV-Market-iTunes-Apps-Widgets,news-5205.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/TV-Market-iTunes-Apps-Widgets,news-5205.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:50:00 CET The TV industry wants to incorporate an App Store-like environment to allow consumers the ability to download apps and other stuff.]]> <![CDATA[Used ATM Machines for Sale on Craigslist]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ATM-Hackers-Credit-Card-numbers,news-5203.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ATM-Hackers-Credit-Card-numbers,news-5203.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:40:00 CET Used ATM machines are for sale on auction sites, many of which still contain credit card numbers.]]> <![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-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/News-Corp-Google-Publishers-De-List,news-5200.html#xtor=RSS-211736 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-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-TiVo-Data-Partnership,news-5198.html#xtor=RSS-211736 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[U.S. Air Force Buying 2,200 PlayStation 3s]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/usaf-ps3-playstation-cluster-cell,news-5177.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/usaf-ps3-playstation-cluster-cell,news-5177.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:00 CET This is real modern warfare.]]> <![CDATA[LittleBigPlanet Playing Part in Obama's STEM Plan]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/littlebigplanet-ps3-obama-stem-education,news-5185.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/littlebigplanet-ps3-obama-stem-education,news-5185.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:00 CET Sackboy can educate you.]]> <![CDATA[Games Are "Permitting" Virtual War Crimes]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Games-War-Crimes-humanitarian-Virtual,news-5188.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Games-War-Crimes-humanitarian-Virtual,news-5188.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:10:00 CET Humanitarian groups are the latest to tear into video games, saying that many titles violate humanitarian laws.]]> <![CDATA[Facebook Friend Turns into Local Police Arrest]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Friend-Student-Drinking-Police,news-5189.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Friend-Student-Drinking-Police,news-5189.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:10:00 CET Local police is using Facebook to crack down on underage drinking.]]> <![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider Sees First Particle Collisions]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Large-Hadron-Collider-circulating-Beams,news-5172.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Large-Hadron-Collider-circulating-Beams,news-5172.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:30:00 CET We're all still here! It's like some kind of logical Christmas miracle. ]]> <![CDATA[Cop Tasers and Arrests 10-year-old Girl]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/cop-taser-10-year-old-girl-arkansas,news-5173.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/cop-taser-10-year-old-girl-arkansas,news-5173.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:21:00 CET A police officer in Arkansas recently tasered and then arrested a 10-year-old girl at the behest of the youngster's own mother. ]]> <![CDATA[Gamer Officially Marrying Virtual Girlfriend]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Love-Plus-Nintendo-DS-Marries,news-5179.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Love-Plus-Nintendo-DS-Marries,news-5179.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:01 CET A gamer is officially marrying his virtual girlfriend from the Nintendo DS game, Love Plus.]]> <![CDATA[District Judge Faked Illness to Play MW2]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/District-Judge-Olde-Gamers-UK,news-5178.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/District-Judge-Olde-Gamers-UK,news-5178.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:00 CET A judge stayed up all night purchasing and playing Modern Warfare 2, and called in "sick" the following morning.]]> <![CDATA[Man Arrested for Refusing to Tweet at Crowd]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Justin-Bieber-Crowd-Tweet-Arrest,news-5170.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Justin-Bieber-Crowd-Tweet-Arrest,news-5170.html#xtor=RSS-211736 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[Woman Tracks Down Club Attacker on Facebook]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/woman-nightclub-attack-facebook-police,news-5151.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/woman-nightclub-attack-facebook-police,news-5151.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:10:00 CET Woman hit in the face with pint glass. Facebook delivers justice.]]> <![CDATA[Geolocation Functions Come to Twitter]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Geolocation-Twitter-API-Clients-Tagging,news-5167.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Geolocation-Twitter-API-Clients-Tagging,news-5167.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:02 CET Twitter has officially launched the Geotagging feature for 3rd party clients.]]> <![CDATA[New Craigslist Trend: Trade Sex for Rent?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Craigslist-Renters-Women-Sex-Roommates,news-5166.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Craigslist-Renters-Women-Sex-Roommates,news-5166.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:01 CET Renters are seeking financially stressed roommates on Craigslist, offering free housing or paying rent in return for sex.]]> <![CDATA[Boeing Laser Beams Can Take Down Airplanes]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Boeing-Laser-MATRIX-Avenger-Weapon,news-5157.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Boeing-Laser-MATRIX-Avenger-Weapon,news-5157.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:30:00 CET Boeing successfully shot down unmanned aircraft by shooting lasers.]]> <![CDATA[Father Speaks Only Klingon Until Son Turns Three]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Klingon-baby-talking-star-trek,news-5147.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Klingon-baby-talking-star-trek,news-5147.html#xtor=RSS-211736 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[Boy Dials 911 After Parents Take Away Xbox]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/xbox-boy-calls-911-cops,news-5152.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/xbox-boy-calls-911-cops,news-5152.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:30:00 CET Bad boy, bad boy. Be good or no Modern Warfare 2 for you!]]> <![CDATA[Perform Background Check with iPhone App]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-iPhone-App-iPod-PeopleCheck,news-5153.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-iPhone-App-iPod-PeopleCheck,news-5153.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:00 CET Two App Store applications can pull up background reports on a potential date.]]> <![CDATA[Mass: We Pray Game Uses Cross-Shaped Remote]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Mass-We-Pray-Game-Remote,news-5144.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Mass-We-Pray-Game-Remote,news-5144.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:40:00 CET There's a Christian video game coming Eater 2010 that incorporates a cross-shaped remote and a pressure sensitive "kneeler."]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft Working on Squishy Interface]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Research-Tile-Squeeze-Interface,news-5141.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Research-Tile-Squeeze-Interface,news-5141.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:50:00 CET Microsoft is working on a computer interface you can pinch, push, and poke.]]> <![CDATA[Nintendo: Next Console More than Wii HD]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nintendo-Wii-Console-HD-Kotaku,news-5132.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nintendo-Wii-Console-HD-Kotaku,news-5132.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:50:01 CET Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime spills the beans on what the company plans for the next generation... somewhat.]]> <![CDATA[Modern Warfare 2 Censored in Russia]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/modern-warfare-makarov-no-russian,news-5125.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/modern-warfare-makarov-no-russian,news-5125.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 CET Objections raised in Russia over "No Russian" level.]]> <![CDATA['Unfriend' Named Oxford Word of the Year]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/unfriend-oxford-word-year-netbook,news-5126.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/unfriend-oxford-word-year-netbook,news-5126.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:30:00 CET Oxford's word of the year is likely to irk those who dislike social networking.]]> <![CDATA[One Third of Teens Admit to Driving Intexticated]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/teens-driving-texting-cell-phone,news-5128.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/teens-driving-texting-cell-phone,news-5128.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:30:00 CET A third of teenagers are guilty of texting while driving. ]]> <![CDATA[Teen Kidnapped at Gunpoint, Forced to Buy PS3]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/teen-kidnapping-playstation-ps3-walmart,news-5121.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/teen-kidnapping-playstation-ps3-walmart,news-5121.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:30:00 CET Stranger things have happened.]]> <![CDATA[PS3, Linux Used to Catch Child Pornographers]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ps3-linux-child-kiddie-porn,news-5119.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ps3-linux-child-kiddie-porn,news-5119.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:30:00 CET Old PS3 Phat has skills to catch child predators.]]> <![CDATA[Man Robs GameStop for 100 Copies of MW2]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/gamestop-rob-modern-warfare-2,news-5120.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/gamestop-rob-modern-warfare-2,news-5120.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:10:00 CET Hot item.]]> <![CDATA[Switzerland Sues Google Over Street View]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Switzerland-sues-google-street-view,news-5116.html#xtor=RSS-211736 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Switzerland-sues-google-street-view,news-5116.html#xtor=RSS-211736 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:40:00 CET Switzerland is suing Google because of the company's Street View mapping application. ]]>