Steam For Mac Arrives Today!

SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- The Mac users have reason to be excited today. Valve announced some time back that it would bring Steam its hugely popular game store and community for the users of Apple Macintosh computers. Steam for Mac is arriving today as Valve has confirmed. To the delight of the Mac owners the …. Read the original article  : Steam For Mac Arrives Today!.

Unicorn Dazzler Makes Its Debut

NEW DELHI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- To grab a pie of the ever increasing motor bike segment in the country, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India has launched new model named CB Unicorn Dazzler. It is a really stylish bike and is priced above INR 62000. The bike is catered to the users with deep pockets who [..] Read the original article: here.

Sony Renews Plans for Building Tablets to Take on Apple iPad Market

With Microsoft’s HP Slate in the line, electronics major Sony is considering to pose a new challenge to Apple’s iPad. The company is planning to develop a Tablet to target the iPad audience, given that they have enough evidence that consumers will buy them. According to Sony’s Information technology Products unit’s senior vice president, …. Original article  : Sony Renews Plans for Building Tablets to Take on Apple iPad Market.

How to: CSS Methods to Style a Block with Background

For web designers CSS tutorials offer many solutions to style background. The background of an image, content size, different height for different pages and such issues?? make it difficult to manage the pages. They are required to work on bits and pieces of an almost complete website. Moreover, its important to make sure that …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Summary Box: Facebook rolls out security improvements to combat spam and scams on site

Summary Box: Facebook rolls out security features
NEW FEATURES: Users can request an alert when their account is accessed from a device they haven’t used before. And when Facebook notices unusual activity, it requires users to answer some questions before the second log-in goes through.
WHEN AVAILABLE: Some changes are already available, while others will … Read : Summary Box: Facebook rolls out security improvements to combat spam and scams on site.

Summary Box: New ads from Adobe make ‘love’ not war in ongoing dispute with Apple over Flash

Summary Box: Adobe, Apple dispute escalates
THE OPENING JAB: A few weeks ago, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs described Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash as outdated, unreliable and unfit for Apple’s mobile products.
THE RESPONSE: Adobe fired back this week with an ad campaign emphasizing love – and the fact that it doesn’t love “anybody taking … Read : Summary Box: New ads from Adobe make ‘love’ not war in ongoing dispute with Apple over Flash.

Google CEO reassures shareholders about China, jabs at Apple and smart phone makers

Google CEO discusses China, mobile at meeting
SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt seems more interested in keeping the peace with China than with Apple Inc. and other rivals in the rapidly growing smart phone market.
At least that’s how it sounded Thursday during Google’s annual shareholder meeting, where Schmidt spoke with a …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Google CEO reassures shareholders about China, jabs at Apple and smart phone makers.

Market research group reports US video game retail sales drop 26 percent in April

NPD: April video game sales down 26 percent
NEW YORK – U.S. retail sales of video games fell 26 percent to $766.2 million in April from a year earlier, hurt by a lack of game launches and the Easter holiday falling in March.
Market researcher NPD Group said Thursday hardware sales plunged 37 percent to … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Market research group reports US video game retail sales drop 26 percent in April.

Google CEO tells shareholders that China operations remain stable after censorship tussle

Google CEO reassures shareholders about China
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google CEO Eric Schmidt has assured shareholders that the Internet search company’s China operations are stable after a falling out with the country’s government.
Schmidt cautioned the situation could quickly change if China’s ruling party decides to retaliate against Google for its stand against the … Read more »»».

International Game Tech restates fiscal 2Q, cites tussle over electronic bingo in Alabama

IGT restates fiscal 2Q, cites Alabama bingo issues

LAS VEGAS – International Game Technology, a maker of slot machines and casino management systems, said Thursday it is lowering its reported fiscal second-quarter results because operations related to electronic bingo are under fire in the state of Alabama.
IGT said it will go back and write down a …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : International Game Tech restates fiscal 2Q, cites tussle over electronic bingo in Alabama.

Graphics chip maker Nvidia reports 1st-quarter profit as revenue climbs 51 percent

Nvidia posts 1Q profit as revenue climbs 51 pct

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Nvidia Corp. said Thursday that it posted a profit in its fiscal first quarter, with strong sales helping the graphics chip maker recover from a deep loss in the same period a year earlier.
For the three months ended May 2, Nvidia’s net income … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Graphics chip maker Nvidia reports 1st-quarter profit as revenue climbs 51 percent.

CA 4th-quarter net income jumps 55 percent but falls short of expectations; shares fall

CA 4Q net income rises 55 pct, lower than expected

ISLANDIA, N.Y. – Business management software company CA Inc. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose 55 percent but the results missed Wall Street’s expectations.
The company issued guidance for the current fiscal year that was better than analysts had predicted, but CA’s shares dropped 64 …. Original source  : CA 4th-quarter net income jumps 55 percent but falls short of expectations; shares fall.

Sybase, Wendy’s/Arby’s, Sprint Nextel, Sony, Kohl’s among big market movers Thursday

Sybase, Wendy’s/Arby’s are active movers
NEW YORK – Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE:
Sybase Inc., up $8.08 to $64.22
Germany’s SAP is paying $5.8 billion for the cell phone software maker to better compete with rival Oracle.
Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc., down 15 cents to … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Sybase, Wendy’s/Arby’s, Sprint Nextel, Sony, Kohl’s among big market movers Thursday.

Guidebook publishers (yes, of books made from paper!) say sales are fine in era of apps

Guidebooks adapt to mobile download era
When she was traveling in India with her sister last year, Katie Reed, a 21-year-old who lives in Miami, described her 1,000-page travel guide as “monstrous” in size.
But it was too handy to toss.
“It was invaluable,” said Reed, a budget traveler. “We would read it on the train.”
Even … Read : Guidebook publishers (yes, of books made from paper!) say sales are fine in era of apps.

House Dems say GOP ploy uses pornography, child molester amendments to derail unrelated bills

House Dems accuse GOP of anti-porn amendment ploy

WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Thursday unhinged an $80 billion technology bill after forcing a vote that Democrats said would expose their members to election-year attack ads claiming they support pornography.
Democrats had to pull the bill after half their members voted for the GOP measure that, in addition …. Source  : House Dems say GOP ploy uses pornography, child molester amendments to derail unrelated bills.

Facebook rolls out security improvements to combat spam and scams on site

Facebook rolling out new security features
NEW YORK – Facebook’s millions of users are a lucrative target for Internet criminals looking to steal passwords and more. To combat malicious attacks, phishing scams and spam, the online social network is rolling out new security features.
You can ask to be notified by e-mail or … Original source on Gaea Times at : Facebook rolls out security improvements to combat spam and scams on site.

Vietnamese phone gadget salesman says he filmed possible next-generation iPhone prototype

No guy-in-a-bar iPhone story in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam – This time it’s not a crazy story about a guy who left a phone in a Silicon Valley bar. The latest clamor over a possible next-generation iPhone prototype has erupted in an unlikely place – Vietnam.
Mobile phone accessory salesman Tran Manh Hiep rushed to … Read more »».

Indiana agency, IBM sue each other over canceled $1.3 billon deal to automate welfare system

Indiana agency, IBM sue each other over $1.3B deal
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana sued former welfare privatization partner IBM Corp. for more than $1.3 billion on Thursday for breach of contract and actions that included denying Medicaid to a dying cancer patient and a nun.
Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM countered with its own lawsuit, asking … Read : Indiana agency, IBM sue each other over canceled $1.3 billon deal to automate welfare system.

Adobe makes ‘love’ not war in ongoing dispute with Apple over Adobe’s Flash video technology

Adobe makes ‘love’ not war in dispute with Apple
NEW YORK – Adobe is firing back at Apple with love.
Adobe Systems Inc. is countering Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs’ recent jab at Adobe’s Flash technology for Web video and games. The company is running ads in newspapers and popular technology blogs saying “We …. Source article  : Adobe makes ‘love’ not war in ongoing dispute with Apple over Adobe’s Flash video technology.

Man dies after giant cocktail parties that drew thousands in French city of Nantes

Reveler dies at giant cocktail party in France
PARIS – Police say a reveler has died in an accident at a giant cocktail party in the French city of Nantes that drew 9,500 people after it was organized on Facebook.
There is a trend of raucous, enormous cocktail parties in France. Another one in Montpellier …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Man dies after giant cocktail parties that drew thousands in French city of Nantes.