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AP Technology NewsBrief at 1:58 p.m. EST
(Associated Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this weekNEW YORK (AP) _ Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room. Samsung Electronics Co. announced Tuesday that it is selling two 3-D sets. Combined with the required glasses and a 3-D Blu-ray player, the prices start at about $3,000 for a 46-inch screen.
On latest guitar game, players strum real stringsNEW YORK (AP) _ A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument. "Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" is a game first and foremost. But its maker, Seven45 Studios, says players will be able to plug the guitar that comes with it into a standard amp and play real music.
Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, CubaGENEVA (AP) _ A senior Google executive welcomed on Tuesday a U.S. decision to relax restrictions on exporting Internet communications services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba. Bob Boorstin, Google's director of policy communications, said the Web search company would now be able to offer some of its other products in those countries, such as the mapping satellite software Google Earth, photo management program Picasa and Internet chat client Google Talk.
Britain could force owners to microchip their dogsLONDON (AP) _ British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines. Postmen are delighted, but civil libertarians grumble that Britain's sprawling surveillance state now wants to track the nation's estimated 8 million dogs. Others complain that the insurance plan would impose a financial penalty on innocent pet owners _ while criminals who own violent animals will simply shirk the law.
Cisco to introduce new heavy-duty Internet routerSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it is upgrading one of its biggest pieces of networking hardware, a router that's used to power the most trafficked parts of the Internet backbone. Routers play an important role as the Internet's traffic cops, shunting packets of data to their destinations. Those placed at the Internet's backbone _ the main arteries for traffic _ need the most capacity given the amount of data passing through. These machines are known as core routers, and Cisco competes in this market with Juniper Networks Inc., which has updated its products more recently than Cisco.
Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV comingPHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups. Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription TV providers to carry the stations. The providers are resisting, and in the latest tussle, Cablevision Systems Corp. dropped the ABC station in New York in the hours leading to Sunday's Oscars telecast.
China tries microblogging top political eventBEIJING (AP) _ So this is how you get through China's biggest political event of the year: "Sit still, stare toward the front, pretend like you're looking but you're really not, pretend like you're listening but you're really not ... make your brain blank." As delegates to the National People's Congress dip into the world of Twitter-like microblogging, the Chinese public is getting a rare glimpse inside the workings, and nonworkings, of power.
Pink Floyd goes to court in royalty row with EMILONDON (AP) _ Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era. The group's lawyer, Robert Howe, told the High Court that the band was disputing the way royalties for online sales are worked out.
Microsoft rolls out new MSN site designREDMOND, Wash. (AP) _ Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S. The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. Instead, starting Tuesday, the site is sporting more white space and fewer categories.
White House tweeting spreads president's messageWASHINGTON (AP) _ #wanttospinWHreporters? If you're PressSec _ White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' username on Twitter _ you join the powerful social media platform and push your message across the Internet, 140 characters at a time.
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