Nielsen: 40 Percent of People Use Smartphones, Tablets While Watching
According to a Nielsen report, 40 percent of smartphone and tablet owners are using their devices while they watch TV.

Facebook Faces Down Privacy Complaints
Facebook.com, the No. 2 U.S. social network site that is quickly expanding beyond its college student base, has been met with a sudden privacy backlash by users after it made design changes this week.

Appreciation: Happy 50th, NASA
Although most of the fanfare surrounding NASA's 50th anniversary centered on July 29, which marked half a century since America's space agency was created by an act of Congress, it was actually 50 years ago today--October 1, 1958--that NASA opened its doors to its employees.
SaaS Experts Predict 20 Percent Growth
On Monday, industry experts at the SaaScon conference in San Francisco estimated that the SaaS market would grow an average of 20 percent per year until at least 2010.

Future of Innovation at Stake in Microsoft Case
Microsoft and its critics agree that the future of innovation is at stake when the U.S. software giant challenges a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling before the European Union's second highest court.
LG Selling 'Smart Monitor' That Doubles as a PC
LG Electronics will start selling this month flatscreen monitors that can function as virtual computers, saving costs by allowing multiple users to run programs off a single standard PC.

Adobe Buys 'Ovation' Maker Serious Magic
Adobe said Thursday that it acquired Serious Magic, a manufacturer of video software, for an undisclosed amount.

iTunes Phone: Take 2
Today Cingular and Motorola introduced the SLVR L7, a slim, hip phone that synchs with iTunes.
Polar Rose Introduces a New Visual Search
Polar Rose has announced a new search plug-in which combines facial recognition and 3D imaging software, along with user-input, to provide a unique method for Web-based image searches.

NYT: Google's YouTube Signing Smaller Partnerships
Google may be frustrated in efforts to reach comprehensive deals with major media companies such as NBC or Viacom Inc. to put their videos on YouTube, but it is signing up hundreds of smaller media partners.
