Tag: MORNINGNEWS

Because we can't always cover all the great news in depth, we here at Switched have started a new AM feature, which recaps other important stories we may not have hit earlier in morning. Welcome to our third edition of the Switched Morning Extra. Folks Downgrading from Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to IE7 Released last week, Microsoft's much ballyhooed Web browser update saw a drop in users over the ...

'Manhunt 2' Banned in U.K., Adults Only in US 'Manhunt 2,' the follow-up to 'GTA' developer Rockstar's 2004 kill-crazy cult hit, has been reviewed by American and British ratings boards and, as a result, has summarily been banned from sale in the U.K.. The British Board of Film Classification cited the game's "cumulative casual sadism" and "sheer lack of alternative pleasures" to killing as ...

Warrants Needed for Federal E-Mail Searches Good news for online privacy advocates: Those pesky feds can't read your digital missives any more without a warrant. A federal appeals court has said that e-mail systems deserve the same treatment as telephone systems, reversing the better part of 20 years of unwarranted federal snooping. From Wired Blogs Emergency Advice from Your Mobile Our lowly ...

Sunny Skies with a Chance of Fallout Though CBS's Jericho wasn't picked up for a second season here in the U.S., it might play well in the Czech Republic. There, some pranksters hacked into an automated weather camera showing an always-on panorama of the countryside. Once in, they dropped a fake nuclear explosion into the middle of the valley, which was then broadcast live on Czech TV. It's not ...

Sharp's New 14.1-inch Laptop Sharp is jumping on the trendy white gadget bandwagon with its new Mebius PC-CW50T laptop, a svelte 14.1'-inch machine that packs a 1.6 gigahertz AMD CPU, an 80 gigabyte drive, a dual-layer DVD burner and all the usual wireless trappings. It's a good deal at just $1,200, though the anemic 1.3 hour battery life will likely leave you wanting more. From Engadget Cell ...