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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Technology News Google tool helps consumers reduce energy usage February 10, 2009 at 8:07 pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google Inc on Tuesday said it would use its software skills to help consumers track their home energy usage and thereby lower demand and the global warming emissions that come from producing electricity. Cuba looks to expand Internet access February 10, 2009 at 7:27 pm HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba wants to expand access to the Internet but has been held back by economic problems and bandwidth limitations, Cuban communications minister Ramiro Valdes said on Tuesday. Many local TV stations to go ahead with DTV switch February 10, 2009 at 7:06 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 40 percent of the nation's hundreds of TV stations will be broadcasting completely in digital signals next week, even after regulators delayed a mandatory nationwide switch to "DTV" by months. College friends take fraternity dorm humor to TV February 10, 2009 at 6:52 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the latest example of how a small online video-sharing site has turned into a pop culture hit, a website featuring American college humor took its fraternity pranks to television this week. Bahrain Web crackdown triggers calls for reform February 10, 2009 at 6:47 pm MANAMA (Reuters) - A Bahraini crackdown on websites the government deems indecent or socially explosive has triggered calls for reforms by rights activists and bloggers, who say the ban tarnishes the kingdom's reputation for openness. System peers under skin to reveal muscle actions February 10, 2009 at 6:46 pm AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch researchers have developed a system they say could help people learn to walk and balance sooner after an injury or stroke by displaying a virtual image of their body and moving muscles on a screen in real time. U.S. lawmaker wants satellite companies to carry local TV February 10, 2009 at 5:07 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday introduced a bill to require satellite television companies to carry local broadcasting in all markets, arguing that the companies ignore less populated regions. Intel to invest $7 billion in U.S. as recession deepens February 10, 2009 at 3:20 pm NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp plans to invest $7 billion over two years to build next-generation U.S. chip manufacturing plants, unveiling its biggest spending plan for new technology amid a deepening economic recession and huge internal job cuts. Social web sites sign EU pact vs. "cyber-bullying" February 10, 2009 at 1:27 pm BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Seventeen social networking sites in Europe including Facebook and MySpace signed on Tuesday a pact aimed at curbing "cyber-bullying" and protecting the privacy of underage users, the European Commission said. Court denies Verizon petition on customer switching February 10, 2009 at 12:40 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has denied Verizon Communication Inc's request to overturn a federal order barring the phone company from marketing to customers to talk them out of switching phone services.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.