Tone-Deaf Stars Thrive With Pitch Correction Software (1262) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97138601&ft=1&f=1019 : Tone-Deaf Stars Thrive With Pitch Correction Software - Anyone listening to hip-hop these days will know the sound — a synthesized vocal treatment made popular by artists such as Sean Kingston and Lil' Wayne. Musician David Was take us through a tour of the biggest pitch correction addicts and sees what he sounds like with a little help from his computer. |
TiVo To Help Couch Potatoes Get Pizza (720) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97124780&ft=1&f=1019 : TiVo To Help Couch Potatoes Get Pizza - Domino's Pizza is offering a new service thanks to TiVo. Now you can order a pizza with a click of the remote. If you're fast-forwarding through a Domino's commercial, you'll get a prompt asking if you want to order a pizza. The technology is a boon for companies that worry that people aren't watching their ads anymore. And for consumers, it could be a bit faster than text-messaging for a pizza, which Papa John's offers, or ordering from Pizza Hut's Facebook page. |
Yahoo Founder Jerry Yang To Step Down As CEO (418) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97124771&ft=1&f=1019 : Yahoo Founder Jerry Yang To Step Down As CEO - Internet search engine Yahoo is looking for a new CEO. The current chief executive, Jerry Yang, is stepping down. Yang co-founded the company but he's only been CEO for a year and a half. During his short tenure, he infuriated shareholders by stopping a deal with Microsoft, which offered to buy Yahoo for $31 a share. Yahoo's stock price is now trading at a third of that. With Yang leaving the corner office, some say a deal with Microsoft is inevitable. Yang will have a seat on the board. |
New Ratings Help Buyers Scan TV Energy Use (451) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97036615&ft=1&f=1019 : New Ratings Help Buyers Scan TV Energy Use - Energy Star has posted new energy ratings for TVs to help consumers evaluate potential purchases. But an Energy Star listing alone doesn't mean the TV uses less energy. It means the TV is efficient — compared with others in its class. |
What Is Twitter? And Other Tech Questions (446) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97102244&ft=1&f=1019 : What Is Twitter? And Other Tech Questions - Last week, All Things Considered launched All Tech Considered. The first segment — about how to scan bar codes and comparison shop with your cell phone — spurred listener questions. Technology expert Omar Gallaga of the Austin American-Statesman answers a few. |
Hi-Tech Laundry Texts When Clothes Are Ready (820) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97094367&ft=1&f=1019 : Hi-Tech Laundry Texts When Clothes Are Ready - At the University of Virginia, students can look online to see if washers and dryers are available. The machines can even send messages to the students' phones when the laundry is ready. The only problem ... they can't teach students how to wash their clothes. |
Fighting Illness From 'The Edge Of Medicine' (1305) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97025969&ft=1&f=1019 : Fighting Illness From 'The Edge Of Medicine' - What if you could diagnose cancer just by smelling it? Dr. William Hanson explains the 'Diag-Nose' — an electronic nose that can do just that — plus other medical technologies that he says will change our lives. |
What Cyber War Could Mean For The U.S. (1392) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97010910&ft=1&f=1019 : What Cyber War Could Mean For The U.S. - When fighting broke out between Georgia and Russia this summer, the war was waged in both the online and physical world. Attacks on Georgian Web sites basically shut down the country's Internet operations. Now U.S. Sec. of Defense Robert Gates wonders what cyber warfare could mean at home. |
Google CEO's Influence With Obama May Aid Tech (336) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96958566&ft=1&f=1019 : Google CEO's Influence With Obama May Aid Tech - Google CEO Eric Schmidt endorsed Barack Obama during the campaign. Now the most powerful CEO in Silicon Valley is part of a team of advisers to the president-elect. |
Warcraft Fans Too Excited To Go To Work (1069) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96954916&ft=1&f=1019 : Warcraft Fans Too Excited To Go To Work - Early this morning, the online game World of Warcraft released its long-awaited update. More than two million people are expected to buy the re-tooled game Thursday alone. Some people are even taking the day off to try out the new virtual world. |
All Tech Considered (408) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96922206&ft=1&f=1019 : All Tech Considered - Earlier this week, All Things Considered launched a new weekly tech segment, All Tech Considered, which will run every Monday. If listeners can't wait until then, they can join the ongoing tech conversation online, at the segment's group page: npr.org/alltech. |
Google Search Trends Reveal Flu Outbreaks (1074) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96914887&ft=1&f=1019 : Google Search Trends Reveal Flu Outbreaks - With flu season fast approaching, people who feel themselves getting sick are turning to the web to self-diagnose. Aggregating Google's flu-related searches can yield interesting trends about where outbreaks are occurring — and might even provide earlier regional warnings than the CDC. |
Obama Looks To Harness Grass-Roots Support (978) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96886703&ft=1&f=1019 : Obama Looks To Harness Grass-Roots Support - When President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, he'll have expanded majorities of Democrats in both houses of Congress — and the support of a big grass-roots movement. Millions of people helped him beat Sen. John McCain, and Obama must be as innovative in utilizing their power postelection as he was during the campaign. |
Obama's Plans For A High-Tech White House (608) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96859050&ft=1&f=1019 : Obama's Plans For A High-Tech White House - President-elect Barack Obama made use of text messages, e-mails and social networking sites to get elected. What role will these technologies play once he takes office? Slate.com's Farhad Manjoo discusses Sen. Obama's plans for a digital White House. |
Bird Forces Hawaii To Transfer To Digital TV In Jan. (798) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96845477&ft=1&f=1019 : Bird Forces Hawaii To Transfer To Digital TV In Jan. - The nation is scheduled to convert to digital TV on Feb. 17. But most of Hawaii will make the switch a month early because of a volcano-dwelling bird. Federal wildlife officials recommended hastening the transition in Hawaii so the Hawaiian petrel's nesting season on the slopes of Maui's Haleakala volcano won't be disrupted by the destruction of the old analog transmission towers nearby. |
