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Syria goes dark I'm Jeff Bakalar filling in for Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update some more scary news out of Syria early this morning apparently the entire country has gone dark completely vanishing from the internet over the course of just a few minutes according to Renesys a company that operates a real-time internet monitoring grid all of Syria's IP connectivity has become unreachable we'll have more on this as it develops today google has announced the acquisition of incentive targeting a maker of coupon programs that tailor to users behaviors and likes the company has worked with retailers to design trackable coupons that help gauge their performance and usefulness since 2007 incentive targeting has been collecting data on countless shoppers so it makes sense that Google wants to tap into that resource seen it has a review of the jawbone up going live today if you don't know what the jawbone up is it's a health monitoring bracelet from the earpiece and speaker manufacturer jawbone the e jewelry hooks up to a mobile app can track your heart rate sleeping patterns among other things an hour reviewer gave the product a three and a half out of five citing some limitations of the bracelet specifically the fact that it only works with iphones the up is designed to be worn 24 hours seven days a week alta pain a detailed picture of your health it then uses the data to motivate you into getting off the couch or out of that chair and move around the up also tracks your sleep recording length quality etc all in the hope you'll work to eliminate your sleep debt and get more rest since the device doesn't link to pcs or even android phones you'll have to use the iphone app to view all your performance data but that data is showcased cleanly and in an intuitive format you can check out the full review at cnet com after a bit of a delay Apple is finally pushing out iTunes 11 which features a redesign for the music player / store apple is touting iTunes 11 as an easier program to use with its new up next song feature revamped mini player and simpler search functionality will have a full review of iTunes 11 very soon on cnet and finally be sure to take part in the cnet contest where by nominating your favorite tech of 2012 you can win up to five thousand dollars for the full rules head on over to cnet com / 100 that's your tech news update you can find links to all of these stories on the blog sina com / update be sure to follow me on Twitter and watch the 404 show every single day from our Studios here in New York I'm Jeff bacala