http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/16/facebook-sez-dont-mind-us-were-just-whoring-out-your-photos/ See, according to Facebook it's all part of the acceptable use policy you agreed to. No, I'm not kidding. http://anythingtech.net/all-content/facebook-experiment-friends-100-4-days/ Facebook is by far one of the top social networking sites on the Internet, with millions of users, but how secure is it? Or rather how security conscious are the people that use it? http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cc5fb4a58b/laptop-hunters-brad Microsoft wants to take Brad shopping for his next machine. Brad wants the money for a new computer. http://www.macblogz.com/2008/12/04/mobile-websites-more-harm-than-good/ Many websites automatically redirect iPhones to mobile versions of their sites. 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They are all unique in their own way. http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4295927.html You're the type of person who likes getting his hands dirty fixing, servicing, and building your home, car, and garage hobbies. Why wouldn't you do the same with holiday gifts? Not only is a handmade gift more economical, but recipients will cherish something you have made above something store-bought. http://www.techieblogger.com/2009/10/10-illustrative-guides-to-increase-disk-space-in-windows-7-vista.html These are 10 best do it yourself guides to increase the disk space in windows 7 and Vista. http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/10-essential-os-x-apps-for-pro-web-developers-642082 Tools for coding, testing, uploading and tracking costs with web development. 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Command line interfaces replaced punch card systems back in the 1950s and subsequently made room for GUIs. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/an-invention-that-could-change-the-internet-for-ever-1678109.html I certainly hope the next generation of internet search requires less work on my behalf (ala Google). http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/20/apples_iphone_may_have_outsold_android_nearly_6_to_1.html While Apple may not have had the strongest of holiday sales for Macs and iPods, estimates for sales of iPhone 3G versus T-Mobile's G1 may show Apple's device having outsold one of its closest competitors by a ratio of six to one in the US alone. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/12/01/analysts-okay-so-apple-didnt-do-so-badly-on-black-friday Despite the fact that Apple's Black Friday sale last week was a little bit of a yawner, it turns out that the company still did well over the weekend despite the recession. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-filesystem/index.html?S_TACT=105AGX03&S_CMP=ART When it comes to file systems,Linux is the Swiss Army knife of operating systems. Linux supports a large number of file systems, from journaling to clustering to cryptographic. Linux is a wonderful platform for using standard and more exotic file systems and also for developing file systems. This article explores the virtual file system (VFS)... http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/05/11/android.to.grow.900pc/ The number of phones shipped using Google's Android platform is set to grow much faster than the iPhone this year, estimates from Strategy Analytics maintain today. Devices like the T-Mobile G1 have just a small fraction of shipments today but are expected to grow 900 percent in 2009; iPhones will grow only by 79 percent. http://r.ecommended.com/product/421/anime-private Andy puts on his reviewer's mantle to take a look at Anime Private...what does he discover? http://i.imgur.com/Spt9L.gif Announcing the Apple iProduct. http://castrojo.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/announcing-ubuntu-open-week-2/ I am pleased to announce that this cycles Ubuntu Open Week will be held the week after Ubuntu 9.04s release, from 27 April to 1 May on #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode. The sessions take place from 1500UTC to 2100UTC - This is a week full of IRC tutorial sessions on a range of subjects, designed to help people get involved in the Ubuntu community. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/30/google-wave-manhunt/ ..... the Seattle Times is very interested in trying to figure out what to actually use Google Wave for. But while most are trying to use it for either fun, realtime chats, movie reenactments, or inner-business workings, the Seattle Times have tasked Wave with a larger goal: Catching a killer. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-boss-confiscated-laptop-090904/ Tim Kuik, managing director of Dutch anti-piracy gang BREIN, has publicly admitted that hes currently using a Sony VAIO laptop previously confiscated from a hacker. Although he doesnt elaborate on how he obtained the machine, it is hard not to conclude that it has been misappropriated. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-drops-ridiculous-claim-against-isp-090930/ With just days to go before the BitTorrent piracy case involving Aussie ISP iiNet goes to court, anti-piracy group AFACT has made a second significant legal retreat. The group, which represents Hollywood movie studios, has now dropped its claims that iiNet engaged in primary acts of copyright infringement. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-takes-out-usenet-indexer-090517/ Anti-piracy group BREIN is well known in the BitTorrent community, having already managed to shut down hundreds of small sites. The Dutch outfit is currently being sued by a group of Usenet enthusiasts after it called their site illegal. Undeterred, its now flexing its muscles to get NZB sites closed down too. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-outfit-wants-ban-on-usenet-talk-091210/ The first rule of Usenet is, you dont talk about Usenet. This rule kept Usenet providers and users out of sight from anti-piracy organizations for years. Ironically, the Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN are now the first ones trying to enforce this rule in court. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-scam-emails-bittorrent-users-080907/ A new trend is surfacing, as spammers have sent out millions of emails targeting BitTorrent users. The emails that claim to come from MediaDefender, warn the receiver that he or she has been logged using BitTorrent and points them to an attachment supposedly containing evidence, but which is in fact infected with a virus. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-pirates-scare-kids-with-propagandistic-comic-book-091012/ The Motion Picture Association has sent one of its big shot lobbyists to New Zealand to advocate tougher anti-piracy legislation, and to promote a propagandistic comic book set be handed out to thousands of local kids. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/08/04/app-store-bringing-in-strong-revenue-for-some-iphone-devs Block is the author of the popular crossword puzzle application 2 Across, which sells for $5.99 on the App Store. Based on her iTunes Connect screenshots, Block has been earning almost $2,000 per day on the application, quite a bit more than she was expecting to make. Overall, these results are pretty encouraging for developers. http://www.appsherpa.com A few iPhone sites are reporting that the iTunes US App Store has passed the 10,000 App mark - but this is not quite the case. http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/apple-wiimote-patent-discovered-in-us-585202 Could Apple be about to take aim at Nintendo's gaming market share by introducing a Wii-like games console of its own? http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B409C20091205 Apple has acquired digital music service Lala, as the dominant online music retailer explores new models for selling songs. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed by Apple, which confirmed the purchase on Friday. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1053152/Apple-admit-Briton-DID-invent-iPod-hes-getting-money.html?ITO=1490 Apple has finally admitted that a British man who left school at 15 is the inventor behind the iPod. Kane Kramer, 52, came up with the technology that drives the digital music player nearly 30 years ago but has still not seen a penny from his invention. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/09/apple_again_causes_worldwide_nand_flash_shortage.html Demand for flash memory has outstripped supply for major manufacturers, and the reason once again is said to be the popularity of Apple devices like the iPhone and iPod touch. Demand for flash in the third quarter of 2009 exceeded supply by an estimated 1.3 percent, according to data from DRAMeXchange, as relayed by DigiTimes..... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10239277-37.html There's a disconnect between some video-streaming applications approved for 3G use in Apple's App Store and those, like SlingPlayer Mobile, which are limited to Wi-Fi access only. While Apple has certainly not been shy about exercising its veto power over App Store applications--just ask Trent Reznor, for example--it's unclear why Sling's... http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/26/apple-announces-wwdc-2009-dates-iphone-snow-leopard-countdown/ Here we go: Apple's just announced that its Worldwide Developers Conference will take place June 8-12 in San Francisco. If you'll recall, last year's WWDC was where a little gadget called the iPhone 3G made its appearance, and we'd say chances are good we'll see new hardware this year as wel http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174180/apple_applies_for_patent_on_os_with_embedded_advertising.html "Want to launch Microsoft Office? Sure, but first a word from our sponsor." That somewhat surreal scenario could become a reality, based on a patent application filed by Apple, which was published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10144025-37.html An e-book submitted to Apple's App Store has been approved after the author removed language that apparently offended Apple. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/13/apple_averaging_95_iphone_3g_sales_per_store_per_day.html After spending 25 hours observing sales of iPhones at Apples national retail chain, investment bank Piper Jaffray now estimates the company is on track to announce a more than fourfold increase in sales of the handset during its fiscal fourth quarter. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/29/apple_briefs_staff_on_wireless_iphone_movie_and_tv_downloads.html The iPhone 3.0 operating system release will include new support for direct downloads of movie and TV content from the iTunes Store, according to people familiar with Apple's internal training materials. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/17/apple-brings-hdcp-to-a-new-aluminum-macbook-near-you HDCP has finally arrived in Apple's hardware, thanks to the latest aluminum MacBook update. The technology is being used to protect (what else?) iTunes Store files from playing on any HDCP non-compliant devices. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/11/apple-reponds-to-concerns-over-health-of-steve-jobs After it was suggested that pictures of Steve Jobs delivering the WWDC 2008 keynote speech show the Apple CEO looking a little peaked, Apple has commented on the matter, saying that Jobs recently had a common bug. Whether that explanation will stop further speculation about Jobs health is another question entirely. http://gizmodo.com/5448255/apple-confirms-tablet-existence-with-cease-and-desist-letter-to-gawker Apple has indirectly confirmed the existence of the fabled Tablet, after Valleywag started a scavenger hunt for evidence of its existence, offering up to $100,000 for photos, videos, or a chance to play with it. Here's what they said: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/28/apple_details_next_gen_multi_touch_techniques_for_tablet_macs.html In a new company filing discovered by AppleInsider, iPhone maker Apple Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run an undiluted version of the Mac OS X operating system. http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10440777-260.html?tag=digg With its profit up 50 percent and revenue up 32 percent from the same period a year ago, Apple handily beats expectations while adopting new accounting principles. http://gizmodo.com/5327889/apple-expects-google-voice-app-developers-to-pay-refunds-out-of-pocket Now this is ridiculous. Not only did Apple pull all the unofficial Google Voice apps out of the App Store for an absurd reason, now they expect the developers of those apps to fund refunds out of their own pockets.. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/21/apple_exploring_solar_power_parking_assistance_kinematic_input.html A number of new Apple patent applications this week indicate that future products from Apple could be powered by the sun, might help you find a quick and easy parking spot for your car, and could interpret three-dimensional force-based "gestures" with your mouse. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39190/118/ Apple has many more ideas for multi-touch and is working on adding new technology that could improve multi-touch accuracy, enable more detailed gestures and perhaps change the way you use your computer.Apple has filed and almost endless number of multi-touch-related patent applications since the iPhone was introduced. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10021716-37.html Three Mac rumors sites have received anonymous tips that Apple is getting ready to introduce a subscription iTunes service in September. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/28/iphone_wobble/ Get more from this author Apple has ordered the developer of the iPhone Wobble application to remove the words "boobs" and "booty" from his publicity, despite selling more than 20000 copies of the epically pointless app. http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/04/27/apple.hires.ati.cto/ Apple has quietly signaled a new emphasis on graphics by hiring an influential graphics chipset designer from AMD. The former CTO for the company's ATI graphics product group, Bob Drebin, has indicated on his LinkedIn profile that he is now a Senior Director for an unnamed group within Apple. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10079494-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Mark Papermaster has agreed to join Apple as a high-ranking executive, but his former employer, IBM, is fighting that move. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080820-apple-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-3g-iphone-flakiness.html We all knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time. A lawsuit has been filed against Apple over what the plaintiff is referring to as the Defective iPhone 3G, which she hopes will become a class-action complaint. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/21/briefly_apple_hit_with_copyright_suit_snow_leopard_preorder.html "Without permission or authorization from the plaintiff, defendants Apple and i.TV have impermissibly used, reproduced, copied, infringed, disseminated or otherwise exploited the plaintiff's copyrighted image in the i.TV application," the suit reads. http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/apple-hits-back-at-verizon-in-new-iphone-ads-video/ Now look, we're not saying we know for sure that Apple thinks Verizon's latest round of merciless attack ads on its device and US carrier are worth responding to, but these latest iPhone spots would certainly suggest it. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10409472-93.html Does Apple plan to stream music? http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/12/apple_install_guide_slips_out_new_macbook_macbook_pro.html An Apple support file unearthed on the weekend confirms that at least two portables will get an update in short order. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/27/apple_iphone_ad_banned_in_uk_due_to_misleading_claims.html The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it received complaints from two local viewers who took issue with a claim in the 30-second spot which stated that all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone. That assertion was misleading, they said, because the iPhone does not support Flash or Java, two proprietary technologies that sometimes http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/apple-verizon-mulling-iphone-deal-for-next-year/ We've been down this path countless times, but rumors are once again heating up that Apple and Verizon are actively discussing the possibility of creating an iPhone to work on Big Red's airwaves, according to USA Today's infamous "people familiar with the situation." Could the iPhone come to Verizon Wireless next year?! http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/15/more-apple-iphone-search-weirdness-and-embarrassment-for-google/ Googles carefully orchestrated launch of their new voice-recognition search application for the iPhone took a dive this weekend. The application didnt appear as promised, and Google took down the YouTube video demoing the product http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/18/apple_launches_iphone_2_0_2_update.html In a quick turnaround from 2.0.1, Apple on Monday evening released version 2.0.2 firmware for iPhones.The 248.7MB update is available only through iTunes and comes just two weeks after version 2.0.1.In traditional Apple form, no specific issues are identified in the current release notes, which only indicate bug fixes for the mobile OS. http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/apple-launches-itunes-8-nbc-comes-back-tv-shows-at-1-99/ Genius sounds fucking awesome... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/24/apple_lays_claim_to_greenest_notebooks_ever_in_new_ad_campaign.html Not one for modesty, Apple on Monday night launched a new campaign and TV spot touting its new aluminum MacBook lineup as the most environmentally friendly portables ever. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/25/apple-mac-malware-caught-camera/ Pob in our analysis labs blogged earlier this week about a new variant of the RSPlug Trojan horse for Mac OS X that he had written protection against. One of the ways in which the OSX/RSPlug-F Mac Trojan horse is being distributed by hackers is in the form of a poisoned HDTV/DTV program called MacCinema. http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=1351 I know that we have been clamoring for 3rd party applications on the iPhone and there are some awesome applications available. However, the stable days of pre-iPhone 2.0 may be gone forever and Jobs may not like the can of worms that he has opened up. It is particularly a shame when the native applications on the device cant even perform reliably. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9150045/Apple_makes_208_on_each_499_iPad The new $499 iPad tablet actually runs Apple about $270 in materials and manufacturing costs, a Wall Street analyst said today. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/12/apple_may_launch_most_aggressive_black_friday_sale_yet.html With Black Friday sale information from rival PC vendors beginning to leak online, experts at Barclays Capital say they expect Apple to counter the promotions with a more aggressive than usual one-day sale, offering deep discounts on a number of Mac models. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/45881 Apple may soon take Woolworths to court over its use of a logo which it claims looks too similar to its own. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10165736-37.html Apple has made it clear that South Park must respect its authority. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/01/apple_now_encourages_antivirus_use_for_mac_os_x.html After years of jabbing Microsoft for the seeming need to run antivirus software on Windows, Apple has quietly posted its own recommendation for similar security with its own operating system. http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/13/apple-notebook-event-rumor-roundup/ Apple has made it clear that the event will focus on notebook computers. In addition, a leaked Apple support document confirms that late 2008 MacBooks and MacBook Pros will be amongst the products announced. While theres been no definite word about MacBook Air updates, it seems reasonable to expect that MacBook Airs could also be updated to late http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/10/apple_offers_free_taste_of_itunes_lp_format_with_holiday_sampler.html Apple is promoting its new iTunes LP format with a free downloadable selection of 20 holiday songs from a variety of popular artists. The free iTunes Holiday Sampler download includes a variety of artists from wide-ranging genres, such as Toby Keith, Weezer, Glasvegas, Barry Manilow, and comedian Stephen Colbert. The iTunes LP collects the songs... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/11/apple_open_sources_snow_leopards_grand_central_dispatch.html Despite being a unique, key marketing feature of Snow Leopard, Apple has decided to open the code behind Grand Central Dispatch under the liberal Apache 2.0 license. http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/a/ Oh Apple, what are you up to? Just like we saw right around this time last year in preparation for Apple's new iPhone 3G and updated iPod touch, Apple is placing huge orders of NAND chips thereby threatening the supply in demand by other tier-one vendors. http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/exclusive-apple-dictated-light-peak-creation-to-intel-could-be/ Not only is Apple complicit in the development of the Light Peak standard, but the company actually brought the concept to Intel and asked them to create it. More to the point, the new connector will play a hugely important role in upcoming products from Cupertino. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/apple-patch-sms/ Apple has released a minor software update for iPhone, patching a security flaw revealed just yesterday. http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Patent+Hints+At+iPhone+With+Video+Chat+Motion+Awareness/article14878.htm Third generation or fourth generation iPhones appear poised to deploy some interesting technologies like video chat, and motion sensing. The interface could be useful for people who use their iPhones while jogging or driving, allow them to make calls or change music with minimal distraction. http://i.gizmodo.com/5137992/apple-patent-would-automatically-adjust-iphone-mac-volume Awesome. If it works as well as the auto-brightness on my iPhone I'll have to stop using my Church's free wi-fi to catch up on Fleshbot posts during Sunday service. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/apple/5732296/Apple-prepares-iPhone-SMS-patch.html Security experts have discovered a flaw in the way Apple's iPhone handles text messages, prompting the company to ready a patch to fix the issue. http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/20/apple-prepping-a-32gb-iphone-update-bringing-back-at-home-activ/ Were not particularly inclined to believe them, but the whispers that Apple is about to bump the top-end iPhone capacity to 32GB are getting harder to ignore -- especially since 8GB inventory is drying up, leading to speculation thats its going to be dropped as soon as next week. We think the timings a little odd on the heels of the Lets Rock http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/05/briefly_apple_prepping_new_snow_leopard_iweb_ard_updates.html The news vacuum that's followed Apple's Mac desktop refresh offers space for some updates on the company's software-related efforts, which should soon produce new builds of Snow Leopard. Meanwhile, minor updates to iWeb, Remote Desktop, and other OS X components are also reportedly in the works. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/04/22/2009-04-22_apple_pulls_baby_shaker_iphone_app_after_child_welfare_groups_protest.html Apple Inc. yanked a disturbing iPhone application called "Baby Shaker" - which allowed users to silence a screaming infant by shaking their phone - from its online store today. http://www.macblogz.com/2008/12/09/apple-pulls-neo-nazi-albums-from-german-itunes-store/ Apple has recently pulled two albums of neo-Nazi sentiment from its German installation of iTunes after being informed by technology publication Computerbild of the offensive content. Two albums from the German neo-Nazi band, Landser, had recently been discovered on the German iTunes store. The group had been banned by a federal court in 2005 [. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/03/apple_quietly_intros_2_66ghz_macbook_pro_offers_larger_ssds.html Flying under the radar of Tuesday's broad desktop overhaul were quiet updates to Apple's MacBook Pro notebook line, which now includes a faster 15-inch model, new high-end chip options, and larger solid-state drive (SSD) choices that are also offered alongside the company's 13-inch MacBooks. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/27/apple_ramps_up_macbook_campaign_rim_folds_on_anti_apple_ad.html Apple this week kicked its eco-friendly MacBook campaign into overdrive with new placements on network television and top-tier internet properties; meanwhile, Research in Motion considered taking a shot at Apple in a new television commercial but ultimately couldn't bring itself to pull the trigger. http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/apple-rejects-macworld-iphone-superguide-from-app-store-for-u/ The iPhone App Store's arbitrary and inconsistent approval process continues to baffle and annoy on every level, as Macworld Editor-in-Chief Jason Snell just had his iPhone book rejected... for using the word "iPhone" in the title. http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/21/apple.rejects.ebook.reader/ Apple has rejected yet another iPhone app, Eucalyptus, over offensive content, according to Wired. The e-book reader does not contain the objectionable content, although it allows users to download titles from Project Gutenberg. Apple cites access to the Kama Sutra as the reason for rejection, despite the fact that the text must be manually added.. http://www.macworld.com/article/138470/2009/01/iphoneupdate.html Apple on Tuesday released a software update for its iPhone and iPhone 3G devices. According to notes provided with the update, the new version addresses two issues... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/30/apple_removes_shake_software_extension_from_online_store.html Speculation has arisen that Apple has discontinued Shake, its film digital effects and digital compositing software, after the application vanished from the company's online store. http://www.greenercomputing.com/news/2009/12/01/apple-scores-high-energy-efficient-computer-rankings Apple Computer has the most- and least-efficient computers on the market, according to rankings released by the website sust-it.net. Across three categories -- laptops, desktops and all-in-ones -- Apple scores at or near the top of the list, and is also at the bottom of the list for its desktops and all-in-one iMac. http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/25/apple-seeds-snow-leopard-10a190-mac-ox-10-6-to-developers/ Apple has seeded a new version of Snow Leopard (Build 10A190) to developers this morning. Last night they had emailed ADC members that a preview build of Snow Leopard was made available to them, but the download links were not live until this morning. Snow Leopard is the codename for the next ma... http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3175&a=2 Apple sells an astonishing number of iPhone/iPod Touch models since launch, leveraging the unit's abilities as a game platform to be reckoned with http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/its-on-apple-holding-january-27th-event-to-show-off-its-lates/ Yes folks -- the rumors are true. Apple is holding an event on January 27th to show off something the company is calling their "latest creation." Read more at Engadget! http://www.pcworld.com/article/174213/windows_7_draws_fire_in_apple_ads.html Apple seems to steal Microsoft's Windows 7 thunder with a new round of Mac-PC encounters. http://www.thestreet.com/story/10660189/1/apple-pe-ratio-headed-lower.html?kval=dontmiss I don't know accounting well enough to determine how credible this is, but the author argues that Apple's new accounting rules are widely misunderstood and will lower its P/E to 13, sending the stock up 30% or more by year's end. Will be quite impressed if this is true. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/05/apple-gets-pwned-sf-store-is-now-advertising-dvd-jons-doubletwist/ Apple may be known for its advertising prowess, but this little marketing coup is going to go down as one of the most hilarious ad placements in recent history. http://gizmodo.com/5351450/this-is-how-you-steal-23-macbook-pros-14-iphones-and-9-ipods-in-31-seconds Quick: How can you get 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPods in 31 seconds, for free? Tip: According to this security video, you need four friends, a brick, and a visit to the Apple Store in Marlton, NJ. http://www.edibleapple.com/ Apple has internally announced that its Apple Stores are authorized to match the Black Friday sales of any authorized Apple re-seller. There have been reports indicating that Apple was already planning significant price cuts for Black Friday, so this Thanksgiving should be a great time to purchase Apple products at attractive prices. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10273669-37.html Filed in U.S. District Court in southern Illinois, the court documents obtained by CNET show that the couple is seeking monetary damages for Apple's "wrongful, illegal, improper and fraudulent acts." http://gizmodo.com/5370252/apple-tablet-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-magazines Steve Jobs said people don't read any more. But Apple is in talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a "new device." And they're not just going for e-books and mags. They're aiming to redefine print. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10032963-37.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 Apple apparently doesnt think fart jokes are very funny... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/25/apple_to_further_polish_leopard_with_10_5_7_update.html Apple this week is believed to have tapped its vast developer community to begin testing Mac OS X 10.5.7, a sizable maintenance and security update to the company's Leopard operating system with a particular focus on syncing improvements. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/23/apple_to_pay_22_5m_in_suit_over_scratched_ipod_nanos.html Apple has agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by customers who experienced quality issues with the easily-scratchable surface of first generation iPod nanos. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/25/apple_to_retain_redesign_plastic_macbook_family.html Once rumored for extinction, Apple's entry-level polycarbonate MacBooks are on the verge of a refresh that will solidify them at the base of the Mac maker's notebook offerings for the foreseeable future, AppleInsider has learned. http://newteevee.com/2009/08/07/apple-to-stream-first-live-concert-to-the-iphone-tonight/ Tonight Apple will produce its first-ever live event streamed to the iPhone: a concert by the electronica band Underworld. Apple has apparently kept the event quiet as it doesnt want to overwhelm the AT&T network. http://www.physorg.com/news170334628.html Apple announced on Monday that its next-generation Snow Leopard operating system tailored for the California company's Macintosh computers will be unleashed on the market on Friday. http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/16/apple-updates-remote-app-for-iphone/ Apple just dropped an update for the Remote application for iPhone/iPod touch. Remote.app allows you to control any iTunes library (or Apple TV) over a local WiFi connection. According to the release notes, you will now be able to create a Genius playlist, and create/edit playlists in iTunes. http://blogs.computerworld.com/15136/apple_voids_applecare_warranty_for_smokers Apple has been accused of voiding two customers' Applecare warranty because their Macs were used by smokers. Apple says it's worried about the health and safety of its technicians, but in IT Blogwatch, bloggers roll up that argument and set fire to it. (AAPL) http://www.better-trades.com/analyst-exchange/tech-comparisons/google-vs-apple-vs-microsoft.asp Google vs. Apple vs. Microsoft. - One of these tech giants has it all, and the other two are still scratching their heads. Take a look at how deep their pockets really are...Who has the debt...who has the products, and who has the market fooled. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2008/08/portfolio_0815_applegoogle Apple is worth more than Google. Huh? This doesnt make sense to me. Theyre both strong technology giants with very large moats. But Google is stronger, and its moat is bigger. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/30/apple_warns_of_reduced_imac_availability_in_near_term.html Apple this week is advising members of its reseller channels that supply of iMacs will be constrained in the immediate future, a move that may signal new models are nearing production. Great, just after I bought one. Sigh. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10269855-37.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0 iPhone 3G S users are still experiencing delays activating their new smartphones, but Apple apparently wants to make it up to users. 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In the last six months, Finnish cyber security firm, F-Secure reports that the number of malware samples targeting Macs has actually dropped in the last 18 months. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/14/apples_share_of_us_pc_market_slips_to_8_at_hands_of_acer.html Apple's share of the US computer market fell to 8 percent during the fourth calendar quarter of 2008 from 9.5 percent in the third as the Mac maker surrendered its third place ranking to surging netbook maker Acer, according to market research firm Gartner. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/02/apples_snow_leopard_still_evolving_developers_say.html Although there's been some evidence to suggest Snow Leopard could hit the market several months ahead of expectations, new information reveals that Apple remains heavily engaged in building out some of the features first previewed back in June. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/21/apples_steve_jobs_named_worlds_best_performing_ceo.html For increasing his company's market cap a whopping $150 billion in the last 12 years, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was named the best-performing CEO in the world. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/30/apple_att_slapped_with_yet_another_iphone_3g_lawsuit.html Still one more class-action lawsuit is claiming that the iPhone not only fails to live up to 3G speeds, but that it also prematurely develops hairline cracks in its outer casing. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/43616/118/ A class action started in a Louisana district court alleging that Apple and AT&T touted the iPhone as supporting MMS (multimedia messaging service) but have not as yet provided the service. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/10/apple_google_reportedly_shared_agreement_to_not_poach_employees.html Apple and Google had an informal agreement not to recruit each others' workers while Eric Schmidt, the search engine's CEO, served on both boards, according to a new report. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10447310-16.html Software freedom requires more than just a license. It also needs an open market to be meaningful--witness Apple, Canonical, and others flirting with Microsoft. Read this blog post by Matt Asay on The Open Road. http://consumerist.com/5049518/apple-macbooks-cant-handle-garageband Two Apple customer service representatives told reader Mark that his MacBooks four hard drive crashes could be blamed on GarageBand, professional-grade software that his puny consumer-grade laptop couldnt handle. Every MacBook comes with GarageBand pre-loaded as part of Apples iLife suite. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129651 Everybody loves the iPhone, but follow Apple's strict rules or it's 'No soup for you!' http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/25/apple_close_to_unveiling_guarded_snow_leopard_ui_overhaul.html These latest reports add to previous claims that similarly predicted Apple would eventually wrap Snow Leopard in a new interface rumored to go by the code-name "marble." Details were sparse, but speculation pointed to a move towards a darker chrome motif for application windows alongside an inverted menubar with light text on a dark background. http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/10/14/steve-jobs-calls-blu-ray-a-bag-of-hurt/ Straight from El Jobsos mouth at todays notebook keynote: Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. Its great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, were waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace. Damn. http://gizmodo.com/5407410/application-makes-your-iphone-blow-air At last, after being blowed a billion times, it's the iPhone's turn. Believe it or not, there's a new application for the iPhone that uses its speaker to blow air. No peripherals. No attachments. Check the video for yourself. http://blogs.computerworld.com/14738/archos_5_the_linux_internet_tablet_for_everyone You can keep your Zune HD, the brand-new Archos 5, Internet tablet is the real competition for Apple's iPod Touch. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/are-other-touch-screen-zune-players-on-the-horizon.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss If there really is more to come, Microsoft isn't going to let us in on the secret that easily. "We've always said that we're committed to Zune in the long-term and will continue to evolve Zune over time," a Microsoft spokesperson told Ars http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=17703 Twice this week, Ive engaged in conversations about Apple missing the boat on potentially sweet markets that would have fit right into its iTunes growth strategy. Amazon's Kindle-DX and the announcement by Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser of a forthcoming product, code-named Facet. Reals DVD-ripping technology is should be available in iTunes. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/163387/are_hackers_working_for_the_mob.html A British study found organized crime is behind the vast majority of hacking attacks. http://spectrum.ieee.org/print/6593 Earlier this year, someone at the US Department of Justice smuggled sensitive financial data out of the agency by embedding the data in several image files. Defeating this exfiltration method, called steganography, has proved particularly tricky, but one engineering student has come up with a way to make espionage work against itself. http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1969 Having Issues with Windows? 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Look for it in mid-July... shortly after Microsoft drops Windows XP support for most systems. http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/05/asus.eee.monitor.photo/ ASUS today has given us its first glimpse of its Eee Monitor all-in-one PC and is promising to one-up the iMac: thanks to using Linux and an Intel Atom, the Eee will cost just $500 -- less than half the $1,200 price of Apples box. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asus_redesigned_eee_pc_1002ha_netbook_slimmer_and_lighter Asus' Redesigned Eee PC 1002HA Netbook is Slimmer and Lighter with a lightweight package weighing just 2.6 pounds and measuring 1-inch thick. The Eee PC 10002HA is available now through the usual outlets with an MSRP set at $499. http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/04/att.says.optimized.sling.ok.for.3g.network/ AT&T on Thursday greenlit the use of SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone on its 3G network. 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While they havent implemented usage caps a la Comcast (yet) they are using a similar traffic management technique starting on Oct. 18 that will slow down your whole... http://gizmodo.com/5416389/att-comes-in-last-in-consumer-reports-study-that-surprises-no-one Here is some news anyone with an iPhone could have told you: AT&T delivers crappy service that its customers hate. But this news comes from a reputable source, Consumer Reports, instead of the usual whiny friends. http://hothardware.com/News/ATT-Faces-Pressure-to-cut-iPhone-Data-Costs AT&T is reluctant to offer a less expensive data plan for the iPhone because it would lose a valuable source of revenue. The current data plans are used to help offset the subsidies AT&T pays to keep the iPhone at the $200 level. The plan also offsets the cost of delivering the service. http://blogs.computerworld.com/14605/at_t_has_chutzpah#comment-155918 AT&T's internal email about the new requirement of data plans for all smartphone purchases beginning in September is as fine a piece of malarkey as I have seen in a while, filled with illogic, circular reasoning, and just plain dishonesty. So let's parse their memo http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/att-communication-failure/ 2009 was a hell of a year for AT&T. Literally. The networks notoriety incited widespread complaints, an ad war with its biggest rival and a consumer protest. Even Saturday Night Live mocked the big A. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123973238611017715.html AT&T's exclusive deal to sell the iPhone in the U.S. expires next year, and AT&T CEO Stephenson is in talks with Apple for an extension until 2011. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/18/repeat_att_may_introduced_20_limited_iphone_data_plan.html With next-generation iPhone hardware and software around the corner, a new report is adding to claims that AT&T is mulling changes to its iPhone monthly service and data plans that could reduce the cost of owning an iPhone and help Apple grow its share of the smartphone market. http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/atandt-rolling-out-mms-to-iphone-on-september-25/ AT&T has just announced that MMS -- a much-ballyhooed feature of iPhone OS 3.0 -- will finally be hitting AT&T on September 25. http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/atandt-tweaks-wireless-terms-of-service-to-forbid-video-streaming/ Looks like AT&T's taking some aggressive steps to manage network traffic now that it's offering subsidized netbooks - the carrier updated its data plan terms of service last night to specifically single out and prohibit "downloading movies using P2P file sharing services, customer initiated redirection of television or other video or audio signals. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-26/at-t-will-improve-network-performance-for-iphone-apple-says.html AT&T Inc., the exclusive U.S. wireless carrier for the iPhone, plans to improve the performance of its network to reverse declining customer satisfaction with the service, an Apple Inc. executive said. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/06/atts_3g_microcell_to_patch_iphone_dead_zones.html iPhone 3G users stuck in an AT&T dead zone at home or at work will soon be able to plug in a device that provides a strong local signal for up to 10 phones and four simultaneous voice or data connections via a connection to broadband Internet. http://www.laptopmag.com/mobile-life/rating-carrier-customer-service.aspx?page=7 Phones, coverage, and apps dont matter if you cant keep the customer happy. Find out how the carriers stack up. http://consumerist.com/2009/12/att-customer-service-new-york-city-is-not-ready-for-the-iphone.html AT&T has apparently found a workable solution to the reported data congestion in New York City. They've stopped selling the iPhone to customers in the New York metropolitan area. I guess that's one way to solve the problem. http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/12/att-landline-phone-service-must-die-only-question-is-when.ars AT&T tells the FCC that, with consumers embracing VoIP and wireless, it's time for the agency to schedule a sunset date for landline telephony. But the move could force the Commission to resolve many long-delayed questions about unbundling and the Universal Service Fund. http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/17/athlon-64-2000-at-8-watts-outperforms-draws-less-energy-than-a/ MDs going through some rough times, no doubt about it, but for fanboys of the CPU maker (wait, do CPU fanboys still exist?) heres your feel-good story of the year. http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/2010/01/would-you-have-spotted-the-fraud/ Pictured is whats known as a skimmer, or a device made to be affixed to the mouth of an ATM machine and secretly swipe credit and debit card information when bank customers slip their cards into the machines to pull out money. (This is BB's source link.) http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/06/16/iphone-competitors-rim-tech-wireless08-cx_bc_0616killer.html Its like a scene from a bad horror movie. Samsung and Research in Motion are among the companies trundling down the steps into the basement. 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Your online auction guide to find...However, even though it's a fantastic product it isn't the http://torrentfreak.com/australian-internet-filter-will-target-bittorrent-081222/ Previously thought to be limited to HTTP and HTTPs web traffic, the touted Australian ISP filter will also target P2P traffic. In response to a comment posted by a user on his departments blog, Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted that BitTorrent filtering will be attempted during upcoming trials. http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/labor-plan-to-censor-internet-in-shreds/2008/12/09/1228584820006.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 The Government's plan to censor the internet is in tatters, with Australia's largest ISP saying it will not take part in live trials of the system and the second largest committing only to a scaled-back trial. 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If you are shelling out even a dollar for an App, youre guaranteed more bang for your buck, right? But it is not always necessary to fork over cash for a decent App, as free versions can provide almost an equal level of functionality and reliability. http://gizmodo.com/5386140 They were a little skittish about demoing the Cover Flow feature, but up close, man it makes even the relatively benign-looking Kindle 2 seem like it was beaten with an ugly stick. http://gizmodo.com/5380942/barnes-and-nobles-e reader-like-a-kindleiphone-chimera-first-photos-and-details Barnes and Noble's late to e-books. But the company's new gadget --first seen here-- should address the weaknesses of all other readers with multiple screens, each playing to tech strengths. 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According to a new study by ad network Chitika, the answer is Facebook and Digg - and it's not even all that close. Facebook traffic is almost twice as loyal as Google or Bing, and Digg traffic is 50% more loyal. http://blog.digg.com/?p=485 Im sure youll all agree that 2008 was a crazy year, so I thought I would take a moment to recap some Digg highlights. - Kevin http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2009/04/digg-added-to-twhirl.html You can now use the Twhirl popular Twitter client to generate Digg urls http://blog.digg.com/?p=759 Following the excitement of our last Digg Dialogg with Richard Branson, including the infamous fist fight challenge with Stephen Colbert, we are looking forward to mixing it up a bit. 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That decision is final and irreversible, according to an email Saddler got from Digg today. http://www.brentcsutoras.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/related-keyword1.jpg Possibly the first screen shot of Digg's new Related By Keyword Beta feature. http://mashable.com/2009/12/23/digg-stories-2009/ We uncovered the top 10 stories for Digg in 2009. 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Facebook C http://blog.digg.com/?p=729 Today were rolling out the long-awaited release of Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect allows Facebooks 200+ million members to login and start Digging and commenting right away. -Kevin http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/22/please-stand-by/ Facebook is counting on the same relative inertia that Twitter has so carefully cultivated. 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Those with iPhones and Android-based handsets can now access Google Product Search to check prices and read reviews before buying. http://www.businessinsider.com/google-ceo-twitter-a-poor-mans-email-system-2009-3 Google CEO Eric Schmidt commenting about Twitter: "Speaking as a computer scientist, I view all of these as sort of poor man's email systems." http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358396,00.asp The major advantage Firefox users have claimed over Google Chrome is the ability to customize their browser by choosing from a vast library of extensions. But that advantage falls away with the introduction of extension support in Google Chrome 4.0. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6931319/Google-Chrome-more-popular-browser-than-Apple-Safari.html Search giant's web browser is now the third most popular, behind Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. http://gigaom.com/2008/10/04/google-chrome-one-month-later/ Earlier this week, Profy.coms Svetlana Gladkova sent an email reminding me that Googles Chrome Browser was one month old. How time flies, and how quickly we forget: or at least I did. After my initial few posts and thoughts, Google Chrome has fallen off my attention radar since... http://torrentfreak.com/google-custom-search-cuts-utorrent-off-090430/ The immensely popular BitTorrent client uTorrent recently added a Google powered torrent search engine to its website. This added search capability used Googles custom search program and allowed visitors to search for .torrent files on Google. For reasons unknown, Google appears to be blocking the use of its search technology on the site. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10107141-93.html The search giant confirms 'significant' cuts are coming for the company's 10,000 contractors--as its co-founder already said in October. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Digital Media. http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/16/toyscom-loses-google-ranking/ What a waste! Now the value of Toys R Us $5.1M purchase of Toys.com has been relegated to type-in traffic and potentially some of the inbound links to Toys.com. http://www.businessinsider.com/google-why-yes-youtube-is-kicking-rear-2009-7 ... including the one about only 5% of the site's content being "monetizable." Myth 1: YouTube is limited to short-form user-generated content. Myth 2: YouTube videos are grainy and of poor quality. Myth 3: Traffic, growth, and uploads are bad for YouTube's bottom line. Myth 4: Advertisers are afraid of YouTube Google: Yes, YouTube Is Kicking Rear http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/google-algorithm-uses-quantum-computing-sort-images-faster-ever Quantum computing has long dangled the possibility of superfast, super-efficient processing, and now search giant Google has jumped on board that future... http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/05/google-earth-plugin-api.html Googles 3D data has escaped the client and is now a welcome addition to the browser! Today at Google I/O a Google Earth Browser plugin is going to be released. With the plugin installed anybody with a Windows machine will be able to view Google Earth mashups in the comfort of their own browser instead of having to pull up a separate client. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143511/Google_faces_deluge_of_Nexus_One_complaints Google support forums are awash with people looking for help for problems with their Nexus One phones -- and unable to find it. http://blog.brenelz.com/2009/01/22/google-feedburner-has-rough-start/ FeedBurner has recently been trying to move its feeds over to Google. This prompted other bloggers and me to finally get around to moving our feeds onto Google. What myself and others did not know was that Google FeedBurner had us bloggers losing 100s if not 1000s of subscribers overnight. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/google-gets-closer-to-a-mobile-future/index.html?ref=technology Google has long said that its best hope for future growth comes from mobile devices. Today, Google moved to bring that future a bit closer. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/21/google-2009-holiday-gift/ Each year, Google sends out gifts to its users of its AdSense and AdWords products. But this year, these gifts were nowhere to be found, and it appears that today has revealed the reason. Because charities are experiencing their toughest year in decades, we have committed $20 million to helping those who help us all." http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/google-gobbled-up-90-percent-of-all-us-search-growth-in-2008/ Google ended the year with 63.5 percent market share of all search queries performed in the U.S., estimates comScore. And that market share has inched up steadily from 58.5 percent in January, 2008. But the market share numbers mask the absolute growth in searches and how Google has ben able to Gobble up all of that growth. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_has_changed_political_d.php Today Google released some information about what kinds of things viewers were searching for as that debate unfolded, minute by minute. It is amazing both that viewers were able to do such a thing, in real time, and that were able to watch what people are searching for. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081207-google-introduces-developer-g1-phones.html Google has just announced the availability of a developer phone that can be purchased by registered Android Developers. Costing $399 (roughly the same price as a contract-free G1 phone from T-Mobile), the phone offers an unlocked bootloader and allows easy flashing for the installation of custom Android builds. http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/index.html Happy April 1st =) http://torrentfreak.com/google-joins-fight-against-bittorrent-throttling-isps-090128/ Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. Unfortunately, most companies are not very open about their network management solutions. With a newly launched website, Google is now helping out by supporting applications that distinguish the good ISPs from the bad. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/01/is-cuil-killing-websites/ Cuil seems to be killing websites while indexing it. Way to go Cuil The Google Killer http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/browser-size-tool-to-see-how-others.html The same concept applies to browsers as well. There's no clear line for "above the fold" on a browser there are many different sizes of monitors, browsers are not always full screen and other things like toolbars can take up space. http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/web_services/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221100149&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL Look out iTunes and Amazon, Google has integrated songs into its search results. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080818-google-launches-white-space-offensive-with-new-web-site.html Google wants to take the fight for white space broadband to the people, launching its own pro-white-space Web site, with considerable help from activists, public interest groups, and professors. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/01/google-learning-that-users-want-real-support-for-nexus-one.ars Google is off to a bumpy start with the sale of the Nexus One. Users are complaining of 3G issues and, more importantly, support problems. Google knows that there are issues, but insists that they will get better as more kinks get hammered out with its new distribution model. http://mashable.com/2009/09/10/google-090909-090909/ Furthermore, if youd looked at Googles (Google) homepage at exactly 09:09:09, youd notice another new Google logo, which appeared only briefly; it was the same as the regular Google logo, but with inscription 09/09/09 09:09:09 added below. http://mashable.com/2009/01/08/google-maps-mashups-tools/ Most people think of Google Maps in terms of finding a place or business, or getting directions from one point to another. Others use the satellite images and terrain mapping features. But there are tons of other uses out there for Google maps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYLTiecN-EE Google Mobile App for iPhone, now with Voice Search http://gigaom.com/2008/07/30/google-moves-to-reinvent-transportation/ While Google commonly makes small investments in web and mobile startups and has started backing renewable energy companies as well, this was the first time it has funded companies focused on electric vehicles. With the move, Google has gone from advocating plug-in vehicle technology to investing in it, much the way a venture capitalist would. http://lifehacker.com/5392219/google-music-search-officially-launched We already knew it was coming, but today Google is officially launching built-in music playback results on regular Google search queries. http://www.fugue.com/pics/goodnews.html What would Google News look like in a perfect world? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358097,00.asp Fastest Android phone yet, beautiful hardware and a super-bright screen. http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/12/05/google-launches-android-dev-phone/ It didnt take long before people started hacking away at the T-Mobile G1, the first phone to ship with Googles Android platform, and now it looks like Google wants to make it even easier. Starting today, Google is offering a development version of the G1 that is both SIM and hardware unlocked. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1133882/Google-Ocean-let-users-explore-shipwrecks-reefs-deep-blue-sea.html Google users will soon be able to explore the oceans from the comfort of their living room, thanks to an upgrade to their popular Google Earth software. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5080098/Google-offers-China-one-million-free-songs.html Chinese music-lovers will be offered more than one million songs for free after Google launched a free music download site in China this week in a bid to tackle the internet piracy menace in China. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/google-offices-googleplex-around-the-world-photos/ Located at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, this is the headquater for Google. Google Map. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9943316-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 BURLINGAME, Calif.--Google added a new element to its search interface that will let others Web sites use geographically linked information. http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/ Long awaited post by Matt Cutts, the head of Googles Webspam team, explaining PageRank sculpting changes and whether or not to use the "nofollow" attribute on internal links. http://gizmodo.com/5424980/google-confirms-theyre-testing-a-mobile-lab-device The Official Google Blog confirms the company is currently "dogfooding" a new mobile device. TechCrunch is reporting that the mystical Google Phone is indeed the HTC passion. Billing, General Questions and General Troubleshooting questions will be handled by T-mobile but they will not sell the phone. http://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-nexus-one-documents-530-unlocked-180-with-t-mobile-2009-12 Google will sell it unlocked and unsubsidized for $530, and that Google will sell it by themselves. http://mashable.com/2008/12/04/google-reader-gets-a-major-makeover-it-rocks/ Google Reader has just launched a major redesign to its interface, addressing many of the top concerns of users of the popular RSS reader. http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/12/square-is-new-round.html "On the Reader team, we know that the old adage "change is good" isn't always true. Sometimes, change is just change. In this case, we hope that these decisions both improve your Reader experience today, and pave the way for additional improvements down the line." http://mashable.com/2009/09/15/google-chrome-v3/ Just two weeks after Google Chrome's birthday, the search engine giant has unleashed Google ChromeGoogle Chrome version 3. It's faster, supports HTML5, and http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_scoops_up_delicious_fou.php News has just broke that Google has hired Joshua Schachter, the founder of social bookmarking service Delicious. Schachter left Yahoo! six months ago, two and a half years after it acquired his groundbreaking app. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/08/bing-continues-to-chip-away-at-googles-search-share.ars Bing's share of the search market grew another percentage point in July, indicating that some of those initial users may be sticking around for the long haul. Google, on the other hand, fell by nearly the same amount, and now faces the combined forces of Microsoft and Yahoo in the race for search market share. http://mashable.com/2009/07/27/google-sells-aol/ The sale means that Google, in total, lost $717 million as a pure investment. This doesn't include the value it generated in its search partnership, but we're willing to bet it wasn't worth more than $700 million. It also places AOL at a valuation of $5.7 billion, a far cry from its peak during the first dot com boom. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TEC_TECHBIT_GOOGLE_INTERNET_TESTING?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Google Inc. and two nonprofit partners Wednesday launched a Web site that lets consumers test their Internet connections to reveal possible interference and traffic management by service providers. http://www.physorg.com/news131260353.html Google Inc. showed off its nearly completed mobile software system to about 3,000 computer programmers Wednesday, hoping to cultivate more services and advertising for people on the go. http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Google_Shows_Off_Chrome_Themes_With_Cool_YouTube_Hack The themes, which are designed to give your browsers skin a splash of color and personality, were developed by famous artists and designers. http://news.cnet.com/google-shows-off-gmail-mobile-web-app/ What Google did with Gmail in conventional browsers five years ago it is expecting to do again with a new mobile version of its Web-based e-mail service. http://www.thechromesource.com/google-shows-off-its-tablet-concept/ On the Chromium projects site, Google has quietly posted some pictures and video of their ideas of what a future Chrome OS tablet would look like. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_squared_is_live_who_knew_structured_data_co.php Three weeks ago Google demonstrated a new product in Labs called Google Squared; it's a search engine that creates structured data from big piles of information and lets ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/25/BUG714UUP4.DTL Google Inc.'s stock, once a Wall Street standout, performed like the rest of the crowd this year - horribly. After starting 2008 near $700, the Mountain View Internet giant's shares closed Wednesday at $302.95, a 57 percent decline. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=laguna seca&sll=39.86626,-86.159185&sspn=0.012155,0.024655&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=36.584531,-121.749037&panoid=78vUss7a8X5SGP3I6m-ZqA&cbp=12,0,,0,5&ll=36.584382,-121.7 ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7534755.stm Googles controversial Street View photo-mapping tool has been given the all clear by the UKs privacy watchdog. The system takes pictures of streets and adds them to online maps to let people see what locations look like. The project drew criticism from privacy campaigners worried it could breach data protection laws. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/02/google_removes_pirate_bay_homepage/ The Pirate Bays homepage and seven other pages relating to the BitTorrent tracker website have been removed from Googles search engine, following a DMCA complaint. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9133089&taxonomyId=16&intsrc=kc_top Google Search and Google News performance slowed to a crawl, while an outage seemed to spread from Gmail to Google Maps and Google Reader. Comments about the failure were flying on Twitter, with "googlefail" quickly became one of the most searched terms on the popular micro-blogging site. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10352342-265.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Executive Marissa Mayer plans to demonstrate a Google Labs project that displays screen grabs of Web stories in a Google News-like format, rather than just headlines. Read this blog post by Tom Krazit on Relevant Results. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_to_launch_microblogging_search_engine.php Microblogging has become a very popular way for people to share news and information or even live-blog in real time, but if you have ever tried to search through services like Twitter using only Google, the Twitter native search or any number of other services, you know how difficult it can be to find exactly what you're after. http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/31/technology/yang_online_privacy.fortune/index.htm Google recently released its annual rundown of popular searches for 2008 - what they call the "zeitgeist" list - and it's a reminder, once again, of how much we reveal about ourselves every time we type into a search bar. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html Unusually, the search giant designs its own servers. For the first time, Google unveils one publicly, showing a surprise built-in battery. http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/09/02/google-unveils-chrome-source-code-and-linux-port Google has released the source code of its new Chrome web browser. The search giant has also released build instructions for the Linux port, which is not yet fully functional. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361275,00.html Will the Google phone have you hanging up your iPhone? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/06/MNTO1BDV90.DTL The rivalry between Apple and Google intensified Tuesday as the Silicon Valley giants pushed into each other's home turf. http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/how_google_voice_debacle_hurting_thirdparty_developers Its been a long and confusing week for Kevin Duerr, thanks to Apples stubborn belief that its perfectly fine to conduct business as if you are high-level government officials from a particularly snarky banana republic. http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-welcomes-gizmo5.html Straight from the folks at Google...their acquisition of Gizmo5. Perhaps Skype has something to worry about? http://technology.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/google-vs-facebook-fight-for-web-dominance/ Facebook has emerged as a serious competitor to Google for the Web Dominance. Facebook.com is the second most visited site after Google.com, and its Facebook connect is fairly successful in getting quality sites use it. The fight is on, and is interesting to watch in days ahead. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1843813,00.html?iid=digg_share The new open-platform, third-party-developer-friendly Google Phone may spell the downfall of Apples iPhone. Does this sound familiar? The T-Mobile G1 is but the first in whats bound to be a very long line of smartphones that will live in a wide-open ecosystem. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10145203-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Google is experimenting with a search feature that allows users to tailor their searches by creating a list of sites they would like to appear most in search results. http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/high-on-a-hill/post.htm?id=63011122&scid=rvhm_ms So now, Google is introducing the next new way for us to communicate and collaborate. I don't know, it looks complicated. Is there another level to the heaven I'm on? A sky lounge? I can't say until I try Google Wave for myself. http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/30/breaking-google-wave-opened-federation-today-host/ Weve just learned that Google might announce the opening of their Google Wave servers for federation later today. So what does this mean? There are currently two major Wave infrastructures in place, both operated by Google. The first is the developer preview sandbox that has been made available during Google I/O earlier this year.... http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/21/google-wave-to-send-out-100-000-invites-in-september/ Google has already started handing out invites to the company's experimental Google Wave product to developers interested in working with the Wave API. To date, there are about 6,000 developer accounts, and Google plans to open 20,000 more next month. http://imgur.com/xBPHF.png Some WTF search results by Google about... Google. http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Googles-Open-definition-Simply-brilliant-business-but-is-it-evil/1261525914 "We are technology optimists who trust that the chaos of open benefits everyone. We will fight to promote it every chance we get." http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354890,00.asp Is there anything Google won't search? It already indexes our Web pages, chats, e-mails, photos, voicemails, planets, and stars. Why not your social circle, too? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc2010027_356976.htm As analysts say rising demand for Internet display ads will begin paying off for Google in 2010, one asks: "Is this a $10 billion business?" http://www.smashapps.org/2009/09/googles-education-apps-now-used-by-over.html Google also announced growth of 400% in the number of students using Google Apps on campus. http://blogs.computerworld.com/googles_eric_schmidt_see_board_conflict_with_apple Schmidt says he recuses himself from board meetings when the iPhone comes up. That has to be nearly impossible to do. The iPhone is Apple's biggest product right now and the company has to revolve around it. On the flip side, an Apple board member not knowing anything about iPhones wouldn't be making informed decisions. http://fora.tv/2010/01/29/Leveraging_Technology_to_Better_Society Schmidt lauds mental benefits of video games, while expressing concerns about computing over cognition http://blogs.computerworld.com/google_twitter_acquisition_talks_buy_rumors_biz_stone Why would Google want to buy Twitter? They have yet to properly monetize Youtube, another company they've purchased for what some think was way over value. It is all about the consciousness search. http://www.google.com/logos/newyear09.gif Google's New Year Logo - 2009 http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/01/13/googles-nexus-one-phone-sells-a-mere-20000-in-its-first-week/ The Google Nexus One sold an estimated 20,000 units in its first week, according to market analytics firm Flurry. http://www.pcworld.com/article/184615/googles_phone_rumors_facts_and_speculation.html What we know, may know, and don't know about Google's new Android smartphone. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/01/google-earth-oceans-project At a high-profile event in San Francisco, Google is expected to announce the addition of vast amounts of underwater imagery and seabed maps to the Google Earth project. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1098 Android started off being a great idea, from a great company, with lots of support from carriers and manufacturers, and an awesome $10million contest to get developers drooling. With some stiff competition from Apple, and loss of developer morale, Im afraid of what the future might hold for this platform. http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/13/technology/lashinsky_schmidt.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008052112 Search giants CEO talks about how the company plans to overcome the challenges it faces. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/01/googles-dont-be-evil-mantra-is-bullshit-adobe-is-lazy-apples-steve-jobs/ After a big public announcement of the sort Apple had this week for the iPad CEO Steve Jobs often takes time in the day or two to have a Town Hall at One http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7441132.stm In a first, Google is opening up its testing process by calling on tens of millions of Gmail users to put new features of the service through their paces. Gmail Labs has launched 13 settings for users to play around with and tell engineers directly what they think of them. The new developments, which are only available in the UK and the US. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9929073-7.html Matt Cutts, head of Googles Webspam team and an engineer whos been working on the problem for eight years, offered some tips about combating it during a speech at the Web 2.0 Expo here. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/sacramento-gop.html The website of a local California Republican party has posted a message openly calling for the torture of Barack Obama, while reporting as fact a slew of long-ago debunked smears targeting the Democratic presidential candidate. The Sacramento County Republican Party called for Obama's torture. 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Today, as announced by Google open-source programs office manager Chris DiBona, the number of open-source projects licensed under GPLv3 is at least 56,000. http://faves.com/users/phoebus__221/ Awesome links http://www.furl.net/members/phoebus__221/ Awesome links http://myweb.yahoo.com/myweb?friendid={myweb_friendid} Awesome links http://www.backflip.com/members/lesleee_999/ Great set of links http://faves.com/users/lesleee_999/ Great set of links http://www.searchles.com/people/show/lesleee_999/posts Excellent set of useful pages http://www.blinklist.com/lesleee_999/ Excellent set of useful pages http://www.unixmen.com/linux-distributions/ubuntu/265-great-themes-for-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope Great themes for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty jackalope, are very nice and the installation quit easy , just add the repository and install the them by using the command apt-get install http://r.ecommended.com/product/483/great-taste-no-pain From the page:n my 16 years in the health insurance industry, studying physiology and analyzing the insurance claims and medical records of thousands of people who suffered http://r.ecommended.com/product/9389/green-diy-energy Do It Yourself Solar Power under $200...However, even though it's a great product it isn't the http://r.ecommended.com/product/9389/green-d-i-y-energy From the webpage :Do It Yourself Solar Power under $200 http://news.softpedia.com/news/GRUB-2-The-New-Boot-Loader-in-Ubuntu-9-10-113671.shtml Due for release in late October 2009. One of these was the "grub2-as-default" discussion, and Colin Watson had the pleasure to announce last night that GRUB 2 would definitely be the default boot loader in Ubuntu 9.10. http://www.physorg.com/news179479214.html Research scientists in California and elsewhere are deliberately setting out to compromise the mobile phone system used by around three billion people. The system uses Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) encryption technology to prevent eavesdropping. http://eplayr.com/2008/05/05/gta-iv-zombie-spotted-online/ GTA IV - Zombie Spotted Online http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/FreeRinger-Easiest-Way-Make-Free/story.aspx?guid={FD6538D3-AF7C-482A-8E97-ECF06D54BB6D} GTalk2VoIP, the free and publicly open voice gateway for major IM clients, announced FreeRinger - web-based telephone service that lets anyone, anywhere in the world place free international calls from PC-to-phone to more than 35 countries. http://searchengineland.com/reviewing-some-bad-google-search-results-with-sergey-brin-27397 Dogpile, Alta Vista, Ask.com, Lycos, etc. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google is shown bad search results and reacts. http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/features/3240/guide-to-led-technology.html Everything you need to know about LED technology from the basics all the way to what the FUTURE holds for it. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/world/americas/18food.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin Globally the need to survive will create more wars. Food not guns needs to be the solution. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792 i removed all bits from the card including the i/o shield and placed it gpu side down with the card raised up on 3 sides by tiny balls of aluminum foil and placed it on a very thin cookie sheet. i preheated the oven to 385f, put the card in and waited around 8-10 minutes. Put the card back together and it now works! http://pogpog.com/v/guy-gets-arm-replaced-luke-skywalker-style/ Evan Reynolds, 19, got his hand and part of his arm ripped off in a car accident and has since been fitted with an i-LIMB, a robotic hand developed by an Apple/Star Wars fanboy. http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=328786 There's Cosplay and then there's Cosplay. This is beyond Cosplay http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability_management/security/perimeter/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222200541 'Samy worm' writer publishes proof-of-concept attack that gleans a victim's home router GPS coordinates. He says, "This way if I can obtain the user's router's MAC address in any way, regardless of browser, nationality, or age, I can typically determine their location and show up at their place with pizza and beer later that night." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/hacker-attacks-police-website-1817565.html An investigation was under way today after a hacker launched a crude attack on a police website, apparently in revenge for terror deaths in Pakistan. Access to the Durham Police website was temporarily blocked by staff after its security was breached by a man calling himself "L33T HACKER Ali.Mani". http://brad.livejournal.com/2394707.html When my house is in range, it does the magic HTTP request to my garage door opener's webserver (HMAC-signed timestamped URL, for non-replayability/forgeability if sniffed) and my garage door opens. http://i31.tinypic.com/18m8h1.jpg Be afraid, be very afraid. (If anyone has any info on when this was published, let us know.) http://torrentfreak.com/hackers-go-after-pirate-bay-investigator-090327/ A police IT forensics specialist has had some of his personal details leak via The Pirate Bay. Jim Keyzer, who led the investigation into the popular tracker, has just discovered that his girlfriends email account was compromised by hackers, who obtained several passwords and other personal documents. http://www.physorg.com/news137743962.html In the end, it was hackers at DefCon that got hacked. After three days of software cracking duels and hacking seminars, self-described computer ninjas at the infamous gathering in Las Vegas found out Sunday that their online activities were hijacked without them catching on. http://torrentfreak.com/hackers-hit-anti-pirates-to-avenge-sub-site-takedown-090205/ After their beloved subtitle site was taken down by an anti-piracy outfit working on behalf of US media companies, hackers responded rapidly - they defaced the anti-piracy site and inserted links to torrents hosted on Mininova. The subtitle site is already back in business - the anti-piracy site is not. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173089/hackers_plan_to_clobber_the_cloud_spy_on_blackberries.html A new era of computing is on the rise and viruses, spies and malware developers are tagging along for the ride.The new playground for hackers is "the cloud," the term for computer applications and services hosted on the Internet. Some of the devices making the cloud more popular these days are BlackBerries and other smartphones. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/170287/hackers_put_social_networks_such_as_twitter_in_crosshairs.html Web sites such as Twitter are becoming increasingly favored by hackers as places to plant malicious software in order to infect computers. Social-networking sites are the most commonly targeted vertical market according to the Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID) report. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42494 T-mobile customers are awakening this morning to unconfirmed reports that hacker/extortionists have victimized the cellular carrier through a massive network breach resulting in the theft of untold amounts of corporate and customer data, which they're threatening to sell to the highest bidder. T-Mobile says it is investigating. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/3778807/Computer-hackers-selling-stolen-Facebook-accounts-to-gangs-for-89p.html The cyber thieves steal the account entry details from users before selling them on to gangs behind online fraud who in turn send viruses to other computer users. These gangs send "spam" messages on to millions of other computer users, urging people to click on false video or photo links. 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To get the Boxee experience onto a TV, D-Link has launched a set-top box dedicated to the open video platform, along with a special remote. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7675882.stm According to a report, the risk of spam and viruses that attack mobile devices is set to rise.More powerful phones will become targets for hi-tech criminals. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/03/8-handy-tweaks-to-make-gimp-replace-photoshop/ Step by step instructions how to make GIMP a more attractive alternative to Photoshop. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/28/no.body.case.ap/index.html A jury has found an Oakland software programmer guilty in the death of his estranged wife. http://mashable.com/2010/02/04/happy-6th-birthday-facebook/ According to Wikipedia and their Info page, Facebook was launched exactly six years ago, on February 4, 2004. Back then it was called Thefacebook, and it was originally located at thefacebook.com, but its definitely the same project. http://i.gizmodo.com/5159623/happy-birthday-steve-jobs Happy Birthday! I hope this year will be the year you bring back your mustachio'ed look. The ladies demand it. http://devicedaily.com/environment/harness-energy-at-home-with-flow-solar-wind-power-system.html Harness Energy At Home With FLOW Solar-Wind Power System&|&Device Daily http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/harvard-prof-tells-judge-that-p2p-filesharing-is-fair-use.ars Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson is headed to federal court this summer to defend an accused file-swapper, and he plans to mount a novel defense: P2P sharing is simply "fair use." http://deliggit.com/2008/05/05/has-starbuck-lost-it-a-battlestar-galactica-review/ Has Starbuck lost it? A #Battlestar Galactica review http://gajitz.com/animated-gifs-have-they-matured-from-annoying-to-artsy/ Back in the early days of the internet, animated GIFs were the bane of just about everyone. Their annoying, jarring graphics and often painfully bright colors were enough to make anyone crazy. Some people still use the unfortunately annoying animated GIFs, but theres a whole new crop of artists who are using them to express their creativity. http://www.kontraband.co.uk/videos/17019/HD-Trickery-WTF/ How the hell does he do this? 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Do you (and your child and your partner) get stressed at night-time? Does she cry as soon as you leave the room?" http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10265243-36.html Some would say our cell phone bills are high enough already. But two emerging start-ups are hoping to make mobile devices a hub for one of the hottest trends on the Web: micropayments. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9127538 I believe that cell phones will quickly outpace the dedicated e-book readers, including the Kindle, as the platform of choice for e-book readers. Leading the pack? The iPhone, ironically. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/080817_face/ Princeton psychologists recently showed that certain faces, even when expressionless, strike people as trustworthy or untrustworthy. 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When Amazon foolishly yanked 1984 from thousands of Kindles, Justin Gawronski's electronic notes for a summer assignment became useless. http://gizmodo.com/5326724/high-school-student-suing-amazon-after-they-deleted-homework-from-his-kindle Forget blaming it on the dog, thanks to Amazon students have a 21st century excuse for lost homework. When Amazon foolishly yanked 1984 from thousands of Kindles, Justin Gawronski's electronic notes for a summer assignment became useless. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfdHY26E2jc&fmt=18 robotic hands that move faster than human eye can actually see what's going on http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/4336044.html What do you get the sports fan who wants to bowl 300 without practicing? A remote-controlled bowling ball, of course. Is nothing sacred? http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/12/higher-quality-macbook-pro-case-photos/ MacX.cn has posted a series of higher quality images of the new MacBook Pro case that was originally posted last week. While there had been some doubts about the details of the blurry photo, these new images show every angle of both the MacBook and MacBook Pro cases. MacBook Pro case Mac... http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/apple-patents/ Recent Apple patents hint at new features that could appear in future iPhones. Finger prints would not be to secure, but for other slick uses for example, a fingerprint from the index finger would trigger the Play and Stop buttons in the iPod. And a fingerprint from the middle finger would trigger fast-forwarding in the iPod. Pretty neat idea, huh? http://r.ecommended.com/product/2382/hippo-jaw Andy dons his reviewer's cap to take a look at Hippo Jaw...what does he reveal? http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/09/holographic-storage-phase-change-memory-nearing-the-market.ars A panel at last week's Emerging Tech conference tackled the future of storage, with representatives of two companies describing the technology they hoped to see replace flash RAM, while a third described the impending arrival of holographic disks. http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/06/cool-computer-case-mods.html The extreme computer "case modding" community has some truly talented designers, who are as passionate about their PC cases, as MI6 wizards were about James Bond killer gadgets. In some cases (pun intended), the end product has truly radical looks and some wicked innards ready to unleash a gamer's fury upon the world... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10004646-38.html The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has concocted a remarkable new policy: It reserves the right to seize for an indefinite period of time laptops taken across the border. A pair of DHS policies from last month say that Customs agents can routinely -- as a matter of course http://www.dancewithshadows.com/motor/chopped-cars-not-what-you-expect/ Horrible car accident pics - Honda Civic, Audi and Ford Ikon in accidents | DWS Motor http://torrentfreak.com/isp-protests-agains-anti-piracy-threats-090605/ With the Pirate Bay verdict in hand, the music industry lobby group IFPI are threatening the hosting providers of torrent sites to take down everything BitTorrent related, or else. 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We check out some of the coolest ones out there. http://hothardware.com/Articles/HotHardware-Holiday-Gift-Guide-2009 If youve been nice, perhaps Santa will bring you that one piece of hardware you've been jonesing for, like a new Macbook, Core i7 975 processor or the world-beating ATI Radeon HD 5970. On the other hand, if youve been naughty or ignored your significant other because Modern Warfare 2 beckoned, youd best shape up before it's too late. http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2009/12/21/meserve.hacker.tests.cnn "All Star" hackers competed in the U.S. Cyber Challenge NetWars. Some of the tasks: hacking into as many target computers as they can and then defending those computers from attacks by other skilled hackers. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/spy-vote-delayed/ The House on Wednesday tabled for two months legislation reforming U.S. surveillance law, a move that delays a collision with a competing Senate version. A key difference between the House and Senate packages concerns the standard by which the FBI may issue so-called National Security Letters... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10310446-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Just 10 digits of distinctive personal info are enough to strip away our anonymity. The technologies that advance us into omniscience will also bring us backward. http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,164140/printable.html From iPod and BlackBerry to Twitter and Wikipedia, we take a look at the processes and people who came up with the names for these famous tech products. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-apple-does-controlled-leaks-2010-1 Often Apple has a need to let information out, unofficially. The company has been doing that for years, and it helps preserve Apple's consistent, official reputation for never talking about unreleased products. http://www.edibleapple.com/why-a-simple-product-line-is-integral-to-apples-success/ While other companies release an inordinate number of products in an attempt to satisfy every potential customer, Apple has kept its product line-up relatively streamlined in comparison. Not only does this make things less confusing for consumers, but it also helps consumers understand what theyre actually paying for http://blog.opensourcenerd.com/i-can-haz-virus The epic tale of how I got a virus... on Linux... using Wine... and lived. http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7419/1.html Bypassing Windows altogether, Mark Shuttleworth has stated that OS X is the operating system to beat. 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And they are phasing out already? http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processors/intel-profits-down-90-despite-atom-boost-501594 Intel may be powering a new generation of netbooks with its low-cost, low-power Atom processor, but it's not getting rich as a result. http://hothardware.com/News/Projects-From-The-Intel-Research-Laboratories The devices could then be morphed through software controls or even human touch. Think about having the ability to squeeze your cell phone down to the size of pack of gum when it's in your pocket, and then being able to pull it out, and stretch it to the size of a paperback book so its screen could be larger while browsing the web, for example. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/08/intel_suit_halts_development_of_future_nvidia_chipsets.html Nvidia, the maker of Intel-compatible chipsets for Apple's line of Macs, has announced it will cease development of future hardware until its suit with Intel is settled sometime in 2010. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137000/Intel_to_focus_on_next_generation_of_chips Intel will focus on its next generation of smaller and faster chips at a conference next month as it prepares to ship new chips for systems in 2010. http://www.physorg.com/news153482560.html Intel Corp. plans to spend $7 billion upgrading its U.S. factories over the next two years, a sign that the recession hasn't extinguished chip makers' lust for cutting-edge equipment and engineering talent. http://en.expreview.com/2009/12/31/intels-upcoming-32nm-clarkdale-shows-impressive-oc-potential/6286.html Thanks to the overclocker NickShih at Xtremesystems forum, Intels 32nm Clarkdale processors have presented their impressive overclocking capabilities before the official launch next week. Additionally, NichShih broke the world record in SuperPi by completing the SuperPi 1M benchmarks in 6.344 seconds at 6.76GHz. http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20081205/tc_pcworld/intelgoogleaskedtohelpreviseeudataprotectionlaws The European Commission has set up an advisory panel including executives from Google and Intel to help it revise European Union laws on data protection. "The aim of the group is to identify issues and challenges raised by new technologies. We are not reviewing the main data protection laws at present, but this could be a first step," said http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/02/intel-lg-announce-first-moorestown-mobile-internet-device.ars Intel has finally found its first customer for Moorestown, its follow-on to the Atom-based Menlow platform. But the Moorestown-based MID that Intel and LG have announced faces some serious headwinds, not even counting the basic questions about the form factor itself. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42060/135/ Looks like Intel isn't slowing down. What is AMD doing, by the way??? http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/video-intel-we-are-rock-stars/ Advertisers have finally picked up on what we've known all along: nerds are the modern day rock stars. http://businessreleases.blogspot.com/2009/03/intelligent-virtual-agent.html From the site: Intelligent Virtual Agent as a popup chat can close more sales than regular while you are asleep!... http://www.wolftronix.com/tauntaun/index.html Pictures, video, sounds, and more detailing a project "built by wolves for wolves". The Star Wars TaunTaun (ice critter from Hoth) project features moving facial features, animated tail, sound system, and even a fog machine. The website sports a Geocities-esque design from the early 90's too as an added bonus. http://gizmodo.com/5390090/interactive-multitouch-sphere-will-make-you-feel-like-gandalf Coool. http://r.ecommended.com/directory/sports-and-recreation/sports-picks/ Would seem to be a pretty comprehensive list of the Sports Pick ebooks out there, ordered by rating. http://designreviver.com/inspiration/interface-design-trends-for-2009/ As time goes by, designers keep on improving interfaces for better user-experience. In this article, we try to single out some interface design trends going on in 2009. http://mashable.com/2009/10/30/international-domain-names/ The face of the Internet is about to change, and its potential impact on international Internet use cannot be understated. Earlier today, the Internet http://www.yff365.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2162281:BlogPost:5863 Amazing revelations have emerged concerning already existing government plans to overhaul the way the internet functions in order to apply much greater restrictions and control over the web. http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/03/20/ie8.launch.stats/ The release of Internet Explorer 8 hasn't had any significant impact on Firefox or any other competing browser, data collected by StatsCounter shows. While the final release of IE8 increased its market share slightly on launch day to 1.39 percent, Firefox 3.0 grew more quickly and reached 25.38 percent. http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/internet-explorer-9-to-sport-gpu-acceleration-and-html5-support/ Even if you don't have a favored fighter in the browser wars, you have to admit Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been looking mighty unfit over the last few years. Younger and fitter contenders like Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome have arguably overtaken the old stalwart, and now Microsoft is making some much-needed noise about fighting back http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/internet-explorer-9-what-you-need-to-know-652298 Microsoft showed Internet Explorer 9 for the first time yesterday at its Professional Developer Conference, but a technical preview won't be available before next year (perhaps at CES 2010 in January). http://www.news.com.au/technology/internet-filter-protesters-set-to-fade-websites-to-black-on-australia-day/story-e6frfro0-1225821477370 AUSTRALIA Day won't just be celebrated with the usual barbecues and pool parties on January 26. A throng of Australian websites will mark the event by fading to black as part of a week-long, national protest against the Federal Government's proposed internet filter. http://internetopportunityreview.com/opportunities-exposed/ Internet Opportunities Exposed http://internetopportunityreview.com/review/internet-opportunities-exposed-ebook/ Great news. Our free Internet Opportunities Exposed ebook is now available for download. Here is an excerpt from the book:There are thousands of ways a steady income can be achieved, and there is no shortage of ebooks and membership sites ... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10123138-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 While 46 percent of the women surveyed were willing to engage in abstinence verses losing their Internet, only 30 percent of the men surveyed were willing to do likewise. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090831-internet-40th-video-ap.html On Sep.2, 1969, computers sending data between two California universities set the stage for the Internet, which became a household word in the 1990s. What would the 21st century be without computers? http://www.thelocal.se/14688.html?source=rss The guys behind controversial file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have been called many things. Mostly they dont care, but when people, especially representatives of the media, want to slip them into the tights of Robin Hood, they refuse to cooperate. Meet Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the leading figures from file-sharing giant The Pirate Bay http://blog.digg.com/?p=145 Digg is introducing Digg Dialogg, where we take your questions and present them in front of notable people, newsmakers & the like. Were kicking this off by interviewing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Weds, August 27th live from the Democratic National Convention, and are taking questions until 11:59pm August 26th. Submit your questions today! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-9985154-33.html?tag=blogFeed The choices available to someone interested in Linux can be mind boggling. Different editions are referred to as distributions or distros for short. There are dozens of popular Linux distributions to chose from and I cant even guess at the total available, hundreds for sure. For this article, I chose the desktop version of Ubuntu 8.04.... http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/introducing-ulteo-your-virtual-linux-desktop-486301 Thin client computing without the corporate shell. http://www.naturalnews.com/023050.html The invention of the microwave may have been intimately connected to the beginning of an epidemic in obesity http://torrentfreak.com/ioc-wants-olympic-torrents-off-the-pirate-bay/ In an official letter to Swedish Minister of Justice, the International Olympic Committee has asked for assistance from the Swedish government with preventing video clips from the Beijing Olympics to be shared on The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay, however, does not plan to take anything down, and renamed their tracker to The Beijing Bay. http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/23/iphone-and-android-now-total-75-of-u-s-smartphone-web-traffic/ It's a rather stunning number from AdMob in an October report. The firm reports on web requests from thousands of sites world wide. In the latest report, Apple has 55% of the domestic Smartphone traffic share, and Android has 20%. Interestingly, the Blackberry share dropped 2% to a 12 percent share, and Palm's webOS dropped from a 10% share to 5%. http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/21/iphone-2-2-firmware-update-available-now/ It's here. Google Street View, over the air Podcast downloads from iTunes and much more. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/12/iphone_3_0_mms_tethering_rumored_sirius_xm_iphone_app_enroute.html Apple's just confirmed iPhone 3.0 firmware is already rumored to add MMS picture messaging and data tethering. Also, Sirius XM has said it plans to give its radio subscribers an iPhone app, and Maine is negotiating a major deal to lease 100,000 MacBooks for its schools. http://i.gizmodo.com/5171796/iphone-30-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know iPhone 3.0 OS, the next generation operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch, and whatever Apple device comes next. Here you will find all the information you need, updated in real time as it's unveiled. http://gizmodo.com/5062183/iphone-3g-coming-to-walmart-just-in-time-for-the-new-great-depression Boy Genius Report has it on good authority that Our Lord and Savior Jesusphone 3G will be sold in Gods own retail store: Walmart. They name November 15th as the date of arrival, which is just in time for shoppers to overlook it as they clear their local Walmart of cans of beans to prepare for the econocopalypse thats sure to destroy Western civilization as we know it. You heard it here first, folks: the hot gift this Christmas will be a can o http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/iphone-3g-finally-unlocked-by-the-dev-team/ Well this has been a long time coming. It seems that the iPhone Dev-Team has finally done the impossible -- they've gone and unlocked the iPhone 3G. The hack isn't out yet (the team says they're shooting for a December 31st release), but when it drops, the crew seems fairly confident it will result in freedom from carrier oppression. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/iphone-3gs-handsets-overheat-turn-brown/ The iPhone 3G may, at least for some users, have an additional, undocumented feature: It can be used to toast bread. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/19/apples_iphone_3g_s_sports_chip_with_720p_hd_video_capabilities.html Apple has thus far decided not to take advantage of these HD capabilities for video recording, as the iPhone 3G S video camera will only capture clips in VGA-quality. http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/iphone-3g-s-gets-the-quick-and-dirty-tear-apart-treatment-alrea/ Rapid Repair identified the chipset as the SoC S5PC100 from Samsung and thus confirm an ARM Cortex A8 running at 600 MHz (operates at up to 833MHz though) and the ability to record 720p video and handle real-time video conferencing should Apple choose to go in that direction (iPhone 3G S records VGA only). PowerVR SGX graphics and 256MB of RAM... http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2349515,00.asp The new Apple iPhone 3GS feels fast, but it's always good to see your feelings confirmed with hard numbers. http://games.venturebeat.com/2009/04/17/iphone-app-lets-you-get-away-with-napping-at-work/ A new iPhone app lets you nap at work in your cubicle without fear of being caught. The iNap@Work app ... http://gizmodo.com/5030139/iphone-app-store-games-hacked- -all-apps-hackable Apples Fairplay DRM, which protects all the applications you download from iTunes, has been hacked. The method for hacking this has actually been around for a while, but has been recently applied to Super Monkey Ball and distributed into the wild. To do this, youll need a jailbroken iPhone and SSH installed. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/iPhone-App-Store-Puts-Apple-in-Sticky-Situation-861388/ Apple's App Store is a runaway success, but controversial applications may force the company into decisions that run counter to the free market spirit that makes the App Store so popular. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/iPhone-App-Store-Puts-Apple-in-Sticky-Situation-861388/ Apple's App Store is a runaway success, but controversial applications may force the company into decisions that run counter to the free market spirit that makes the App Store so popular. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/iPhone-App-Store-Puts-Apple-in-Sticky-Situation-861388/ Apple's App Store is a runaway success, but controversial applications may force the company into decisions that run counter to the free market spirit that makes the App Store so popular. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/iPhone-App-Store-Puts-Apple-in-Sticky-Situation-861388/ Apple's App Store is a runaway success, but controversial applications may force the company into decisions that run counter to the free market spirit that makes the App Store so popular. http://current.com/items/91157865_pepsi-release-iphone-app-to-help-men-score-with-women.htm?xid=RSSfeed Pepsi have produced an iPhone app that breaks women down into 24 set types and provides tips on how you can "score" with them. Not only are there facts which show how you might impress a certain type, there's also the means to brag about your success on Facebook on Twitter. http://www.linux.com/feature/153135 The iPhone and iPod Touch haven taken the mobile market by storm. Apple's AppStore is full of interesting applications that take advantage of the two devices's capabilities. But what's in there for Linux users? Sadly, GTKPod and Amarok cannot yet transfer files on an iPhone with the 2.x firmware upgrade, but there are other interesting ways your iP http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/17/phone-apps-hit-800-million-downloads/ iPhone apps have been downloaded 800 million times, and there are now more than 25,000 apps in the iTunes store. Apple is detailing some of the new features in the next version of the iPhone OS in apress conference going on live right now... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10128538-39.html The iPhone has risen to prominence on Flickr, rivaling most SLRs in popularity. These statistics from Yahoo cover the last 12 months. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickbilton/2861940230/sizes/l/ Nick & Danielles very creative entry was the winner of the Cupcake Decorating Championships, 2008. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/08/imagination_technologies_announces_successor_to_iphone_3gs_gpu.html Imagination Technologies, the graphics chip maker of which Apple is a part owner, announced Friday its new PowerVR SGX545 mobile GPU. The new mobile GPU adds full support for OpenGL 3.2 and OpenCL 1.0. The real-world performance is said to deliver 40 million polygons per second at 200MHz. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/43350/97/ Apple's exclusive deal with AT&T might not be having the desired effect on iPhone sales. Apple cut a deal with AT&T to lock its iPhones so that they only ran on the company's networks. The deal was controversial and has resulted in 'pirates' writing lots of software to unlock the iPhone from the network. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/08/18/iphone-is-big-in-japan-reflects-local-failure-to-innovate Japans celluar industry is collegial, according to a former NTT DoCoMo executive, resulting a lack of vision to innovate. This has led to high demand for the iPhone there, despite missing some features common to Japanese handsets. http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/iphone-line-forms-at-apples-flagship-for-absolutely-no-reason/ So word on the street (literally) is that a large number of people are queuing in line outside of Apples flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City -- keep in mind the Cube is open 24 hours a day. Our intrepid girl-on-the-scene reports that the group is more than 60-deep, though most people seem confused about what theyre waiting for http://kotaku.com/5035507/iphone-monkey-ball-sells-300k If you had any doubts as to the viability of Apples iPhone as a gaming platform, Sega has some numbers that might help change your mind. In the 20 days following Super Monkey Balls launch on the new iPhone App Store, Sega reports over 300,000 copies of the game have been purchased. Purchased, mind you - you dont get shipping numbers on iPhone ap http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343380,00.asp Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS and SDK promises much, except the ability to do more than one thing at a time. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/26/iphone_nano_knockoffs_already_on_sale_in_thailand_photos.html Those eagerly anticipating next month's Macworld and the prospects of a smaller iPhone should beware, as a slew of tiny clones are introducing confusion as they reach store shelves. http://gizmodo.com/5294111/iphone-os-30-is-out-update-now As expected, the update is out. You can click on the "Check for Update" button right now to get your iPhone updated. http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/iphone-os-3-1-is-offical-available-today/ Apple just announced iPhone OS 3.1, which includes Genius recommendations for the App Store. It's available today for free to iPhone users and iPod touch users with 3.0. Developing... http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/iphone-os-3-1-3-available-now/ No word on what's changes just yet -- stay tuned! http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/161725/iphone_sales_hit_17_million.html Apple has sold a total of 17 million iPhones -- including sales of both the original iPhone and iPhone 3G -- since launch, according to the company's vice president of iPod and iPhone product marketing. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357945,00.asp Between iPhone, Nexus One and Verizon Driod, Which touch-screen smartphone has the most accurate results? http://gizmodo.com/391688/iphone-windows-vista-skin-makes-steve-jobs-cry-tears-of-blood Best, worst or most hilarious iPhone Summerboard Theme ever? VistaPerfection 2.0 is a complete Windows Vista theme for the iPhone with over 90 icons, wallpapers, a dock, sound effects and everything else Vista like the Sidebar and Start menu. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/17/iphone-blackberry-locked-in-titanic-struggle-for-supremacy If youve read Ars review of the iPhone 3G, you know our opinion on its usefulness as a replacement for the ubiquitous Blackberry family from RIM. (Hint: not quite there yet.) That doesnt mean the two communication/Internet handhelds arent going up against each other for market and mind share. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/22/iphone_ipod_touch_cannibalizing_traditional_ipod_market.html Sales of traditional MP3 players like the iPod nano, iPod shuffle and iPod classic continue to decline, as the enemies of these Apple products -- the iPhone and iPod touch -- come from within the same company. http://www.ismashphone.com/2008/08/free-updates.html I think I can see double, may be triple or quadruple. We never had that problem before until after 2.0.1 iPhone Software Update. http://i.gizmodo.com/5161289/worlds-stupidest-most-expensive-iphone-mod-yet-costs-25-million-dollars $2.5 million. Two. Point. Five. Million. Dollars. That's what some idiot is going to pay for what could be the most expensive iPhone mod ever, the iPhone 3G "Kings Button". http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/tc_afp/usitinternetcrimecompanyappledefcon Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide. Hackers have historically focused devious efforts on computers using Windows operating systems because the Microsoft software has more than 90 percent of the global market. http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/01/hands-on-with-hamas-ipod-nano-4g-case-at-ifa/ Our spicy, siesta loving friends over at Engadget Spanish just nabbed a hands-on with Hamas iPod nano 4G case on the floor of IFA. The tip came in anonymously about an hour ago and sure enough, there it is, buried in a mountain of iPod accessories and sharing the same smooth arc of the Kevin Rose nano -- as it will from henceforth be known. http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/ipod-touch-2g-first-hands-on/ We just got some hands-on time with the new iPod touch, and were really feeling this one. Jurys still out on the new nano, but the second-gen touch is a marked improvement over the first gen model. The WiFi antenna looks much better integrated, the speaker doesnt sound like complete trash despite not even having any speaker holes, and... http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/2009/1218/Iranian-hacker-attack-What-will-it-cost-Twitter Hacker attacks cost public companies $1.6 million in lost share value. For Twitter, it's the firm's reputation that's at risk. http://www.physorg.com/news174831238.html iRobot's latest robot is unique on many levels. The doughy blob moves by inflating and deflating - a new technique its developers call 'jamming.' As the researchers explain in the video below, the jamming mechanism enables the robot to transition from a liquid-like to a solid-like state. http://techblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/is-apple-becoming-microsoft.html To the casual observer, Apple has never been more successful: more than one million 3G iPhones were sold in the first weekend, millions of apps were downloaded, and the company is churning out buckets of cash. But I get the feeling that something is not right with Apple. http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/4298327.html No, Apple's big "One More Thing" announcement this year was the end of its digital rights management system (DRM) and the beginning of diverse pricing for its iTunes music sales. Though Apple tried to couch the diverse pricing bit as an exciting advance (songs will now cost $.69, $.99 and $1.29, instead of a uniform $.99) http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/ Some upgraders are actually reporting just the opposite, though -- for these lucky few, 2.0.2 seems to be making reception somehow worse than it already was, and whats more, there are intermittent reports cropping up of broken third-party apps, too. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=software&articleId=9103038&taxonomyId=18&intsrc=kc_top George Colony, CEO of Forrester Research Inc., sees a subtle slippage in Microsofts standing vs. rivals such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc. as Gates has disengaged himself from the company ” and implies that the slippage could accelerate once Gates is even more out of the picture. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/techtonicshifts/archive/2009/11/06/is-facebook-a-paradise-for-scammers.aspx Companies that develop games for Facebook make big money by selling ad space--some of it to scammers. http://workfromhomeinternet.net/product-report-sheet/forced-money So whats the score? Well... Forced Money is another product from Dr Jon Cohen, author of Get Google Ads free. The product is an affiliate website administration center where you are... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/34815 Yours truly is puzzled by the appointment of former Cisco executive and current JDS Uniphase CEO - Kevin Kennedy, as the new CEO of Avaya. It's puzzling when you take into consideration that during Kennedy's 5 years at the helm of JDS Uniphase its annual operating losses were never less than $119M per year (which averages out to $326K in operating losses for every single day of the year). Read more http://regulargeek.com/2008/11/07/who-woke-the-sleeping-giant/ Maybe Microsoft has changed their ways enough to awaken as a sleeping giant. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/end_of_easy_credit AP - An inflatable gorilla beckoned from the roof of Don Brown Chevrolet in St. Louis, servers doled out free bowls of pasta and a salesman urged potential customers to come on up under the canopy and put your hands on a new set of wheels. http://fora.tv/2009/02/04/Looking_for_Jefferson_s_Moose_State_of_Cyberspace#The_Internet_is_Running_Out_of_IP_Addresses Law professor David Post warns that we will soon face a crisis unless a new version of the fundamental IP is enacted http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10365952-266.html The Apple iPhone has boosted AT&T's subscriber numbers, but network problems and a bevy of complaints from frustrated customers are likely hurting the company's reputation. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10192364-17.html Last week, an ad from the Change4Life Campaign was placed all over the U.K. depicting a young boy holding a video game controller with large text over his head reading: "Risk an early death. Just do nothing." Nowhere in that ad did it explicitly say video games could cause children to die early, but the message was there... http://www.blogherald.com/2009/02/10/is-twitter-considering-charging-business-users/ Twitters ongoing search for ways to monetise the service and generate an income may include charging corporate users for the privilege of sending out their tweets. Thats according to co-founder Biz Stone, speaking recently to Marketing magazine. We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals following them. We can identify ways to http://mashable.com/2009/12/29/youtube-gaming-portal/ YouTube is the worlds online video portal, but if a recent patent application filed by Google is any indication, it may be looking to became an interactive gaming portal as well. http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/29/hybrid-luxury-yacht-unveiled/ Earlier today, Island Pilot LLC unveiled the first ever hybrid yacht. The 40 ft Island Pilot DSe Hybrid 12m combines solar, electric, and diesel power. Read more of this story http://r.ecommended.com/product/63/i-software-tv From the page:While traditional satellite TV and Cable services can cost easily in excess of $90/month, this new satellite technology literally turns your home PC into an http://torrentfreak.com/isp-friendly-bittorrent-tracker-doubles-download-speeds-090823/ Since it was first released by Bram Cohen back in 2001, very few changes have been made to the way BitTorrent works. It was a revolutionary invention and to date it is by far the most effective way to transfer large files online. However, BitTorrent does have its limitations. http://torrentfreak.com/isp-speeds-up-customers-bittorrent-downloads-090418/ There are many ways for ISPs to manage the increased load BitTorrent traffic places on their network. http://torrentfreak.com/isp-its-impossible-for-us-to-stop-illegal-p2p-080923/ An ISP which was ordered by a court to stop illegal file-sharing on its network, says it simply can not. The Belgian ISP Scarlet says the courts verdict is unworkable and after trying to slow traffic and also filter it, it says its not possible to stop the flow of illicit files since Audible Magic doesnt work. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/40982/140/ After suffering through virtual beer drinking, boobs and farts, Apple's iPhone gets a new unique entertainment application dubbed iSteam. It turns your device into a foggy glass surface, perfectly mimicking a mirror after a hot shower. It will have earned a bunch of 22-year old kids $100,000 in one month as well. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10443575-38.html January 28, 2010, is officially "Data Privacy Day." and while the idea is to promote individual control over personally identifiable information, the fact is that selling privacy for profit has failed, and companies accused of invading privacy have prospered. http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_magicmouse It's about time. For years, Apple has embraced aesthetic simplicity over practicality with its peripherals. Single-button mice! Yes, we know Apple hasn't made single-button mice for a long time, but why in the world did Steve Jobs ever think that was a good idea? Well, he was wrong until today. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/344381/IT_s_top_tier_Strong_and_steady_leadership A dismal economy hasn't derailed the plans of these 100 IT visionaries. They are seizing this rare moment to steer measured growth, embark on innovative pilots and build loyalty in their most valued workers. http://www.theappsmachine.com/iphone-news-and-rumors/its-true-iphone-3gs-is-capable-of-playing-1080p-hd-videos/ Before the iPhone 3GS was announced, it was rumored to be capable of playing HD videos. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/05/itp_show_using_a_wheelcha.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 This year @ the ITP show the latest addition of devices used for projects included the Wiimote. Younghyun Chungs digital wheelchair art project @ ITP... http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/15/optimizing-conversion-rates-its-all-about-usability/ Usability doesnt only mean better visual guide or better site hierarchy. It also means a better communication with potential customers using a professional, trustworthy design, delivering the right information at the right time and communicating with users instead of throwing ad-slogans at them. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_13/b4077060400752.htm?chan=search Business week article on how Data Centers Scramble for Energy Efficiency. http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2008/9/20/itunes-9-ideas.html Video by Mr. Kevin Rose http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/itunes-gift-code-crackers-try-luring-iphone-devs-into-scam.ars Counterfeiters have moved from selling cracked iTunes gift codes to trying to draw iPhone developers into a scam to defraud Apple of thousands of dollars. Apple may need to look into making its codes harder to crack sooner than later. http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/11/itunes-lp-broken-for-indie-record-labels/ There's word from an indie record-label that iTunes LPs are not for the indies. Introduced at Apple's "It's Only Rock and Roll" event in September, the iTunes LP format adds "bigger than a matchbook" album art, song lyrics, video clips, and other extra content to albums sold through the iTunes store. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_pioneer Japanese electronics company Pioneer Corp. said Thursday it will cut 10,000 jobs globally to cope with sinking sales of car audio equipment and flat-screen TVs. It also said it will withdraw from its money-losing plasma display business. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/28/japanese_hate_for_iphone_all_a_big_mistake.html A report intending to portray the iPhone as "hated" in the Japanese market turns out to have been built upon fake quotations from industry writers and observers who were misrepresented by remarks attributed to them that they never made. Their actual comments on the iPhone's prospects in Japan are far more interesting. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110459 A Japanese software company is stepping up international promotion of its Web browser in the hope of carving out a 5% share over the next few years of a market dominated by Internet Explorer and Firefox.The Sleipnir browser is well-known among Japanese technophiles, many of whom value the high level of customization that the browser allows. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20090516p2a00m0na001000c.html?inb=rs The university is phasing out normal attendance-taking methods in favor of forcing all students to carry free iPhone 3Gs equipped with GPS. That way, the school will automatically know whether they're in class, and for that matter, their exact whereabouts at all times. http://www.physorg.com/news135226542.html Researchers in Japan are developing a gadget that could enable people to hold a three-dimensional image of someone in the palm of their hand. They hope the gCubik, which is still at the prototype stage, will later be developed to move in real time and appear to speak. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/hack-enables-flash-on-iphone/ A rather clever programmer has managed to get the iPhone to run interactive apps created using Adobes Flash platform. And because it works inside the Safari browser, it isnt subject to the dictatorial rules of Apples App Store. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/26/AR2008042602240.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Jay-Z, a friend of Lebron James, cuts a song that disses Stevenson and played at a D.C nightclub http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/26/AR2008042602240.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Jay-Z, a friend of Lebron James, cuts a song that disses Stevenson and played at a D.C nightclub http://kara.allthingsd.com/20081021/jerry-yangs-complete-memo-to-the-yahoo-troops-about-layoffs/ Along with its third-quarter results released today, Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang sent a memo to Yahoos staff about the streamlining the company would be undertaking. That would be about 1,400 to 1,500 employees, or 10 percent of Yahoos global workforce. As usual, his kindergarten punctuation was in full force, despite the sad tone of the missive. At least, Yang is consistent. Heres the memo: From: Jerry Yang To: all-worldw http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/jimmy-fallon-and-engadget-raw-and-uncut/ "We had a chance to get on the show floor at CES and chat with Jimmy Fallon (the new face of late night television as he's taking over for Conan O'Brien in March) on his gadget tastes, stock purchases, and jacket size. We hope you enjoy as much as we did." Special thanks to Trent Wolbe for shooting the video http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/02/jobsco_sued_again_mac_web_share_up_itunes_k_12_launches.html Some of Apples top executives, including Steve Jobs, have once again been accused of bad faith in backdating company shares. Simultaneously, Mac web share is nearing eight percent in one report, K-12 educational material has reached iTunes U, and Microsoft has shipped the second edition of Remote Desktop Connection for Mac. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124546193182433491.html Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially. http://emusiclist.com/en/poll/should-john-sergeant-have-quit-strictly-come-dancing Should radio journalist have left Dancing Reality Show? Find out in this entertaining quiz... http://fora.tv/2009/11/19/Minds_For_Sale_The_Future_of_the_Internet#Jonathan_Zittrain_Predicts_Web_30_Will_Be_More_Human Imagine a future in which passengers on a subway stare into screens for a few minutes - and earn as much money in that time as their respective skills and stations allow. Projects like Amazon's Mechanical Turk and LiveOps are making the application of human brainpower as purchasable and fungible as additional server rackspace. http://r.ecommended.com/product/10340/joyful-tomato Andy puts on his reviewer's mantle to take a look at Joyful Tomato...what does he reveal? http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/piracy-verdict-finalized/ A federal judge on Monday finalized a $675,000 jury verdict against a defendant who went to trial after the Recording Industry Association of America sued him. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080930-judge-forces-u-of-oregon-to-cough-up-student-data-to-riaa.html A federal judge has turned aside the Oregon State Attorney Generals effort to halt the RIAAs attempt at discovering the identities of 17 students accused of sharing music over Gnutella. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/magistrate-clears-blogger-riaa-of-vexatious-charges/ An attorney defending against a music piracy lawsuit didnt cross ethical bounds by filing motions broadly attacking the recording industry and posting them on his blog, a magistrate judge has ruled, rejecting demands from the RIAA for monetary sanctions... http://r.ecommended.com/product/1156/just7-days Make Money Regardless Of Whether The Market Goes Up Or Down! Better Than Forex, Penny...However, even though it's a good product it isn't the http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10153795-83.html?part=rss DOJ phishing e-mail that entices federal employees to provide sensitive financial account information turns out to be a test of their security awareness, according to DOJ spokeswoman. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9132099&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_top Kaiser Permanente, a health care system with 8.6 million members, is offering some of its members a USB flash drive containing all of their personal medical information. http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/21/caption-contest-its-deadbeat-tastic Karma's a bitch on the streets of Chicago. (PIC) http://kde.org/announcements/4.2/index.php January 27, 2009. The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of "The Answer", (a.k.a KDE 4.2.0), readying the Free Desktop for end users. KDE 4.2 builds on the technology introduced with KDE 4.0 in January 2008. http://www.undefinedfire.com/kde/41-42-kwin/ Great stuff. http://mashable.com/2009/12/11/consume-iphone/ Its no secret that iPhone users are data whores. Whether its the access they have to data-connect applications, the ability they possess to stream video and audio, or how they utilize the Web browsing experience in general, iPhone owners as a group use more data than the average smartphone user. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/317416/kernel_2_6_31_speed_up_linux_desktop With the next version of the Linux kernel, 2.6.31, due for release soon, Linux desktop users can look forward to a faster experience in addition to USB 3.0 support and new Firewire drivers. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10106173-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 A flaw in Vista's networking has been found that can crash the system, but no fix is expected until the next service pack. http://arnteriksen.com/kevin-rose-confirms-digg-iphone-app Kevin Rose confirms digg iPhone app in development. Check out the video from FOWA London taped yesterday. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20081101/keeevviin_Printer_Friendly.html It's Kevin Rose's Internet; we're just using it... http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/kevin_rose_talks_digg_ads_dead_trees_and_cool_hunt.php Digg, which has spent four years trying to level the playing field and democratize media, will soon receive a facelift. According to Kevin Rose, Digg's founder and chief architect, the site, which hasn't changed much since its inception, will be putting a "stake in the ground this year and making some big changes." http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2008/8/23/new-ipods-coming-very-soon.html With picture and a video. He starts with heres what I know - this sounds more like advanced knowledge than idle talk. Revamp of entire iPod line, and a price drop below the new iPhone. http://hothardware.com/News/VModa-Vibe-II-earbuds-marry-style-with-technology/ Computing and Tech Hardware Reviews and News For The Enthusiast and IT Professional http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. http://gajitz.com/wanna-play-humanoid-bot-baby-teaches-while-it-learns/ Understanding how babies develop is an important part of understanding how the human brain works. The quest to explore the development of children led researchers at UCSD to build this utterly terrifying baby robot. Unfortunately, they decided to give it a creepy rubber face and no skin on the rest of its body, so it looks like a nightmare. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352755,00.asp A handset may be valuable, but it's easily replaced. The data on it, however, is often much more important. Cell phones carry all kinds of personal and business information these days, and preventing it from getting into the wrong hands is key. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351087,00.asp Two Kindle users have filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon after the company remotely deleted copies of George Orwell's "1984" from their e-readers. http://r.ecommended.com/product/951/kiss-futures Kiss Futures claims to be 'set it and forget it', is it? It's worth looking at this product report sheet before making a decision... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/3891631/Kitchen-robot-loads-the-dishwasher.html But the tedious task of deciding who should load the dishwasher could become a thing of the past following the creation of a robot specifically designed to do the job itself. http://torrentfreak.com/kiwi-isp-already-disconnecting-alleged-pirates-090318/ he controversial Section 92a law is looking increasingly uncertain in New Zealand. Following a breakdown in talks its been revealed that one ISP has already implemented a version of it, and may have already threatened innocent customers after allegations from copyright holders. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/gamma/ The maker of a life-saving radiation therapy device has patched a software bug that could cause the systems emergency stop button to fail to stop, following an incident at a Cleveland hospital in which medical staff had to physically pull a patient from the maw of the machine. http://dot.kde.org/1215168947/ KOffice, like most KDE applications, has the unique selling point that the same codebase can be compiled and run on various platforms. The latest KOffice alpha release has attracted extra attention since it ships Windows and Macintosh binaries. This naturally means a much larger audience will be able to try it out and kick the tires. Techworld has http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/07/revision3s-web.html Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, Gary Vayerchuck, Jim Louderback and crew are subjects of a Revision3 profile in the Los Angeles Times entertainment blog. Interesting facts such as Revision3 hosts occupy about a dozen of the top 100 Twitter spots and current audience statistics. http://www.momentfactory.com/?factorySection=30&factoryProject=226 The installation includes tracking devices and low-resolution LED displays and is capable of showing many different visualizations based on the presence and movement of people. http://deliggit.com/2008/05/14/lab-on-a-chip-made-of-paper/ Lab-on-a-Chip Made of Paper http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/labels-want-13-million-from-pirate-bay-as-trial-starts.ars The trial of The Pirate Bay's backers kicked off Monday in Sweden as the prosecutor laid out an opening statement and the labels asked for $13 million in fines. Meanwhile, the defendants were tweeting from the dock. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lapd-crimemap9-2009jul09,0,909582.story The Los Angeles Police Department's online crime map intended for public use has failed to include nearly 40% of serious crimes reported in the city, including 26 homicides and 137 rapes. http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2008/052208-laptop-losers.html?ts Heres a list of the 10 biggest (known) security breaches from lost or stolen laptops, where government agencies, corporations and colleges failed to safeguard the names, Social Security numbers and other personal info of their customers. Encryption software - which costs as little as $10 per laptop - could have prevented most of these incidents. http://blog.last.fm/2008/07/13/lastfm-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch To get started, go to the music category of the iTunes App store (in iTunes or on your iPhone/Touch). Find the Last.fm app and download it (for free). Log in or signup to Last.fm and youll be presented with a fairly obvious selection of Last.fm functionality. Things with the red circle icon start streaming. You can navigate through the menus and g http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/02/20/last-fm-not-really-sharing-data-with-riaa/ If you believe certain outlets, Last.fm is in bed with the RIAA and sharing your data with them. However, that's not really the case... http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/lastfm_releases_highly_anticipated_iphone_app_update.php Last.FM has finally released the highly anticipated update to their iPhone application. Initial App Store reviews for the debut of the Last.FM app werent very high. The app is currently rated at three stars, compared to its competitor Pandoras five star app. http://torrentfreak.com/lastfms-data-is-useless-to-the-riaa-090523/ In February TechCrunch rumored that Last.fm had ratted out its users to the RIAA. Now they have another source claiming data was shared with the music industry group, including IP addresses. Without going into the validity of these allegations, wed like to point out that this data is completely useless to the RIAA, from a legal point of view. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3795366/Latest Chrome a Step Closer to Linux Mac.htm Some technologies move fast, while others blaze at lightning speed such as Google's latest Chrome browser, now at version 2.0.156.1.The latest release includes a major new version of the WebKit rendering engine, security and speed enhancements as well as a new HTTP (define) engine that could herald the introduction of Chrome for Linux and Mac. http://gizmodo.com/5331377/latest-dsi-security-update-barely-breaks-a-pirates-stride The Nintendo DSi, even with its aggressive PSP-style updates, has no more chance of preventing piracy than the DS. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/22/latest_iphone_2_0_beta_adds_geo_tagging_to_camera_photos.html A new beta of Apples iPhone Software v2.0 Update released privately to a select group of enterprise partners this week adds a few new preferences and the beginnings of geo-tagging support for the handsets Camera app. http://twitter.com/laughingsquid/status/3117186766 Without warning and without explanation, popular site Laughing Squid is totally banned from Digg according to Scott Beale: "so yeah, I confirmed it, @digg is banning laughingsquid.com, we were never warned or given an specific reason for this http://bit.ly/XhOhy" http://torrentfreak.com/copyright-lawyer-exposes-riaa-legal-bullying-080730/ For many people, justice is something that is bought and sold in the US, especially where filesharing is concerned. Few lawyers are willing to represent, and fewer still understand the technologies involved in cases. Ray Beckerman is one of the few that seem to, and he now has an article in the current edition of The Judges Journal, about the RIAA http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/harvard-law-prof-helping-in-not-1-but-3-file-sharing-cases.ars Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson has now gotten involved in two more file-sharing lawsuits, including the Jammie Thomas retrial in Minnesota. But it's in the other, lesser-known case, that Nesson and a former student demand the RIAA pay back all $100 million it has collected in settlement money over the years. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/lawyers-plan-class-action-to-reclaim-100m-riaa-stole.ars Lawyers in this year's two highest-profile file-sharing cases have joined forces, and they plan to file a class-action lawsuit against the recording industry later this summer to claw back the "$100 million" that the RIAA "stole." http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/laziness-on-the-move-robot-plays-rock-band-on-the-iphone/ Why confine your nerdy sloth to your living room, where large robots mime fake guitar and serve you sloppy mixed drinks? Take that zest for the sedentary life with you on the road by having one of your robot ninjas steal this iPhone Rock Band robot from its ingenious creator, Joe Bowers. The Arduino-based device uses ambient light sensors to detect http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18286-lcd-screen-can-recognise-what-happens-in-front-of-it.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news An everyday LCD screen has been modified to "see" the world in front of it in 3D. That means a viewer can control on-screen objects by waving their arms in the air without touching the screen, let alone a mouse or keyboard. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/19/breaking-leaked-uk-g.html A source close to the British Labour Government has just given me reliable information about the most radical copyright proposal I've ever seen. An unelected official would have the power to do anything without Parliamentary oversight or debate, provided it was done in the name of protecting copyright. http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2009/01/15/leaked-first-office-14-screenshots Screenshots for various alpha Office 14 applications have leaked. Here they are. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-unixtips/index.html?S_TACT=105AGX20&S_CMP=EDU As a follow-up to Michael Stutzs excellent article, this article provides 10 more good habits to adopt that will improve your UNIX command-line efficiency. Learn about common errors and how to overcome them, and discover exactly why these 10 UNIX habits are worth picking up! http://r.ecommended.com/product/979/learn-elements-now From the page: 'I shudder to think how long it would have taken me reading the help files to be able to do what I now can. Probably forever.' http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-system-calls/index.html?S_TACT=105AGX03&S_CMP=ART Linux system calls -- we use them every day. But do you know how a system call is performed from user-space to the kernel? Explore the Linux system call interface (SCI), learn how to add new system calls and discover utilities related to the SCI.In this article, I explore the Linux SCI, demonstrate adding a system call to the 2.6.20 kernel. http://r.ecommended.com/product/3129/learn-that-language-now Andy takes a look at Learn That Language Now...what does he find? http://i.gizmodo.com/5135183/lego-obama-presidential-inauguration-brings-hope-to-bricks-too There's also hope and change in the land of the brick: Behold the Presidential inauguration of Barack Obama in Lego bricks, complete with every single character that will be at the Capitol, including Lego Oprah. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/40351/108/ You lost your notebook? You are worried about the data that might be exposed. No problem: Kill the notebook with a text message... http://blogs.computerworld.com/15090/lenovo_returns_to_the_linux_desktop Lenovo will soon be shipping an ARM Snapdragon-based netbook using Linux. http://hothardware.com/News/Lenovo-Goes-Ion-With-121-IdeaPad-S12-Netbook/ Lenovo Energizes Mini-Computing with its First 12-Inch Netbook Debuts World's First Netbook with NVIDIA's ION Graphics Processor for fully capable HD playback and mainstream gaming. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/nov/26/notebook-locking Lenovo is working with Phoenix on a BIOS that will let you disable a ThinkPad notebook PC by sending it an SMS text message. The feature should be available early next year, reports TG Daily. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsV-lgnAjps Leo Laporte calls out Mike Arrington of TechCrunch after Leo got mad that at him for implying that his opinion of the Pre was effected by the fact he had a free review unit. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=105460 Library associations are warning that a settlement in a lawsuit brought against Google by authors and publishers could threaten "fundamental library values of access, equity, privacy, and intellectual freedom." The groups, which represent more than 139,000 U.S. libraries, argue that the agreement could leave Google too powerful in the... http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/12/lies-damned-lies-and-smartphone-statistics.html According to recent data, in the last six weeks the iPhone has continued to dominate smartphone market share -- but some of the also-rans might surprise you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNNhzDjI3c8 Life... According to Google http://lifehacker.com/5117252/lifehackers-most discussed-posts-of-2008 It's not our posts but reader comments that make Lifehacker the place to discuss new software and technology. Let's take a look back at the posts that got the most comments in 2008. http://www.furl.net/members/ry8nsac/ Some web and strange links to read through later http://emusiclist.com/en/poll/did-lil-wayne-die Is Lil Wayne really dead? Did the BBC News correctly report the death of Lil Wayne? On the morning of the 3rd November ... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080831-limited-atom-supply-shows-strong-netbook-demand.html Intel has been talking up its Atom processor since the beginning of the year, and it has clearly described its vision of a future where all of us are connected through a vast network of Mobile Internet Devices http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/linkedins-reid-hoffman-we-can-go-public-any-time-we-want-to/ LinkedIn has raised over $100 million in financing - roughly $75 million of that was in 2008 alone. The company has been profitable for the last two years, Reid Hoffman says, and has $80 million in the bank. http://blogmemes.com/user/ry8nsac Ooooh, these are cool. Good stuff to read later. http://www.blinklist.com/dennys007/ Some serious gaming info here to read http://r.ecommended.com/product/3134/linktator-2 Andy puts on his reviewer's cap to take a look at Linktator 2...what does he reveal? http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/linus-torvalds-gives-windows-7-a-big-thumbs-up/ You know Microsoft, when you setup a big Windows 7 booth across the street from the Japan Linux Symposium you're just asking for trouble. http://blogs.computerworld.com/linux_2_6_30s_best_five_features Step by step Linux keeps getting better. Here's the best of the latest release's features. http://www.osnews.com/story/21529/Mozilla_and_Google_Announce_HTML-Based_Extensions It appears that great minds think alike (or in the case of open-source software and the close-ties between Google and Mozilla, share-alike). Within a week of each other both Mozilla and Google have announced new initiatives to allow for extensions to their browsers to be written using regular HTML / JavaScript and CSS, greatly lowering the bar for http://www.tuxradar.com/content/debian-ditches-glibc-eglibc Uh-oh. The C library is an essential core component of any Unix-like operating system, and for Debian to switch from the well-established Glibc is big news. This blog post explains the reasons behind the move to EGLIBC, noting technical aspects such as a consistent stable branch, support for different shells and the ability to optimise for size http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/dropbox_clone_ubuntu_one The cloud-based service Ubuntu One goes into the public beta phase. Through this, computers can be synchronized via online memory. As of yet, Canonical is withholding details. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Screenshot_Tour Fedora 11 Screenshot Tour. Screen shots of install and other items. http://ostatic.com/blog/firefox-version-3-1-beta-3-is-in-tests-what-about-version-3-2 It may not be perfectly stable yet, but if you've been following along with the beta releases of Mozilla's Firefox 3.1 browser, you can now get and test the candidate for Beta 3, as described here. Mozilla is calling for a Test Week for this latest version. Beta 3 was scheduled to be out on February 2nd, but bug fixes were required. http://www.gimpusers.com/news/2009-06-18/gap-2-6-released.html GAP is a collection of GIMP plugins that make it possible to create animations as sequences of single frames. The result can be saved as animated GIF, AVI or MPEG file (external libraries are used for this). http://www.tuxradar.com/content/group-test-note-takers Paper - don't you just hate it? We live in the 'information age', and yet the much promised era of the paperless office still seems decades away. Our desks are cluttered with notes, reminders and scraps of random information that desperately need to be sorted, but it's hard to find the time. http://tuxradar.com/content/interview-mozilla-bespins-joe-walker Calling all web coders - have you tried Bespin yet? It's a new project from Mozilla Labs attempting to bring a full-featured, collaborative editor to the web. Right now it's in the early stages of development (version 0.2.2) but you can take it for a test run today. http://www.tuxradar.com/content/kde-43-beta-1-looking-pretty PolicyKit integration is the most notable back-end change: this framework lets application developers request privileges from the OS without needing the all-or-nothing 'su'. On the user-visible side, 4.3 Beta 1 sports a new tree view option for System Settings, a fading desktop switcher, and new window animations. Here's the full changelog -- http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1356109,00.html Clouds are such big Linux news these days that, in the physical world, it would be raining by now. Or at least heavily overcast. http://tuxradar.com/content/modify-xorgconf-better-performance Most distributions configure your graphics card and display automatically, but xorg.conf is still well worth fiddling with. It's a text file that contains all the configurations details required by the X server to deliver a graphical display and provide a connection between your keyboard, your mouse, and the computer. Read on to understand how xorg http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9127150&source=rss_topic122 February 2, 2009 (Network World) Bruce Allen is perhaps the world's best do-it-yourselfer. 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We confirmed that creating a new Hotmail account was not possible, due to an error message suggesting a "browser upgrade." http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/169507/microsoft_details_how_to_port_iphone_apps_to_windows_mobile.html Microsoft has published a case study detailing how to port an iPhone app to Windows Mobile as it prepares to launch a mobile apps store. http://mashable.com/2009/08/13/microsoft-firefox-downloads/ Two weeks ago, Mozilla announced a major milestone for its Firefox (Firefox) web browser: one billion downloads. They even launched OneBillionPlusYou.com to mark the occasion and demonstrate just how large one billion really is. http://gizmodo.com/5290118/microsoft-donates-eight-meals-for-each-internet-explorer-8-download Microsoft is donating the equivalent of eight meals to the Feeding America Network for every completed download of Internet Explorer 8. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120299&intsrc=news_ts_head Pressured by Intel, Microsoft relaxed the rules for a crucial Windows Vista marketing program -- a move that let the chip maker sell older graphics chip sets that were incapable of meeting the original requirements, internal e-mails released under class-action lawsuit show. http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/177030.asp Microsoft doesn't want developers for the Windows Marketplace for Mobile to limit their pricing to less than a buck. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20193/53/ If patenting the obvious is considered something of an art form in the world of IT, then Microsoft is undoubtedly an old master. The Page Up Page Down patent it has been granted would seem to confirm this... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article5258258.ece With founder Jerry Yang out at Yahoo, a Microsoft-Yahoo partnership is set to happen, sources say. The deal will bring Yahoo much needed capital and income, while providing Microsoft the Web property it needs to better compete with Google. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1365 The memo outlines some of the possible ties between Windows 7 (which Microsoft has said is due in 2010) and Windows Live Wave 3 services (upgrades of Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger, Writer, Family Safety, etc., due to be rolled out late this year, if the team stays on schedule). These integration points are the potentially most fertile ” and con.. http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/ We've buried $10,000 somewhere on the internet and if you're the first one to find it, you get to keep it. If you want a serious shot at the ten grand, upgrade your browser to Windows Internet Explorer now. Then follow @tengrand_IE8 on Twitter for daily clues that point you to the buried loot! http://www.pcworld.com/article/155585/Patch.html Microsoft will issue an emergency security patch Wednesday for all versions of Internet Explorer. The patch is considered a critical fix for the security flaw currently plaguing the IE browser. So far, more than 2 million computers are believed to have been infected. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133694 Microsoft today dropped a limitation from Windows 7 Starter, the edition expected to ship on most netbooks, that would have blocked users from running more than three applications at the same time. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/technology/business-computing/02compute.html As personal computer sales stagnate, Microsoft and its longtime partner, Intel, are looking to diversify into sophisticated artificial intelligence products like Laura, the virtual personal assistant. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/06/microsoft-morphing-xbox-360-into-social-entertainment-hub.ars Microsoft kicked off this year's E3 by announcing the long-expected motion camera and the arrival of Facebook, Last.fm, Twitter, and more on the Xbox 360. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/search/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207801588 Microsoft plans to entice advertisers and users of its search engine with savings on online purchases on a site called Live Search cashback. Microsoft unveiled plans Wednesday to entice advertisers and users of its search engine with cash back savings on online purchases, launching a site called Live Search cashback. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-fri-buzz-blog-xbox-jul25,0,3530161.column Were at an interesting point in the development life cycle of third-party programs, those little software applications one can add to gadgets and social pages. Microsofts approach, confirmed Thursday, is about control. Anyone can create a game, but not everyone will be approved for release on the Xbox Live service. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60R71A20100129 Microsoft Corp posted a bigger-than-expected 60 percent jump in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Windows 7, and said it expected business technology spending to recover this year. http://blogs.computerworld.com/14655/microsoft_rejoices_windows_xp_use_drops The biggest danger to Windows 7 and Windows Vista isn't Mac OS X or Linux --- it's Windows XP, whose hard-core fans refuse to give up the aging operating system. But it looks as if XP may finally be on the way out, which is good news for Microsoft. http://blogs.computerworld.com/14655/microsoft_rejoices_windows_xp_use_drops The biggest danger to Windows 7 and Windows Vista isn't Mac OS X or Linux --- it's Windows XP, whose hard-core fans refuse to give up the aging operating system. But it looks as if XP may finally be on the way out, which is good news for Microsoft. http://www.pcworld.com/article/161522/microsoft_releases_ie8_stresses_security.html Microsoft plans to make its Internet Explorer 8 browser available on Thursday, along with a company-commissioned report claiming IE8 is more secure against malware than rival browsers from Mozilla and Google. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/02/microsoft-responds-to-xbox-live-denial-of-service-attack.ars Microsoft says Xbox 360 owners affected by denial-of-service attacks should contact their Internet provider, although they're threatening the malicious standard of banning any and all hackers. This is a new front in the war against talented players. http://eplayr.com/2008/05/14/microsoft-says-no-new-xbox-360s-in-2009/ Microsoft Says No New Xbox 360s in 2009 http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/microsoft-security-essentials-review-with-screenshots/ Microsoft Security Essentials is the name of Microsofts latest Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware software for Windows operating system. It is already being tested internally at Microsoft and is rumored to launch in September of this year. Check out this Amazing Review of the app itself. http://blogs.computerworld.com/microsoft_strikes_back_at_linux_netbook_push An Asus netbook is shown running Google's Android Linux operating system, and the next day, after appearing on a panel with Microsoft brass, Asus' chairman apologies for it being shown. What the heck is going on here!? http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/microsoft-sues-tomtom-over-fat-patents-in-linux-based-device.ars Microsoft has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against TomTom alleging that the device maker's products, including some that are Linux-based, infringe on patents related to Microsoft's FAT32 filesystem. This marks the first time that Microsoft has enforced its FAT patents against the Linux platform, a move that some free software advocates have http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/microsoft-to-delete-yahoo-search-data-after-3-months.ars Both Microsoft and Yahoo have confirmed that Bing will have to delete search data received from Yahoo after three month if the Microhoo search and ad deal goes through. http://www.pcworld.com/article/164733/is_googles_chrome_the_new_internet_explorer.html Google's Chrome browser has a market share that rounds down to zero. Yet Microsoft plans to argue to the European Commission that bundling Chrome into Windows -- an anti-trust decree the EC wants to impose -- will potentially give Google a monopoly hold on the Internet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8095932.stm The company is reportedly trialling free anti-virus software internally and said the beta version would be released "soon". http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/165478/microsoft_to_netbooks_stay_tiny_or_pay_the_price.html Microsoft may establish its own specification requiring netbooks to stay under 10.2 inches, charging vendors of larger machines a higher price for Windows. http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/44657-microsoft-to-ship-linux-tools?utm_source=feedburner Proprietary software giant Microsoft is getting into peddling Linux tools. http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/02/25/compal.on.win.7.in.sept/ Microsoft could have Windows 7 on shipping PCs by September, Compal president Ray Chen said today at an investor's conference. The PC contractor executive understands from plans that the software should be available in either late September or early October. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10169119-75.html?part=rss Software giant sends a letter to some of the 1,400 employees it laid off last month letting them know they were overcompensated and that it would like the money back. Read this blog post by Steven Musil on Microsoft. http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=RlgBwBQn Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet. The vulnerability disclosed Monday affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating software. It can allow hackers to remotely take control of victims' machines. http://www.pcworld.com/article/155940/microsoft_warns_of_sql_attack.html Just days after patching a critical flaw in its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft is now warning users of a serious bug in its SQL Server database software. http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1902208,00.html?xid=rss-topstories Let's just admit it: the Nintendo people are total geniuses. I was one of the first journalists to see the Wii, in Kyoto in the spring of 2006. I even tried it out. I played fake mime-tennis. I caught a virtual fish by casting with the Wii controller. I did a little dance and watched a little guy do a little dance on the screen. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/technology/04soft.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Microsoft said Saturday that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after the two companies could not agree on a price. The breakdown followed a meeting in Seattle on Saturday morning between Microsoft C.E.O. Steven A. Ballmer, Microsofts chief executive, and Yahoo C.E.O. Jerry Yang, Yahoos co-founder and chief executive. http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/10/microsoft_xbox_360_arcade_unit_undercuts_wii.html One of the main reasons as to why Nintendo has done phenomenally well with this generation of home consoles is the attractive price point, but Microsoft has finally managed to undercut the Wii, making the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle the cheapest current generation console there is. Retailing for $220, a new promotion effort sees Microsoft gifting Arcade users a choice bewtween a 512MB memory card or a 20GB refurbished hard drive - I would definitely s http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/microsoft-sets-up-i-m-a-pc-video-booth-outside-u-k-apple-store?src=buzz Where does Microsoft plan to find the perfect (free) actors for its new, crowdsourced "I'm A PC" commercials? Outside an Apple (AAPL) Store, of course! An AppleInsider reader passed along this photo of a Microsoft (MSFT) video kiosk set up in front of an Apple retail store in the U.K. "It's a friggin booth where you can record your own I'm a PC video," he said. "This is outside the Apple Store, Bullring, Birmingham, England." He added that a tr http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/microsofts-pink-smartphone-could-rival-iphone-on-verizon/ It's crazy, we know. Just hours after hearing shockingly believable whispers that Apple's white-hot iPhone 3G could be sashaying over to Verizon Wireless, in flies a Wall Street Journal report asserting that the suits in Redmond are (also?) in talks with America's largest carrier. Should be launched next year!!! http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/microsofts-second-laptop-hunters-commercial-giampaulo-buys-an/ The second installment of Microsot's Laptop Hunters commercials went live today, and if you though our actress friend Lauren lit a fire, well, get ready for Giampaulo, who professes to be "technically-savvy" and calls the MacBook Pro he looks at "so sexy," but ultimately rejects it because he wants to pay for "computing power," not the "brand." http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSWEN641020080624?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&rpc=23&sp=true The information we have is thin, but what one source is saying is that Microsoft is talking a price lower than the $33 they were offering when the talks disintegrated in May, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10288022-37.html Microsoft's chief operating officer recounts a phone call he says he got from the Apple legal department, demanding the removal of the TV ads. Read this blog post by Steven Musil on Apple. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10153384-56.html The next step will be a release candidate version, says Windows engineering chief Steven Sinofsky in a blog post. http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/microsoft-space-is-the-new-frontier-in-computing-596871 We're now moving into a client-cloud era where "space is indeed the new frontier." That's the verdict of the head of Microsoft's Research lab in Cambridge. "Computing, on about a 10-15 year cycle completely reinvents itself," said Dr Andrew Herbert, Managing Director of Microsoft Research Cambridge. http://mashable.com/2009/12/30/evernote-2-million/ It took the company only 7 months to reach the two million mark -- they broke one million users back in May. http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-and-brein-clash-in-court-090602/ The largest torrent indexer on the Internet defended itself in court today in a landmark case for the BitTorrent community. The outcome of the civil dispute between the anti-piracy group BREIN and Mininova will decide if the BitTorrent indexer has to actively filter torrents from the site. http://torrentfreak.com/popular-torrents-start-to-disappear-from-mininova-090511/ Those hunting for the latest episodes of Lost, Heroes and Prison Break on Mininova may have already noticed that they are hard to find. With the recently implemented copyright filter, many of the popular TV-show releases and blockbuster movies have been removed and put on a ban list. http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-deletes-all-infringing-torrents-and-goes-legal-091126/ Mininova, the largest torrent site on the Internet, has removed all torrents except those that were uploaded through its content distribution service. Mininovas founders took the drastic decision after they lost a civil dispute against Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN, and were ordered to remove all infringing torrents from the site. http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-demands-rectification-from-dutch-parliament-090702/ Last month a working group of the Dutch Parliament published a report in which they made various suggestions on how to deal with online piracy. In their analysis they made several false accusations against the Dutch based BitTorrent site Mininova, who today announce that they will take legal steps if they dont get a public rectification. http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-faces-legal-action-filter-or-else-080519/ No torrent site on earth is more popular than Mininova. Surprisingly, however, all the legal pressure seems to have been focused on sites such as The Pirate Bay. Mininova - against all the odds - appears to have stayed under the radar. All that changed today as Mininova is now facing legal action by Dutch anti-piracy agency, BREIN. http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-hit-by-massive-ddos-attack-090307/ Mininova, one of the leading BitTorrent sites, has been suffering from a massive DDoS attack over the past few days. Originating from a botnet spanning three continents, the attacks vary in strength and are causing the site to be completely inaccessible at times. The Mininova team is working on a solution. http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1708 MiniNova has introduced two features: personal bookmarking and remote downloading. http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-ordered-to-remove-all-infringing-torrents-090826/ Mininova has lost its civil dispute with Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN. The judge ruled that Mininova is not directly responsible for any copyright infringement, but ordered it to remove all torrents linking to copyrighted material within three months, or face a penalty of up to 5 million euros. http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-trial-due-in-two-months-090316/ This year is an important one for the three largest BitTorrent sites. In common with The Pirate Bay and isoHunt, Mininova is also heading to court in a dispute with the entertainment industry. This May, the court will decide if the BitTorrent indexer has to actively filter content from the site. http://torrentfreak.com/mininovas-torrent-downloads-doubled-in-a-year-090105/ The BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway, with more users discovering that its the fastest way to transfer large files online. One of the most frequently visited torrent sites, Mininova, has seen the number of torrent downloads double from 3.5 billion to 7 billion during 2008, and this download rate is still increasing. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/12/full-details-on-mints-14-million-series-c-round/ Since launching at TechCrunch40 in 2007, Mint has grown to 1.4 million registered users, tracking $175 billion in transactions and $47 billion in assets. The site also reports that it has identified $300 million in potential savings offers for its users. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46115 Almost a million Web sites in Sweden were invisible to the rest of the Internet last night because someone forgot to use a . http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/4149-indoor-autonomous-helicopter Tiny helicopter can fly through windows and avoid targets all by itself. http://torrentfreak.com/mit-harbors-the-most-p2p-pirates-090513/ College students have always been prime targets for anti-piracy outfits such as the RIAA. Despite inundating students with mountains of threats and legal action, the number of copyright infringements committed by them have not declined. What did change though is the positioning of various universities in the list of most infringing establishments. http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/mit-projects-that-are-set-to-revolutionise-your-life-593604 Scientists often get a hard time from technophobes - not least because some of their research stems from the university of the bleedin' obvious. But over at MIT there's plenty of real work being done - resulting in technologies, concepts and techniques that really could change the way you live work and play. http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/05154447/MIT-researchers-make-8216si.html The gadget can look at an airplane ticket and let the user know whether the flight is on time, or recognize books in a book store and then project reviews or author information from the Internet onto blank http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mobile-internet-devices-surfing-the-web-without-a-pc/ There is a ton of stuff coming, some of which has already arrived, that is focused on doing a few Web-connected activities without the need for a PC. A lot of it hasnt been announced yet, but the devices that have seen the light of day include printers, picture frames, portable TVs, and a variety of new Web-connected music players. http://www.pcworld.com/article/168275/mobile_mapping_services_hit_big_time.html?tk=rss_news Gartner Inc. predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales decline by 4%. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4dPnlL16V8&eurl=http://tapcritic.com/2009/08/18/mobilenavigator-the-gps-competition-is-heatin-up/&feature=player_embedded G-Map from X-Road was an AWESOME replacement for my GPS needs, but it still lacked some of the other features that newer standalone GPSs offer. Enter MobileNavigator. http://r.ecommended.com/product/195/mole-wart-removal Andy takes a look at Mole Wart Removal...what does he reveal? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081006-mono-2-0-released-brings-c-3-0-to-linux-and-other-platforms.html The Mono project, which builds a cross-platform open-source implementation of Microsofts .NET framework, has announced the availability of version 2.0. This milestone release delivers compatibility with .NET 2.0 and C 3.0 on a broad range of platforms and architectures. http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/monster-hdmi-difference-scam-still-kickin-in-frys-electronic/ Man, this is just sad. Over a year after the internet was set ablaze with rage after seeing Monster's HDMI cable scam, we've just been notified that the tactic is still being used in at least one Fry's Electronics store. For those unaware, the rig works as such: two TVs are set beside each other along with a sign that says "See the Monster HDMI... http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/monster-cable-learns-nothing-sues-monster-transmission/ Just when we thought we heard the last of Monster trademark litigations, theyve defied all logic by attacking one of the last few American companies that actually manufacture their own products - Monster Transmission. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/01/AR2009010101935.html?referrer=digg RALEIGH, N.C. -- For her college interview, Avery Cullinan put on her best outfit but didn't bother with shoes. She sat in her living room, smiled into her computer's webcam and told an admissions officer more than 800 miles away that Wake Forest University was right for her. http://digg.com/users/aci1ddrop Game, game, gamer! http://blogmemes.com/user/G8rrrry This person knows their science http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9995728-37.html More MobileMe problems were reported over the weekend, this time with e-mail. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/apple-tablet-2/ Yet another rumor about Apple's fabled touchscreen tablet has emerged, with sources claiming the product will hit stores in early 2010. There has been many contradictory rumors, but this one out of all seems the most reasonable because apple wouldn't want to kill the sales of macbook during back to school season. Expected to release this by March. http://phoebus99.stumbleupon.com/ Bookmarked for later reading through http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0K1k54t6A Wow. What a notebook design. This portable computer actually rolls up like a canvas scroll and weighs in like a mini. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/06/on-twitter-most-people-are-sheep-80-percent-of-accounts-have-fewer-than-10-follower/ On Twitter, 80 Percent Of Accounts Have Fewer Than 10 Followers. http://www.noupe.com/javascript/most-wanted-ajax-techniques-50-ajax-examples-and-tutorials.html Web applications have made huge leaps and bounds in improving user experience thanks to a lot of recently developed Ajax technology. The list below is made up of the best 50 FREE scripts available, they are all of the highest quality and more or less easy to configure. http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/28/motorola-droid-official-on-verizon-199-on-contract-coming-nov/ We knew good and well this thing was coming sometime in November, and now Verizon Wireless has made it official: the Motorola DROID will hit Big Red on November 6th for $199 on contract (after a $100 mail-in rebate). Naturally, the DROID itself is just the first of what could be many Android-laced phones coming to the carrier, and Verizon Wireless http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354951,00.asp The Motorola Droid is the first truly lust-worthy smartphone from Verizon Wireless, and it puts all other Google Android phones to shame. The Droid is a big, industrial, even a little steampunk-looking contraption at 4.56 by 2.36 by .54 inches (HWD) and a hefty 5.96 ounces. http://androgeek.com/side-by-side-comparison-of-the-motorola-droid-htc-imagio-droid-eris-video.html This side by side comparison of the Motorola DROID (Gadget of the year), HTC Imagio (CNet review), DROID ERIS (Gizmodo review), could give you a better idea of the similarities and differences of these Android phones Still usnsure? Hardware and software compared between Motorola Droid and HTC Eris [Android] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122952382923314165.html Motorola said most employees won't get raises next year and put a freeze on its U.S. pension plan and matching 401(k) contributions, as the struggling cellphone maker continues to cut costs. http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/01/19/motoroi-motorola-to-release-another-android-phone-in-march-video/ Motorola held a press conference in Seoul yesterday to announce a partnership with SK Telecom, a major Korean telecommunications company. The occasion: SK Telecom will be the first company to distribute an Android phone in that country, the so-called Motorola Motoroi. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/09/movie-website-designs-examples-and-current-practices/ In this article, well take a look at the websites of major motion pictures to see what types of websites are being created. Movies are a big part of the entertainment industry, and in recent years their websites have become increasingly critical to their overall success. http://blog.digg.com/?p=553 Most Digg users probably dont think about the technology it takes to keep Digg up and running. Thats a good thing. That means hopefully the site always loads when you want to use it and the pages load fast enough so you dont give up and go somewhere else. http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/06/11/coming-tuesday-june-17th-firefox-3/ After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, were proud to announce that were ready. It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/01/mozilla-contributes-100000-to-fund-ogg-development.ars Mozilla has donated $100,000 to help fund a collaborative initiative with the Wikimedia Foundation to improve open standards-based technology for video on the web. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142106/Mozilla_exec_suggests_Firefox_users_move_to_Bing_cites_Google_privacy_stance A Mozilla official today pointed Firefox users to the extension that adds Microsoft's Bing to the list of the browser's search engines after Google's CEO downplayed consumers' privacy concerns. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/mozilla-exec-bing-is-not-popular-enough-for-firefox.ars Asa Dotzler, Mozilla's director of community development, explains why an add-on is required to add Bing as a search option from within Firefox. http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=107632 Mozilla is to add a third beta to the development schedule for Firefox 3.1. The move will enable the company to get a better handle on remaining bugs and give several new features, including a faster JavaScript engine and a private browsing mode, more testing time, the company's browser director said yesterday. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/18/mozilla_skype_support_effs_case_for_iphone_jailbreaking.html In a filling with the US Copyright Office, Mozilla and Skype have added their voices of support to a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act related to iPhone jailbreaking. http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-demands-15-million-from-the-pirate-bay-080508/ The MPA(A) has announced that it demands $15.4 million from the Pirate Bay in the upcoming court case, to cover the damages they suffered from 3 movies and 13 TV-episodes that were made available via the popular BitTorrent tracker. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/12/mpaa-shuts-down-enti.html?utm_source=twitterfeed The MPAA has successfully shut down an entire town's municipal WiFi because a single user was found to be downloading a copyrighted movie. http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-drops-bittorrent-case-080503/ In 2005, DVDr-core was the first BitTorrent site that was targeted by the MPAA outside the US. A classic story: Man runs site, man gets sued over site, nothing more is ever heard. Whilst in most cases, this means that the defendant bowed to pressure, paid an out of court settlement, and promised not to do it again, that is not the case here. http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-threatens-worlds-premier-usenet-indexer-080528/ Newzbin, considered by many to be the internets premier indexer and .nzb provider, is under legal threat from the MPAA. The site, which was the creator of Usenets answer to the .torrent file, will likely have to undergo significant changes in order to appease the movie studios. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10164907-16.html For years Microsoft has insisted that open-source vendors acknowledge its patent portfolio has a precursor to interoperability discussions. Today, Microsoft shed that charade and announced an interoperability alliance with Red Hat for virtualization. http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-49335-4.html For the first time since 1996, the InternetExplorer browser family is no longer dominating the German Internet landscape. 4 slides that show the development of browser marketshare and how the impact of new IE versions got weaker by every version. http://gizmodo.com/5020490/msi-wind-running-mac-os-x-also-thinks-its-a-mac-pro Its not even out yet and people have already hacked Mac OS X to run on the MSI Wind. Like with other non-Apple Leopard boxes, the little computer believes it is a Mac Pro, so the hack is good for both your egos. The port is still lacking some fine tuning, but it runs quite well according to Insanely Mac forum member Jav: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=293291 At first I thought it was just me. But then I googled for it and found a forum where people were experiencing the same problem. On MSN, type www.youtube.com and the message wont pass.The curious thing is that if you alter any of the letters in the domain (i.e. changing it to youtuve.com ) the message gets effectively passed. WTF, Microsoft? http://gizmodo.com/5099999/mumbai-terrorists-watch-world-react-with-horror-using-blackberrys The terrorists in Mumbai might have committed inhuman acts, but in at least one way, they are just like you and me. When authorities cut the cable feeds to the hotels where the terrorists held over 200 hostages, they relied on another piece technology to monitor the police response and the world's reaction to the attacks: BlackBerrys. Commandos wer http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/6559694/Rupert-Murdoch-to-remove-News-Corps-content-from-Google-in-months.html Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corporation, is prepared to remove his company's content from Google's search index "within months" as the pay versus free content debate reaches crisis point. http://torrentfreak.com/music-piracy-controversy-surrounds-charity-fund-raising-090610/ In Italy artists and musicians have made a charity song to raise money for victims of the recent earthquake and over in Spain, artists have performed to raise funds for a seriously ill boy. Both events, thanks to the involvement of music industry lobby groups, have been touched by copyright controversy. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10355448-93.html Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are making preparations to one day collect performance fees from Apple and other e-tailers for not just traditional music downloads but for downloads of films and TV shows as well. They contain music after all. http://deliggit.com/2008/05/18/my-secret-life-lennie-james-actor-age-42-people-indep/ My Secret Life: Lennie James, Actor, age 42 - People - Indep http://r.ecommended.com/product/12945/my-sleeping-angel From the site:One day I was having a particularly bad time with my 8 year old daughter. I so wanted her to talk nicely but she had http://www.fanboy.com/2009/08/resisting-recessions.html As geeks were surrounded by advertising for new toys all the time: Hell its the lifeblood of the industry! As new software upgrades and operating systems come out a realistic geek will know that its time to get new hardware: But in a recession that might now be a good bet... http://r.ecommended.com/product/920/my-dish-biz Andy dons his reviewer's cap to take a look at My Dish Biz...what does he reveal? http://www.paulyanez.com/labs/mymediaplayer2/index.php MyMediaPlayer is a video browser built for the sole purpose of watching Hulu videos. Developed in Adobe Air. http://r.ecommended.com/product/13092/my-profit-site From the page:Ok... No Bs. Here Are The Facts: 1. No.1 Converting Biz-opp Offer Of 2009. 2. For Every 10 Visitors You Send You Will Get 1 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/myspace-buys-ilike-music-sharing-service/ MySpace will keep the start-up operating as a separate company, at least for now, but the deal raises questions about iLike's future relationship with Facebook, MySpace's archrival. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/02/myspace-auditude-and-mtv-have-just-figured-out-how-to-monetize-online-video/ Since YouTube heralded the era of user-uploaded videos, media corporations have been fighting a hopeless battle to regain control of their content, sending out endless waves of DMCA notices in a vain attempt to take down countless clips scattered across the web. In the last year sites like Hulu have made progress - it's finally possible to legally embed of a clip of The Office in your blog, but publishers continue to lose out on millions of vide http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/08/myst-returns-on.html Does the world really need another port of Myst? Maybe not, but get ready to play it on the iPhone sometime soon. Cyan, the developer behind the puzzle-based series, has covertly announced on its forums that a small 3 person team is working on bringing the game over to the touch-friendly device. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20100128/ttc-mystery-app-plagues-facebook-users-6315470.html Security experts have warned of a new scam which appears to be threatening Facebook users. Facebook users are passing around a message, warning each other about the application, called the 'Unnamed app', and unwittingly creating an opportunity for hackers. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_bi_ge/as_nkorea_mobile_phones North Korea has begun limited Internet service for mobile phone users, a government Web site reported, months after launching an advanced network in cooperation with an Egyptian telecommunications company. http://www.physorg.com/news169912309.html With this new amplifier, LRO can transmit 461 gigabytes of data per day. That's more information than you can find in a four-story library. And it transmits this information at a rate of up to 100 megabytes per second. By comparison, typical high-speed internet service provides about 1 to 3 megabytes per second. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138978/Nasty_banking_Trojan_makes_mules_of_victims A sophisticated Trojan horse program designed to empty bank accounts has a new trick up its sleeve: It lies to investigators about where the money is going. http://r.ecommended.com/product/88/natural-cure-for-yeast-infection Is there really a Natural Cure For Yeast Infection?...However, even though it's a fantastic product it isn't the ... http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.0/beta/1 The Amarok team released the first beta of Amarok 2.0. Lots of bugfixes and cool new stuff like AFT and a new scripting interface as well as gorgeous new artwork. Get it while its hot. http://torrentfreak.com/net-neutrality-wont-prevent-bittorrent-blocking-10-01-29/ Ignited by the Comcast fiasco in the US, the concept of Net Neutrality has been brought into the mainstream resulting in planned government interventions. However, unlike the name suggests, Net Neutrality might not stop BitTorrent blocking and could leave us worse off than when this all started. http://theappleblog.com/2008/12/15/netbooks-the-race-to-the-bottom-has-begun/ With the recent HP and Lenovo price cuts, it appears the big guys are shaving whats left of the netbooks profits. Wont Acer, MSI, etc. have to follow suit? Yes. Weve seen this in the PC industry time after time. Whats the point in this race to the bottom anyway? http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/netflix-finally-brings-watch-instantly-to-macs-via-silverlight/ In a move that seemed like it would never, ever, ever happen, Netflix has finally managed to bring its streaming video technology (and decent library) to Macs everywhere, thanks to Microsoft's Silverlight. http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/19/do-not-time-netflix-hd-streaming-shootout/ Netflix seems to be doing things right when it comes to the streaming game, partnering with several hardware companies in an attempt to make its service more or less ubiquitous -- a pretty sharp break from the proprietary hardware approach taken by most of its competitors. That means Netflix subscribers have quite a few choices to choose from .... http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/01/netshare-tethering-app-reappears-on-app-store/ After an unusual sequence of events, Nullriver, Inc.s NetShare app has reappeared on the iTunes App Store. The $9.99 application promises to allow you to share your iPhones network connection with your computer.Share your iPhones EDGE or 3G Internet connection with your computer using NetShare... http://torrentfreak.com/never-back-down-pirate-bay-adapts-to-stay-alive-091129/ Most other sites would have thrown in the towel by now, but despite unprecedented pressure, somehow The Pirate Bay remains alive and in pretty good health today. As one door closes, the site morphs and adapts to find ways to stay open and possibly even stay legal. Is the site becoming more and more difficult to shut down? http://news.discovery.com/tech/never-stop-at-a-gas-station-again.html Plus, as an added bonus, smart electric vehicles could promise to cut you even more free time, doing things like looking ahead to find you a parking spot in congested central business. Can you imagine having a vehicle that............................. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080731-new-3-2gbps-firewire-spec-approved-not-as-fast-as-usb-3-0.html The IEEE 1394 working group has formally approved FireWires next-generation standard. The new version defines transfer speeds of 1.6Gbps and 3.2Gbps, is backwards compatible with FireWire 800 and 400, and uses the same cable standard as FireWire 800. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/social-insecurity-numbers-open-to-hacking.ars Two researchers have found that a pair of antifraud methods intended to increase the chances of detecting bogus social security numbers has actually allowed the statistical reconstruction of the number using information that many people place on social networking sites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqJl6huz4y0 The new ad for the MacBook family, stating how much greener and environmentally friendlier they are... http://www.macblogz.com/2008/12/19/one-more-thing-apples-new-multi-touch-mighty-mouse/ One More Thing... http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/asus-eee-reader/ Computer maker Asus, known for its line of Eee PC netbooks, is working on an e-book reader that will have two touchscreens and when laid open will resemble a hardcover book. http://gizmodo.com/5384727/new-bluetooth-runs-for-a-year-off-a-watch-battery By Texas Instruments, a new, 6mm-square Bluetooth system-on-a-chip can operate for "more than a year" on a small button-cell battery (like you see in watches or very tiny remotes). Everything from cellphones to laptops could get a battery boost from the technology increasing competition for the emerging Wi-Fi Direct to Connect technology. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gD0oDWeDtMfAYl0C5bvx6Yyd78Yg "Early detection of lung cancer dramatically increases the odds of survival. Currently, only 15 percent of cases are discovered before the disease has begun to spread." http://www.threadless.com/profile/59471/speedyjvw/blog/508847/Help_us_design_Jeffreys_new_tattoo Digg's new designer, Jeffrey Kalmikoff, lost an unfinished bet with Threadless CEO, Tom Ryan. Now that he's at his new gig, help Threadless ensure that he make good on the bet by digging this and helping design the tattoo. http://about.digg.com/node/504 install them now! http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10302299-83.html?part=rss Two critical problems with how Mozilla's browser handles authentication processes could let an attacker see encrypted data or take over a machine. http://mashable.com/2008/10/19/google-chrome-greasemonkey/ Remember that thing Google put together a comic book about? Chrome is its name, and Web browsing and AJAX crunching is its game. Well, just recently the latest beta builds are said to have basic Greasemonkey support. With emphasis on basic. http://www.google.com/insights/search/ A new tool, developed by the google team in Tel-Aviv allows you to compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames. http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-in-labs-inserting-images.html Well, it's about time. You no longer have to use workarounds to put images into your messages or attach images when you really want to inline them. Just turn on "Inserting images" from the Labs tab under Settings, and you'll see a new toolbar icon like this: http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2009/05/14/2009-05-14_visible_vote.html You cast your ballot in November, but your job as a citizen isn't finished. Now that 111th Congress is in session, it's the responsibility of every American to keep tabs on their elected officials - and since this is the 21st Century, why not use your smartphone to do it? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/22/background-check-iphone-app/ The aptly named Background Check App does exactly what it says: Using data from the site BeenVerified, it allows you to do background checks on people via name queries or their email addresses. http://www.gearlog.com/2009/06/mossberg_confirms_new_iphone_c.php When you're suffering from a case of NDA-itis that badly, it's no surprise when things slip out around the edges. In this case, Mossberg confirmed that Apple will indeed release an iPhone next week. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/14/new_ipod_in_ear_headphones_reviewed_apples_best_yet.html After a false start two years ago, Apple has released a new set of in-ear buds that are finally worth trading up to from the company's own pack-in models and which may well compete against third-party earbuds that are significantly above its price class. We explain why. http://blogs.computerworld.com/new_linux_broadcom_wi_fi_drivers_arrive Linux has had a hate/hate relationship with Broadcom. Linux users need Broadcom Wi-Fi drivers. Broadcom does a lousy job of supporting Linux. Now, a combined effort from Dell, Canonical, and Broadcom has lead to a new Linux driver for many popular Broadcom chipsets. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/07/vfat-linux-patch-could-circumvent-microsofts-patent-claims.ars A Linux developer has published a new kernel patch that provides a workaround to avoid Microsoft's patents on the FAT filesystem. The patch, which has undergone extensive legal review by patent lawyers, could make it possible to use FAT on Linux without having to pay licensing fees to Microsoft. http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/06/24/take_a_peek/ Google Maps cant show you the interior of a building but A new mapping service from EveryScape Inc. of Waltham Mass does just that. 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It has $1 million in seed money and some questions about how neutral it will be. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113880&intsrc=hm_ts_head As tropical storm Gustav approaches hurricane strength and heads toward the Gulf Coast, the IT lessons learned from the devastating Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that smashed New Orleans and other areas in 2005 are on the minds of many worried IT managers. http://blog.ebaum.tv/2009/01/so-this-is-how-it-all-went-down.html He then proceeded to tell us to stay put while he searched through everyone's belongings and files, where he took all computers, office equipment and files. This would have been fine if we had been given the chance to remove all personal files on our own compute http://r.ecommended.com/product/5493/new-people-order This looks like a scary one. It was written by doctors though... http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/new-privacy-lawsuit-throws-the-kitchen-sink-at-facebook/ A new lawsuit filed against Facebook in the Superior Court of California in Orange County is one of the more entertaining documents weve had the pleasure of reading recently. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/13/AR2009061300092.html?wprss=rss_technology Last Sunday, I was lurking at the local Apple store, poking at laptops and feeling a mild bit of concern for my fellow shoppers. http://hothardware.com/News/New-Search-Engine-Scoopler-Searches-in-Real-Time/ As instantaneous as the Web can be, most search engines--Google included--suffer from a bit of a time lag. Where Google leaves off, the new search engine, Scoopler looks to pick up. Scoopler is a search engine that indexes the content of a number of popular social-networking sites, and delivers real time search results: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/16/new_seed_sees_apple_near_wrap_up_of_mac_os_x_10_5_6.html A quickly released follow-up test build of Mac OS X 10.5.6 comes with no known problems and points to Apple getting much closer to a finished patch. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9131447&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_top The SF-1000 SSD processor will address the endurance, reliability and data retention problems associated with SSD and move consumer class flash into the data center. http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/sony-vaio-t-makes-a-comeback-and-this-time-its-a-culv-with-maj/ The previously phased out 11.1-inch Sony Vaio T has shown back up over at Sony Style Japan. The good news is that this time, it's a Windows 7 CULV on the inside, even if it looks the same on the outside. The laptop's life is rated at about 11 hours when equipped with the standard battery, or 17 with the large capacity http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/06/cities-and-corp.html A strain of new software may have the potential to change the cameras that record everyone that walks past by blurring or encrypting faces in the footage, until theres an alarm or an investigation. This video show the software in action. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/20/xsights-use-your-cellphone-to-turn-static-items-into-interactive-experiences/ Xsights Media turns printed matter into interactive multi-media experiences for its users. Xsights makes it possible to transform static, printed items that can be captured through the cell phones camera into dynamic, multi-dimensional and interactive multimedia experiences. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/04/clean.water/?iref=intlOnlyonCNN As Zimbabwe battles a cholera epidemic that has already killed hundreds, one company thinks it may have found a potential solution to the world water crisis. The WaterMill is an electricity powered machine that draws moisture from the air and purifies it into clean drinking water. It can provide up to 12 liters of drinking water per day. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080720-new-telescopic-pixel-displays-could-outperform-lcd-plasma.html A new display technology based on telescopic pixels dramatically increases efficiency and response time over LCDs. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/06/new_trojan_leverages_unpatched.html?nav=rss_blog A tool for exploiting an unpatched security hole in Mac OS X systems has been developed and until earlier today was being distributed through an online forum that caters to Mac hackers, Security Fix has learned. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_tweetdeck_out_tomorrow.php We got our hands on the new version of popular Twitter desktop app Tweetdeck that will be delivered to all users tomorrow and we're pretty excited about what's been added. If you've never used Tweetdeck, it's the most powerful application available for sending and receiving Twitter messages. It's about to become even more awesome. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/05/new-twitter-retweets-take-a-little-peek-around/ Twitter has just activated the retweet button a a small number of accounts, according to a blog post. The new retweet functionality was ... http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Ubuntu-Installer-Coming-Soon-119569.shtml Canonical is working hard these days to redesign the Ubuntu installer (also known as Ubiquity) into something a little more in tune with our times. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_version_of_skype_adds_screen_sharing.php Skype, the popular VOIP client formerly owned by eBay, just released a new beta version of its Windows client. The new version finally brings screen sharing to the Windows client, something which already became available in the last beta version of the Mac client in January. Skype now also allows users to import their contacts from Gmail http://www.ismashphone.com/2008/08/cycorder-video.html We have been waiting for a video recorder for iPhone 3G for a while. Not only did we get there today but we got two of them. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080828-newly-unearthed-apple-patent-raises-hopes-for-fabled-itablet.html In April, Apple filed an updated 52-page application for a patent on an extensive multi-touch interface for a full Mac OS X-based system. The illustrations that accompany the application look like the long-heralded but non-existent iTablet. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/breaking-news/news-corp-microsoft-want-to-lock-google-out/story-e6freuyr-1225802075810 MICROSOFT has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, putting pressure on search juggernaut Google to start paying for content http://www.geek.com/newsnomad-news-aggregator-for-mobile-phones-20080801/ Headlines come exclusively from the mobile versions of Reuters, CNN, NYTimes, WashPost, etc. Unlike mobile Digg or Reddit, you can view every article straight from your phone. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/04/newsplastic-electronic-ink-flexible-screens-wireless.html Thanks to Amazon.com's Kindle, the e-book reader has gone from a niche curiosity to a mainstream, oft-cited technology in a little more than a year. But now buzz is snapping and crackling about a second wave of electronic readers coming down the pike to give Amazon a run for its undisclosed monies. http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/10/20/next-bungie-game-could-be-multiplatform While Halo's developer is best known for their Xbox games, the studio is hoping to branch out to other platforms as well, though it won't be with any Halo-related games. http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/04/rumor-new-iphone-to-be-called-iphone-video/ It has a ring to it, and the first video-capable iPod was called iPod Video, so maybe... TUAW reports on the latest rumor of new iPhone models. http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/nexus-one-gets-a-software-update-enables-multitouch/ Finally! Google's latest Nexus One update enables multitouch pinch-to-zoom! http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/ The Nexus One. In the modern climate of hyped (and over-hyped) smartphone launches, Google's official entry into the phone-sales game has excelled in a department where many find difficulty: generating legitimate excitement. http://www.billshrink.com/blog/nexus-one-google-phone-confirmed-details/ The rumors are over and the sources have confirmed, the Google Phone will be released with the name Nexus One. http://parmellee.stumbleupon.com/ Go sports lover, go http://faves.com/users/Paul1e999/ Ill check these all out later. Looks Good. http://www.searchles.com/people/show/freddiedubya/posts This person knows their linking http://faves.com/users/pkrf1end/ Bookmarked for browsing http://digg.com/users/phoebuss99 I enjoyed this person's submissions http://faves.com/users/phoebus__221/ Some interesting links to read through http://lifehacker.com/5309937/nine-must have-features-we-want-to-see-in-a-google-os What's inside Google's just-announced Chrome Operating System? How does it work, exactly? Nobody outside Google knows. We can, however, build a dream operating system from the ground up, and that's what we're doing with some help from the hive mind. http://www.geeksugar.com/2467164 If you remember the craziness of the wedding season at Sugar, then you remember the myriad possibilities there are to add a geeky touch to your wedding. Sure, a lot was fun to look at, but sometimes you don't stuff that's so overt. You could wear this Nintendo Garter ($23), and the only people who have to know are you and your groom. And your groom's buddies post-wedding when he brags about how awesome his new bride is, wearing Nintendo lingerie http://gizmodo.com/5337430/no-apple-tablet-till-2010-sources Get your suicide pills ready, because there may not be an Apple tablet in 2009. That is what Apple mavens John Gruber and Jim Dalrymple's quote;very reliable sources" are saying: No tablet till 2010. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/twc-without-data-caps-internet-upgrades-now-in-doubt.ars Time Warner Cable suggests that DOCSIS 3.0 rollouts might be delayed now that its consumption-based billing trials have been canceled. The company says that it needs the extra revenue to pay for the upgrades and all that bandwidth that people insist on using. The company's number tell a different story. http://businessreleases.blogspot.com/2009/03/no-job.html An extract: You can profit from hordes of targeted traffic using Web 2.0 techniques. New Web Traffic Secrets will reveal everything you need to know in order to boost your earnings .... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/no-di-fi-in-your-wi-fi-for-now.ars Sources report that the final version of a broadband subsidy provision in the fiscal stimulus bill will not include "network management" language that would have opened the door to filtering of copyrighted content by ISPs. http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5544/epflcrayii2.jpg No, debugging your CSS layout is NOT hard. (PIC) http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/nokia-and-microsoft-to-announce-alliance--624869?src=rss&attr=all Nokia (which makes phones and internet tablets) and Microsoft (which makes a mobile OS and about a billion other things) have called a press conference tomorrow to announce an 'alliance'.At 1500 UK time the two tech giants will seemingly put down their Symbian and Windows Mobile swords, link arms and march to meet the world's media. 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The site has allegedly been hacked by a group called MORRADi, which is threatening to publish all IPs and more information on the users, unless the tracker is closed. http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/ApplePie How to make an *Apple* apple pie. Better tasting than the real thing. http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/09/01/now-use-phpanywhere-to-code-directly-from-your-browser.html This is a web based free Integrated Development Environment or IDE for the PHP language, in other words it is an application that gives developers all the code editing capabilities they need to develop PHP applications online. It includes a real-time syntax code editor with support for all web formats and a powerful FTP editor. http://gizmodo.com/5450416/now-you-can-see-through-buildings-like-batman-bin-suparman Taking a hint from how the F-35 demon helmet maps multiple video feeds into a 3D space, a Carnegie Mellon University team has created an augmented reality car system to see through any massive obstacle. The objective: Avoid car collisions. http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/09/nvidia-announces-investment-effort-for-gpu-based-computing-startups/ NVIDIA is known primarily for their PC graphics cards, but theyve been in the news recently both for the expansion of their CUDA and PhysX initiatives as well as (allegedly) developing a CPU to challenge Intel and AMD. http://hothardware.com/News/NVIDIA-Announces-New-GeForce-200M-Series-GPUs/ NVIDIA has just announced a bevy of new mobile GPUs in the GeForce 200M series. Unlike some previous mobile products, however, the GPUs in this release are based on all new silicon, and not a re-branded version of the G92 that has served NVIDIA so well over the years. http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/nvidia-confirms-intel-chipsets-wont-support-usb-3-0-until-2011/ What was once an unverifiable rumor from an anonymous source has now, sadly, become a confirmed fact. Intel won't be integrating USB 3.0 support into its chipsets until at least 2011. Motherboard makers such as ASUS can still opt to add discrete 3.0 controllers at an extra cost, but Intel... http://www.hardware-revolution.com/articles/nvidia-strikes-back-geforce-9500-gt-9800-gt-and-9800-gtx-released/ During the last few days, Nvidia released three new desktop video cards: The 9500 GT, the 9800 GT and the 9800 GTX+. The first one is to challenge ATI in the lower-end market, while the latters are facing ATIs R700 series. Specs, prices and my opinion on thoses cards are all in the article! http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/05/19/nvidia.insurer.sues/ NVIDIA's insurance company, The National Union Fire Insurance Company (NUFI) of Pittsburgh, filed a case in a California district court last week regarding NVIDIA's negotiations and settlement of other lawsuits the company faced from notebook makers regarding NVIDIA's faulty chipsets. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37554/135/ TG Daily stumbled across more details about Nvidias upcoming graphics card, which surely looks more and more like a processing monster. However, not many GT200 chips will actually fit on a 300 mm wafer at TSMC. 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They assembled here Tuesday for LaidOffCamp, a free, day-long conference for the recent victims of the souring economy http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10315030-71.html In Worcester Magistrates Court, England, an 18-year-old woman was allegedly sent to three months in a young offenders institute after being found guilty of posting death threats on Facebook, according to the Daily Mail. It's thought to be the UK's first jail sentence for cyberbullying. http://www.abajournal.com/news/teen_wins_150k_settlement_over_amazons_kindle_clawback_of_orwell_e-book/ When Amazon eliminated a George Orwell book from users' Kindles earlier this year, after discovering the electronic text had been sold without proper authorization, it also eliminated Justin Gawronski's homework. 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Worldwide, mobile service providers are fighting tooth and nail for the right to sell the new iPhone because of its ability to attract new customers and sell them on data service plans, which providers have previously found to be a difficult https://secure.freepress.net/site/SPageNavigator/whitespaces This Halloween, the powerful lobbyists at the National Association of Broadcasters are trying to scare Washington with horror stories about "white spaces" -- vacant TV channels that can be used to bring high-speed Internet connections to rural and low-income Americans across the country. http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/ten-gadgets-that-defined-the-decade/ As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there's http://www.tengrandisburiedthere.com/ A Google Maps response to tengrandisburiedhere.com to show more users exactly where the treasure is. http://www.noupe.com/php/choosing-cms-tips.html The content management system you choose can really make a huge difference in how much time you (or your clients) spend keeping a site updated and maintained. http://gizmodo.com/5069582/tesla-teases-us-with-model-s-4 door-sedans-butt After laying off 90% of its Detroit staff, it seems that Tesla needs to keep the idea that they are still alive and eager to release their Tesla Model S sedan, even while it's going to be delayed until they get some money from the US Department of Energy. What you can see here is their chief designer von Holzhausen lifting the veil from the back of the $60,000 four-door electric car. [Business Week via World Car Fans] http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-test-drive-picasa-3-gets-off-online-photo-sharing-right.html Google issued major upgrades to both Picasa 3, its photo management software, and Picasa Web Albums, its online sharing competitor to Flickr. Ars Technica takes the two new products for a spin around the studio. http://about.digg.com/node/505 Take a look at the testing strategies and technologies that the Digg QA team are using. http://blog.digg.com/?p=1057 In the spirit of testing different ways to make ads on Digg better (similar to what were doing with Digg Ads), were launching some new ads today called Digg Content Ads and wed love your feedback. These ads are in limited release so only a small percentage of folks on Digg will currently see them. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/06/text_to_get_smarter_in_mac_os_x_10_6_snow_leopard.html Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, expected this summer, will deliver a variety of advanced text related features across all applications that use Core Text, according to people familiar with Apple's plans. http://i.imgur.com/BTdNN.png Lighten up, Mac owners! (prepares for flame war) http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10217917-75.html Survey shows that 84 percent of IT pros don't plan to upgrade to Windows 7 in the next year, but it pays to take a closer look at the numbers. http://consumerist.com/tag/windows/?i=5010868&t=microsoft-and-the-1632-copy-of-vista Since Microsoft is unwilling to reverse the clearly erroneous charges, its time to ask the bank to stand up and fight for its customer. If conversations dont help, leap over the hurdles of incompetence and fire an Executive Email Carpet Bomb at both Microsoft and the bank. http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-steve-ballmer-has-gone-bonkers-2009-6 Steve Ballmer says he is willing to invest 5%-10% of Microsoft's operating income over the next five years on search. That's a boatload of money. Specifically, assuming Microsoft's operating income stays constant (it will likely grow), it's $5.5-$11 billion. http://techspotlight.today.com/2008/10/08/the-1542-mp3-player/ The $15.42 MP3 Player http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/121609-10-best-chrome-extensions-google-subnet.html Some of these add-ons for Google's browser will boost productivity and some are just plain fun. Who could resist No. 9 (RandomMagic)? http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2008/id20080623_750025.htm?chan=innovation_special report -- web design 2008_web design The Internet is constantly changing. BusinessWeek.com spoke to a bevy of experts and distilled the must-follow rules top online designers live by in 2008 http://www.pcworld.com/article/165546/the_10_dumbest_tech_products_so_far.html Awful wearable PCs, gaming systems that made you sick, free handhelds no one would take, and more. What'll they think of next? http://gadgetcrave.com/the-10-most-important-technologies-of-modern-world-history/273/ In the last 200 years, a series of inventions have changed the modern world in a way that we can never go back. From the automobile to atomic power, the light bulb to the internet, these technological advancements have taken us a step closer to a singularity-- and hopefully a step closer to a more evolved human race as well. http://www.whoisd.com/oldestcom.php The 100 Oldest Currently Registered .COM Domains http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/apple-s-iphone-app-approval-mouse-falls-off-treadmill-buy-the-1000-app-that-does-nothing-aapl- This proves that there is allot of suckers out there, this app is only for the rich, famous and stupid people. http://deliggit.com/2008/05/08/the-12-ugliest-sitcom-moms/ The 12 Ugliest Sitcom Moms http://theoatmeal.com/comics/computer_phases Why are they obsolete as soon as they're bought? http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/maximum_pcs_32_totally_essential_apps You have to admit, Windows is a pretty barebones operating system, feature-wise. 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See the list to see how you stack up. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4296729.html From high-definition streaming to tiny gadgets, 2008 saw technology continue its steady transformation toward the small, cheap and on-demand. Our resident gadget guru takes a look at the six developments that shaped 2008. http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/04/04/the-7-time-saving-firefox-add-ons-to-make-your-lives-easier.html As we all know that Firefox is the fastest growing popular web browser and its growing more and more every day. There are lots of ease provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. You can easily find lots of free download able extensions and add-ons that are available on the internet for firefox..... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/technology/25novel.html?ref=technology People who lose part of their sight to macular degeneration, diabetes or other diseases may now benefit from some new technology. Several portable video devices that enlarge print may help them make the most of their remaining vision. http://i34.tinypic.com/142sdvk.jpg New MacBook Pro leaked Apple advertisement (rumored) http://mashable.com/2010/02/04/amazon-macmillan-war/ Amazon said: You still cant buy Macmillan books from Amazon, though, and now the book publishing giant has fired back with full-page ads in The New York Times and Publishers Marketplace. http://www.tuaw.com/2009/04/23/the-app-store-hits-one-billion-downloads/ Shortly before 2 p.m. PDT (1:52 p.m.), the iTunes App Store hit 1,000,000,000 apps sold since it originally just nine months ago. It's by no means perfect, but it's still a significant milestone for the store, the iPhone (and iPod Touch) and Apple. http://gizmodo.com/5452501/the-apple-tablet-interface-must-be-like-this Some people want the Apple Tablet to run Mac OS X's user interface. Others think its UI will be something exotic. Both camps are wrong: The iPhone started a UI revolution, and the tablet is just step two. Here's why. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwIEBSfZc4KsqoLHqyZN5wbpiF0wD912AV700 A Delaware judge has made some Yahoo information public. It seems Microsoft offered Yahoo $40 per share last year. http://www.kitchin.org/atlas/contents.html The portal from which you can download the entire Atlas of Cyberspace. And you didn't even know it existed, did you? http://qdb.us/262095?/ A sperm = 37.5 MB of genetic information. Using basic math, we can compute the bandwidth of human male ejaculation as: (37.5MB x 100M x 2.25)/5 = (37,500,000 bytes/sperm x 100,000,000 sperm/ml x 2.25 ml) / 5 seconds = 1,687,500,000,000,000 bytes/sec = 1,687.5 TerraBytes/sec http://www.billshrink.com/blog/best-and-worst-cell-phone-commercials-of-2009/ A look back at the best and worst commercials in 2009 from wireless companies. Whether it's the Naughty Mrs. Claus, the Verizon and AT&T battles, or the iDon't Droid Commercials...they keep on coming...some making you wince others will crack you up. http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/multimedia/2008/10/gallery_ipod_killed If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the iPod must be blushing its scroll wheel off right now. After the debut of Cupertino's quintessential wonder-player in 2001, a torrent of upstarts started to flood the market. Some were legitimate iPod competitors. But most were no better than well-shined turds. http://blogs.computerworld.com/15413/the_best_linux_file_system_of_all According to Google, it's Ext4, and that's why they're moving their servers to it. http://designora.com/flash/best-flash-web-design/ Collected from the best lists roundups competitions and designers from the year of 2009. Containing the newest tuts the broadest resources and creative designs in many flash coded combinations. Presenting a view of Flash Design from 2009. http://www.itsecurity.com/features/ubuntu-secure-install-resource/ Although Ubuntu is billed as an ultra-secure OS, you should know that even Ubuntu's default install has its flaws, like every other operating system. To combat these weaknesses, ITSecurity.com has prepared a in-depth guide to help you close your system's backdoor's and protect you from some of the common Ubuntu exploits. http://r.ecommended.com/product/5215/tax-secrets-of-the-wealthy I want to get in on some of that tax evasion... http://gizmodo.com/393165/the-biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-with-the-help-of-gps-and-dhl The concept was simple but brilliant: place a GPS device in a briefcase and mail it via DHL with precise travel instructions over the course of a 55 day period. When all was said and done, the GPS data formed a virtual self-portrait of the artist that spread over 6 continents and 62 countries covering nearly 70,000 miles. http://www.ngonlinenews.com/news/online-tech-that-made-2009/ 2009 has seen several technological innovations such as Twitter and smart phones enter the common lexicon. We look back at the year's biggest web tech advances. http://9to5mac.com/macbook-brick The Apple Brick is... http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/the-broadband-gap-why-is-theirs-faster/ Many countries have faster and more widely available high speed Internet service than the United States. It has a lot to do with their urban density, not our poor technology. http://forums.thecarlounge.com/zerothread?id=4080196 The Car Lounge Forums: Handmade Lambo Countach built from scratch stuck in basement http://imodernhome.com/modblog/2008/10/09/the-chicago-spire/ The Chicago Spire http://www.kottke.org/09/01/the-countrys-new-robotstxt-file Here's a small and nerdy measure of the huge change in the executive branch of the US government today. Here's the robots.txt file from whitehouse.gov yesterday and today. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/17-08/st_hotseat [Q] What do you do with all the data? [A] We go to marketers and say, "Here are a couple million people into music, and here are a couple million into movies." We're working with American Idol, Green Day, TNT, a lot of large brands. http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/has-facebook-jumped-the-shark--518163 It came from nowhere and spread like a virus. Suddenly everybody we knew was on it - telling us what they'd been up to, uploading photos, sending flirtatious messages and logging on as if the site were crack and they were addicts. http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/macbook-and-macbook-pro-review/2 So did Apple deliver the goods on what is arguably the most anticipated laptop release in recent memory, or has it failed to meet the absurdly high expectations placed upon it... and is that even possible? Engadget has the full review! http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/06/the-evolution-of-pre-launch-gmail-in-screenshots/ While the screenshots were not identified by particular dates, they were laid out from left to right in rough order of where they stood in Gmails evolution. In the very first screenshot, dating back to March 2002, we see Gmail when it was a simple Paul Buchheit hack to search his messages by keyword. http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=246859&a=246862&po=1,00.asp?p=y The Nexus One "Google Phone" may be the first phone running Android 2.1, but it won't be the first Android phone or the first Google phone. http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/01/03/the-evolution-of-the-computer/ The Evolution of the Computer [PIC] http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_facebook_virus_spreads_no_social_network_is_safe.php "Koobface" is the name of the Trojan worm that's been making its way through the social networking site Facebook lately, but to the site's users, it's been simply known as "the Facebook virus." That name will soon become a misnomer, though, because the worm is now spreading outside of Facebook's walls to attack other social networks like Bebo, MySp http://toastytech.com/guis/win1983.html The following is an article that appeared in the December 1983 issue of Byte magazine. When I first created this site there was very little information about early versions of Windows on the web and no references to this article. It was almost as if there was some conspiracy to hide the truth about the age of Windows. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/the-future-begins-thru-yo_b_174483.html What ThruYOU tells us is that all bets are off on the Internet. The DNA of our media system has mutated so completely that it's only a matter of time before our society changes as well. http://vimeo.com/5192300 Just in time for the 2009 Cannes Advertising Festival, Schematic, an interactive agency who helped come up with the futuristic advertising seen in Minority Report, is debuting their large multi-touch wall. It's a 12-foot by 5-foot display. http://feedroom.businessweek.com/?fr_story=dbde5e08b496e1bd7516512fb519244c0d0073de&popupWidth=917&popupHeight=717 Founder Kevin Rose and CEO Jay Adelson discuss Diggs ad partnership with Microsoft, acquisition rumors, the power of the top Diggers, and new site features such as content recommendations http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/graphics-cards/the-future-of-graphics-cards-revealed-602876?src=rss Why the graphics market is set for an enormous shake up http://hothardware.com/News/The-Future-of-Netflix-is-All-About-Streaming/ A great debate is raging as to what the future of video distribution will look like. On one side of the debate are those who claim that physical discs like DVDs, Blu-ray, and whatever format will eventually supplant Blu-ray, will always deliver a superior viewing experience than anything that will be available via streaming or on-demand content. http://businessreleases.blogspot.com/2009/04/golden-roulette-guide.html Taken from their website: Who said you can't reduce your risk with roulette?.... http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_google_linux_desktop_has_arrived People have talked for years about Google taking Microsoft on with its own Linux desktop. Guess what? Google may already have sneaked a Linux desktop out without anyone noticing... until now. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351125,00.asp Is Google using the government to show Apple who's boss? http://www.sfweekly.com/2009-07-15/news/researcher-says-white-folks-are-fleeing-myspace-for-facebook/ Last week, a study showing that older folks have flocked to Facebook was all over the news. But word of an even more provocative trend waits in the wings: white flight from MySpace to Facebook. " MySpace has become the "'ghetto' of the digital landscape". http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001129.html What do you think the single greatest invention in computer science is? Besides the computer itself, I mean. Seriously, before reading any further, pause here for a moment and consider the question. http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/02/27/taking-green-universal-charger-next-level Green Plug has more ambitious goals than just a universal charger: their innovation is a smart charger that interacts with a chip in the electronic device to manage power use while charging, while idling, and even in peak power situations. So they're working on a way to plug your iPod dock into the smart grid. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/02/historys-greate/ It's not all about circuits, silicon and stock options: mankind's been making technology since the dawn of time. Here's ten of the most wonderful gadgets http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/the-hottest-pc-technology-for-2009-492734 Lightning-fast components headed for your computer http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/the-htc-touch-pro/ Call it Raphael no longer! HTC has officially thrown the cover off its Touch Pro today -- the QWERTY slider sibling of the recently-unveiled Touch Diamond -- which should cover the bases for those who loved the Diamonds keen looks but decided theyd go our of their gourds without a full set of physical keys at their disposal. Under that glossy... http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/the-idiot-s-guide-to-google-wave-655127 Because, admit it - you still have no idea what it's all about http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/09/the-incredible-shrinking-ipod-prices-undercut-the-zune-hd/ We're still hours away from Apple's event today in San Francisco, but that apparently hasn't stopped the company from releasing some changes in ... http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352493,00.asp Intel has unveiled its Lynnfield processors. The new i7-860 processor can overclock one of its cores from 2.8GHz up to 3.46GHz when working on a single threaded task, while at the same time "turning off" unused parts of the core so those parts don't use energy and create heat. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/the-internet-is-about-to-die-literally-die.ars One research group continues to claim that the "sky is falling" on the Internet thanks to high data growth rates and that network neutrality means the whole Internet could just "go away." Ars sifts through the hyperbole looking for a kernel of truth. http://i.gizmodo.com/5141137/the-iphone-as-designed-by-leonardo-da-vinci A cool iPhone t-shirts as designed by Leonardo da Vinci. They have a pretty-pretty hand screen-printed poster too. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_iphone_becomes_a_web_server.php When those Apple advertisements tout "there's an app for just about anything," they aren't kidding. The latest example? A new iPhone application which just debuted in Japan's App Store transforms the handheld into a full-blown web server. The application allows your iPhone to appear just like any other web server on the web. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/17/the-iphone-could-be-the-ultimate-study-machine/ With gigabytes of storage, dimensions comparable to traditional note cards, and a full color screen, the iPhone is the ultimate study companion. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/rip_your_movie_dvds_and_watch_them_anywhere With the right software, hardware, and understanding of the issues, you can free video from a movie disc to be used any way you choose. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYw2ewoO6c4 A TV Shop themed demonstration of a Turing Machine made in LEGO Mindstorms. It was made as part of a project at computer science at Aarhus University. http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2867 The best way to see how a Linux laptop really works is to let someone else try it out. http://workfromhomeinternet.net/product-report-sheet/commission-blueprint So whats the score? Well... Commission Blueprint is an information product from Steven Clayton & Tim Godfrey. Steven is an ex IT executive who turned his hand to internet marketing... http://workfromhomeinternet.net/product-report-sheet/google-snatch-2 So whats the score? Well... Google Snatch 2 is the sequel to the popular product by the same name. It claims to reveal secrets that can be used to get large amounts of free traffic.... http://workfromhomeinternet.net/product-report-sheet/make-money-taking-surveys What is it? Well... Make Money Taking Surveys is a site that give you access to a database of companies that will pay you for completing online surveys. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_man_who_made_gmail_says_real-time_conversation.php Paul Buchheit built the first version of Gmail in one day. Then he built the first prototype of Google's contextual advertising service Adsense, in one day as well. ... http://r.ecommended.com/product/11557/the-mobile-billboard-guide From the site:The Best Guide to Mobile Billboards and the Mobile Billboard Truck Advertising Business. Teaches you Everything You Need to Know About Mobile Billboard Advertising. E-book, http://gigaom.com/2008/06/03/the-mobile-linux-war/ A recent report from ABI Research highlights the rise of mobile Linux, estimating that 23 percent of the worlds smartphones will have a Linux operating system by 2013. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/09/the-mobileme-changeover-everything-you-need-to-know Now that we know exactly when Apple will take .Mac out behind the woodshed and flip the switch on MobileMe, its time to make sure we have packed our bags properly for the move. After all, you dont want to show up in Apples green new pastures to find out that you forgot all your bookmarks or you cant use your .Mac MobileMe account to chat anymor http://www.maclife.com/article/videos/mosspuppet_christmas Mosspuppet reads a special custom version of The Night Before Christmas. And he's been drinking. http://www.mckremie.com/kizzog/blogging_glossary.php In the blogging world there are all sort of unique terminology and abbreviation for just about any task, service or product. http://i.imgur.com/KdNCV.jpg Even King Gillette knew if he gave his razors away for free or cheap, he could yield a bigger profit when the customer came back to buy the razor blades. http://lifehacker.com/5106355/the-most-popular-linux-posts-of-2008 Today we're looking back at the Linux-related posts that got the most attention in 2008, so read on to see what you might have missed, and what the open-source crowd is down with http://entertainmentreleases.blogspot.com/2009/03/music-code.html helpful info here for struggling parents. "Does it take long for your baby to go to sleep? Do you (and your child and your partner) get stressed at night-time? Does she cry as soon as you leave the room?" http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9094018&intsrc=hm_list A prototype of the next version was unveiled last month, and it looks a lot like the laptop youre going to buy in five years. No, Im not kidding. Your laptop will look and function more or less like the XO 2.0. Its a brilliant -- and prescient -- design. The bottom half of the clamshell is a screen, just like the top half. http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2009/06/18/the-new-firefox-icon/ With the release of Firefox 3.5 quickly approaching, Mozilla's user experience team has locked down the design of the new Firefox icon. The icon was created by Anthony Piraino at the Iconfactory. http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/12/22/new-google-zeitgeist-facebook-status-trends-2009/ Just released on the Facebook blog, the status trends of 2009 make for some very interesting reading. In many ways they mirror the results of Google's search trends, but I have to admit that Facebook has the edge here because it's personal. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=334799 What's in store for everybody's go-to computer? Watch the cool video from MIT's Media Lab for one vision. http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-clashes-with-book-publishers-080929/ Swedish book publishers have presented a study in which they show how widespread book piracy is in Sweden. The publishers think that this copyright infringement has a disastrous effect on their income, while The Pirate Bay is surprised to see that the publishers used their torrent database illegally. http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-down‚-but-not-out-090302/ A few hours ago The Pirate Bay website started to slow down, and eventually it became completely unresponsive. With the trial going on at the moment, the downtime instantly led to all kinds of rumors. However, there is nothing to worry about, the downtime is not related to the trial and people are on their way to bring the site back up. http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-gets-ready-for-court-case-090126/ On February 16th 2009, the trial of The Pirate Bay will start in Sweden. Details of the case have been scarce thus far, but one of the witnesses for the prosecution will be a police officer who got a job at Warner Bros. last year. Pirate Bays co-founder Peter Sunde promised to bring more competent witnesses to court. http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-returns-with-guns-blazing-090825/ After initially being taken offline by Swedish authorities, and after its first escape route failed, The Pirate Bay has returned with all guns blazing! http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-shows-love-to-nasty-old-people-091011/ The Pirate Bay has been portrayed by Hollywood as the enemy of everything thats creative. They say the site is the death knell of the entertainment industry, causing hundreds and thousands of people to lose their jobs. Meanwhile, The Pirate Bay is helping out yet another indie artist to promote her work. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/the-pirate-bay-verdict-goes-english-and-we-dish-the-dirt.ars The Pirate Bay ruling has been translated into English, and it's full of little surprises. Ars dives in to answer the big questions: who possessed those Klomifen tablets, how much did the state pay to defend The Pirate Bay admins, and why did the backers consider moving to Argentina? http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/handbrake Whether you own an iPod touch, Zune HD, Nintendo DSi, or any number of other portable devices, there's one tool that makes easy work out of ripping DVDs and converting incompatible video files into manageable formats: Handbrake. 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The idea (full description here) was to provide a real-time commentary on voting conditions and report any problems to the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition. But was anyone listening to Twitter's problems? Turns out they were. We got in touch with the Election Protection team and asked them what they saw on Twitter today: On Twitter, as with voting problems th http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/31/twitter-to-kill-off-the-auto-follow/ Twitter co-founder Biz Stone sent out an Email earlier this afternoon to a number of users who had previously enabled autofollowing, stating that the company is planning to shut the feature down. Autofollowing allows users to automatically reciprocate whenever another Twitter user follows them. http://mashable.com/2009/12/09/twitter-firehose/ Twitter apps are about to get a lot more exciting. All our favorite Twitter tools, from iPhone apps to web apps and beyond, have so far been limited by the http://r.ecommended.com/product/9270/twitter-traffic-machine From the page:'It almost seems to good to be true, but in fact it is true. I have managed to increase my twitter following by 20,000 people since early November, 2008. And, I developed this product which makes money directly from this growth, every day.' http://www.bbspot.com/News/2009/03/twitter-unveils-premium-accounts.html Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams today announced part of the company's long-awaited business model: Twitter Premium accounts. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/12/twitter-user-spamming-himself-crazy/ A Twitter user who has effectively spammed himself senseless reaches out to us for help. And were going to oblige. The only trouble is, hes making yet another error in judgment, because my guess is this is going to make things worse. http://twistori.com/ Sifting through twitter for something worth seeing. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142486/Twitter_s_own_account_caused_blackout_says_DNS_provider Hackers redirected Twitter.com's traffic to a rogue Web site for more than an hour early today by accessing its DNS records using an account assigned to Twitter, the company that manages Twitter's DNS servers said today. http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091021/exclusive-guess-who-else-is-coming-to-dinner-twitter-microsoft-bing-deal-confirmed-but-so-is-facebook-bing/ In a stunning one-two punch, Microsoft will announce separate nonexclusive deals today with both Facebook and Twitter to integrate their real-time feed of status updates into the Bing search service. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10156660-2.html Want to know more about the people who are following you? Check out TwitterSheep, a free and simple service that analyzes your followers by what's in their profile information. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cancer_skin Reuters - Scientists have found two new genetic variations that appear to increase the risk of the most common skin cancer among people of European descent. http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/07/font-designed-by-car-toyota-iq.html The agency hired two typographers, Pierre & Damien from Please Let Me Design and a pro race pilot (Stef van Campenhoudt) to pull this undertaking off. The car movements were tracked using a custom software, designed by interactive artist Zachary Lieberman. ( openframeworks.cc ) http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=103057 Web users in the U.S. surf the Internet at an average broadband speed of 3.9 Mbps, according to an upcoming Akamai report obtained by GigaOm's Om Malik. That's higher than the worldwide figure of 1.5 Mpbs, but lower than average speeds in 16 other countries. Malik (and others) expect connections in the U.S. to continue to get faster... http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58S4WM20090929 The FCC now estimates $20 billion to $350 billion may be needed for wireless and landline infrastructure, depending on the speed of service to 'wire' the country with highspeed internet. The potential costs dwarf the $7.2 billion set aside in President Barack Obama's massive economic stimulus package. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tc-biz-tech-broadband-0825-0aug30,0,2465151.story Among the study's conclusions is that broadband speed is not equitably distributed throughout the country. If the U.S. wants all its citizens to have access to equally high-speed Internet, the union argues, it will have to invest heavily in telecommunications infrastructure. http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/04/06/u2.blames.apple.for.switch/ Apple's tendencies for tight control of its products ultimately drove U2 to abandon the company for sponsorship in favor of Research in Motion's BlackBerries, the music group's frontman Bono said. By refusing to grant control over hardware or software, Apple "pushed" U2 away from iPods. http://torrentfreak.com/new-u2-album-tracks-leaked-after-bono-plays-stereo-too-loudly-080816/ U2 manager Paul McGuinness, who wants file-sharers to be disconnected from the Internet, has something else to complain about today. Four songs from U2s upcoming album No Line On The Horizon have been leaked online after Bono played them too loudly on his stereo - and a fan recorded them. http://howtoforge.com/virtual-hosting-with-proftpd-and-mysql-ubuntu-8.04 This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. You should already have set up a basic Ubuntu 8.04 server system, as described in the first eight chapters of this tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu8.04-lts This howto is meant as a practical guide; it does not cover the theoretical backgrounds. http://ubuntube.net/blog/ubuntu-8042-lts-released/ The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, the Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released second maintenance update to Ubuntus 8.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures. http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04969 Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the delayed first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, code name Intrepid Ibex: Welcome to Intrepid Ibex Alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. Alpha 1 is the first in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Intrepid development cycle. The primary changes from Hardy http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/alpha6 The Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 6 is the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04, bringing with it a number of new features to improve daily computing. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42022/140/ Ubuntu 9.04 will represent the next upgrade from either 8.04 Long Term Release (LTR), which is supported through April 2011; or the 8.10 standard release, which is supported through 2010. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-9-04-Boots-in-21-4-Seconds-101885.shtml Ok how will the end user benefit from this EXT4 filesystem? Well, first of all, the whole system will be much faster and more reliable compared to one with EXT3, it will boot faster (the current article proves that) and it's able to handle files with sizes of up to 16 terabytes (1 TB = 1000 GB). http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-9-04-Release-Candidate-Is-Here-109551.shtml What's new in Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.04 RC? Well, not much has changed since the beta release, only various software updates and many bugfixes. This Release Candidate has the brand new GNOME 2.26.1 desktop environment, which brings lots of fixes and a few improvements. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080908-ubuntu-9-04-to-be-called-jaunty-jackalope.html Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that the next major version of Ubuntu will be called Jaunty Jackalope. Shuttleworth expects to see Ubuntu ship on millions of devices in the coming year. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=565 All of the claims Mark Shuttleworth has made about 9.04 are real. Its faster than any distribution Ive seen. Its more stable than any other Ubuntu release to date. Everything is exactly where you would think it SHOULD be. And it all works perfectly, seamlessly, beautifully. http://lunduke.com/?p=815 Ubuntu 9.10 is only days away... and it is spectacular. Here's a quick look and what makes this the best release of any Linux distro. Ever. http://popey.com/blog/2010/01/26/yahoobuntu/ The default search provider for new installations of Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) and upgrades will be Yahoo! and not Google. Canonical have struck a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo! which generates income for the company. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-714-1 Versions affected: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS http://luiscosio.com/ubuntu-lettuce For those who said that and linux is not as widely spread as Windows¦ Now you can even include linux on your daily diet. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/19/kellner-ubuntu-linux-powers-up/ The nice thing about Ubuntu is that it really is free: Just download a disc image at www.ubuntu.com, burn a CD or DVD, and you're ready to install it on a computer near you. (Ubuntu will work on Intel-based computers; PowerPC-based machines can find some new life with a Linux distribution called Debian, available at debian.org.) http://www.linux.com/feature/135834 Planning on going to Ubuntu Live 2008 in July? Think again. Its been canceled. http://ubuntu.igameilive.com/2009/05/ubuntu-logo-stolen.html Same logo ,What do you think http://www.ubuntista.com/filez/ubuntu-logo_by-ubuntista-com_1.jpg Ubuntu on the beach http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2009/05/16/ubuntu-one-future-of-ubuntu/ This service looks very similar to what other popular online storage service like dropbox already does, except that Ubuntu One (pro service) is more expensive than Dropbox and the fact that dropbox client already supports Linux very well that it makes little sense to use Ubuntu One as an online storage service. Unless... http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_to_make_linux_application_installation_idiot_proof Installing applications on Linux isn't really that hard, but it is different from how it's handled on both Windows and Macs. Now, Ubuntu is working on a newbie-proof way for users to install Linux programs. http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_to_work_more_with_larger_linux_community Almost since the beginning, Ubuntu critics have said that Ubuntu doesnt give enough back to other Linux and open-source projects. Mark Shuttleworth says thats about to change and hes putting his millions where his mouth is. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Training-Program-Improved-Throughout-USA-104668.shtml One of Ubuntu's strategies for gaining a larger user base is providing quality, comprehensive training for everyone who desires. For that purpose, Canonical has recently included Fast Lane and Bridge Education. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/ubuntuone-being-ported-to-windows.html The UbuntuOne cloud stoage application is coming to Windows! Finally! http://www.bitburners.com/articles/ubuntus-intermediate-ibex/4255/ When Mark Shuttleworth, the man behind Canonical/Ubuntu, made the comment that Ubuntu should be prettier than Apple OSX in near term I got excited - the man was absolutely right. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080606-uk-isp-bows-to-record-industry-to-send-p2p-warning-letters.html British ISP Virgin Media has come to an agreement with the BPI, which represents the record industry, to warm filesharers on its network about the dangers of copyright infringement. http://www.simplifydiy.com/directory/kitchen Useful list of people in the UK to sort out my kitchen! http://gas2.org/2008/10/23/uk-starts-worlds-largest-algae-biofuel-initiative/ UK Starts World&8217;s Largest Algae Biofuel Initiative : Gas 2.0 http://torrentfreak.com/uks-terrifying-anti-piracy-plans-leak-091119/ Tomorrow morning Lord Mandelson will present the Digital Economy Bill to the public, which among other things is aimed at reducing illicit file-sharing. According to parts of the bill that leaked today, the legislation could lead to jail terms for file-sharers and unprecedented power for the entertainment industries. http://www.noupe.com/drupal/the-ultimate-drupal-toolbox.html Drupal is one of the most popular CMSs out there, and its no surprise considering how extensible it is. You can customize almost every aspect of it through the use of themes, plugins, and a little custom coding. Below are more than 150 resources to help you do just that, from themes to plugins to examples of sites running on Drupal. http://r.ecommended.com/product/13664/underground-punter Andy takes a look at Underground Punter...what does he find? http://arstechnica.com/guides/other/canonical-linux-notification-system.ars Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has announced plans to develop a new cross-desktop visual notification system. A video mockup released by Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth shows that the new notification system is designed to be less intrusive and will support sophisticated visual effects. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5yk5ljgeS4 This cute video gives out a great unique xmas gift idea - well worth watching http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/technology/internet/16music.html?_r=2 The unusual agreement unites the leading music publisher with a broadband company to combat online theft. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/15/university_claims_apples_glossy_screens_may_cause_injury.html An Australian University is warning its faculty and students about some potential adverse health effects of using Apple's notebook and other products with high gloss screens, saying prolonged use could lead to injury if precautionary measures aren't adopted. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133570 Forty years ago this summer, a programmer sat down and knocked out in one month what would become one of the most important pieces of software ever creat