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Switching between Android 4.0 ICS and iPhone 4S 9:44 PM	SlashGear
Switching between Android 4.0 ICS and iPhone 4S When you switch from an Android phone over to the iPhone or vice versa, there are a few adjustments you’ll have to make. The difference between the two, no matter which versions of the software you’re dealing with, are much smaller than the difference between either and any other software. Windows Phone, Symbian, any number [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Despite record donations, half of Wikipedia users don’t... 9:43 PM	The Next Web
Despite record donations, half of Wikipedia users don’t know it’s not-for-profit At the DLD Conference in Munich last month, Pavel Durov – creator of Russian social network Vkontakte — pledged his support to Wikipedia live on stage, announcing he would donate a cool $1 million dollars to the online encyclopaedia, representing one of the largest contributions the website has received since it launched back in 2001. During [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Women to Facebook: Stop banning our breast-feeding pics 9:30 PM	CNET News.com
Women to Facebook: Stop banning our breast-feeding pics Women around the world, fed up with Facebook's policy of not allowing breast-feeding pictures, are staging protests at Facebook offices and using Facebook to coordinate those efforts. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Targeting increased usage, Chinese video site Tudou enh... 9:29 PM	The Next Web
Targeting increased usage, Chinese video site Tudou enhances Sina Weibo integration Chinese video sharing site Tudou has introduced an enhanced sharing platform for Sina Weibo that will allow users of the microblogging site to more easily share content from its service, according to an announcement. Tudou is the first video sharing company to take advantage of Sina Weibo’s new level of functionality, as it will looks to grow [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Turn Patriots Coach Bill Belichick into a Super Bowl Me... 9:28 PM	Mashable!
Turn Patriots Coach Bill Belichick into a Super Bowl Meme [CONTEST] Before, during or after the Super Bowl game, take a stab at turning Patriots coach Bill Belichick into a meme. We know football fans are full of wit… Read the full article on Mashable! »
U.S. viewers can watch Super Bowl on Mac, iOS 9:20 PM	Macworld
U.S. viewers can watch Super Bowl on Mac, iOS U.S. viewers can watch Sunday's Super Bowl on either their Macs or their iPad. Read the full article on Macworld »
Kia offers 5 hours of Adriana Lima for Super Bowl 9:12 PM	CNET News.com
Kia offers 5 hours of Adriana Lima for Super Bowl How many people will prefer watching 5 hours of model Adriana Lima on YouTube moving very, very slowly to the New York Giants defense moving very, very quickly? Or might people do both? Read the full article on CNET News.com »
5 Ways Social Media Could Be Hurting Your Job Search 9:09 PM	Mashable!
5 Ways Social Media Could Be Hurting Your Job Search Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko, a unique professional community where social networking and job opportu… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Personalized eCommerce Is Already Here, You Just Don’t ... 9:08 PM	TechCrunch
Personalized eCommerce Is Already Here, You Just Don’t Recognize It Reading Leena Rao’s recent article on Techcrunch about the personalization revolution, you get the sense that the tech world is waiting for a bus that isn’t coming. Rao quotes well-known industry experts and luminaries describing what needs to happen for e-commerce to finally realize the promise of personalized shopping, a future where online retailers predict what you’ll want to buy before you know yourself. Ironically, Rao and her pundits are missing the zooming racecar that’s speedin... Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Here Are The Best iPhone And iPad Apps You Missed This ... 9:04 PM	SAI
Here Are The Best iPhone And iPad Apps You Missed This Week (AAPL) We've put together a list of the best iPhone and iPad apps you might've missed this week. We have an app to help you manage your garage band, a classic game Bill Gates designed in 1981, and an app to bring you all the best "long reads" from around the web. We even have an app that helps you find the cheapest generic drugs near you. Plus much more.Longreads is the perfect app for reading on the couch. Longreads brings the best "long form" articles from Esquire, GQ, Wired, the New Yorker, and mor... Read the full article on SAI »
Anti-scam websites beg Facebook to remove sick baby hoaxes 9:03 PM	Resources | ZDNet
Anti-scam websites beg Facebook to remove sick baby hoaxes Hoax-Slayer, That's Nonsense, The Bulldog Estate, Facecrooks, and facebookprivacyandsecurity have teamed up to convince Facebook to be more proactive when fighting sick baby hoaxes. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt 9:00 PM	Techdirt
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt So a week ago, as some of you noticed, we had Senator Ron Wyden write the "favorites of the week" post, which got an impressive reaction. And, in fact, the top two highest voted "most insightful" comments both were responses to that post, addressing Senator Wyden. First, we had mudlock who wrote: You make me want to move to Oregon, just so I can say "I voted for that guy!" If you have more time, I think it would be great if you would do something like a Slashdot interview (although I hear th... Read the full article on Techdirt »
Weekend Time Waster: Solitaire Blitz brings excitement ... 9:00 PM	Ars Technica
Weekend Time Waster: Solitaire Blitz brings excitement to lonely card clicking Digital forms of Solitaire have been included with Windows since it reached version 3.0, and they may well represent the most widely played video game series this side of Angry Birds, enjoyed by bored cubicle workers and bored, procrastinating students alike. While most serious gamers probably wouldn't put these games top ten picks of all time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a single PC owner that hasn't put in at least a few hours on a machine that has nothing else available. Plants vs. Zo... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Coke's polar bears ready to talk Super Bowl live online 8:59 PM	CNET News.com
Coke's polar bears ready to talk Super Bowl live online No, they won't, like Tom Brady, be viewing an illegal streaming site. Instead, Coke is using social media and the Web in order to have its polar bears react to the game as it's in progress. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Using Crowdsourcing To Design More Accessible Elections 8:58 PM	Slashdot
Using Crowdsourcing To Design More Accessible Elections An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. Election Assistance Commission is sponsoring an online, open innovation challenge to search for creative answers to the question: 'How might we design an accessible election experience for everyone?' The goal is to develop ideas for how to make elections more accessible to everyone, especially people with disabilities." ... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Microsoft wants your Windows Phone marketing ideas 8:55 PM	Neowin
Microsoft wants your Windows Phone marketing ideas Microsoft is asking Windows Phone fans and users for their ideas and suggestions to help better promote and market the mobile operating system and their devices. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Corning's mind-blowing concept of a glass future 8:52 PM	CNET News.com
Corning's mind-blowing concept of a glass future You'll be drooling over the nonstop concept displays and projections in this video by the famous glassmaker. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Watch the Super Bowl over the Internet 8:46 PM	Resources | ZDNet
Watch the Super Bowl over the Internet You can watch the Super Bowl on the Internet for the first time in real time this year. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Olympus OM-D E-M5 shots orchestrally maneuvers out of t... 8:41 PM	Engadget
Olympus OM-D E-M5 shots orchestrally maneuvers out of the darkness Would you look at that? According to PhotoRumors, that chunk of retro beauty is purportedly a full-on snap of Olympus' new OM-D Micro Four Thirds shooter (from an Amazon Japan listing that's since been pulled) affixed with its optional battery grip (adding what appears to be a secondary shutter button). That, or someone knows exactly what makes us go "Oooh." The chunky '70s stylings make us fear we'd abandon our career to go become a war photographer if one of those was placed in our hands. 43Ru... Read the full article on Engadget »
Study: iOS apps crash more than Android apps do 8:30 PM	The Unofficial Apple W...
Study: iOS apps crash more than Android apps do Mobile OS crash analysis firm Crittercism (Really? Who's naming this stuff?) has posted the chart above, which shows that as a percentage of crashes overall, the latest version of iOS claims the highest total. In fact, many versions of iOS show a large percentage of crashes, and clearly iOS overall seems more prone to have an app crash rather than Android. Of course, there are quite a few qualifiers here. This data has been normalized, so we can presume that this isn't just a quirk of the number... Read the full article on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) »
Sony PlayStation Vita demo units pop up at GameStop 8:29 PM	SlashGear
Sony PlayStation Vita demo units pop up at GameStop More than 3,300 US GameStop locations are now equipped with PlayStation Vitas. Not to buy, unfortunately, but to give anxious gamers a hands-on look at what the next generation of portable Sony gaming will offer. The demo stations contain playable builds of eight of the most anticipated Vita titles, some of which are launch games [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Super Bowl 2012: Tech Marches On [COMIC] 8:28 PM	Mashable!
Super Bowl 2012: Tech Marches On [COMIC] As you watch Super Bowl 2012 (on NBC tonight at 6:30 p.m. EST), notice how high technology continues to ease its way into your favorite weeke… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Microsoft trademark 'People Powered Stories' 8:25 PM	Neowin
Microsoft trademark 'People Powered Stories' In a move obviously destined for the world of social media, Microsoft has trademarked the term 'People Powered Stories', which could form the backbone to a future advertising campaign. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Apple's Siri the butt of Doritos Super Bowl ad 8:19 PM	CNET News.com
Apple's Siri the butt of Doritos Super Bowl ad In its Super Bowl spot, Doritos introduces Suzie, a cell phone personal helper with something of a temper. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Bang! 8:18 PM	TechCrunch
Bang! The Artist parades its conceit at every turn of its familiar romance. We're doing this no sound thing for you because it's good for you. Things will work out fine. The dog needs no dialogue. The music tells you what to feel. It's already half over, and besides, it's already better than the last five movies you've seen. Google Search + parades its conceit at every turn. It's free, so we can improve it any way we want. We're already reading everything you write in Gmail, so now we're blurring the... Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Micron appoints new CEO in wake of Appleton’s death 8:17 PM	VentureBeat
Micron appoints new CEO in wake of Appleton’s death Micron Technology said yesterday it has appointed D. Mark Durcan to replace chief executive Steve Appleton, who died Friday when the small experimental plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport. Durcan was previously Micron’s president and chief operating … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Former FCC Chair Opposes Spectrum Proposal 8:17 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Former FCC Chair Opposes Spectrum Proposal Why the House spectrum auction proposal is the "worst telecom bill" -- A Q&A session with former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
The Future of Peer Review 8:00 PM	TechCrunch
The Future of Peer Review This guest post was written by Richard Price, founder and CEO of Academia.edu — an online community that revolves around researchers and their work. Instant distributionMany academics are excited about the future of instant distribution of research. Right now the time lag between finishing a paper, and the relevant worldwide research community seeing it, is between 6 months and 2 years. This is because during that time, the paper is being peer reviewed, and peer review takes an incredibly ... Read the full article on TechCrunch »
OnStar Opens Smart Grid APIs for Chevy Volt 8:00 PM	News Tom's Guide US
OnStar Opens Smart Grid APIs for Chevy Volt GM today said that its subsidiary OnStar is now offering utilities, energy companies and tech firms to begin developing smart grid applications for the Chevrolet Volt. Read the full article on News Tom's Guide US »
The Best Big Screen 3D HDTV 8:00 PM	Gizmodo
The Best Big Screen 3D HDTV No, the Super Bowl is not going to be in 3D this year. Again. But that doesn't mean you don't want a 3D set. Here's the thing: The best 2D TV is a 3D TV. The burlier image processors required to render the third dimension make everything look better. More » Read the full article on Gizmodo »
Monster Gratitude earbuds are endorsed by Earth, Wind &... 7:58 PM	SlashGear
Monster Gratitude earbuds are endorsed by Earth, Wind & Fire The Beats by Dr. Dre line of headphones are durable, well-built headphones that stand up to their hype. But they also prove that tying in a celebrity endorsement to an audio product can create tremendous brand value, so Monster has decided to team up with a more old-school music sensation to promote its new product, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Microsoft denies Kelihos botnet is back in operation 7:55 PM	Neowin
Microsoft denies Kelihos botnet is back in operation Microsoft has now issued a statement denying previous media reports that the Kelihos botnet is back in operation, although it did say a new malware variant seems to be on the rise. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Ask Slashdot: How Is Online Engineering Coursework View... 7:45 PM	Slashdot
Ask Slashdot: How Is Online Engineering Coursework Viewed By Employers? New submitter KA.7210 writes "I am an employed mechanical engineer, having worked with the same company since graduation from college 5 years ago. I am looking to increase my credentials by taking more engineering courses, potentially towards a certificate or a full master's degree. Going to school full time is not an option, and there is only one engineering school near me that offers a program that resembles what I wish to study, and also has the courses at night. Therefore, I have begun to lo... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Should Apple stop holding its big launch events? 7:43 PM	CNET News.com
Should Apple stop holding its big launch events? The big Apple launch event was made for Steve Jobs. But now that he's not around, should Apple think of a different, more modern way of launching its products? Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Obama supporters pick Patriots, GOPers go for Giants? 7:41 PM	CNET News.com
Obama supporters pick Patriots, GOPers go for Giants? Silicon Valley startup Saygent crunches survey data and finds that picks for the big game may differ by political affiliation. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Apple iMessage bug allows others to spy on your convos 7:35 PM	SlashGear
Apple iMessage bug allows others to spy on your convos For iPhone users, the iMessage platform is quite a popular alternative to traditional SMS text messaging. But did you know there’s a glitch that allows a third party to sneak in, view, and even participate in your iMessage conversations? It doesn’t matter if you reset your password, disable your iMessages app, or even perform a [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
White House Pushes Green Button To Liberate Your Energy... 7:35 PM	TechCrunch
White House Pushes Green Button To Liberate Your Energy Data The future of easy home energy monitoring may be a little bit closer, thanks to a government initiative designed to allow consumers direct access to their energy consumption data. The White House's new Green Button gives utilities a way to simplify and standardize sharing usage statistics with their customers via a one-click download. Two California providers, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric, already launched the feature, adding what is literally a green button to th... Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Ad agencies: 89% Facebook, 39% Twitter, 18% Google+ 7:31 PM	Resources | ZDNet
Ad agencies: 89% Facebook, 39% Twitter, 18% Google+ Advertising agencies say their clients are still choosing Facebook above all social networks. While Facebook has a huge lead ahead of all its competitors, Google+ is growing quickly. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Motorola sells 100 refurbed Xoom tablets with customer ... 7:30 PM	Digital Trends
Motorola sells 100 refurbed Xoom tablets with customer data Motorola has owned up to selling 100 refurbished Xoom tablets sold on Woot.com without first wiping previous customers' information. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 Apps 7:27 PM	Mashable!
Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 Apps On Sunday night, millions of people will be watching Super Bowl 2012 on their televisions, while others might be watching it on their smartphon… Read the full article on Mashable! »
US government closes 307 pro football themed web sites 7:21 PM	Neowin
US government closes 307 pro football themed web sites The US government shut down 307 web sites this week in a new operation that targeted sites that sold pirated NFL merchandise along with sites that illegally streamed pro football telecasts. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Ajax, explained 7:17 PM	Resources | ZDNet
Ajax, explained Open source is explained as being free, as in "free beer."  Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder has come up with a similar analogy for Ajax, the now widely used technique employed to create rich... Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Micron appoints Mark Durcan as new CEO 7:17 PM	Engadget
Micron appoints Mark Durcan as new CEO In the wake of last week's fatal plane crash that took the life of its CEO, Micron Technology has appointed a successor, Mark Durcan. The former CTO has been with the company since 1984, and has -- per company bylaws -- been serving as interim chief since February 3rd. Robert Switz, the company's previous Board Director, will assume the duties of Board Chairman and Mark Adams, formerly the VP of Worldwide Sales, has been named as the company's President. In a press release announcing the appoint... Read the full article on Engadget »
PlayStation Network to fold into Sony Entertainment Net... 7:09 PM	Digital Trends
PlayStation Network to fold into Sony Entertainment Network this Tuesday Sony reveals plans to discontinue the PlayStation Network brand name as of Tuesday, February 7, with all PSN accounts being converted into Sony Entertainment Network accounts. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Microsoft narrows patent battle with Barnes & Noble 7:01 PM	Digital Trends
Microsoft narrows patent battle with Barnes & Noble Microsoft has dropped one of its patent infringement claims against Barnes & Noble - not on the merits, but to streamline the case. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Microsoft Stores offer free Zune Pass for Windows Phone... 6:51 PM	Neowin
Microsoft Stores offer free Zune Pass for Windows Phone buyers Microsoft is offering customers who purchase a new Windows Phone device in their retail Microsoft Stores a free one year subscription to their Zune Pass online service until February 14. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
PlayStation Vita demo stations go live at thousands of ... 6:49 PM	Digital Trends
PlayStation Vita demo stations go live at thousands of GameStop locations Sony partners with GameStop to set up PlayStation Vita demo kiosks in more than 3,300 retail locations, with eight upcoming launch titles available for players to sample. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Lego Lord of the Rings Sets First Look: They Are Awesome! 6:45 PM	Gizmodo
Lego Lord of the Rings Sets First Look: They Are Awesome! Rejoice fellows of the Lego ring, because we got the first close-up look of the Lego Lord of the Rings sets coming out this year. And they are amazing, from the Mines of Moria—cave troll included!—to Helm's Deep to Shelob! More » Read the full article on Gizmodo »
Digital Divide: If You’re Reading This, You’re One of t... 6:41 PM	Mashable!
Digital Divide: If You’re Reading This, You’re One of the Lucky Ones [INFOGRAPHIC] Even in the richest countries on the planet such as the U.S., not everyone has easy access to this cornucopia of connectivity, the Internet. The Inter… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Job Seeking Hacker Gets 30 Months In Prison 6:41 PM	Slashdot
Job Seeking Hacker Gets 30 Months In Prison wiredmikey writes "A hacker who tried to land an IT job at Marriott by hacking into the company's computer systems, and then unwisely extorting the company into hiring him, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. The hacker started his malicious quest to land a job at Marriott by sending an email to Marriott containing documents taken after hacking into Marriott servers to prove his claim. He then threatened to reveal confidential information he obtained if Marriott did not give him a job in ... Read the full article on Slashdot »
KLM Meet & Seat: use Facebook, LinkedIn to pick sea... 6:30 PM	Resources | ZDNet
KLM Meet & Seat: use Facebook, LinkedIn to pick seat mates KLM is letting you pick who you're going to sit with on your next flight by tapping into the social networks Facebook and LinkedIn. It's a completely optional service. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Corning looks to the future, mainly right through it (v... 6:22 PM	Engadget
Corning looks to the future, mainly right through it (video) Need to take the edge off those winter blues? Perhaps Corning's, somewhat saccharine, vision of our technological future will be just the soporific tonic. Unsurprisingly, the Gorilla Glass maker sees a future where pretty much everything is a transparent touchscreen. While many of these ideas clearly appeal to our tech sensibilities, others are still very much high, high, up in the cloudy mists of concept land. Sure, a few of these ideas are starting to materialize back here in the present day, ... Read the full article on Engadget »
A web geek’s round-up for watching the Super Bowl 6:08 PM	VentureBeat
A web geek’s round-up for watching the Super Bowl The NFL’s Super Bowl championship football game is routinely one of the most watched televised events of the year with over 100 million viewers. But increasingly, people don’t just want to watch the game, they want to interact with it. … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow 6:00 PM	TechCrunch
Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow As an investor, I’ve seen hundreds of mobile application pitches. And as a consumer, I’ve downloaded hundreds more – some out of curiosity and others in the hope that I’ll find something so useful and exciting that I’ll make room for it on my iPhone’s home screen. From both perspectives, I am rarely excited by download numbers. What gets my attention is engagement: how frequently an application is used and how engaged users are. This ultimately is the barometer for an application’... Read the full article on TechCrunch »
LA’s tech scene heats up as Science Inc. gets ready to ... 5:58 PM	The Next Web
LA’s tech scene heats up as Science Inc. gets ready to launch its first batch of startups What does it take to create a “tech scene”? Entrepreneurs, startups, coworking spaces, venture capital, mentors and angel investors are among the numerous ingredients required for a flourishing ecosystem. Just off the boardwalk in Santa Monica, California, you’ll find Science Inc., a new “technology studio” that was founded in November of last year for budding startups [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Air Guns Shake Up Earthquake Monitoring 5:50 PM	Slashdot
Air Guns Shake Up Earthquake Monitoring sciencehabit writes "Petroleum geologists have long used air guns in their search for oil and gas deposits. Sudden blasts from the devices generate seismic waves that they use to map underground rock formations. Could the same technique be used to study earthquakes? A team of Chinese scientists thinks so. The researchers have designed an air gun that could be useful in monitoring changes in stress buildup along fault zones." ... Read the full article on Slashdot »
New York Giants Web site says they've already won Super... 5:47 PM	CNET News.com
New York Giants Web site says they've already won Super Bowl In an interestingly confident mix-up, the New York Giants' Web site not only announces that the team has already won, but offers winners' memorabilia for sale. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Coliloquy Steams Up Interactive E-Books (Video) 5:34 PM	AllThingsD » News
Coliloquy Steams Up Interactive E-Books (Video) The digital book start-up is trying all sorts of interesting things. But a judicious dose of sex should get your attention -- it certainly did at D: Dive Into Media last week. Read the full article on AllThingsD » News »
How to Follow Super Bowl 2012 With Social Media 5:23 PM	Mashable!
How to Follow Super Bowl 2012 With Social Media It’s never been easier to get your pigskin fix on the internet than Super Bowl XLVI. The NFL’s biggest sporting event, airing Sunday at 6:30… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Foodspotting Expands its Menu 5:22 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Foodspotting Expands its Menu Analysis: After collecting food shots for awhile, the mobile app is revamped to let you browse popular dishes at nearby restaurants, or pull up a “picture menu.” Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
How Facebook Really Stacks Up Against Pre-IPO Google 5:21 PM	TechCrunch
How Facebook Really Stacks Up Against Pre-IPO Google Now that Facebook is preparing the biggest tech IPO in history, it is possible to compare its financials and potential market value to Google's when it went public. At first glance, all of Facebook's numbers look bigger. Its pre-IPO revenues of $3.7 billion in 2011 are more than two and a half times larger than Google's 2003 revenues of $1.5 billion (Google's IPO was in 2004). Facebook's $1 billion in profits is ten times larger than Google's pre-IPO profits of $106 million. And its expected mar... Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Afraid to commit? Why Ford seems unfocused on the Focus... 5:15 PM	Digital Trends
Afraid to commit? Why Ford seems unfocused on the Focus Electric Ford is gearing up to release an impressive array of new electrified and fuel efficient vehicles, but does its new strategy exemplify the American automakers hesitancy to fully commit to electric cars? Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Is The River the next Lost? 5:05 PM	TG Daily
Is The River the next Lost? You must have seen it by now, a mysterious eye peering out at you in the dark through green leaves. Read the full article on TG Daily »
Staring at a new Evil Dead 5:02 PM	TG Daily
Staring at a new Evil Dead As most of you in geekville probably know by now, a reboot, reimagining, or whatever you want to call it of Evil Dead is slowly taking shape. Read the full article on TG Daily »
Facebook Alternative Path Adds Depth to Social Networking 5:02 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Facebook Alternative Path Adds Depth to Social Networking Path is trying to be a social network that is more personal, one in which your friends are actually people you currently have in your life. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Mark Zuckerberg's Dentist Dad May Be Worth ~ $60,000,000 5:01 PM	SAI
Mark Zuckerberg's Dentist Dad May Be Worth ~ $60,000,000 In 2004 when Facebook was just starting out, Mark Zuckerberg turned to his father Edward for initial working capital Edward, a dentist in Dobbs Ferry New York, loaned his son the money. In return, he was granted 2,000,000 shares of Facebook. The options were arranged to expire after one year, but Facebook's board decided that wasn't fair.  It didn't match the original intent of Edward's grant. In late 2009, they issued Edward's company 2,000,000 Class B shares of Facebook. Today those share... Read the full article on SAI »
Can Monty Python do sci-fi? 5:01 PM	TG Daily
Can Monty Python do sci-fi? British humor isn’t for everyone, but growing up I was definitely a big fan of Monty Python, Benny Hill, and The Young Ones. Read the full article on TG Daily »
In annual tradition, advertisers cowed by NFL trademark... 5:00 PM	Ars Technica
In annual tradition, advertisers cowed by NFL trademark bullying Every year in late January or early February, two teams take to the field to play a football game that's watched by tens of millions of Americans. And every year, businesses launch ad campaigns to sell a variety of products—televisions, pizzas, soda—in conjunction with the game. And the overwhelming majority of these businesses avoid calling it the "Super Bowl." Why? They're afraid of getting sued by the National Football League, which holds the trademark for the term and polices it... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Learning from Kenya: Mobile money transfer and co-worki... 4:59 PM	The Next Web
Learning from Kenya: Mobile money transfer and co-working spaces Since Africa is trying to solve problems that we in the Western world do not have, it’s tempting to say that innovation there isn’t really relevant to us. But upon visiting Africa, one realizes that to ignore its recent innovations is a big mistake. Take the case, for example, of the most modern payment technology commonly [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
The Munsters won’t be The Munsters 4:59 PM	TG Daily
The Munsters won’t be The Munsters Yes, The Munsters are coming back to television, courtesy of NBC. Read the full article on TG Daily »
Half of Fortune 500s, US Agencies Still Infected With D... 4:58 PM	Slashdot
Half of Fortune 500s, US Agencies Still Infected With DNSChanger Trojan tsu doh nimh writes "Two months after authorities shut down a massive Internet traffic hijacking scheme, the malicious software that powered the criminal network is still running on computers at half of the Fortune 500 companies, and on PCs at nearly 50 percent of all federal government agencies. Internet Identity, a Tacoma, Wash. company that sells security services, found evidence of at least one DNSChanger infection in computers at half of all Fortune 500 firms, and 27 out of 55 major governm... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Tesla revs up the Model S hype machine 4:52 PM	TG Daily
Tesla revs up the Model S hype machine Outside of the Toyota Prius or the Chevy Volt, Tesla is the best known name in the ever-growing world of alternative fuel vehicles. Read the full article on TG Daily »
NBC drains our energy with Revolution 4:51 PM	TG Daily
NBC drains our energy with Revolution We've certainly been hearing a lot of interesting news lately about genre pilots, and it looks like this fall will find television audiences awash in science fiction/fantasy programs. Read the full article on TG Daily »
The asteroids of Eon 4:49 PM	TG Daily
The asteroids of Eon One of the things I like about a really good science fiction novel is that it never seems to go out of style and doesn't feel outdated, even if times have obviously changed since the story was first written.  Read the full article on TG Daily »
How to Opt Out of Linked-In's Social Ads 4:48 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
How to Opt Out of Linked-In's Social Ads Those small modules in the margin of your screen promote a company or product with endorsements from your friends and contacts who "like" or "follow" the brand. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Celebrating the glory days of thrash metal 4:45 PM	TG Daily
Celebrating the glory days of thrash metal As a young metalhead, the mid-eighties were a really exciting time for me. Speed/thrash metal was an exciting sound, bringing in the anger and velocity of punk, taking the music into brave new territory. Read the full article on TG Daily »
Metallica races the collapse of the euro 4:44 PM	TG Daily
Metallica races the collapse of the euro Metallica recently celebrated its 30th anniversary as a band, and they have certainly come a long way since the hard-core days of the 80's. Read the full article on TG Daily »
If You Think The Word Acqui-Hire Really Means Failure, ... 4:44 PM	SAI
If You Think The Word Acqui-Hire Really Means Failure, Take A Look At FriendFeed's ~ $330 Million Exit When a startup gets acquired for its talent rather than its product, it can be viewed as a failure. Gowalla, for example, shut down its doors in December and the founders jumped ship to Facebook. Facebook didn't acquire the service or technology, so it seemed like the founders were admitting defeat to Foursquare and couldn't find a real buyer. But sometimes getting acqui-hired can be the smartest move a founder can make. FriendFeed's story is the perfect example.According to Facebook's S-1, Face... Read the full article on SAI »
Towards a green building future 4:43 PM	TG Daily
Towards a green building future The days of constructing energy-hogging buildings could soon be something considered so 2010. Read the full article on TG Daily »
Behind the scenes of Europe’s hot new accelerator 4:38 PM	The Next Web
Behind the scenes of Europe’s hot new accelerator Did you know that Europe had recently gained a new startup accelerator? Shortlisted by Telefónica’s program Wayra in July, ten Spanish startups have been quietly working from the recently inaugurated Wayra Academy in Madrid, which we had a chance to visit this week, alongside an entrepreneurial delegation from the UK. From Colombia to Spain As you [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Readdle Adds Remarks to Growing Field of Note-taking Apps 4:34 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Readdle Adds Remarks to Growing Field of Note-taking Apps The app lets users take notes in meetings, lectures, or interviews-entering text by typing or adding sketches with a stylus. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Refresh Roundup: week of January 30, 2012 4:32 PM	Engadget
Refresh Roundup: week of January 30, 2012 Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Sandra 2012 SP1c - 18.28 download 4:22 PM	Guru3d Latest Headlines
Sandra 2012 SP1c - 18.28 download SiSoftware Sandra remote analysis benchmarking and diagnostic features for PCs servers PDAs smart-phones and networks. Change-log: GP GPU/APU Benchmarks: optimisations for APUs both current AMD... Read the full article on Guru3d Latest Headlines »
Age of Empires Online: Celts Preview 4:22 PM	Guru3d Latest Headlines
Age of Empires Online: Celts Preview Preview of the upcoming Celt Civilization Read the full article on Guru3d Latest Headlines »
Motherboard prices expected to increase 10 by next quarter 4:22 PM	Guru3d Latest Headlines
Motherboard prices expected to increase 10 by next quarter Thanks to increasing world market prices of copper the major retail motherboard manufacturers are looking at increasing their motherboard prices by about 10 percent or so come April. This is bad news... Read the full article on Guru3d Latest Headlines »
Creative HN-900 and Aurvana X-Fi 2 Noise-Canceling Head... 4:22 PM	Guru3d Latest Headlines
Creative HN-900 and Aurvana X-Fi 2 Noise-Canceling Headphones Creative Technology Ltd today announced the new Creative HN-900 headphones which utilize active noise cancellation to reduce ambient noise by up to 85 percent. The Creative HN-900 headphones also feature... Read the full article on Guru3d Latest Headlines »
AMD Trinity Low Voltage APU 3DMark Scores 4:22 PM	Guru3d Latest Headlines
AMD Trinity Low Voltage APU 3DMark Scores AMDs Trinity ultra-low voltage APUs that are scheduled to be released by the company in the middle of this year in order to counter Intels ULV processors are expected to provide up to 100 better graphics... Read the full article on Guru3d Latest Headlines »
Numberlys and The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Less... 4:19 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Numberlys and The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore for iOS The apps come loaded with interactive features that augment the storylines. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's? 4:12 PM	CNET News.com
What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's? CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy looks at Sony's Playstation Vita through Apple goggles. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
4 Tools for Better Agency-Client Collaboration 4:11 PM	Mashable!
4 Tools for Better Agency-Client Collaboration The most effective consultant/client relationships tend to morph into partnerships, in which the consultant is truly an extension of the intern… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Telefónica’s startup accelerator Wayra to launch in the UK 4:05 PM	The Next Web
Telefónica’s startup accelerator Wayra to launch in the UK After launching across Latin America, Telefónica‘s startup accelerator Wayra is now expanding to Europe, the Spanish telecommunications company has announced. The expansion has already started; a Wayra Academy has recently opened in Madrid, and the accelerator will soon disembark in London. To explain where Wayra comes from and what it has achieved, Telefónica invited a British delegation [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Researchers Develop Computer Modelling to Read Words in... 4:04 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Researchers Develop Computer Modelling to Read Words in People's Thoughts The system is seen as a future way to help comatose and locked-in patients to communicate. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Ex-FCC Chair: Spectrum Plan "Single Worst Telecom Bill ... 4:01 PM	Slashdot
Ex-FCC Chair: Spectrum Plan "Single Worst Telecom Bill I've Seen" alphadogg writes "Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt made waves when he called the House spectrum auction legislation 'the single worst telecom bill' he's seen. The legislation, which would severely restrict the FCC's ability to place conditions on spectrum auctions, is seen as a non-starter in the Senate where a bipartisan group of senators including John Kerry (D — Mass.) and Jerry Moran (R — Kan.) have signaled strong opposition to the House approach to authorizing spectrum auctions. ... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Scientists Decode Brain Waves to Understand What We Hear 4:00 PM	News Tom's Guide US
Scientists Decode Brain Waves to Understand What We Hear Scientists at UC Berkeley may have found the keys to monitor the sounds a person actively hears. Read the full article on News Tom's Guide US »
Tour One Kings Lane, The Big $440 Million Elephant In O... 3:56 PM	SAI
Tour One Kings Lane, The Big $440 Million Elephant In Online Flash Sales One Kings Lane (OKL), a fast-growing decor flash sales site that generated over $100 million in revenue in 2011, needs somewhere to get all that growth done. In its New York office, where 80 of the company's employees work on everything from product photography to site maintenance, you can tell immediately that this is a company focused on beautiful design. With their signature elephants and lots of furniture from the site, the office is tastefully decorated and very comfortable.One Kings Lane i... Read the full article on SAI »
Sony PS Vita demo hardware drops in at US GameStop loca... 3:49 PM	Engadget
Sony PS Vita demo hardware drops in at US GameStop locations, lets you go hands-on Live within the United State's borders? Fingers itching to spend some quality with Sony's latest portable gaming sensation before the First Edition Bundle lands on February 15th? Good news is here then, since GameStop has equipped "over 3,300" of its retail stores with PlayStation Vita demo kiosks. The rigs will you to score some quality hands-on time with many of its upcoming titles, including the likes of Uncharted: Golden Abyss and wipEout2048 -- perfect if you're not sure about reserving one... Read the full article on Engadget »
Steve Jobs' Influence Continues 3:37 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Steve Jobs' Influence Continues Some days there seems to be more Steve Jobs news than ever before, with memories and marketing schemes continuing to influence Apple and others. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
A Bunch Of Cool Things I Just Learned About The Commerc... 3:35 PM	SAI
A Bunch Of Cool Things I Just Learned About The Commercialization Of Space... I went to the DLD conference in Munich a couple of weeks ago. One of the cool things about the DLD conference is that they throw in speakers and panels on topics other than the latest buzzy consumer web feature. Like space. Before I got to the conference, I got an invitation to a special breakfast seminar about space. That sounded cool, so I went. I sat in the back in the Google+ lounge eating three fried eggs and listening to folks from Virgin Galactic and Space Adventures (the company that sho... Read the full article on SAI »
iOS Vs. Android: Which Has the Crashiest Apps? 3:08 PM	Slashdot
iOS Vs. Android: Which Has the Crashiest Apps? First time accepted submitter creativeHavoc writes "Forbes author Tomio Geron takes a look at data accrued by mobile app monitoring startup Crittercism. After looking at normalized data of crashes over the various mobile operating system versions he compares crash rates of apps on the two platforms. He also breaks it down further to look how the top apps compare across the competing mobile operating systems. The results may not be what you expect." ... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Google reportedly hired away Apple senior director for ... 3:00 PM	AppleInsider
Google reportedly hired away Apple senior director for 'secret project' A new report claims Google has managed to hire away Apple's senior director of product integrity to work on a "secret project" in its highest-level recruitment pull from its rival. Read the full article on AppleInsider »

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