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VentureBeat |
6Scan releases WordPress plugin that hacks your site on purpose (exclusive)
6Scan released a new plugin for WordPress today, aimed at giving small businesses the same level of cyber security that enterprises can afford.
“I think what SMBs [small to medium-sized businesses] want most of all is something that doesn’t take …
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TechCrunch |
Bottlenose 2.0: Taming The “Share-pocalypse” With A Smarter Social Media Dashboard
There's a lot of noise in our social media channels. I'm busy clogging up your Twitter feed with my deep thoughts, your friends are sharing their millionth baby picture on Facebook, and Scoble is filming startups in your living room on Google+. There is an unfathomable amount of data being produced every second, as social networks, apps, chat, etc. now facilitate real-time communication and sharing -- making email feel like the Pony Express. This makes it nearly impossible for people (and their ...
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SlashGear |
Netflix adds The Weinstein Company to its streaming roster
Netflix has just added yet another content partner to its ever expanding list of digitally streaming video content. This time around it’s The Weinstein Company, known mostly for its high-brow documentaries and dramas. Among the more recent titles in Weinstein’s arsenal are Sarah’s Key, The Intouchables, W.E., Coriolanus, Bully, and a flick that’s getting a [...]
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PCMag.com Breaking News |
Report: Netflix, HBO Films Ex-Prez to Produce Original Films
Netflix is beginning to pursue its strategy of original content more aggressively, asking a former HBO Films executive to help it develop original content, according to a report.
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Engadget |
NYT: Google to sell Android-based heads-up display glasses this year
It's not the first time that rumors have surfaced of Google working on some heads-up display glasses (9 to 5 Google first raised the possibility late last year), but The New York Times is now reporting that the company is not only working on them, but that it's set to release them by the end of this year. Citing "several Google employees familiar with the project," the paper's Nick Bilton reports that the glasses will be based on Android, pack 3G or 4G connectivity, plus GPS and a range of senso...
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Mashable! |
You Can’t Sue Family Over Unwanted Facebook Photos, Says Judge [VIDEO]
Whether we look too young, too old or too inebriated, we’ve all been there — tagged in unflattering Facebook photos. But if you…
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Reuters: Technology News |
Apple shareholders to meet as stock at record high
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook is in an enviable position - market leading products, a $98 billion warchest and a seemingly gravity-defying stock price.
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Gizmodo |
Nike's New Flyknit Technology Makes Running Shoes Even More Impossibly Light
Nike is showing off its latest technology for the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London and the focus seems to be: lighter, lighter and more lighter. The highlight tech was Flyknit, a sort of yarn and fabric material that is engineered to be featherweight, formfitting and virtually seamless. More »
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Ars Technica |
Megaupload's Kim Dotcom granted bail, barred from Internet
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—File-sharing magnate Kim Dotcom was granted bail Wednesday morning New Zealand time, after the judge hearing his application ruled that the Megaupload founder has no access to funds to help him flee the country.
As part of the bail conditions, Dotcom must reside at his leased Coatesville, Auckland mansion. He cannot travel more than 80 kilometers, or 50 miles, from the Coatesville residence on which no helicopters are allowed. Earlier bail applications by Dotcom ...
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Reuters: Technology News |
Alibaba.com shares surge on parent plans to privatize
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba.com Ltd shares rose more than 40 percent to a seven-month high on Wednesday after they resumed trading following an announcement that its parent Alibaba Group will take it private for about $2.5 billion at its IPO price.
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Resources | ZDNet |
Cree LEDs green up U.S. embassies across Europe
The installations have a dual agenda: save on electricity and promote U.S. green technology innovations.
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Engadget |
Engadget HD Podcast 287 - 02.21.2012
Welcome to a special President's Day Engadget HD podcast (ok, not that special) where we kick things off with last week's hot button topic: universal pricing. Is a forced even playing field between online and B&M retailers fair, or harmful to the consumer? You guys sounded off in the comments, so we took another look at Samsung's plan for its 2012 HDTVs. We've also got plenty of HTPC news, with InfiniTV access on more platforms, a new round of arguments between Boxee and the NCTA and Kinect ...
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Wi-Fi Passpoint Standard Could End Hotspot Sign-on Hassles
The Wi-Fi Alliance will launch a program to simplify the use of Wi-Fi hotspots in July, making it easier for both users and mobile operators to get off strained...
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SlashGear |
Facebook plans to launch new premium ads
If you log onto Facebook and you feel like you just aren’t happy with the advertising content you get right now, there’s a solution on the way. No, that doesn’t mean that advertising is going away. Quite the opposite in fact. You might end up being inundated with more ads, but Facebook says they’ll be [...]
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Wired Top Stories |
Ubuntu for Android Turns Your Phone Into a Desktop Computer
Cramming a desktop environment onto a smartphone is a fun project that promises very little actual usefulness. But now Canonical's Ubuntu for Android takes a different approach, surfacing the desktop OS only when it actually makes sense.
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SAI |
Dell Blows Earnings, Showing That Cost-Cutting Only Works For So Long
Last summer, Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal made an astute observation about Dell's earnings: the company, like much of corporate America, was great at "squeezing water from a stone."
In other words, it was able to increase profits -- and raise earnings expectations -- in the face of falling revenues.
So much for that.
Today, Dell reported Q4 earnings (its quarter ended Jan. 28, 2012) and the company missed on EPS for the first time in two and a half years. Non-GAAP EPS came in at $0.51 -- a ...
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CNET News.com |
Living with the Samsung Galaxy Note
Find out if CNET editor Brian Bennett can survive with the new Samsung Galaxy Note as his only mobile device for a week.
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PCMag.com Breaking News |
Nvidia Helps Rev Up the Realism in 'Act of Valor'
The new action film "Act of Valor" stars active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs in an attempt at all-out realism in a genre where improbable stunts and Hollywood pyrotechnics are the norm. But they get a little help from Nvidia, too.
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TechCrunch |
Twitter Goes Back To The Future With Mobile App Update, ‘#Discover’ Still Just As Useless
Twitter has just launched a new app refresh for its mobile apps in Android and iOS, as well as expanded its offerings to the Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble NOOK and NOOK color.
Returning to the iOS and Android apps is the ability to swipe individual tweets to reveal tweet actions like 'Reply,''Retweet,''Favorite' and 'Profile' -- a feature which was initially available in Tweetie, the app that eventually became Twitter for mobile, and then removed inexplicably. Another blast from the p...
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Mashable! |
Sorry, HBO and Showtime: Netflix Will Get ‘The Artist’ First
Netflix has signed a multi-year exclusive licensing agreement with The Weinstein Company that will give the streaming service first-run access t…
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The Next Web |
What makes or breaks a Web design is often hidden in the details
When first starting out on a project, major aspects of a site like color, form, shape and whitespace get all the attention. Of course, these traits are extremely important, but it’s...
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SlashGear |
Sony exec says Vita marketing spend will be highest ever
Are you planning on buying a PlayStation Vita? If not, Sony is planning on spending a lot of money to change your mind. The company’s SVP of marketing in the US Guy Longworth said the budget for peddling the latest handheld is more than any other gaming device in company history. Do you think he [...]
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MacRumors |
Apple Confirms Plans for Another Large Data Center in Prineville, Oregon
KTVZ.com has received confirmation from Apple that the company plans to build a new data center on a 160-acre lot in Prineville, Oregon. The land was reportedly purchased for $5.6 million from Crook County. A February 15th filing first identified Apple, Inc. as the purchaser of the land, which Apple later confirmed:Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet confirmed Tuesday that “we purchased the land and it’s for a data center,” but could not speak to details beyond that, other than to say i...
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Boy Genius Report |
Samsung partners with Blockbuster for streaming movie service
Samsung has partnered with Blockbuster to stream thousands of movies to the company’s smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks, laptops, smart TVs and Blu-ray players, reports Smarthouse. The service will reportedly be rolled out in the United States and Europe in the first half of 2012, with an Australian scheduled to take place by early September. Samsung is also rumored to be developing a new global billing system that will allow users to easily log-in and pay for media content right from thei...
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Computerworld |
Wi-Fi Passpoint standard could end hotspot sign-on hassles
The Wi-Fi Alliance will launch a program to simplify the use of Wi-Fi hotspots in July, making it easier for both users and mobile operators to get off strained cellular networks.
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Neowin |
Rumor: Nokia 719 spotted on Bluetooth web site?
The Bluetooth web site has apparently posted up approval for a previously unnamed smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 719, that is slated to be released in North America and other parts of the world. Read more...
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WSJ.com: Technology |
Investment Costs Crimp Profit at Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble profit fell 14% in the latest quarter as rising investment costs for its digital-book business offset rising sales at its physical stores. The retailer also cut prices again on its Nook e-reader.
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Slashdot |
Unconstitutional Video Game Law Costs California $2 Million
An anonymous reader writes "In hopes of protecting the children of California from the ravages of violent video games, then governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attempted to push through a law that would fine retailers $1000 for each infraction of selling a violent game to an underage child. However, in the wake of appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, which struck down the law, California is now forced to pay the legal fees of all parties to the tune of two million dollars." ...
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DailyTech Main News Feed |
UK Judge Rules Pirate Bay Guilty of Thoughtcrime; Pirate Bay Mocks Ruling
To "approve" of piracy is to lawbreak: world's top torrent site is found guilty of speechcrime
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Malware levels starting to show signs of slowing
Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk
Total volume topped 75m in late 2011, says McAfee
The growth in new malware began to slow over the final three months of last year, according to data from McAfee. The security firm said that it detected 75 million...
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SAI |
Google's 'Terminator' Glasses Will Contain A Camera And Track Your Location (GOOG)
Google's augmented reality eyeglasses are going to include a camera and information pulled from Google's location-based services, like Maps and Latitude.
Nick Bilton at the New York Times uncovered some new information about the glasses, which were first reported by 9to5Google.
The basic idea is that people will wear the glasses to see a computerized overlay on the world around them -- just like the Arnold Schwarzenegger character in The Terminator movies.
Here's what's new, according to Bilton'...
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Engadget |
Skier saved from deadly avalanche by airbag backpack
Considering the pain and loss she's just endured, you may have a hard time convincing professional skier Elyse Saugstad that she's a lucky woman, but it's true. Saugstad was tackling Tunnel Creek in the Cascade Mountains with a group of other experienced backcountry skiers, when a large sheet of snow broke loose from the side of the mountain. Elyse and three others were sent hurtling 3,000 feet down the slope, sadly, only she survived the ordeal. Her almost miraculous escape was thanks in large ...
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Reuters: Technology News |
CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.
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WSJ.com: Technology |
More Videogame Controls
Sony's PS Vita tries to offer almost everything, but game-focused features are still what PlayStation does best.
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Techdirt |
DailyDirt: Misty Water-Colored Memories
There's a lot we still don't know about how our own brains work. Our minds are sufficiently complex that the only practical way to begin studying how they work is to categorize the different processes and try to look at how those individual parts operate. How the brain stores memories is a fascinating field -- that's just starting to yield some real scientific knowledge. Here are just a few tidbits on remembering things.
Older brains don't remember stuff as well as younger brains because the p...
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News Tom's Hardware US |
Ubuntu For Android to be Shown Next Week at MWC 2012
Ubuntu for Android is making an appearance next week at Mobile World Congress.
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The Unofficial Apple W... |
'Everything is a Remix' examines software patents
In case you haven't seen it yet, the fourth episode of Kirby Ferguson's "Everything is a Remix" series went live in mid-February on Ferguson's site. As in the previous three episodes in the series, Ferguson examines modern attitudes toward "intellectual property" and how these attitudes rather counterintuitively stifle creativity rather than fostering it. Part 4 of "Everything is a Remix" deals largely with the contentious subject of software patents, a subject we've covered many times here at T...
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SlashGear |
Square wants iPads embedded in taxis
If you have plans to visit New York City, you should make a point of hopping into a cab at some point. Not because you might make it on the Discovery Channel game show Cash Cab, but because it might have an iPad embedded into the back console that you can play with during your [...]
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Wired Top Stories |
Love Paper All Over Again With Two Adorably Tiny Printers
London design firm BERG and New York open hardware shop Adafruit both trade in big and small ideas about the future, but their projects rarely converge. Until now -- with impossibly tiny printers.
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Mashable! |
Google Wants to Plant 1,000 Acres of Satellite Dishes in Iowa [VIDEO]
Google Fiber Inc., a subsidiary of the search giant, is asking the FCC for permission to install 4.5 meter satellite antennas on 1,000 acres o…
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Wired Top Stories |
Apache Web Server Gets First Facelift in 6 Years
The world's most popular web server just got a facelift. On Tuesday, for the first time in over six years, the Apache Software Foundation unveiled a new version of its eponymous web server, which runs an estimated 398 million sites across the net.
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The Next Web |
NASCAR racing team turns to Google+ Hangout to prep fans for Daytona 500
We’ve seen quite a few genius uses of the Google+ Hangout feature, including a question and answer session with President Barack Obama and 24-hour concerts from musician Daria Musk. For...
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Computerworld |
Hard drive supply issues weigh on Dell's Q4 earnings
Dell's fourth-quarter earnings were weighed down by weak consumer PC sales and by pricing and supply issues caused by the floods in Thailand, Dell said on Tuesday.
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TechCrunch |
YC-Funded ScreenLeap: Because Screen-Sharing Doesn’t Need To Make You Crazy
With stories of Terminator-esque Google glasses making headlines these days, you'd think a basic task like screen sharing would be something that'd be pretty well solved by now. But while there are many different ways to share your desktop (or some portion thereof) with your friends or coworkers, more often than not the process isn't something you'd call easy.
It's bad enough that many people (including me) often find themselves steering their peers around computers the old-fashioned way: voice...
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Resources | ZDNet |
Webcast debates SMB online marketing priorities
Wondering how to organize your digital marketing and social media strategy? Join us for a ZDNet Webcast, "Top 10 Online Marketing Tips for Small Business."
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Digital Trends |
Study finds Facebook users more private than ever
A new study suggests that users on Facebook care more about privacy as the social network's user base swells
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SAI |
Heading To SXSW? Here's A Foodie's Guide To Austin
The South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) kicks off March 9 and in between the tech panels, music performances and films, a festival-goer needs to grab a bit to eat.
Zagat helped us break down the best food scenes in Austin during the festival.
We give you the top choices for barbecue, food trucks, bars, and everything in between.BARBECUE: Louie Mueller
206 W. Second St.
Food: 29
Decor: 16
Cost: $21
The cafeteria-style eatery actually closes when it runs out of food, but the...
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Computerworld |
Teradata partners with Hortonworks on Hadoop
Growing enterprise interest in Big Data analytics is beginning to drive partnerships between vendors of traditional relational database management technologies and purveyors of Apache Hadoop.
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Wired Top Stories |
How Many Different Ways Can the Same iPad 3 Rumors Be Reblogged?
We know. You're excited about the iPad 3. We are too. And so is just about everyone else who follows consumer tech hardware. Rumors about Apple's upcoming tablet have been pouring in for months, and we've been following them just like everyone else.
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Neowin |
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom granted bail
After spending a month in jail, Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now shut down file sharing web site Megaupload, was surprisingly granted bail today in a New Zealand courtroom. Read more...
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Mashable! |
How HelloGiggles Creates a Positive Online Community for Young Women
Among the cold, often critical world of the web, HelloGiggles is warming it up with fun and empowering, lady-friendly content.
The website R…
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Megaupload founder granted bail
The founder of shut down file-sharing website Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, is granted bail by a New Zealand court.
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The Register |
NASA seeks cooks for Mars trip simulation
No bean or cabbage recipes, please
NASA is looking for volunteers to prepare foods during a simulated Mars mission that will see six lucky people locked in close proximity for 120 days.…
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The Next Web |
Seatwave screams “not guilty” ahead of UK TV ticket reselling investigation
British fan-to-fan ticket marketplace Seatwave will likely be mentioned in the next edition of the well-known investigative show ‘Dispatches’, its CEO Joe Cohen announced in a letter. Sent to the startup’s customers earlier...
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SlashGear |
Ford upgrades Transit van to the sleeker Tourneo Custom
Let’s face it. It’s hard to make a high-capacity van look sexy. You just can’t merge a Chevy Astro with a Mini Cooper. It doesn’t work. But Ford is trying to push the envelope with a new concept model called the Ford Tourneo Concept. It’s making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, which takes [...]
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Macworld |
Remains of the Day: Fishy business
Microsoft dips its toes in the *coy* pond over a supposed iOS version of Office, a roundup of uninteresting iPad 3 rumors flounders, and Apple may be swimming upstream in its Chinese trademark case.
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TechCrunch |
BuzzFeed Adds A Little Nostalgia To Your Facebook Timeline
Facebook's Timeline is a cool idea, but as a representation of my life, it doesn't have much to say about my experiences before 2004. Now, in its own small way, viral content site BuzzFeed is trying to change that.
Specifically, it's adding buttons to select posts that take advantage of the Timeline's ability to backdate content. The first post with this feature asks, "What Was Your First Computer?" For example, you could say that your first computer was an Apple II, and that you got it in 1978...
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Digital Trends |
The Shirt Shuttle keeps dress shirts neat while traveling
With the Shirt Shuttle you'll never open up your suitcase to a pile of wrinkled mess again. The rest of your suitcase may look that way, but whatever you put in the clever Shirt Shuttle will stay pressed and neat for wherever your next business meeting is located.
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PCMag.com Breaking News |
Dell: Hard Drives, Phones Dragged Us Down
Dell executives excused the company's weaker fiscal fourth quarter performance by blaming the problems in the hard-disk industry as well as its exit from its previous smartphones.
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Tablets Get In the Game at Toy Fair 2012
There were enough iPad add-ons, kiddie tablets and smartphone accessories shown at Toy Fair 2012 to keep your kids--and your wallet--in stiches for a long time.
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SAI |
Here's A Socially Acceptable Way To Stalk People Around You
Paul Davison built an iPhone app that knows if people in your social circle are near you.
The app is called Highlight and it launched a few weeks ago. The app allows you to see photos of people around you and see who you know in common -- before you even talk to them.
Highlight co-founder Davison said it gives you an easier way to start a conversation with a stranger.
"In the real world, we walk around blind, not knowing anything about the people we walk by and that is the way it has...
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Mashable! |
For Texting Without Looking, Researchers Adapt Braille
Touchscreens on everything from coffee makers to treadmills are intended to provide better user experiences, but they can create a navigational night…
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TechCrunch |
Ailing LightSquare To Cut 45% Of Work Force As Regulatory Battle Rages On
Things are beginning to look even dimmer for LightSquared. Just one day after satellite network operator Inmarsat announced that LightSquared had defaulted on a $56 million payment, new reports indicate that the company plans to slash its workforce by 45% in an effort to cut costs and keep fighting.
"This and other cost savings measures will allow LightSquared to continue to navigate the regulatory process as it works with the appropriate government agencies to find solutions to the GPS interfe...
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Slashdot |
How Google Is Remapping Public Transportation
waderoush writes "Google wants to 'organize the world's information,' but there isn't a marketplace or a category of knowledge it can organize without remaking it in the process. A case in point: public transportation. Largely outside the media spotlight, Google has wrought a quiet revolution over the last five years in the way commuters get schedule information for local buses and trains, and the way public transit agencies communicate with their riders. GTFS and GTFS-realtime, which Google inv...
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TechCrunch |
Face-Recognizing Billboard Only Displays Ad To Women
Moral ambiguity, thy name is advertising. How are we to parse this advertising campaign in London in which an intelligent bus stop billboard only displays its content to women? You read correctly: the billboard has a camera that scans passersby and if one stops to look, it determines their sex and shows them a 40-second video if they are female. Males only get a link to the advertiser's website.
Now, does it change things if the advertiser is Plan UK, a non-profit organization trying to raise m...
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Wired Top Stories |
In the Steps of Ancient Elephants
With the help of a camera-rigged kite, researchers have stitched together a brief glimpse into the social lives of prehistoric elephants. Laelaps blogger Brian Switek reports.
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AppleInsider |
Safari user sues Google over claimed privacy violation
A user of Apple's Safari, the default web browser of every Mac and iOS product, is suing Google Inc. after it came to light that the world's largest internet company had implemented a tracking system that allegedly violates federal wiretapping and privacy laws.
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Neowin |
Nokia teases smartphone announcement with new video
Nokia has released a teaser video that seems to hint at a new smartphone with upgraded photo capabilities. The full reveal is scheduled for Monday, February 27 at the Mobile World Congress. Read more...
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The Register |
Dell misses profit goals in fiscal Q4
Revenues up a bit, though
Despite growing sales in all six of its product categories and all four of its business units, and despite having an extra business week in the quarter, hardware supplier and software wannabe Dell was not able to pull the profits it expected down to the bottom line in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended on February 3.…
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Reuters: Technology News |
GPS attacks risk maritime disaster, trading chaos
LONDON (Reuters) - Satelite navigation systems are at risk from criminals, terrorists or even just bored teenagers, with the potential to cause major incidents from maritime disasters to chaos in financial markets, leading experts warned on Wednesday.
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Digital Trends |
2013 Mercedes SL63 AMG revealed
The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL gets some added muscle, thanks to the company's AMG performance division.
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PCMag.com Breaking News |
Researchers Develop Single-Atom Transistor
Moore's Law could be safe for another decade or so. An international team of scientists has demonstrated a working transistor comprised of a single atom–nearly 100 times smaller than the 22-nanometer cutting-edge transistors fabricated by Intel.
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Techdirt |
'Lawful Access' Rhetoric Rings Hollow When The Facts Are Wrong
Ever since our Public Safety Minister made the infamous claim that his opponents were standing "with the child pornographers", support for Canada's proposed "lawful access" legislation—which would force ISPs to turn customer information over to police without a warrant, and install network surveillance equipment—has been characterized by two things: sensationalism and a lack of clarity. This is hardly surprising in a debate that opened with accusations of supporting child porn (a see...
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Biosensors measure sporting success
The new technologies changing sport performance
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Mobile money: Using your phone to transfer cash
Using your phone to transfer cash
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UK study reveals GPS jamming use
The illegal use of Global Positioning System (GPS) jammers in the UK is highlighted in a new study.
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AllThingsD » News |
Mountain Lion Safety Guide (Comic)
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Engadget |
Sony makes a patent move for Kinect style controller
We're not suggesting Sony has a Kinect style controller coming soon, but it certainly filed a patent for one. The application for a "User-Driven Three-Dimensional Interactive Gaming Environment" was initially logged in October last year by Richard Marks of PlayStation Eye fame. The controller can "determine when to interact with the system by allowing part of the user's body, or an object, to cross the maximum depth range plane" meaning input could be limited to just the hands etc. This wouldn't...
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Boy Genius Report |
LightSquared plans to lay off 45% of its staff
LightSquared announced on Tuesday that the company plans to cut its workforce by 45% in an effort to cut costs. ”This and other cost savings measures will allow LightSquared to continue to navigate the regulatory process as it works with the appropriate government agencies to find solutions to the GPS interference issue and bring its $14 billion privately funded wireless broadband network to more than 260 million Americans,” the company said in a statement to Reuters. Last week, ...
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News Tom's Guide US |
Sony's First Windows Phone to be Revealed on Sunday?
Sony's rumored Windows Phone may be revealed on Sunday during the World Mobile Congress convention in Barcelona.
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The Unofficial Apple W... |
Daily iPhone App: App Deals helps you score an app while it's on sale
I'm always looking for apps that are on sale, but there are too many apps and too many sales for one person to reasonably browse without any help. While searching for a way to track sales, I found App Deals, an app that showcases daily deals on popular apps. App Deals is made by Appsfire, a platform that helps users discover mobile applications. The app sorts titles into free apps, top free apps, and apps with price drops. Each group is then organized by App Store category like games, utilities,...
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SlashGear |
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: February 21, 2012
Today was the day that many of us had to go back to work from a well-deserved holiday weekend, and we’re here to give you the rundown of everything that happened while you were busy catching up. For starters, we’ve got a preview of Huawei’s MediaPad 10, and also a look at Ubuntu’s debut on [...]
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Slashdot |
Pico Projector Adapts To New Surfaces, Uses Random Objects As Input Devices
jpwilliams writes "This tiny projector can use any surface you have on hand to project an image. Using a webcam, it adapts to the surface, not just by adjusting keystone, but also following that surface and displaying different amounts of information (in certain cases). The guy in the video also uses a coffee mug as an app changer." ...
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Digital Trends |
Recapping The Daily vs Microsoft he-said/she-said
The folks over at Microsoft have found themselves trading jabs with writers at The Daily, who say that Office Suite on the iPad image is the real thing.
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SlashGear |
Sony Vita OS Review
This week we’re getting our first look at the Sony PS Vita, a device which is set to be officially set in stores for sale tomorrow, and the first live version of Vita OS. What the Vita operating system represents is not only a new look at handheld gaming, but the prospect of an operating [...]
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Mashable! |
Bug-Eyed Student’s Basketball Face is Internet Famous
What’s a University of Alabama freshman to do after instant Internet fame invades his life because of a viral cardboard cutout of his fac…
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SlashGear |
Qualcomm fifth generation Gobi chip revealed and detailed
The chipmakers at Qualcomm have today let loose information on their fifth generation of Gobi reference platforms, complete with support for high-speed networks like LTE. Compatibility with HSPA+ and EV-DO are included along with future-leaning TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE, LTE on FDD and TDD networks along with GPS capabilities. This will allows devices rolling with such a [...]
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The Next Web |
Microsoft: Daily being fed ‘bad info,’ promises clarification in ‘coming weeks’
After a day of back and forth on the issue of whether Microsoft really is building Office for the iPad, and if so, when it will be submitted to the...
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ReadWriteWeb |
Piracy Wars: Grooveshark's Looming Shutdown and Why Pirate Bay May Be Next
Online music piracy has been an issue for well over a decade, but things have gotten much more interesting in the last few months. The shutdown of Megaupload was more or less the opening shot in the latest phase of the ongoing war over online piracy. Even before Kim Dotcom was carried away in handcuffs, things were already getting dramatic with the debate over SOPA and the widespread online protests that ultimately killed the bill as we knew it.
Given the police power used to detain Kim Dotcom...
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CNET News.com |
Now your tongue can secretly operate a computer, wheelchair
The iPhone-friendly Tongue Drive System employs a retainer embedded with sensors that track a tiny magnet attached to the user's tongue.
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BetaNews.Com |
Microsoft goes for Google's throat
Microsoft is stepping up its anti-Google campaign, in a couple new moves clearly intended to generate FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) about its rival's products, corporate image and credibility. In the past two days, Microsoft launched at least two separate offenses: one against Google Apps, which competes with Microsoft's key businesses -- productivity software -- and the other an attempt to capitalize on the news surrounding Google's apparent circumvention of Safari privacy controls. Google ...
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CNET News.com |
LightSquared: Going from bad to worse
There's been a string of bad news recently for the wireless broadband startup after the FCC pulled its conditional waiver to build its nationwide network. The latest? Job cuts.
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Resources | ZDNet |
How to parse a Microsoft denial
Microsoft's response to The Daily's latest Office on iPad story provides a lesson in how to interpret Microsoft's official responses to information the company isn't ready to share.
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TechCrunch |
This Kit Lets You Print Out The Internet
This complete project kit made by Adafruit allows you to print out things from the Internet. Want to print all your Tweets onto receipt paper? You got it. Want to print out your Facebook wall? Why the heck not! The kit uses an Arduino board and thermal printer and offers the opportunity for weekend hackers to pop together a cool little printer thinger and learn Arduino and Twitter programming.
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ReadWriteWeb |
Legal Claims Served Via Facebook in the U.K.
Is getting sued today on your mind, Facebook user?
The reports that a High Court judge in England has approved the use of Facebook to serve legal claims. The case: two investment managers against a brokerage firm they believe overcharged them.
Justice Nigel Teare approved the use of Facebook after it became increasingly difficult to track down Fabio De Biase, one of the former traders and ex-brokers involved in the case. Papers were left at his last known address, but it was unclear whether or...
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AllThingsD » News |
Two Joysticks to Beat Smartphones at Games
Sony's PS Vita tries to offer almost everything, but game-focused features are still what PlayStation does best.
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Computerworld |
The ultimate tips box
Got problems with insider threats? Need help securing your wireless LAN because of employees bringing their own devices on to your network? Know how to protect your Android device?
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Digital Trends |
Newt Gingrich shocks with Chevy Volt comments, says President wants higher gas prices
It’s a war on gas prices, General Motors, and President Obama from the former Speaker of the House and Presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich.
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Neowin |
The Daily defends Microsoft Office on iPad story [Update]
The Daily is now defending itself from charges from Microsoft and others that today's image of Microsoft Office running on an iPad was in fact an elaborate hoax. Read more...
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SAI |
11 Google Job Titles You Won't Believe Actually Exist (GOOG)
Google is an unconventional company.
That extends to the company's official policy on job titles which can be summarized as: whatever you want to put on your business card is pretty much OK.
As a result, some Google employees have come up with some pretty offbeat titles for themselves.
But Google also offers a lot of amazing perks to keep employees happy and engaged, and a lot of these perks are provided by full time employees.
So most of these titles are actual, real job descriptions.
Check the...
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