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Green screen lighting in the Skype Studio 10:04 AM	Resources | ZDNet
Green screen lighting in the Skype Studio There are a number of challenges when setting up lighting for green screen in a small studio space. Here's how DIY-IT's David Gewirtz solved them for his Skype Studio project. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
EMC Ramps up Flash Game With VFCache, 'Thunder' Appliance 9:20 AM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
EMC Ramps up Flash Game With VFCache, 'Thunder' Appliance EMC is now shipping its long-awaited entry in the server-based flash storage market while laying the groundwork for a future appliance based on the same... Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
EMC ramps up flash game with VFCache, 'Thunder' appliance 9:06 AM	Computerworld
EMC ramps up flash game with VFCache, 'Thunder' appliance EMC is now shipping its long-awaited entry in the server-based flash storage market while laying the groundwork for a future appliance based on the same technology. Read the full article on Computerworld »
Kindle Fire owners 'less satisfied' than Apple iPad owners 9:00 AM	Daily Telegraph
Kindle Fire owners 'less satisfied' than Apple iPad owners Amazon Kindle Fire owners are less satisfied than those who own an Apple iPad, according to a new survey. Read the full article on Daily Telegraph »
Google hires a senior director at Apple for a top secre... 8:59 AM	VentureBeat
Google hires a senior director at Apple for a top secret project (exclusive) Google has pulled off a coup by hiring an Apple senior director of product integrity for a secret project, VentureBeat has learned. The recruiting feat is historic since Google has never hired such a senior person away from Apple. The … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Finding Lost Recording From the 1880s 8:26 AM	Slashdot
Finding Lost Recording From the 1880s An anonymous reader writes "The NY Times recently ran a story on the discovery of a cache of wax cylinder records, recorded in Europe in the 1880s, of Otto von Bismarck, Helmuth von Moltke, and various musicians. 'In June 1889, Edison sent Wangemann to Europe, initially to ensure that the phonograph at the Paris World’s Fair remained in working order. After Paris, Wangemann toured his native Germany, recording musical artists and often visiting the homes of prominent members of society who... Read the full article on Slashdot »
EMC ramps up flash game with VFCache, 'Thunder' appliance 8:06 AM	Network World NetFlash
EMC ramps up flash game with VFCache, 'Thunder' appliance EMC is now shipping its long-awaited entry in the server-based flash storage market while laying the groundwork for a future appliance based on the same technology. Read the full article on Network World NetFlash »
Klout may have struck lucky with a Twitter campaign 8:00 AM	Daily Telegraph
Klout may have struck lucky with a Twitter campaign Klout has its critics but offering retail discounts based on its social index is a real route to making money? not that the company has had anything to do with it. Read the full article on Daily Telegraph »
Vimeo app lands for Windows Phone, lets you upload your... 7:45 AM	Engadget
Vimeo app lands for Windows Phone, lets you upload your next student film over 3G Hello there Mango fans, is YouTube just a little too lowbrow for you? Well, fret not, Vimeo is here to stream all the HD student shorts your little Microsoft-loving heart desires. The official app doesn't just let you browse, search and view clips on the site, though -- it completely integrates with your account, allowing you to upload HD video, tweak the details of your uploads and even check stats. Basically, with this app in your pocket there's almost no reason to visit the desktop site ever ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Valve Working on Secret TF2 Project; Fans Want HL3 7:00 AM	News Tom's Hardware US
Valve Working on Secret TF2 Project; Fans Want HL3 The Team Fortress 2 blog is hinting at a top secret project slated to hit Steam in 2012. Meanwhile, fans are actually demanding new Half-Life 3 news, protested on Saturday as a result. Read the full article on News Tom's Hardware US »
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 5 6:01 AM	Wired Top Stories
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 5 Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills. Read the full article on Wired Top Stories »
EMC Ramps Up Flash Game with VFCache, 'Thunder' Appliance 6:00 AM	CIO.com Feed - Articles
EMC Ramps Up Flash Game with VFCache, 'Thunder' Appliance VFCache, code-named Lightning, will provide flash storage as cache on PCIe cards inside servers Read the full article on CIO.com Feed - Articles »
Windows Phone exec Brandon Watson leaves Microsoft, hea... 5:34 AM	Engadget
Windows Phone exec Brandon Watson leaves Microsoft, headed to Amazon There's some more corporate reshuffling going on in the Windows Phone universe this week, now that Brandon Watson has confirmed his departure from Microsoft. Watson, who served as head of the WP Developer Experience, announced the news on his Twitter page Friday, and later told ZDNet that he's heading to Amazon, where he'll be Director of the Kindle Cross Platform team. In an e-mail to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, Watson acknowledged the difficulty of the decision, but ultimately decided that "the opp... Read the full article on Engadget »
India Turns Down American Fighter Jets, Buys From France 5:27 AM	Slashdot
India Turns Down American Fighter Jets, Buys From France An anonymous reader writes "While America had offered the F-16, F-18 and now the stealth F-35 fighter, India picked for its new multi-role attack jet a low cost, older French plane. Why? For one, it's cheaper, and two, if American/Indian relations go bad, can they get the parts and equipment to keep the planes in the air? It seems prudence beat out the latest in technology." ... Read the full article on Slashdot »
The evolution of the businessman (infographic) 5:00 AM	VentureBeat
The evolution of the businessman (infographic) Business is so easy, even a caveman could do it – and he did. What was once the business of surviving has evolved over the years, but with one underlying similarity – the best will outlast the rest. The infographic … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
HP: webOS Will Be Better Than Android, iOS 4:00 AM	News Tom's Guide US
HP: webOS Will Be Better Than Android, iOS In a lengthy interview with CRN, HP CEO Meg Whitman said that webOS will be better than Android and iOS. Read the full article on News Tom's Guide US »
Ask Engadget: Best sub-$100 camera/laptop bag? 3:24 AM	Engadget
Ask Engadget: Best sub-$100 camera/laptop bag? We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Joseph (he's from Atlanta) who needs a camera bag for his semi-professional photography enterprise. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "I've recently gotten into semi-pro photography and I've come to the problem of how to transport all my gear. I'm looking for a camera / lapt... Read the full article on Engadget »
Micron Names Durcan CEO; Switz Chairman, After Appleton... 3:15 AM	AllThingsD » News
Micron Names Durcan CEO; Switz Chairman, After Appleton's Death in Plane Crash Memory-chip maker Micron Technology on Saturday named D. Mark Durcan as CEO and Robert E. Switz as chairman, following the death of Steven Appleton, who had long held those positions. Appleton died Friday in a plane crash in Boise. Sales executive Mark W. Adams was named president. Read the full article on AllThingsD » News »
The Phone Stacking Game: Let’s Make This A Thing 3:00 AM	TechCrunch
The Phone Stacking Game: Let’s Make This A Thing So it's Saturday night and you're out with friend. Are they the inconsiderate jerk who can't stop checking their smartphone? Or is that you? Either way, here's one way to make dinner a little more interesting. I've seen/heard this described as both "The Phone Stacking Game" and "Don't Be a Dick During Meals". It's been mentioned on a couple of blogs, but a quick straw poll of my friends suggests that it hasn't become widespread yet, at least on the West Coast. Which is a shame, because it's p... Read the full article on TechCrunch »
New Hampshire Passes 'Open Source Bill' 2:25 AM	Slashdot
New Hampshire Passes 'Open Source Bill' Plugh writes "In a victory for transparency and openness in government, and saving tax dollars, New Hampshire has passed HB418. State agencies are now required by law to consider open source software when acquiring software, and to promote the use of open data formats." Read the full article on Slashdot »
Which Crashes More? Apple Apps or Android Apps? 2:08 AM	PCMag.com Breaking News
Which Crashes More? Apple Apps or Android Apps? A new study points to Apple as the larger source of app crashes than Android, but just how accurate is the data? Read the full article on PCMag.com Breaking News »
Here's the Worst Super Bowl Ad of 2012 1:37 AM	AllThingsD » News
Here's the Worst Super Bowl Ad of 2012 It's for the Super Bowl, from Verizon. Read the full article on AllThingsD » News »
CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business 1:25 AM	CNET News.com
CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company's bread and butter. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
CEO Appleton reflected Micron's risky existence 1:25 AM	CNET News.com
CEO Appleton reflected Micron's risky existence The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the high-risk memory chip business that is the company's bread and butter. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Roland's iModela 3D milling machine: it's a crafty tool 1:24 AM	Engadget
Roland's iModela 3D milling machine: it's a crafty tool 3D printing. Sure, that's pretty neat, but there are other ways to make three dimensional objects at home. Roland's new iModela, for example, is an "affordable" ($899) digital hobby mill that can carve 3D shapes, jewelry, textures and prototypes out of balsa wood, foam, modelling wax and plastics. Projects definitely need to be more on the petite side, but the 3.39inch x 2.17inch x 1.02inch milling area should be good for a wide range of small craft creations. The iModela comes with all the cutt... Read the full article on Engadget »
Giants Website Prematurely Reveals Super Bowl Winner [PIC] 1:22 AM	Mashable!
Giants Website Prematurely Reveals Super Bowl Winner [PIC] The New York Giants official website accidentally announced the winner of Super Bowl XLVI more than 24 hours before Sunday’s big game eve… Read the full article on Mashable! »
I’m A New York Times Subscriber, So Where’s My Tote Bag? 1:21 AM	TechCrunch
I’m A New York Times Subscriber, So Where’s My Tote Bag? The New York Times released its latest earnings report earlier this week, spurring another round of discussion about the newspaper's paywall, which was launched near the beginning of last year. The consensus: Early signs are positive, but it's not doing well enough to offset plummeting print ad revenue. Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Text Message Brands Quebec Man a Terror Suspect 1:21 AM	Slashdot
Text Message Brands Quebec Man a Terror Suspect An anonymous reader writes "Saad Allami likely never expected that a simple text message of encouragement would have turned his life upside down. But as seen in a similar case of absurd overreaction by authorities, a simple text message is all it takes to have yourself branded as a terrorist. From the article: 'The Quebec man says he was arrested by provincial police while picking up his seven-year-old son at school. A team of police officers stormed into his home, telling his wife she was marri... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal ... 12:54 AM	CNET News.com
Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal site In a news conference, the New England quarterback mentions that while rehabbing last year in Costa Rica, he watched the big game on an illegal site. Is this the final validation for piracy? Read the full article on CNET News.com »
ARM-Based MacBook Air Unlikely Based on Analyst Talk wi... 12:24 AM	MacRumors
ARM-Based MacBook Air Unlikely Based on Analyst Talk with Tim Cook There had been some interesting claims last year that Apple had been actively testing an ARM (A5) based MacBook Air. The ARM processor is the same one that is used in the iPhone and iPad. An ARM-based MacBook Air, however, would raise a number of questions about what kind of device it might actually be. Would it run OS X, or iOS? Would it be closer to a Mac or an iOS device? One of the main advantages of using an ARM processor would be a reduction in power-requirements, but with a corre... Read the full article on MacRumors »
Timeline: Eight Years of Facebook Features, Feats, and ... 12:22 AM	PCMag.com Breaking News
Timeline: Eight Years of Facebook Features, Feats, and Flops Happy birthday, Facebook! We're celebrating with a look back at some of Facebook's more eye-opening moments over the past eight years. Read the full article on PCMag.com Breaking News »
29 Meme-Inspired Movie Posters [PICS] 12:20 AM	Mashable!
29 Meme-Inspired Movie Posters [PICS] If Internet memes were turned into movies, their promotional posters might resemble the designs London-based Stefan van Zoggel conjured up. … Read the full article on Mashable! »
Apple Overturns Motorola's German iPad and iPhone Sales... 12:10 AM	Slashdot
Apple Overturns Motorola's German iPad and iPhone Sales Bans SpuriousLogic sends this excerpt from a BBC article detailing the suspension of a sales ban on certain Apple products in Germany: "Motorola Mobility had forced Apple to remove several iPad and iPhone models from its online store [yesterday] after enforcing a patent infringement court ruling delivered in December. An appeals court lifted the ban after Apple made a new license payment offer. However, Germany-based users may still face the loss of their push email iCloud service after a separate ru... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week [PICS] 12:04 AM	Mashable!
Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week [PICS] We’ve sifted through tens of millions of pictures posted on Twitter during the week and narrowed them down to the 10 most popular, and here they… Read the full article on Mashable! »
2012 Grammys Embrace Digital, Mobile and Social Media Feb 04 2012 22:39:55	Mashable!
2012 Grammys Embrace Digital, Mobile and Social Media The 54th Grammy Awards ceremony is only eight days away and the Recording Academy is kicking off the next phase of its digital and social campai… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Some sold but used Xooms still have personal info Feb 04 2012 22:38:29	Neowin
Some sold but used Xooms still have personal info Motorola has announced that a batch of used Motorola Xoom tablets that were re-sold via Woot.com still have the personal info and content of the previous tablet's owner. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
An iPad with Transformer-like keyboard dock? I'm down w... Feb 04 2012 22:36:14	Resources | ZDNet
An iPad with Transformer-like keyboard dock? I'm down with that Apple's recent statement that an ARM-based MacBook is not on the table leads CNET to speculate on a new iPad with a Transformer-like keyboard. Count me in. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Happy Birthday: Facebook turns eight today Feb 04 2012 22:31:14	Resources | ZDNet
Happy Birthday: Facebook turns eight today Facebook may seem like it has been around for quite some time, but the company is only eight years old today. Happy Birthday Facebook! Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Before “it gets better,” gay youth still need help. Ent... Feb 04 2012 22:29:57	VentureBeat
Before “it gets better,” gay youth still need help. Enter AnonyMouse. “In college, I wanted someone to talk to about being gay and found someone through Craigslist. Clearly a poor decision in retrospect, despite the fact that I did end up finding a mentor who helped me come out. “However, I … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
AT&T Starts Throttling Unlimited Data Users after 2GB o... Feb 04 2012 22:24:37	MacRumors
AT&T Starts Throttling Unlimited Data Users after 2GB of Monthly Usage In October, AT&T announced that they would start throttling data usage amongst mobile Unlimited Data Plan users. While AT&T no longer offers an Unlimited Data plan to new customers, many of the original iPhone purchasers are still grandfathered into that plan. Those iPhone users have been able to retain these Unlimited plans, even though AT&T has since moved to a tiered data plan structure. When AT&T announced their plan to start throttling users, the company said that they would only b... Read the full article on MacRumors »
Are You Ready for Some Football? A Techie Guide to the ... Feb 04 2012 22:24:33	AllThingsD » News
Are You Ready for Some Football? A Techie Guide to the Super Bowl. For those looking for a side of tech to go with their Super Bowl, AllThingsD’s Ina Fried offers a guide to all the apps, streaming and more, designed to make the most of NFL's championship Sunday. Read the full article on AllThingsD » News »
Presidential Campaign Mobile Websites Lack Savvy Feb 04 2012 22:16:00	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Presidential Campaign Mobile Websites Lack Savvy All of the U.S. presidential candidates say they're pro-tech, but their mobile campaign sites don't support that campaign promise. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Sony Ericsson hangs ten, launches Xperia Active Billabo... Feb 04 2012 22:15:00	Engadget
Sony Ericsson hangs ten, launches Xperia Active Billabong Edition Sony Ericsson is looking to start a bromance with the McTwist-loving, Double-Cork-landing, A-Frame-riding masses jonesing for a new Android device. The handset maker has announced a "global strategic alliance" with Billabong to launch the Xperia Active Billabong Edition smartphone in select markets. The handset will come preloaded with exclusive content, including Billabong screen savers, and bundle several Billabong-branded games and applications. As the two companies tell it, the Xperia ABE is... Read the full article on Engadget »
LibreOffice Developer Community Increasingly Robust Feb 04 2012 22:09:00	Slashdot
LibreOffice Developer Community Increasingly Robust New submitter someWebGeek writes "LibreOffice, the community-driven fork of OpenOffice, appears to have a very healthy and growing group of code contributors. The Document Foundation has published new stats that portray the climbing rates of developer involvement both in terms of numbers of people and numbers of code commits. One of the most encouraging aspects, as noted by Ryan Paul in an article at Ars, is that non-corporate code contributions by independent volunteers constitute the largest s... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Bing welcomes you to the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Feb 04 2012 22:08:29	Neowin
Bing welcomes you to the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Nothing says a warm welcome to a brand new beta operating system than Bing adorning a nice little surprise on their front page. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Apple Revises Snow Leopard Security Update and Pulls 10... Feb 04 2012 22:02:21	MacRumors
Apple Revises Snow Leopard Security Update and Pulls 10.7.3 Delta Update After a couple of issues with some software updates, Apple has made some quiet revisions to address the problems.The first was a Snow Leopard security update which inadvertently caused problems with Apple's PowerPC emulation layer Rosetta. Macworld notes that Apple has since released Security Update 2012-001, version 1.1 for Snow Leopard. The new version seems to fix the PowerPC crashing issues described with the original update.Meanwhile, the crashing/CUI errors with 10.7.3 Delta upd... Read the full article on MacRumors »
Labor Efficiency: The Next Great Internet Disruption Feb 04 2012 22:00:38	TechCrunch
Labor Efficiency: The Next Great Internet Disruption For more than a decade now, the Internet has done a great job of making things in our day-to-day lives more efficient by easily connecting parties who can have a mutually beneficial personal or business relationship. This same idea is now on the verge of disrupting labor and changing the definition of employment as we know it. Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Motorola wants 2.25 percent of Apple sales to license p... Feb 04 2012 22:00:00	The Unofficial Apple W...
Motorola wants 2.25 percent of Apple sales to license patents The ongoing patent spat between Motorola and Apple has reached an interesting crossroads. Just recently a German court granted an injunction against sales of many of Apple's 3G-bearing products, including older model iPhones and the iPad. That injunction held for less than a day, however, pending further review of Motorola's claims against Apple. Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents found new information that suggests Motorola has offered to end the patent dispute and license its wireless patents to ... Read the full article on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) »
Super Bowl 2012 By the Numbers Feb 04 2012 21:41:18	Mashable!
Super Bowl 2012 By the Numbers Super Bowl 2012 is blitzing us like a crazed linebacker, coming up in a matter of hours, and the numbers are stacking up quickly. It’s a w… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get Siri Feb 04 2012 21:39:08	CNET News.com
Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get Siri Noise-reduction technology from a start-up called Audience accounts for the size of the iPhone 4S chip and keeps Siri off the iPhone 4, analyst Linley Gwennap concludes. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
HTC Android Fix Delayed for Some Feb 04 2012 21:35:00	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
HTC Android Fix Delayed for Some Some users of HTC Android phones will have to wait until next week to get a fix for a problem that could leak access info to Wi-Fi networks. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Super Bowl: Where to watch online, and more Feb 04 2012 21:24:17	CNET News.com
Super Bowl: Where to watch online, and more As the Giants battle the Patriots on Sunday, viewers have dozens of ways to keep up with the game--by live streaming, watching on cell phones, or subscribing to apps and social-media feeds. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Sony's New CEO Sees a Tough Road Ahead Feb 04 2012 21:10:00	News Tom's Hardware US
Sony's New CEO Sees a Tough Road Ahead Kazuo Hirai, who takes over as President and CEO of Sony Corp. in April, believes the company needs to set aside previous tradition and focus on the new "user experience" in order to succeed. Read the full article on News Tom's Hardware US »
Twitter more tempting than sex and sleep, study says Feb 04 2012 21:07:48	CNET News.com
Twitter more tempting than sex and sleep, study says Tweeting harder to resist than sex, coffee, and alcohol, say researchers from the University of Chicago. Now, let's just see you try to resist tweeting this story. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
This isn’t ‘just another’ Siri parody, it actually has ... Feb 04 2012 21:07:14	The Next Web
This isn’t ‘just another’ Siri parody, it actually has amazing special effects [video] We’ve seen tons of parodies and pranks involving Siri, the personal assistant that comes with Apple’s iPhone 4S. But rarely do you see one with serious production value or special... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Canada's Massive Public Traffic Surveillance System Feb 04 2012 21:01:00	Slashdot
Canada's Massive Public Traffic Surveillance System New submitter cqwww writes "A small magazine in Victoria, BC just uncovered a massive public traffic surveillance system deployed in Canada. Here's a quote from the article: 'Normally, area police manually key in plate numbers to check suspicious cars in the databases of the Canadian Police Information Center and ICBC. With [Automatic License Plate Recognition], for $27,000, a police cruiser is mounted with two cameras and software that can read license plates on both passing and stationary cars... Read the full article on Slashdot »
35 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed Feb 04 2012 21:00:21	Mashable!
35 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed Were you too busy this week to read everything on Mashable? Maybe you’ve been planning your Super Bowl party, or maybe you were figuring… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Former Apple employee recounts how Jobs motivated iPhon... Feb 04 2012 21:00:00	The Unofficial Apple W...
Former Apple employee recounts how Jobs motivated iPhone team Bob Borchers used to be an iPhone product marketing engineer for Apple. Part of the team that brought the first iPhone to market in 2007, he's now a venture capitalist with Opus Capital. Borchers recently gave a talk to students at a California school talking about the thought processes that were involved in the iPhone's development. Borchers says that Steve Jobs didn't have a specific device in mind, but instead gave the team a mission: create a phone that people would love so much that they'd ... Read the full article on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) »
Week in Apple: post-Macworld|iWorld edition Feb 04 2012 21:00:00	Ars Technica
Week in Apple: post-Macworld|iWorld edition This week, we wrapped up our coverage of the 2012 Macworld|iWorld conference in San Francisco just as Apple issued an update to Final Cut Pro X and gave the AirPort Utility an iOS makeover. Additionally, Tim Cook offered some strong words in response to doubts about Apple's attitude toward worker conditions in China, Neil Young recounted stories about Steve Jobs working towards higher-quality music downloads, and more. Need a recap? You're in the right place. Rethinking iPhone UI and getting th... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Gamers ignore corpse in Internet cafe Feb 04 2012 20:56:37	CNET News.com
Gamers ignore corpse in Internet cafe In Taiwan, a man dies while gaming In an Internet cafe. Reports suggest no one notices for nine hours. But, regardless of how long he was actually dead, how could it be that no gamer notices until a waitress finally thinks to check? Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Weekly Wrap: Lion bugs, iBooks Author, Final Cut Pro X Feb 04 2012 20:55:00	Macworld
Weekly Wrap: Lion bugs, iBooks Author, Final Cut Pro X Once a week, we gather together to recap the best stories published on Macworld over the past seven days. This week, those include software updates from Apple--and the problems that go along with them--tips on using your Mac more efficiently, and plenty more. Read the full article on Macworld »
Lawsuit Raises Issue of E-Mail Privacy at Work Feb 04 2012 20:50:00	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Lawsuit Raises Issue of E-Mail Privacy at Work Whistleblowers say their private e-mails were extensively monitored after complained about irregularities at the FDA; did they have a reasonable expectation of privacy? Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Study: Is Facebook more addictive than alcohol or cigar... Feb 04 2012 20:46:12	Digital Trends
Study: Is Facebook more addictive than alcohol or cigarettes? While the addictive nature of checking social networks has only been escalated by more smartphone sales, one study has come to the conclusion that it may be even more addictive than popular vices. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Apple expands its Australian lawsuit against Samsung Feb 04 2012 20:44:39	IntoMobile
Apple expands its Australian lawsuit against Samsung Apple turned up the heat on Samsung in Australia when it expanded its patent and trademark lawsuit to include 278 new infringement claims covering 22 patents and ten devices (some unreleased). This is a significant increase from the original lawsuit which targeted only the Galaxy Tab 10.1  and included with a handful of patent infringement claims. If the court grants Apple an injunction based on these new claims, it  potentially could prevent Samsung from selling any Android device in the land... Read the full article on IntoMobile »
Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS] Feb 04 2012 20:33:08	Mashable!
Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS] It’s been an unusual week in the tech world, yielding gadgetry and innovations that are surprising and altogether unexpected. Here are the top 1… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Toyota takes to spamming Twitter for Camry Super Bowl ‘... Feb 04 2012 20:30:49	The Next Web
Toyota takes to spamming Twitter for Camry Super Bowl ‘promotion’ Twitter is a great platform to get people stoked about anything, if done right. You can promote potato chips like @popchips does, and it could turn into a huge following... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Why Microsoft’s Kinect Is the Next Big Thing In Gaming Feb 04 2012 20:30:37	SlashGear
Why Microsoft’s Kinect Is the Next Big Thing In Gaming As I’ve said numerous times on these pages before, I’m deeply concerned by motion gaming. I think it’s holding the gaming business back and helps to make the space seem “gimmicky” — something I thought we were trying to move away from. My issues with motion gaming have prompted me to turn my back on [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Snow Leopard update wreaks havoc on Rosetta, luddite us... Feb 04 2012 20:21:00	Engadget
Snow Leopard update wreaks havoc on Rosetta, luddite users contemplate running with Lion (update) Normally updates are meant to better your OS, delivering necessary tweaks and performance improvements. But this latest batch out of Cupertino's managed to do just the opposite for users running the Lion 10.7.3 package, as it's caused many applications to force crash and bewildered users to restore Time Machine backups. Well, now the hordes clinging to Snow Leopard can join in the commiseration, as forums begin to flood with reports of failed Rosetta compatibility. That software, essential for P... Read the full article on Engadget »
How to spot a fake Facebook profile (infographic) Feb 04 2012 20:20:48	Resources | ZDNet
How to spot a fake Facebook profile (infographic) Have you ever received a friend request from a Facebook user whom you've never met or even heard of? Chances are this person doesn't exist and you're looking at a fake Facebook profile. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Smartphone Sales Boom -- Who Needs A Laptop? Feb 04 2012 20:04:00	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Smartphone Sales Boom -- Who Needs A Laptop? In the next decade, mobile phones will gain capabilities that make them suitable replacements for the conventional desktop or laptop computer. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Hands on with AnyPlay: Live Comcast video on your iPad Feb 04 2012 20:00:00	The Unofficial Apple W...
Hands on with AnyPlay: Live Comcast video on your iPad Haven't heard of AnyPlay? That's not surprising. It's a small initiative slowly being introduced by Comcast into select cable markets. With it, you can watch live television over your home network on your iPad. So if your spouse is hogging the HDTV during your CW night, you can watch Supernatural using your local Wi-Fi. (Cablevision and Time Warner have similar apps on the App Store now.) AnyPlay consists of two parts: there's the standalone box ($10 one-time charge) and the iPad software, which... Read the full article on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) »
Mike C's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week Feb 04 2012 20:00:00	Techdirt
Mike C's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week Another week gone and another chance for everyone to see Techdirt through someone else's eyes. While I may not be as prosaic and prolific of a commenter as some of the regulars, I hope you find some common threads in what I found poignant this week on Techdirt. We start with the new research report from Floor64, The Sky Is Rising. While regular readers here were not surprised at the results, my first thought was how to get big content business to read and, more importantly, understand the sali... Read the full article on Techdirt »
Gamer found dead in internet cafe…nine hours later Feb 04 2012 19:59:59	VentureBeat
Gamer found dead in internet cafe…nine hours later 23-year-old Chen Jung-yu was found dead at an internet cafe in New Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday night. Jung-yu was rigid in his chair with hands on the keyboard and mouse, according to local police. He had been playing the popular … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser Feb 04 2012 19:54:00	Slashdot
German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser New submitter beta2 writes "Several articles are noting that the German IT security agency BSI is endorsing Google Chrome browser: 'BSI ticked off Chrome's anti-exploit sandbox technology, which isolates the browser from the operating system and the rest of the computer; its silent update mechanism and Chrome's habit of bundling Adobe Flash, as its reasons for the recommendation. ... BSI also recommended Adobe Reader X — the version of the popular PDF reader that, like Chrome, relies on a ... Read the full article on Slashdot »
US officials say cyber crimes will overtake terrorism a... Feb 04 2012 19:49:50	SlashGear
US officials say cyber crimes will overtake terrorism as top threat Just as authentication service VeriSign admitted it has been hit by very strong hacking attacks a couple years ago, US officials have revealed that computer crimes will be more of a threat to the country than terrorism. VeriSign is an example of how cyber attacks can affect tens of millions of civilians, but government offices [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Chevrolet’s Sonic Youth replaces Aveo in subcompact line Feb 04 2012 19:47:00	SlashGear
Chevrolet’s Sonic Youth replaces Aveo in subcompact line When it comes to subcompact cars, there is an always growing market but there is always a sense that they’re not cool or hip. That is, when you hear of the Chevrolet Aveo, you probably think, “Oh yeah, that’s the ‘cheapest car’ option at the rental car place.” So it’s time to put an end [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Windows Phone developer head leaves to work on Amazon K... Feb 04 2012 19:40:27	IntoMobile
Windows Phone developer head leaves to work on Amazon Kindle Brandon Watson, head of the Windows Phone Developer Experience, is leaving Microsoft to join Amazon. According to the ZDNet report, Watson will take over as the Director of the Kindle Cross Platform team. In this new role, he will oversee the development of Kindle apps including those for Windows Phone and Windows 8. February 6th will be Watson’s last day at the Redmond Company. Watson is one of several key people who recently left the Windows Phone division. In these other cases, the e... Read the full article on IntoMobile »
Facebook Turns 8, And Together We’ve Grown Feb 04 2012 19:40:17	Mashable!
Facebook Turns 8, And Together We’ve Grown I’ve been on Facebook for 2,561 days, having joined during the first year of its existence and my first year of college. As the worldR… Read the full article on Mashable! »

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