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Images: Stewart Butterfield's new gaming start-upSince last March, the Flickr co-founder and three partners have quietly been developing an online social game they hope will appeal to a wide audience. CNET has been there to document the creation of their start-up. Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck teamTo build Glitch, the Flickr co-founder put together an impressive team of some of his earliest collaborators on the popular photo-sharing site. In depth with Tiny Speck's GlitchThe new online social MMO from Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck puts players through a wide variety of paces. Quests, egg growing and clouds on a string are just a part of it. Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-upStewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch. Google launches Nexus One phone supportCustomers suffering shipping and technical issues with the new Android phone now have more resources than online support forums. Did this Metro PCS ad make the tech world cringe?Cell phone provider Metro PCS' new campaign, featuring two supposed Indian tech experts, is proving a little controversial. The company admits it has received complaints. iPad pricing: How low can you go, Apple?It seems odd that Apple execs would even hint at the possibility of an early price cut lest they give folks already on the fence about buying the first iteration of the device more reason to stay there. Twins learn of teen brother's death on FacebookTwins logging on to Facebook to read birthday wishes instead discover that people have left RIP posts about their 17-year-old brother. Police hadn't notified the family. Silicon: It's good for you, especially in beerResearchers at UC Davis say that silicon, the most common metalloid and a known booster of bone-mineral density, is highly "bioavailable" when consumed in beer. University worker accused of extorting student file sharersSecurity analyst at University of Georgia tasked with catching copyright violators allegedly uses his position to shakedown students. TweetDeck gets a few tweaksThe latest version of TweetDeck is out, and although it's a minor update it also introduces some useful changes worth noting. Boeing's next-gen 747 takes first flightThe 747-8 Freighter, whose passenger version is slated to come a year later, is getting tested alongside the 787 Dreamliner in Washington state. Former Intel exec pleads guilty in Galleon caseA former Intel executive pleads guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud by providing confidential information in the Galleon Group insider-trading case. Next-generation 747 takes first air (photos)On Monday, Boeing's 747-8 Freighter took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., its first flight, and the first for the new 747 program. Stay home, let Texas Robot attend that meetingA start-up employee in Indiana telecommutes to work in California by using a robot body stationed at his office. Meet the Texas Robot from Willow Garage. Microsoft denies Windows 7 battery problemThe software maker says that an error message warning users that their batteries may need replacing appears to be working as intended, despite some complaints. CNET News Daily Podcast: Blackberry hacked, 4chan blocked, iPad unwantedOn the podcast: Blackberry vulnerabilities, Verizon blocks 4chan sites, the space station gets a new bay window, and more. Google to make Gmail a little more socialSources familiar with the company's plans tell CNET that Google is ready to integrate status updates into Gmail in Twitter-like style, with a stream of text and multimedia updates. EA's game arsenal coming to Facebook?An exec at the gaming company hinted that its 'Madden NFL' franchise will launch a Facebook version, the first application we've seen of EA's Playfish acquisition to its existing game titles. Survey: More people looking for help on recyclingReport from Earth911.com shows more people with questions on how and where to recycle in 2009, with PCs, batteries, and TVs topping the list of search queries. |
IPS's double IT has risks, says commissionerDoing a good job nevertheless, he controversially addsIdentity commissioner Sir Joseph Pilling has expressed concerns about the Identity and Passport Service's two-stage approach to its core technology.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work China jails porn-mongerCrackdown continuesChina's aggressive crackdown on internet smut and dissent continues - yesterday a man was sentenced to 13 years prison for renting a US server for distributing pornographic material… The power of collaboration within unified communications New cig peril: Third-hand smoke coats puffers in poisonDeadly 'electronic gaspers' fingered, tooUS federal boffins in Berkeley, California say they have discovered yet another deadly hazard associated with smoking. They also raise warnings regarding the perils associated with electronic cigarettes.… What is your recession sales strategy? Intel's 'Tukwila' Itaniums - hot n' priceyHow much for an upgrade?Analysis As El Reg duly reported earlier today, Intel took the wraps off its long awaited and many times tweaked "Tukwila" quad-core Itanium 9300 processors for midrange and high-end servers. But let's take a look at the feeds and speeds of the chip itself and how the lineup compared to the prior Itanium 9100 series.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud Shopping sites boost customer savvyAnd improve legal compliance, says OFTInternet shoppers are more aware of their rights and more online retailers are complying with consumer protection laws than previously, according to studies by consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work OpenOffice is the new David HasselhoffBig in Germany. Not so big in BlightyA new study from German web analytics firm Webmasterpro.de shows that adoption rates of open source productivity software suites swings wildly between different countries.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Delayed Visual Studio 2010 RC due this weekTrimmer fitThe delayed next edition of Microsoft's Visual Studio is due as a release candidate by the end of this week.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud AMD talks energy with 'Llano' coresCeepie-geepie cold FusionWhile Intel is talking up its "Westmere" CPUs and their graphics co-processing, which puts a 45 nanometer graphics chip and memory controller inside the same chip package as a two-core Core processor implemented using 32 nanometer processes, rival AMD wants to change the subject to a truly integrated, single-chip CPU/GPU combination - and at the same time make you think about the future, not the present.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Sun's cloud and gaming execs leave OracleKenai reprievedOracle's chief Larry Ellison recently promised he'll be hiring more staff than he'll be letting go from Sun Microsystems.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Ex-Intel exec pleads guilty to insider tradingAdmits outing Intel earnings, WiMAX plansFormer Intel executive Rajiv Goel has pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy and securities fraud in connection with the Galleon insider trading case. Goel is the tenth person to plead guilty in the case, which the FBI and the US attorney's office in Manhattan call the largest hedge fund inside trading case in US history.… What is your recession sales strategy? Adobe apologizes for festering Flash crash bug16 months...and countingAn Adobe product manager has apologized for allowing a potentially serious bug in Flash Player to remain unfixed for more than 16 months.… What is your recession sales strategy? Conficker outbreak infects Leeds hospital serversSickoUpdated Servers on the network of Leeds NHS Trust were struck down by the Conficker worm late last week.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Intel 'Tukwila' born after long and painful laborBlame it on marketingIntel officially unveiled its long-delayed Tukwila "mission-critical" server processor today - now dubbed the Itanium 9300 series - providing a few more details about the 2-billion transistor part and giving some color on why it was over three years late.… The power of collaboration within unified communications SourceForge reverses ban on US foesU-turn on 'blanket blocking'Open Source code repository SourceForge.net has pulled a U-turn on a widely unpopular decision to ban users from accessing its website from countries under US trade restrictions.… What is your recession sales strategy? Oracle issues emergency security patch for WebLogic'Full disclosure' yields resultsOracle issued an emergency patch for its WebLogic Server almost two weeks after a white-hat hacker disclosed a vulnerability that allows criminals to remotely execute commands on the webserver with no authentication necessary.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work Microsoft tests show no Win 7 battery flawReplace battery warnings correct, says RedmondMicrosoft says that extensive testing and conversations with OEMs indicate that Windows 7 is handling notebook batteries exactly as intended - despite user claims that upgrades to the new OS have caused significant degradation to battery life.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud Microsoft kills FAST's Linux and Unix search bizValues your business on WindowsCustomers of FAST's Enterprise Search Platform (ESP) on Linux or Unix better develop a taste for Windows or look elsewhere for their enterprise search.… The power of collaboration within unified communications Linus Torvalds doesn't hate the GooglephoneI like your fork!Linus Torvalds hates cell phones. But that doesn't include the Googlephone.… The power of collaboration within unified communications Sweden to prosecute alleged Cisco, NASA hackerStakkato's abrupt transferThe prosecution of a Swedish man charged with breaching the computer networks of NASA and Cisco Systems and making off with sensitive source code will be transferred to Swedish authorities, US federal prosecutors said Monday.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Google (Voice) solves universal translation soonishBabel fishing for complimentsGoogle has managed to get some decent press by announcing that, in a few years, it might be able to translate speech - something iPhone owners can already do.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Dell snaps up crashed ExanetHow to turn $70m into $12mUpdate Dell is buying failed clustered filer supplier Exanet for $12m.… iPhone OS 3.1.3 unlock app postedDev Team tool tweakedOwners of unlocked iPhones who want to upgrade to the recently released OS 3.1.3 and want to retain the ability to use whatever Sim meets their needs can now do so. The iPhone Dev Team have released a suitable version of its PwnageTool utility.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Cheeky French hackers hijack Tata websiteNow you see it, maintenant... nonTop flight outsourcing firm Tata Consulting Services appeared to have lost control of its website to hackers today, with the domain apparently being touted for sale.… What is your recession sales strategy? Phoenix recovers barbecued data in EuropeFirey databird has new nest, but is it er, cheep?European data centres can recover data from data centres blown to smithereens by using Axxana's near-bomb proof Phoenix data recovery system… The power of collaboration within unified communications LG eyes golden age of telly with retro CRT setValve DoonicanIt's the telly Mad Men and Avengers fans will surely be craving: a 14in telly kitted out in true 1960s style.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work El Reg reader assembles own iPadClick here for an iFul of low-cost DIY projectThe fanbois out there whose lives have become a meaningless succession of days to be crossed off the calendar until the release of Apple's paradigm-busting iPad will be delighted to learn that they can fill the void by assembling their very own future of computing.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Half a million PCs can access Schengen's 'secure' databaseBig network, big dangerThe number of computers with access to the Schengen Information System has doubled to 500,000 thanks to the extension of the EU.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Vodafone tosses out idiot tweeterNo more beavering for youVodafone's Twitter-based stupidity on Friday was down to an unguarded terminal, it transpires, and the employee concerned is now kicking his heels at home.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work Eidos confirms Championship Manager Online shutdownSeason's endPublisher Eidos has confirmed that it has ordered the closure of Championship Manager Online, the web-based version of the long-running popular fantasy football franchise.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work Online Kiwis maybe feeling Oz censor trickledownPeople of Walmart now counts as filth, apparentlyAustralia’s drive to protect its own population from the horrors of the internet may be starting to have knock-on effects on the surfing habits of its neighbour, New Zealand - some websites are no longer accessible in NZ via Aussie ISPs.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Archos posts 'full' Linux distro for Android tabletDevelopers only, pleaseMedia player maker Archos has posted a full Linux distro that will run on its Archos 5 machine.… What is your recession sales strategy? Bishop Hill: Gonzo science and the Hockey StickTorturing the climate numbers until they confessInterview In 2001 the IPCC published its Third Assessment report prominently featuring a graph that became "the logo of global warming". Previous historical reconstructions didn't show our modern warm climate as particularly anomalous. This was very different, and was hailed as a "call to action". Yet Michael Mann's studies were deeply flawed. Omit one or two proxies, for example, and the scary warming 'spike' disappears. Mann's model could produce hockey stick shapes using random data, such as baseball scores, or red noise. Critics alleged that Mann's choices of data and statistical tools all cooled the Medieval Warm Period, and emphasised late 20th Century warming.… The power of collaboration within unified communications BAE broke bribery pledge, faked US arms-export applications'We will become as righteous as we are good value'(!)Further details have emerged regarding the US Department of Justice case against UK-headquartered arms globocorp BAE Systems. The feds - without argument from BAE - say that the company engaged in a "conspiracy" to violate several US laws in recent years.… The power of collaboration within unified communications FBI calls for two year retention for ISP dataOrigin and destination if you please sirFBI director Robert Mueller is still keen to get US internet service providers to keep their customers' web logs for up to two years.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work US gives Chinese man 2.5 years over fake Cisco kitCisco no-noA Chinese man has been sentenced to a two and half year stretch in California for flogging counterfeit Cisco parts in the US.… Asus Eee PC 1005PEIntel's freshest Atom comes to netbooksReview Intel launched its latest generation of netbook-centric Atom processors right at the end of 2009. While the following weeks saw plenty of announcements heralding new machines based on the chips, those PCs have only now started to arrive on shop shelves.… Samsung preps Wacko Jacko movie hard driveFilm pre-loaded on HDDWacko Jacko fans, Samsung has the external hard drive for you.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Mandybill is mostly harmless, says MP watchdogBut wants more detailA committee of MPs has surprisingly said that copyright infringement penalties for internet users proposed in the Digital Economy are justifiable. However, it wants the Government to explain them better, and publish more detail - particularly on the threshold for suspending the accounts of serial infringers.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud Leaky anti-virus defences letting malware throughSpanky new scanners no longer cutting itEven users running up-to-date anti-virus software still get infected with malware, according to stats from an online malware scanning service.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing US scientists get free cloud on-rampMicrosoft and NSF plugging AzureMicrosoft and the US National Science Foundation have announced an agreement that will provide free access to cloud computing resources for select NSF-funded researchers for the next three years.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Sony to demo 'world's first' in-box wireless techComponent shall speak unto componentSony has developed a wireless communications technology designed to replace the cabling within gadgets rather than connections between devices.… Gov tempts young London onto ID database with booze, 'games'Doesn't sound at all dodgy, does itLondon's yoof can now follow in the footsteps of their Mancunian counterparts and sign up for the government's ID card scheme.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud Cloud firm wafts out white label ERP for small bizSeven years work for £30 a headSalesorder.com is offering a white label version of its online ERP software for resellers to sell on to their customers.… The power of collaboration within unified communications French poised to seize Port of Dover'Outrage' over privatisation planA plan to privatise the government-owned Port of Dover has provoked "outrage", not least because the French are front-runners to take control of the facility.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work MySQL handler Jacobs walks out on OracleIt's a terrific place to work - just not for meOracle's open source strategy was looking a little fenced in this morning, after the database giant lost one of its most prominent voices and OpenOffice was snubbed by Ubuntu developers.… What is your recession sales strategy? China stomps cybercrook training outfitBlack Hawk taken downChinese authorities have closed down a firm that allegedly trained hackers to develop spyware and launch cyberattacks.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud Drink beer not fizzy pop for pity's sake, say boffinsJust two+ cans of soft drink a week = DEATHSplendid news on the health front this week, as it has emerged that drinking beer is good for you - and that soft drinks will kill you.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud Wales auditor arrested over indecent images allegationsQuit job last weekJeremy Colman, the ex-Auditor General for Wales, has been arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud State officials seize InPhase assets in lieu of taxesThe lights are out - and for saleIn a final emphatic demonstration that the money has run out, holographic storage developer InPhase's premises have been seized for non-payment of taxes by the Colorado Department of Revenue.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work Endeavour en route to ISS'Brilliant nighttime liftoff'Endeavour is en route to the ISS following a 'brilliant nighttime liftoff' from the Kennedy Space Center.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
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Feb. 9, 1870: Feds Get on Top of the WeatherPresident Grant signs the law creating what will become the Weather Bureau and eventually the National Weather Service.
Macworld Expo 2010 Caters to Apple Fans — Without AppleThe Macworld trade show goes on without Steve Jobs. But will it live another year?
Video Gallery: Lightning Reveals Its Power in Slow MotionUltrahigh-speed video reveals six lightning strokes in startling slo-mo.
Stormy Weather Cannot Defeat Re-Engineered UmbrellaSaving up for a rainy day? Consider using some of that cash on an umbrella from Blunt. This reinforced dome will hold up to gusts short of hurricane force.
Storyboard: Chris Anderson on Long Tail of StuffAdvances in product design and prototyping signal the start of a new industrial revolution, Wired's top editor argues in his latest cover story. Anderson and Wired Executive Editor Thomas Goetz discuss the implications of these radical changes in this week's Storyboard podcast.
Feb. 9, 1969:Boeing 747 Makes First FlightThe world's first jumbo jet, Boeing's 747, shows that it's ready for service.
Audio: DIY Recordings of Awakening SunA backyard radio astronomer and artist in New Mexico has captured sound recordings of the newly noisy sun showering the Earth with particles.
JooJoo Tablet Faces Uphill Battle Against iPadApple's iPad could sound the death knell for JooJoo, a tablet from an an unknown Singapore-based startup that was once the talk of gadget blogs.
Jurors Told to Stop TweetingThe federal judiciary is being told to instruct jurors not to tweet, Facebook or perform online research for cases they are involved in. The developments follow a rash of twittering, facebooking and internet researching by federal jurors — some of which have led to mistrials.
Google Making Gmail Into a Communications HubGoogle is set to turn Gmail into a communications dashboard with rolling status updates. It's a bid to keep up with Facebook and make Gmail the place users turn to when they want to send messages, no matter what the medium.
Boeing's Biggest Bird Leaves the NestThe Boeing 747-8 made it's inaugural flight, more than a year behind schedule.
Electric Cars, and Chargers, Poised to Flood IsraelShai Agassi brokers a deal to electrify one-third of the country's fleet within 5 years.
Farewell to Sci-Fi Writer William TennWilliam Tenn, one of science fiction's most imaginative writers, has passed. Tenn created vivid scenarios of mind-blowing alien worlds in novels and stories that illuminated emotional, political and ethic issues of good old humanity. And as a teacher, he inspired other aspiring writers. Including this one.
Artist Creates Paintings From Floppy DisksBritish artist Nick Gentry is using floppy disk drives to created mixed-media portraits.
First Chevrolet Volt Rolls Off the Line Nov. 1GM's date with destiny is set, but there's still no word on what the electric car will cost.
After 100 Years, Are The Boy Scouts Still Relevant?February 8 marks the centennial of Boy Scouts in America. At a time when shows like 'Man Vs Wild' and 'Survivorman' are experiencing immense popularity, wouldn’t it make sense that they'd see a surge in enrollment? But Boy Scouts, in many ways, are a struggling organization with membership plummeting annually.
Rewiring Haiti: Patience Wears Thin in Port-au-PrincePORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — With the disaster-relief phase ending, the streets of Port-au-Prince are now crowded with the white SUVs of international aid and development agencies shuttling purposefully around town. But while the focus may have shifted to rebuilding Haiti, rising unrest over aid and food distribution could sideline efforts to begin reconstruction in earnest.
10 Ways to a Geeky Girl's HeartIf you’re a geeky guy looking to romance a geeky girl, it doesn’t matter if you’ve been with her forever or if she’s a new interest; realize that conventional romantic overtures won’t always work. Think outside the box. Here's some help.
Google's Super Bowl Ad: A Romance in SearchGoogle debuted a Super Bowl ad Sunday. The ad tells the story of a romance helped along by a series of Google searches conducted by (one is left to imagine) a young man whose simple plan to study abroad in Paris ends with his need to know how to assemble a crib.
Review: Daddy-Daughter Killing Sprees Power 'BioShock 2'By building on the original's creepy setting and tweaking the troubling relationship between Big Daddies and Little Sisters, this sequel becomes a worthy successor to a groundbreaking game.
Missile Silo Confessions: Living on the Edge of ArmageddonA renovated missile silo in the middle of the Arizona desert is a reminder of more chaotic times. Ex-crew members share their stories as we take a tour.
How Movies Activate Your Neural G-SpotScott Brown considers the pros and cons of MindSign Neuromarketing's plans to create the "neurocinema," the real-time monitoring of the brain's reaction to movies.
Feb. 8, 1865: Mendel Reads Genetics' Founding PaperAn Austrian monk is anything but pea-shy when he explains the principles of heredity.
Ad-Network Vets Try to Clean Up Their ActDo you wonder where those ads for work at home, teeth whitening and so on are coming from, and why they appear on otherwise respectable websites? The answer is complicated, but becoming less so.
A Would-Be Spy's Buried Treasure and Uncrackable CodeFormer Air Force sergeant Brian Regan buried stolen government secrets and encrypted the coordinates, hoping to sell the stash to the highest bidder. Then he had to crack his own code.
21st-Century Shooters Are No Country for Old MenCan aging gamers compete with twitchy teens on today's increasingly complicated virtual battlefields? War is extra hellish when you're too old, or too busy, to fight off the adolescent hordes in games like MAG and Modern Warfare 2.
Apple iPad's Tiny SIM Is Just There to Mess With YouEvidence suggests that Apple's decision to use a smaller-than-usual micro SIM card in the iPad was motivated by business reasons, not a lack of space. The company is likely trying to prevent iPhone customers from using the same SIM cards in their iPads.
Ultra-Precise Quantum-Logic Clock Puts Old Atomic Clock to ShameScientists create an atomic clock that uses quantum logic to be precise within one second in 3.7 billion years.
Authors Guild: 'To RIAA or Not to RIAA'The Authors Guild says it supports the proposed Google Books settlement to avoid the same mistakes the Recording Industry of America made in its litigation campaign against music pirates. Namely: if you can't beat piracy, you might as well as join it.
'The People vs. George Lucas' Is Really a Twisted Love LetterStar Wars fans unload on the creator of their beloved franchise in the crowdsourced film, which makes its world premiere in March at the South by Southwest film festival. Writer and director Alexandre O. Philippe talks about weeding through thousands of submissions from passionate fans to concoct his "participatory documentary."
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Improving Education Through Social GamingA piece up at Mashable explores how some schools and universities are finding success at integrating social gaming into their education curriculum. Various game-related programs are getting assistance these days from sources like the government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "For the less well-to-do educator, the Federation of American Scientists has developed a first-person shooter-inspired cellular biology curriculum. Gamers explore the fully-interactive 3D world of an ill patient and assist the immune system in fighting back a bacterial infection. Dr. Melanie Ann Stegman has been evaluating the educational impacts of the game and is optimistic about her preliminary findings. 'The amount of detail about proteins, chemical signals and gene regulation that these 15-year-olds were devouring was amazing. Their questions were insightful. I felt like I was having a discussion with scientist colleagues,' said Stegman. Perhaps more importantly, the video game excites students about science. Motivating more youngsters to adopt a science-related career track has became a major education initiative of the Obama administration. So desperate to find a solution that motivates students to become scientists, the government has even enlisted Darpa, the Department of Defense’s 'mad scientist' research organization, to figure out a solution." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Google Reduces Its Nexus One Termination FeeCWmike writes "The only smartphone Linus Torvalds doesn't hate is that much less unlikable now that Google has quietly chopped $200 off its early termination fee on the Nexus One. Customers who cancel the service had been on the hook for $550, including a $350 Google cancellation charge. Google has reduced their fee to $150 — but users are still liable for a $200 ETF from T-Mobile. Users have a 14-day grace period during which they do not have to pay either charge, although they may be hit with a restocking fee. The $350 total fee matches one of the highest in the industry, charged by Verizon. Google did not announce the change but simply altered its online terms-of-service document." The price cut could add momentum to a phone that, by one reckoning, costs only $49 unlocked. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Game Development In a Post-Agile WorldAn anonymous reader writes "Many games developers have been pursuing agile development, and we are now beginning to witness the debris and chaos it has caused. While there have been some successes, there have also been many casualties. As the industry at large is moving away from the phantasmagoria of Agile, Gwaredd Mountain, Technical Director at Climax Studios, looks at Post-Agile and what this might mean for the games industry." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
IBM Releases Power7 ProcessorDan Jones writes "As discussed here last year, IBM has made good on its promise to release the Power7 processor (and servers) in the first half of 2010. The Power7 processor adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up-time, according to Big Blue. Power7 chips will run between 3.0GHz and 4.14GHz and will come with four, six, or eight cores. The chips are being made using the 45-nm process technology. New Power7 servers (up to 64 cores for now) are said to deliver twice the performance of older Power6 systems, but are four times more energy efficient. Power7 servers will run AIX and Linux." And reader shmG notes Intel's release of a new Itanium server processor after two years of delays. The Power7 specs would seem to put the new Intel chip in the shade. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Oracle Drops Sun's Commitment To AccessibilityAn anonymous reader writes "What I feared has come true: after buying Sun, Oracle had a look at its accessibility group and made big cuts in it by firing the most important contributors to the Linux accessibility tools. This is a very sad day for disabled people, as it means we do not really have full-time developers any more." The coverage in OSTATIC has a few more details, including the caution: "This just shows that all too few companies are sponsoring a11y work. If one company laying off a couple of developers spells trouble for the project, then there were problems before that happened" (thanks to reader dave c-b for pointing this out). Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Virtualizing a Supercomputerbridges writes "The V3VEE project has announced the release of version 1.2 of the Palacios virtual machine monitor following the successful testing of Palacios on 4096 nodes of the Sandia Red Storm supercomputer, the 17th-fastest in the world. The added overhead of virtualization is often a show-stopper, but the researchers observed less than 5% overhead for two real, communication-intensive applications running in a virtual machine on Red Storm. Palacios 1.2 supports virtualization of both desktop x86 hardware and Cray XT supercomputers using either AMD SVM or Intel VT hardware virtualization extensions, and is an active open source OS research platform supporting projects at multiple institutions. Palacios is being jointly developed by researchers at Northwestern University, the University of New Mexico, and Sandia National Labs." The ACM's writeup has more details of the work at Sandia. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Study Says OOXML Unsuitable For Norwegian Governmentangry tapir writes "Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI). The agency wants to start a debate over the report as part of its work on standards in the Norwegian government. (As we discussed a week ago, Denmark has already decided to choose ODF over OOXML.)" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Virus-Detecting "Lab On a Chip" Developed At BYUnatharward writes "A new development in nano-level diagnostic tests has been applied as a lab on a chip that successfully screened viruses entirely by their size. The chip's traps are size-specific, which means even tiny concentrations of viruses or other particles won't escape detection. For medicine, this development is promising for future lab diagnostics that could detect viruses before symptoms kick in and damage begins, well ahead of when traditional lab tests are able to catch them. Aaron Hawkins, the BYU professor leading the work, says his team is now gearing up to make chips with multiple, progressively smaller slots, so that a single sample can be used to screen for particles of varying sizes. One could fairly simply determine which proteins or viruses are present based on which walls have particles stacked against them. After this is developed, Hawkins says, 'If we decided to make these things in high volume, I think within a year it could be ready.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Google Shooting For Smartphone Universal Translatornikki4 writes to tell us that in giving some major improvement tweaks to its existing voice recognition tool for the Smartphone, Google is aiming for new translator software that will provide instant translation of foreign languages. "The company has already created an automatic system for translating text on computers, which is being honed by scanning millions of multi-lingual websites and documents. So far it covers 52 languages, adding Haitian Creole last week. Google also has a voice recognition system that enables phone users to conduct web searches by speaking commands into their phones rather than typing them in. Now it is working on combining the two technologies to produce software capable of understanding a caller’s voice and translating it into a synthetic equivalent in a foreign language." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into BatteriesMikeChino writes "As battery manufacturers race to produce more efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, some scientists are looking to make the cars themselves a power source. Researchers are currently developing a new auto body material that can store and release electrical energy like a battery. Once perfected, scientists hope the substance will replace standard car bodies, making vehicles up to 15 percent lighter and significantly extending the range of electric vehicles." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Verizon Blocking 4chanAn anonymous reader writes "According to 4chan's owner and administrator 'moot,' Verizon has explicitly blocked all traffic on their network from boards.4chan.org, where all of 4chan's boards are located. Moot explains that only traffic to and from port 80 is being dropped and they were able to confirm that it was intentional. 4chan's downtime for Verizon users has been in effect for at least 72 hours since Saturday, February 7." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
A Reflection On Sun Executive Payouts For FailureWith the Oracle/Sun merger finally completing at the end of January, one former Sun worker has taken the time to reflect a bit on the extravagant compensation and golden parachutes that the former executives at Sun are receiving for failing at their jobs. "I think it's fair to say that, for all the miscues that eventually led to its demise, the company created many products and technologies of value along the way, enough so that Oracle thought it was worth it to acquire them and try to keep them going. However, I think that it's equally fair to conclude that, after years of running losses, including about $2 billion in fiscal 2009, so that a buyout was necessary to avoid looming bankruptcy, Sun's executives did nothing to deserve lavish rewards, by any conceivable meaning of the word 'deserve.' But what actually happened is by now a familiar story. [...] And here's a prediction that I feel quite certain of: if, against expectations and my hopes, Ellison drops the ball and things start going south for Oracle, it's the employees who will suffer for it, and he'll be doing just fine." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Turns Out You Actually Can Be Bored To DeathA study conducted by researchers at University College London shows that boredom can kill you. The researchers found that people who reported feeling a great deal of boredom were 37 per cent more likely to have died by the end of the study. Martin Shipley, who co-wrote the report said, "The findings on heart disease show there was sufficient evidence to say there is a link with boredom." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Cacti 0.8 Network MonitoringGJdeBoer writes "The book is aimed at people who are managing a network and would like to get insight into the performance of that network. It covers the installation and configuration of the Cacti application. In the preface the book states that it's not necessary to be a Linux Guru to use the book and that exactly is the case. The book builds up your knowledge about Cacti and the necessary steps to configure it for your network, and it teaches you about Net-SNMP and RRDTool, the building blocks of Cacti." Read on for the rest of GJdeBoer's review. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts?With the oh-so-dreaded Hallmark holiday on the horizon we are flooded with tips and tricks (mostly designed to sell us things our mates cannot live without) of how to please/capture/sedate the ones we care for. One writer even suggests ways to capture the interest of a geeky girl. That said, what are some of the crazier romantically inspired, geeky V-day stunts or activities that you or someone you know has executed to terrible success or failure? Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Mimio Studio 6 debuts for Mac and Linux systems
Nikon reveals two wide-angle SLR lenses
Bunkspeed SHOT to integrate iray rendering technology
Best Buy clearing current MacBook Pros from inventory?
ZoomMediaPlus intros new SD card reader for iPhone
Google to hold special event Tuesday
Apple survey gauges developers' satisfaction with App Store
Netflix may offer 1080p streaming, 5.1 surround [U]
AT&T Navigator 1.5i brings night mode, speed limit alerts
Google drops Nexus One early cancel fee to $150
Corsair adds Nova and Reactor SSD series
Briefly: LG phone syncing, free iPhone development tool
Wisair outs Wireless USB display dock for MacBooks
iPhone 3.1.3 causing battery, playlist problems?
Holiday sees iPhone steal some BlackBerry market share
RealPlayer SP beta converts videos for cellphones, iPods
Presented By:Parts leak hints at taller 2010 iPhone
Amazon hiring to add LCDs, Wi-Fi to Kindles
PwnageTool 3.1.5 adds iPhone 3.1.3 support
InFocus puts out wireless projector adapter for MacBooks
Apple execs ready to drop iPad pricing based on demand
Google developing voice translation for phones
Future Firefox releases to lose Tiger support
Broadcom puts out low-energy HSPA chips
PA Semi not responsible for Apple A4 chip?
Nook to reach Barnes & Noble shops this Wednesday
New Canon PowerShots include 14MP, 14X SX210 IS
BenQ reveals 22-inch LCD monitors with 10,000,000:1 DCR
Presented By:New Mac OS X 10.6.3 build targets QuickTime, OpenGL
Canon bows Rebel T2i with 18MP sensor, 1080p 30 video
Samsung "super AMOLED" to show with new phone this month?
Nokia retools factory, cuts jobs to focus on smartphones
Microsoft tries cutting Zune HD prices to fight rivals
Google to run Super Bowl ad? [U2: confirmed]
Windows Phone 7 to drop multitasking?
MacBook Pro with Core i7 tested; old models low on stock?
Amazon restores Macmillan books
3 Austria to subsidize iPad, bundle 3G modems?
iPad missing high-priority features for healthcare use?
Intel "Sandy Bridge" graphics to be twice as fast?
Logitech's SqueezeBox Touch delayed yet again?
Samsung may ship transparent AMOLED notebook in next year
Panelfly, Sugarcube plan updated comic book app for iPad
Graphite 8 SP2 adds support for large-format printers
Presented By:Steve Jobs also seen visiting Time on Friday
Adobe CTO promises better Mac performance in Flash 10.1
Sling: iPhone SlingPlayer for 3G had no help from AT&T
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Google Lowers Controversial Nexus One FeeUpdate 2: Google has now reportedly lowered the $350 fee to $150, and launched a support line for the phone at 888-48-NEXUS. > Google Unveils Nexus One "Super Phone" > Nexus One Sales Of 5-6 Million Units Forecast > Google Tries to Carve Out its Place in Mobile Online Video Views are Not "Lost" on ABC.comLast Tuesday, the season premiere of the hit television show "Lost" aired, and not only was it watched by over 12 million people, but it drove record online viewing at ABC.com the next day, with over 580,000 episode starts on the site. That's over 34% more than last season's premiere. ABC shared some details with us.  ABC gives viewers more than just the videos though. This season, ABC.com offers interactive, community-driven features including user-created Top 5 lists which allow fans to arrange, rank and share their personalized lists of show-related favorites; and Episode Commentary where fans can access commentaries created by series' insiders, and create and share their own for each episode. Spanish Telecom May Seek To Charge Search EnginesThe CEO of Spanish telecom company Telefonica might soon try to obtain some money from Google and its rivals. Cesar Alierta said today that search engines' popularity creates something of a burden for his organization, and that he'd like Telefonica to share in their profits. Related Articles: > Cambodia Lambastes Google Over Border Portrayal > Justice Department Objects To Google Books Settlement > How Many Spiders Does Google Have? TuneWiki Lands Investment From MotorolaSocial media music player TuneWiki has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Motorola Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Motorola. Related Articles: > Motorola Offers Baidu Search To China Mobile Users > Motorola Slates 20-30 Android Phones For 2010 Release > More Than Half Of Holiday Shoppers Relied On Cell Phones
Reasons to Have a Facebook Page and Ways to Make it BetterI don't have to tell you that Facebook can be a tremendous source of web traffic. There's a good chance that most of the people you know are on it, and the ones who aren't may be eventually. The social network is consuming more and more of people's time, and thanks to mobile devices, it is always accessible. If you don't have a Facebook Page, you may be missing out on not only traffic to your site, but a chance to engage with customers and ultimately help your brand's reputation. Editor’s note: If you have a blog related to online business, search, or social media, and are interested in becoming one of our blog partners, you may submit here. He also notes that the Facebook Fan Box is becoming more pervasive, the average Facebook user has 130 friends and fans 2 pages per month. His statements are backed up by various reports and studies. - Participate and make it routine One thing you want to do is pay attention to your Facebook analytics. Pay attention to stats. Pay attention to changes Facebook makes in this area. For example, recently it was discovered that some admins were starting to see impression counts for each post, as well as the number of likes and comments for each impression. Like Baer says, test content types to see what works best. Related Articles: > Content Can Now Go Viral More Easily With Facebook > Pingdom Names Facebook "Most Engaging Social Network" > Facebook Can Drive More Traffic Than Google Facebook Version Of "Madden" Game In The WorksThe most popular video game franchise of all time is heading to Facebook. The end result probably won't boast the lifelike graphics and complicated controls to which longtime fans have become accustomed, but Peter Moore, the president of EA Sports, has promised that some sort of "Madden NFL" tie-in will occur. Related Articles: > Super Bowl Viewers Spend Game Time On The Web > More Than Just A Redesign Going On With Facebook This Week > Will Publishers Let Facebook Become The Web's Biggest News Source? Is Google Launching a Competitor for Facebook/Twitter?Google is rumored to be working on a Facebook/Twitter-like feature for Gmail. According to the Wall Street Journal, who cites "people familiar with the matter", the feature, which would "make it easier and faster" to share status updates may launch as soon as this week. Related Articles: > Google Luring More Account Users with New News Feature? > Is Google Bad at Social Media or Really, Really Good at it? > Is Gmail Google's Real Social Network? Android Market Share Growing By Leaps And BoundsIn many ways, the last traces of the 2009 holiday season have disappeared - you won't find many decorations up, presents out, or leftovers refrigerated (we hope). comScore's just released a report concerning the mobile market, though, and the stats are well worth examining.  Looked at one way, Google's improvement of 2.7 percentage points is the biggest change comScore recorded during the September-to-December timeframe. Which is impressive enough. Yet looked at another, Google more than doubled its market share over the course of three months. Related Articles: > Global Mobile Broadband Traffic Up 72% > Motorola Making Another Direct-From-Google Phone > Google Voice Makes Way To iPhone, Palm WebOS 2010: The Year of the Display Ad for Google?This could be the year of the display ad. That's not to say that display ads aren't prevalent every year, but Google has only been involved with that for a little while, and if analysts' projections are accurate, this will be the year that Google's display ad business tops $1 billion in sales. 
Google says the one on the right was created with Teracent's technology. "Teracent's technology can pick and choose from literally thousands of creative elements of a display ad in real-time — tweaking images, products, messages or colors," Google said. "These elements can be optimized depending on factors like geographic location, language, the content of the website, the time of day or the past performance of different ads." Related Articles: > Does Size Matter in Display Advertising? > Google Launches New Display Ad Measurement Tool > Google Launches New Templates for Display Ads [WATCH] Super Bowl 2010 CommercialsSuper Bowl XLIV had numerous memorable moments: the onside kick, the missed field goal, the Garçon drop, and the truly horrendous half-time show to name a few. But, for many viewers Super Bowl commercials leave the same lasting impact as the game itself, as they should with a price tag of $3.01 million per 30 seconds. CareerBuilder "Casual Friday" Ad Google: Parisian Love Ad Focus on the Family "Tim Tebow" Ad Late Show Ad (featuring Letterman, Oprah and Leno) McDonalds "Horse" Ad (featuring Lebron James & Dwight Howard) FLO TV: My Generation Ad VIZIO Ad (featuring Beyonce) Emerald Nuts "Awesomer" Ad Motorola Ad (featuring Megan Fox) GoDaddy Ad (featuring Danica Patrick) GoDaddy "News" Ad Boost Mobile Ad Cars.com Timothy Richman Ad VW "PunchDub" Ad Intel "Lunch Room" Ad Coca-Cola Simpsons Ad Coke "Sleepwalker" Ad Skechers Shape-ups Ad Doritos "House Rules" Ad Doritos "Casket" Ad Doritos "Anti-Bark Collar" Doritos "Tim's Locker" Ad Michelob Ultra "Little Bumps" Ad Snickers "Betty White" Ad Hyundai Sonata Ad Hyundai Sonata "Brett Favre" Ad Budweiser "Clydesdale Fence" Ad Budweiser "Human Bridge" Ad Budweiser "Select 55 Ice Bottle" Ad Bud Light "Asteroid" Ad Bud Light "House" Ad Bud Light "Lost Parody" Ad Denny's "Chicken Birthday" Ad Denny's "Chicken Warning" Ad Homeaway (featuring the Griswalds) Dr. Pepper Cherry "Little Kiss" Ad So which Super Bowl commercial was your favorite? Let us know. Super Bowl Ad Tweets Determine Brand EffectivenessAs WebProNews reported, Mullen and Radian6 partnered to launch BrandBowl2010, a Twitter/Super Bowl event that allowed users to see near real-time ratings of the Super Bowls commercials. The two companies have now released the results.  The BrandBowl site provided an overall ranking of the brands advertising on the game based on a composite score that takes into consideration both volume of tweets and sentiment (positive or negative). Related Articles: > [WATCH] Super Bowl 2010 Commercials > Google Runs First Super Bowl Commercial > View Twitter Reaction Of Super Bowl Ads Global Mobile Broadband Traffic Up 72%Worldwide mobile data bandwidth usage increased by 72 percent in the second half of 2009, according to a new report by Allot Communications.  Highlights from the report include:
Related Articles: > Best Buy Now Installing Google Mobile Apps On Smartphones > Google Launches Analytics for Mobile Apps > Usage of Mobile Web and Apps Doubles in 2 Years Google May Invest In Chinese Media/Ad FirmA little less than a month ago, Google announced that it might shut down Google.cn and its offices in China. The search giant may not be giving up on the country entirely, however, as a new report has indicated that it's part of a group attempting to invest in a large Chinese media and advertising company. Related Articles: > Google Partners With NSA On Cyber Attack Analysis > China Won't Stand In The Way Of Google's Android Business > Bill Gates Sides With Ballmer, MSFT On China eBay Launches Series of Seller EventseBay is starting a new series of events to help small businesses and part-time eBay sellers "accelerate their businesses" on eBay, which has 90 million active users. The series is called eBay: On Location, and has dates set for Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, and San Jose. > eBay to Make Changes to Seller Fees > eBay Fined $2.6 Million Over LVMH Sales > eBay Previews Possible Geotargeting Feature For Sellers Google Sets Target For Real-Time Translator PhonesIf you think about it, it'd be slightly inaccurate to say that phones let people all over the world communicate with each other; current tech just transmits sounds, not their significance. But Google's looking to knock down language barriers with devices that will perform translations on the fly. Related Articles: > Google Analytics, Chromium Receive Language Upgrades > Google Announces Unicode Progress > Google Launches New Transliteration Tool Barnes & Noble Nook Now In Stock OnlineBarnes & Noble said today its nook e-reader is now in stock online and will be rolling out in the majority of its stores by mid-week.  "nook is the perfect Valentine's Day gift for anyone who loves reading. Demand for nook continues to be very high, and we're pleased our customers will be able to try and buy nook in our stores and online and enjoy it in time for the holiday," said William J. Lynch, President of Barnes & Noble.com.
Related Articles: >Barnes & Noble Says No Nook For Holidays > Consumer Interest In E-Readers Mixed > Sony Can't Guarantee E-Reader Holiday Shipments
Online TV Shows May Get More Ad-HeavyFor the most part, online video has been much less ad-heavy than television programming. It is this very fact that has likely been a large part of the medium's popularity. Things may be changing, however.  YouTube isn't necessarily the place people go to watch full episodes of television shows. Hulu is. If videos at sites like Hulu become more ad-heavy, the market share gap could just increase even greater. It could also have an impact on both paid TV show downloads and piracy. Related Articles: > Google To Get More Interactive With Mobile Video Ads > IAB Releases Ad Unit Guidelines Updates > YouTube Videos In Adsense Could Drive Clicks Google Runs First Super Bowl CommercialWith millions watching, Google ran their first Super Bowl Commercial entitled "Parisian Love". If it looks familiar, that's because it's one of their "Search Stories" ads which was uploaded to YouTube back in November. You can check it out below... Did you think you'd ever see a Google Super Bowl Commercial? Let us know. View Twitter Reaction Of Super Bowl AdsMullen and Radian6 have partnered to launch BrandBowl2010, a Twitter/Super Bowl event that combines tweeting, ad reviews and a number of rankings that will allow users to see near real-time ratings of the TV commercials airing during the game. The site will provide an overall ranking of the brands advertising on the game based on a composite score that includes both volume of tweets and positive or negative feedback. The Top 10 most popular brands will be featured on the site, with second tier brands displayed in a sub-section called the Locker Room.
Related Articles: > Go Daddy Back In The News For Super Bowl Ads > Pepsi To Skip Super Bowl For Social Media > Vote For Your Favorite Super Bowl Ads Online
Google Suggests Competitors for Local Business Searches
 "You'll notice that we do not limit these suggestions to places sharing any specific characteristic; instead, we use a broad set of signals to come up with what are hopefully the most interesting suggestions," says Stern. "We're still working on refining these signals, so bear with us if your serendipitous discovery of a new place is even more unexpected than you'd anticipated." Related Articles: > Businesses Benefit as Customers Share Current Locations > Google Makes it Harder to Hide from a Bad Reputation > Google Tailors Mobile Search Suggestions to Location Super Bowl Viewers Spend Game Time on the WebLast year, 12% of Super Bowl viewers used the Internet while watching the game according to data from Nielsen. Those that used the web spent an average of 24 minutes online during the game. It would not be at all surprising if those numbers increased significnatly this year.  According to Nielsen, about a quarter of simultaneous users spent time during the game using Facebook at an average of 15 minutes. Google and Yahoo Mail also received significant use during game time.  The game takes place this evening of course. Will you be watching? Will you be watching and using the web? How do yo plan on using the web during the Super Bowl? Related Articles: > GoDaddy Back in the News for Super Bowl Ads > Vote For Your Favorite Super Bowl Ads Online > Pepsi To Skip Super Bowl For Social Media Is Google Bad at Social Media or Really, Really Good at it?Google often takes a lot of flack for not being incredibly successful with its social media efforts. Most recently, Caroline McCarthy and Tom Krazit tackled this subject in a CNET article claiming that "Google struggles with social skills." I would not go so far as to say that I completely disagree with them. They make plenty of factual points that are simply undeniable. Orkut hasn't set the world afire. Jaiku and Dodgeball didn't work out. YouTube was pretty much established by the time Google bought it, and even since it has not been the financial success many would have assumes it would be, despite its enormous popularity.  Is Google's "failure" at social media due to not having a proper Twitter-like stream (which Facebook essentially took and ran with by the way)? Maybe Google doesn't have the best feature in every social media category, but I think they've pretty much taken the cake in some categories, and last I checked, Google is pretty successful. Related Articles: > Google Luring More Account Users with New News Feature? > Integration - The Key to Google as a Social Network > Is Gmail Google's Real Social Network? Cambodia Lambastes Google Over Border PortrayalThe governments of France, Germany, and Italy are all arguably annoyed with Google. China's not thrilled with the search giant, either. And now, because of the way in which Google's portrayed a disputed border, Cambodia's quite mad at it.  Google probably won't just swap in Cambodia's favorite map and call it a day, of course; that would upset Thailand. This isn't the first time Google's been caught up in a border dispute, though (China and India have involved it before, and so have India and Pakistan), meaning it's possible to guess how this will play out. Related Articles: > Google Launches 2 New Mobile Features For Maps > Personalized Suggestions On Google Maps Introduced > Google's Place Pages Just Got More Useful Ways to Get Fresh Links to Old Content for Better Search RankingsYou may have gotten some good links in the past, but don't count on them helping you forever. Old links go stale in the eyes of Google. Now, this isn't exactly news, and to the seasoned search professional, probably not much of a revelation. However, to the average business owner looking to improve search engine performance (and not necessarily adapting to the ever-changing ways of SEO), it could be something that really hasn't resonated. Businesses have always been told about the power of links, but even if you got a lot of significant links a year or two ago, that doesn't mean your content will continue to perform well based on that. WebProNews has discussed the value of "link velocity" and Google's need for freshness in the past: Related Articles: > How Google Rates Links from Facebook and Twitter > How Press Releases Can Be Great For Search > Link Building for Bing Rankings: Dos and Don'ts Yahoo Mobile Blog LaunchesYahoo may be doing a lot more in terms of mobile before long. Or at least telling us more about its current cell phone-related efforts. Either way, it launched the Yahoo Mobile Blog this week for the sake of keeping everyone up to date. It should be interesting to see where Yahoo comes into that list. "Local content" seems like the best bet, but at the same time, Henderson's reference to browsers and operating systems makes it more likely that the company has irons in those fires. Execs tend not to admit that they're ignoring two-thirds of a major growth opportunity, after all. Related Articles: > Consumers Expected To Spend $6.2 Billion On Mobile Apps In 2010 > Will Apple And Google Have Some Real Smartphone Competition? 178 Million Americans Watched 33 Billion Online Videos in a MonthResearch firm comScore has just released data about the U.S. online video market from December. Americans reportedly watched 33.2 billion videos online during that month. 178 million users watched video online. *Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks. Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video. Related Articles: > Google To Get More Interactive With Mobile Video Ads > IAB Releases Ad Unit Guidelines Updates > YouTube Videos In Adsense Could Drive Clicks AT&T Launches FamilyMap For iPhoneAT&T has introduced its FamilyMap App for the iPhone, which allows users to track the location of family members.  Features of the FamilyMap App include:
Related Articles: > Best Buy Now Installing Google Mobile Apps On Smartphones > Google Launches Analytics for Mobile Apps > Usage of Mobile Web and Apps Doubles in 2 Years More Than Just a Redesign Going on with Facebook This WeekIt's been a pretty big week for Facebook. Not only is there a lot of talk about Facebook's potential for becoming the top news source on the web, but the company celebrated its sixth birthday, is passing the 400 million user mark, and began rolling out some new design changes. In addition, the company is said to be rewriting its messaging feature and preparing to launch a webmail product, but first things first.  The menu on the left-hand side of the screen has been completely reworked. "The left menu has been organized to make it easier for you to communicate with and discover content from your friends. You can now access your messages and other core features all in one place, to the left of your News Feed," says Facebook's Jing Chen. "With the Photos dashboard you can browse recent photos of your friends, and the Events dashboard lists your upcoming events along with events your friends are attending. The Friends dashboard will help you find friends, see which of your friends have recently updated their profiles and filter your News Feed by Friend Lists you may have already created."  Chat has also been made more prominent with a list of online friends displayed on the left. The new apps and games dashboards, which have been discussed lately, can be accessed from the menu as well. The dashboards feature personalized updates from the apps, and they have launched with new privacy settings.
> Respond to Facebook Comments From Your Email > Pingdom Names Facebook "Most Engaging Social Network" > Content Can Now Go Viral More Easily with Facebook Microsoft and Facebook Adjust Their PartnershipMicrosoft and Facebook have "enhanced" their partnership with each other. The two companies will soon be providing Facebook users with what Microsoft refers to as a "more complete search experience". They will be providing full access to Bing features in Facebook. In addition, the Bing and Facebook connection will be extended globally.  "Going deeper in web search experiences with Facebook, in addition to the collaboration we announced last October about bringing public data from Facebook's API into the search experience, will enable us to do great things together for our customers," he says. > Respond to Facebook Comments From Your Email > Pingdom Names Facebook "Most Engaging Social Network" > Content Can Now Go Viral More Easily with Facebook Vote For Your Favorite Super Bowl Ads OnlineBrand consulting and advertising firm Hanon McKendry is holding it second annual online Super Bowl ad poll.  According to a Harris Interactive poll over 57 percent of U.S. adults plan to watch Super Bowl XLIV as much for the commercials as for the game. Among those who watch commercials, 35 percent say they are more likely to visit an advertiser's website after seeing a Super Bowl ad. In addition, 48 percent of online adults who watch the ads say they are at least somewhat likely to discuss them on social networking sites.
Related Articles: > Go Daddy Back In The News For Super Bowl Ads > Pepsi To Skip Super Bowl For Social Media > Amazon.com, Pepsi Bank On Free MP3 Music
Google Experiments with Different Google News DesignSome people have spotted a new design for Google News, which is part of a limited test experiment Google is running. A Google employee posted the following message in the Google News Help Forum: Related Articles: > Google Trying to Differentiate Between Blogs and News? > Google Adds "Real-Time" Suggestions to Google News > Google News Organizes a Lot More of the World's Information Justice Department Objects To Google Books SettlementThe amended Google Books settlement agreement (ASA) has not impressed the U.S. Department of Justice. A statement the organization issued late yesterday praised the idea of making rare books widely available, but also maintained that there are a number of problems with the proposed deal. Related Articles: > Stanford Endorses Google Books Settlement > Google Bows To Chinese Authors On Book Scanning > Three More Groups Rally Against Google Books Settlement Google Lets AdSense Publishers Donate Earnings to Haiti ReliefGoogle has launched an AdSense feature that lets AdSense publishers donate their earnings to Haiti earthquake relief efforts.   Publishers can donate either a portion or all of their unpaid balances as of the end of January. "As you may expect, there are certain restrictions to donating, and all our normal policies still apply -- so even if you're donating, please don't ask others to click on your ads in order to increase your earnings," says Ferdon. > Google Launches Relief Site To Help Haiti > Twitter Helping Haiti Earthquake Victims > BusinessWire Offers Free Haiti-Related Press Release Distribution NASA Connects Twitter Users To Space Shuttle CrewNASA is inviting the public to send questions for its astronauts via Twitter during the space shuttle Endeavour's upcoming mission to the International Space Station.  At 2:24 a.m. CST on February 11, Massimino will host the event with the crew from his console in Mission Control. He will ask the astronauts as many submitted and live questions as possible during the 20-minute time period. The shuttle will be docked to the station during the live question and answer session. The event with Endeavour's crew will be broadcast live online and NASA Television.
Related Articles: > NASA Invites Twitter Followers To Space Shuttle Launch > NASA Astronaut Sends First Real Tweet From Space > Schmidt Speaks At NASA Celebration
MySpace, Chief Product Officer May Part WaysA high-ranking MySpace executive might be ready to depart, according to a new report. Rumor has it that Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn, who's been with the company for less than a year, is making his way towards the exit. Still, more than a few people have indicated that the exec is parting ways with MySpace. Jason Kincaid, who's generally quite reliable, reported last night, "Jason Hirschhorn will soon be leaving the company, we've heard from multiple sources." Related Articles: > 15 Million People Have MySpace Mail Accounts > MySpace Integrates Facebook Connect Into Website > MySpace Updates Imeem Users On Playlists Online TV Still Few People's First ChoiceThis week's big TV event was unquestionably the season premiere of "Lost"; lots of people have, over the course of the previous five or so years, become huge fans of the show. But new stats imply that very few of them sat in front of computer monitors on Wednesday, rather than televisions on Tuesday, in order to watch the two-hour episode.  It's not until you get down to the least popular reasons ("Another member of my household watches another program at the same time," "I watch TV programming online when I am at work," and "I watch TV programming online when I travel") that online TV sort of distinguishes itself. Otherwise, it appears to act as more of a memory aid (or way to avoid buying DVDs) than anything. Related Articles: > DivX Rolls Out Online TV Platform At CES > More People Watching Online TV > DVR Users Fans Of Online Television House Passes Cybersecurity BillThe U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act by a vote of 422 to 5. > Spam Is Getting More Malicious >Stealth Phishing Attack Looks Like Internal Email >Security A Concern For Online Holiday Shoppers
Google Launches Log Search for the CloudGoogle just introduced message log search for Postini, its group of cloud security and archiving services. > Google's Postini Suffers Problems > Google Pushes Its Security And Compliance Products > Google Rolls Out New Email Security Services Will Publishers Let Facebook Become the Web's Biggest News Source?I have a question for you. Where do you get the majority of your online news? Is it from a feed reader? Is it from Twitter? Is it from Google News? Yahoo News? Do you spend your time simply checking specific news publications? There is talk that Facebook could become the number one place online for people to get their news.   Sure, these publications have control over just what content actually appears on these pages. It's a bit different than Google or another news aggregator simply crawling the content, but how different is it really? The publications also have the power to block the aggregators. Is there a double standard?  "Facebook was the #4 source of visits to News and Media sites last week, after Google, Yahoo! and msn. News and Media is the #11 downstream industry after Facebook, receiving 3.69% of the social networking site's traffic," says Experian Hitwise's Heather Hopkins. "To offer a comparison, 6% of downstream traffic from Facebook went to Shopping and Classifieds last week and 6% to Business and Finance and 15% went to Entertainment websites (YouTube in particular)."  "In addition to reading news on Facebook, you can share news with your friends on external sites with Facebook Connect," says Lurich. "Outlets like The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, USA Today and countless blogs have become more social by adding Facebook Connect to their websites and iPhone applications. You can sign in with your Facebook login to see what articles your friends are reading and comment on articles with your authentic identity." Related Articles: > Mark Cuban Takes Murdoch-esque Stance on Google > News Corp. Blocks Content from News Aggregation Site > Do You Have the "Right" to Link? > Murdoch On Blocking Search Engines: "I Think We Will" > Murdoch's War with the Aggregators > Is it Really Crazy to Block Google? AOL Vet Returns from Google to Lead Media/Studios DivisionAOL has named David Eun as its new President of AOL Media and Studios. Until 2006, Eun was Vice President, Operations for the Media & Communications Group at Time Warner, where he helped oversee AOL. During that time, he contributed to providing operational oversight and development of new businesses in digital distribution and broadband content. > AOL Acquires Video Creation/Distribution Company StudioNow > AOL Top Ad Network In December > Tim Armstrong Weighing Search Deal With Microsoft |
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Mimio has announced that its Studio 6 software is now available for both Mac and Linux systems. The program is designed for the teaching industry, providing tools for creating interactive lesson content such as recordable dry-erase whiteboard notes that can be saved for later use. Teachers can also use drag-and-drop input to create animated presentations with video, audio, or Flash files. The interface also offers controls to play, pause or rewind the presentations....
Nikon tonight had its second round of camera news in as many weeks with two new lenses for both its DX- and FX-mount DSLRs. The 24mm f1.4G ED provides an even wider angle than many of Nikon's other primes and has an extremely wide aperture that both takes in a large amount of light and focuses quickly. It lacks image stabilization but uses Nikon's extra-low dispersion optics to minimize chromatic effects....
Bunkspeed has announced that its upcoming SHOT software will integrate Iray rendering technology developed by Mental Images. The new system will allow the software to process renders using a combination of CPU and GPU resources, including NVIDIA's CUDA-equipped graphics cards. Offloading the rendering tasks to various components is said to significantly reduce processing times....
A possibly last-minute slip hints that Apple may be close to updating the MacBook Pro line. One Best Buy employee notes that all MacBook Pro models have been deleted from the company's inventory system, preventing them from ordering new models. The systems can still be found but are listed as "deleted."...
ZoomMediaPlus has introduced the ZoomIt memory card reader for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new dock-connecting accessory works with the companyÃs ZoomIt application that provides access to content stored on SD cards. Support is offered for all file types recognized by iPhone OS 3.0, ranging from photos and videos to PowerPoint documents. The accessory allows users to upload all stored media for use at a later time, or share files with other users via e-mail, Facebook or Flickr....
Google tonight confirmed talk of a significant product update by sending an invitation to a special event on Tuesday at the company's Mountain View, California campus. The company is short on details but promises "some new product innovations" at the gathering....
Apple is reportedly distributing a survey to iPhone developers, with a variety of questions covering the App Store program. Respondents are asked to rate their level of satisfaction in different areas such as enrollment, feedback, app submission, the review process, and the length of time it takes to get updates onto the App Store....
(Updated with Netflix commentary) Netflix will try to claim an edge in its media service by offering streaming full HD, a rumor maintains this afternoon. The company will supposedly roll out 1080p streams with 5.1-channel surround sound at some point later this year. It currently offers 720p to just a handful of devices, most notably the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 but also Roku's Internet Player....
AT&T has released an update to its iPhone navigation app, AT&T Navigator. Version 1.5i offers an improved interface which now includes a speed limit display, with visual and audio alerts to notify the user when the limit is exceeded. A new option in the Recent Places menu allows users to easily navigate back to the origin of their last trip, while a "Shake-to-Go" feature automatically sets the route to go home when the iPhone is shaken....
Google on Monday quietly dropped the cost of the controversial Equipment Recovery Fee for the Nexus One to $150. The company's updated Terms of Sale now list a price less than half the $350 it had charged originally. The fee still takes effect within 120 days and stacks on top of T-Mobile's own $200 early termination fee....
Still better known for its power supplies and memory, Corsair has recently introduced two new lines of solid state drives, naming them Nova and Reactor. The 2.5-inch Nova drives are available in 64 and 128GB capacities, while the Reactor can be had in 60 and 120GB versions. The Reactors are faster, with a 128MB cache and read speeds of 250MBps as well as 110MBps write speeds for the 60GB model. The 120GB Reactor musters respective 250Mbps and 170MBps speeds. Reactors also have a mini USB interface in addition to the SATA 3.0Gbps connection....
nova media has released a new sync application for the Mac, FoneSync for LG phones. The utility syncs Address Book and iCal information with a variety of LG devices. Support is currently present for just the HB620T, KF750 and KU990, but more models should be added in the future. In hopes of speeding up the the process a free tool has been released that checks if a phone can be added. FoneSync for LG phones is available online for $20, and requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or 10.6.1, plus a Bluetooth-enabled Mac....
Wisair on Monday introduced a Wireless USB DisplayDock Set, allowing users to wirelessly connect their MacBooks to a desktop-like setup that include a monitor, speakers, a keyboard and mouse. The device connects to a USB port on any MacBook with Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard. Wisair claims there are no delays in sending the keyboard or mouse commands due to the nature of the ultra wideband radio....
The iPhone 3.1.3 firmware has introduced problems for some people even as it has fixed them for others, say complaints on Apple's support forums. Most critical is an issue with battery life, which can suddenly become erratic. A phone's battery meter may potentially swing wildly, for instance going from 25 to 7 to 10 percent, then jumping back up to 24 percent....
Apple has clawed back US smartphone market share from RIM's BlackBerry this past holiday, comScore found in a new study. Between September and December, the iPhone's share grew over a percent to 25.3 percent while the BlackBerry dropped by nearly an identical amount to 41.6 percent....
RealNetworks on Monday released a beta version of its RealPlayer SP software for Mac. The utility, which builds upon the features of RealPlayer 11, provides tools for downloading and converting videos into formats compatible with a variety of cellphones and other devices such as iPods and Apple TV. Users can download online videos, from sites such as YouTube, and convert the content or share links via Facebook, Twitter or MySpace....
Apple's fourth-generation iPhone could mark the first significant change in the screen area if a part obtained by repair outfit iResQ is evidence. What's claimed to be the front glass is about a quarter-inch taller than the existing platform and may have a slightly different screen as a result. It also appears to move the proximity sensor to above the top speaker and glues the touchscreen layer to the LCD where the iPhone 3G and 3GS are separate....
Amazon has hinted at a significant change in the philosophy behind its Kindle readers with job listings at its hardware design group Lab126. One, for a Hardware Display Manager, asks for a veteran recruit with experience in the LCD market and suggests Amazon might move away from e-paper displays. It has normally used companies like E Ink (now owned by PVI) exclusively for its e-book readers....
The unofficial iPhone Dev Team has released PwnageTool 3.1.5, an updated version of its jailbreaking tool for iPhones and iPod touches. As is normal with Apple firmware, the official iPhone 3.1.3 distribution undoes any jailbreaking or unlocking if installed on top of hacked v3.1.2 code. The PwnageTool update allows some devices to retain their hacks while gaining the advantages of the new firmware....
InFocus on Monday announced that its DisplayLink Wireless system for connecting notebooks to projectors without wires now has support for the MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks and not just Windows, as before. The USB device relies on Ultra Wide Band (UWB) wireless technology from Wisair and can pass through HD video content as well as audio. Mac users will also now have the ability to control the projectors connected using the InFocus DisplayLink Wireless unit....
Apple has already acknowledged a willingness to drop iPad pricing, says Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope. Shope notes that he recently met with Apple executives, who explained that iPad pricing could well change should the tablet not attract as many buyers as Apple is hoping for. While a 16GB, Wi-Fi-only iPad is initially set to cost $499, prices will range as high as $829 for a 64GB model with 3G. The first iPads go on sale in March....
Google on Sunday revealed that it could be the first to enable voice-to-voice translation for phones. Using the existing text conversion and voice recognition its search and from Android, the company is developing a system that could recognize a spoken foreign language and recite it back in the user's native tongue. It would sort speech into segments and would analyze both the pattern of speech as well as Google's own translation history to construct a better interpretation....
It is almost certain that future versions of Firefox, following the recent v3.6 release, will not be compatible with Mac OS X Tiger, suggests Mozilla engineer Josh Aas. The company is now at a point where it must decide to include or exclude Tiger compatibility, and the latter perspective has gained favor. "We would like to take advantage of more modern technologies on Mac OS X and 10.4 support has been a hindrance," says Aas....
Broadcom today unveiled 3G chips that promise both less expensive smartphones as well as longer-lived 3G for others. As a complete processor, the BCM21553 provides a modern ARM11 chip and 7.2Mbps HSPA, including the 5.8Mbps upload speeds, but in a much more efficient, smaller 65 nanometer process. The hardware has one of Broadcoms's most advanced graphics cores and can render OpenGL ES 2.0 3D as well as process 8-megapixel photos....
Despite popular belief, the A4 processor in the iPad was not designed by people from PA Semi, a "very trusted" VentureBeat source claims. Apple bought the chip design firm in April of last year, and in June it was acknowledged by Steve Jobs that the aim was to produce chips for iPhone and iPod devices. The iPad has been described in the media and by analysts as an oversized iPod touch....
Barnes & Noble today said that the Nook will at last reach its retail shops. While it has had demo units in stores since launch in the fall, the bookseller now says it expects most locations to have units directly available to buy on Wednesday the 10th. Officials didn't say what kind of quantities they would expect....
As part of its PMA 2010 introductions today, Canon has brought out four new PowerShots that include two particularly advanced models. The SX210 IS is tailored to advanced users and carries an extremely long-range 14X (28-392mm equivalent) lens and a 14-megapixel sensor. It similarly touts a pop-up flash, records 720p video and supports the newer SDXC card format....
BenQ has launched a line of LCD monitors that include the first with a 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. The new "V" series includes nine models, ranging in size from 18.5 to 24.0 inches. The first to hit the market will be the V2200 models, 21.5-inch diagonal, 1080p monitors with 5ms response time and a 160-degree viewing angle. BenQ claims they will have the extreme contrast but also that they will be the slimmest available in the market, measuring just 0.59in (15mm) thick....
Over the weekend, Apple began seeding a new test build of Mac OS X 10.6.3, developer sources say. Labeled 10D548, the build is said to be little different than 10D538, with similar emphasis on improving the security, compatibility and reliability of QuickTime X, as well as the performance of the Logic audio editing suite. Tweaks are also said to improve compatibility with printers, and apps based on the OpenGL rendering platform....
Canon this morning launched a slew of camera updates headlined by the Rebel T2i. The successor to Canon's entry DSLR shoots at the same 18 megapixels as the EOS 7D and also inherits its video recording features: it now shoots at a full 30 frames per second at 1080p (versus 20 for the T1i) and has manual exposure control, autofocusing and selectable frame rates. It can shoot as high as 60 frames per second at 720p and has a unique pseudo-telephoto mode that zooms in 7X when recording standard definition video....
Samsung's integrated touchscreen AMOLED could come attached to a new phone and herald a major change in displays, the company said Monday. The 3.3-inch, 800x480 "Super AMOLED" screen should be unveiled with a new device at next week's Mobile World Congress. It's not known how soon the phone would ship....
Nokia today said it would completely change the role of a key plant in Salo, Finland to boost its position in the smartphone arena. The factor will be entirely focused on building "high-value smartphones," with Europe as the priority. Nokia expects the changes to result not just in a better mix of hardware but a quicker turnaround in making the smartphones themselves....
Microsoft in the past few days has quietly cut prices on the Zune HD through an at least temporary promo. The touchscreen media player now costs $190 for a 16GB model at Amazon, or $32 less than the original price; the 32GB model has dropped by a similar amount to $250....
Microsoft may consciously limit Windows Phone 7 in its attempt to compete against Apple, a leak sent out today claims. Echoing some previous reports, a source says WP7 will have a Zune-like interface at many levels but goes on to say this will extend to the underlying framework as well. It would drop multitasking and instead pause apps, using an iPhone-like push notification system to handle new updates....
Amazon today confirmed that it has put back Macmillan's titles on both the Kindle store and in its regular store. The move follows after Amazon agreed to raise prices on e-books last weekend as the result of a three-day standoff. Amazon had unsuccessfully tried to withdraw books as a negotiating tactic to keep prices at $10....
The Austrian division of cellular carrier 3 has unusually claimed that it will subsidize Apple's iPad as soon as possible. National chief Berthold Thoma says his company will be the first to bundle the tablet and will simply use the same strategy it does for notebook data bundles to encourage customers. Those who buy an iPad will get a generic 333 euro ($456) credit if they agree to a two-year data plan worth about 29 euros ($41) per month....
The healthcare industry has shown strong interest in tablet computers, however the iPad may be missing several important features requested by physicians, according to a Software Advice survey. Over half of respondents claimed they were very likely or somewhat likely to purchase a tablet sometime in the coming year....
Intel has reportedly told its corporate customers that the Sandy Bridge CPUs with integrated graphics processors due for release at the end of the year will have vastly improved performance. While the chipmaker quotes a doubling of performance, it does not define what it compares it to, though it is most likely the existing Nehalem CPUs. Intel is otherwise being cryptic about the chips' performance, saying only that the chips have advanced media and graphics capabilities....
The release of the promised Logitech SqueezeBox Touch has again been delayed, according to a Thursday post by a Slim Devices developer on the official Logitech forum board. The last delay promised the touch media server would arrive this month, and Logitech is still keeping mum about why the device has been delayed. Forum members speculate Logitech ran into major software or hardware problems....
Samsung could be the first to introduce a production notebook with a transparent display, Samsung America's digital imaging VP Reid Sullivan has revealed. After showing a 14-inch see-through AMOLED screen at CES this year, the Korean company now says that testing suggests the PC could be in shops within the next 12 months. Sullivan expects that "all" Samsung's AV hardware could use the technology soon....
Panelfly and Sugarcube are working together on an iPad version of their comic book app, a preview reveals. The current software makes it possible to buy and read comic books on an iPhone or iPod touch. While functional, it is based on a 3.5-inch screen size, making it difficult to see much detail....
Ashlar-Vellum on Friday released Service Pack 2 for its Graphite 8 software for 2D and 3D wireframe drafting. The update adds support for several large-format printers, along with higher printing resolutions. Users can now access the company's tutorial content directly from the Graphite interface, while a variety of minor bug fixes and enhancements have also been included....
Following visits to newspapers, Apple chief Steve Jobs has been seen on Friday visiting the offices of Time Inc. The New York City visit is believed to have involved showing the iPad both to the Time publisher's chief executive Ann Moore as well as to a small number of magazine editors. What deals were discussed, if any, isn't known....
Macs will perform substantially better when running Flash Player 10.1, promises Adobe's chief technical officer, Kevin Lynch. The executive claims that Flash 10 now runs at "almost exactly" the same level of CPU usage on Mac and Windows systems, where previously the Mac suffered significantly. The v10.1 update is set to use CoreAnimation, which Lynch suggests could make Macs faster than Windows in some cases....
Sling Media on Friday corrected AT&T's position on the clearance to ship a 3G-capable SlingPlayer for iPhone. While AT&T characterized the remote TV streaming app as "optimized," the Slingbox creator company's John Santoro told Ars Technica that Sling "didn't change anything" in its 3G code, or enter discussions, to satisfy AT&T's demands. The app has always had dynamic bitrate changes to match available bandwidth....
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