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• What Would You Stick Under A Scanning Electron Microscope? [Qotd]
  Here's some tasty-looking hard candy. And here's that same tasty-looking hard candy scanned by an SEM. Tuns out that there's a company offering to stick almost anything under an electron microscope an…
• First Walking Lego Mecha Is Looking for Lego Godzilla [Lego]
  Lego biped robots are a dime a dozen, even while some look pretty sweet. This one is special: It's the first walking Lego robot. And, unlike your usual feet-dragging toy robots, it actually walks by r…
• ExiTool: A More Practical Approach To Escaping Your Automobile [Multitools]
  Here are a few things you don't have time to do when your car plunges into an icy lake: remove a Leatherman multitool from your glove compartment; unfold it; cut through your seatbelt; refold it; smas…
• Pluto Fanboys Hate Mail [Science]
  If I were Neil deGrasse Tyson—host of the Pluto Files and director of the Hayden Planetarium—I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Not after reading the hate mail from thousands of outraged Americ…
• Zinnet's Brite-View LinkE Streams Content to Four Devices Over Powerline Networks [Zinnet]
  Sometimes Wi-Fi just doesn't do the trick when streaming something to several devices. Zinnet's Brite-View LinkE system will cover you there by allowing you to stream things over a powerline network t…
• The Google App Marketplace: Doing It All in the Cloud [Google]
  We just finished watching Google's live announcement of the launch of the Google App Marketplace. Keep reading for information on what they're offering users and developers. Oh, and know that the Mark…
• This Happens to Me Every F*cking Single Day [Cartoon]
  Some days, it happens two or three times. I bet that you and most of your friends and family find themselves in the same situation too. [Loldwell]
• Nexus Scooter Carry-On: The Most Fun Way to Get Arrested In an Airport [Concepts]
  For every time you've brought a scooter to the airport and wished it fit into the overhead compartment, I give you the Nexus: a battery-powered scooter that folds into a luggage-sized case. The TSA w…
• Glowing Three-Inch Heels: The Adult Version of Light-Up Sneakers [Geek Fashion]
  As a kid I had a pair of Barbie sneakers that lit up with every step. Sadly those aren't made in adult shoe sizes, so I'll have to settle for something like these slinky illuminated heels. These shoes…
• Playstation 3 First Console With HD Movies From All 6 Major Studios [Sony]
  Wow. The PS3 is getting HD purchases and rentals from all six major studios. A quick search turns up that Xbox is missing Fox and, duh, Sony. It's nice that Sony isn't handicapping the Playstation 3 i…

• Zune HD2 Will Be Like iPod Touch for Windows Phone 7 (Read: Apps! Also, Zune HD Is For Suckers) [Rumor]
  Sorry, everybody who bought a Zune HD! You screwed up. It won't be a part of the XNA Game Studio 4.0 party—meaning it won't play those new mobile Xbox Live games for Windows Phone 7—unlike the Zun…
• In Alternate Universe 2010, the Watch Phone Has AT&T's Network On Its Knees [Retromodo]
  Sure, these days it seems like everyone has an iPhone, but in bizarro 2010 literally everyone has a watchphone. They're miniature. They're wireless. They have geometric buttons. And they're eating biz…
• Warpia Easy Dock Spearheads the Wireless USB Revolution [Wireless USB]
  Wires. Lame, right? Always getting tangled up, keeping you tethered to your desk. But! We've hit the age of wireless USB. Now Macbook and PC alike can connect cordlessly to any desktop setting through…
• Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Tomorrowland Edition [Remainders]
  In today's Remainders: tomorrow's news! Cisco's ushering in the next generation of internet with the CRS-3; Kempler & Strauss's futuristic PhoneWatch gets reviewed; geolocated Tweets; a WebKit-borrowi…
• I Want A Broad-Shouldered, 7ft Tall Man Robot To Rear My Children Too [Image Cache]
  Buried in a site devoted to early robots is my dream man, Electron. Russian, born in 1967, he has 4ft-wide shoulders, waltzes, plays chess, and while he only understands 112 commands, his steely gaze…
• Steve Jobs' Threatening Phone Call to Sun CEO Revealed [Blockquote]
  According to Jonathan Schwartz—then Sun's CEO—that's what Steve Jobs told him over the phone after Sun presented Looking Glass, a desktop concept similar to Mac OS X's. After that, Schwartz put St…
• PSA: Monoprice May Have Been Hacked, Check Your Credit Card Statement [Psa]
  Several people are reporting that there are odd charges on credit cards they've used to make purchases from online retailer Monoprice. This is what the company had to say: A few of our customers recen…
• iPhone Tweet Defense Slaughters Zombies With Witticisms [IPhone Apps]
  The premise of Tweet Defense is simple: The more you tweet and the more Twitter followers you gain, the stronger your tower defenses will be. Clever, though hopefully RT bonuses will come in the futur…
• A Rarely Unobstructed View of a Solar Eclipse [Space]
  From the new BBC program Wonders of The Solar System, this clip of a solar eclipse over Varanasi is something you really must watch. The view sure beats staring through a pinhole reflection in a card…
• Taliban Leader, iPhone User [Flamebait]
  If the terrorists could vote, they'd vote for Candidate X—this argument is America's greatest rhetorical treasure. So let's apply it to smartphones, right now! I've got a picture of a high-level ter…
• Tiny Sensor Listens For Gunshots, Identifying The Gun and Location [Military]
  This is the gear that gets our troops excited. Microflown Technologies' tiny sensor listens for the sounds of war by measuring particles in the air. Then it reports what weapon made the sound and wher…
• Teen Hauled to Jail For Overdue Library DVD [Crime]
  What started as a routine traffic stop ended with a Colorado teen doing hard time. The offense? Not returning a House of Flying Daggers DVD to his local library. Come on, Colorado. You're better than…
• A Brief History of Our Flying Car Obsession [Cars]
  Jalopnik's gathered up the flying car covers from Popular Science's complete archives and come out with a brief 77-year history of our flying car fantasies, which shift from cautious to optimistic dep…
• Wacom Intuos 4 Wireless Review: The Joy of Freedom [Review]
  Here's the story: I'm in love with the Wacom Intuos 4 Wireless tablet. Free from cables, it's the best graphics tablet experience I've ever had. Smoother Than the Smoothest Thing The Wacom Intuos 4 wa…
• Energizer Battery Charger Comes with a Software Backdoor [Bad Ideas]
  If you've bought the Energizer DUO USB battery charger, you might want to uninstall the software immediately. Why? Because it comes pre-loaded with a backdoor that can let someone remotely access your…
• Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]
  The savings really pile up today. Dell serving up a special buy two offer on the ultimate hackintosh, Final Fantasy XIII launches today and there's the special bundled Xbox too, and don't forget to p…
• Heat-Channeling Carbon Nanotubes Produce 100 Times More Energy than Li-ion Batteries [Nanotubes]
  Johnny Cash can't have known about carbon nanotubes when he sang about rings of fire, but MIT scientists have shown how they can create electrical current—about 100 times as much energy per unit of…
• iTunes LP is a Bust. Time to Go Free? [ITunes]
  Nobody cares about iTunes LP, reports Paul Bonanos. Six months into the format—one that Apple believed enough in to have a separate event—and nobody is buying. But what if it were free?We've been…
• 17 Modern-Day Gadgets Dragged Back to the USSR [PhotoshopContest]
  For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to turn today's user-friendly gadgets into cold, utilitarian Soviet-era relics. It's probably for the best that these don't actually exist. First Place�…
• So Why Can't Skyscrapers Be Made Underwater? [Concepts]
  Water-scraper is a concept piece entered into the eVoIo Skyscraper Competition which shows a future where people live and work underwater. Harnessing wave, wind and solar power to generate electricity…
• MacHeist: Get 8 Mac Apps Worth $280 For $20 [Dealzmodo]
  MacHeist's nanoBundle 2 offer is almost over, which means the really good apps are on the verge of being unlocked. Already available? Tales of Monkey Island, in both Mac and PC versions. By the time y…
• Palm webOS PDK Public Beta Is Available Now [Palm]
  Palm's complement to their SDK, the webOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK), is available in beta form now. Download it here. Palm webOS PDK Public Beta Now Available Palm Demonstrates New Games at Game D…
• MythBusters' Adam Savage: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Perfect Blade Runner Gun [Ultimatediy]
  Giz friend Adam Savage, in our estimation, can make just about anything. Here he explains the path he took to turn a toy gun into an astoundingly sharp Blade Runner pistol replica. I made my first Bla…
• The FCC Wants to Turn Part of the Wireless Spectrum Into Free Internet Service [Broadband]
  Call me a cynic, but I'm not sure this is ever going to happen: the FCC wants to dedicate a chunk of the wireless spectrum to providing free internet service. The FCC plans to make its recommendation…
• Apple Warned the Industry Before Suing HTC? [Patents]
  According to Oppenheimer's Yair Reiner, Apple's lawsuit against HTC didn't come out of left field as most of us thought. Really, Apple had warned handset manufacturers that they were going to be stric…
• Samsung's Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook [EReaders]
  I respect what Barnes & Noble is doing with this multi-reader ebook strategy, and I'm glad Samsung's finally been brought in from the cold, into the warm presence of a real ebook collection, but $300…
• LEGO Star Wars Watches [Lego]
  If you've got $22 and know a deserving kid, these LEGO Star Wars watches are about as adorable as gifts get. If you've got $30 and consider yourself deserving, there are slightly less cute adult versi…
• EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger [Roundups]
  How a Kindle will make you put off buying an iPad, Google opens another door for developers, some cool iPhone apps, and could 3G smart phones fry your brain less than older cell phones?3G Capable Smar…
• Record Live HD TV On Your Mac or Windows 7 PC With The Updated Elgato EyeTV Hybrid [Tuners]
  The EyeTV Hybrid TV recording stick is now both Mac and Windows 7 compatible, with the EyeTV software bundled for Mac users, whereas Windows users can watch TV through Windows Media Center. It's appar…

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• EA Sports introduces Active 2.0 at GDC, complete with sensors galore
  By and large, EA Sports' Season Opener event here at GDC was underwhelming, but one glimmer of newness did manage to shine through. Nearly a year after Active hit stores (video after the break) and e…
• Leaked Dell Streak flyer shows multitude of color options, confirmed specifications
  There's no denying that the Mini 5 is real, but up until now, we've had to provide all of our own promotional material. At long last, it seems as if the suits in Round Rock are finally getting around…
• Pentax gets official with 40 megapixel 645D medium format camera
  We had a hunch that Pentax was readying a 645 Digital, and sure enough, the company has come clean with that very camera today. The May-bound 40 megapixel 645D is a medium format beast, but unlike si…
• MSI starts shipping two 12.1-inch, AMD-powered Wind12 U230 netbooks
  It sure took 'em long enough -- just over four months if you're keeping score -- but MSI has finally shipped its next-generation netbook. The AMD-powered Wind12 U230 has left the docks today in two d…
• Razer and Sixense distribute SDK and FPS shooter utility through Steam
  Surely you remember those Sixense motion controls that we caught lounging around at Razer's CES booth, right? Yeah. Today at the Game Developers Conference, both outfits have teamed up in order to di…
• Motorola CLIQ XT hands-on
  We know you've barely recovered from our Devour review, but Moto just threw another Blur-ified phone in our laps this afternoon - the CLIQ XT. We've been playing around with the Android 1.5-based, Fl…
• Microsoft shows off XNA games running on Windows Phone, full 3D is a go
  Alright, we're going to be straight with you: you're not going to like this. See, Microsoft just showed us a pair of 3D games running on its ASUS Windows Phone prototype and built with its brand new…
• Entelligence: Aiming high or another Mylo?
  Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech.…
• Does Android dream of DIY cushions?
  With the estate of Philip K. Dick up in arms over the slightest commercial reference to his published works, we may come to regret the above headline. But it's worth the risk to bring more attention t…
• Palm's webOS PDK beta adds Pixi native development, PDK'd apps will hit the Catalog mid year
  We just sat down with Palm here at GDC and fished out a few more details on the PDK beta front. Firstly, and most interestingly, Palm has confirmed that the PDK now works on all of its handsets (inste…

• Samsung NaviBot SR8845 / SR8855 vacuum cleaner hands-on
  It didn't take long for these NaviBots to win our hearts -- we only spent about five intimate minutes watching them vacuuming the floor at Samsung's UK product launch event, but frankly, we fell hard…
• Eternal optimist Verizon calls iPad launch 'an opportunity' to sell some data plans
  That's the glass is half full attitude we like, Verizon -- always looking for a way to sign a few more of those lucrative data contracts, no matter the circumstances! Turns out Big Red is tipping off…
• brite-View LinkE pipes content to four Ethernet sources over existing powerline network
  The market is darn near flooded with HomePlug AV-compatible powerline solutions, but Zinnet has seen fit to one-up the networking mainstays by dishing out a product that serves not one, but four Ethe…
• Seven45 Studios talks Power Gig details, we go hands-on with its six string guitar peripheral
  We'll just come right out and say it: Guitar Hero and Rock Band should watch their back, 'cause there's a better-than-decent chance that Power Gig will be all the rage this holiday season. Seven45 St…
• Elgato rolls out smaller, Windows 7-supporting EyeTV Hybrid
  Elgato's original EyeTV Hybrid USB tuner wasn't exactly oversized, but the company has nonetheless managed shrink things down a bit for the device's latest revision, and it's added some Windows 7 sup…
• Is Amazon hiring devs to build a robust web browser for Kindle?
  Are you a software dev with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, familiarity with current Web standards, and experience with browser engines, Linux on embedded devices, and Java? If so, do we have…
• Newegg selling ASUS Eee Box with Red Flag Linux pre-installed
  Well, Newegg just seems to be full of surprises these days. The latest example is this ASUS Eee Box (model EBXB202-BLK-E0037), which wouldn't be so remarkable if not for the fact that it comes pre-in…
• Samsung SHW-M120S to be first Android phone with Bluetooth 3.0?
  Samsung's all about records: firsts, biggests, smallests, thinnests, you get the idea. Indeed, it was just a few weeks ago that the company managed to slip the very first Bluetooth 3.0 certified hand…
• Samsung puts price tags on its next receivers, soundbars and Blu-ray HTIB systems
  There's more than just HDTVs on the way from Samsung this year, it's also picked today to reveal the price and ship dates for its Samsung Apps-equipped Blu-ray HTIB systems (HT-C7530W pictured above…
• Samsung announces US availability, pricing for R1, R0 PMPs
  Samsung first announced its R0 PMP way back and July of last year, and we saw its R1 model hit the FCC a month later in August, but the company has just now finally gotten official with US availabili…
• iPhone SDK 3.2 beta 4 drops in
  Suspense! Drama! Surprises! Unrealistic expectations! It's always a veritable roller coaster of emotions whenever Apple gets around to cutting a new SDK build -- and without a doubt, iPhone SDK 3.2 be…
• Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)
  Crapware's bad enough, but having your life torn asunder simply by plugging in that shiny new (insert USB-connected device here) is an exciting new trend -- viruses find their way into the darnedest…
• Sony signs up all six major studios for HD movies on PlayStation Network
  Well, it looks like Sony has a little treat for PS3 users now that they're able to turn their consoles back on -- it's just announced that it has signed up all six major studios to deliver HD movies…
• Source R&D brings Wisair-based wireless docking station to Macs and PCs for $150
  Remember that Wisair-based wireless display adapter that we knew was headed for Macville? Looks like she has arrived. Source R&D has just introduced a universal docking station of the wireless variet…
• Microsoft bringing XNA Game Studio 4.0 to GDC this week, does 3D gaming for Windows Phone
  We've all had a feeling that Microsoft is holding back some pretty big surprises (or at least completely reasonable revelations) when it comes to Windows Phone 7 Series and gaming, and here at GDC th…
• Motorola Devour review
  While Motorola's vanilla-Android Droid has become the most recognizable Android device on the market -- thanks in part to a bombastic ad campaign -- Motorola's primary focus has been on its own custo…
• Intel bringing dual-core Atom D510 processors to netbooks as the N500?
  It was hard to be anything but disappointed when Intel's dual-core Atom D510 processor started hitting nettops and was found to be no better performing than the earlier D330. Sure, it was more frugal,…
• Meizu MStore open for business, Mr. Jelly on sale now for 29 cents
  We have some news on the app store that Meizu announced for the M8 a while back. The official name is apparently MStore, and it is indeed open for business with its first paid app, Mr. Jelly, going f…
• Samsung 3D Starter Kit gets 3DTV and Blu-ray buyers started
  Planning on buying one of those fresh Samsung 3D HDTVs and Blu-ray players now that they are available? Well, the good news from Samsung's press conference is that you'll get a free 3D Starter Kit if…
• Cisco promises the 'next generation internet,' delivers markedly less
  Cisco promised us a significant announcement this morning, one that would forever change the Internet and its impact on consumers, businesses and governments, so we had to tune in to the company's we…
• Palm unleashes webOS PDK beta on the public
  If you've been looking to get in on some of that red hot game development action that Palm's been all about lately, check it out: among the announcements at this year's GDC, Palm has announced the re…
• Samsung's 2010 3DTVs priced from $1,700 to ridiculous and everywhere in between
  Enjoy your CES peek at Samsung's ultrathin 9000 series LED-lit LCD HDTV, with its touchscreen, video displaying remote control (also available as a $350 add-on for the 7000, 8000,and 750 series telev…
• Samsung prices TL500, TL350, AQ100 and SL605 shooters
  Samsung has just visited a bunch of data sheets upon us, and we've drawn out a few as yet unknown numerals regarding pricing and availability of the shooters it showed off at PMA this year. The TL500…
• Samsung E6 e-reader coming to Barnes and Noble this spring for $299
  Samsung still hasn't committed to a formal launch date for the e-reader line it launched at CES, but the company narrowed down the launch date from early 2010 to this spring this morning -- which mak…
• NFL Mobile comes to Verizon with livestreaming RedZone channel
  We'd heard that the NFL would be bringing the RedZone channel to phones this season, and it looks like Verizon was the highest bidder: NFL Mobile will launch on Big Red next month with the draft, com…
• Ubuntu hits HTC's Touch Pro2, is any Windows Mobile handset safe? (video)
  If there's one thing we're pretty sure Windows Phone 7 Series will be worse at than its Windows Mobile precursor it's in the running of various and sundry other operating systems. We've seen Android…
• Spying school district update: remote webcam functionality disabled, two IT monkeys suspended
  We're still waiting for all the legal fallout from the Pennsylvania's Lower Merion School District webcam spying case, but more news is slowly trickling out about the whole thing, including the techn…
• Shuttle's ION 2-equipped XS35 shows off its slimline nettop credentials in hands-on video
  In the market for a new HTPC? Then you'll probably be wanting the slimmest possible enclosure that can still fit an optical drive and the grunt to power through HD video. Set aside some of your atten…
• Jen-Hsun Huang is 'looking forward' to court date with Intel, sees no reason to settle (video)
  Sometimes companies spar out their differences behind closed doors, and sometimes they have guys like Jen-Hsun Huang at their helms and the whole world gets to know how they feel and what they intend…
• Dell brings next-gen Precision performance to M4500 15.6-incher
  The super-high-end 17-inch M6500 is all well and good for giant people, but we're glad Dell's finally giving us regular-sizers a shot with the new Precision M4500. Naturally, compromises have been ma…

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• Christopher Barazak and Karen Joy Fowler readings in Seattle
  Leslie Howle sez, NW MediaArts is a non-profit organization inviting award-winning speculative fiction writers to Seattle to teach a one-day writers workshop, read at the University Book Store, and sp…
• Looking back at the dotcom boom, ten years later
  Wired claims that this is the tenth anniversary of the dotcom boom, and in honor of that auspicious overheated bubble, they've put together a long, Web 0.96b layout depicting the most hubristicly hubr…
• Cast-art depicting broken-bone X-rays
  Casttoo makes decorative decals for your orthopedic casts -- including these ones, depicting the broken bones within. (via JWZ) Previously:Anatomical drawing on a cast Baby goose with homemade leg bra…
• Movie funded by asking for pocket change on Twitter: "At Home By Myself... With You"
  Raj Panikkar sez, We're screening a film called 'At Home By Myself... With You' (directed by Kris Booth, starring Kristin Booth - no relation) at The Royal in Toronto this week. The unique thing about…
• Best jobs in America infographic
  Paul sez, We have been putting this together for a week or so and thought you might like it. Looks like I am going back to school to be a systems engineer, haha. I like that they've color-coded for lo…
• Turn a quarter of Detroit into "semi-rural" farms?
  The city of Detroit is proposing to give over a quarter of its land to be turned into semi-rural fields and farms, with the surviving neighborhoods standing in pockets in expanses of green. The propos…
• Alexander McQueen's final collection
  Many images here, all from his 2010 collection and released today. The iconic fashion designer's work incorporated fantasy and futurist themes familiar to Boing Boing readers. He died earlier this yea…
• Dalai Lama Has a Posse
  Wednesday March 10 is Tibetan Independence Day—and this year will also mark His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 75th birthday. In honor of both, Shepard Fairey collaborated with photographer Don Farber on…
• Adam Savage: my Blade Runner gun
  I made my first Blade Runner pistol when I was 18, while living in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. I stared at the VHS version on pause and made sketches. Put it together from toys and model kit parts. It's love…
• Bad paintings of Barack Obama
  If you're an epochal historical figure you are in some sense going to be all things to all people, and it stands to reason that some of those people will be painters, and of those, some quotient will…

• Future of Interrogation
  Not only are torture techniques like waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and forced stress positions evil, they don't work very well for interrogation. Jacques Vallee talked about that on BB last year i…
• Picturetweeting bathroom scale
  A delightful invention from Morten Skogly: How about bathroom scale that takes a picture of you, from the worst and least flattering angle, and uploads it straight to the web through Twitter and twitp…
• Glenn Beck advertiser sells "survival seeds" for apocalyptic agriculture
  The Survival Seed Bank is advertising on Glenn Beck's television show. They offer survival seeds for growing your own crisis garden amid emerging totalitarianism. As Media Matters points out, the bran…
• Sex.com for sale
  Sex.com will be sold at auction next week. Current owner Escom LLC reportedly paid $14 million for it a few years ago, but has since defaulted on loans. According to CNN, The auction is set for March…
• Chilean earthquake so strong, it moved an entire city 10 feet
  Researchers say the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that hit Chile was so strong, it moved the city of Concepcion 10 feet (or more!) to the west. The Chilean capital, Santiago, was bumped about 11 inches to…
• Study says US doctors in hospitals only wash their hands about 30% of the time
  An upsetting stat tucked away in a NYT piece today: Doctors in American hospitals wash their hands only 30-40% of the time, according to national estimates. (via consumersunion)...
• Wired Reread: AT&T's "strap-on telephone"
  Image (large size): One of many vintage ads from old issues of Wired Magazine at wiredreread.com, a site created by Theis Søndergaard. This one for an AT&T strap-on telephone appeared in 1995. Be sur…
• Kids in Haiti refugee camps making kites
  Lawrence Downes of The New York Times says: I was just in Haiti reporting on things there and found amazing makers: boys who make kites. Even in refugee camps, where there’s only tiniest scraps of s…
• Totally righteous "Cove" dudes reported to have caught LA sushi joint selling illegal whale meat
  Santa Monica sushi restaurant The Hump is reported to have been caught selling illegal whale meat to its customers. Who went after them with hidden cameras? The guys behind the dolphin slaughter docum…
• Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs: The Metzger interview
  Richard Metzger writes: It was the blog post heard 'round the world. When Charles Johnson wrote Why I Parted Ways With The Right in the space of a few minutes and posted it on his popular Little Green…
• Lindsay Lohan is absolutely not a milkaholic
  Lindsay Lohan would like you to know that she is not a milkaholic. To that end, she is reported to be suing e*trade for $100 million over a baby that appears in one of its TV ads. (via @tokyomango)...…
• Horned centenarian
  Zhang Ruifang, 101, of Henan province in China, appears to have a horn growing on the left side of her forehead. Another is reportedly sprouting on the right side, according to the Daily Mail. I know,…
• Fake electronic gear props
  Rob B and I were discussing the inherent oddness of those faux stereos, TVs, and computers used in furniture store displays. Cut to a good half-hour of browsing the site of Props By IDM (International…
• Knife-brandishing yob in a hoodie openly menaces public just steps from Parliament
  
• Laptop bag made from cement bag
  Etsy seller TheWren sells messenger bags made out of South African cement sacks (which, I imagine, are durable by definition). Very nice, old school art. I had to give up messenger bags to spare my ba…
• CNN visits dog and cat meat market in China
  Warning: This may shock you if you love dogs and cats. In this video report, CNN's Emily Chang goes to a dog and cat meat market in Guanghzhou, China. There, dogs and cats are kept in cages and sold t…
• Paris mapcut by Karen O'Leary
  Karen O'Leary creates hand-cut city maps from paper. She just finished Paris, and it is shown above. More here, and her Flickr stream is here. Previously:Hand-cut paper street maps of world cities...
• Haul vloggers: young women videoblogging clothes and makeup they buy
  Susannah Breslin writes, Apparently, there's an entire phenomenon of young women videotaping themselves talking to the internet as they show off the latest cache of goods they scored at the mall. Do n…
• Black market butt enhancements lead to hospitalizations
  Six women from Essex County, New Jersey were hospitalized after getting black market butt enhancement procedures in which they were injected with the kind of non-medical grade silicone you can buy at…
• A home in Haiti
  Photo © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR: Nelvis Clerge sits on the rubble that was his family's home in Port-au-Prince. Nelvis, a 55-year old construction worker, built the house with his own hands 25 year…

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pcworld.com

• Indian Banker Charged With Online Funds Fraud
  Indian banker held for hacking into a bank account to siphon out funds
• Samsung’s 3D TVs: Bold and Bright
  Samsung’s 3D TV technology arrives in new LED, LCD, and plasma TVs; new content arrives from DreamWorks and Samsung’s new HDTV apps store.
• Smartphones: Competing via Lawsuits, Not Features?
  Your guide to all those assorted smartphone lawsuits, from Apple to . . . well, everybody.
• Gala Launches Final Fantasy XIII
  The game's official introduction was a party befitting the epic scope of the series.
• Twitter to Begin Screening Some Links for Phishing
  Twitter launched a new link-screening service aimed at preventing phishing and other malicious attacks on users of the popular microblogging service.
• Microsoft Patches Excel Flaws
  Two bulletins fix security vulnerabilities for slow Patch Tuesday.
• New Guitar Game Features Real Guitar
  Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring is one-upping Guitar Hero and Rock Band with its six-string guitar controller.
• Your Next E-Book Reader: Color and Video--and Nearly Unbreakable
  Next-generation e-book readers will be able to handle types of content that today’s models just can’t. Look for the first ones later this year.
• 3G Buildouts Push up Mobile Network Investment
  Analysts expect mobile infrastructure investment to rebound slightly this year, led by 3G buildouts and upgrades.
• Ex-Sun Chief Dishes Dirt on Gates, Jobs
  Jonathan Schwartz has started dishing dirt from his days at Sun in a blog called What I couldn't say...

• Sony, Samsung, Panasonic 3D TVs: So What's On?
  Wondering what 3D content there is to watch? Here's your 3D programming guide for 2010.
• Data Issue Hits BlackBerry Devices for Second Day
  Some BlackBerry uses are complaining that their data services have been down over the past two days.
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• Samsung’s 3D Glasses: Fast, Fitted, but only for Samsung TVs
  Samsung’s 3D glasses will come in three flavors at prices from $150 to $200, but don’t try to use them on other brands of TVs.
• New Cisco Router Supports 322Tbps, Designed for Internet Video
  Cisco's new router for the IP video age could allow every person in China to make an Internet video call--at once.
• Samsung Introduces eReader
  New e-reader lets users write in margins, highlight text and save bookmarks for later use and share content with other users.
• FCC to Propose National Digital Literacy Corps
  The FCC will propose a national digital literacy corps in its broadband plan.
• Parallels Desktop Update Adds Support for Chrome OS
  Parallels, whose Desktop offering lets you run a variety of operating systems without ever having to leave Mac OS X, has updated Parallels Desktop 5.0 to include...
• Sentilla's Energy Management Tool Gets Chargeback Feature
  Sentilla released an update to its data-center energy management tool, which tracks energy usage of servers and other equipment.
• Samsung Finding New Ways to Push 3D to Users
  Samsung launched new 3D TVs, and is investigating 3D movie streaming and a new lens to remove the need for 3D glasses.
• Facebook Updates May Share Your Location Soon
  Although Facebook officials won't go confirm or deny the rumor, anonymous sources claim that Facebook will unveil geolocation features in April.
• FCC Drives Need for National Broadband Plan
  Speaking at America's Digital Inclusion Summit at the Newseum today, FCC members continued to unveil details of the National Broadband Plan and stress how vital the proposed changes are for the future…
• IT OKs Windows 7
  After taking a pass on Vista, organizations are ready to commit to Microsoft's new OS.
• Is the Apple iPad Really a Computer?
  Defenders and detractors of Apple's upcoming tablet are both getting worked up, denying that the iPad is a computer.
• Apple's Lawsuit Against HTC is Working
  HTC is scrambling for workarounds for its Android handset that won't incur Apple's legal wrath, according to reports.
• New Browser Won't Save Amazon's Kindle e-Reader
  An Amazon job posting hints at a new Kindle browser. But, it doesn't take a hint to know a browser won't save Amazon's e-reader.
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• Expert Guidance for New Microsoft Security Bulletins
  Microsoft released two new security bulletins for the March 2010 Patch Tuesday, and industry experts weigh in on what IT administrators need to know about them.
• Office Updates Patch Excel Security Flaw
  Microsoft rolled out minor updates to the 2004 and 2008 editions of its Office suite of productivity tools on Tuesday that patch a security vulnerability in the...
• Excel, Movie Maker Flaws Fixed by Microsoft
  Redmond patched up two file-based security holes, but has yet to fix a Windows Help bug from last week.
• IE 6 and 7 Bug Allows for Attacks via Poisoned Sites
  Microsoft today warned of an under-attack flaw that can allow a malicious Web site to install Trojans and other malware.
• European Parliament Debates Anti-ACTA Petition
  European Parliamentarians are debating whether to oppose the international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA).
• HP Touts Flash as Killer App Against Apple's iPad
  Support for Adobe Flash could make HP's Slate a strong challenger to Apple's iPad.
• Mac, IPad Gaming to Share Spotlight With IPhone
  You could be forgiven if you thought that last year's Game Developers Conference--the annual gathering of gaming movers and shakers--had been redubbed the...
• EFF Publishes IPhone Developer Agreement
  If you've followed the news of App Store rejections over the past couple years, you may have wondered what exactly is engraved upon the stone tablets that govern...
• Elgato Releases Smaller EyeTV Hybrid, Adds PC Support
  Over the last few years, TV tuners have made it increasingly easy to watch and record television on your computer. Devices like Elgato's EyeTV Hybrid allow you...
• FCC Suggests Using Wireless for Free Broadband
  The FCC said it will consider ways to use wireless to offer free or low-cost broadband services to people who can't afford access.
• Microsoft Researcher Wins Turing Award
  This year's ACM Turing Award goes to Charles Thacker, inventor of the modern PC.
• Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Rumors Fly
  Rumors and speculation are mounting that Microsoft will release Windows 7 Service Pack 1 by the end of 2010.
• LifeLock to Pay $12 Million to Settle FTC, States' Complaint
  ID theft prevention company LifeLock settles a complaint brought by the U.S. FTC and 35 attorneys general.
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• Rackspace Hires to Align With MySQL Offshoot
  Rackspace is getting involved in the development of Drizzle, a MySQL offshoot.
• Cisco Unveils Next Internet Core Router
  Cisco on Tuesday introduced its next-generation Internet core router, the CRS-3, with about three times the capacity of its current platform.
• ICalShare Relaunched With Even More Calendars
  Remember iCalShare? The calendar-sharing site--once touted by Steve Jobs during a Macworld Expo keynote--seemed to have vanished for a while, but it's now back...
• Why the 2020 Census Should Be Done Online
  The U.S. Census Bureau needs to consider a major overhaul of how it will count the population 10 years from now, perhaps replacing mailed-in forms with Internet...
• Panda Discovers Malware on HTC Magic Phone
  Security vendor Panda came across a new HTC Magic phone that had three malware programs already on it.
• FileMaker Pro 11 and FileMaker Pro Advanced 11
  A year after the release of the FileMaker 10 database program, version 11 has arrived, with new tools and great new features that make it even easier to use...
• T-Mobile BlackBerry Users to Get Google Default Search
  Good news for BlackBerry smartphone users in the United States on T-Mobile, at least if you're a fan of search giant Google.
• Report: Google Working On Android-Based Set-Top Box
  Box will let users search through video content from Dish and YouTube, Wall Street Journal says.
• 3D TVs to be Huge in 2010? Fat Chance
  TV makers are throwing serious weight behind 3D TVs, but their sales projections seem rather generous.
• Charts, Productivity Tools Highlight FileMaker 11 Update
  FileMaker took the wraps off the latest version of its flagship database application Tuesday, rolling out a major update to FileMaker Pro highlighted by new...
• Spigit Adds App to Manage Idea-generating Competitions
  Spigit has created an enterprise collaboration application to manage idea-generation contests and competitions.
• Bigpoint to Unveil Platform for MMO Games on Mac, IPhone
  Perhaps you've seen that recent Microsoft demo where a game could save and load progress from Xbox 360, Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 Series devices. My first...

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techweb.com

• White House Plans Innovation Prize Platform
  The government plans to release a Web-based platform for federal agencies to use prizes and challenges to crowdsource innovative approaches to government problems.
• Down To Business: Electronic Healthcare Won't Be Denied
  Obstacles abound, no doubt. But three huge constituents will demand it: government, large providers -- and the customers who will benefit.
• Sony Sets Aggressive 3D TV Target
  If the company hits its sales goals -- 2.5 million 3-D televisions and 67% more TVs overall -- its TV business will be profitable for the first time in seven years.
• VA Halts Access To EHR System
  The administration is addressing a bug that caused its VistAWeb e-health records system to return incomplete data.
• Microsoft Fixes Eight Bugs, Warns Of IE Zero-Day
  A light Patch Tuesday brings word of a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
• Cisco Unveils Next Gen Carrier Router
  The $90,000 CSR-3 switch is positioned as a flagship enterprise product capable of handling high demand for video on 100G networks.
• Union Bank to Manage Op Risk Using OpenPages
  Bank plans to use OpenPages platform to build program to measure and manage operational risk and calculate capital requirements.
• Global CIO: BMC CEO On Rogue Clouds, Oracle
  CEO Bob Beauchamp talks trends in data centers and IT management.
• Microsoft Unveils MSN Redesign
  Revamped home page features a more prominent Bing search engine and direct integration with Facebook.
• Newegg Axes Supplier Over Fake Intel Chips
  Some Core i7 processors received from the supplier were counterfeit, online retailer says.

• Mariposa Botnet Malware Found On Vodaphone HTC Magic
  The phone was bought by an employee of Panda Security, who spotted the malware.
• Cast Iron Launches Cloud Integration Platform
  Combining data synchronization with process-support and mashup capabilities, OmniConnect addresses on-premise-to-cloud and cloud-to-cloud integration.
• Cast Iron Launches Cloud Integration Platform
  Combining data synchronization with process-support and mashup capabilities, OmniConnect addresses on-premise-to-cloud and cloud-to-cloud integration.
• StoneRiver's New P&C Core Processing System Addresses Need for Easier Business Process Automation and Integration
  Component-based StoneRiver Stream focuses on helping carriers becoming leaner, faster and smarter as they operate.
• OneShield Launches Customer/Employee Wiki
  The vendor describes OneShield Wiki as a comprehensive source of training materials, shared documents and resources, contact information and complete documentation on its Dragon policy admin system's…
• Air Force Taking Bids For Network Services
  Vendors can submit proposals for up to $460 million in awards from the $24 billion follow-up to the Air Force's Network Centric Solutions procurement program.
• Sun's Open Source Chief Quits
  Ten-year veteran Simon Phipps leaves the company on the heels of Oracle merger.
• Accenture Launches Mobile Payment Platform
  Hosted, pay-per-transaction solution can connect to users on mobile operators or web sites for large-scale implementation of mobile financial services and is said to adjust to extremes of network traf…
• NASA Shifts Data Center Strategy
  New guidance on cloud computing, energy efficiency, and data center consolidation puts the space agency's $1.5 billion data center plans on hold for now.
• LSE Sells 9% of Turquoise to 3 Global Banks
  London Stock Exchange sold nine percent of Turquoise to three banks, a sign of confidence in the alternative trading platform, which operates in a crowded market where profit is scarce.
• Sen Corker Says Sides Nearing on Consumer Watchdog
  Members of the Senate Banking Committee drafting financial reform have about reached a balance on the controversial consumer watchdog proposal, Republican Senator Bob Corker said, indicating a biparti…
• CME Group Buys Stake in Mexico's Exchange Operator
  CME Group Inc, parent of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, said Monday it had taken a 1.9 percent stake in Mexico's stock exchange operator, building out the global reach of its derivatives trading pla…
• Madoff Victims May Appeal Directly to 2nd Circuit
  The judge overseeing the liquidation of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's investment firm has allowed victims unhappy with his ruling on how to calculate their losses to appeal directly to a federal appe…
• Fully Compliant Social Networking Site For Financial Professionals Launches
  LinkedFA, which is compliant with FINRA's supervision and record keeping regulatory requirements, allows financial advisors, registered representatives, registered investment advisors, insurance advis…
• Avaya, Polycom Expand Video, Voice Partnership
  The partnership will cover the joint development and marketing of integrated video, voice, and collaboration solutions.

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mashable.com

• MySpace Co-Presidents Reveal Company’s Plan for the Future [INTERVIEW]
  We had a chance to step into MySpace HQ for a chat with new Co-Presidents Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones, who preside over the News Corp.-owned social network from a shared desk in Beverly Hills. The…
• Phonebooth Free: An Alternative to Google Voice for Small Businesses
  In November, Phonebooth.com released the beta version of Phonebooth OnDemand, which is a full-featured phone service that lives in the cloud, but can communicate with both cellular phones and IP desk…
• Appboy Gets a New Design, iPhone App and Best Buy Partnership
  Back in October we wrote about Appboy, a social network for mobile app developers and users. Since launching, Appboy has continued to evolve into a community for both developers and users to find and…
• Google Launches the Google Apps Marketplace
  Today at the Google’s Campfire One event at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View the Internet search giant is launching its new app store for business, known as the Google Apps Marketplace.…
• Twitter Takes on Phishing with New Security Features
  Spam and phishing have been ongoing problems at Twitter for some time, and tonight the company announced that it is stepping up its efforts to stop them with some new features, described as being able…
• Watch Out, Topeka: Greenville, SC, Also Wants to be Googletown, USA
  Google’s call for medium-sized cities to pilot its high-speed broadband network has attracted the marketing wit of another locale: Greenville, South Carolina.Citizens of Greenville have launched the…
• HOW TO: Prepare for Disasters Using Social Media
  Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like…
• Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade Claiming Baby Ad Is a Parody of Her [VIDEO]
  The Super Bowl may be long over, but Brand Battle 2010 continues to rage on, as yet another commercial is bit by the controversy bug — this time one of those adorable spots from E-Trade featuring a…
• Hulu Gets 400 Hours of NFL Video
  Hulu struck a deal to host content from The NFL Network in January, including eight shows and highlights from every team in the National Football League. The network has been adding new content to the…
• On Android, MySpace Reigns Supreme
  Despite CEO drama, plummeting traffic and even declining mobile website usage, MySpace Mobile for Android is the most popular social app in the Android Market and the third most popular downloaded app…

• Retweet.com Sells for $250,000
  Retweet.com, which put itself up for sale last month, has sold for $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa. The auction saw a fair amount of interest with 45 bids in total, but it appears that the win…
• Palm Looks to Bring iPhone Games to webOS with New PDK
  Palm has announced the beta release of its Plug-in Developer Kit — or PDK — a new component in the webOS SDK that will make for dramatically better gaming on the Palm Pre, Palm Pixi and all future…
• PlayStation First to Sell HD Movies from All Major Studios
  Sony Computer Entertainment is proudly shouting “FIRST” (YouTube commenter-style) with an announcement that claims the PlayStation Network is the first online service to sell high-definition movie…
• Foursquare + Google Maps = FourWhere
  New location-based social search tool FourWhere shows Foursquare tips and comments using Google Maps so you can search and discover what everyone is saying about nearby places.Users simply input a loc…
• Facebook to Launch Location Features Next Month
  Facebook’s move into location has seemed inevitable for some time, and it now appears that the company will officially reveal its plans at next month’s Facebook developer conference –- f8.Accord…
• Announcing Mashable’s Google Wave API Challenge
  Mashable and the Google Wave team are proud to announce the Google Wave API Challenge, a month-long competition to create exciting new Google Wave extensions.Google Wave’s latest updated clean API a…
• ShiftPlanning Makes Setting Schedules for Businesses Easy
  This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. T…
• Samsung Debuts 3D TV Lineup
  3D is set to be big this year, and Samsung is hoping to tempt early adopters with a promotional offer that attempts to combat one of 3D TV’s main problems — lack of content — by bundling in a 3D…
• Foursquare Courts Business Users with Checkin Analysis Features
  The Foursquare platform currently caters to consumers and offers businesses the ability to provide specials. Today, however, we’re learning more information about a business dashboard — complete w…
• MacHeist Offers Early Access to Tweetie 2 for Mac
  Tweetie for Mac is the newest bonus edition to the MacHeist nanoBundle 2, which gives Mac users an opportunity to buy a variety of software for a discounted price. Additionally, buyers will also get e…
• “Tron Legacy” Trailer Featuring Jeff Bridges Hits the Web [VIDEO]
  New Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges reprises his role as arcade regular and computer programming genius Flynn in the trailer for Tron Legacy, which just made its official web debut today. The film i…
• Why Computer Engineer Barbie Is Good for Women in Tech
  Rebecca Zook is an online female math tutor who has been helping students get math into their brains for seven years. She blogs about learning at Triangle Suitcase.Over half a million votes were cast…
• Cisco CRS-3: Download Library of Congress in Just Over One Second
  Cisco has announced a new routing system that it says is going to speed up the Internet in a big way. According to the company, Cisco CRS-3 — currently being tested by AT&T — is three times faster…
• Go Tribal Helps Friends Coordinate Informal Plans
  Launching in beta today, Go Tribal tackles the other side of the equation from formal event services like Meetup or Plancast by helping members organize informal group plans. By identifying when users…
• Amazon is Working on a Better Web Browser for Kindle
  Ask any Kindle owner about browsing the web on the device, and you’ll get the same answer: Well, you can do it, but… And then you’ll hear how abysmal the browsing experience really is. Having tr…
• Foursquare Is Back in the App Store
  A couple of days ago Foursquare’s iPhone application disappeared from the iPhone App Store due to a “hiccup.” If you doubted that was true, worry no more, as the application is back in the store…
• Do iPhone Apps Really Look Good on iPad’s Screen?
  John Gruber of Daring Fireball has an interesting story about the absence of certain iPhone apps — Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather, Voice Memos — on the iPad.It seems that these apps, when scal…
• Gowalla Launches on webOS and Vies for Your Checkins with Free Stuff
  Foursquare is battling for your SXSW checkins with a musical scavenger hunt. Rival Gowalla is going to go after them with free gadgets — specifically free Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus devices as…
• HootSuite to Integrate with Foursquare and MySpace This Week
  Today at the #140tc Twitter Conference in Seattle, Washington (which I keynoted this morning), HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes announced that its popular Twitter application will be integrating with both My…
• Oscars Fashion, Winners and Speeches: Google Names the Search Leaders
  Google’s latest blog post has revealed what Oscars-related searches topped the hot search list during the Oscars.This is probably no surprise to most of you: Some of the most popular searches were r…

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techmeme.com

• Google Maps to add bike maps, directions (Tom Krazit/Relevant Results)
  Tom Krazit / Relevant Results: Google Maps to add bike maps, directions  —  Google Maps is set to provide a new option for getting around town: biking directions.  —  The company plans to unv…
• Open for business: the Google Apps Marketplace (Chris Vander Mey/The Official Google Blog)
  Chris Vander Mey / The Official Google Blog: Open for business: the Google Apps Marketplace  —  Every day, thousands of businesses choose the cloud.  More than 2 million businesses have adopted…
• Google Launches the Google Apps Marketplace (Ben Parr/Mashable!)
  Ben Parr / Mashable!: Google Launches the Google Apps Marketplace  —  Today at the Google's Campfire One event at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, the Internet search gian…
• Eternal optimist Verizon calls iPad launch 'an opportunity' to sell some data plans (Chris Ziegler/Engadget)
  Chris Ziegler / Engadget: Eternal optimist Verizon calls iPad launch ‘an opportunity’ to sell some data plans  —  That's the “glass is half full” attitude we like, Verizon — always look…
• Trust And Safety - As Director of Twitter's Trust and Safety team ... (Del Harvey/Twitter Blog)
  Del Harvey / Twitter Blog: Trust And Safety  —  As Director of Twitter's Trust and Safety team, a big part of my job is focused on the detection and prevention of spam and abuse.  A couple weeks…
• Apple To Build 5 Million iPads In First Half 2010, Analyst Says (Eric Savitz/Tech Trader Daily)
  Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Apple To Build 5 Million iPads In First Half 2010, Analyst Says  —  Apple (AAPL) is on track to build 5 million iPads in the first half of 2010, according to FBR…
• February Search Results Are In: Bing Is Up Again, Yahoo Is Down Again (MSFT, YHOO) (Jay Yarow/Silicon Alley Insider)
  Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider: February Search Results Are In: Bing Is Up Again, Yahoo Is Down Again (MSFT, YHOO)  —  Another month, another weak search performance from Yahoo.  —  The la…
• Steve Ballmer praises Apple for creation of iPhone App Store (Slash Lane/AppleInsider)
  Slash Lane / AppleInsider: Steve Ballmer praises Apple for creation of iPhone App Store  —  Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer recently had positive words about Apple's success with the iPhone and its…
• Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal (Jonathan Schwartz/What I Couldn't Say)
  Jonathan Schwartz / What I Couldn't Say: Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal  —  I feel for Google - Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too.  —  In 2003, after I unveiled a prototype Linux d…
• Apple's iTunes LP 6 Months Later: LP What? (Paul Bonanos/GigaOM)
  Paul Bonanos / GigaOM: Apple's iTunes LP 6 Months Later: LP What?  —  When it was first unveiled, Apple's new iTunes LP format — codenamed “Cocktail” and introduced at a “rock and roll ev…

• Samsung E6 e-reader coming to Barnes and Noble this spring for $299 (Nilay Patel/Engadget)
  Nilay Patel / Engadget: Samsung E6 e-reader coming to Barnes and Noble this spring for $299  —  Samsung still hasn't committed to a formal launch date for the e-reader line it launched at CES, bu…
• Just In Time For The Location Wars, Twitter Turns On Geolocation On Its Website (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)
  MG Siegler / TechCrunch: Just In Time For The Location Wars, Twitter Turns On Geolocation On Its Website  —  When I wrote that location would be this year's Twitter at SXSW, I also meant that Twi…
• Facebook Will Allow Users to Share Location (Nick Bilton/Bits)
  Nick Bilton / Bits: Facebook Will Allow Users to Share Location  —  Starting next month, the more than 400 million Facebook users could begin seeing a new kind of status update flow through their…
• Foursquare Introduces New Tools for Businesses (Nick Bilton/Bits)
  Nick Bilton / Bits: Foursquare Introduces New Tools for Businesses  —  Foursquare, a location-based social network, plans to distribute a new analytics tool and dashboard in the coming weeks that…
• U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service (John Poirier/Reuters)
  John Poirier / Reuters: U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service  —  (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase…
• Cisco's New Router Could Let Everyone In China Make A Video Call At Once (Nick Saint/Silicon Alley Insider)
  Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider: Cisco's New Router Could Let Everyone In China Make A Video Call At Once  —  Cisco's major news is finally out: a new large-scale core router, the CRS-3, capab…
• FileMaker Pro 11 released with quicker, easier database creation (AppleInsider)
  AppleInsider: FileMaker Pro 11 released with quicker, easier database creation  —  FileMaker Pro 11, the latest version of the Mac database software, was officially released Tuesday, packing in i…
• Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle (Michael Calore/Webmonkey)
  Michael Calore / Webmonkey: Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle  —  Browsing the web on one of Amazon's Kindle e-readers is like taking a step backwards in time.  It's clunky and has…
• Apple talks tough to handset makers (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Brainstorm Tech)
  Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech: Apple talks tough to handset makers  —  The HTC lawsuit capped blunt talks that have reportedly shaken their faith in Google  —  Oppenheimer's Yair Rein…
• Vodafone distributes Mariposa botnet (Pedro Bustamante/Panda Research Blog)
  Pedro Bustamante / Panda Research Blog: Vodafone distributes Mariposa botnet  —  Here is yet another example of a company distributing malware to its userbase.  Unfortunately it probably won't b…
• SITE NEWS: Mediagazer is to Media as Techmeme is to Tech
  Today we're launching our first new news vertical in almost four years: Mediagazer, which will focus on the content production and distribution business, organizing topics as wide as journalism, blog…

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centernetworks.com

• Chat With Skimlinks CEO Alicia Navarro on Skimkit Launch
  Last week London-based Skimlinks launched the SkimKit, a tool that helps publishers find products that have affiliate opportunities attached. Martin Bryant from Next Web has a good overview from the l…
• Gary’s Guide Adds More NYC Service Directories
  Last weekend we showed you how you can use Gary’s Guide to navigate SXSW. This week Gary has added more service directories to his event planning guide. The directories include coworking, event venu…
• Pre-SXSW Job Listing
  Below are some of the latest jobs posted on the CenterNetworks Job Board. Subscribe to the CN Jobs feed and get all of the latest Web industry jobs delivered directly to you. Featured Jobs: e-Commerce…
• Amtrak Adds Wi-Fi On Acela Trains
  In the old days, there were two main ways to get anywhere from Boston to Washington using public transit. Those two ways were Amtrak trains and Grayhound buses. Over the past few years, new bus servic…
• Gary Helps You Find SXSW & Austin Events
  We are just a few days away from the annual event known as SXSW. I’ve provided a primer for the 2010 SXSW which should help you get around and make the most out of the event. So how do you keep trac…
• reMail Goes Open Source
  Two weeks ago Google acquired the email search for the iPhone service reMail. Corsin provided a good history of the reMail service. Today founder Gabor Cselle has announced that the reMail service is…
• Information Capturing Service Memonic Launches Subscription Based Option
  Memonic is online information capturing and organizational service. It allows you to capture pieces of information like maps, routes, photos or text. The capturing process can be completed in a variet…
• ExpenseBay Helps You Deal With the Horror of Expense Reports
  Typically corporate trips are great – you get to use someone else’s credit card for travel and meals. There’s only one time that corporate travel sucks – and that’s the time it takes to put…
• DreamIt Recruiting New Class of Startups
  We’ve covered the startups from the DreamIt incubator several times over the past couple of years. Based in Philly, the DreamIt startup incubator helps people with ideas move the ideas forward into…
• Are You Ready for the iPad?
  Only a few days left before the iPad hits shelves and if Apple is able to deliver even with some speculated delivery problems we will be able to dive into a new product that will probably change the w…

• Perks Consulting Acquires Esultancy
  NY-based consulting firm Perks Consulting has announced the acquisition of social media consultancy Esultancy today. Esultancy is also based in New York City. Terms of the acquisition were not disclos…
• YouTellYou Helps You Create a Picture Magazine
  It’s interesting that everyday we hear how email is dead yet everyday I see someone using email in a new way. The benefit of using email is that it’s understood by nearly any Internet user as oppo…
• Get Yourself a New Job!
  Below are some of the latest jobs posted on the CenterNetworks Job Board. Subscribe to the CN Jobs feed and get all of the latest Web industry jobs delivered directly to you. Featured Jobs: e-Commerce…
• Announcing the New CenterNetworks Guest Post Program
  If you are a regular CN reader, you’ve seen a decline in the number of stories that are posted daily. As I shift my time into a variety of programs, it’s made it harder to post the large number of…
• Code Camp Comes to NYC in March
  It seems that the number of tech-related events in the NYC area keeps growing. Next Saturday, March 6, Code Camp comes to NYC. The Code Camp event will be held at the Microsoft office in midtown Manh…

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slashdot.org

• US Considers Some Free Wireless Broadband Service
  gollum123 writes US regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission sai…
• US Gamers Spend $3.8 Billion On MMOs Yearly
  eldavojohn writes A new report from Games Industry indicates that MMO gamers in the United States paid $3.8 billion to play last year, with an analysis of five European countries bringing the total cl…
• The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack
  ElectricSteve writes It's been a long time coming. While Arthur C. Clarke's geosync satellites have taken to space, and James Bond's futuristic mobile technology has become commonplace, still the drea…
• Google's Computing Power Refines Translation
  gollum123 sends an excerpt from the NY Times on how Google has taken a lead in language translation, in one of the company's few unqualified successes as it attempts to broaden is offerings beyond sea…
• Jeff Jaffe Named CEO of W3C
  blozza2070 notes the news that Jeff Jaffe has been appointed CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium. Until January Jaffe was CTO at Novell and, while his name hasn't come up very often in this community…
• NewEgg Confirms Shipping Fake Core i7s
  adeelarshad82 writes After originally rejecting the story, online retailer NewEgg confirmed that a shipment of Core i7s were indeed fake, and apologized for the affair. NewEgg has also broken off its…
• Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week
  netbuzz writes When the NASDAQ stock index hit its all-time high of 5,133 on March 10, 2000, it had more than doubled in a year and the dot-com bubble was already leaking in a big way. A week later th…
• Best Resource For Identifying Legit Applications?
  bjb writes While helping a somewhat computer illiterate person figure out a problem recently, they mentioned that PDF files had recently stopped working. Upon investigation I found something installed…
• Cisco Introduces a 322 Tbit/sec. Router
  CWmike writes Today Cisco Systems introduced its next-generation Internet core router, the CRS-3, with about three times the capacity of its current platform. 'The Internet will scale faster than any…
• Doctors Skirt FDA To Heal Patients With Stem Cells
  kkleiner writes For many years countless individuals in the US have had to watch with envy as dogs and horses with joint and bone injuries have been cured with stem cell procedures that the FDA has re…

• The Secret Origin of Windows
  harrymcc writes Windows has been so dominant for so long that it's easy to forget Windows 1.0 was vaporware, mocked both outside and inside of Microsoft — and that its immediate successors were cons…
• Open Data Needs Open Source Tools
  macslocum writes Nat Torkington begins sketching out an open data process that borrows liberally from open source tools: 'Open source discourages laziness (because everyone can see the corners you've…
• HTC Android Phones Found With Malware Pre-Installed
  Trailrunner7 writes Security researchers have found that Vodafone, one of the world's larger wireless providers, is distributing some HTC phones with malware pre-installed on them. The phone, HTC's Ma…
• Cybercrooks Surpassed Old School Bankrobbers In '09
  krebsonsecurity writes Organized cyber-criminal gangs stole $25 million in the 3rd quarter alone last year, by pilfering the online bank accounts of small to midsized businesses, the FDIC reported las…
• European Parliament Declaring War Against ACTA
  An anonymous reader writes The European Parliament is preparing to take on ACTA. A joint resolution (DOC) has been tabled by the major EP parties that threatens to go to court unless things change. Th…

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arstechnica.com

• feature: True story: the making of the Terminator's laser-sighted .45 pistol
  One of the most striking images from The Terminator was the weapon he carried and used in his first attempt on Sarah Connor's life: the .45 Longslide, with laser sighting. Who can forget the scene in…
• HTC lawsuit came after warning by Apple to handset makers
  Apple COO Tim Cook's warning from early 2009 wasn't the only one that handset makers received before Apple sicced the lawyers on HTC last week. According to a research note from Oppenheimer analyst Y…
• MRI's successes put the brain on trial
  A typical neuroscience paper (or a typical report on one) is a laundry list of structure:function relationships between brain regions and the mental tasks they perform. The amygdala deals with regist…
• Facebook's location feature expected to launch next month
  Facebook is allegedly planning to roll out location sharing capabilities next month, once again playing catch-up to other services that have gained popularity thanks to location data. The rumor comes…
• Microsoft browser ballot gives Opera, Firefox a boost
  The Microsoft browser ballot released this month to Windows users in the EU is already doing Microsoft's rivals a favor. Two of the major competitors to Internet Explorer have seen an increase in dow…
• The Internet of tomorrow: 100Gbps to your house by 2030
  Google's recent announcement of a 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home testbed has communities across the US salivating—but imagine what the Internet might be like if that connection to your home were even fast…
• FileMaker Pro goes to 11, admits people like spreadsheets
  Apple subsidiary FileMaker has released version 11 of its flagship FileMaker Pro database. The updated software purports to make building and maintaining databases even easier, while acknowledging th…
• European Parliament unites against 3 strikes, ACTA secrecy
  The European Parliament is fed up with the secrecy surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Today, representatives from all the major parliamentary coalitions introduced a resoluti…
• Microsoft begins rolling out redesigned MSN homepage
  Microsoft today began rolling out its new MSN homepage, but not everyone will be getting it at once: the update will trickle out over the next few weeks to the site's 100 million US customers. The so…
• Plans for .xxx top-level domain pop up again
  The .xxx domain is back on the table. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will reconsider the top-level domain during a meeting in Kenya this week, nearly three years afte…

• "PowerPoint is evil" author to monitor stimulus spending
  Government and industry bureaucrats addicted to spewing out mind-numbing PowerPoint presentations, be very afraid; Edward Tufte is coming to Washington, DC. The Obama administration has appointed Tuf…
• Mozilla borrows from WebKit to build fast new JS engine
  Mozilla's high-performance TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which was first introduced in 2008, has lost a lot of its luster as competing browser vendors have stepped up their game to deliver superior…
• Engineering a parasite to tell you where it has been
  Many of the parasites that plague humans have life cycles that are positively baroque, hopping between species and hiding out in tissues for years before setting off a damaging infection. These habit…
• Mozilla previews new feature to guard against Flash crashes
  Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch claims that the company's ubiquitous Flash plug-in doesn't ship with any known crash bugs. One can only assume that he has never used the software. As Adobe representatives exhi…
• Amazon kills affiliate program in Colorado thanks to taxes
  Amazon has pulled the plug on its affiliate program in Colorado thanks to a new state regulation on sales tax collection. The company sent a notice to its Colorado-based affiliates Monday morning to…
• Low-metal star suggests Milky Way grew by gobbling dwarfs
  An unresolved question in astronomy is how the Milky Way reached its current state. One theory is that the Milky Way grew, at least in part, by cannibalizing smaller dwarf galaxies that happened to g…
• Cisco: Internet to change forever Tuesday (place your bets!)
  Cisco today said that after the close of markets on Tuesday, the company will announce a significant news (we're guessing a major acquisition) which will forever change the Internet and its impact on…
• US eases restrictions on Web services exports to Iran, Cuba
  The US Treasury Department today relaxed export regulations against Iran, Sudan, and Cuba, allowing US companies to provide instant messaging, e-mail, and social networking services to those countrie…
• Valve: full "Steam" ahead on Mac OS X with free syncing
  Valve has stopped with the teasing and has officially announced that its online gaming service Steam is coming to the Mac. As a bonus, the company also plans to make the Mac a tier-1 platform, promi…
• reMail iPhone app re-released under Apache 2 license
  Two weeks ago, we reported that Internet search giant Google had acquired third-party iPhone mail application reMail. At the time, Google rehired reMail CEO and programmer Gabor Cselle to work as a…
• Europe outsourcing CO2 emissions to developing economies
  China is now the largest emitter of CO2 on the planet, as it powers a large industrial base primarily through the use of coal-fired power plants. However, many of those goods are immediately shipped…
• The best electronic key is the one you always have with you
  The best camera is the one you have with you is an old photography adage, and Apple may be looking to extend that principle to its iPhone. And it's not about the iPhone as a camera, either—if you a…
• MeeGo code coming in March, will run on Atom boards and N900
  In an announcement published last week, Nokia's Valtteri Halla revealed that Intel and Nokia are planning to launch the public MeeGo source code repository by the end of the month. The MeeGo project…
• Ubisoft on DRM snafu: servers attacked, pirates locked out
  Those playing Assassin's Creed 2 on the PC got a rude reminder of DRM's pitfalls when the servers that authenticate the game went down. Many complained on the company's official forum, and tempers ra…
• 80% say 'Net access fundamental right, split on regulation
  Access to the Internet is a fundamental right to nearly four out of five adults across the globe, and those in South Korea, Mexico, and China seem to have the strongest feelings on the topic. This is…

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infoworld.com

• Google opens Google Apps Marketplace
  Google will launch on Tuesday evening Google Apps Marketplace, providing a venue for third-party, cloud-based applications to supplement Google's own online applications. The program enables integrati…
• Rackspace hires to align with MySQL offshoot
  number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue the…
• Sun's open source chief leaves following Oracle merger
  Sun's chief open source officer, Simon Phipps, has left the company following its acquisition by Oracle, the executive announced in his blog Tuesday. Today is my last day of employment at Sun (well, i…
• Sentilla's energy management tool gets chargeback feature
  Sentilla has released an update to its data center energy management tool, which lets IT and facilities staff track the energy usage of servers and other equipment. The latest version is a software-on…
• VMware unveils experimental projects on new Web site
  This just in from VMware: Fling is defined as 'a brief casual relationship.' That text actually appears on a site VMware created to share internal engineering projects -- software code that is interes…
• Modular data centers: A fast, secretive option that's spreading
  When Australian firm WesTrac needed to expand its data center capacity quickly, the company bought the equivalent of a Band-Aid for its server needs: A containerized data center. The company, which su…
• Android native development kit updated
  Developers of the Google-backed Android mobile application platform have released revision 3 of Android NDK (Native Development Kit), which complements Android SDK by enabling developers to build perf…
• Cisco unveils next Internet core router
  Cisco Systems on Tuesday introduced its next-generation Internet core router, the CRS-3, with about three times the capacity of its current platform. The Internet will scale faster than any of us anti…
• Schneier: Fight for online privacy or kiss it good-bye
  If the public wants online privacy it had better fight now for laws to protect it because businesses won't and individuals don't have the clout, security expert Bruce Schneier told RSA Conference. Fac…
• EMC offers deduplication, thin provisioning for VMware on Celerra
  EMC today announced an upgrade to the management software on its Celerra network-attached storage (NAS) arrays that will allow administrators to apply deduplication, thin provisioning and business con…

• Intel sees 2012 deployment for mobile WiMax Release 2
  Chip giant Intel, a major backer of the movement to provide mobile WiMax wireless broadband to Internet users around the world, expects the next major release of the technology to be deployed starting…
• Opera Software to patch browser vulnerability soon
  Opera Software will soon patch a vulnerability in its Web browser that could allow an attacker to run malicious software on a Windows computer. The problem affects Opera browser version 10.50 running…
• IT adds 25,000-plus jobs so far in 2010
  IT employment grew by 0.37 percent, or 14,000 jobs, in February, one of the strongest month-to-month gains since 2008, according to the TechServe Alliance, an IT services industry group that analyzes…

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news.cnet.com

• FileMaker 11 delivers charting, 'on-the-fly' reporting
  Apple-owned company on Tuesday releases next major version of its database product, FileMaker Pro 11.
• Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award
  Chuck Thacker, who helped pioneer key aspects of the PC, gets an honor seen as the Nobel Prize of computing. In an interview, he talks about the award, his work, and why he's not retiring anytime soon…
• MSN decides to keep its makeover
  Microsoft is making final a series of changes to the look of the MSN portal, hoping a cleaner page with more videos and fewer links will help give it a fresher look.
• Newegg probes shipments of fake Intel chips
  As the Newegg case of fake Intel CPUs demonstrates, typos are one of the big tip-offs.
• Android coders get high-speed graphics ability
  Google has released a new native programming kit that provides new graphics abilities to programmers using Android 2.0 phones.
• Musings on the future of Microsoft, Windows
  Robert Scoble and Microsoftie-turned-Googler Don Dodge discuss Redmond's future with CNET's Ina Fried and Rafe Needleman. Also, Technologizer has more on what Microsoft needs to do with Windows.
• Online retailers poised for further growth
  The e-commerce market can expect double-digit gains over the new few years, both in the U.S. and Western Europe, according to reports from Forrester Research.
• Ex-Novell CTO takes Web leadership post
  As CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees HTML, Jeff Jaffe wants to see faster standards development and more work with outside developers.
• MacBook Pro sports Core i7 chip label at Best Buy
  MacBook Pro with an Intel Core i7 label: Though likely a mistake, it's probably enough to jump-start the rumor mill.
• Apple A4 chip, iPad vs. the competition
  As the Apple iPad and its A4 chip get ready to ship, plenty of competing products are waiting in the wings.

• Intel exec critiques PC graphics, phone market
  Executive Vice President David Perlmutter downplays the importance of laptop graphics performance and speaks about ARM chip rivals at an investor conference.
• A closer look at Windows Phone 7 Series
  CNET's Ina Fried talks to Microsoft's Charlie Kindel about writing software for the new phone and gets a look at Redmond's new-look Phone operating system.
• Chrome bug kills offline Gmail
  A bug in Thursday's update to the development build of Google Chrome crashes the browser whenever Gmail is used in offline mode.
• Week in review: Tech on the docket
  Apple files iPhone patent suit, while RealDVD gets canned. Also: Feds look to expand Net monitoring.
• Office 2010 nearly ready; upgrade offer launched
  Microsoft says it will finalize the code next month, with plans to launch the software for businesses in May. Kicks off program giving free upgrade to Office 2007 buyers.
• More details leak on Microsoft's 'Courier'
  Just as Apple announces iPad shipping plans, more information about Microsoft's rumored consumer tablet emerges. Device runs Windows CE and will be out later this year, says Engadget.
• Microsoft discontinuing midmarket server
  Company is axing its Windows Essential Business Server, a combination of server software aimed at midsize businesses.
• Minor browsers seek more prominence in Europe
  Six browser makers want to become more obvious on the screens that make Windows users in the European Union aware of alternatives to Internet Explorer.
• BlackBerry Storm 2 has issues too
  The first version of the BlackBerry Storm was widely panned for its shortcomings, but the Storm 2 has its own set of issues.
• Windows Phone 7: A complete reset
  Software maker says those developing software for Windows Phone 7 Series devices will do so using either Silverlight or XNA.

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inquisitr.com

• 2009 NFL Season in review: Baltimore Ravens
  It is really hard to get a grip on what is going on with the Baltimore Ravens. On paper they look far better than they really are, with a 9-7 record in the regular season, they seem to have under achi…
• Pentax 645D Gets 40MP, May Release Date…In Japan
  Pentax today detailed specs for their soon to be released 645D, a DSLR with a Kodak manufactured 40MP lens. The unit uses a SAFOX IX+ autofocus system with 11 sensor points, a semi-rugged body and 70…
• Anderson takes a parting shot at Cleveland football fans
  Former Cleveland Browns QB Derek Anderson was recently cut by the team. On learning about his employment status he decided to take a few parting shots at the team, but more importantly the fans of the…
• Lady Gaga (and South Park doing Lady Gaga) coming to Rock Band
  Oh, I know, my second Rock Band story of the day, but this is legitimately big enough to warrant a mention, because pop queen du jour Lady Gaga is coming to Rock Band. Oh, and Eric Cartman. Harmonix a…
• Elgato Shows Off New Windows 7 Supported EyeTV Tuner
  The original Elgato EyeTV Hybrid USB tuner was a bit bulky and didn’t support Windows 7, so today the company announced their newest USB flash drive based device which brings Windows 7 to EyeTV with…
• Tiger Woods has to share cover for his own game
  There’s been a real palava over the Tiger Woods videogame series, since news crept out that the golfer’s one wood kept falling in the wrong holes. The publisher of the annual series, EA Sports, ha…
• 5 New screenshots for the upcoming Civilization V
  I’m not a true gamer per se but I do have my favorites that I like to play and of them all Sid Meier’s Civilization series has to be my utmost favorite. I think I have owned every release of the g…
• Rock Band 3 confirmed for Christmas 2010
  Even though Rock Band 3 was always as likely as 2011 following 2010, let’s just press ahead with the “news” that Rock Band 3 will be here for this Holiday season. This tidbit was confirmed today…
• Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series To Feature 3D Gaming, Nice LIVE Integration
  Considering that the Zune HD offers 3D gaming and the Windows Phone 7 Series takes many of it’s notes from the Zune HD operating system, it should come as no surprise that 3D gaming is coming to Mic…
• When you see it…
  Primary cause of Anatidaephobia? Aflac ads… [Friends of Irony]

• Fixing a broken NYC… with Legos?
  New York City is a strange and wonderful place, made all the more bizarre by the fact that its 8 million inhabitants are confined to the tiny island of Manhattan- posing difficulties in reinforcing an…
• Cost of glasses show just how ridiculous this idea of 3D TV is
  I’ll be right up front on this – I think the idea of 3D television has got to be one of the stupidest ideas in a long tong time and trust me I see more than my far share of stupid ideas on a daily…
• US to consider free wireless for “some” Americans
  According to a report today US regulators are considering a plan to dedicate spectrum for a free wireless Internet services for some American in order to increase broadband service nationwide. The FCC…
• Robbie Williams Ready To Die
  Robbie Williams was “dying” three years ago. The ‘Bodies’ singer admits his spiral into addiction had got so bad that he was close to death in 2007, and didn’t care about it. He said, “I w…
• MTV, Brooklyn celebrate Biggie Smalls day on March 9th
  MTV is celebrating the life and work of Christopher George Latore Wallace today, better known to the world as Biggie Smalls, the Notorious B.I.G, or just Big. (Brooklyn stand up.) Wallace’s biopic N…
• Simon Cowell Torn About Having Kids
  Simon Cowell is “torn” about having children. The 50-year-old music mogul, who recently got engaged to his make-up artist girlfriend Mezghan Hussainy, claims he would love to become a father, but…
• Sad: Toddler mistakes gun for Wii controller, shoots self fatally
  A three-year-old girl from Tennessee has died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen after police say the gun was mislaid near a similarly shaped Wii controller. Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan of Norene accident…
• Reese Witherspoon’s Boyfriend Desperate for Marriage
  Reese Witherspoon’s new boyfriend is reportedly desperate to marry her. The actress is believed to have been dating Hollywood agent Jim Toth since February, but rather than take things slowly Jim, 3…
• The Coco Effect: The surprising (or not) experience of being a celebrity’s sole Twitter follow
  When Conan O’Brien tweeted last week that Sarah Killen’s life was “about to change,” despite all the Team Coco fervor, I was a bit skeptical. But change it certainly did. To catch you up, Cona…
• Lindsay Lohan sues, claims E-Trade baby is based on her
  Lindsay Lohan is seeking $100 million in damages from E-Trade for a Super Bowl commercial featuring a “milkaholic” baby with promiscuous, boyfriend-stealing tendencies. The baby in the ad, named �…

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news.zdnet.com

• Drudge Report accused of serving malware
  For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web site's usual sensational headlines.
• Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, EA in Big Huge game deal
  Ex-baseballer Curt Schilling's developer 38 Studios has struck a deal with EA to publish an upcoming single-player role-playing game.
• HP sues Asian firms over patents
  Hewlett-Packard has filed a suit against four companies based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, accusing the defendants of patent infringement, according to various reports.
• Apache bug prompts update advice
  IT security company Sense of Security has discovered a serious bug in Apache's HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database.
• Microsoft re-releases Blue Screen of Death fix
  Microsoft is re-releasing the patch that caused Windows systems to crash in February with a Blue Screen of Death.
• Cray, Microsoft join forces on cloud datacenters
  Supercomputer maker Cray's custom engineering group has teamed up with Microsoft Research to look into lowering the costs of running cloud-computing datacenters.
• Three arrested over 12.7m PC botnet
  Authorities in Spain have arrested three men accused of operating a massive botnet which stole credit card and bank log-in data and infected computers in half the Fortune 1,000 companies.
• Google boosts Chrome privacy in new beta
  Google has improved privacy features and introduced automated translation of foreign-language web pages in a new version of its Chrome 4.1 beta browser for Windows.
• EMC, Intel team up on cloud security, compliance
  EMC, RSA, VMware and Intel have announced a new collaboration to introduce a framework encompassing security and compliance for cloud computing in the enterprise space.
• LHC to restart following break and glitches
  The The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator is to restart on Monday following a technical break and glitches in the machine.

digitaldaily.allthingsd.com

• Programming Note
  Programming Note I’m off for the next few days. Stay well and see you again on Monday.
• HTC May End Up Bringing Knife to Apple Gun Fight
  When Apple first filed suit against HTC, I speculated that one reason Cupertino might have chosen the company as a target is that as a contract manufacturer, HTC may lack the strong patent portfolio n…
• Internet Access Viewed as Fundamental Human Right
  Is unfettered Internet access a fundamental human right? Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton believes it is and said as much during a speech on Internet censorship earlier this year. And it appe…
• China Unicom Hopes to Sell Wi-Fi iPhone ("Hopes" Being the Operative Word Here)
  A quick update on Apple’s relationship with China Unicom, the company’s carrier partner in China. According to China Unicom Chairman Chang Xiaobing, the two companies are discussing plans to debut…
• February Expected to Be a Great Month for Mac Sales
  February 2009 was not the greatest month for Mac sales. They were down 16 percent year over year and 10 percent from January. And while that may have been unfortunate at the time, it’s good news for…
• China: We Are in Talks With Google. Also, We Are Not in Talks With Google.
  Like so many of its services, Google’s so-called “New Approach to China” appears to be in perpetual beta. Though Google has said repeatedly that it is in discussions with Chinese officials about…
• Weekend Update 03.06.10–The Blue Meanies Edition
  All of us at AllThingsD are getting out our tuxes and gowns in anticipation of the big night. It's going to be all about the story of a huge, profit-hungry oppressor using its might to crush competiti…
• About That March iPad Release Date…
  When Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPad on Jan. 27, he said it would be available in 60 days, implying an on-sale date of March 25. By announcing a pre-sale date of March 12, as it did this morni…
• Apple iPad Production Bottleneck Miraculously Cleared! Tablet Ships April 3, Pre-Orders Begin March 12.
  So much for those rumored iPad delays and production bottlenecks. Apple said this morning that its new tablet device will arrive at market on Saturday, April 3, with pre-orders beginning March 12. Ini…
• Palm's PDK to Allow Easy Porting of iPhone Apps
  Palm’s single biggest asset is webOS. Sadly, the company's single biggest deficit--aside from the public’s apparent lack of interest in its smartphones--is the webOS application ecosystem. But tha…

• My Prediction, Palm: Pain.
  Palm lost about half a billion dollars in market value last week after the company warned of a nasty revenue shortfall. And it seems that was only the beginning of what may prove to be a long and pain…
• Microsoft and Verizon: Pretty in Pink
  Looks like Microsoft’s long-rumored “Pink” phone project is about to make the jump from speculation to reality. Gizmodo’s managed to get its hands on some marketing materials that appear to co…
• QOTD: That's What They Said 10 Years Ago…
  QOTD: That’s What They Said 10 Years Ago… “In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant.” – John Herlihy, Google’s global ad operations chief
• iPad Production Is on Track. No, It's Not. Yes, It Is.
  Seems there’s a bit of disagreement over those rumored iPad production issues we’ve been hearing about. Last week, Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek warned that a bottleneck at Apple’s manufac…
• Android Phone May Debut on China Unicom as Early as Next Week
  Google’s continuing discord with Beijing hasn’t hurt confidence in Android’s development in China. Despite the company’s postponement of the launch of two Android-based smartphones there, Chin…

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labnol.org

• Keep Your Passwords Safe on a Piece of Paper
  A simple paper based trick that will help you create and remember strong, complex and random passwords for different websites.
• Make Your Own Laptop Bag with a Hoodie
  Learn how you can make your laptop carrying bag with a jacket.
• Announcing Winners of the Intel Tips Contest
  Thank you all for participating in the Intel Contest. The winners are..
• A Short Documentary on Google
  This short documentary on Google will give you a good idea of what Google is trying to do and how the different pieces fit in together.
• Turn your Images into Spreadsheet Art
  Yes, you can use Excel spreadsheets as a drawing tool to convert images into pixel art with little effort.
• Manage Google Docs from Microsoft Outlook
  Manage your Google Docs from Microsoft Outlook. You can also send Google documents as email attachments.
• How to Export Email Addresses of all your Facebook Friends
  This tutorial describes how you can export the email addresses of all your Facebook friends and download the contacts as a CSV file.
• The New MSN.com Homepage
  Microsoft is slowly rolling out a new design for their MSN.com homepage.
• Office 2010 Coming in June; Free Upgrade for New Office 2007 Customers
  Microsoft Office 2010, which is clearly the best version of Office ever, will be available for download in June 2010.
• Plan your Delhi Metro Trip with Google Maps
  All the Delhi Metro rail stations and train routes are available on Google Maps to help you plan your trips in the Indian capital.

• Use your Tumblr Blog to Create Memorable URLs for any Web Page
  Learn how to redirect your Tumblr pages to another web page that may be outside the Tumblr domain.
• Official YouTube Buttons for your Website
  If you looking to download buttons and banner images to promote your YouTube channel from another website, here are tons of them.
• Google Planning a Cheaper Nexus One for India
  Learn how Google plans to launch their phone in India and how you can buy Nexus One in India today.
• Setup your own Proxy Server in 5 Minutes for Free
  This tutorial explains how you can create your own online proxy server without requiring any server space or web domain name. We'll use Google App Engine to build and host our proxy site for free.
• This Taxi Driver Wants You to Google Him!
  You've seen Google on Business Cards but meet a taxi driver from Pakistan who uses Google to promote his cab service.
• How to Safely Open Unknown Web Pages at Work
  Some web pages may have inappropriate or NSFW content. Here's how you can read such web pages at work without getting caught!
• Which Purpose Code Should You Use with PayPal
  Bloggers, freelance writers, programmers, SEOs, web designers, can withdraw money from PayPal to bank account using a Purpose code specified by the RBI.
• Why Google News Needs a Human Editor
  News headline in Google News are selected entirely by computer algorithms and no human editors are involved but they probably need one to fix bad placements.
• Find Opening Hours of Tourist Places with Google
  Want to know the opening hours of tourist places like zoos, museums, monuments or public libraries? Google can help!
• How Laptops May Look Like in the Future?
  Wondering how laptop computers of the future may look like? Well, you could just roll and wear them like a shoulder handbag. See video.

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crunchgear.com

• The iTable continues to develop and show gaming potential
  We've told you about the iTable before, and PQ Labs. They showed off their latest stage in the development process at CeBIT this year, by installing the screen into a coffee table. The newest version…
• Crunchdeal: Save $500 on a Toshiba R600 with OpenSolaris
  So here’s a deal, but it’s a bit odd. The Toshiba R600 is advertised as being Toshiba’s ultimate notebook, and for the price it better be. You can buy it from Toshiba’s website for $2,099 for…
• Analyst: PS3 to win over Xbox 360 and Wii
  Technology analyst firm Strategy Analytics just announced their latest forecast: Sony's Playstation 3 will will outsell the Wii and Xbox 360 by the time they all end their product cycle. Say what?
• Adam Savage on recreating the gun from Blade Runner
  Who knew that Adam Savage had the same obsession with this gun that I do? I’d wish I were as crafty as he is, but I think I’m just going to have to be satisfied with living vicariously through him…
• New Elgato EyeTV hybrid is smaller, more compatible
  Elgato just released the updated version of their USB tuner, the EyeTV. This new version has been resized (smaller) and added compatibility with Windows 7, making it ideal for that HTPC project you've…
• XNA 4.0 games on Windows Phone 7 Series look awesome (but won’t be for Zune HD)
  
• Copy our tablet for your iPad, will you? Well how do you like… this?
  You may recall the minor hullabaloo around the time of the iPad launch that Chinese company Great Long Brother had released a tablet well before Apples that shares a certain distinctive design. They t…
• Hard drive design leaving XP behind
  Bad news for the XP diehards out there, hard drive manufacturers are tired of supporting you, and the next generation of controller technology is not going to work properly with DOS and Windows XP use…
• In a world of tracks, Pink Floyd fights for the album
  It has been suggested that the album is dead. That’s a bit hasty, I think; such an established musical tool can only be detonated when both the patron and the artist turn the key. What people are se…
• 360-degree virtual combat room is like Iraq: The Arcade Game
  Just so you know, I'm not making light of warfare — it's just that virtual training like this, while valuable, does remind one simultaneously of Modern Warfare and Ender's Game. Of course, as this a…

• Gunnar Optiks joining forces with Carl Zeiss to make new lenses
  Gunnar Optiks, makers of advanced lenses to ease eye strain for computer users, is teaming up with Carl Zeiss to bring a whole new class of optics to you. Not a whole lot of details at this point, oth…
• The rise and fall of iTunes LP (cue dramatic music)
  Exciting news about Apple's iTunes LP: apparently it's a bit of a bust! The fine folks at GigaOM had the foresight to talk to people in the music industry to ask them, six months on, how's iTunes LP d…
• Inverted, ocean-bound “seascrapers”: aqua-communes for the future?
  You guys, I'm freaking out about how cool these things could be. A recent skyscraper concept competition yielded some really interesting designs, among them this utterly amazing concept, which they in…
• Did you know there was a Last Starfighter video game?
  I don’t know how I missed this a few years ago but did you know there was a fully-featured Last Starfighter videogame made for a documentary on the film. With all this talk of Tron I wanted to check…
• IBM researching ways to help the aged, illiterate
  IBM's. Open Collaborative Research is working on ways to get mobile Internet to the aged and illiterate all over the world. The initial research is happening in Japan and India and will be used to pla…
• MSI Wind12 U230 finally available
  We told you back in November that MSI had a new notebook coming, and now they are finally here: MSI's new Wind12 U230 machines are now available for purchase online, and they look tasty.
• Quick hands on with the Vizit cellular connected touchscreen photo frame
  The Vizit photo frame is an interesting twist on conventional photo frames. Forget about setting it up over Wi-Fi or USB—this thing connects to AT&T’s network and pulls in photos sent via e-mail,…
• What TiVo needs to do to make the Wall Street boys happy (and survive)
  TiVo can't catch a break. The company just rolled out its next-gen platform and then finally ended a long court battle with Dish Network, causing its stock to surge to new heights. This all happened…
• Spy report: EA Sports’ FIFA World Cup 2010
  Yes, it's about time that I write about FIFA World Cup 2010, which I played at some snazzy EA event about a week ago. Jimin and I played half a game—I was Côte d'Ivoire and Jimin was South Korea—…
• Tim Berners-Lee advocates for open data
  Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaks at TED2010 about the value of open data.

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ubergizmo.com

• OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini 1TB portable drive
  OWC has launched its OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini 1TB portable drive, claimed to be the first ever 2.5-inch 1TB drive that ships with a quad interface. It sports eSATA, USB 2.0, and FireWire 400/800…
• eBooks Now Outnumber Games In The App Store
  If you needed additional information to convince you that eBooks are getting more and more popular, just check out the latest stats from Mobclix, a mobile device advertising agency. Now it seems that…
• Samsung To Offer Free 3D Specs With Purchase Of 3D TV And Player Bundle
  Looks like Samsung really wants consumers to take 3D TVs seriously, as the Korean company is currently offering a free starter kit when users purchase a 3D TV and 3D Blu-ray player/home theater syste…
• Verizon Sees The iPad As An Opportunity To Sell Data Plans
  Despite Apple once again teaming up with AT&T for the iPad’s data plan, Verizon doesn’t seem to be discouraged, especially once you take a peek at the leaked memo to its staff that’s going arou…
• Pentax 40MP 645D Medium Format DSLR Unveiled
  It’s been a long time coming, but the Pentax 645D medium format DSLR has finally been unveiled by the company. The 645D, the first digital version of the company’s 645 medium format camera system…
• Great Long Brother Gives The P88 An OS X Makeover
  You might remember the Great Long Brother for its rather interesting name, or the fact that it tried to sue Apple over the iPad’s design. Now it seems that the relationship between the two companie…
• Happy Hour Watch Helps You Open Beer Bottles
  After getting off work, what most people would like to do nowadays is to go for their ‘happy hour’, wherever it may be. If your way of relaxing is having a couple of beers with your mates, then t…
• Odyssey Water Vehicle 2008 Concept
  If you’re trying to think of new ways to get from point A to point B, the Odyssey Water Vehicle 2008 might be a solution in the future. This concept vehicle uses a battery-powered electric motor to…
• New Hard Drives To Spell The End Of Windows XP?
  Despite the release of Windows 7, there are still many users out there who are clinging on desperately to Windows XP. Now it seems that it may not be Microsoft who will force users to ditch the vener…
• High Heels Get The Fashion Light Treatment
  It sure seems like tech, or at least cute lights, are making headways into the fashion industry. After the recent wired dress that lights up, next we’ve got three-inch heels that light up. It kind…

• RIM Data Outage Still Ongoing For Some Users
  Are you still having trouble with your BlackBerry’s BIS and BES connections? Some users are apparently still having problems, and it seems to be affecting devices on Wi-Fi. According to the complai…
• Motonav N765t Unboxing
  We played with the Motonav N765 at Mobile World Congress (MWC), but we now have one in the office, as Motorola prepares to launch it in the U.S. For a quick overview of the functionalities, you can re…
• Junaio 2.0: Augmented Reality Browser
  [SXSW] Juanio 2.0 is available now in the Apple App Store, the revamped version of the augmented reality browser offers new features such as indoor usage, a new channel concept, web- and user based i…
• MSI Wind12 U230 Models Announced
  We published about the new MSI U230 back in November, and today it is official, the MSI Wind12 U230 are available now in two flavors, the 033 is powered by an Athlon Neo MV-40 processor with 250GB st…
• Samsung Beat R1 now priced
  Samsung has priced their Beat R1 portable media player as it comes in two capacities - 8GB and 16GB, where they are going for $149.99 and $179.99, respectively. Measuring a mere 8.9mm thin while tipp…
• Nanometer makes for high performance batteries
  With so many devices these days relying on a whole lot of battery power, it is no surprise to see battery technology advancement high on the agenda of many companies. After all, you'd hate to run out…
• Elgato EyeTV Hybrid dongle
  The latest Elgato EyeTV Hybrid dongle could be a game changer, since it plays nice with both Mac and Windows 7 platforms. Apart from being the smallest hybrid TV tuner in the world, it will not only…
• Phantom HD GOLD
  Now this is one high-speed digital video camera that you would probably place on your wish list, leaving it there perpetually. Why do we say so? Well, the Phantom HD GOLD retails for $118,000 thereab…
• Carpuccino runs on coffee
  For many of us, it is a nice, hot cup of coffee that keeps us going through the day, which strangely enough is the same case for the Carpuccino that you see above. What used to be a standard 1988 Vol…
• Cisco unveils new router
  Cisco is back with a bang, rolling out a new router packed with technology that they claim will serve as the foundation of the next generation Internet. This new release pays attention to the growing…
• Dell Precision M4500 notebook
  Dell's latest 15.6 Precision M4500 notebook does come with a whole lot of muscle just like its larger sibling, the M6500, although this one comes in a much more mobile unit. Of course, some of the sp…
• Seven45 Studios SixString guitar gaming controller
  Seven45 Studios unveiled their amazing looking SixString guitar controller for the gaming showpiece known as Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, where it is an actual electric guitar that can be plugge…
• Shuttle XS35 in action
  Check out a video of the Shuttle XS35 nettop in action at the recently concluded CeBIT 2010 showcase at Germany, where this little nettop that could sports NVIDIA's Ion2 platform which allows it to b…
• Shoulder Mounted Cheeky Monkey Bot
  Did you always wish that you had an annoying sidekick to go through life with you, just like how many of the heroes do in the stories? Well, it’s not quite as gallant and intimidating, but the Chee…
• Samsung E6 eReader announced for US
  Samsung is targeting a spring release date for their E6 eReader device which will be accompanied by a Barnes & Noble partnership, although it remains to be seen whether the E6 will be successful in i…
• Verizon Rugged Casio Brigade C741 Is Currently Available
  The Casio Brigade C741 was approved by the FCC a few months back, but surprisingly it seems that the phone has already been available in various Verizon retail stores without much fanfare. Some folks…
• Nvidia's Jen Hsun Huang 'looking forward' to day in court with Intel
  You might have heard of the legal battle between Intel and Nvidia: one of the unresolved issues is the Front Side Bus (FSB) license for Core ix processors that would allow Nvidia to create chipsets c…
• Best Deals
  $499.99, Asus U81A Laptop T6500 w/ FREE 12 MP Camera $199.99, Asus EeePC 1005HAB Atom N270 Refurbished $19.99, Logitech Kinetik 15.4in Briefcase $39.99, D-Link DIR-601 Wireless-N 150 Router $9.99, OC…
• Jade Polish Rainbow Case For iPhone From Caze
  If you want to adorn your iPhone with luxury items such as diamonds or gold, but can’t afford to pick up the iPhone 3GS Supreme, you could always go down the budget route and check out the Jade Pol…
• Motorola Cliq XT Unboxed With Live Pictures
  With the Motorola Cliq XT hitting the news recently, it’s good to see a leak that shows the phone being unboxed and pictured live. According to the source, the Motorola Cliq XT is powered by Androi…
• HTC Touch Pro2 Runs Ubuntu Linux
  This is probably another development that Microsoft won’t be too happy about, but it’s not like they can stop you from tinkering with your phone, right? Now, after the HTC Touch HD has been hacke…
• Is The Red Dot On The iPad Advert A Camera?
  Despite the Apple site not mentioning anything about a built-in camera for the iPad, the camera rumors (and conspiracy theories) just won’t seem to die off. Now some folks have noticed that there i…
• Vodafone bears blame for shipping Mariposa botnet malware on HTC Magic
  Vodafone has stepped up to the plate and taken full responsibility for shipping the HTC Magic that came pre-loaded with unwanted guests - specifically the Mariposa botnet malware as well as other nas…
• ETS 50+ targets the elderly
  For those who are thinking of getting a cellphone for their aged parents, how about the ETS 50+ from Shanzai? This model was specially designed to cater to folks who are suffering from failing eyesig…
• Kohler shower speakers
  Folks who love belting out their favorite tunes when they're stark naked might want to give the Kohler shower speakers a go - after all, these were specially designed to match the shape, profile as w…
• Iwatani fuel-cell assisted bicycle
  Iwatani Corp. of Japan have come up with a new fuel-cell assisted bicycle which charges a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery using a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) system, where it is able to garner…
• Onyko TX-SR608 ready to rock and roll
  The Onyko TX-SR608 receiver is the latest to hit town later next month for $599 a pop, where it boasts half a dozen HDMI 1.4 inputs as well as the ability to upscale lower resolution video to 1080p i…
• Motorola QUENCH heads for North America
  Folks living on the continent of North America will be able to get hold of the Motorola QUENCH - particularly folks living in Canada as long as they're happy with Rogers' terms and conditions. First…
• Navigon 2510 Explorer GPS navigation system
  Navigon's latest 2510 Explorer GPS navigation system will come with a sightseeing function, making it a suitable purchase for those who love doing plenty of traveling and prefer to rely on technology…
• Belkin Max Sleeve for the iPad
  You just know deep down inside that when the iPad was announced, Belkin was more than ready to roll out a slew of accessories for Apple's upcoming device. Well, the Max Sleeve is one of them, where a…

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wired.com

• Just How Fast Is Cisco’s New Router? Really Freaking Fast
  Cisco Tuesday announced a new router, the CRS-3, that it says is capable of delivering 322 terabits per second. Now, we don’t usually cover routers and similar enterprise hardware here in Gadget Lab…
• MacHeist Packs Killer Mac Apps Into $20 ‘NanoBundle’
  MacHeist, an annual Mac software promotion, is nearing the end of its NanoBundle sale. At the last minute, the bundle just added our favorite Twitter app Tweetie. Other apps in the MacHeist NanoBundle…
• Apple’s Secret iPhone Developer Agreement Goes Public
  The first rule of the iPhone developer program is: You do not talk about the iPhone developer program. Before you create software for the iPhone, Apple demands that you sign away a laundry list of rig…
• Safe and Affordable Jetpack: Just $90,000
  For years, man has been trying to build a jetpack which would actually be safe and cheap enough to be used by anyone other than Lee Majors on the title sequence of The Fall Guy. It turns out that we�…
• It’s Beer O’Clock! Watch Has Built-In Bottle Opener
  The only way to be truly prepared for every alcoholic emergency is to always carry a bottle opener with you, but this is, of course, impractical and easy to forget. So what about building an opener in…
• Messenger Laptop Bags, Made From Cement Sacks
  With the PPC paper laptop bag, you can carry your computer, help the environment and learn how to mix cement, all at the same time. PPC stands for “Pretoria Portland Cement”, and the bags are made…
• Flash-Cart Lets You Play SNES ROMs on Original Console
  I’m a big fan of retro-gaming, mostly because I can play Streetfighter II with my feet, whereas I am hopeless with anything more modern (I once played Left 4 Dead with fellow gadget-blogger John Bro…
• Korean iPhone Sausage Now Available in US
  Just one month ago we brought innuendo-laden news of the Korean sausage, a meaty snack that was being used by commuters to control their iPhones whilst still wearing gloves. It turned out that the mea…
• MSI Wind Lasts 15-Hours On One Charge
  MSI’s new Wind netbook uses the low-power Intel Atom N450 “Pine Trail” CPU and manages to get an almost ridiculous 15-hours of battery life. Even if we viciously slash that time in half, to simu…
• A Closer Look at Sony’s New Skin for Android Phones
  Sony Ericsson’s new Android-based phone interface, like those from other cellphone manufacturers, integrates Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and other social networking services into one unified portal on…

slashgear.com

• Google launchs cloud-computing based Apps Marketplace
  Perhaps one of the companies most prolifically embracing cloud-computing based technology, Google has just launched its Apps Marketplace, that will integrate with the Google Apps ecosystem and deliv…
• All six major studios on board for HD movies on Playstation Network
  The Playstation platform has been getting quite a bit of love these days, coming off just yesterday from an optimistic industry analyst report that it’ll become the reigning force in the console war…
• Cisco ushers in “next-generation internet”, routing platform scales up to 332 Tbps/s [Video]
  After a momentous announcement yesterday that it would unveil something today that would “forever change the internet”, Cisco has introduced its internet changer, the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing…
• Pioneer DreamBook Lite is a 12.1-Inch Notebook With 10 Hour Battery Life
  Notebooks are dime a dozen, and much like the mobile phone marekt, it’s the features that really matter. In the case of Pioneer’s latest laptop, the 12.1″ DreamBook Lite, it’s got a few featur…
• Sony BDV-E570 Blu-Ray Home Theater System Available Now, 3D in Summer
  3D is making a huge push, hoping that the technology will be widely adopted by everyone sooner than later. Sure, there are still some people out there that refer to 3D as an old, recycled gimmick, but…
• Samsung eReader Partners With Barnes and Noble, Has EmoLink
  This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Samsung’s eReader. It’s one of those pieces of technology that looks just as good as it’s supposed to perform, and it certainly catches our eye. T…
• Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series Will Have 3D Gaming, Robust LIVE Integration
  That title shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. If you’ll recall, the Zune HD does 3D gaming as well, and considering that the XNA Studios is heavily invested in the Personal Media Player, we’re…
• Intel Dual-Core Atom Processor for Netbooks in the Works
  Intel’s Atom chips are well known for being the low-cost alternative to “better” processors on the market, and up until now, it’s been a general rule of thumb that their presence in the mobile…
• Source R&D’s Warpia Easy Dock Wirelessly Connects Your Desktop and Laptop
  Ease of use and convenience is a big part of anyone’s life. And when you’re working with computers, for work or personal use, then you know working with more than one of them can become a hassle g…
• GasCase will surely get you a closer look by TSA at the airport
  Most suitcases are pretty much the same with square designs and not much in the way of style. If you want to be different and travel a lot, you might like the GasCase that appears to be sized for carr…

• Guitar concept has no strings but fingers don’t know
  I received a guitar for Christmas when I was from my parents and then they sent me to lessons to learn to play the thing. That was all fine and good until I realized you had to practice a lot and I lo…
• TiVo posts Q4 loss thanks to high cancellation rate and less sign ups
  TiVo is looking to choke one of the more important features from other DVRs on the market and has recently unveiled new Premiere DVRs that are interesting. However, the company is not doing well finan…
• Dell unveils new Vostro 3000 notebooks with Core CPUs
  Dell has been peddling its Vostro line of business notebooks for a long time now and one of the coolest of the Vostro lot is the Vostro V13 with its Adamo looks and cheaper price tag. Dell has now add…
• Researchers crack RSA encryption algorithm
  In December of 2009 we learned that the encryption algorithm used to protect GMS voice calls had been cracked. The cracking of the encryption meant that some voice calls might be vulnerable to eavesdr…
• Sony 3D TVs to launch in June
  Last month I mentioned that Sony was set to start showing demos of its 3D TVs like the BRAVIA XBR-52LX900 at Sony Style stores and was going to be taking pre-orders on the sets. What we didn’t know…
• 4N analog watch looks digital and is very exclusive
  Yesterday I talked about the cool Maze of Time concept watch that used different colors to show the time in digital numbers. The watch was cool, but it looks like a cheap hunk of junk next to the awes…
• Canon REALiS SX7 Mark II LCOS projector boasts 4000 lumens
  There are a huge number of projectors on the market today for a myriad of uses. Some of the tiny pico projectors suffer from poor brightness limiting their use. Larger dedicated projectors for home th…
• Gunnar Optiks and Carl Zeiss team for digital lens technology
  Last summer we spent some time playing with a couple pair of the glasses offered by Gunnar Optiks. The company makes what are basically sunglasses with lenses that are a bit yellow in tint specificall…
• Asus Eee 1005PR netbook debuts
  If you are like me, you are probably thinking we didn’t exactly need another Asus Eee netbook model. Asus seems determined to have a plethora of netbooks for consumers to choose from. The latest Eee…
• OO wireless projector concept is carbon fiber and dead sexy
  I really like design concepts that take objects that are mundane and reimagine them in new forms. Projectors are typically boxy devices that you can find in homes, schools, and offices for giving pres…
• MSI adds X-Slim X360 notebook to range
  Back at CES we played around with some of the new gear from MSI including the U160 and the X-Slim X620. The MSI U160 is finally shipping and MSI has added a new X-Slim model to its line called the X36…
• Case-mate Hug wireless iPhone charger ships
  Back during CES Case-mate pulled the Hug out of the shadows and showed it off for the first time. The Hug is a wireless charging system for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. The Hug is similar to the WildCharge…
• Onkyo drops HT-S3300, HT-S5300, and HTX-22HDX Home Theater in a Box systems
  I just mentioned the cool new Onkyo TX-SR608 3D ready AV receiver that Onkyo has debuted. The company is also offering up three new home theater in a box or HTiB systems at Onkyo calls them. Among the…
• Onkyo TX-SR608 AV receiver is THX certified and 3D-ready
  Onkyo has some of the best AV gear in the business and sits right at the top of my personal home theater wish list. Onkyo offers a wide range of gear including AV receivers and home theater in a box s…
• T-Mobile event “Come experience the HTC HD2 with T-Mobile on March 16″, release on 24th?
  T-Mobile has just invited SlashGear to join them for a special event scheduled for March 16th (next week in NYC) to “experience the HTC HD2,” which will be making its debut as a “larger than lif…
• Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station Review
  Sharing files – whether a central document store, a single place for backup or a huge multimedia library – is becoming more popular, and we’re seeing an increasing number of devices promise to t…
• Analysts predict PS3 to emerge as victor of console wars
  Even through Sony’s most recent network debacle and its constant search for profitability, research firm Strategic Analytics believes that the company’s Playstation 3 will rise up to dominate the…
• Spring Design Alex set to launch in “early spring”
  So come the first week of March, and Spring Design still has yet to reveal any signs of its dual screen Alex e-reader being available for pre-order, last seen at this year’s Consumer Electronics Sho…
• Valve confirms Steam platform coming to Macs in April
  The Mac platform isn’t exactly known for a plethora of readily-available computer games, but game development and digital distribution company Valve has announced today that it will be bringing its…
• Nokia files patent for self-regenerating phone battery, powered by piezoelectrics
  Cellular phone giant Nokia has filed for a patent  for a self-regenerating phone battery, or in their own words, a “piezoelectric kinetic energy harvester”.  The patent essentially involves a ba…

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coolest-gadgets.com

• Gadget Thumbnails for 09-Mar-2010
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• NEO SNES/SFC Myth cart
  Always wanted to run your favorite SNES ROMs, but prefer a more authentic experience to it? The NEO SNES/SFC Myth cart makes that possible – just load all those ROMs onto it from a computer via USB,…
• Car runs on coffee
  Folks who need to have their regular cup of joe each day can definitely identify with this vehicle known as the Carpuccino. What used to be a regular ‘88 Volkswagen Scirocco has been highly modified…
• Samsung E6 eReader ready to hit the US market
  Samsung wants to rock and roll with their own eBook reader as well which they have dubbed the E6 eReader (how convenient). It will still take some time to see just whether this market is big enough to…
• Dell Vostro 3000 series announced
  Dell has announced yet another stylish series from the Vostro family – this time round it is the Vostro 3000 series to hit the deck, where it will come across as a range of thin, lightweight as well…
• Sony Fusion is a desk for the future, needed now
  Clearly, we are going to live in an age where “technology” and “furniture” will be synonymous. For example, if you have a couch or a bed, then it had better be set up with an Internet radio an…
• 10 Minute Solution comes to the Wii
  Some of you have probably heard of the 10 Minute Solution series of exercise DVDs. I mean, they have a Pilates version, Tone and Trouble Zone version, even one called Hot Body Boot Camp. (Shouldn’t…
• Power Gig: Rising of the SixString gives the six string its gaming glory
  The Game Developers Conference gave us a very interesting music game: Power Gig: Rise of the SixString. The most obvious description of it is Guitar Hero with a real guitar. It is developed by Seven45…
• Orange’s Thunder 30 Amp
  It’s not too difficult to pick up on that there seems to be a common color among amps that you find onstage.  It’s not that manufacturers are incapable of creating a different color combination,…
• Lunar Car Solar Robot Kit
  If you can’t get enough of robots, here’s another kit to help you build your very own that won’t cost you a bunch of money in batteries.  This simple little robot will give you something to pla…

• Power Strip With Foot Switch
  I have a few gadgets that I think should have a power switch on them, but unfortunately you have to unplug them to turn them off.  I’m not exactly fond of crawling under my desk to switch something…
• Gadget Thumbnails for 08-Mar-2010
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• RichardSolo 1800 iPhone Back Up Battery
  Whether you own an iPhone or not, most people have heard iPhone owners complain about the battery life.  It’s an extremely common complaint.  Thankfully you can purchase a very small RichardSolo b…
• Ambientech SolarFan and SolarFold
  Solar panels being used as back up chargers are nothing new.  However, there are still a great deal of us that don’t have one.  Be it due to lack of funds, not enough justification or even just no…
• BoostApak lets a child carry his or her own booster seat
  One of the first thing that any parent learns is how to set up a booster seat, and how to plan when your toddlers have to move from car to car. Unfortunately, most booster seats are hard and bulky, an…
• Get your Jetpack soon!
  it’s been a while since we covered designer Glenn Martin’s super fan pack, which I suppose is, for lack of a better word, a jetpack. Granted, it looks more like the flying pack seen by Quest Aeros…
• O Kitchen designed for portability, small spaces
  This particular gadget is known as the O Kitchen, a concept device created by a team of Brazilian designers. I suppose it is named the O Kitchen because it can fold up into a large ball. Yet without a…
• Auto and USBoombox Set
  Instead of purchasing a flash drive all by its lonesome, buy a friend for it too.  Now thanks to KidRobot, you can have a friendly companion for your smiling USB drive.  After all, you can’t alway…
• Panasonic announces Lumix DMC-G10
  While we looked at the Lumix DMC-G2 yesterday, here is yet another fellow Micro Four Thirds camera from the Japanese consumer electronics giant, Panasonic. We’re talking about the Panasonic Lumix DM…
• Antro unveils new Solo electric hybrid prototype
  Maintaining a really huge army could prove to be extremely expensive, as the US found out the hard way. Not only do you have to spend a whole lot of your GDP percentage each year to bolster your defen…

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newlaunches.com

• Sony Japan’s 3DTV dates and pricing
  Well the 3DTV from Sony has made it to Japan and with good measure, it comes before Panasonic and Samsung put in their devices. The awesome edge-lit LED LX900 comes in with the IR emitter that inbuilt…
• Forget about warp speed, it only kills you
  Now warp speed might be something that was brought to life and realization in something as fantastically heavy as Star Trek. But that whole fantasy of traveling at high speeds will do nothing more tha…
• Olive Communications’ AAA powered phone!
  Now phones didn’t have much to give us as far as power enhancements were concerned. It was always the few extended hours of talk time that were added to the phone so as to brag about the durability.…
• Energizer USB Battery pulled off market because of threat
  Energizer has pulled-off their Duo Charger/USB Charger from the shelves because the application that supported it threw up security warnings on Windows based systems. With these batteries users could…
• Bugatti Veyron Edition PSP is totally swell
  If you dig Bugatti then here’s what you must really get hold of. An awesome PSP that’s totally themed and designed based on the Bugatti Veyron. Besides the sexy looks it will also come with SDHC m…
• Sony Japan’s Active 3D Shutter Glasses for TV and Emitter
  The TDG-BR100 and the TDG-BR50 active shutter 3D glasses will be made available by Sony Japan. These will provide with adjustable width for those who feel that 3D glasses are too tiny and narrow on th…
• Dodobongo USB Dog blushes!
  Now here’s an extremely expressive dog that doesn’t have anything more than a USB connection as its prime requirement to work smoothly. And when it does work it is capable of quite a few things th…
• No iPad, iPhone marriage says Steve Jobs
  Steve Jobs has given a pretty interesting, short and clear reply to Apple customer, Jezper Soderlund, from Sweden. The latter had asked the man himself "I'm also awaiting the release of the iPad. Howe…
• Motion sensor in cell phones to keep track of employees
  Privacy in the work place was long gone, email spoofing, social networks monitoring, cameras, phone tapping, etc, just when you thought enough, KDDi Japan has come up with a novel way to monitor emplo…
• Aiptek PocketCinema Z20 pico-projector camcorder
  Aiptek are out with a cool new pico-projector camcorder called PocketCinema Z20 that’s a worthy sequel to their last wonder, the V10 that we had seen some time back. It is capable of recording HD vi…

• Intel’s all-new classmate PC design is affordable
  Intel have extended their line of Learning Series computers with the new classmate PC that comes in a convertible clamshell design. These low-end PCs are both tough and well designed. It comes with en…
• Panasonic Lumix DMC G-2
  Armed with a movable LCD and the accolade of being the world’s first digital interchangeable lens system, the Panasonic Lumix DMC G-2 came in as a pretty highly anticipated release. It’s a great f…
• Oakley N97 Winter Olympics Edition
  I was wondering how far into the Winter Olympics craze would we have to go to get something out from our Finnish giants and here they are. With all the grace and glamour surrounding their ultimate rel…
• Bluetooth 4.0 devices will be out by Q4
  There isn’t really long for you to wait if your looking for a new technology to come out there to impress you. Bluetooth 4.0 is the sh*t and everyone’s going to be leaping over the new devices tha…
• Professor X Chair is right out of a SAW movie
  Now you wouldn’t want to have your vodka when it comes from something like THIS! The Professor X Chair actually does a swell job when it comes to serve you your vodka the Steampunk style (looks and…

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fareastgizmos.com

• Pentax 645D- Designed to be the Top of Medium-Format Digital SLR Cameras
  Pentax today announced the launch of the Pentax 645D lens-interchangeable, medium-format digital SLR camera. Thanks to the incorporation of a large image sensor, equal in performance to professional-s…
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2- Worlds first interchangeable lens system camera with touch-control shooting
  Panasonic today unveiled the new DMC-G2 from Lumix G Micro System as the world’s first interchangeable lens system camera with touch-control shooting. To develop the new DMC-G2, Panasonic focused on…
• Kingston launches Worlds First Fastest Low-Voltage Performance Memory
  Kingston today announced the release of the world's first ultra-low voltage memory running at 1.25 volts at 1600MHz.The dual-channel kit (Kingston part #: KHX1866C9D3LK2/4GX) comes preprogrammed with…
• Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205- Designed for Netbooks and Laptops
  Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 is a lightweight speaker with an easy-to-attach clip-on design that lets you pump up the volume wherever you take your laptop. Whether you use a Mac or a Windows based lap…
• TDK launches World’s smallest MEMS microphones with a digital interface
  The EPCOS T4030 from TDK is the smallest commercially available MEMS microphone worldwide with an integrated digital interface. The T4030 has a sensitivity of -26 dB FS (full scale), and a signal-to-n…
• Sanyo announces new eneloop bike with worlds first Eco Charge Mode for More Efficient Regenerative Charging
  Sanyo today announced the launch of new models for the eneloop bike lineup of electric hybrid bicycles that recharge themselves while being used. The new Sanyo eneloop bike models, CY-SPL226 and CY-SP…
• Sony to showcase concept mode of a new ultra-compact camera with interchangeable lenses at CP+2010 Exhibition
  Sony is exhibiting its latest digital imaging products, including a concept model of its new compact "α" DSLR camera system that packs the quality of a DSLR camera in an extraordinarily small body, a…
• Super talent Encrypted USB 3.0 SuperCrypt Drive downloads a 600MB movie in seven seconds
  The new USB 3.0 SuperCrypt drive from Super Talent features outstanding performance and supports AES hardware encryption. Super Talent offers two AES encryption options, both of which include the STT…
• Asus G51JX 3D-Worlds first 3D gaming notebook using Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision
  They said it could never be done, but ASUS has managed the feat of lifelike 3D on a powerful gaming notebook—the Asus G51JX 3D. An uncompromising machine in its own right, this notebook deploys an I…
• Asus PG276H-Worlds largest full HD 3D monitor
  With Avatar demonstrating the effect of 3D on audiences worldwide, Asus has come up with an exhilarating lineup of screens to bring the experience home. Asus VG236H and the world's largest 120Hz gamin…

• Asus ARES- limited edition graphics card sure to become a rarity
  Graphics cards are the frontier of PC gaming, and the Republic of Gamers goes where none have ventured before with the limited-edition of Asus ARES. A mothership of a graphics card,ARES possesses dual…
• ForgeGuard -World's first viewer-type anti-counterfeit label that supports full-color images
  Fuhjifilm today announced the launch of ForgeGuard- the world's first anti-counterfeit label which can be seen full-color images or text clearly with a special viewer. The newly introduced ForgeGuard…
• Nvidia ION Netbooks Deliver 10x Faster Graphics And Up To 10 Hours of Battery Life
  The Next-generation Nvidia ION graphics processor unveiled today will supercharge netbooks with 10 times the graphics performance of standard netbooks and enable up to 10 hours of battery life thanks…
• Asus unveils the thinnest Eee PC from Asus at CeBIT 2010
  Asus unveiled the new Eee PC Prime 1018P at CeBIT 2010. Eee PC Prime 1018P is the thinnest Eee PC Asus has ever produced, yet still packs an outstanding array of features. Although only 18mm thick, th…
• Asus M4A89GTD PRO Series motherboard with Exclusive Technology to Unlock Latent AMD CPU Cores
  Asus today launched the M4A89GTD PRO Series motherboard that delivers added core processing power by enabling the instant unlocking of latent AMD CPUs. Incorporating the latest AMD 890GX chipset with…

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gentlemansgadgets.com

• Samsung’s little Brightness Wonder - TL500
  There’s no inevitable necessity to sacrifice a tad of quality if you prefer to carry significantly less weight around, or if you simply favor the freedom of movement a point and shoot can give...
• Hermès Arceau Duc Attele Pocket Watch
  Besides being a luxury brand of leading reputation, a fashion monopole for ties and the first address for a myriad of fashion accessories for the lady, Hermès is always good for a bright, bold...
• Asus O!Play HD2 boasts with USB 3.0
  Searching for your next entertainment room’s technical focal point, you won’t be able to avoid Asus’ visual tidbit of a media player, dubbed the O!Play HD2. Alongside an enticing...
• A warmth, and welcoming Poker Set
  The reasons for poker being such an ever appropriate, and social class overarching game lays in its formal independence coupled with unwritten yet laid-back rules, which first paragraph guarantees...
• Thick, rugged, wool Picnic Blanket
  Over the past days, the first warm breezes took a noticeable role in our daily life, and the term alfresco receives refreshed importance when it comes to arrange with friends. To this end, every...
• Koenigsegg Agera - The Stuff Track-Dreams are made of
  The comparatively small, but incredibly exclusive Swedish car manufacture Koenigsegg, has now surpassed any expectations even of those who are used to the maximum on the track and the Koenigsegg...
• Porsche Cayenne 2011
  At first, the Cayenne was prevalently feared as a marque dilution, an off-the-path attempt with more disastrous impact than fertile potential. Fortunately, Porsche’s intrepid foray into the...
• Yuketen pays homage to American Crafts and Traditions
  Moccasins were designed to be silent whilst tracking wild animals, and to maintain a decent traction for a successful chase. This requires a pair to provide a perfect fit just like a second skin,...
• The Fisherman Bag by Tusting
  Works of Tusting inhere an outstanding history of rigorous attention and exacting craftsmanship, that thrives to display anything that revolves around leather in the best possible way. The Fisherman..…
• Bentley’s Supersports Variant of the Continental Convertible
  Under four seconds from zero to 60, sound like a furious, sharp sportscar, but the fact of the matter is that these figures belong to Bentley’s bold and pompous new Supersports variant of the...

• Tissot Sailing Touch - The Watch that supports you on the Big Blue
  For those who prefer an adventurous and arduous sailing trip, the venerable experts of Tissot conceived the perfect timekeeper, which unleashes its full potential on the blue. The Sailing Touch...
• Lotus Elise 2011
  In terms of vehicles the name Lotus radiates a peerless charm, which instantly conjures a smile on any performance-affine car enthusiast’s face. Now they took the wraps off of the already...
• Société Horlogère Reconvilier provides the Golfer’s perfect Timekeeper
  It was the traditional, inconspicuous design coupled with solidity and reliability, which helped the Société Horlogère Reconvilier, SHR, to rapidly garner the global reputation as the people’s...…
• Sony offers the third Dimension - STR-DN1010 3D Receiver
  As early as Blue-ray’s just established itself, the home entertainment industry is already proud to flaunt with a new star product, apparently the enjoyment of the third dimension straight from...
• The modern Hi-Fi Vault by the German Furniture Maker Müller
  Over the past 14 years, the German furniture manufacturer müller developed and refined their exclusive design philosophy, that entirely revolves around bending, welding and forging steel in an...

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• 3 Avatar Fashions Inspired By The Na’vi On The Planet Of Pandora
  Avatar may not have won best picture, but it did receive a couple of nods at this year's Academy Awards and there's still a ton of hype surrounding it. For those who want to follow the styles of the N…
• Call For Inventors: The 2010 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge
  DiabetesMine, with the sponsorship of the California HealthCare Foundation, an independent philanthropy devoted to improving health care delivery, is sponsoring its second annual Design Challenge, cal…
• Klee European Brasserie: New York’s Dining On Human Breast Milk
  Some restaurants are known for providing unique menu options which is what sets them apart making them the ultimate place to dine. One New York eatery has focused upon putting unique cheese on the men…
• Evoke -The Social Network That Churns Virtual Game Theory Into 'We Are The World'
  If you were tasked with saving the world in 10 short weeks, where would you possibly begin. Well if you're a gamer or an optimist, you might consider kicking the tires of a new type of social network.…
• My Week With the Clinch Wallet - Product Review
  Guys?  Do you use your wallet as your personal filing system?  Is it now stuffed so full that it won't fit in your pocket?  If so, the Clinch Wallet may be just what you're looking for!
• Snoopy USB Hub Can Be Yours For Peanuts
  Not really "peanuts", but what goes together better than Snoopy and Peanuts? How about your computer and this cool, 3-port USB hub that evokes everyone's favorite beagle at his Red Baron-busting best?…
• I- Brite Eye Whitening Surgery Restores a Healthy Look
  The quest for physical perfection has taken another leap forward recently with the introduction of surgical eye whitening.  Yes, that’s right; I didn’t say teeth whitening – eye whitening!
• Ultime Réalité: The Ultimate Thrill With Abduction And Stalking Services
  If you've ever dreamed of being abducted or of doing a little harmless stalking that won't end in a jail sentence, then there is one French company more than ready to make those dreams come true for t…
• Celebrate Or Drown Your Sorrows With The Hellooo Happy Hour Watch!
  Last night at the Oscars, you know that all of those celebs were just dying to escape for a little late night happy hour at the after parties (as if they hadn't already hit the bottle before the award…
• Ultra-light RC Model Plane Floats Like A Butterfly
  Light as a soap bubble and almost as fragile, the radio-controlled model airplane sent aloft by Japanese hobbyists proves that when it comes to flying, less can be more.

• First Annual Internet Car and Truck of the Year Winners Announced
  More and more people are turning to the vast quantities of information on the internet when it comes time to purchase a new vehicle, rather than walk into a dealership uninformed. This is mostly due t…
• Will Steve Ballmer's Microsoft & Obama's Administration Share A Cloud?
  Much has been written about Steve Ballmer's almost fanatic focus on cloud computing this month. With catchphrases like "we're all in" and "the cloud fuels Microsoft and Microsoft fuels the cloud" he m…
• Does the "13 Function in One Pen" Actually Function? - Product Review
  James Bond would be pretty happy to have the 13 Function in One Pen.  But do all of the functions... function?
• From Russia With Love, Chatroulette 17-Yr Old Founder En Route to USA?
  While well known as a habitual truant at his high school, when 17-year old Andrey Ternovskiy is not where he's supposed to be, he's taking business lunches and entertaining offers. However the goose t…
• Weather Dresses: Wearable Art By Valerie Lamontagne Visually Depicts Weather Data
  Fashion that serves another function is always well received by those who might never think of wearing such an item, but love to gawk at the innovations. An artist recently developed a line of weather…
• Manpacks: Men’s Underwear Subscriptions Alleviates The Embarrassment Of Holey Socks!
  I recently wrote about another subscription service that helps shopophobic men maintain their personal hygiene without ever having to leave home to purchase their products. Now there's another busines…
• Natural Cooking with Human Breast milk Going Too Far
  An eco-conscious chef has taken advantage of his wife's breast, but not in the way my first few words lead you to believe. Instead he is using milk she extracted from her breastfeeding breast and maki…
• The Strolley Makes Travelling With Toddlers Easier
  Travelling with a toddler can be more than a challenge.  The Strolley by Castiglione Morelli Design is perfect for navigating busy airports or bus stations.
• Google vs The World: Battles, Blunders & Lawsuits
  When you're as big and ubiquitous as Google you have to accumulate some enemies along the way. The mega-search engine we all love to hate is right now balancing ten significant issues both legal and p…
• Movie Buffs Will Have A Blast With This Movie Stills Collection
  Sometimes, it only takes an image to bring back good memories.
• Shatner's MyOuterSpace Recruits Talent For Stellar New Social Network
  While still pimping hotels at Priceline, collecting Boston Legal residuals and conducting "Raw" interviews on the Biography Network, William Shatner is the quintessential huckster. Not happy to rest o…
• Worlds Collide: BBC 'SuperPower' Meets ABC 'V' TV Show
  Two ethereal female guides offer help for planet earth. Both represent super powers. Both attempt to 'shock 'n awe' us into looking at our lives in different ways. The promos are similar in their 'oth…
• Mood Traxxer: Music For Moods And Moments
  Mood Traxxer is a streaming music player that works off of your current mood, and lets you try to either change the mood or stick with it.
• Puj Creates a Folding Baby Bathtub for the Sink
  If you have ever tried to bathe a small baby you know how awkward it can be.  Fortunately, Puj has come up with an ultra handy, super portable and storable tub for babies up to 17 pounds. 
• GOP's Re-Invention Of Fear Lacks Creativity
  Inventive ideas are supposed to be creatively different from what went before. When one uses fear to try and convince others they have a new idea to share, they're not so much inventing as they are re…
• Show Off Your Social Media Connections With MashedIn
  By connecting your social networks on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, this web app aims to provide you with a simple embeddable widget that will let your readers know how they know you.
• The Selphyl System Plumps Your Wrinkles Naturally
  For those who are interested in facial filler procedures there is a new kid in town.  Unlike traditional fillers which are made of synthetics, plastics or animal-based products, the Selphyl System ta…
• Innovative Rubber Sidewalk Saves Trees and More
  Concrete sidewalks can make a walk around the neighborhood a pleasant experience, unless the sidewalks are cracked, broken and lifted by tree roots. Then they become dangerous to walk on. Sidewalk rep…
• Call For Inventors! Telebrands (As Seen On TV) Wants To Know What You're Up To
  Inventors!  Here's a message from Telebrands! The big infomercial giant is looking for new products!
• Valmet Automotive to Debut Hybrid As "Technological Showcase "
  Even though Hybrid powertrain developments have been dominating the spotlight for quite some time, we are still suckers for in-car technology and will never miss an opportunity to check out something…
• Pod Hotels Feature Capsules, Cabins, Igloos & iPods
  There was a time when travelers sought out spacious hotels for business and leisure. Large guestrooms signified luxury and comfort and the traveling public was willing to spend the higher room rates f…
• Neat New Toenail Clipper Features Straight, Slanted Blade
  Toenail clipping just got a whole lot easier thanks to a newly designed clipper which features a straight, angled blade.
• Get Social Media Tailored To Your Liking With TheFilter.com
  TheFilter is a site that aims to provide you with a customized content feed based soley on what your media tastes are in music, movies, and more.
• Artificial Hymen Restores Virginity - No Surgery Required
  Like a Virgin - Touched For the Very 8th Time.  Put your own music in there.
• Do You Know How Long Itzbeen Since You Fed the Baby?
  Created by an overwhelmed mom and dad, the Itzbeen device has separate timers for all of the important baby care elements and displays them on one convenient screen.  With one touch of the appropriat…
• Toy Traveling: Send Your Inanimate Friend For A World Tour!
  Travelocity may have started it with its jet setting gnome, but the new trend is taking pictures of inanimate objects in various places around the world. The only problem is to send your toy to get it…
• Feminine Sandals For The Fight-Or-Flight Shoe Lover
   There's a double-standard that a girly -girl can't also be a strong woman, and one new shoe design combines both of these elements together in a fun and feminine way.
• Discover Your Inner AlterMachine
  Inside all of us is a perfectly-built machine waiting to come to life. 
• 'United Breaks Guitars' Music Trilogy Now Complete With Debut of Song #3
  Even though United Airlines donated $3000 to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and Taylor Guitars ponied up a couple of replacement guitars, Dave Carroll is following through with his original pro…
• The Almighty Simon Fuller Creates 'Dream' World In Social Media Experiment
  There were movies with a similar premise. "The Truman Show" starring Jim Carrey and Matthew McConaughey's "EdTV"  followed the lives of the title role characters and aired their every waking and slee…

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moconews.net

• How One Mobile Developer Created Its Own Local Ad Network To Boost Fill Rates
  Like many other developers, uLocate works closely with ad networks to monetize WHERE, its free mobile app that is available on a number of carrier networks and Android, iPhone and Palm (NSDQ: PALM). B…
• Video @ paidContent 2010: How To Make Money From Digital News
  The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business—so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw says that half the FT’s print customers are newsst…
• T-Mobile USA Says They Ditched Yahoo For Google Because Consumers Demanded It
  T-Mobile USA executives explained that it abruptly ended its year-old exclusive search deal with Yahoo, and replaced it with Google (NSDQ: GOOG), because it is what their subscribers wanted. “It was…
• mocoNews Quick Hits 03.09.2010
  »  Google’s online-only availability for the Nexus One has yet to prove successful. [ZDNet] »  Foursquare creates new analytics tools for businesses. [Bits] »  Users admit some degree of smart…
• Here Comes Facebook's Move Into Location Sharing ...
  With services that make it easy for users to share their location—like FourSquare and Gowalla—gaining buzz and usage, Facebook is finally set to fire back with its own move into the hot location-a…
• Verizon Wireless Steals Play From Sprint: Signs $720 Million Deal With NFL
  The NFL has signed a new four-year deal with Verizon Wireless, putting an end to a roughly five-year partnership with Sprint (NYSE: S). The deal is valued at $720 million, including a rights fee and a…
• Motricity Updates IPO Filing: 2009 Revenues Up, Losses Improve
  Motricity increased revenues, narrowed its losses and even generated cash in 2009, according to new documents filed today as part of the company’s IPO ambitions. When the company first filed paperwo…
• Mobile Ad Net Todacell Raises Additional $1 Million For Global Expansion
  Smartphone ad network Todacell has added another $1 million in funding to an existing $1 million round the Tel Aviv-based company raised back in June. Israeli VC AfterDox, which provided the last $1 m…
• Germany's Springer Rows With Apple Over 'Sexy Girls' Strip App
  By Mercedes Bunz: The International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering making a complaint to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) over the computer firm’s request that German publisher Springer…
• Nevermind The States, Where Are Spotify's Domestic Deals?
  Spotify’s newest carrier partner is… well, actually, it’s an old one. The music service is today announcing it will be carried by Finnish telco TeliaSonera over its broadband, mobile and IPTV se…

• NYT Book Review Spins Off For E-Readers; Sony First
  The search for revenue by deconstructing the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) into its most valuable pieces for various platforms continues. Up next: the New York Times Book Review for e-reader. NYT marketi…
• Big In Japan Buys Barcode-Scanning Competitor Snappr
  Big In Japan, the company responsible for the popular ShopSavvy barcode-scanning app for Android and iPhone, has acquired Snappr. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition revives Snappr a…
• Quick Hits: iPad Edition 03.08.2010
  Gadget sites have been abuzz with all things Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) as the company’s stock hits yet another record high today, and gears up for iPad pre-orders at the end of the week. We’ve rounded up…
• CBS Adds Live 3G Streaming To March Madness App; Charges $9.99
  No need to duck out of work early, now you can watch March Madness games live over your iPhone, and for the first time—anywhere over AT&T’s 3G network. The application, which is expected to be ava…
• mocoNews Quick Hits 03.08.2010
  »  Jeff Smith, founder of apps developer Smule, explains why there’s no opportunity for profit on the Android platform. [PocketGamer.biz] »  12Mbps download rate makes Verizon one of the fastest…
• Media Buyer Initiative Hires Brand In Hand Co-Founder Bader To Head Digital Strategy
  Online ad vet Eric Bader (image) is coming back to the traditional agency business after leaving that segment three years ago to help found mobile ad and marketing consultant Brand In Hand. Interpubli…
• Yahoo Disbands Mobile Group As Part Of Reorganization
  Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) may have lost its exclusive search deal with T-Mobile USA, but it is banking on a major reorganization to help recharge the company’s mobile efforts. The changes, which involves b…
• The iPad Makes Its TV Ad Debut
  With its release date now set, Apple’s iPad made its TV advertising debut at the Oscars a few minutes ago. Here’s the clip (via Engadget and Alley Insider):
• Yahoo Loses Exclusive T-Mobile USA Search Deal To Google
  T-Mobile USA has ended its year-old exclusive search deal with Yahoo, and has replaced the company with its chief rival—Google (NSDQ: GOOG). The deal shifts the U.S. mobile search dominance away fro…
• mocoNews Quick Hits 03.05.2010
  »  Why Android is difficult for developers to work with. [DroidDog] »  New Bob Marley documentary will be first in a series of mobile apps playable on iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and HDTV. […

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mobiworkplace.com

• Dell XPS M1330
  The Dell XPS M1330 is a portable notebook that is designed to be powerful yet small and sleek. It is packed with features and a great amount of power but also designed to be noticed for those who pref…
• Remember Essential Features To Select Mp4 Players
  What is your perception about the latest electronic gadget of Mp4 Players? Don’t you think it unusual, that at the time when you thought you were getting a handle on MP3 players and the sea of file…
• Spend More, Get More On MP4 Players
  If you are planning on buying an electronic gadget like cell phones, iPod or an mp4 player do not compromise on something cheaper. Trust me saving that money will make you regret forever. I believe wh…
• What Is GPS Navigation?
  GPS is short for Global Positioning System, a satellite-guided system of electronically determining the position and other variables that specify the movement of an object like a ship or a craft. GPS…
• Four Basic Types Of GPS Navigation Systems
  Why carry around maps when you can make life easy with global positioning system (GPS). This system not only saves precious time but to some extent gas as well. You do not need to roam around from one…
• Features Of Your MP4 Player, And Why They Are So Great
  Everyone loves to listen to music while they are out. This is why a lot of people walk around listening to there MP3 players. However, have you ever wished that you could get a little bit more out of…
• Jeep GPS Navigator RT-300
  Jeep has equipped the RT-300 with a paltry 3.5-incher. I found the choice of this 4:3, 320-by-240-pixel screen surprising—especially considering RT-300’s relatively high price ($249.99 direct). Th…
• Asus P552W PDA phone
  The newly launched Asus P552w PDA phone features Glide – an innovative touch-responsive user interface that makes navigating and performing tasks on a mobile phone more intuitive and interactive tha…
• Owners Reports Cracks in iPhone 3G Cases
  Unlike the original iPhone, which features a metal back, the back of the new 3G iPhone is either ceramic or plastic. (Apple has not disclosed what it is made of; many people have speculated that it is…
• Apple says turn-by-turn GPS coming to iPhone
  There’s been a lot of random misinformation about the iPhone 3G floating around out there, like David Pogue’s baffling comment that the device’s GPS antenna is “too small” to support turn-by…