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• An RFID Globe That Controls a Google Earth Tablet [Globes]
  Google Earth's an incredible (and incredibly useful) piece of software, but there's still something to be said for the good old, three-dimensional globe. This one not only celebrates the brass-detail…
• StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Review: Upgrade Complete [Review]
  Real-time tactics evolve with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard's long in the making sequel to one of the most beloved, bestselling sci-fi strategy games of all time. Oh, so you've heard of it…
• Practice Abstinence With This $434,000 Motion-Controlled Video Game [Abstinence]
  The University of Central Florida has developed a full-body motion-control video game that promotes abstinence. It lets tween girls control avatars that are placed in social situations that may lead…
• This Guy and His Partner Play Good Cop, Super Terrifying Robot Bad Cop [Concepts]
  This is artist Jamie Martin's Cybernetic Autonomous Remote Barricade police robot, equipped with armor, impulse cannons, and smoke screens. If that sounds like a bad idea, Martin's one step ahead of…
• Strained Graphene Creates Pseudo-Magnetic Fields Stronger Than Any Before Seen [Graphene]
  Putting the right kind of strain on a patch of graphene can make super-strong pseudo-magnetic fields, a new study says. The finding sheds new light on the properties of electromagnetism, not to menti…
• Bring The Stig Home With Top Gear's Stig-Copter [The Stig]
  All we know is, he's called The Stig. And that now we can race through the air with an RC mini-helicopter styled after the mysterious Top Gear cast member's iconic helmet. More »
• This Pixar Luxo Jr Lookalike Lamp Was Made With a Bicycle Chain [Lamp]
  Take the Pixar Luxo Jr Lamp and then remix it with a recycled bicycle chain and what do you get? An incredibly cute lookalike lamp that can be bent and shaped in multiple directions. More »
• How To Justify Charging $11,000 For A Single Car Wash [Cars]
  This is 30-year-old Gurcharn Sahota. He runs a car washing business out of his parents' garage. Now, before you start laughing and calling him a failure, consider this: He regularly charges up to $11…
• Dry Off Your Wet Umbrella In Styrofoam Grass [Rain]
  There has to be a better way of drying a wet umbrella than just shaking it silly. This Lawn for Rain concept—where you slide a wet umbrella into the styrofoam grass—might be it. More »
• The Mysterious Box That Refused To Leave Amazon's Warehouse [Mystery]
  I've learned nothing during the three minutes that I spent watching this video except that someone's order just plain refused to be a good little box and leave Amazon's warehouse. I'd just really lov…

• Make Your Hammer Feel Useful Even When It's Not Hammering [Concept]
  Finally there's a tool box for people who just want their tools to look pretty. This concept by Tim Oelker incorporates your hammer into its design and gives the rest of your tools form-fitting homes…
• Minimalist Drawing Lamp Focuses Light Where You Need It [Lamp]
  The Drawing Lamp, by designer Thomas Feichtner, is a barebones light source that can be leaned closer to your desk for a more focused glow. Feichtner describes the Drawing Lamp, which he designed for…
• Thank You/Damn You Sys Admins! [It]
  National sys admin day is a good day to remember the complicated relationships we've all had with them. More »
• DIY Wearable Computer Turns You Into a Cyborg [DIY]
  Someday humans and computers will meld together to create cyborgs. But instead of waiting for it, Martin Magnusson, a Swedish researcher and entrepreneur, has taken the first step and created a weara…
• Meet QingTing, the Chinese Company that Copies Apple's Products and Website [Knockoff]
  What did Picasso say again? Oh right. Good artists copy, great artists steal. By that logic, QingTing must be the greatest artist ever. [QingTing via giz-china] More »
• The Explosions of Every Nuclear Bomb to Date [Art]
  This video, by artist Isao Hashimoto, charts every nuclear detonation from the US's tests in 1945 to the modern era. Even if you're versed in history, it still offers a perspective that's tough to en…
• The Goonies 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition Blu-ray/DVD [Movies]
  This reissue of The Goonies includes a board game and a treasure map on the box as well as some other junk. I'd get it, but I already own the DVD, and chunk ain't getting any prettier in high def. [A…
• Fastar Is An Action RPG That Makes Killing Squares Super Fun [IphoneGames]
  Fastar is a side-scrolling Action RPG game that packs way more action than RPG. Basically, you run as fast as you can while destroying any square that jumps in your way. It's all about speed and it's…
• Android 2.2 Download Now Available For HTC EVO [Android]
  Android 2.2 is supposed to roll out to the Sprint EVO next week, but it looks like there's a direct download already available through HTC. Here's how to get it. Update: A warning from HTC. More »
• This Week's Best Apps [Apps]
  In this week's multitouch empire-expanding app round-up: images, kaleidoscope'd on the iPad; news, given the Pulse treatment on Android; iPhone cameras, Photo Booth'd; alarm clocks, beautified; Scrab…
• Verizon Will Roll Out Android 2.2 To The Original Droid Next Week [Android]
  We've heard some good news from Verizon folks: They'll push Android 2.2—also known as Froyo—to the original Motorola Droid next week. More »
• How Much Fancier Can This Palindromic, Kinetic Museum Sign Get? [Design]
  Yeh, your local museum may think they're pretty fancy with their glowing Helvetica sign, but does it have revolving parts that turn into a mirrored palindrome? London's V&A museum is scoffing in the…
• Warning: People of Walmart iPhone App [IPhone App]
  You know People of Walmart, the disturbing site that showcases the posh clients that you sometimes find in that fine establishment. Now, they have decided to put the same terror on the palm of your h…
• Have No Fear, MythBusters Renewed For Seven More Years [Television]
  At Comic Con last Saturday, the MythBusting team of Jamie, Adam, Tori, Grant, and Kari announced that their contracts have been extended for 7 more years. After sharing sneak peaks of their upcoming…
• The Mind Behind the Flying Car's Design [Flying Cars]
  As strange as it is to say, we really do live in a world with a flying car. And a few decades from now, when we're all ditching gridlock for the open skies, we can partly thank Jens Martin Skibsted.…
• Europe Could Be Eating Cloned Meat and Dairy Right Now [Cloning]
  Whether you think it's cool and futuristic or gross and immoral, cloning can yield leaner, healthier livestock. And the Times reports that some cloned meat and dairy products are already thought to b…
• Twitter Will Now Suggest People You Might Be Interested In Stalking [Twitter]
  It can be tough to find fascinating people to follow on Twitter, but now and then you'll find someone whose tweets perfectly match your interests and you'll wish there were more people like that. Wel…
• This Is How Last Generation Fighter Jet Helmets Work [Airplanes]
  I always thought that last generation fighter combat helmets—like the Eurofighter Typhoon's Head Equipment Assembly or the F-35 demon helmet—tracked the pilot's head position using gyroscopes. It…
• How To Splice a Fiber Optic Cable [FiberOptics]
  It's 2010, which means it's almost the future, which means pretty soon your speaker wire-stripping and Cat 5 cable-crimping skills will about as useful as knowing how to cobble a pair of shoes. Here'…
• iPad Mount Makes Apple's Tablet the Priciest Fridge Magnet You'll Have [Ipad Accessories]
  Sure, you could try affixing some magnets to the back of your iPad, and get the same iPad-as-fridge-magnet effect for far less, but then what'd happen if the iPad dropped and shattered? You wouldn't…
• US iPad Data Cost Versus the World: We Lose [Ipad]
  It's one thing to compare how much mobile downloads cost you across various US carriers. Here's how the US iPad data plan stacks up against what the rest of the world pays. It's not pretty. More »
• Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]
  Today, we give you light - or at least a few free light bulbs. If that doesn't excite you, grab yourself a sweet Rock Band Fender Stratocaster Replica and rock out with your, um, friends. More »
• Zune HD Gets Two New Apps, MSN Money And Animalgrams [Apps]
  Both apps are free and currently available for download in the Zune Marketplace. MSN Money lets you monitor stocks, convert currency, and get info on companies and past trends, and Animalgrams is a b…
• Believe It or Not, This Is an iPhone Universal Remote [Remotes]
  What to do when Apple's abandoned its remote app and you don't want to gum up your dock connector with an adapter? Well, UnityRemote's a great start: an infrared hub that turns iPhones and iPads into…
• Bad Universe: The TV Program That Will Obliterate All Space Myths [Astronomy]
  Discovery Channel and Phil Plait—of Bad Astronomy fame—are on a mission to destroy wrong astronomy factoids this fall. The TV program will be called Bad Universe and, from the sneak peek, it look…
• Finally, A Hole Punch for Beer [Food]
  I think I can speak for everyone here when I say there's nothing worse than not drinking a bottle of brewskie through a crazy straw. More »
• The Young and the Restless and the Tech Support Guy Who Wanted Nude Photos [Drama]
  Oh what a tangled web we weave. The local ABC affiliate in San Francisco is reporting a scandalous tale of misplaced nude photos, fraudulent laptop purchases, pornographic websites, and a Dell tech s…
• Feds Pushing for Stronger Privacy While You Shop Online [Privacy]
  Congress is getting behind a policy rethink regarding online privacy, including the implementation of an FTC-enforced Do Not Track list. Such a list would allow shoppers to opt-out of advertising and…
• This Airplane Luxury Suite Is Way Out of My Budget [Airplanes]
  This is the most luxurious airplane seat money can buy: The Singapore Suite, on board Singapore Air's A380s. Fully isolated from the airplane, it has real bed and a three-feet-wide armchair, along wi…

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engadget.com

• Remote Control Mario Kart toys tested, don't drift but do shoot (video)
  To win at Mario Kart on a console you must master two things: drifting and power-ups. Half of that is replicated in these R/C Mario Kart toys, which we saw standing still last month but now can final…
• WD TV Live Plus gets reviewed, lauded for value
  After being announced in early June, Anandtech recently put the Western Digital WD TV Live Plus through its paces and discovered the Netflix enhancement works as advertised. Like many Netflix-enabled…
• Enso whips up two smartphones and three new slates, but we wouldn't order any of 'em
  Oh, Enso -- must you really give us a reason to hope? After dealing with what felt like a case of the vaporwares, and then being epically disappointed with the zenPad (which is now out of stock, curi…
• PS3 firmware 3.41 said to be causing hard drive upgrade problems
  The recently released PS3 firmware 3.41 seemed to just be a minor update that added a new You May Like section to the PlayStation Store, but it looks like it's been causing nothing but headaches for…
• How would you change the Drobo FS?
  After years of pleading, the fine folks over at Data Robotics finally gifted you with a Drobo NAS. They called it the Drobo FS, but we all know what the real skinny is. But is the five-bay, Ethernet-…
• Rover Puck WiMAX hotspot gets FCC'd, traction on ice subject of fierce debate
  The pool of choices for WiMAX hotspots continues to expand, and thanks to the FCC, we now know of another up-and-comer. The Rover Puck -- trademarked by Clearwire and previously unheard of -- joins t…
• Augen Gentouch 78 preview
  It's taken quite a bit of chasing (and Kmart stalking) this week to score Augen's $150 Gentouch Android tablet, but lo' and behold, the gadget is now in its rightful home... our home! We don't need t…
• Magic Trackpad review
  Apple's Magic Trackpad isn't the first of its kind -- in fact, Wacom has been playing this game for awhile -- but it's the first of its kind from the cats in Cupertino, so obviously people take notic…
• EVO 4G's Froyo firmware was available for download, manual install (update)
  Like we said, you don't have to wait until August 3rd to get your Android 2.2 Froyo update for the EVO 4G. You can grab the update file right now from HTC's servers (via source link). All you gotta d…
• Motorola Sage: AT&T's next Android phone?
  We tend to go into full-on conjecture mode when we see an interesting FCC filing, but our instincts haven't let us down in the past, so allow us to throw something out on the table. A new Motorola ju…

• Motorola Droid getting Android 2.2 next week (update)
  We've just been dropped a brief note from Verizon that the original Droid will be getting the full Froyo treatment at some point next week. Considering the brevity of the announcement, it's entirely…
• Samsung's Q3-bound tablet to boast 7-inch display, Android OS
  Slowly but surely, Samsung's future as a tablet PC provider is taking shape. Details on the outfit's foray into the world of the slate has been trickling out over the past few months, and shortly afte…
• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5PM EST!
  Another interesting week of news, and all the boys are in NYC, so the podcast should be extra-crispy. Can you handle it? Can we? Tune in at 5pm to find out -- the chat below is open now, so get comfy…
• BlueAnt Q2 Bluetooth headset enables noise-free calls during Usain Bolt's sprints
  It's not guaranteed to make you any smarter, but having such an intelligent little bird upside your ear may at least give you a minor boost in confidence. A full 1.5 years after the original Q1 made…
• Devon Works Tread 1 belt-driven, bulletproof wristwatch tested, proven to actually tell time (video)
  The last time we saw the Devon Works Tread 1 wristwatch it existed only in digital form, rendered and swirling about with respect neither mass nor volume. Now it has come to reside in the physical pl…
• Stealth Computer debuts paperback-sized LPC-100 mini PC
  Stealth Computer is certainly no stranger to tiny PCs, but it's now produced its smallest one to date in the form of the LPC-100. Measuring roughly the same size as a thick paperback novel, this one…
• Nexus One blasts off to 28,000 feet, looks slightly worse for wear (video)
  Your average satellite these days is roughly on par in terms of size with your average living room, give or take, and so naturally the cost of lofting one into orbit is, if you'll pardon the phrase,…
• Best Buy partners with Clearwire, will Connect customers to 4G
  When we first heard through the grapevine that Best Buy was launching its own branded wireless data service, Connect, rumor had it that 4G was going to be baked right in there. We'd later learn that w…
• Canon EOS 60D turns up in DxO's optics modules roadmap
  We've heard some Canon EOS 60D rumors before, but this one might just be the most convincing yet -- the as-yet-unannounced camera recently turned up in a roadmap that wasn't leaked but actually poste…
• Rocket Project team successfully launches a Vaio into the stratosphere
  Earlier this spring, Sony's Rocket Project gave eight lucky high school students several Vaios, a crash course in rocketry, and the opportunity to design and build a rocket that could make it to the…
• RIM's 9.7-inch Blackpad rumored for November launch -- yes, Blackpad
  We were secretly hoping that RIM's acquisition of the blackpad.com domain name was nothing more than a joke (or a preventative measure, at worse), but it sure sounds as if that'll be the name the folk…
• RCA BRC3108 portable Blu-ray ships to Target, seriously undercuts Panny's DMP-B15
  Remember Panasonic's DMP-B15? You know, that world's first portable Blu-ray player that was introduced at CES and just started shipping last month? With an $800 price tag, there's a good chance you n…
• Buying an iPhone 4 from a Canadian carrier? It's locked
  We've been tipped this morning (and have now been able to confirm, thanks to our own Myriam Joire braving the lines) that if you buy an iPhone 4 in a Canadian carrier's store today, you leave with it…
• EVO 4G's Froyo features detailed in pictures, car dock coming in September?
  We're not far from seeing this big update in the flesh, but in the meanwhile, EVO 4G owners (and fans) might be interested to take a closer look at the features they'll be getting once it arrives. HT…
• Samsung's 4-inch Windows Phone 7 handset gets named: Cetus (SGH-i917)
  You'd probably assume that Samsung would have a difficult time overshadowing the Galaxy S right now, but all it really takes is a salacious Bluetooth SIG entry that leaves only the most important par…
• Impossible Project's color Polaroid film finally going on sale, shipping August 2nd
  Remember back in March when the Impossible Project rolled out its Sepia Polaroid PX100 film for the SX-70 and PX-600 cameras? Well, we heard then that color film was in the pipeline and that it would…
• DMC's 5-inch Copia color e-reader landing this fall for $99, others to follow
  It's fairly safe to say that DMC Worldwide's Copia e-reader family won't exactly make that estimated Spring 2010 ship date, but a new report over at The Wall Street Journal is cluing us in on a bit of…
• Validas study finds Verizon smartphones consuming more data than iPhones
  You know how we've good reason to believe that Verizon Wireless is at least mulling the switch to capped / tiered data plans? Yeah. An independent Validas research report has found that, between Janua…
• Keepin' it real fake: TESO LPAD runs 'MeGoo' or 'Andriod' on Moorestown
  Chinese company TESO has an unrequited love for all things Apple. Not that it cares, we're sure it's doing just fine on the grey market with its KIRFy Cupertino crafts. But maybe it's time for this S…
• 70-gigapixel panorama of Budapest becomes world's largest digital photograph
  It's just been a few months since a 45-gigapixel panorama of Dubai claimed the title of world's largest digital photograph, but it's now already been well and truly ousted -- the new king in town is…
• Samsung confirms Galaxy S will get Froyo in September
  Wondering when the Galaxy S will be getting its own cup full of Froyo, the 2.2 build that every Google handset is screaming for? Samsung promised that an update would be coming not long after release…
• Official: HTC rolling out Android 2.2, 720p video, iTunes sync to unlocked Euro Desires this weekend
  We've just heard directly from HTC regarding that hotly anticipated upgrade to Android 2.2: it's happening this weekend for lucky Euroland owners of the Desire. Provided your Sense-laden 3.7-incher i…
• Acroban: the childlike robot you want to punch (video)
  We see a lot of robots around here. But few can evoke emotion without resorting to a doe-eyed visage or plush, Dough-Boy bodice. That's what makes Acroban so interesting. Dispensing with the cheap pa…
• ATI overtakes NVIDIA in discrete GPU shipments
  You'd think with ATI having the performance, value and power efficiency lead for so long -- at least since the Radeon HD 4000 series -- NVIDIA would be in all kinds of trouble, but it's only now that…
• Sony refuses to get caught up in a price war with Kindle, intends to compete on quality
  Boy, Sony sure loves to drag its heels when it comes to obvious industry trends. First netbooks were a race to the bottom, now the company's saying it won't sacrifice the quality and design of its e-…
• Clevo W860CU 3D and ASUS G51JX-3D bring three-dee to US laptopers
  NVIDIA teased us with the introduction of the 3D-ready G51JX back at Computex (you may remember it as one of the founding 3D PCs), and now AVADirect is bringing that very machine to US soil. Said rig…
• Droid 2 cases arrive at Best Buy, Droid 2s soon to follow?
  At this point, we're starting to think that Motorola is intentionally (and cruelly) teasing us with its Droid successor. Today we can add to the parade of leaks preceding the Droid 2's debut in the f…
• Samsung SCH-R900 approved by FCC: first US LTE phone is go
  We first caught wind of the SCH-R900 after MetroPCS announced that it would be first to carry the Samsung handset when its fledgling LTE network lights up in select markets sometime after the summer.…
• Ask Engadget: best robot platform for under $400?
  We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Ryan, who reckons it's about…
• Redbox rolling out $1.50 Blu-ray rentals at 13,000-plus kiosks, nationwide by fall
  It's really no surprise that Redbox is going nationwide with its $1.50 Blu-ray rentals, at every step along the way of its Hollwood dealmaking, the company has pointed out its aim towards procuring a…

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boingboing.net

• Paul Stanley's boots
  Last night, my pal Gil Kaufman of MTV snapped this fantastic photo at a Kiss concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. I call it Duct Tape Rock City....
• TIME Afghansploitation magazine cover: fixed it for you.
  ('shopped by Rob Beschizza). Context, and Rob explains his thoughts in this comment. Commenter Unmutual, in the previous Boing Boing thread, observed: When you show a naked little girl running away fr…
• Army's Wikileaks dragnet widens
  The New York Times reports that Army investigators expanding their inquiry into the Wikileaks document dump to include friends and associates who may have aided suspected leaker, Pfc. Bradley Manning.…
• Ants on a scanner: 5-year video timelapse
  By François Vautier (via Submitterator, thanks gevertully)....
• In Boise, of all places, lawyers squabble over BP spill claims lawsuits
  This must be the biggest thing to hit Idaho since 'Napoleon Dynamite.' —a lawyer in Boise, ID, 1,500 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, where many lawyers have gathered to argue about the fate of hundre…
• Largest hail stone in the US?
  According to the Weather Channel, this is the country's largest hail stone. It's 8 inches in diameter and weights approximately 2 pounds. It fell in Vivian, South Dakota, during a hailstorm that appar…
• Submit to the Submitterator!
  We're thrilled that everyone seems to be digging our new Submitterator! (More about the launch here.) Every day, folks are submitting a slew of wonderful links. Thank you! In fact, I browse it as if i…
• SPECIAL FEATURE: High Design
  In the world of design, urban mobility is much more than how you get from point A to point B. Urban mobility operates at the intersection of myriad innovation freeways, from architecture to infrastruc…
• Anti-Defamation League joins bigots in opposing Manhattan mosque
  The Anti-Defamation League has announced its opposition to the building of an Islamic community center (or mosque, as CNN and others put it) in Manhattan, near ground zero. It accepts that the builder…
• Stating the Obvious : If you don't have a house you don't need no sofa
  empty home on Bloomington Ave S, Minneapolis by Andrew Ciscel via CC OK, so I'm not an economist. But as a venture investor in early-stage medical and technology companies I read the usual financial a…

• Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt (via Serafinowicz and Popper)
  [ Watch video: view at YouTube or Download MP4. ] Boing Boing Video proudly presents Markets of Britain, discovered by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz from the archives of a great and underapprec…
• San Francisco: Diana Gameros at this weekend's Bicycle Music Festival
  This Saturday in San Francisco, the largest bicycle-powered music festival in the world takes place in Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow and throughout the city. Bike powered? Think Gilligan's Island…
• Sea No Evil: Sea Shepherd benefit art show in CA
  Opening Saturday July 31 (tomorrow night): The Sea No Evil art show benefitting the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Above, a piece by Gary Baseman from the show. The donating artist list is pretty…
• The Wunderkammer that is Webb Gallery
  I've posted previously about the Webb Gallery, an immensely interesting gallery in Waxahachie, Texas that specializes in outsider art and the artifacts of secret societies, and overflows with an incre…
• Elephants in Scotland and other odd animal translocations
  Via Submitterator, BB pal Marilyn Terrell shares with us the above photo of a magnificent elephant crossing a road between stone cottages in Scotland. Huh? This image is from Translocation, a new book…
• Experiencing the re-invention of flight in St. Paul
  Last weekend*, I joined around 90,000 of my closest friends at the Twin Cities Flugtag in St. Paul. If you aren't familiar, Flugtag is an event that tests out the skyworthiness of home-built flying co…
• Tron Legacy score contributions by Daft Punk leaked?
  What some are identifying as the Daft Punk score for Disney's Tron Legacy movie has been leaked. I blame Julian Assange....
• Mutilated Afghan woman on cover of Time: Afghansploitation?
  On the cover of the current issue of TIME: Aisha, an 18 year-old Afghan girl whose nose was cut off for shaming her in-laws. Her story blogged previously on Boing Boing here. The cover is sure to shoc…
• Wii, wii, wii—all the way back to the gym
  The good news: You're less likely to injure yourself while working out with Wii Fit than while working out at the gym. The bad news: The Wii is safer because you are doing less. People tend to burn tw…
• North Korean soccer team fails at "ideological struggle"
  The coach for the North Korean soccer team has been banished to a life of hard labor as a construction worker, because the team failed in their ideological struggle to succeed at the World Cup in Sout…
• Kenneth Anger for Missoni
  Richard Metzger: Rather astonishing news from the fashion and film world. Dangerous Minds’ fave filmmaker Kenneth Anger has released a two-and-a-half-minute film dealing with the fall/winter collect…
• How Tettix tried to design a T-shirt and ended up with a remix album
  Electronic musician Tettix just released A New Challenger, a remix album featuring tracks from his earlier T.K.O.E.P.. Alex Mauer, Derris-Kharlan, Disasterpeace, Hélas Techne and Minusbaby worked wit…
• The 100 best magazine articles ever
  Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of the 100 greatest long-form magazine articles ever published. He has found links to the text of each article, and says: I'd like to have folks start to vote up the be…
• Girls Like Boys With Skills - new song from Rocky and Balls
  Rocky and Balls's Girls Like Boys With Skills is probably the dirtiest double-entendre ukulele ditty since George Formby sang With My Little Ukulele In My Hand....
• Burmese protesters using "Team America" likeness of Kim Jong-Il on posters
  Team America lives on. Jeff Koyen sends this along and asks, Anyone remember Evil Bert spotted alongside Osama in Bangladesh? Indeed. At left, a snapshot of the original Kim Jong Il puppet from the Te…
• Wikileaks source suspect Manning transferred from Kuwait to Quantico, VA
  A press alert received by Boing Boing from the U.S. Army Public Affairs Office reports that PFC Bradley Manning— who is believed to have provided Wikileaks with a trove of classified data including…
• Report: Army admonished Manning for YouTube uploads referencing classified facilities
  An Army private suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks was admonished as a trainee in 2008 for uploading YouTube videos discussing classified facilities, according to an Army officia…
• Google computer and Western media report China outage, actual humans in China beg to differ
  Rebecca MacKinnon reports: Numerous major American and European news outlets are reporting that Google is blocked in China, based on the information appearing on Google's Mainland China service availa…
• DIY Kitty Crack: ultra-potent catnip extract
  In this Instructable, talbotron22 shows how to make Kitty Crack, an ultra-potent catnip extract containing nepetalactone, catnip's active ingredient. One pound of catnip yielded 143mg of nepetalactone…
• When 2 dinosaurs become 1
  Prepare to have your mind blown. Certain dinosaurs—physically disparate enough that we've always thought of them as different species—may actually be the same animal at different stages of its lif…

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pcworld.com

• Barnes & Noble Doubles Down on the Nook
  The bookseller is nurturing its e-reader with designated Nook lounges with accessories and demos. nook - Barnes & Noble - E-book - Sony - Readers
• Mystery File Posted to Wikileaks Afghan Page
  Web site accepts an encrypted file of uncertain origin; speculation strong in wake of recent Afghan documents leaks. Wikileaks - Afghanistan - Asia - Julian Assange - Warfare and Conflict
• Japan User Marks Twitter's 20 Billionth 'tweet'
  Twitter passed another milestone on Saturday with the sending of tweet number 20 billion. Twitter - Social Networking - Online Communities - Trending and Popularity - GigaTweet
• T-Mobile Beats Verizon, AT&T, Sprint in Customer Services
  A J.D. Power report names T-Mobile USA tops in customer care rankings among U.S. wireless carriers. Sprint Nextel - Verizon - T-Mobile - AT&T - Telecommunications
• Google Crowned 'King of Malware'
  Security company Barracuda Networks says Google's search pages link to twice as much malware as search rivals Bing, Yahoo, and Twitter. Google - Yahoo - Barracuda Networks - search - Twitter
• RIM Leads Shipments with 14% Q2 Jump
  RIM mobile phone shipments grew by 40% in the second quarter, giving it the top spot in a market that grew by more than 14% during the same period, IDC reports. Research In Motion - Mobile phone - Int…
• Microsoft Needs a Tablet Strategy, Not a Tablet
  Steve Ballmer stubbornly insists that a Windows 7 tablet is coming, but Microsoft should be focused on developing applications for other mobile platforms. Microsoft - Steve Ballmer - tablet - Apple -…
• Google Cleared Over StreetView Wi-Fi Snooping
  The UK decides the data on Wi-Fi access points gathered by Google during its Street View operations did not contain personal information. Google - Google Street View - Wi-Fi - streetview - Searching
• 'Unhackable' Android Can Be Hacked
  Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. Black Hat - Android - Handhelds - Hacking - Black Hat 2010
• Microsoft Partners Slow to Patch, Report Says
  Microsoft's bug reports fail to result in prompt corrections, the Microsoft Vulnerability Research program reports. Microsoft - Patch - Business - Allegedly Unethical Firms - Monopolies and Oligopolie…

• New Kindle Rocks the E-Book World - PCWorld Podcast #87
  The gang takes a look at the new Amazon Kindle, and puts Apple's iPhone 4 antenna claims to the test. IPhone - Apple - Amazon Kindle - Handhelds - Smartphones
• How to Steal Corporate Secrets in 20 Minutes: Ask
  Participants in a Defcon social engineering contest had no problem getting data from Fortune 500 companies on Friday. Social engineering - Business - Las Vegas Nevada - Ask an Expert - Recreation
• Kindle's E-Reader Price War: Who'll Blink First?
  E-Reader competition heats, prices drop -- if you're shopping, watch for bargains. Amazon Kindle - History - Twentieth Century - Wars and Conflicts - Barnes & Noble
• Remains of the Day: Zuck's Not an IPhone, He's an Android
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• Terry Childs Is Denied Motion for Retrial
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• Windows 7 Tablets: Just Say No, Microsoft
  Redmond's desktop operating system is a bad fit for today's touchscreen tablets. Microsoft - Operating system - Microsoft Windows - Apple - Steve Ballmer
• World Tech Update: Defcon Hacking Conference, Electric Cars, and More...
  Exclusive video of the unique Defcon hacking conference badge, a new Kindle from Amazon, hybrid electric cars, and more... Defcon - Electric car - Technology - Las Vegas Nevada - Black Hat
• Microsoft Scrambles to Catch up with the iPad
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• FCC Concerned Over DefCon Mobile Hacking Talk
  The FCC is concerned over a planned Defcon demonstration of GSM mobile-phone interception. GSM - Mobile phone - Telecommunication - Business and Economy - Mobile
• Free Android Apps Caught Stealing Personal Info
  An estimated 4 million users of Android phones have downloaded wallpaper apps that pass along personal data to a site in China. Android - China - Handhelds - Google - Smartphone
• Microsoft Readies Critical Windows Patch
  Emergency patch for so-called shortcut bug falls out of the usual security fix schedule. Microsoft - Patch - Malware - Security - Windows
• FCC OKs First LTE Phone
  Samsung won regulatory approval to be the first manufacturer with a phone based on the 4G LTE standard. 3GPP Long Term Evolution - 4G - MetroPCS - Business - Telecommunications
• Diaspora: Like an Open Source Facebook
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• Making the Case for a Microsoft Phone
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• OpenAppMkt Wants to Be the App Store for Web Apps
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• Apple to Turn Attention to OS X 10.7 for WWDC 2011
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• Private Facebook Data Becomes Big Business
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• Twitter Spammers: What's Not to Hate?
  These days, a search for just about any popular term returns a huge, steaming pile of automated tweets from an army of fake Twitter users. Twitter - search - Social network - Online Communities - Tren…
• Gmail Like a Jaguar with 'Vinyl Seats,' Microsoft Disses
  The annual Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting in Redmond featured the usual number crunching, along with point-by-point challenges to five of Microsoft’s top competitors. Microsoft - Steve Ballmer…
• Microsoft Will Try to Block Google-Yahoo Japan Deal
  Microsoft said Friday it will present evidence to Japanese competition authorities that a recent Google search deal with Yahoo Japan is anticompetitive. Google - Yahoo - Microsoft - Search - Search En…
• Facebook on the Job: Educating, Monitoring Are Key
  Pondering the problems with employees and social networking, it's clear that simple nannying won't cut it. Facebook - Social network service - Online Communities - Social Networking - Software and Ser…
• SAP Warms to Open Source
  SAP catches up with rival Oracle on the open-source software front. opensource - Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Articles - Operating system
• Just Mobile Releases Sleek Aluminum UpStand for IPad
  Just Mobile, maker of fine mobile stands and accessories for Apple products, has released the UpStand--a sleek aluminum stand for the iPad. Apple - IPad - IMac - Business - IPhone
• StarCraft II in Review: Media Love, Player Plaudits
  The StarCraft II reviews are trickling in, so how are folks reacting to Blizzard's grand reiteration of real-time rock, paper, scissors? StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Blizzard Entertainment - Games…
• PCalc 2.2's New Theme Takes You Inside the Machine
  A calculator is a calculator is a calculator, right? Unless you're talking about TLA Systems's PCalc, which is, of course, the calculator. The latest update to... calculator - Math - Windows - Sharewa…
• CRM's Evolution to Be Showcased at NY Event
  The continuing evolution of CRM (customer relationship management) will be the focus of a conference next week in New York. New York City - Business - New York - Marketing - Customer Service
• Negroponte Offers OLPC Technology for $35 Tablet
  OLPC is offering its hardware and software technology to the Indian government for the $35 tablet. One Laptop Per Child - Tablet - Nicholas Negroponte - Government of India - Hardware
• Citrix Tops VMware in Desktop Virtualization, Again
  Citrix is the first desktop virtualization company to meet every enterprise requirement, the Burton Group says. VMware - Desktop virtualization - Citrix Systems - Networking - Thin Clients
• Mobile Health Requires Grasping Smartphone, User Connection
  Health-care companies must recognize the personal nature between people and their smartphones when introducing mobile health initiatives. Smartphone - United States - Health - IPhone - Politics
• What I Learned on My Summer Vacation: 2010 Edition
  I have a problem. And that problem is that when I travel for the purposes of pleasure, I can't completely switch off the work-beast within. Even in the most... Recreation - Travel - Daily Beast - Trav…
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• Amazon Updates Kindle App With Inline Dictionary, More
  Amazon on Thursday released significant upgrades to its Kindle app for iPhone and iPad. Just days after the company announced the new Kindle 3, Amazon's made the... iPhone - Amazon Kindle - IPad - Ama…
• Strategy's Limits: A Chat With Ernest Von Simson
  The longtime IT consultant and industry observer talks about three decades of working with corporate leaders and the stories in his new book. Information technology consulting - Business - Management…
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• The Omni Group Releases OmniFocus for IPad
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• Bugs & Fixes: What's the Risk With Citi Mobile Security Flaw
  If you use Citigroup's Citi Mobile iPhone app, make sure you update to the new version released this week. The update fixes a security flaw that, according to a... IPhone - Citigroup - Smartphone - Ha…
• Microsoft, Get Back to Work!
  Microsoft is still in pursuit of the tablet market according to Ballmer, but it needs to get back to its roots and stop dabbling in every consumer technology that comes along. Microsoft - Steve Ballme…
• Where To? Updated for IOS 4
  FutureTap has updated its points of interest finder, Where To?, to embrace the features of iOS 4 and the iPhone 4. Along with an interface overhaul, the app now... IPhone - IPhone OS - Smartphone - Ha…
• Intel's Legal Issues Help AMD Gain in Graphics Market
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• Refreshed Magic Trackpad Joins New Mac Pro, iMacs
  Apple upgrades its Mac Pro and iMacs, whiles introducing new Cinema Display and brand new Magic Trackpad device. Apple - IMac - Macintosh - MacPro - Hardware
• Ironkey Looks to Secure Mobile, Business Banking
  Cyber criminals are increasingly looking at business rather than consumer accounts to hack and transfer money as banks scramble to shore up their defenses. Business - Money - Financial services - Bank…
• How Business Is Putting the IPad to Work
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techweb.com

• USDA Awards $500 Million IT Contract
  SRA International has been tapped to implement a SAP-based system to modernize the Department of Agriculture's business process systems.
• Apple Updates Snow Leopard
  The update will improve stability, application compatibility, and security within the Mac and server versions of the operating system.
• FAA Teams With IBM On Cybersecurity
  The Federal Aviation Administration is using InfoSphere Streams software from IBM to perform predictive security analytics on massive volumes of data.
• NASA Archiving Social Networking Activity
  The U.S. space agency has teamed with The Internet Archive to archive its image, video, and audio collections in a single, searchable resource.
• Treasury to Sell Citi Stake
  Government could potentially earn $7 billion on its crisis-driven investment in the bank.
• ANALYSIS-Cloudy Dividend Tax Outlook Yields Confusion
  Investors and their advisers can only scratch their heads as they face an uncertain future for U.S. income tax policy, including one scenario that could send levies on dividends soaring.
• What If Women Ran Wall Street? Geithner Likes the Idea
  If women ran Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's job cleaning up the bloodied financial markets might not be so tough.
• Colonial First State Global Asset Management Appoints ASSET4 As Its ESG Research Provider
  ASSET4, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters in November 2009, has developed the world's largest database of transparent, objective and auditable ESG information covering over 3,000 publicly listed c…
• Bank Of America Taps Cisco For TelePresence
  Under a managed service agreement, Cisco will install 200 TelePresence units and provide monitoring, support, and maintenance.
• Fiserv Offers Online Bill Pay Widget
  Bank customers of Fiserv's Checkfree online bill payment software can now incorporate it into their online banking homepage, according to Fiserv.

• IBM, Johnson Controls Eye Smart Buildings
  Vendors combine facilities management and IT systems to help customers reduce energy costs by as much as 35%.
• NCR Introduces Free-Standing, Weatherized ATM
  Can be trucked around to sporting events, concerts and other outdoor venues.
• Semiconductor Market Rebounding
  Despite two years of decline, the industry saw a much better second half of 2009 than expected, report says.
• Verizon iPhone Could Come This Year
  An Apple iPhone that would run on Verizon Wireless's CDMA network could go into production by September.
• New York Life Names Michael Gordon Senior Vice President, Agency-Life Operations
  Gordon is responsible for overseeing the eight sub-units of the newly formed Agency-Life Operations organization. He reports to Paul Pasteris, COO of New York Life's U.S. Life Insurance.
• LHC Atom Smasher Sets Energy Record
  The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva surpasses the previous mark three times over.
• Global CIO: Oracle's Dazzling Profit Machine Threatened By Rimini Suit
  Column about Oracle being countersued by Rimini Street in response to charges it engaged in massive theft from Oracle, with Rimini claiming Oracle is engaging in unfair competition.
• Apple Offers Free iPad Setup
  Users who purchase Cupertino's tablet-style device at an Apple store will enjoy configuration services at no charge.
• Boston Options Exchange Taps SaaS for Billing
  The Boston Options Exchange's decision to move to a software-as-a-service billing solution was chiefly driven by its need to free up resources to tackle industry initiatives.
• AMD Intros 12-Core Opteron Processors
  AMD Intros 12-Core Opteron Processors
• Victorinox Offers 'Unhackable' USB Stick
  Any attempt to forcibly open the flash drive triggers a self-destruct mechanism that burns the device's CPU and memory chip, company says.
• Harbinger Plans LTE Network
  The company plans to use a combination of terrestrial base stations and SkyTerra satellites to deliver Long Term Evolution services to wireless providers.
• Expert Analysis: Is Sentiment Analysis an 80% Solution?
  Sentiment-analysis technologies aren't perfect. But what critics are missing is the value of automation, the inaccuracy of human assessment, and the many applications that require only good-enough acc…
• Google Mobile Service Trouble In China
  Google's mainland China service dashboard shows mobile service problems.
• Accenture Exec: EMR Targets Unlikely To Be Met
  Today, only six percent of U.S. office-based physicians use a fully functioning electronic medical record system.

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mashable.com

• Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
  Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller Inception (staring the palpably handsome Leonardo DiCaprio) nabs the top of the Twitter talk chart for the second week in a row.What else is up in the Twittervers…
• Twitter Hits 20 Billion Tweets
  There have now been more than 20 billion tweets since Twitter’s inception, according to tracking service GigaTweet.The milestone comes just two months after the service hit 15 billion tweets and abo…
• Our Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Mythology Edition
  Hello there, weary travelers, winding your way — LOTR-like — toward the glimmering horizon that is the weekend. Isn’t this is thing we call life one, big adventure? Nah, we didn’t think so. Th…
• BlackBerry Tablet Coming this November? [REPORT]
  BlackBerry tablet rumors continue to gain momentum, with a new report indicating that the device, possibly to be called the BlackPad, is set to hit stores this November.According to Bloomberg, Researc…
• New Apple Patents Detail Plans for Travel, Clothing and Commerce
  A veritable treasure trove of documents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show some of the different ways that Apple is looking to integrate location, travel and commerce into future versions…
• 10 Best Viral Video Remixes on YouTube
  You know a viral video has truly made it into the zeitgeist when it gets the remix treatment, which can itself go viral; so meta.For your viewing pleasure we’ve hit up YouTube for 10 of the best…
• #WinWeekend Sweepstakes: Lady Gaga Remix Edition
  Mashable is excited to announce that in honor of Lady Gaga’s upcoming new remix album, we’re giving away a prize pack with some exclusive merchandise for this week’s #WinWeekend Weekly Sweepstak…
• Twitter Starts Offering Personalized Suggestions of Users to Follow
  Twitter is in the midst of rolling out a new feature called “Suggestions for You” that offers up personalized recommendations of users that you might want to follow on the microblogging service. Y…
• Thanks to Mashable’s Socially Savvy Supporters
  Thanks to this week’s advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable’s sponsors are as social media savvy as our readers! Advertise with…
• Snuggie Wants YOU to Direct Its Next Commercial [VIDEO]
  When you first saw that iconic commercial for the Snuggie, didn’t you think to yourself: “I wish I had come up with such a genius piece of cinematic showmanship?” Well, good news, weekend YouTub…

• 6 Online Tools for Expanding Your Video Strategy
  This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Online video continues to…
• Traditional Publishers Release Enhanced E-books for iPhone and iPad
  Scribner and Simon & Schuster Digital have released what they are calling their first-ever “enhanced e-book,” Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland, via Apple’s iBookstore application.The enhanced e-book…
• Mashable’s iPhone App Updated with New iOS 4 Features
  Mashable has released new iOS4 updates to our iPhone application, now available for download on iTunes. The updates include iOS multitasking, iPhone 4 retina display support, improved Twitter web post…
• Minnesota Vikings Pick SCVNGR for Training Camp Trek
  Following in the footsteps of the New England Patriots, who recently employed SCVNGR to get fans involved in location-based, pre-season festivities, the Minnesota Vikings will be treating their fans t…
• Wi-Fi Coming to New York City Subways
  Good news for any New Yorker who hates interacting with others during their daily commute (read: all New Yorkers): Wi-Fi and mobile service are coming to a subway near you. Yup, now even the Mole Peop…
• Samsung: Galaxy S Getting Android Froyo Update in September
  Samsung has just confirmed that it will be bringing the Android 2.2 update — also known as Froyo — to its Galaxy S devices this September.The confirmation came via Samsung UK’s Twitter account,…
• HOW TO: Manage a Sustainable Online Community
  Rob Howard is the CTO/founder of enterprise collaboration software company Telligent.A 2008 Gartner study on social software noted that “about 70 percent of the community typically fails to coalesce…
• 20 Startups Vie to Power PepsiCo’s Next Social Media Marketing Campaigns
  What’s next for marketers in the realm of social media, mobile, location and digital video?That’s what a room full of PepsiCo executives, digital strategists and brand managers tried to figure out…
• “The Social Network” Movie Gets a New TV Spot [VIDEO]
  We’ve seen the poster, theatrical teaser and the first official trailer; now a brand new 60-second TV spot for David Fincher’s The Social Network has hit the web.The film, which arrives in theater…
• Become the Master of Any Subject with a Suite of New iPhone Apps
  Mashable’s Spark of Genius series highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, see details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft…
• How an Ambitious Startup Wants to Revolutionize Banking
  When we think of banks, we think of the brick-and-mortar financial institutions we turn to to keep our money safe. Even though in recent years we’ve seen reputable banks crumble and interest rates t…
• Jimmy Fallon Does “Double Rainbow” as Neil Young [VIDEO]
  Just when we thought that the “Double Rainbow” meme river had gone dry, Jimmy Fallon has gone and opened the floodgates once more. The other night, Fallon performed a cover of the now-iconic viral…
• Is Your Friend a Zombie? This App Will Tell You
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• Google Earth Now Displays Real-Time Rain and Snow
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• The Social Media Impact of “Jersey Shore” [INFOGRAPHIC]
  For those of us living in the U.S., it was nearly impossible to avoid the hype surrounding last night’s season two premiere of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Lucky us, we were even gifted with Snook-ified iP…
• Morning Brief: Games & Checkins Coming to Google, Facebook IPO & Spotify U.S. Delayed
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• Facebook May Put Off IPO Until 2012 [REPORT]
  Facebook may postpone its initial public offering until 2012, Bloomberg has learned from three sources familiar with the matter.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has always been very careful on the subject…
• Ballmer on Tablets: We’re Coming Full Guns
  Apple has sold over 3.3 million iPads so far, but Microsoft is still waiting for those Windows-based tablets to start capturing the hearts and minds of users. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, however, is…
• Sneaky New App Avoids Awkward Chats, Sends You Straight to Voicemail
  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…
• WPEngine Offers an Easier, More Robust Way to Use Wordpress
  Have you ever searched for a way to make a WordPress.com blog more robust? How about a way to make a WordPress hosted blog or site more secure and simpler to set up and maintain?A few WordPress supers…

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techmeme.com

• MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER. (Dave/Master of 500 Hats)
  Dave / Master of 500 Hats: MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER.  —  My apologies... this is a long piece (~2500 words).  Not for the faint of heart.  If…
• The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets (Julia Angwin/Wall Street Journal)
  Julia Angwin / Wall Street Journal: The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets  —  A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on…
• Discovering Who To Follow - With more than a hundred million users ... (Cpen/Twitter Blog)
  Cpen / Twitter Blog: Discovering Who To Follow  —  With more than a hundred million users on Twitter, there are sure to be at least dozens of accounts out there that will reflect your interests.�…
• The Irony - Black Hat Video Stream Hack (Michael Coates/...Application Security)
  Michael Coates / ...Application Security: The Irony - Black Hat Video Stream Hack  —  Free access to the Black Hat Video Stream?  Yep, that was the case.  Read on for the whole story.  —  I…
• Android Wallpaper Apps Falsely Accused of Spyware and Stealing ... (Antonio Wells/Android Tapp)
  Antonio Wells / Android Tapp: Android Wallpaper Apps Falsely Accused of Spyware and Stealing Sensitive User Data [FUD]  —  Wow!  A recent VentureBeat article put the blogosphere and smartphone i…
• Steve Ballmer on the iPad: The transcript (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Fortune)
  Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: Steve Ballmer on the iPad: The transcript  —  “We'll talk about about slates and tablets and blah, blah, blah, blah.”  Ballmer at the financial analysts meetin…
• Spotify Denies Reported Setback to U.S. Launch (Eliot Van Buskirk/Epicenter)
  Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter: Spotify Denies Reported Setback to U.S. Launch  —  A report surfaced Thursday evening that the Spotify music service, popular for years in Europe, is “back to squ…
• 360 Panorama does instant, awesome panoramas (Josh Lowensohn/CNET News)
  Josh Lowensohn / CNET News: 360 Panorama does instant, awesome panoramas  —  Shooting panoramic photos with a mobile phone can be difficult.  Often times it requires doing all the work in a soft…

centernetworks.com

• Clicky Adds Video Analytics and Offers Direct Vidder Connection
  Web analytics service Clicky has announced the launch of their video analytics service which is part of the overall Clicky web analytics platform. Clicky has integrated directly with video hosting com…
• Why They Write About Apple
  One of the conversations I often have with CN readers and with people at events is why blogs cover certain topics or companies more than others. If we look at big companies, one of the most popular co…
• Rambler to Merge with Afisha – New CEO Nikolay Molibog from Afisha
  Prof-Media, which owns leading Russian online portal company Rambler Media and entertainment content magazine publisher Afisha, will merge the two companies. The merged company under Rambler shall hav…
• Last Few Days of Bing Cash Back
  Sadly in just a few days Microsoft’s Bing Cashback program will be closed. The doors on this awesome cash back program will be closed and locked and a sign will indicate that the program is no more.…
• Get Ready NYC…Wireless Signals Coming To NYC Subway
  Back in May we reported from the MTA Unconference regarding MTA Chief Jay Walder’s comments around when cell signals would be available in the subway underground. It looks like major progress has be…
• Free Bottle of Cold Water With These Job Board Jobs
  Grab a cold bottle of water and check out 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. F…
• Tumblr Down?
  It appears that the microblog service Tumblr is currently semi-down as of earlier this morning. Earlier this month several blogs reported Tumblr’s big growth over the past year pushing the microblog…
• New Coworking Location Opening in St. Louis
  I’ve been a big fan of coworking for a long time. I’ve written many times about a variety of coworking topics and locations around the world.  My post about VC-sponsored coworking was viewed nega…
• I Guess You Can Buy Anything Online
  This month I moved to a new city and decided rather than hiring a mover which was amazingly expensive, I would give away/sell/donate most of my larger items and buy new when I arrived at the destinati…
• Quintura Launches Kid-Friendly iPhone and iPad Search
  It’s amazing how much awesome technology is available for little kids today. When I was a little kid, I had a Fisher-Price cash register and thought that was awesome. That was until Transformers cam…

• Order Beer and Hot Dogs From Your Seat With Your Mobile
  Every time I’ve been to a Yankee game and even the few times (I try not to think about it too much) I’ve been to a Mets game, I typically grab a hot dog or some other snack. You can either wait un…
• Free Bumper With This Week’s Job Board Jobs
  Our sources tell us that free bumpers are available for job applicants. Below are some of the latest jobs posted on the CenterNetworks Job Board. Subscribe to the CN Jobs feed and get all of the lates…
• Apple’s Bumper Protection for Jobs (cartoon)
  The big news in the Apple blog crowd this week was the Steve Jobs announcement that current customers will receive a free bumper guard for their iPhone 4 devices. I like Om’s take on the press brief…
• Hold Your Nose! Howcast Partners With NYC on QR Code Promotion
  If you are a regular reader of CN, you know I love the concept of QR codes. I think they have huge potential for print marketing and the ability to tie off-line and on-line promotions together like ne…
• CNBC: Texas Best State For Business
  CNBC has released their 2010, “Top States for Business” report. The report awards the top spot to Texas with Virginia, Colorado, North Carolina and Massachusetts rounding out the Top 5. From my pe…

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slashdot.org

• Mars Rover Spirit May Never Wake From Deep Sleep
  astroengine writes After repeated calls from NASA to wake up Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from its low-energy hibernation mode, mission control is beginning to realize the ill-fated robot may never w…
• Silent, Easily Made Android Rootkit Released At DefCon
  An anonymous reader writes with news that security experts from Spider Labs released a kernel level rootkit for Android devices at DefCon on Friday. As a proof of concept, it is able to send an attack…
• Average Cellphone Data Usage Is 145.8 MB Per Month
  destinyland writes For the first time, the majority of cell phones are accessing data services — 53 percent, compared to only 42 percent last year, according to a new study by Validas. And each user…
• TI Calculator DRM Defeated
  josath writes Texas Instruments' flagship calculator, the Nspire, was hacked to allow user-written programs earlier this year. Earlier this month, TI released an update to the OS that runs on the calc…
• Who Is Downloading the Torrented Facebook Files?
  eldavojohn writes Gizmodo's got an interesting scoop on a list of IPs acquired from Peer Block revealing who is downloading the Facebook user data torrented this week: Apple, the Church of Scientology…
• Fossil Fuel Subsidies Dwarf Support For Renewables
  TravisTR sends word of research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance which found that direct subsidies for renewable energy from governments worldwide totaled $43-46 billion in 2009, an amount vastly out…
• Microsoft To Issue Emergency Fix For Windows .LNK Flaw
  Trailrunner7 writes Microsoft will issue an out-of-band patch on Monday for a critical vulnerability in all of the current versions of Windows. The company didn't identify which flaw it will be patchi…
• UK Government Rejects Calls To Upgrade From IE6
  pcardno writes The UK government has responded to a petition encouraging government departments to move away from IE6 that had over 6,000 signatories. Their response seems to be that a fully patched I…
• The Canadian Who Holds the Key To the Internet
  drbutts writes The Toronto Star has an interesting story on how they are securing DNS: 'It's housed in two high-security facilities separated by the North American landmass. The one authenticated map…
• US Ability To Identify Source of Nuclear Weapons Decays
  Hugh Pickens writes The NY Times covers a report released by the National Research Council, which says the ability of the US to identify the source of a nuclear weapon used in a terrorist attack is fr…

• New PS3 Firmware Causing HDD Upgrade Problems?
  Channard writes While there have been occasional reports of previous PS3 firmware upgrades causing system crashes and so forth, Sony's new firmware upgrade for the system, 3.41, is apparently stopping…
• FCC Gives Thumbs-Up To First LTE Phone
  eagledck tips news that the FCC has finally approved the first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) phone for sale in the US. The Samsung device will use MetroPCS as a carrier, but tech specs, software detail…
• DefCon Contest Rattles FBI's Nerves
  snydeq writes A DefCon contest that invites contestants to trick employees at 30 US corporations into revealing not-so-sensitive data has rattled nerves at the FBI. Chris Hadnagy, who is organizing th…
• How Should a Non-Techie Learn Programming?
  CurtMonash writes Nontechnical people — for example marketers or small business owners — increasingly get the feeling they should know more about technology. And they're right. If you can throw up…
• Justice Department Joins Fraud Lawsuit Against Oracle
  suraj.sun writes with news that the US Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit alleging Oracle of overcharging the federal government for its software products. Quoting: In a nutshell, the lawsuit…

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arstechnica.com

• Week in tech: jailbreaks ahoy, mechamice, comedians, and copyright
  We're approaching the dog days of summer in the northern hemisphere, and tech news shows no signs of cooling down. Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are fair use: Every three years, the Libra…
• Anti-P2P lawyers accused of copyright hypocrisy
  Have the copyright enforcers been caught with their hands in the cookie jar? The blog TorrentFreak today published its claim that the US Copyright Group, which has filed more than 14,000 lawsuits aga…
• Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn't get the iPad
  The operating system is called Windows, claimed Steve Ballmer when asked about Microsoft's plans for the tablet/slate/pad form factor at the company's annual Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday. He…
• RIM set to join the tablet fray this fall with "Blackpad"
  Corroborating a rumor from The Wall Street Journal earlier this summer, a new Bloomberg report cited two people familiar with the company's plans to build an iPad-like touchscreen device and release…
• Microsoft to release fix for Windows Shortcut flaw on Monday
  Microsoft has announced plans to release of an out-of-band update on Monday to address the Windows Shortcut flaw revealed less than two weeks ago. The software giant has been keeping a close watch on…
• Students finally wake up to Facebook privacy issues
  Students care about Facebook privacy more than the world thinks, and their use of privacy controls has skyrocketed recently, according to two researchers. Eszter Hargittai, Associate Professor of Nor…
• iPhone 4 antenna woes "significantly worse" than competition
  Apple launched the iPhone 4 in 17 additional countries today, causing another round of debate over whether or not the iPhone 4's external antenna design is flawed or not. A UK consulting firm says it…
• Sulfates plus black carbon a nasty combo for warming
  Fossil fuels may be doing an even more efficient job of warming the planet than we thought. A new study shows that black carbon generated by fossil fuels seems to warm the planet more than other sour…
• Australia begs residents to accept free fiber connection
  If your government had decided to install a national, open-access fiber-to-the-home network to 93 percent of all residents, if the installation was free, and if the fiber hookup had no effect on your…
• FCC gives thumbs-up to first LTE phone, more in offing
  The Federal Communications Commission has finally approved the first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) phone for sale in the US. Though the first LTE handset will be available through MetroPCS, the FCC ha…

• State of the climate: warming, with no sign of waning
  Every year since 1990, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released an annual report detailing the state of the climate. Early versions were typewritten and authored by a handful…
• Why lack of StarCraft 2 LAN play still matters
  Much of this post originally ran in July 2009, but the issue is still on the minds of gamers. We've edited the post to add some thoughts now that the game has launched, and added a section at the end…
• Preserving games comes with legal, technical problems
  When it comes to preservation, video games are problematic. Hardware becomes outdated and the media that houses game code becomes obsolete, not to mention the legal issues with emulation. In short, o…
• GPU renderers proliferate, show newfound maturity
  As SIGGRAPH 2010 winds down, one thing has been obvious: GPU rendering has matured quickly. GPU-based rendering initially got a bad name because public attention has been mostly on real-time ray-trac…
• "Animal connection" helps separate humans from other species
  For centuries, people have tried to pinpoint what makes humans unique. The most current scientific theory suggests that three main qualities separate Homo sapiens from other animals: the construction…
• Sprint set to release 3G-enabling "case" for iPod touch
  Recently released FCC documents reveal that Sprint is set to launch what appears to be a new case for the iPod touch that would enable 3G networking on the WiFi-only device. Manufactured by ZTE and c…
• Congress ponders privacy of your underwear, immortal soul
  At a Congressional Internet privacy hearing on Tuesday, a group of middle-aged men had some questions about the 'Net. Why was it such a creepy place? How come replying to spammers doesn't get one imm…
• Feature: WiFi "Hole196": major exploit or much ado about little?
  The latest hole in WiFi security is quite serious, but it's unlikely to cause widespread disruption in the corporate and government networks for which it would have the potential to cause the biggest…
• Internet Explorer 9 beta to arrive in September
  Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner revealed today at the company's annual financial analyst meeting that the first beta of the Internet Explorer 9 Web browser is planned for release in Se…
• Magic Trackpad or tragic Mac pad? A review
  When I was 12, using a Performa 600CD, my parents gave me an external trackpad accessory that connected via ADB (a moment of silence for Apple Desktop Bus, please... thank you) for my birthday. The u…
• Bridging the gap between biomass and petrochemicals
  This week's issue of Science takes a look at work that could help bridge the gap between biomass fuel production and traditional petrochemical engineering. Modern society relies on petrochemicals not…
• StarCraft 2 is a full game, no matter what whiners say
  The Internet, taken as a sort of buzzing collective, can be hard on games. The Amazon ratings for StarCraft 2 have become a battlefield, with many rating the game based on features that gamers feel s…
• Google in the clear over UK WiFi snooping
  The Information Commissioner's Office has said that Google did not grab significant amounts of personal data when photographing the UK with its StreetView cars, and that the information captured is u…
• Windows 7 trounces Windows XP at green computing
  Mindteck, a company that offers embedded software development and consultancy services, has released power consumption data after testing sleep, idle, low-use, and high-use scenarios of various Windo…
• Mozilla's Tab Candy is the first step to sweeter browsing
  Tabbed browsing has arguably had a significant impact on the way that people use the Web, but the feature hasn't really scaled to accommodate the increasing complexity of the average surfing session.…

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infoworld.com

• Novell upgrades Mono Tools for Visual Studio
  Novell this week unveiled Mono Tools for Visual Studio 2.0, which enables development of Microsoft .Net applications for Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X from within Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE.
• Microsoft schedules emergency Windows patch for Monday
  Microsoft today said it will issue an emergency patch for the critical Windows shortcut bug on Monday, August 2. The company said it is satisfied with the quality of the out-of-band update -- Microsof…
• Samsung wins FCC approval for first LTE phone
  Samsung appears to have won the race to be the first device manufacturer to gain approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a phone based on the 4G LTE standard.
• SAP adopting more open source software
  Although not traditionally known for its contributions to the open source community, the German-based SAP is adopting more open source software, as well as contributing more of its own code back into…
• Microsoft to ship IE9 beta in September
  Microsoft will ship a beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in September, a company executive said today. If the timeline is accurate, the IE9 beta release will come a month later than earlier speculation…
• Citrix tops VMware in desktop virtualization
  Citrix's VDI technology has surged ahead of rival VMware's, according to the Burton Group, which says Citrix's XenDesktop software is the first enterprise-ready server-hosted virtual desktop product.
• RIM leads way as mobile phone shipments surge 14 percent
  Worldwide mobile phone shipments jumped by 14.5 percent in the second quarter, driven by sales of smartphones and entry-level handsets, IDC reported today.
• U.S. should seek world cooperation on cyber security, says ex-CIA director
  LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. needs to consider working with other leading nations to develop rules of engagement in cyberspace, retired general and former director of the CIA Michael Hayden said during a key…
• Defcon contest rattles nerves at FBI, security groups
  A Defcon contest that invites contestants to trick employees at U.S. corporations into revealing not-so-sensitive data has rattled some nerves. Contest organizers have been called by the U.S. Federal…
• Intel wins key ruling in class-action suit
  A court-appointed special master has rejected class-action status in an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, determining that the plaintiffs failed to show that PC buyers were harmed by discounts Intel of…

• T-Mobile tops AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint in customer care rankings
  T-Mobile USA topped other top U.S. wireless carriers in providing overall customer care during the first half of this year, according to a J.D. Power and Associates report released Thursday. The eight…
• Apple's latest iOS 4 issue: iPhone 3G woes
  Now that Apple has pacified iPhone 4 customers with free bumper cases to alleviate antenna issues, the company is looking into problems with iOS 4 and the iPhone 3G.
• Burton Group: Avoid Office 2010 lock-in, stick with Office 2007
  Microsoft's 2010 software suites present the most complicated lock-in decision in years, and many customers will be justified in sticking with the 2007 versions of Office, Exchange, and SharePoint, Bu…

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news.cnet.com

• Tighter security coming in Firefox 4
  At Black Hat, a trio of security representatives from Mozilla detailed how the company plans to push the browser to be more secure for users while nudging developers toward safer coding practices.
• Rare ruling favors Intel pricing policy
  A preliminary ruling rejected a claim that Intel's pricing practices hurt consumers.
• How to use App Tabs in Firefox (video)
  Mozilla has given tabs some long-overdue love in the second Firefox 4 beta with App Tabs, a feature that annihilates your scramble to search for that one elusive open tab. Watch what it does in this H…
• Week in review: Jailbreaking goes legit
  Copyright office says bypass is legal, while Wikileaks publishes classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. Also: New Apple desktops.
• Samsung profit, sales up on TV and chip demand
  Second-quarter earnings shoot up 83 percent to record levels while sales rise 21 percent as the company sees surging demand for computer chips and TVs.
• Justice Department sues Oracle, alleging fraud
  Lawsuit claims government agencies, under a contract that involved hundreds of millions of dollars in sales, got deals far inferior to those Oracle gave its commercial clients.
• Ballmer says Microsoft at work to rival iPad
  Though short on details, Microsoft's CEO said it is job one to make sure that Windows 7 is an attractive option for slates and tablets.
• Graphics chip market seeing big changes
  As Nvidia falters, AMD's ATI graphics unit is on the rise, spurred by radical shifts in a notoriously fickle market, says Mercury Research.
• Ballmer talks up Microsoft's consumer business
  Microsoft's CEO takes the stage at the company's financial analyst meeting. CNET's Ina Fried is in Redmond with coverage live from the event.
• HTC revamps key management staff to spur growth
  Taiwan mobile phone maker announces series of new jobs and promotions in management staff as part of ongoing effort to drive future growth.

• VC confidence down after several up quarters
  Concerns over the U.S. and global economies and regulatory uncertainties prompt a drop in confidence among venture capitalists.
• IBM picks up data compression company Storwize
  Big Blue acquires privately held company and its technology for compressing data in real-time and making it available to analytics apps.
• Microsoft makes its case to Wall Street
  The software maker is kicking off a daylong analyst meeting in Redmond, Wash. CNET's Ina Fried will have live coverage of the meeting throughout the day.
• Sony returns to black, raises forecast
  Helped by robust computer and TV sales, the electronics giant posts net profit of 25.7 billion yen versus a net loss a year ago, while sales inch up for the quarter.
• Nintendo hit by loss on sluggish game sales
  Weak sales of its DS console and a dearth of hot new games trigger a net loss and lower revenue for Nintendo's first quarter.
• Microsoft touts cloud computing customers
  Ahead of its financial analyst meeting in Redmond, the software maker announces that Hyatt Hotels, Dow Chemical and the University of Georgia will use its hosted e-mail and portal products.
• AMD tops Nvidia in graphics chip shipments
  AMD passed Nvidia in graphics chip shipments in the second quarter, according to a marketing research firm.
• Nvidia warns of second-quarter revenue shortfall
  Graphics chip supplier pares back revenue predictions, blaming increased memory costs and economic weakness in Europe and China.
• Microsoft's 'Street Slide' takes aim at StreetView
  A new mapping technology from Microsoft's Research team takes the idea of a panoramic street view and stitches it together into one long stream of map tiles.
• Office for Mac to get conversation view
  In video previews for next Mac Office, Microsoft confirms new Outlook will support conversation views, a longtime Gmail feature recently added to Windows Office.

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inquisitr.com

• Zynga says screw you to its customers
  Ever wonder what happens once you’ve paid for all those virtual goods in thos silly ass social games that you waste your life away playing in Facebook and the company diceds the game isn’t popular…
• Predictably enough, Call of Duty: Black Ops getting special editions
  Once the preserve of an elite few games, there now seems to be a collector’s/limited edition of every other game released nowadays. This week, in an unusual twist, it’s a title that’s probably b…
• Nintendo NES cart handily doubles as wedding invite
  Greatest. Wedding. Invite. Ever. Think we all know which cake they’re going to be cutting at this thing. [Via Reddit]
• Ellen DeGeneres Quits Idol
  Ellen DeGeneres has quit ‘American Idol’, while Kara DioGuardi has reportedly been sacked. The talk show host decided to quit her judging role after just one season because it wasn’t the “righ…
• NYC Subways getting wi-fi access!
  For better or worse, up until now, New York City subways were famously a bastion of no service. Descending into the pee-soaked maze would render electronic devices incommunicado in the past, as attest…
• Googlers comically can’t spell Aretha
  Understandably hilarious? [unknown source]
• Mel Gibson’s Ex-Girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva Claims to Have Attack Witnesses
  Mel Gibson’s ex-girlfriend claims to have witnesses who saw the actor attack her. Oksana Grigorieva, who has a nine-month-old daughter Lucia with Mel, has accused the 54-year-old actor of pulling a…
• Apple looking to control look and feel of mobile applications
  In a move being called scary and patent trolling the Unwired blog passes along some information about three new patent applications by Apple when it comes to ideas about mobile applications. These pat…
• Report: Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston call it quits after he knocks up another girl
  If the latest scuttlebutt is to be believed about the recent reunion of Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol and her babydaddy Levi Johnston, the rekindling is off after Palin discovered that Johnston did…
• Lindsay Lohan Doesn’t Have a Pillow in Prison
  Lindsay Lohan doesn’t have a “pillow to sleep on” in jail, according to her mother. Dina Lohan insists the troubled actress, who is due to be released from the Century Regional Correctional Faci…

• Congressman Anthony Weiner gets loud, calls out GOP for 9/11 health bill
  Way to go all Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Rep. Anthony Weiner of Brooklyn/Queens! Rep. Weiner gave an impassioned speech yesterday on the House floor because Republicans are blocking funding to moni…
• Cheryl Cole Thanks Doctors For Saving Her Life
  Cheryl Cole has thanked doctors for “saving her life”. The ‘Fight for This Love’ singer was struck down with malaria earlier this month and has now paid tribute to the team of doctors and nurs…
• Where can you get free cheesecake for National Cheesecake Day?
  Did you know that there was a National Cheesecake Day, and today’s it? While food holidays generally don’t interest the general public, most people’s ears perk up when they discover free or deep…
• Lady Gaga’s Boyfriend Luc Carl Dumped Girlfriend
  Lady Gaga’s boyfriend Luc Carl dumped his girlfriend to get back together with the pop star. New York-barman Luc has been close to Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, for four years, and the pair re…
• Carrie Underwood Not Ready For Kids
  Carrie Underwood is too busy to have children. The country singer, who recently wed hockey player Mike Comrie, and her new husband are planning to have children together, but the sportsman admits it w…
• Avril Lavigne ‘Very Happy’ With Brody Jenner
  Avril Lavigne is “very happy” with her new boyfriend Brody Jenner. The ‘Girlfriend’ singer, who started dating ‘The Hills’ star in February after filing for divorce from her husband, Sum 4…
• Rebellious Daughter Katy Perry
  Katy Perry says her parents were strict with her because they didn’t want her to “turn out like a prostitute”. The pop star has always enjoyed rebelling against her Christian pastor parents Keit…
• Leaked Thor Trailer Hits The Net – Watch It Before It’s Gone
  I’ve previously written about Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming Thor movie. Last time all I could show you was a image of Thor, Odin and Loke (as us closest to the Norse gods call him). In this almost 5…
• Alex Beh is Jennifer Love Hewitt’s New Boyfriend
  Jennifer Love Hewitt has a new boyfriend. The ‘Ghost Whisperer’ actress, who has been single since splitting from 40-year-old Jamie Kennedy in April after a year of dating, has reportedly embarked…
• Zac Efron’s Strip Club Permission From Vanessa Hudgens
  Zac Efron’s girlfriend gave him permission to visit a strip club. The ‘Charlie St. Cloud’ star insists Vanessa Hudgens was “fine” about his recent night out to see exotic dancers at New York…

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zdnet.com

• The Future Of... Clothes
  Would you like to charge your mobile phone without ever having to plug into an electrical outlet? The University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University are both developing materials to enab…
• iPhone 4 video calling
  Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs dials up a pal to demo the iPhone 4's new FaceTime video calling feature.
• iPhone 4 camera features
  Apple CEO, Steve Jobs reveals details of the new iPhone’s front and rearfacing cameras. New features include higher megapixels, LED Flash and HD video recording.
• iMovie comes to the iPhone
  Allowing users to edit and export full 720p HD video, Apple’s popular video-editing program will now run on iOS 4.
• iPhone 4's new gyroscope
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs details the latest iPhone's gyroscope feature while showing off his skills at the game Jenga.
• Netflix on the iPhone
  Movie service announces a free iPhone app for subscribers to search and watch selections from their video library while on the go.
• iPhone 4 unveiled
  Apple CEO, Steve Jobs introduces iPhone 4 at the company¹s World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Features include a new glass and steel design, a built in antenna and a higher resolution…
• Google announces open-source video format WebM
  At Google I/O in San Francisco, Google's Vic Gundotra unveils a new royalty-free video format called WebM. Google has partnered with software developers Mozilla and Opera to support the encoding techn…
• Cloud panel: Interoperability a mandate for virtualization
  At the Interop conference in Las Vegas, panelists discuss the issue of portability within the cloud. Simon Crosby of Citrix says nobody is served by proprietary stacks and touts the open virtualizatio…
• Microsoft demos new 'social' phone
  At a press event in San Francisco, Microsoft's Robbie Bach and Derek Snyder unveil the Kin mobile phones. Based on the Windows 7 operating system, the new phones will have extensive social networking…

• Apple unveils iPhone OS 4.0 with multitasking
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces multitasking support in the newest iPhone operating system. Users will finally be able to switch back and forth between applications like Pandora and Skype without havin…
• Apple takes on Google in the mobile-ad business
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces iAd, a new mobile-ad platform that will enable developers and corporate marketers to include interactive ads in iPhone applications. App makers get a 60 percent share of…
• Apple iPhone OS 4.0 brings folders for apps
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates folder creation for organizing apps in the new iPhone operating system due out in the summer.
• Apple iPhone OS 4.0 unifies in-box, enables threads
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces new iPhone mailbox features that allow users to organize multiple e-mail accounts and individual messages by thread.
• Apple?s iPad launches in New York City
  CNET?s Natali Del Conte covers the New York City launch of the Apple iPad at the flagship cubed Apple Store on 5th Avenue.
• Gowalla CEO: Bringing in users with free burritos and NBA tickets
  At Where 2.0 in San Jose, Calif., Gowalla CEO Josh Williams talks about the company's latest promotions to bring in more users to its service. He says the company is teaming up with Chipolte and the N…
• Yelp seeing real success with augmented reality
  At Where 2.0 in San Jose, Calif., Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman talks about the company's launch of Monocle, an augmented-reality application for the iPhone that enables users to combine Yelp reviews wit…
• A case study: The danger of 'freemium'
  At the Freemium Summit in San Francisco, Mailchimp CEO Ben Chestnut discusses the abuse that ensued after his e-mail marketing service Mailchimp started using a freemium model for his business. While…
• Reaching impenetrable markets with freemium
  At the Freemium Summit in San Francisco, Box.net CEO Aaron Levie talks about the benefits of using freemium as a business model. He says, freemium strategies provide, faster traction, increased custom…
• Tech execs talk up iPhone 'freemium' models
  At the Freemium Summit in San Francisco, mobile phone developers discuss how they?re using a freemium business model to attract users and monetize revenue to their iPhone apps. The freemium model is w…
• Future of? airplane service
  Virgin America is trying to take airplane service to new heights by creating on-board features that cater to the techie in all of us, whether it's texting a fellow passenger from your seatback, choosi…
• FBI director stresses cooperation with private enterprise
  At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, FBI Director Robert Mueller highlights the importance of a coordinated response to cybercrime, encouraging businesses to work more closely with the government.…
• Homeland security secretary outlines latest online efforts
  At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano discusses three efforts underway to ensure the security of the nation's cyberinfrastructure. This includes…
• Security experts on next cyberwarfare steps
  At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Richard Clarke, chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, and Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the…
• Cryptographers discuss wisdom of 'foolishness'
  At the RSA conference in San Francisco, a panel of leading cryptographers reveal some of the lessons they have learned while making seemingly imprudent decisions. By going against the grain, new objec…
• White House reveals latest cybersecurity plans
  At the RSA conference in San Francisco, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt announces the availability of a summary of the Obama administration's Comprehensive National Cybersecurity…
• Future of...parking
  Parking can be a real hassle, whether you're fumbling for change for the meter or just trying to find an empty spot. San Francisco-based Streetline has developed networking and sensor technologies tha…
• Bloom Energy unveils the Bloom Box
  KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy touts his new Bloom Box fuel cell at a press event in Sunnyvale, California. The technology is designed to be stacked into small blocks and housed in a unit about the s…
• The Steve Jobs effect
  Daring Fireball editor John Gruber talks about the CEO's effect on Apple over the last 25 years--from the time of his ouster, to his subsequent return. Gruber offers an equally optimistic and pessimis…
• The future of...thermostats
  The household thermostat has always been difficult to program--wasting energy and driving up your utility bill. But ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das explains how new networking technologies will one day c…
• Yapper: New tools to build iPhone apps
  At Macworld 2010, Sachmanya co-founder Chintu Parikh demos Yapper, a new do-it-yourself software program that allows developers to create an iPhone app without knowing any programming code.
• Macworld 2010: Quickoffice launches cloud services on iPhone
  At Macworld 2010, Gregg Fiddes and David Halpin of Quickoffice demonstrate the company's new mobile productivity application for Apple's iPhone. Users are able to read and edit Microsoft Word and Exce…
• Macworld 2010: Controlling a telescope via iPhone
  At Macworld 2010 in San Francisco, Tim DeBenedictis, product architect of Carina Software, unveils the company's SkyVoyager iPhone app, which enables users to find stars, clusters, and galaxies in the…
• The future of... data encryption
  Digital memories are long. Emails, images, and documents sent today can resurface years from now, but new software could help ensure that what happens online, doesn't have to live there eternally. ZDN…
• Apple shows off word processing software for iPad
  Philip Schiller, senior vice president of product marketing, demos the company's productivity app iWork and offers a peak at word processing on the new iPad.
• A look at video on the iPad
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks up the iPad's video features, including YouTube streaming and the ability to watch movies and TV shows via the iTunes Store.
• Apple, Major League Baseball team up on iPad app
  At an Apple press event, Chad Evans, director of mobile development for MLB.com, demonstrates the league's new iPad baseball software. The app allows users to interact more with the game, including an…
• Apple, Major League Baseball team up on iPad app
  At an Apple press event, Chad Evans, director of mobile development for MLB.com, demonstrates the league's new iPad baseball software. The app allows users to interact more with the game, including an…
• Apple takes on Amazon with iPad e-reader features, bookstore
  At an Apple press event, CEO Steve Jobs shows off the company's new iBooks app. Users can now browse, read reviews, read a sample excerpt, or just buy books--and the book downloads to a virtual book s…
• Apple takes on Amazon with iPad e-reader features, bookstore
  At an Apple press event, CEO Steve Jobs shows off the company's new iBooks app. Users can now browse, read reviews, read a sample excerpt, or just buy books--and the book downloads to a virtual book s…
• iPad's bottom line: specs and price
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs sums up all the features and pricing of the new Apple tablet.
• Steve Jobs demos iPad Web-browsing features
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs sits down with the new Apple tablet and shows off its Web-browsing, e-mail, and keyboard features.
• Apple introduces the iPad
  At an Apple press event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPad. The new mobile device is a half-inch thin and weighs 1.5 pounds. It's powered with a 1GHz Apple A4 chip and comes with 802.11n Wi-Fi a…
• As Sun acquisition closes, Oracle outlines new vision
  Oracle President Charles Phillips unveils the company's new systems strategy in front of analysts at its headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif. Phillips says the company is looking to model itself aft…
• IDC predicts top tech for 2010 IT recovery
  Senior editor Sam Diaz talks to IDC Chief Analyst Frank Gens about the technologies he believes will drive a small IT recovery in 2010. He points out mobile, business applications, and cloud computing…
• Microsoft highlights new devices at CES 2010
  At CES 2010 in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage and highlights some of the key devices and technologies the company will be launching in the coming year. He demos a new slate PC…
• Google demos 'Earth' app on new Android OS
  At Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng demos Google Earth for Android. The new app mirrors the Google Earth application on the desktop. The app also supp…
• Google introduces the Nexus One smartphone
  At Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Google VP of Product Management Mario Queiroz and Android Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng demo the new Google Nexus One smartphone, or as he calls…
• Tech predictions for 2010
  Is 2010 the year we?ll see the long awaited Apple iTablet? What will be the big trends that will capture the attention of techies in 2010? ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan talks to senior editor Sam…
• The decade in tech: Top 5 stories of the 00s
  From the Google IPO, to the rise of social networking, it's been an important decade for tech innovation, CBSNews.com Executive Editor Charles Cooper talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan about…

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digitaldaily.allthingsd.com

• Microsoft's Latest Revenue Stream: Acquisition Yard Sale
  In its most recent fiscal year, Microsoft made more money divesting old acquisitions than making new ones. According to the company’s annual 10-K, Microsoft spent $267 million to purchase five compa…
• Microsoft to Mount Antitrust Challenge to Google-Yahoo Japan Deal
  So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan’s decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner? Yeah, not too happy about it. And it’s going to do all that it can to thwart the deal.
• App Store Fan Fiction: Bradley and Bethany
  “MOM! BETHANY WON’T LET ME PLAY DOODLE JUMP!”
• Wonder If RIM's Blackpad Will Have a Roller Ball App
  Does RIM really have a tablet in the works? “Two people familiar with the company’s plans” tell Bloomberg that it does and plans to launch it in November just in time for the annual holiday spen…
• Intel Wins Key Antitrust Ruling
  Intel has won a crucial victory in a lawsuit claiming that consumers were harmed by the improper discounts it allegedly used to discourage PC makers from buying chips from its rivals. Late Thursday, a…
• "The Honeymoon Period for Apple in the Mobile World Is Clearly Coming to an End"
  With global shipments that rose 43 percent to 60 million units in the second quarter, the cellphone industry has been on a real tear lately. And while it’s not yet a top-five player there, Apple has…
• QOTD
  QOTD “The first time someone created a camera, there was someone who said, ‘Wouldn’t it be good for someone to take off their clothes in front of this camera?’” – Interpret LLC’s Michael…
• Microsoft Totally Going to Make Things Happen in Tablets
  Microsoft--which foresaw the tablet PC, but failed to commercialize it--has a lot to prove in the market currently dominated by Apple’s iPad, and every intention of proving it. Bringing Windows-base…
• Google: Actually, We're Not Blocked in China
  Evidently Google’s Mainland China Service Availability page is not the best indicator of the availability of the company’s mainland China services. Though that page shows Google’s Web search, Yo…
• DOJ Confirms Oracle Contract Fraud Suit
  The U.S. Department of Justice today said it is indeed suing Oracle for contract fraud, confirming June reports that it had accused the company of defrauding the United States government of hundreds o…

• QOTD: If Only Steve Jobs Would Say the Same Thing About Our Tablet …
  QOTD: If Only Steve Jobs Would Say the Same Thing About Our Tablet … “They’ve sold certainly more than I’d like them to sell, let me just be clear about that.” – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballme…
• How's Apple's Walled Garden Look Now?
  Here’s a timely rebuttal to those who argue the merits of an “open” app store versus one that’s “closed”: Security firm Lookout says that an Android app called Jackeey Wallpaper has been h…
• QOTD: Church of iEntology?
  QOTD: Church of iEntology? “The religious-like behavior and language surrounding Apple devotion/fandom is an example of ‘implicit religion.’” – Texas A&M University professor Heidi Campbell,…
• A Surprise Profit From Sony
  An unexpected quarterly profit from Sony this morning. With strength finally returning to its television and videogame businesses, the company posted a $293.9 million net profit in its first quarter a…
• Droid Sales Boost Motorola Profits
  Motorola’s decision to “double down” on Google’s Android operating system was clearly a wise one. Though the company’s mobile-phone unit reported an operating loss for its second quarter, it…

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labnol.org

• President Obama does some Screencasting
  Watch a screencast tutorial that's recorded and narrated by President Obama himself. Its a video demo of the new healthcare.gov website.
• Are we too Paranoid about Privacy on Facebook?
  People are worried that Facebook is leaking their phone numbers and other personal information? Are the fears valid or are we just being too paranoid?
• Do More with your Browser’s Search Box
  You can use the browser search bar of Chrome, Firefox and IE to do more interesting things like fixing grammatical errors, storing long strings of text or even for removing formatting from clipboard c…
• [Poster] Common Passwords You Should Avoid
  This is a list of common passwords that you should absolutely avoid using with your accounts on the Internet.
• Find the Actual Signal Strength on your BlackBerry
  BlackBerry, like most other mobile phones, uses a bar graph to indicate the current signal strength of your cellular network. Learn a cheat code that will show you the exact strength in dBm.
• Create an Image Sitemap for your WordPress Blog
  You can easily generate a Sitemaps.org compliant Image Sitemap (XML) for your website as long as its powered by WordPress.
• The Legal Issues Around Cloud Computing
  Here are some important legal issues that must be taken care of before you sign-up with any of the cloud providers for your business.
• How to Setup Google DFP on your Site – A Tutorial
  DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP), earlier known as Google Ad Manager, lets you sell direct ads on your website. This step-by-step tutorial will help you quickly get started with DFP.
• Proposed Unicode Character for the Indian Rupee
  The Indian Government has proposed that the Unicode character code U + 0971 be assigned for the new Rupee symbol.
• Current Market share of Smartphone Makers
  The marketshare of smartphone makers like R.I.M., Apple, HTC and Nokia is also reflected in the online traffic to their websites.

• Do Not Use Nofollow with your Internal Links
  Matt Cutts has unequivocally advised that web publishers drop rel=nofollow when linking to any of their internal pages.
• Embed YouTube Videos in both Flash and HTML5
  Learn how you can easily embed a YouTube video in your site using both HTML5 and Flash video. The video player will automatically switch depending upon the OS and browser of the visitor.
• Give your Eyes a Break with the 20-20-20 Rule
  Do you work at the computer for long hours? Learn about software that can help you reduce eye-strain, RSI and other computer related stress!
• View your Pending Friend Requests on Facebook
  View your pending friends request on Facebook to know who all on the invitation list have not joined you on Facebook yet.
• Enjoy Indian TV Live on your PC or Mobile Phone
  You can watch Indian TV channels live on your computer or mobile phone through the Internet using the free Mundu TV app.
• iPhone 4 Coming to India in October
  Are you waiting to buy the latest iPhone 4 in India through the official channels and not the unlocked version?
• Shop at Online U.S. Stores from Outside the States
  You can easily shop at online US stores like Amazon, eBay, etc. and get the products shipped to anywhere in the world including India.
• Disabling the Touchpad on your Laptop
  This article describes how you can disable the touchpad (or the track pad) of your laptop computer through built-in settings.
• How to Block all Facebook Applications Forever!
  Learn how to block those annoying Facebook apps from your profile and wall forever.
• WordPress Plugins that Power Digital Inspiration
  This is an updated list of must-have WordPress plugins that you can download for free from the WordPress.org website.
• Scan your Paper Documents to Google Docs
  Meet a free document scanning software that will let you scan and upload paper documents directly to Google Docs as scanned PDF files.
• A Map of a Country called Facebook
  If you were to think of Facebook as a country, it would be the third most populated nation in the world after China and India.
• New Software Update for your Apple iPad [Video]
  Download the latest software update (firmware) for your Apple iPad to fix Wi-Fi connectivity and other issues.
• Create a Video Sitemap for your WordPress Site
  Create a Video Sitemap (XML) and add it to Google Webmaster tools to improve the performance of your site in video search results.
• Track 404 Errors on your Website as they Happen!
  This tutorial describes how you can quickly track 404s or Page Not Found errors on your website or blog.

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crunchgear.com

• Help Key: Watch Netflix from outside the U.S.
  You Americans have all the good stuff. Stuff like BP pumping oil in the Ocean and guns, lots of guns. And then you have Netflix and we people outside the U.S. are wondering what could it feel like to…
• Test Pattern Mouse Pads For The Broadcasting Ephemera Buff In Your Life
  It may be that not everyone finds old test patterns as entertaining as I do. I just love everything about them! I don’t know why! And yet — they wouldn’t really work with the aesthetic I’ve go…
• ATI Releases StarCraft II Anti-Aliasing Hotfix
  This is just a heads-up for any ATI folks out there looking to add a little anti-aliasing to your StarCraft II-ing. ATI has released an updated driver, version 10.7a, that includes a hotfix that enabl…
• Review: NOX Audio Specialist Gaming Headset
  Short version: NOX’s first entry into the crowded gaming headset market sets itself apart with its portability, comfort, and ease of use. Features: Fold-up design Retractable microphone Xbox 360/PS3…
• New Price For Older Xbox 360 Bundles As Best Buy Clears Shelf Space
  Best Buy is reducing the price on old-model Xbox 360 bundles Theyl need to be cleared out to make space for the new slim design. Packaged with the console will be either Final Fantasy XIII or Splinter…
• Samsung’s Tablet: Android, 7-inch screen, August 11th announcement?
  Samsung has a real chance of being a player in the tablet game. From what we've heard so far, their offering will be basically a larger version of the Galaxy S cell phone, called the Galaxy Tab. It wi…
• Some Say He Can Fly. All We Know Is, He’s Called The Stig Copter!
  Here’s something you might have missed if you’re not in the UK. Top Gear is one of the most popular television programs in the world. With over 350 million viewers, it’s actually fairly surprisi…
• New York City Subway To Get Wi-Fi, Cellphone Service
  You’ll soon be able to use your phone in the New York City subway system. It’s part of a $200 million renovation of the system, which, well, not to say that it’s falling apart, but it’s seen b…
• Prediction: The RIM BlackPad Will Crash And Burn Just Like The Storm
  Sorry, BlackBerry fanboys, the BlackPad -- or whatever it will be called -- is going to flop in a monumental way. Remember how RIM's last iDevice clone, the Storm, failed in such a public way? Yep, it…
• Keuring Could Put RFID Chips In Their Coffee Pods
  According to an FCC filing, the folks at Keuring (they basically make a single serving coffee machine) could be adding RFID tags to their pods in order to allow the machine to sense the type of coffee…

• University Of Central Florida Developing Motion-Controlled Abstinence Simulator
  Not a headline I was expecting to write today. A program at the University Of Central Florida is putting together a video game aimed at promoting abstinence among middle-school-age girls. It utilizes…
• Big Interview: The Philosophy Behind Best Buy And Future’s @Gamer Magazine
  Conventional wisdom says that it’d be a better idea to build a ladder to the moon than it would be to start a magazine in 2010. Apparently Best Buy disagrees. The retailer announced, some months bac…
• Chevy Volt’s 2012 Production Capacity Bumped From 30,000 to 45,000
  GM is banking large on the Chevy Volt and apparently feels confident about its success. The auto maker just issued a statement, which conveniently coincides while President Obama is touring the assemb…
• You Think You’re High Tech? Why Don’t You Carry Around A Zune Lined With Thermite
  Back in the old days, when hackers were men, Blue Boxing was all the rage. If you’re not in the know, Blue Boxing is basically a process of sending tones down old telephone lines to enable free call…
• Lord British, of Ultima fame, goes into space on the back of $27 million lawsuit settlement
  Lord British, now in space. The Ultima creator has spent $30 million hitching a ride aboard the commercial spacecraft Space Adventures. Bonus: he just won a $28 million settlement. Must be nice.
• Is It Real, Or Is It A Bootleg Sony Vaio?
  It’s all pretty formulaic. “Company in China releases [knockoff product] that looks so much like the real thing.” See: iPed. Now: some Sony Vaio.
• FBI pokes around Defcon social engineering contest that tries to obtain corporate information
  The world-famous Defcon hacker conference is currently ongoing in Las Vegas, and we already have our first bit of controversy. (I fully expect plenty of “evil hackers do bad things” stories to pop…
• UK body clears Google of Wi-Fi wrongdoing
  Google has been cleared of any wrongdoing relating to Wi-Fi snooping in the UK. Well, partially cleared. The country’s Information Commissioner's Office, whose job is to “uphold information rights…
• Is This Nondescript Black Slate Samsung’s iPad Fighter?
  Talk about your classic Internet rumor. This pic is currently working its way around gadget and Android blogs as some think it's Samsung's upcoming Android tablet, which will possibly be called the Ga…
• Emulate the HP 12c On Your Palm Pre
  If you’ve never taken an accounting class, you won’t understand why the HP 12c is so important. It’s basically the go to financial calculator for everyone who has ever touched a 1099. This is a…

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ubergizmo.com

• Verizon To Push Android 2.2 Droid Update Next Week
  Those on the original Motorola Droid will not have much longer to wait as the nation's largest carrier has sent a note to media stating that an Android 2.2 Froyo update will get pushed out to that de…
• Rogers Collapses Under Canadian iPhone 4 Launch
  The popularity of the iPhone 4 in Canada has led to the collapse of Rogers' activation system for the Apple-made smartphone. Although unlike in the US where there is an exclusive carrier so that all…
• New York City Subway Riders To Get Cell Phone Coverage
  While Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) riders have had cell phone coverage--both for talk and data--for a while now crossing the tunnel from the East Bay into San Francisco, it seems that Manhattanites…
• All Canadian iPhone 4 Sold Unlocked
  It seems that Canadian users who are starting to purchase their iPhone 4s today are noticing that their Apple smartphones come unlocked out of the box, but there is a huge caveat to that: unless you…
• SOS (Stress Outsourced System) to receive haptic massage as source of relief
  The SOS (Stress Outsourced System) is a pretty unique idea, where this wearable unit will hold wireless signaling technology that is used to send out an SOS to fellow users worldwide whenever you fee…
• Samsung Vibrant tethers without need for rooting
  For those of you out there who want to make full use of their unlimted 3G account, you might want to check out tethering the Samsung Vibrant to your computer without the need to root the phone. This…
• Solar Powered Wireless Webcam
  Iain Barclay has come up with the Solar Powered Wireless Webcam which he dubs the FieldCam. After all, this is one webcam which relies on the power of the sun to function, and not only that, it works…
• HP 12C financial calculator emulated, runs on webOS
  The webOS platform is not quite dead yet, and is pretty capable if placed in the right hands. We're talking about the HP 12c financial calculator being emulated on webOS, thanks to the magic of Javas…
• Luxurite offers Glass TV, making it the biggest in the outdoor market
  Contrary to popular belief, size does matter when it comes to TVs, and Luxurite intends to stay at the high end segment by offering its 82 Glass TV from the Giant series. This is a two-way mirror wit…
• Oregon Scientific ATC 9K All Terrain Video Camera now available
  For those who have a penchant for outdoor activities will find that Oregon Scientific's ATC 9K All Terrain Video Camera is extremely handy in recording their adventures. AFter all, it comes with an i…

• Sony PS3 firmware 3.41 unveiled
  Sony has released the firmware 3.41 for its PS3 console, where it will include a new type of recommendation system for videos as well as games for the PlayStation Store. For those who are browsing th…
• Samsung Galaxy S to get FroYo update
  We already know that the Samsung Galaxy S will be getting the Android 2.2 (otherwise known as FroYo) update in due time, but when is the big question that remains unanswered. A quick peek at Samsung…
• Samsung SGH-i917 will run on Windows Phone 7
  Another upcoming handset, the Samsung SGH-i917, will be one that will have Windows Phone 7 as the operating system of choice. We came across this piece of information thanks to a new Bluetooth certif…
• iPad used by UK troops to handle a fire mission
  The Apple iPad isn't meant for ordinary home users only as UK troops have the advantage of using a specially developed app that allows them to learn how to handle a fire mission. What's a fire missio…
• Verizon Wireless offers Samsung Intensity II u460 officially
  If you are in the market for a smartphone that offers great texting capability without breaking the bank, then you might be interested in the Samsung Intensity II u460 from Verizon Wireless. This mod…
• FCC approves ZTE A310 handset
  The A310 handset from ZTE is a tri-band CDMA device that boasts support for the 1700MHz AWS spectrum, coming alongside Bluetooth connectivity. Our good people over at the FCC have given their collect…
• Samsung tablet spotted in the wild?
  We all know that Samsung is working on a 7 Android-powered tablet known as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but there is still no official word on a release just yet. Waht you see here though, it an apparent…
• Europe to get HTC Desire Android 2.2 update over the weekend
  HTC has made it known that those living in Europe who have an unlocked HTC Desire will be able to take advantage of the Android 2.2 update over the weekend, bringing the latest version of HTC’s Sen…
• FCC approves first LTE phone in the US
  The FCC have given their nod of approval for the Samsung SCH-R900, which will also hold the tag as the first LTE handset in the US. It isn't exactly new as it was unveiled at CTIA Wireless earlier th…
• QUIETPRO+ Intelligent Hearing System saves your ears
  A protective earplug is a double-edged sword by itself - it not only blocks out the loud, harmful noises, it will also stop you from hearing peoples’ voices. Of course, this is where the QUIETPRO+…
• Ewee-PT could be the poor man's Segway
  The Segway is a personal transport device that has certainly capture the imagination of some, although it is still way too expensive for the layman to have one in his garage. Perhaps something cheape…
• DFRobotShop Rover targets hobbyists
  Want to build a robot out of sheer fun, or do you want to further stoke your interest in this area? This is where the DFRobotShop Rover from RobotShop comes in, where it retails for all of just $89.9…
• Monster Cable offers Tron Legacy headphones
  Are you all stoked up about the Tron Legacy movie? Well, Monster Cable has teamed up with Disney to bring a bunch of Tron Legacy products such as the T1 headphones, T3 in-ear headphones, the Monster…
• Porsche 928 breathes fire for a mean look
  The classic 1982 Porsche 928 didn't really take off for Porsche fans, with just slightly more than 61,000 units produced over the years. For those who have one of these machines and want to add a tou…
• New Meadowlands Stadium to offer instant replays
  The recent World Cup in South Africa demonstrated the need for goal line technology to be introduced no thanks to contentious decisions by referees, notably the England vs Germany match that saw Fran…
• Holograms become touchable in Japan
  A team at Tokyo University managed to think of a method to make holograms touchable, instead of just having your hand slide right through a projection of light. Of course, this method they came acros…
• Copia offers more than just a $99 e-reader
  Forget about the super cheap e-reader that was announced by Copia earlier today - the company has more than just that up their sleeves. In fact, Copia has lined up a couple more LCD tablets alongside…
• 250GB hard drive for Xbox 360 S can be purchased separately
  It seems that the 250GB Xbox 360 S hard drive can be purchased as a separate accessory, according to this box shot of the 4GB Xbox 360, where it states under the accessories section that the new hard…
• Wind-powered vehicle faster than the wind
  It does take some thinking, doesn't it, to grasp the idea of a wind-powered vehicle actually traveling faster than the wind itself? That's what Rick Cavallaro and crew managed to achieve, making reco…
• NoVelo human-powered vehicle updates Flintstones age
  Remember the car that was found in Flintstones cartoons? Well, it has gotten a 21st century update in the form of the NoVelo, thanks to the efforts of Tim Turrini-Rochford, a student from the Univers…
• Asus Eee PC 1001PQ has unusual lid design
  The Asus Eee PC 1001PQ has pretty much standard specifications where a netbook is concerned, featuring staples like an Intel Atom N450 1.66GHZ processor, a 10.1 display at 1024 x 600 resolution, 802.…
• DxO leaks Canon's EOS 60D plans
  DxO, an optics module creator, might have accidentally released word on Canon's plans for the EOS 60D through a schedule of when it intends to support certain cameras. There are a handful of referenc…
• Motorola Droid 2 user guide leaked
  The Motorola Droid 2 isn't out just yet (as that will happen only next month), but its user guide has already been leaked, revealing a bunch of key details that ought to whet your appetite including…
• Verizon's USB LTE Data Modem Gets Pictured
  With Verizon Wireless's 4G LTE rollout on track, we're seeing the first glimpse of a shiny USB data modem for the carrier's network. As Verizon moves forward with 4G, SIM cards will also be supported…
• NEXiLUX Portable Gaming Guitar Lets You be a Traveling Rockstar
  NEXiLUX's portable gaming guitar has a collapsable neck and body that can detach into two separate pieces so you can bring your rockstar status to a friend's house and jam out on Guitar Hero or Rockb…
• Internet Explorer 9 Beta Coming September
  Speaking at its Financial Analyst Meeting, Microsoft told investors that Internet Explorer 9, also known as IE 9, will enter beta this fall. According to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, IE9 is…
• HTC EVO 4G to Get Android 2.2 Froyo Tomorrow
  It looks like Sprint's finalizing details with HTC as we speak to rollout Froyo as early as tomorrow on the EVO 4G according to the carrier's plans, which were leaked. According to Engadget, which ob…
• Canadian iPhone 4 Gets iPad Sharing Data Option
  Canadian users will be the envy of many American iOS consumers as the Canadian iPhone 4 will get a 6 GB iPhone plan from wireless carrier Rogers--compared to the $25 2 GB on AT&T--as well as an optio…
• If You Want a Second Drive in Your iMac, You Better Get It From Apple
  According to a new report by One World Computing, it will be extremely difficult, though not impossible, to install a secondary solid state drive (SSD) to the new 27-inch iMacintroduced earlier this…
• App Genome Project Reveals Spyware Capabilities of Smartphone Apps
  After combatting many years of desktop spyware, users must be more cognizant now of the apps, webpages, and content they put on their mobile devices as smartphones are gaining more potential. At the…

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wired.com

• 70-Gigapixel Photo of Budapest Offers a Great View
  Supersized panoramic photos of cities are the flavor of the season. After Prague and Dubai, it’s the turn of Budapest to get a detailed online photo that you can zoom in and out of and play around w…
• DIY Wearable Computer Turns You Into a Cyborg
  Someday humans and computers will meld to create cyborgs. But instead of waiting for it, Martin Magnusson, a Swedish researcher and entrepreneur, has taken the first step and created a wearable comput…
• HTC Evo to Get Android 2.2 Upgrade Next Week
  HTC’s Evo 4G phone will become the first device (after Google’s Nexus One) to get an upgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo, the latest version of the Android operating system. Sprint will begin pushing out…
• Genius: FridgePad Turns iPad into Giant Fridge-Magnet
  The FridgePad is billed as the “ultimate fridge magnet”. I’d say it’s probably the ultimate anything. Think about it. Even with my obviously awesome “Waterproof, Kitchen-Proof iPad Case” (…
• Porn Industry Aroused by iPhone FaceTime
  You will not be surprised that the porn industry is all over the iPhone 4 like a bad case of the clap. The latest business opportunity is, almost inevitably, FaceTime, although it probably won’t act…
• GPad: Another iPhone Gamepad Case
  Somebody needs to make an iPhone game-pad already. The iPhone is great for games and all, but for old-school platformers and beat-’em-ups like Streetfighter IV, nothing beats having some real button…
• Bottle Cap Punch Makes You Look Pretty Tough
  The BottleBob Bottle Cap Punch is a gimmick, a gee-gaw, a single-purpose uni-tasking tchotchke. But despite this, what it does is pretty awesome. It cuts holes in the metal caps of soda-bottles so, wh…
• Gallery of Rephotography Shows WWII in Today’s Cities
  On Monday we took a look at computational rephotography, a technique for making a new photo exactly match the point-of-view of an old photo. Today we take a look at a gallery of photos showing rephoto…
• Kindle for iOS Brings iPad Search, Dictionary, Fast-Switching
  Just days after updating the hardware Kindle with a smaller, cheaper model, Amazon has updated the Kindle app for iOS devices and it remains the same size and the same price (free). This release bring…
• Gallery: How to Build an Earthquake-Resistant Bridge
  Few engineering projects have the scope, costs or risks involved in building a new bridge. San Francisco Bay Area residents got a peek at what's involved, when builders place the first segment of a to…

slashgear.com

• How the iPad is becoming my new favorite home-entertainment device
  It’s not often that I sing the praises of a single product. Most times, I use several different devices to do what I want. Whether that means listening to music, computing, or watching television, i…
• Notion Ink Adam gets blessed, will launch with Android 2.2 Froyo not Gingerbread
  It’s not often you see a new tablet surrounded by flowers and bearing a pair of bananas and a rose, but Notion Ink are leaving nothing to chance with their Adam slate.  Having recently moved office…
• HTC EVO 4G Android 2.2 Update Now Available, Adds Plenty
  Yesterday, we told you that HTC and Sprint had managed to get everything squared away with the Android 2.2 update, and sure enough, it looks like everything is still going well. Why do we say that? Be…
• Motorola Droid Upgrading to Android 2.2 Next Week
  We’ll just go ahead and say it: Android 2.2 is just about to be on everything. And it looks like, unlike the previous updates to the Android version, every major carrier and manufacturer out there i…
• Best Buy to Offer Cheaper Xbox 360 Special Edition Bundles Starting August 1st
  When it comes to the special edition consoles, they aren’t cheap. Then again, they’re special, and they include more in the box than you’d normally get in just the “stock” box. So, that make…
• How Lucas Ruined Star Wars, and How to Save It
  Geeks don’t agree on anything. Mac OS or Windows? PlayStation, Xbox or Wii? Peanut or plain? But there is one thing on which all geeks can agree. George Lucas ruined Star Wars. [Photo By Bonnie Burt…
• RAPUDA Robotic Arm Aides Those With Disabilities
  Even if those in the know are constantly watching the next batch of robot announcements to look for any signs of a robotic apocalypse, sometimes we get stories like this one. Where, for the briefest o…
• Xtraordinary Adventures Will Take You Into Space for $95,000
  Privatized space travel isn’t a thing of the future anymore. At least, not as far into the future as it used to be. With air/spacecraft going up into the stratosphere whenever we want them to, soon…
• Snowflake Speakers Shown Off, We Want Them
  In today’s market, there are plenty of home audio solutions. There’s even more that let you plug in your iPod Touch or iPhone. Basically, they’re all over the place. And, while we can’t say an…
• Luxurite Introduces 82-Inch Glass TV
  Want a big TV? How about a ridiculously big TV? At 82-inches, the size of this TV is probably too big, but then again — if size matters, it probably matters most when it comes to the TV in your livi…

• RIM BlackPad Announced in November, Still Called BlackPad
  Well, there you have it. Just a couple of days ago RIM was outed for landing the BlackPad domain name. And while we were secretly hoping that they were just securing a name for name’s sake, if these…
• Steve Ballmer: iPad Competition is Coming
  The tech industry isn’t just about one product. It’s about that product, and the products that emerge to compete. We see it every day, but sometimes something gets released that, at least right of…
• Sony PS3 Firmware v3.41 Restricting New Hard Drive Installation
  When the PlayStation 3 gets updated, and something not-so-nice happens, it’s usually something that many would consider big enough to scratch their head in confusion. This time around, with the late…
• Samsung Cetus Outed by Bluetooth SIG, 4-Inch Windows Phone 7 Handset
  Samsung’s first Windows Phone 7 device just broke cover, thanks to the Bluetooth SIG. And, just as we had imagined it would be, it’s a device that can definitely work well to steal some of our at…
• Panasonic updates Toughbook permanent display removable computer
  You might be wondering exactly what a permanent display removable Toughbook is. Next time you see a police car look for its computer, this is the sort of computer public safety vehicles use. The hardw…
• Redbox now renting Blu-ray in many areas
  Years ago, there were movie rental places all over my town. Then Blockbuster came in and put everyone out of business but one store. Over the last year, every one of the Blockbuster locations in my to…
• Xtraordinary Adventures taking reservations for LYNX suborbital space ride
  I am betting that a common geek theme among many of us out there is that we wanted to be astronauts when we were little. We may be too old for the space program now, but thanks to companies like Xtrao…
• Space Invader couch is perfect for your retro game room
  Back in the day, I had a few favorite video games that I played on my Atari. I would often move from Pac Man to Asteroids and then to Space Invaders and back again. If you have a love for retro gaming…
• Green umbrella drying concept waters plants
  It does not rain that much in the drought prone part of Texas where I live. When it does, it rains a lot in a short period typically. For a few days we will live under an umbrella and all that water f…
• Viper SmartStart app lands on Android devices
  A remote starting system for your car can be a great thing if you live in very cold or very hot climates. Using remote start you can start your car from inside the home or office and have it warm or c…
• Duracell portable universal netbook charger is under $50
  I bet there are many people out there who would like to have two chargers for their netbook. With two chargers, you can leave one at the house and one at the office and not have to fiddle with pluggin…
• Samsung Intensity II lands at Verizon
  Verizon Wireless has announced that it has landed a new and budget priced feature phone built around messaging from Samsung. The device is called the Intensity II and the handset is made partially fro…
• Atomic9 debuts Bluetooth Wristband Speakerphone
  Over the last year there have been a lot of new wrist phones debut on the market. These phones put all the parts of typical feature phone into a watch that you can wear on your wrist for making calls…
• AMD takes market lead in discrete GPUs from NVIDIA
  AMD and NVIDIA are the only two companies who are in the consumer discrete graphics card market in a big way. There are some other much smaller companies but these are the two leaders. For a long time…
• HTC EVO 4G for Sprint Updating to Android 2.2 Beginning August 3rd
  Sprint has apparently done what many thought impossible: finished testing on Android 2.2 for the EVO 4G, before the end of the year. In fact, it’s happening next week. There had been some rumors ear…
• PlayStation Move Starter Pack Features 9 Demos in the UK
  While we consider the truth behind a recent rumor of a smaller hard drive bundled together with PlayStation’s Move motion-based controller, we’re now hit with another piece of news. Sony is bringi…
• 5 Gadgets That Changed My World, Part 2
  This is part 2 of my column on gadgets that changed the world for me. These aren’t necessarily gadgets that changed the world, not even the gadget world. But they all had a profound impact on my lif…
• Ewee-PT Takes the Glamor Out of the Segway
  If you’ve wanted a Segway, but thought it looked too “flashy” for you, then here’s what you’ve been waiting for. It’s the “little sister” of the Segway, and you should take that title…
• Verizon LTE USB Modem Images Break Cover
  As we inch closer to 2011, or more accurately, the end of 2010, Verizon’s plans to burst into the 4G market get closer and closer. It looks like the 4G equipment is starting to flow into Verizon emp…
• 125-Piece Puzzle Becomes Functioning Single-Shot Pistol
  If you own a handgun, or any kind of firearm for that matter, you probably have it safely secured somewhere in your home. Probably behind a door, or in a drawer, which are then locked for good measure…

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coolest-gadgets.com

• Gadget Thumbnails for 30-Jul-2010
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• Six Zone Heated Mattress Pad
  Why not prepare for winter with the Six Zone Heated Mattress Pad from Hammacher? You might balk at the $249.99 price point since it might be a whole lot cheaper to just purchase an extremely thick bla…
• Quirky Kōsoku could be the perfect dog leash
  What you see here is the quirky Kōsoku, a specially designed dog leash that has the comfort of both furkid and owner in mind. After all, most dog leashes in the market today cater for just the owner…
• NZXT announces Phantom chassis for gaming enthusiasts
  If you’re a hardcore computer gamer, chances are you love building up your very own rig from the ground up. After all, it gives you full control of what you want to see underneath the hood, and you…
• Panasonic HM-TA1 camcorder is pocket-sized, yet offers full HD
  Panasonic decides to jump into the pocket camcorder fray for casual users who want quality in a highly portable device, and the result of that would be the HM-TA1 camcorder. This device is capable of…
• Mr. Clock tells time, only when you look at it
  Mr.Clock_Hye-yeon.park_Design Product_2010 RCA from hye-yeon.park on Vimeo. We are no stranger to very cool clocks here on Coolest Gadgets. We just covered the Alessi Blank Wall Clock yesterday. This…
• XCOR Aerospace Lynx spacecraft accepting pre-orders for space tours
  I think we all know that the future is going to bring us space-travel tourism. Virgin Galactic has that Spaceport America coming very soon, and there is that fairly interesting Spaceship 2. This is XC…
• This metal puzzle is actually a gun!
  I don’t know if we have any readers that are TSA employees, but if they are, then don’t let this on the plane! This is because that this is not an ordinary puzzle. This is assuming that a puzzle w…
• Hands-free WristOffice
  The iPhone 4 antenna issue has put 3rd party gadget companies into a frenzy.  Apple’s screw up means that they have an opportunity to profit off of it with accessories promising to solve the proble…

• Electroluminescent Mountain Bike
  Every now and then I’ll spot someone riding a bike in the middle of the night and most of the time it’s almost impossible to see them.  Part of the problem in my area of the world is that it’s…
• Remote Controlled Lightsaber Lights
  A lightsaber just isn’t a lightsaber unless it lets off that strange glow.  Well now you can put some use to that glow by making it double as mood lighting in your bedroom.  Nothing is bound to dr…
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• Blow-Up GoCrib
  The first thing you have to learn to do as a parent is to blow up random objects.  Actually, you might want to start practicing before you have kids to work those lungs out a little.  You can’t af…
• Steampunk USB Drive inspired by narrow bridge road sign
  I can’t say that I see much resemblance between a narrow bridge sign and this USB drive, but if that’s what it takes to create this kind of art then that’s fine by me.  Actually I think it look…
• Alessi Blank Wall Clock
  If you’re a serious doodler, then you need all sorts of surfaces to perfect your art on.  Thankfully there are those committed to making strange clocks that allow for you to scribble all over to yo…
• Apple updates iMac line with new models
  Apple has stayed true to form, unveiling a new line of iMacs for the masses this time round to up the ante by making what is widely regarded as the world’s best desktop computers even better. The ne…
• Rubber Bandit Pen makes you king of the cubicles
  The Rubber Bandit Pen is different from the rest, as it not only allows you to pen down your John Hancock in style, it also lets you shoot rubber bands at pesky cubicle mates all around with greater a…
• Flowlab 14-wheel Skateboard for better corners
  We have reported on a lot of skateboard technology in the past, such as the Robotic Skateboard and the 19 MPH Skateboard. Here’s is another advancement in skateboarding known as the Flowlab 14-wheel…
• Mini Cupcake Factory
  Cupcakes seem to be all the rage these days, as they offer a different kind of pastry appeal to the masses. Even weddings have evolved to shun the traditional wedding cake, relying on cupcakes instead…

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newlaunches.com

• Samsung HMX-E10 Pocket Camcorder helps you shoot you in HD
  Why in the world hasn’t something like this come about a few decades ago? I mean, you should know by now that most of us are closet-narcissists and totally love adoring our brilliant deeds like smok…
• Space Invaders make awkward furnishing
  You wouldn’t want your grandma wriggling uncomfortably on this Space Invader, erm… couch. Well, it totally looks awesome for a showpiece of sorts but imagine having it as the only place in the roo…
• Monster Tron Legacy Headphones for in-ear and out!
  Now this Tron-love thing is getting a little overboard for me and a few of us here but then it’s good for those of you who are in the mood for Disney’s big bomb at the Box Office. However, the Mon…
• iRiver Framee-Smart digital frame costs $92
  If you’ve ever loved iRiver products then there’s no real reason you’ll make this one an exception. Ignoring the fact that the 7 inch digital photo frame can only support JPEG image files, we ca…
• Copia Tablet is cheapest in segment, costs $99
  If a tablet is something that you’ve really wanted to check out but haven’t been able to get your hands on your very own piece, thanks to the atrocious price tags attached to them then here’s a…
• Samsung’s hospital-friendly LCDs
  Samsung, in partnership with TeleHealth Services have come out with their fascinating new LCD range that is said to provide education and entertainment solutions that optimize operational efficiency,…
• Generate power by taking a dump. Literally!
  If generating power was everything that’s on your mind then you’d be thinking of innovative ways to do so, all the time, everywhere, even in the lavatory? Tom Broadbent has created a brilliant Hig…
• Google Earth Adds Real-Time Weather Feature
  Who doesn’t love Google Earth? Use it to zoom around the globe, explore cities or dive deep under the sea. Access it via Android smartphones or iPad - you can literally take the world with you, anyw…
• If Internet Browsers Were Women…
  I don’t know who thought this one up, but it is genius – If browsers were women…. Who would your sweetheart be? Firefox, who fills your memory, may drive you crazy, but you just cannot walk away…
• TAG Heuer announces three new Meridiist luxury phones
  The Meridiist line of luxury phones from TAG Heuer function as a status symbol to their luxury loving owners. The Meridiist phones attract the luxury lovers with their sleek designs and envious bodies…

• Panasonic’s new 3D lens takes your Stock Still camera to the next level
  Panasonic has realised the new trend in technology which is 3D and already has a 3D camcorder i.e. their HDC-SDT750 3D Camcorder. But that wasn’t enough. Their latest is an option for the stills. Th…
• Black & Decker’s vacuum cleaner is energy efficient
  Going green with vacuum cleaners is something we haven’t seen a lot, though most of the suckers suck more power than dirt. Nonetheless, we have some good news from Black & Decker who have made their…
• Snowflake iPod dock is definitely one of a kind
  One of the best accessories you could have for your iPod/iPhone is a speaker dock. Now there have been some pretty whacky looking, technologically hi-tech, theme oriented docks out there but nothing l…
• Nokia N8 hits Italy for $613
  Now we’re hearing it! Well, at least we are and hey, the vacation in Venice may just get sweeter with a 12 megapixel camera that’s in you phone! Yeah, that’s only if you’ve got the N8 from Nok…
• Nintendo’s 3DS gets a date for the release date!
  Well, as annoyingly secretive as they may seem, we will still have a good shot at guessing that the Nintendo 3DS will not be coming in anytime in the end of September. In fact, it will be pretty nice…

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fareastgizmos.com

• Asus VG236H monitor with NVidia 3D Vision takes users into an Immersive 3-Dimensional World
  The new Asus VG236H, 23” Full HD 1080p display boasts market-leading NVidia 3D Vision and Trace Free II technologies. It features a 2ms (gray-to-gray) response time and a double-speed 120Hz refresh…
• Sharp to stat Shipment of New Quick Messaging Phone FX to AT&T
  Sharp will start the shipment of a new quick messaging phone FX to AT&T. FX provides user-friendly features with a compact and light weight design incorporating a 3.0-inch WQVGA touch screen LCD and Q…
• Thermaltake announces Massive23 LX Notebook Cooler with separate fan and LED light control switches
  Thermaltake has launched the newest member to their popular Massive23 line of notebook coolers, the Massive23 LX. The Thermaltake Massive23 LX supports dual-USB ports and an integrated cable shelter t…
• Nissan MOD driving assistance technology detects moving objects around the vehicle and alerts the driver to their presence
  Nissan today announced its new Moving Object Detection (MOD) driving assistance technology, which is designed to detect moving objects around the vehicle and alert the driver to their presence. The co…
• Casio announces Limited Edition Red Bull Racing Watches
  Casio announced today the release of the EFE-504RBSP and EF-550RBSP, two limited edition models in its EDIFICE line of sporty metal watches designed to deliver the essence of speed and intelligence. T…
• Tohoku University and Sony jointly develops the world’s first blue-violet ultrafast pulsed semiconductor laser with 100 watt output
  Professor Hiroyuki Yokoyama of Tohoku University and Sony have succeeded in jointly developing a blue-violet ultrafast pulsed semiconductor laser with dramatically improved peak laser beam output leve…
• Panasonic DMC-FZ100 camera with 24x Optical Zoom captures the motion of a subject the naked eyes cannot see
  The new Panasonic DMC-FZ100, top-of-the-line of LUMIX popular FZ series packs a powerful optical zoom-24x and creative options including manual operation, adding full-HD movie recording capability. Th…
• Panasonic DMC-LX5 premium compact camera starts its history that will surely be passed into legend
  Panasonic today announced the long-awaited DMC-LX5 - a successor to the DMC-LX3, acclaimed worldwide by photography enthusiasts. The premium compact camera is fully re-designed in the lens from its pr…
• Fujifilm FinePix S2800HD-World’s smallest 18x zoom camera
  Fujifilm today announced the world's smallest 18x zoom camera in the shape of FinePix S2800HD. Fujifilm FinePix S2800HD camera sports an impressive 28mm – 504mm high precision Fujinon optical zoom l…
• Fujitsu Raku-Raku mobile phone helps senior citizens to enjoy walking and stay fit
  Fujitsu’s new Raku-Raku Phone 7 will be available in Japan beginning July 23, 2010, through sales partner NTT DoCoMo. The new Fujitsu Raku-Raku (meaning easy-to-use" in Japanese) Phone 7 is designed…

• Worlds largest logo of Ferraris prancing horse stretches over 2.15 million square feet at Ferrari World theme park
  Ferrari World theme park at Abu Dhabi is the first of its kind for the iconic Italian carmaker. Next to the futuristic Yas Marina circuit that hosted Abu Dhabi's inaugural Grand Prix race in November…
• Samsung Launches Its First Terabyte 2.5" Mobile Hard Drive with 8MB buffer memory
  Samsung has started shipping its new Spinpoint MT2 1 terabyte (TB) 2.5” internal mobile hard disk drive. Running at 5400rpm speed, the Samsung Spinpoint MT2 drive has a 12.5mm form factor and utiliz…
• Nissan announces two world first technologies - Electro-hydraulic Power steering system and Electric Driven Intelligent Brake systems
  Nissan today announced two world first technologies - Electro-hydraulic Power steering system and Electric Driven Intelligent Brake systems. For the first time in the world, an Electro-hydraulic Power…
• Canon LiDE210-the thinnest Canon scanner to date offers affordable high-speed scanning options
  Canon today announced the addition of two new CanoScan LiDE Color Image Scanners – the LiDE 210 and LiDE 110 scanners. The Canon CanoScan LiDE 210 and LiDE 110 scanners are not only affordable and c…
• Honda plans to begin tests of next-generation electric personal mobility products in Japan
  Honda announced plans to begin real-world demonstration testing before the end of this year of next-generation electric personal mobility products, including electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles…

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gentlemansgadgets.com

• Carbon2Cobalt’s inauguration leather Bag
  Carbon2Cobalt is a raising young fashion brand that’s quickly gaining attention due to a design ethos that hones effortless style-confidence merged with a deep American root. This leather...
• The Black Tot Last Consignment
  Tomorrow, the 31th of July entered the history books of seafaring as the Black Tot day, a British day of mourning, the last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy and the end...…
• Apple Magic Trackpad
  Almost as is usual, Apple not simply introduces the updated Mac lines aligning them to the actual grades, they furthermore have a tech-horizon widening approach with in tow. Talk is of the Magic...
• Ralph Lauren Howard Wool Coat
  Time passes by, season change and men need to adapt. For the approaching harsh, but not less colorful and bringing together early-fall periods this British-appealing wool coat of Italian origin, on...…
• Mercedes CL65 AMG
  The venerable history and famous classy look solely doesn’t satisfies you entirely, then Mercedes Benz’ recently introduced CL65 AMG will come up with the engineering finesse and...
• Blackmagic’s UltraStudio Pro
  Creativity is imperative in the design industry, especially in digital media, but as it is in the movie industry, the tools to bring those ideas on screen often are unattainable for the freelancing...…
• Jack Spadee Waxwear Notebook Case
  Few of history deciding decisions were made simply by accident, and thus it was that the Spades spontaneously opened Jack Spade in the early 90s. Inherently da core with their design ethos of...
• Ralph Lauren Rue Royale Bed
  “As you make your bed so,” starts a famous saying clarifying a crucial and important role plays the right bed. Whether it’s about questions of decor, an quiet invigorating sleep, or...
• Panasonic Lumix LX5
  Today, Panasonic has introduced its new competitor in the fiercely contested point and shoot discipline. The Lumix LX5 is the point and shoot for those who simply refuse to dispense advanced...
• Premiata - Shoes for the most discerning Men
  Tradition meets avant-garde, a mission that escorted the esteemed Italian shoemaker Premiata since 1885. Today, Premiata counts to the most important ambassadors for the ‘Made in Italy’...

• Dunhill Bladon 24-hour Bag
  The British-based supplier of men’s luxury pieces Dunhill became famous for numerous engagements in the automobile industry and moreover built a reputation for catering several influential...
• Rivieras Classic Leisure SHoe
  The Côte d’Azur is a known playground and runway for superyachts, golf enthusiasts and those who succumb to the sometimes admittedly eccentrically flamboyant vibe of St. Tropez, however it’s...
• Longines Expeditions Polaires Francaises – Missions Paul-Emile Victor
  The Swiss watchmaker Longines is not just popular for holding the oldest registered logo in the watch industry, it became famous for its close and centuries-long affiliation to aviation and...
• BMW X3 2011
  After a successful inauguration period, both the crossover attempts of the German propeller bearing company BMW, clarified there sublime class. Now, BMW readies the successor model of the X3 that is..…
• Oxfords for the Summer - The Keene Oxfords of Rachel Comey
  Still not satisfied with the chosen shoes that were destined to lead through the broiling summer weeks like a fluffy cloud flattering the exhausted feet, but without sacrificing a certain...

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inventorspot.com

• Moon Dough Is Not Just For Eating
  Ever eaten Play Doh?  If so, you know that the flavor loses it's special tang when it dries into a bright blue brick.  Now we have Moon Dough... which claims to never dry up.  And I wonder if it'll…
• More Natural Skating: Sport Technology Flowboard
  By adding a slew of extra wheels, the Flowboard makes skating a little more like riding waves or snow.
• Social Media Gaming Ushers In Age Of Micropayments, Facebook Credits & Google.Me
  As Zynga continues to dominant the online social media gaming space, other players like Google.me and Disney are looking to get a piece of the action. Facebook Credits is the dominant monetization ave…
• Apple iPad Goes Steampunk With The USB Typewriter
  Love retro office equipment but need the practicality of top tech tools like the Apple iPad? Thanks to the USB Typewriter, you can now get the best of both worlds.
• Liquid Wood Could Cut Down on The Use of Non-biodegradable Toxic Plastic
  A German company called TECNARO is responsible for manufacturing liquid wood. Liquid wood is an innovative material used to make a bioplastic that is more eco-friendly than petroleum made plastics, wh…
• Exhilarating or Excruciating? 5 Unconventional Extreme Sports
  You've probably never tried these sports. You may not have even realized they existed. Now watch some video and decide if you ever will.
• Garment Saver Protects Clothing From Makeup Mishaps
  If you are one of those au natural ladies who wakes up looking fresh and glowing and never has to apply more than a swipe of lip balm then, first of all, I hate you and secondly you probably have no u…
• Smart Helmet Tells You And Rescuers That You've Taken A Hard Hit To The Head
  Trying to explain the degree of your head injury when you're seeing strange colors, talking to imaginary people and trying desperately to remember your own name is difficult. So why not let your helme…
• Classic Video: Dufus Shows Up To Cleveland Indians Game Wearing LeBron Jersey, Gets Kicked Out
  Kid shows up to a Cleveland Indians game in a LeBron Heat jersey for no apparent reason other than to be a dick. Fans boo, throw things on him and give him a generally difficult time all around. Kid g…
• Ice Formation Gives Room Temperature The Cold Shoulder
  Tired of broken hotel ice machines, Spanish researchers went ahead and found out how to grow ice at room temperature. Seems like a slippery slope.

• Social Media Might Be Introducing 140 Characters To 140 Other Planets?
  Five years ago when 140 characters shook this planet with the introduction a new social interaction platform that allowed man to communicate with folks the world over - little did we know there were 1…
• Takumi Wood Block Clock Branches Out To 10 Digits
  Takumi's iconic wood block digital clock was a masterpiece of minimalism but just like a tree seed, it's grown... in this case, into the new Takumi 10-Digit Wood Block Clock. Morning wood never looked…
• Jump Start Your Car From The Inside Out
  To me, one of the worst feelings in the world comes when your car breaks down on the highway or in the middle of nowhere.  As a woman, maybe my vulnerability is greater than men might experience, but…
• DIY Moon Shadows With GUAU Lighting Design
  Maybe it won't fool your dog, but the Guau, or a grouping of them on your wall or ceiling would surely provide some great ambience in your home. 
• Anti-Theft Lunch Bags Fend Off Food Nabbers
  Ah, the lunchroom thief.  Amazingly, every office seems to have at least one.  The Anti-Theft Lunch Bag is made to protect your food from all of the lunch stealers of the world.
• Don't Buy Anything! Receipts Are Hazardous To Your Health!
  You know that what leads to getting a receipt (the purchase) can be bad for your health.  Spending money these days can certainly lead to ulcers.  But now studies have found that receipts are even w…
• Socket To Me - The Old Power Bar With A Twist
  A product to solve common conundrums, the Socket Sense lets power bars actually connect multiple devices. How electric.
• QR Codes To The Rescue In The Gulf To Address The BP Oil Spill
  While Quick Response (QR) Codes still have a long way to go in gaining traction in the US, the BP Oil Spill may be the right catalyst to introduce this technology to more and more folks who own smartp…
• The $49 Kindle Was The Only Question Not Asked By Charlie Rose
  Today, there are virtually hundreds of blogs that have surfaced since last night's interview of Jeff Bezos by Charlie Rose. It was the first news of Amazon's recent launch of their new WiFi and Kindle…
• Portable Watermelon Cooler Keeps Your Cantaloupes Perfectly Chilled
  Got melon, will travel? Now you can keep your watermelon chilled to just the right temperature while you're out & about!
• Self Driven Solar Powered Vehicle on Green Journey From Italy to China
  Watch out! The Artificial Vision and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (VisLab) of Italy's Parma University has designed solar powered vehicles that can travel without a driver. They are planning to set…
• Green Biking: Flow Scooter
  Part electric scooter, part hog, the Flow Scooter is all kinds of awkward and impractical. As such, it has "next short-lived eco-trend" written all over it.
• What Happens When You're On The Same Wavelength - And When You're Not
  You seem to feel it instinctively when you and another person are on the 'same wavelength,' and equally so when the two of you are on completely different wavelengths.  Now, with new advances in magn…
• New Solution For Tooth Decay: Just Grow A New Tooth
  The main treatment for cavities - drill and fill - has given the dental profession a bad rep.  Ask people what they hate to do most, and I bet half of them will say "Going to the dentist."  But now,…
• Electrolux Design Lab Finalists: 8 Brilliant Designs For The Space Age
  For the last few years, the Electrolux Design Lab has called for student design submissions that prepare for the 'space age.'  This isn't the outer space age, it's the interior space age, ones that m…
• Fatty French Fries Fuel Futuristic Form Of Forging Forward
  In the quest to find an efficient Hydrogen generation system, researchers at the University of Leeds have found a way to turn leftover french fry fat into fuel.
• Social Media To Allow Ask.com Users To Ask More Soul-Searching Questions
  Asking a search engine a question doesn't always surface exactly what a online searcher is looking for. Just ask Ask.com. They have been trying to answer that question for almost 15 years. Overshadowe…
• Batter Blaster Creates a Healthy, Hot Breakfast In Minutes
  Don’t you hate it that convenience food is usually great for your timeline, but horrible for your body?  It is nice to discover a rare convenience item that takes people’s health into considerati…
• Automatic Chef Rotating Campfire
  It's hard for something that calls itself the "automatic chef" to miss the mark, but somehow, this does.
• Smart Cup Tells You When It's Safe To Drink Your Joe
  McDonald's has been sued for it.  Tongues have burned from it.  Private parts have disappeared from it.  And, of course, clothes have been spoiled because of it.  Hot coffee!  Oh, yeah, tea too.
• Freerider Skatecycle Brings More Freedom To Skating
  A new name in skating/snakeboarding, the Freerider Skatecycle provides a unique form factor for freedom, speed and big air.
• Sniffing Device Is Major Development For Severely Disabled Persons
  A sniffing device developed by Israeli researchers is probably the best invention to restore motor and communication functions that severely disabled persons ever thought would come about.  
• Quirky Community Develops The Ultimate Dog Leash: Kōsoku
  Quirky, the first successful online 'social product development' company has just released its 60th product in six months.  The product, which Quirky named the Kōsoku, "a dog leash so fly it gets a…
• Avatars As Nerdy As Their Creators, Study Finds
  Concordia University has discovered – surprise, surprise – that the character you make online acts a hell of a lot like you do in real life.
• Social Media Goes GTL With Jersey Shore Facebook Game & iPhone App
  Love them or hate them, MTV is utilizing social media to promote the second season of its reality hit TV show, Jersey Shore. This week, the network is hyping the much anticipated return of the guidos…
• Smiling Toilet Seat Cover & Mat Set Adds Plush To Your Flush
  The bathroom is, for many of us, a safe and secure sanctum free from prying eyes, boring conversation and the goofy grins of pestering children. Well, two out of three ain't bad.
• Social Media Won't Help Chase Feelings Of Loneliness
  Studies conducted by University of Arizona (UA) suggest that it doesn't matter how many 'friends' you have on Facebook or Twitter... If you are lonely, they aren't going to make you feel less so. 
• Zaha Hadid's Design For The Hague's Cutural Center Is A Finalist
  Yes, I know it looks like a pile of ventilated soft paper dinner napkins in this photo, but in the images of the city, The Hague, Zaha Hadid's vision of The Hague's Dance and Music Center, looks like…
• Google's Android Phones In China Could Become Google-less
  As ironic as it sounds, Baidu - China's number one search engine is negotiating with smartphone manufacturers to pull the ultimate coup - replace Google Search with Baidu Search on all Google Android…
• Biomimetics Of Caterpillar May Lead To New, More Flexible Robots
  Tufts University researchers have developed an elegant understanding of the biomechanics of the Manduca sexta caterpillar that, hopefully, will lead to a revolution in robot biomechanics - a flexible,…

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moconews.net

• Microsoft's Ballmer Stands Up For His Company's Consumer Business
  Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is taking the stage at Microsoft’s analyst day to talk about the company’s consumer businesses, saying that “a lot of the issues we see in our consumer b…
• Nokia Siemens Seeks $1 Billion From Private Equity
  On the heels of Nokia Siemens Networks agreeing to buy Motorola’s equipment business for $1.2 billion, the company is now potentially seeking to raise at least $1 billion from several private equity…
• If Mobile Is All About Search, Google Is Destroying The Competition
  Apple’s Steve Jobs somewhat famously said in April that people aren’t searching on their phone, but instead, are using apps. He reasoned, apps on the iPhone “get you into every corner of the int…
• RIM's Hush-Hush Product Pipeline Has Investors Excited
  Research In Motion should not be forgotten. In the second-quarter, the BlackBerry-maker shipped 11.2 million devices, up 40 percent from a year earlier, to make it the fastest growing handset vendor a…
• News Corp. Explores Forming Paid Content Unit Aimed At Tablets
  It looks like News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). accelerating its plans for how best to make use of its last month’s acquisition of the Skiff e-reading platform and the stake it took in the Steve Brill/Gordon C…
• RealNetworks Scrambling For New Products Now That Restructuring Is Complete
  RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) conducted a deep reorganization in the second quarter that led to the elimination of 85 jobs, including 25 percent of the company’s execs. Today, it announced that the chan…
• Google's Expandable Mobile Ads Come With Maps, Too
  With the introduction of iAd, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) challenged the major players in mobile advertising to come up with the most creative mobile ad units. The more they expanded to reveal pictures or vide…
• No Jackets Needed: Motorola Sells 2.7 Million Smartphones In Q2
  Demonstrating Motorola’s increasing confidence in the smartphone sector, the company bought a full-page advertisement in The New York Times yesterday to poke fun at Apple’s antenna issues. “No J…
• Mobile Content Bits: Ovi Browser, Autosport App, Pocket TV On C4
  —Ovi browser: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has launched an Opera mini-style web browser for Series 40 phones that compresses webpages before they reach users, in order to slim down on data charges and load hef…
• EC Rate Cuts Sucking €1 Billion From Orange This Year
  France Telecom’s half-year net income jumped 45 percent to €3.95 billion ($5.1 billion) after the telco scored a €1 billion ($1.3 billion) one-time gain from merging Orange UK with T-Mobile UK.

• Best Buy To Resell 4G Services From Clearwire
  Clearwire’s plan for quickly ramping up its 4G wireless service: If it takes too long to sell the service yourself, sign up as many partners as you can that can resell it to their customers. In that…
• HTC Beefs Up C-Suite, Execs For Expected Growth
  HTC is introducing two new top-tier roles in a wider executive reorganisation, as the Taiwanese handset maker expects to reap healthy revenue in the next few months.
• Virgin Media Names VOD Player Line-Up, ITV Aboard
  Within a couple of hours of BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) announcing it’s nicked Virgin Media’s UK VOD rights to HBO shows, the cable operator rushed out confirmation of its upcoming web and mobile VOD offeri…
• O2 UK Improves In Telefonica's Year-To-Date
  O2 UK customer churn came in at just 1.1 percent in the first half of the year, despite a year of data network outages. The telco has 4.5 percent more customers now than last year. Operating income gr…
• New Kindle Is Lighter, Faster, Smaller, Cheaper And Built For Mass Market
  Facing steep competition from Apple’s iPad, which can do just about everything a computer can in addition to displaying books, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has decided to evolve the latest Kindle into an eve…
• How Google's Android Business Gets To $10 Billion In Annual Revenues
  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt did a little napkin math today to explain how it plans to earn $10 billion in annual revenues—or more—in mobile even though they are giving the Android operati…
• Sprint Added Subs For The First Time In Three Years—No Thanks To Nextel
  The second quarter marked the first time in three years that Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel added overall subscribers on a quarterly basis. Sprint also set a five-year record in the second quarter when it ad…
• It Doesn't Take An iPhone To Consume A Lot Of Data, Study Finds
  AT&T (NYSE: T) typically gets all the attention for having the most data running over its network because of its iPhone exclusivity. However, a study has found that smartphone users on Verizon Wireles…
• Three Of Sprint's Prepaid Execs Exit; Schulman Hired By American Express
  A year after Sprint (NYSE: S) paid $480 million to buy Virgin Mobile USA, the carrier is seeing a trio of executive departures. Dan Schulman, Sprint’s president of prepaid, announced last week that…
• A Standards-Based App Store Is Still Mostly A Work In Progress
  Any serious attempt by a global consortium of carriers and handset-makers to build a streamlined application community is still years off from being a threat to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) or Android. Today, t…

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mobiworkplace.com

• The Acer Aspire One 751h
  Another new notebook or netbook has come onto the computer scene. The newest one is the Acer Aspire One 751h. One of the standouts of this little powerful notebook is that it has an 11.6 inch screen c…
• A Great Apple iPad Review
  For the past few decades, computers and laptops have become increasingly popular amongst everyone. The capabilities and utter coolness of these remarkable machines have been astonishing computer lover…
• HP ProBook 4510s Notebook PC
  The HP ProBook 4510s Notebook PC was designed and manufactured to give the end user a good computer for a small price. In today’s world of technology, there are so many laptops, notebooks and PCs, h…
• 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…