1. Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-up 10 hours ago   permalink

Daniel Terdiman / CNET News

Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.

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Jason Kottke / Kottke.org :   Glitch is the new Game Neverending

Tonie van Ringelestijn / B R I G H T :   Kruising van World of Warcraft en Facebook

37signals / Signal vs. Noise :   PHOTO: Stewart Butterfield's resignation letter Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk Digital Connection :   Glitch, The New Role Playing Game Started by Former Flickr Employees Tris Hussey / the Isle :   Tiny Speck Brings Forth Glitch–Something New in Social Gaming? Scott Beale / Laughing Squid :   Tin Speck Announces Glitch, A Browser-Based Massively-Multiplayer Game

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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News In depth with Tiny Speck's Glitch   —  The new online social MMO from Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck puts players through a wide variety of paces. Quests, egg growing and clouds on a string are just a part of it. Alice / Wonderland :    Glitch: the new game from Stewart Butterfield and friends Jason Kottke / Kottke.org :    Glitch is the new Game Neverending Mathew Ingram / GigaOM :    Flickr Co-founder’s New Startup Finds a Glitch Scott Beale / Laughing Squid :    Tin Speck Announces Glitch, A Browser-Based Massively-Multiplayer Game

Daniel Terdiman / CNET News Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck team   —  To build Glitch, the Flickr co-founder put together an impressive team of some of his earliest collaborators on the popular photo-sharing site. Jason Kottke / Kottke.org :    Glitch is the new Game Neverending Mathew Ingram / GigaOM :    Flickr Co-founder’s New Startup Finds a Glitch Tris Hussey / the Isle :    Tiny Speck Brings Forth Glitch–Something New in Social Gaming?

Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar Flickr Photos In Google Street View   —  Google Maps has added more user photos to its Street View ( above ). Now the Yahoo-owned Flickr is joining the Google-owned Panoramio and Picasa photo sites as a supplier of alternative street views. GeoBloggers reported it earlier today and also noted that the photos are available in the Panoramio 3D view ( below ). This is significant for two ... Susan Payton / Mashable! 7 Ways to Promote Your Offline Event Using Social Media   —  Susan Payton is the President of Egg Marketing & Public Relations , an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog , and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool . Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing . We all know about Tweetups and online events , but what about events that you didn’t specifically invite ... Technology News SiCortex co-founder John Mucci dies   —  John Mucci, co-founder of the recently closed high-performance computing company SiCortex Inc. , died Monday of an apparent heart attack, according to colleagues and news reports.

2. Google launches Nexus One phone support 13 hours ago   permalink

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Customers suffering shipping and technical issues with the new Android phone now have more resources than online support forums.

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Brian Barrett / Gizmodo :   Google Finally Provides Limited Nexus One Phone Support

Thomas Ricker / Engadget :   Google starts live phone support for Nexus One owners

The Tech Report :   National Bagel Day Shortbread Kristopher / DailyTech News Feed :   Google Reduces ETF for Nexus, Unveils Phone Support Line Paul Fang / SlashGear :   Google initiates phone support line for Nexus One owners, 48NEXUS

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Www.tmonews.com Google Customer Service Number Now Live   —  After taking quite a beating in the blogosphere after the initial launch of the Nexus One, Google has officially launched phone support. That’s right; 888-48-NEXUS (63987) will get you customer service from Google, open daily from 7AM to 10PM EST. That’s right, from Google. Read those words, stop, close your mouth and let the wow factor hit ... TechBlog :    Linkpost | EWeek :    Google Cuts Nexus One ETF to $150 from $350 News / DSLreports :    Google Lowers Nexus One ETF, Launches Phone Support - Google's moving to tackle major early complaints...

Arstechnica.com Mozilla dropping 10.4 support with next Firefox release   —  The next major release of Firefox will not be compatible with Macs running Mac OS X 10.4, also known as Tiger. This comes from a mozilla.dev.planing discussion on Google Groups started by Josh Aas, a Mozilla-employed developer working on the project. The change will go into effect later this year when the browser's Gecko rendering engine makes ... Geeknews / Geek News Central :    GNC-2010-02-09 #550 Big Studio Surprise! The Tech Report :    National Bagel Day Shortbread

USATODAY.com Tech Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract   —  Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone ... News / DSLreports :    Tuesday Morning Links - Tim Conneally / Betanews Google lowers 'unusually high' early termination fee on Nexus One   —  By Tim Conneally , Betanews At the end of January, the Federal Communications Commission's Consumer Task Force launched an inquiry into the Early Termination Fees (ETFs) of the major wireless providers with a special focus on the Google Nexus One handset. The Nexus One is unlike other smartphones in that it is sold only by Google and available ... Aharon Etengoff / TG Daily :    Google slashes Nexus One early termination fee MacNN Google finally offers over-the-phone support for Nexus One   —  Google has quietly put up its first phone support option for the Nexus One. It's currently limited to dealing with sales and shipping but is the first direct, live option for the Android phone. The company had previously limited its own help to e-mail and had redirected all live support to either T-Mobile, for carrier issues, or directly to ... Macworld Google now taking Nexus One calls   —  Just one week after Google posted an advertisement for a phone support program manager, the company is offering live telephone support for Nexus One customers. Leena Rao / TechCrunch Bubble Motion Launches Twitter-Like Voice Blogging Service For Mobile Phones   —  Sequoia-backed voice messaging company Bubble Motion is getting into the microblogging space today, that is the voice-based microblogging space. The startup is launching Bubbly, a voice-blogging social network built for mobile phones. With Bubbly, you can record and broadcast messages from any mobile device. When a users records audio messages ... Latest SciTech Headlines Google vs. Apple - Phones and Tablets   —  If you believe this comment is offensive or violates the CBSNews.com Terms of Use, you can report it below (this will not automatically remove the comment). Once reported, our staff will be notified and the comment will be reviewed. Ubergizmo Google Looking To Extend Free Turn-by-turn Service To Europe   —  Google has recently been offering free turn-by-turn navigation for Android phones in the US, and while that is great, our friends on the other side of the pond have had to make do without for some time now. Fortunately Google seems to have been listening, and word is that Google has been working with a company in the Netherlands to bring said ... Editor / PRO Google caves to Nexus One telephone support   —  Google has opened a telephone support line for Nexus One owners, after its forums were filled with complaints from angry customers. The Nexus One - the Google-branded smartphone built by HTC and running Android - was launched more than a month ago in the US, but support was initially limited to email, with Google admitting that it could take ... Katherine Noyes / TechNewsWorld Phone-Hater Linus Torvalds Blesses Nexus One   —  Google's Nexus One phone is a winner, according to Linus Torvalds, founder of the operating system it's based on. "I generally hate phones," explained Torvalds, who is known as "the father of Linux," in a blog post on Saturday. "At the same time I love the concept of having a phone that runs Linux, and I've had a number of them over the years," ... Johnny / Gadgetizer.com Google Steps Up For Nexus One Full Support   —  Well all of you Nexus One owners are finally going to see full support from Google, so start counting your lucky stars. With a new support phone line that you can contact between 4am to 7pm PST, you can inundate the new system with all of your concerns and questions.  Just call (888) 48NEXUS. Editor / Neowin.net Google's Nexus One phone support goes live   —  The biggest complaint about the Nexus One at launch was the lack of customer support from Google. Google has been known for their online-only ways. When customers have problems with their products, Google typically uses email support and online forums to rectify the situation (unless you're a paying Google Apps... Spericas / Java.net blogs Exploring Hypermedia Support in Jersey   —  During the last few weeks, Marc H. , Paul S. and myself have been exploring some ideas to support Hypermedia in Jersey. The outcome of this investigation is an experimental implementation that is available in Jersey's trunk (module version 1.2-SNAPSHOT). Exactly what it means to support hypermedia is still an area of research, and some other ... Arnold Zafra / 901am Google is Catching Up Fast with Palm’s Market Share Even Without the Nexus One   —  The latest report by comScore on December 2009 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share shows some interesting trend among current top mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone OS platforms. The report was based on the share of current mobile subscribers with age ranging from 13 and older. Motorola was the top mobile OEM from ... Zeus / Impact Lab Google Language Translation Mobile Phone Two Years Away   —  Google hopes to build on its existing translation database of 52 languages.  Search giant Google has said that it is working on a phone that can translate live, automatically between languages. Live language translation on mobile phones could be just two years away, according to search giant Google. The company already offers text translation ... Shawn Ingram / Gadgetell Google lowers ETF on Nexus One   —  Section: Communications , Cellphones , Smartphones , Mobile , Web , Google The Nexus One is a strange device. It is the only cellphone of any kind that has two Early Termination Fees, one from the carrier (currently only T-Mobile), and one from Google itself. That alone was enough to get the FCC asking Google about why it charges an ETF for the ... PCWorld Latest Google Now Taking User Phone Calls About Nexus One   —  Just one week after Google posted an advertisement for a phone support program manager, the company is offering live telephone support for Nexus One customers. Dena Cassella / Digital Trends Google Lowers Nexus One ETF, Adds Phone Support   —  Nexus One gets a lower early termination fee (ETF) and a phone support line. The Seattle Times Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract   —  Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc. network. The Seattle Times Google reduces fee to break Nexus One contract   —  Google Inc. is shaving $200 off the fee that it charges customers of its new Nexus One phone to break a service contract with T-Mobile, as federal regulators continue to probe such fees and the rationale for them.

3. BM Ups Its Processor Power to 7 12 hours ago   permalink

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"IBM today released its Power7 processor and unveiled a wide range of new servers running the chip, giving the company a response to both Intel's new "Tukwila" Itanium 9300 processor and Oracle's UltraSparc chips, which Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has repeatedly compared against IBM systems.

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PCWorld Latest IBM Launches Eight-core Power7 Processor, Servers   —  IBM on Monday launched its latest Power7 processor, which adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up time.

Techworld.com News IBM launches eight-core multithreading Power7 processor   —  And adds new server line too IBM has launched its latest Power7 processor, adding more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of its servers. GNOME Dave Neary: Putting Oracle a11y news in perspective   —  Oracle laying off GNOME contributors is certainly bad news for the project. It’s particularly bad news because Willie Walker, one of my favourite GNOME contributors, is now out of a job. I just want to put this in perspective, though. In 2007, IBM made deep cuts in its support of GNOME accessibility , affecting contributors such as Peter ... EWeek IBM Unveils New Power7 Systems for the Smarter Planet   —  IBM launched a set of new Power7 systems that deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the performance of the previous generation of Power systems and some of the current crop of competing systems. The new Power7 systems are designed to manage the most demanding emerging applications, ranging from smart electrical grids to real- ...

4. Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat 12 hours ago   permalink

JENNA WORTHAM / NYT

Foursquare, the hip social network whose software is on the phones of many young urbanites, is branching out.

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David Kaplan / PaidContent :   Zagat Books A Table With Foursquare; Restaurant Maven Reaches For Mobile App's Cool Factor

Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable! :   Foursquare Inks Deals With Major Media and Entertainment Brands

Colin Gibbs / GigaOM :   Foursquare Teams With Zagat to Make Yelp Squeal TechBlog :   Linkpost | Fmpub.net / John Battelle :   The Tuesday Signal Mark Briggs / Lost Remote :   Google Maps making recommendations

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David Kaplan / MocoNews Zagat Books A Table With Foursquare; Restaurant Maven Reaches For Mobile App's Cool Factor   —  Location-based social net Foursquare is on a roll when it comes to netting high-profile media partnerships. The latest is restaurant reviews guide Zagat, the NYT reports . By hooking up with Foursquare, Zagat may be hoping to bid up its own cool cache. The reviews site’s image suffered a bit among media industry observers when it failed to ... The Seattle Times Group makes deal to buy land near Hollywood sign   —  A nature conservation group said Monday it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land near the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes.

5. Book Publishers Beware! At iTunes, Expensive Music Equals Slower Sales. 2 hours ago   permalink

Mediamemo.allthingsd.com

After years of complaints, last year the music labels finally got what they wanted from Apple–the ability to raise prices on their songs. Last April, iTunes introduced a “variable pricing” scheme, which gave the labels the ability to move prices from 99 cents a song to $1.29 (and for some tracks, down to 69 cents).

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MacNN :   Warner sees stalled digital music after variable iTunes

Matt buchanan / Gizmodo :   Shock: When You Raise iTunes Prices, People Buy Less Stuff

Macworld :   Digital music sales growth slowing since variable pricing AppleInsider :   ITunes price increases mean slower sales for music labels MacRumors :   Music Labels See Slower iTunes Sales Growth in Wake of Price Increases

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo Book Publishers Beware! At iTunes, Expensive Music Equals Slower Sales.   —  Book publishers itching to raise the prices on their e-books should pay attention to the music labels, which raised the prices on their downloads last spring. Consumers, it turns out, like paying less for stuff.

Www.wired.com Apple Might Slash iPad Prices If Initial Sales Are Slow   —  The iPad’s $500 starting price was lower than people expected, but Apple could still make price cuts if the device fails to gain traction among consumers, says an analyst. MarketingVOX :    Industry Buzz & Snippets: 02/09/10 Home :    Apple gets set to shaft its initial Ipad customers Robert Andrews / PaidContent WMG Finds Music Growth Overseas As U.S. CD Sales Skip   —  Forget the last 10 years of post-Napster industry annihilation - Warner Music Group ( NYSE: WMG ) is now seeing growing income from both music sales and music publishing - but only if you factor in overseas sales; the U.S. business is still in rewind ... — Music sales : October-to-December recorded-music income was 3.4 percent up from 2008 - Robert Andrews / PaidContent WMG's Bronfman Does A Murdoch, iTunes Will Be 'Dwarved'   —  Warner Music Group ( NYSE: WMG ) CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. couldn’t have made it more clear - the music industry wants to ween itself off its Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) dependency, and it will get do just that when iTunes comes under massive competition pressure from new unlimited and mobile services… “ Digital growth has slowed ... Barb Dybwad / Mashable! Music Ownership Beats Music Subscription in Reader Poll   —  In last week’s Faceoff Series we asked about music consumption models : Do Mashable readers prefer to own their entire music collections or do some of you gravitate toward subscription services? One week later and the results are in: Ownership wins the day at a full 50% of the vote. Of all our past Faceoffs, though, this edition had one of ... Electronista Warner sees stalled digital music after variable iTunes   —  Warner Music Group during its fiscal results call today acknowledged that its digital music sales have slowed since it helped push for variable pricing on iTunes last year. In the fall, the company's digital sales equivalent to whole albums grew about 5 percent compared to late 2008 where it grew 10 percent over this past summer and 11 percent ... Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider "Perhaps It Wasn’t A Great Idea To Raise Prices 30 Percent During A Recession"   —  The record labels complained for years that Apple (AAPL) wouldn't let them set their own prices in iTunes. Then, last year, Apple caved. The labels promptly jacked up prices. And guess what happened? Sales slowed -- hard. Media Memo's Peter Kafka writes, "perhaps it wasn’t a great idea to raise prices 30 percent during a recession." Read ... Mike Masnick / Techdirt Research Shows Unauthorized Digital Books Leads To 'Significant Jump In Sales'   —  We've seen this before, with individual authors like Paulo Coelho and David Pogue , who both found that as more people were able to get unauthorized copies of their ebooks, their sales actually increased. So, this shouldn't come as a surprise, but some new research looking at the impact on sales of unauthorized files getting out found a " ...

6. Apple Releases Aperture 3 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.apple.com

CUPERTINO, California—February 9, 2010—Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes ...

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech :   Apple Store back up. No new Macs.

John C Abell / Wired :   Apple Wrongfoots Pundits With Aperture 3

Mer / Silicon Alley Insider :   No New MacBooks... Yet!

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CNN.com New Apple product is ... Aperture 3   —  Apple on Tuesday unveiled Aperture 3, the latest update of its photo editing and management software.

News Apple unveils Aperture 3 raw workflow software   —  Apple has unveiled Aperture 3, the latest version of its raw-conversion and photo management software. It promises faster organization of large number of images and offers over 200 new features. Changes include a new Faces and Places option that enables Face detection and geotagging, an improved slideshow feature that combines photos and HD ... Charles Arthur / Technology Apple updates store, offers Aperture - and is this a hint of iPad pricing?   —  We're not sure who it is that Apple uses to do its currency conversions, but they don't set a very friendly rate. And that may be bad news for iPad prices - when we get them (Click the image to see the US pricing for comparison) After a nailbiting few minutes when the Apple Store (online) went down earlier today, and a few people prayed that ... Ars Technica Apple investigating Mac Pro performance and heat issues   —  Last week, we told you about some unusual issues affecting Nehalem-based Mac Pro models, characterized by abnormal performance degradation and CPU power draw when using on-board audio circuitry. Several sources have told Ars that Apple support technicians are now saying the problem is known, and that the issue is being actively investigated by ... MacNN :    Apple acknowledging, investigating Mac Pro problems? Emma Woollacott / TG Daily Apple makes gains in smartphone market   —  Apple now has more than a quarter of the US smartphone market, according to the latest figures from ComScore. read more Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo Apple Patent Shows A 3D Virtual World For Buying Their Goods In   —  There was a time, before Avatar, when 3D meant crummy virtual gaming. A recent patent granted to Apple shows they are (or were) considering a 3D virtual Apple Store—a more welcoming way to shop for Apple products. It doesn't sound very "Apple," when they normally favor start minimalism over cheesy big-headed virtual characters, but as you ... Brian X. Chen / Wired Apple Job Posting Hints at Webcam in Future iPad   —  We all know the iPad is eventually going to gain a camera at some point. (Apple’s iPhones, iMacs, MacBooks and iPad Nanos have cameras, so why not?) The better question is when? An Apple job listing suggests not too soon. Apple has posted a job listing seeking a performance and quality-assurance engineer for the “iPad Media” [... Thomas Ricker / Engadget Apple Store down globally, let the speculation begin   —  Sometimes it's nothing, but often, especially when it's a Tuesday and we're sitting on a stack of overdue rumors, an Apple Store outage is a tell that new products are due. Especially when the store goes down on a global basis as it has just now. So take a moment to reflect on the latest rumors and chime in with your predictions in the comments. ... Ubergizmo Apple Gets Patent To Improve The Experience Of Virtual Stores   —  Considering that the future is going to rely heavily on virtual goods and services, Apple seems to have gotten a rather nice patent under its belt, specifically a patent for improving the user experience in a 3D virtual Apple Store. While virtual shopping might be fun, it can also lack a certain feel that users experience in traditional stores. ... Podcast / Between the Lines CIOs: Apple iPad, slate PCs have a business role   —  TechRepublic's CIO Jury says there's a business case for the Apple iPad and the various slate PCs coming from computer manufacturers in 2010. James Lewin / Podcasting News Apple iPad Set To Dominate $20 Billion Tablet Industry   —  Tablet computers are going to be a $20 billion industry by 2014, and the Apple iPad is well-positioned to dominate it, predicts research firm In-Stat. According to In-Stat: The Total Available Market for tablets will be about 50 million in 2014. Mainstream tablets should be in the $400-$500 range. Apple is the only company that will offer [...] Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech Apple grabs 25% of smartphone market   —  The iPhone is looking pretty good in a pair of market snapshots Click to enlarge. Source: comScore In the past week, IDC and comScore have both issued reports of the fast-growing smartphone market that show Apple ( AAPL ) gaining share. In the U.S., according to a comScore report published Monday, Apple's share grew to 25.3%, up more a point, Stan Schroeder / Mashable! Apple Store Down, Wild Speculations Abound   —  Whenever Apple Store goes down, it’s a moment of geek bliss, especially if you like Apple products. What will Apple launch this time? Will they just announce minor changes to some of their Macbooks, or do they have something really interesting in store for us this time? In any case, the Store is down now , so feel free to share your ... Stan Schroeder / Mashable! Apple Grabs 25% of the Smartphone Market, Android Doubles Market Share   —  comScore has released a report on the state of the US mobile market from September to December 2009, and it shows that the recently established trends of Android and iPhone growth don’t show signs of ceasing. In December 2009 RIM was still the leading mobile smartphone operating system in the U.S., with 41.6% market share, a slight drop ... Digg.com Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change   —  Apple intends to stay "nimble" on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers. Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo Apple Store Down—Time For Twitter To Crash With Speculation   —  Gasp! Whatever could it be? I'm hoping for new MacBook Pros, what about you? [ Apple - Thanks assorted tipsters! ] MacNN Apple hunts for iPad camera software engineer   —  A new Apple job listing strongly indicates that cameras are coming to future iPads. The company's Cupertino headquarters is hiring a QA engineer for its iPad Media division, with the specific intent of testing still and video camera capture, as well as playback. The first-generation iPad, which has yet to ship, lacks any form of camera.... MacNN Apple Store down   —  Apple has taken its online store down this morning in what is likely the first instance of a publicly available product update for this year. The company hasn't provided any clues of its own but does so after Best Buy deleted current MacBook Pros from its purchasable inventory, paving the way for new updates.... AppleInsider Apple's share of U.S. smartphone market grows to 25% - study   —  A strong holiday quarter helped to grow Apple's share of the U.S. smartphone market by 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, giving the iPhone a 25.3 percent share of users, according to a new report. Mike Schramm / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) The Apple Store is back online   —  Filed under: Apple Yes, as expected, the Apple Store is down for the morning, presumably to update us with brand new MacBook Pros and whatever else Apple has cooked up for a release. We'll keep an eye on the website along with you readers, and when we see what's been updated, we'll let you know. Do be patient -- as many of us are traveling to ... Darrell Etherington / TheAppleBlog Apple Grabs a Quarter of U.S. Smartphone Market   —  Perhaps it has to do with Apple positioning itself as a mobile devices company, but the iPhone is on a serious upswing in the U.S. smartphone market, even while all of its competitors seem to be losing ground. Except for one, that is, and the rate at which that company is building up steam should [...] Jeremy Muncy / Top News Apple’s Store Is Back Up, Aperture 3 Added   —  UPDATE: The Apple store is finally back online and it looks like the only thing added was the recently announced photography software package, Aperture 3 . To say people aren't pleased with Apple would be an understatment... as many were hoping for the new Core i5 and i7 MacBooks. Are you let down that nothing else was added to the Apple Store? ... MacRumors Apple Releases Aperture 3 With Faces and Places Tagging Features   —  Apple today announced the release of Aperture 3, adding over 200 new features to the company's professional photo editing and management application. The updated version includes the Faces and Places tagging features introduced in iPhoto las... Webmaster / The Mac Observer News: Apple Rolls Out Aperture 3 Video Tutorials   —  Along with the launch of Aperture 3, Apple released a series of tutorial videos showing how to use several of the new features in the professional image management and editing application. Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report Apple announces Aperture 3   —  Something photographers have been waiting for; Aperture 3 finally brings all the features we know and love in iPhoto ‘09, and meshes them with a new and improved Aperture software set. We’re talking about great organizatioin features using Faces and… PCWorld Latest Apple Releases Aperture 3   —  Apple may not be at Macworld 2010 this week, but the company still managed to announce a new product just in time for the trade show. On Tuesday Apple announced... Macworld Apple releases Aperture 3   —  Apple released Aperture 3 on Tuesday. The program is now 64-bit capable and offers "200 new features." Technology News Apple releases Aperture 3 photo software   —  Apple Inc. on Tuesday released Aperture 3, its latest professional photography software package. (AAPL) EWeek Apple May Lower iPad Prices, Add Camera Module   —  Apple executives could be nimble on pricing for the iPad tablet PC, according to a Credit Suisse analyst, should the device fail to achieve sufficient marketplace traction following its release in two months. Prices for the iPad currently range from $499 to $829, depending on options such as Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. In addition, a job posting ... Communications and Technology Blog Apple Antitrust Issues   —  Apple has a very closed ecosystem and at least some think the company may be headed down the road of antitrust litigation if it isn't careful. This article asserts the problem Apple could get into is an area where Google absolutely dominates - advertising. To me, Google will act as an eternal counterbalance letting Apple get away with a great ... Jeremy / ILounge News: Apple seeking App Store feedback from developers   —  Apple has begun sending out a survey to iPhone developers asking for their thoughts on the iPhone Developer Program and App Store experience. TechCrunch reports that while the lengthy survey covers a wide range of topics, the majority of questions revolve around the application review process and the developers’ overall happiness with the ... Dave Freeman / CrunchGear Apple job posting hints at video option for iPads   —  It's crazy how the slightest little hint of something starts all the rampant speculation about Apple's product development. This is the third clue that the next generation of iPad will have a camera, if not video capability. It certainly explains the stuff that was found in the SDK . Ryan Paul / LXer Linux News Mozilla dropping 10.4 support with next Firefox release   —  The next major release of Firefox will not be compatible with Macs running Mac OS X 10.4, also known as Tiger. This comes from a mozilla.dev.planing discussion on Google Groups started by Josh Aas, a Mozilla-employed developer working on the project. The change will go into effect later this year when the browser's Gecko rendering engine makes ... Mer / Silicon Alley Insider 10 Burning Questions About Apple's iPad   —  Apple's iPad is set to go on sale in a month and a half . In the meantime, there are more questions about the gadget than answers. Read the rest of this story » See Also: Paranoid Steve Jobs Makes WSJ Editor Erase A Tweet Sent From The iPad Apple Already Talking About Cutting Prices On The iPad Here's One Big Bummer About The iPad Chris Maxcer / TechNewsWorld Sorry, You Just Can't Pin Down Apple Consumers   —  When I first noticed the Retrevo Pulse headline for its study that examines consumer interest in buying the Apple iPad, my first reaction was eerily in line with the traffic-grabbing headline, "Apple iPad Hoopla Fails to Convince Buyers." I'm an unabashed fan of almost every Apple product the company in Cupertino produces, and yet I'm still not ... NEWS / Gadgetell The Apple Store is down, new MacBook Pros on the way?   —  FROM APPLETELL - Apple Store Down, Apple Store Down, looking like a fool with your Apple Store Down… Yes, the Apple Store is down, just in time to say thanks to Macworld again. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article » CNET Motorola, RIM leading, with Apple on the rise   —  Although Apple gets all the attention, Motorola and RIM are still the top handset and smartphone makers in the U.S. Ed Sutherland / Cult of Mac Report: Apple Flexible on iPad Pricing   —  Apple says it will stay “nimble” on pricing for its newly-released iPad, dropping the price to attract more customers. This comes as a new survey indicates a doubling of consumers not interested in buying the device once the tablet shifted from rumor to reality. “Apple seemed to indicate it would respond with price cuts if ... Nicole Martinelli / Cult of Mac Update: Apple Logo Dispute Down Under   —  Australian retailer Woolworths is buying time in the latest Apple logo dispute. At the core of the corporate tussle is a “W” logo of a peeled apple with leaf filed back in August 2008 for the 80-year-old supermarket chain. The new logo was supposed to symbolize fresh produce, but speculation was that Apple opposed it because the [...] Mike Masnick / Techdirt Photographer Thrilled That Apple Using His Photo As Default iPad Background, Despite No Official Agreement   —  In my experience, there is a group of photographers who are even more extreme in their copyright views than groups like the RIAA and MPAA. It's certainly not all (or, perhaps, even most) professional photographers who are like this, but there is a group of very, very adamant photographers who absolutely freak out about any use of their works ... Dena Cassella / Digital Trends Apple Announces Aperture 3   —  Apple released Aperture 3 just in time for Macworld. Webmaster / The Mac Observer Product News: Aperture 3 Adds Faces Support, More   —  Apple introduced Aperture 3 on Tuesday, adding an enhanced version of iPhoto 09's Faces and Places features to the professional digital image management and editing application. According to Apple, Aperture 3 offers over 200 new features. F-Secure Antivirus Research Team (mailto:weblog\ / F-Secure Antivirus Research An Apple a Day   —  We were recently asked some questions about Mac security. Mikko's comments can be read at CNET . Also in Apple news, iPhone/iPod touch OS 3.1.3 has been released and there are security fixes . ( Not that it's mentioned during the update .) And speaking of iPhones, they're vulnerable to remote attack on SSL . Updated to add : Here's another ... Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core The only flight app you need: FlightTrack Pro   —  I've used a bunch of flight apps for both the iPhone and Android and the hands-down winner is FlightTrack Pro (App Store, $9.99).

7. Texas Instruments delivers industry�s first quad-radio single chip 3 hours ago   permalink

Multivu.prnewswire.com

TI raises the bar with WiLink™ 7.0 solution, integrating WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth® and FM transmit/receive technologies on a true single-chip DALLAS (February 9, 2010) /PRNewswire/ — Demonstrating its leadership in the wireless connectivity market, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today unveiled its WiLink™ 7.0 ...

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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo :   WiLink Crams Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Transmission and Bluetooth Into a Single Chip

Darren Murph / Engadget :   TI stuffs WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and FM radios on a single chip, UWB and LTE are like 'hello?'

Chris Velazco / MobileCrunch :   Texas Instruments goes for broke, packs 4 radios into WiLink 7 chip

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Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop Texas Instruments Announces WiLink 7 Combo Chip   —  Today Texas Instruments introduced the WiLink 7, a new Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, FM radio combination on a single chip. The Wi-Fi support includes the new Wi-Fi Direct standard, the Bluetooth includes the Bluetooth 3.0+HS standard, and the FM radio ... (follow link to read)

8. Benjamin Cohen 3 hours ago   permalink

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Technology correspondent Benjamin reports on the media (both old and new), Britain's growing gambling industry and technology, including detailed coverage of the problems faced by broadband consumers.

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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :   In 2010, It’s Time To Kill Off The Dotcom Hero CEO

Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk :   Channel 4 tech journalist tells all about dotcom past

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9. 5 Tips for Developers Targeting the iPad 3 hours ago   permalink

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From a mobile developer's point of view, the iPad is a revolution waiting to happen. The gadget's 9.7-inch screen, allowing for glorious visuals and vastly superior touch navigation, simply can't be duplicated in the world of phones. And because it runs the iPhone OS, it automatically opens the App Store's 140,000 offerings to a brand new medium --

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Liam Cassidy / TheAppleBlog :   Apple May Lower the Price of the iPad: This is Not News

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Charlie Sorrel / Wired Austrian iPad Will Be Subsidized With Contract   —  One of the best parts of the whole iPad deal is the 3G internet connection. Thirty bucks will buy you as much bandwidth as you can use in a month, with no contracts and no lock-in. The downside is that you pay the full price up front. According to iPhone blog TamsIJungle, Hutchison Telecom (trading as [...]

Giles Turnbull / Cult of Mac Microsoft’s My Documents Folder Makes Triumphant Return – On iPad   —  Earlier today, I was reading Infoworld’s article, The iPad questions Apple won’t answer. The first question they listed was “Can you save and transfer documents to the iPad?”, and their assumed answer was “No”; they suggested that the only way to do this would be to open a document from an email message. I ... Kevin / Real Lawyers Have Blogs Why your law firm should forget about building an iPhone App   —  Since the advent of iPhone applications in July, 2008 over 134,000 iPhone applications have become available at the Apple App Store. Over 3 billion of such applications for news, information, entertainment, and more have been downloaded by iPhone users. With ESPN, The New York Times, Facebook, LinkedIn, CNN, and MLB all having applications, why ... Electronista Norwegian shops overwhelmed by iPad pre-orders   —  Apple is facing the rare incident of an advance sellout this week as a number of Norwegian resellers have had to stop their pre-order programs for the iPad. Eplehuset (Apple House) has told its customers that "crazy interest" has led it to stop sales in advance. Fellow Apple reseller Humac has also quietly pulled the iPad, as it still has a ... Erika Morphy / E-Commerce Times Does 'Nimble' Pricing Suggest iPad Won't Move?   —  Apple surprised some company watchers with its relatively low price points for the iPad, and it appears prepared to go even lower, if necessary. It will be flexible about pricing if consumer demand for the device does not shape up as expected, according to a note from Credit Suisse reported in The Wall Street Journal . Maria Conde / Editors Guardian's Rusbridger: 'iPad could produce significant revenue streams'   —  Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger told Reuters that "if we get the right functionality and design," the iPad could "produce interesting, significant revenue streams," according to PaidContent . Because developing an application for the iPad will not require any different skills from the ones required to launch an iPhone app, news ... Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts What will make the iPad explode?   —  [From Stephen Trew] Sammy, I was wondering if your readers might share their opinions of what will make the iPad explode in popularity like the iPod. What will Apple have to do to make it work? My opinion is this: a micropayment service for magazines and newspapers (just to start with). Imaging 10 pence for daily newspaper or £1 for a monthly ... Ben Gilbert / Joystiq Last Flight devs announce 'Gender Wars: The Battle,' an iPad strategy game   —  Remember back in late January when the world was all abuzz with iPad news and, more specifically, we named a handful of game genres we'd like to see on the upcoming tablet? If our spidey sense is functioning correctly, the recent announce of "Gender Wars: The Battle" -- a "turn-based tactic game" (read: RTS) -- seems to indicate Last Flight devs ... Matt Burns / CrunchGear Would a lower price change your opinion of the iPad?   —  Rumors are swirling that Apple *might* lower the iPad’s price shortly after launch in the same way that the iPhone’s price dropped a couple months after its launch. This would only be if consumers aren’t buying into the iPad hype and sales fall short of expectation. But does a lower iPad price make the tablet [...] Jeremy / ILounge News: iKit reveals Leather Sleeve Case for iPad   —  IKit has introduced its new Leather Sleeve Case for the Apple iPad tablet. 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Michael Rose / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) Found Footage: Charlie Rose hosts iPad chat club   —  Filed under: Found Footage , iPad In case you missed it last week, PBS top gab guy Charlie Rose (no relation) hosted a roundtable discussion about the latest product from Steve & co. on his show, featuring the NYT's David Carr, 'Uncle' Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, and TechCrunch founder/ would-be tablet impresario Michael ... MacInTouch Report: iPad/Microsoft   —  "[T]he killer blow: no USB and thus no possibility of any ethernet connection. That totally rules [the iPad] out for taking to work (universal ethernet but no wireless and poor mobile reception) or for staying in hotels [...]" F-Secure Antivirus Research Team (mailto:weblog\ / F-Secure Antivirus Research Is the lack of iPad Flash support for security?   —  We've received some questions regarding Apple's iPad , and whether or not the lack of Adobe Flash support is for security reasons. Well, no, we don't think so. True, Adobe Flash has been exploitable in the past, and it will undoubtedly be so again, but we think it's more a matter of practicality and not security. Flash is processor, battery, and ...

10. Why did Ofcom back down on DRM? 2 hours ago   permalink

Cory Doctorow / Technology news

The corporation is endangering its own future by letting the Hollywood studios set the rules for its HD broadcasts Back before the Christmas break, it looked like Ofcom was ready to do its duty and stop the BBC from adding digital rights management technology to its high-definition broadcasts. After all, DRM doesn't actually prevent copying – ...

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11. AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops 10 hours ago   permalink

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SAN FRANCISCO—The "Llano" processor that AMD described today in an ISSCC session is not a CPU, and it's not a GPU—instead, it's a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an "application processor unit," or APU. Whatever you call it, it could well give Intel a run for its money in the laptop market, by combining a full DX11- ...

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OSNews :   NVIDIA Unveils Optimus Seamless GPU Switching Shane McGlaun / SlashGear :   AMD Fusion CPU/GPU combo to fight Intel in notebooks

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Ubergizmo NVIDIA Optimus achieves goal of seamless GPU transition   —  After the NVIDIA Optimus teaser was posted in early January, there was some speculation about what it was, but we now have first-hand information: NVIDIA Optimus is an architecture for multi-GPU computers (typically integrated + discrete) that allows the operating system to seamlessly switch between integrated and discrete graphics. The goal is ...

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12. Panasonic announces new 3D Blu-ray recorders, players 2 hours ago   permalink

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Looks like Panasonic's push to lead the 3D pack continues unabated. It's been just over a week since the company announced the opening of its first Blu-ray 3D authoring facility and now word's coming out of Tokyo's Yurakucho District that the world will soon be getting not one but four devices, including the DMP-BDT900-K, a pretty straight ...

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Vladislav Savov / Engadget Panasonic TH-P54VT2 takes plasma HDTVs into 3D territory   —  Finally making the transition from the trade show floor to retail shelving are Panasonic's famed Viera 3D plasma HDTVs. The company has just announced it will be launching two 1080p panels on April 23 in Japan, priced at ¥530,000 ($5,932) for the 54-inch P54VT2 and ¥430,000 ($4,813) for its smaller sibling, the P50VT2 (pictured after the ...

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13. Free Trial 4 hours ago   permalink

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To get a fully functional copy of Aperture 3 for your Mac, enter your name and email address below. You’ll receive an email with a link to download Aperture 3 and a serial number for activation. The free trial will expire 30 days after you open the application for the first time.

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14. Morningstar acquires footnoted! 5 hours ago   permalink

Michelle Leder / Footnoted.org

For the past 6 1/2 years, we’ve written frequently about various mergers and acquisitions. Today, we have some M&A news of our own: Morningstar (MORN) has acquired footnoted.org. You can download the official press release here, but I wanted to personally share with you why I’m so excited about this deal and why I think [...]

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Romenesko Morningstar acquires Footnoted for undisclosed sum   —  Footnoted.org || Morningstar release Michelle Leder , who founded Footnoted.org in 2003, goes over SEC filings to find information buried in the fine print, such as evidence of aggressive accounting and excessive compensation. || Read the release . || See Footnoted items that have been posted on Romenesko.

ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News Morningstar buys SEC filing researcher   —  (Crain’s) — Morningstar Inc. said Tuesday that it bought a business that looks for information in SEC filings that can signal serious problems at companies. Chicago-based Morningstar did not disclose terms of its acquisition of Footnoted.org and Footnoted Pro, which had been part of ...

15. Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome 13 hours ago   permalink

JOHN TIERNEY / NYT

A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

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Romenesko People prefer e-mailing articles with positive rather than negative themes   —  New York Times They also like to send long articles on intellectually challenging topics, according to two University of Pennsylvania researchers. "Perhaps most of all, readers wanted to share articles that inspired awe, an emotion that the researchers investigated after noticing how many science articles made the list," writes John Tierney .

16. Samsung announces the Monte ahead of MWC 3 hours ago   permalink

Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report

Sure, Mobile World Congress kicks off in just under a week, but that doesn’t mean all the big boys are going to hold off on their product announcements. Take Samsung, for example, which today announced the S5620 Monte. Running the…

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Andrew Liszewski / OhGizmo! Samsung TicToc Shakeable MP3 Player   —  By Andrew Liszewski It apparently wasn’t important enough to make the announcement roster during Samsung’s CES press conference, but the TicToc was on display at their booth and is a clever alternative to Apple’s iPod Shuffle. A built-in motion sensor makes switching tracks as easy as shaking the player, and it’s smart ... Laura June / Engadget :    Samsung TicToc PMP player lets you shake right past that Ke$ha song Chris Davies / SlashGear :    Samsung TicToc MP3 player: shake to skip

Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo Samsung Monte S5620 Phone Gets Early Reveal Prior To MWC   —  A few leaks here and there, and voila—Samsung's Monte S5620 is revealed ahead of MWC. Running the TouchWiz 2.0 Plus OS, it has full HTML browsing and the usual array of social networking tricks. A 3.0-inch capacitive WQVGA TFT touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, and Google Maps 3.0 seems to be the crux of it, ...

Ubergizmo Samsung S5620 Monte announced   —  Samsung has announced its latest handset (we had a look at its unofficial specs here), the S5620 Monte which will come with Wi-Fi connectivity as well as a 3" WQVGA touchscreen display with a movie-friendly 16:9 aspect ratio as expected, and more. With Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 Plus interface, one will be able to enjoy quick access to apps for ... Ubergizmo Samsung Super AMOLED phone could run on Bada   —  We brought you news of a new Super AMOLED handset from Samsung that will debut at Mobile World Congress (MWC), Barcelona, and today there is a new development on this mystery phone. Apparently, it is being promoted as the first Bada-powered Samsung phone, debuting on a day filled with love - Valentine's Day. What do you think of this news - will ... Thomas Ricker / Engadget Samsung's first Bada phone with Super AMOLED to be announced on February 14th? Sure.   —  By now you're undoubtedly aware than Samsung has a new smartphone OS ( Bada ) and touchscreen technology ( Super AMOLED ) in the works. In this case, putting 2 and 2 together yields 14, a number that matches Samsung's February 14th press event at Mobile World Congress. How so? Well, first of all, Sammy is promoting the Samsung Unpacked teaser ... Darren Murph / Engadget Samsung's S2 Portable gets Michael Jackson makeover, promises to heal the world   —  You know, something deep, deep inside of us knew that this was going to happen , but with Michael Jackson's untimely departure of Planet Earth back in the news thanks to Mr. Conrad Murray's arraignment, it seems like the glut of This Is It -related gear is even touching the typically straightforward tech industry. The drive you're weeping at ... Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless LG, Samsung integrate social networking into latest phones   —  LG and Samsung have taken a shine to social networking with their latest phones, which they previewed ahead of the phones' official unveilings at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain, next week. Both of the South Korean handset titans said their respective phones have slick, industrial designs, multimedia features, and--at ... Electronista Samsung to unveil Bada phone on Valentine's Day?   —  Samsung has released a teaser page saying it will unveil a brand new handset at the Mobile World Congress show on February 14th. The press event is by invite only, and is widely expected to revolve around the first cellphone running not only Samsung's own Bada-powered operating system, but also with the Super AMOLED touchscreen. Little is known ... Electronista Samsung intros Monte handset with TouchWiz 2.0   —  Samsung has introduced its latest feature phone, the S5620 Monte. The device features Wi-Fi connectivity and a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 Plus interface provides quick access to apps for social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. A 3.2-megapixel camera is paired with software ... Home Samsung and LG get social   —  MOBILE PHONE MAKERS LG and Samsung have previewed two new models geared for social networking just a a week ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, according to Engadget here and here. Admin / Infoworld News LG, Samsung go social with latest phones   —  South Korea's two biggest cell phone makers previewed on Tuesday handsets they plan to unveil at next week's Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona. Both phones feature full-screen touch panels on their face, Wi-Fi and close links with social networking services. EWeek Samsung, LG Introduce Slim, Social Smartphones   —  Samsung launched the Monte on the same day LG Electronics introduced the Mini, which it says is now the thinnest full touch-screen phone on the market. LGs stated goals include toppling either Samsung or Nokia by 2012. - Both Samsung and LG Electronics released news of new smartphones Feb. 9. The LG Mini while being called the slimmest and ... PCWorld Latest LG, Samsung Go Social With Latest Handsets   —  South Korea's two biggest cell phone makers previewed on Tuesday handsets they plan to unveil at next week's Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona. PCWorld Latest Juniper to Integrate Mobile Networks and Edge Routers   —  Juniper Networks will announce products that integrate mobile networks into its MX 3D Universal Edge routers at Mobile World Congress. Admin / Infoworld News Juniper to integrate mobile networks and edge routers   —  At next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Juniper Networks will launch products that integrate mobile networks into its MX 3D Universal Edge routers and let third party vendors integrate their applications into mobile networks.

17. Top 10 areas where open source leads the way 1 hour ago   permalink

Www.itpro.co.uk

With job losses rising and belts being tightened across the country, now is the perfect time to look once again at the benefits of using open source software aside from the reported $60 billion a year savings on offer.

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Blog.seattlepi.com Windows Mobile still on 18% of U.S. smartphones   —  Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system was running on 18 percent of U.S. smartphones by the end of December, according to comScore. That's down one point from WinMo's market share in September. CNET :    What today's tech is teaching tomorrow's workforce

Tony Crammond / LXer Linux News Top 10 areas where open source leads the way   —  With job losses rising and belts being tightened across the country, now is the perfect time to look once again at the benefits of using open source software aside from the reported $60 billion a year savings on offer.

Library of Congress / Library Technology Guides automation update Library explores ways to release open source software   —  (January 14, 2010). n the spirit of transparency and community, the Library of Congress has established an internal process to create open source software. This will make it easier for software developers and sponsors within the Library to produce software that can be freely redistributed to users worldwide. Mark Weatherford / LXer Linux News Open Source Software - Rational or Risky Business?   —  I received quite a few comments this past week following the publishing of California IT Policy Letter 10-01 which formally establishes "the use of Open Source Software (OSS) in California state government as an acceptable practice." While many of my security colleagues offered words of caution following the announcement (and even a couple of " ...

18. Windows 7 eclipses Vista on Steam, 64-bit dominating 32-bit 5 hours ago   permalink

Ars Technica

We already know that Windows 7 is growing faster than Vista was when it was released, but how fast are gamers adopting it? Pretty darn quickly, according to January 2010 data from Steam, the leader of the digital distribution market. Last month, the percentage of users on Windows 7 eclipsed the number of users on Windows Vista. Windows XP is ...

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Ubergizmo AnyDATA ASP-318 and the ASP-518 Windows smartphones   —  AnyDATA has made available a couple of Windows-powered smartphones in the form of the ASP-318 and ASP-518, where the former is easy on your pockets, making it the ideal Windows Mobile smartphone for students and enterprise workers, where it runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, sporting a 3.2" color touchscreen display, GPS navigation, an ...

TechBlog Windows 7 and batteries: Shooting the messenger   —  Windows 7 is a pretty cool operating system - I think it's the best version of Windows that Microsoft has released. But some notebook PC owners would beg to differ. Last week, reports arose that Microsoft was looking into a message some Windows 7 users were seeing. A warning box appears saying: Consider replacing your battery. There is a problem ...

Brandon Dimmel / Infopackets.com MS Rejects Claims that Win7 Causes Faulty Batteries   —  Late last week, a number of Windows 7 users lit up Microsoft's TechNet forums with complaints that they were experiencing a dramatic decline in the battery lives of their laptop computers after upgrading from XP or Vista to Windows 7. In a recent statement, however, Microsoft denies the charge and has stressed that these issues are strictly ... Thomas Ricker / Engadget Cube's 6-inch capacitive touchscreen e-reader is a Windows Mobile 6.5 fantasyland   —  If you're a sucker for immaculate specs at a discount price then the Cube e-book reader might be the device for you. The Chinese outfit is said to be working on a 6-inch, E Ink reader built around the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system with baked-in WiFi (sorry, no mention of 3G data) for "remote server synchronization." And as declared in the ... Ryan / CyberNet News Display Battery Life on the Windows 7 Taskbar   —  Windows only Awhile ago I wrote an article that covered various ways you can monitor the remaining battery life of your laptop, but I was starting to wonder what kind of apps developers had come up with for Windows 7 users. Interestingly enough on that same article a commenter, Chris, talked about a [...] PIPI / Slo-Tech novice Microsoft: baterije niso problem   —  Pri Microsoftu so zanikali obtožbe izpred nekaj dni, da je Windows 7 kriv za močno znižanje kapacitete baterije. Orodje, ki uporabnika opozori, da ima le še 40% prvotno specificirane kapacitete baterije, v njihovih testih ni dalo niti enega napačnega opozorila. Orodje tudi zgolj bere podatke iz vezja v bateriji, v ... Techworld.com News Windows 2000, XP SP2, Vista RTM support nears end   —  Microsoft warns of lapsing support The closest cutoff is 13 April, when Microsoft will drop support for Vista RTM (release to manufacturing), the term used for the build the company launched at retail in January 2007. After that date - it's also April's Patch Tuesday - Microsoft will not provide security updates for Vista RTM, said Jerry Bryant, ... Richard Mitchell / Joystiq Total War games 66% off on Steam this week   —  Strategic war game buffs, take note: All of the Total War titles on Steam are receiving a massive discount this week, to the tune of a whopping 66 percent off. In fact, you can pick up the Total War Mega Pack , which includes Medieval II: Total War , Rome: Total War -- including the Alexander and Kingdoms expansions -- and Empire: Total War for $ ... Martin / GHacks technology news Remove Old Notification Icons In Windows 7   —  If you have been running Windows 7 for some time you might notice eventually that some of the notification icons that are displayed in the customize dialog are those of programs that are no longer installed on the computer system. Neither the software program nor the Windows operating system seem to remove those old notification [...] Vedant Kulshreshtha / TechNet Blogs Update to the Microsoft Enterprise Search Roadmap   —  February seems to be the favored month for Search roadmap updates in Microsoft. On Feb 10, 2009 the Microsoft Unveils New Enterprise Search Road Map press release disclosed a detailed road map from Microsoft for its enterprise search products, including the introduction of FAST Search for SharePoint and FAST Search for Internet Business . Since ... EWeek Microsoft Says Windows 7 Battery Issues Are Batteries' Fault   —  Microsoft claims its engineers have been exploring complaints of poor battery life for some laptops running Windows 7, and that in every case the operating system is not at fault. Instead, Windows 7 had correctly evaluated via a new feature that those users batteries were failing, Microsoft said in a Feb. 8 blog posting. However, posts on ... Admin / Infoworld News Users dispute Microsoft's explanation of Windows 7 battery problems   —  Windows 7 does not ruin notebook batteries or issue premature warnings that the power is exhausted, Microsoft 's head of Windows said Monday in response to customer complaints. Michael Korp / TechNet Blogs Hyper-V und die Startreparatur von Windows   —  Ist mir selber in der Kombination noch nicht passiert, aber die Startreparatur habe ich doch schon häufiger bemühen müssen. Ein Grund dafür ist, dass ich doch das eine oder andere Mal die Platte im Rechner gegen eine andere oder größere tauschen wollte, versucht habe “besonders schlau” zu sein oder aber aus irgendeinem anderen Grund an ...

19. EBay Asks Its Users for Help Building New Search Tools 1 hour ago   permalink

CLAIRE CAIN MILLER / NYT

EBay is rolling out new search tools on Garden by eBay, a new site where eBay will seek feedback from buyers and sellers on products that it is developing.

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Resourceshelf / ResourceShelf :   EBay Developing New Search Tools, Crowdsourcing Feedback on “Garden by eBay” Site

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CLAIRE CAIN MILLER / Bits EBay Asks Its Users for Help Building New Search Tools   —  EBay is rolling out new search tools on Garden by eBay, a new site where eBay will seek feedback from buyers and sellers on products that it is developing.

Kiran Guduru / Statesman.com Skyonic wins grant to help build carbon capture plant in San Antonio   —  AUSTIN Skyonic gets DOE grant for carbon capture plant in San Antonio Skyonic Corp. of Austin said it has won a $3 million grant for an industrial carbon capture plant as part of a federal economic stimulus program administered by the Department of Energy.

Brian Ashcraft / Kotaku Canceling eBay Purchase?   —  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Loooooove This morning a family friend said that she bought something from an eBay shop, but then decided that she wanted to cancel or something like that. I looked online and it said that you cannot cancel an order per se (she has not finalized her purchase yet), but have to pretty much ignore that pending ...

20. Why the Army Doesn't Train on XBoxes 3 hours ago   permalink

Michael Peck / Wired Top Stories

Right now, every military command post and every training center is packed with PCs. In the future, many of those machines might be replaced with game consoles - if the armed forces can ever work out their disagreements with the console-makers.

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