1. Google launches Nexus One phone support 12 hours ago   permalink

Steven Musil / CNET News

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...

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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 ... Ubergizmo Google Phone Support Available For Nexus One   —  Stressed out that you can’t really talk to a human being regarding your Google Nexus One woes? Well, it seems that Google is now offering phone support at 888-48NEXUS (63987). The support line is operational from 7am to 10pm PST. But before you get too hyped up on this, it seems that the downside is that this support line seems to be ... 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 ... 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 ... Casey Chan / Android Central Google's Phone Support Line for Nexus One is Live   —  Looks like Google's Phone Support for the Nexus One just went live. You can ask for help regarding your Nexus One's problems by calling 1 (888) 48-NEXUS which is 1-888-486-3987 in simple numeric form. The line is open from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM PST so hopefully you can get some answers to your questions, solutions to your problems, or just a nice ... David / TmoNews 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 [...] 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," ... Tricia Duryee / MocoNews After Federal Inquiries, Google Cuts Early Nexus One Termination Fee   —  Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) has lowered its “equipment recovery fee” to $150 from $350 when customers drop its Nexus One phone before their contract with T-Mobile USA officially expires. The change occurs just after the FCC formally sent letters to various operators and Google about wireless early termination fees. In this case, the Google ... 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 ... By JOELLE TESSLER / SFGate 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. Google's "equipment recovery fee" applies to... Google - Nexus One - Searching - Search Engines - Mobile phone 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 ... Macworld 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. 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. 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.

2. Google Gmail press conference 1 hour ago   permalink

Josh Lowensohn / Web Crawler

We're heading to the Googleplex to find out what's happening to Gmail. Earlier reports have pointed to Google taking on Twitter. Tune in to find out if that's true.

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3. Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat 10 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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4. Anjal: GNOME's Evolution for Netbooks 15 hours ago   permalink

Linuxtoday.com

"One unforeseen benefit of the rise of netbooks is the rethinking of desktop interfaces. Compared to workstations, netbooks have smaller screens and less memory, and developers generally assume that users do less demanding tasks on them. As a result, developers are starting to redesign interfaces to function better within these constraints.

5. Free Trial 3 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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6. Apple To Upgrade MacBook Pros Tuesday Ahead Of Macworld Conference? 5 hours ago   permalink

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Apple may finally announce a new MacBook Pro lineup tomorrow, perhaps including new, faster Intel chips, as the Macworld conference gets underway in San Francisco.

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Apple is the only company that will offer [...] 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 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 ... Liam Cassidy / TheAppleBlog Apple May Lower the Price of the iPad: This is Not News   —  Sometimes I have to wonder whether everyone has taken leave of their senses. The big “news” doing the rounds in the last twenty four hours is that Apple execs have admitted they are prepared to change the price of the iPad should consumer reception (read: sales) demand it. Yeah, that’s right; Apple admitted it might revisit [...] 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. Om Malik / GigaOM GIPS Wants iPhone to Video Conference More Often   —  GIPS, a San Francisco-based company that licenses intellectual property including codecs for audio and video, says it's come up with a technology that would allow third-party developers to embed video chat in their iPhone-related applications. The new technology is called VideoEngine (VEI) Mobile. 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.... Robin Wauters / TechCrunch Fotomoto Upgrades Service; Attracts New Users, Investors And Board Members   —  In May 2009, we covered the launch of Fotomoto , a Web-based photo monetization service built by the eponymous startup based out of San Francisco. The product has grown a lot since then, and founder & CEO Ahmad Kiarostami informs us that they have signed up 2800 website publishers since launching publicly, which translates to some 610,000 ... 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. ... 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. 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 [...] John Paczkowski / Crave IPad pricing: How low can you go, Apple?   —  It seems odd that Apple execs would even hint at the possibility of an early price cut lest they give folks already on the fence about buying the first iteration of the device more reason to stay there. Originally posted at News - Apple Ed Sutherland / Cult of Mac Are New MacBook Pros Imminent?   —  Will Apple unveil a new line of MacBook Pros today? Some signs point to the possibility the Cupertino, Calif. may announce new laptops with faster chips to coincide with this week’s Macworld Expo 2010. The first tea leaf isa French gadget blog which quotes an anonymous source. The source “who works for Apple just tell me [...] Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider The Apple Store Is Down -- New Macbooks Coming?   —  Apple's online store is down. Everyone is hoping that when it opens it's filled with a refreshed Macbook Pro lineup . See related: Apple To Upgrade MacBook Pros Tuesday Ahead Of Macworld Conference? Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Apple To Upgrade MacBook Pros Tuesday Ahead Of Macworld Conference? Apple iPod Touch, New ... 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 . Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac No Partying at Macworld: Parties Are Way Down   —  The best thing about Macworld was always the parties. MacWeek’s annual Mac The Knife Party was a drunken bacchanal for the ages; Peachpit and O’Reily put on nice literary soirees with cash bars; and Microsoft’s events always had fancy hors d’oeuvres. Even Apple, a stranger to shows of public hospitality, once threw ... 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 ... 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 ... David Meerman Scott / Web Ink Now Mumbai taxis and Apple MacBook Pros are really quite similar   —  As I was strolling the streets of Bombay (Mumbai), India, I noticed that the taxicabs are the same make of car, yet the owners of the cabs have personalized them with stickers and other do-dads to make them unique. It... The Seattle Times ComScore: Apple gains US smart phone share   —  Apple Inc.'s iPhone gained a percentage point of U.S. smart phone market share while BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Inc. lost a point in the last three months of 2009, according to research group comScore Inc. 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 ... MacInTouch Report: MacBook Pro   —  My MacBook Pro loses the Airport signal (or goes very weak) when I connect to an external monitor and close the display, or hook to an external monitor with the display closed. Webmaster / The Mac Observer News: Apple Store Offline, Rumors Point to New Laptops   —  Apple's online retail Web site went offline Tuesday morning, leading to speculation that the company is about to introduce updated versions of its MacBook Pro lineup. 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 ... Webmaster / The Mac Observer TMO Appearances: TMO’s Bryan Chaffin and the Atomic Love Bombs Perform During Macworld Expo   —  The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin also happens to be a member of the Atomic Love Bombs, and the band will be performing at a special concert during Macworld Expo 2010 to raise funds for Haiti earthquake victims. The concert will be at the Red Devil Lounge on Friday, February 12, and starts at 8PM pacific time.

7. AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops 8 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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Vladislav Savov / Engadget :   AMD Fusion sampling soon, arriving in 2011 with Llano APU

The Tech Report :   National Bagel Day Shortbread

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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 ...

Tom Hays / SFGate Ex-Intel exec pleads guilty in Galleon case   —  A former Intel executive pleaded guilty Monday to charges he fed confidential information about the computer-chipmaker to wealthy hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, his old friend and central figure in a massive insider trading case. "I gave Raj Rajaratnam... Raj Rajaratnam - Galleon Group - Hedge fund - Insider trading - Plea Stephen.Ibaraki / TechNet Blogs Alex Lin Yong Qing, shares his insights into the World Economic Forum, NYC global leaders summit, building the largest Intel channel, founding the largest online professional business media and service company   —  This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview London School of Economics (LSE) Alumni Alex Lin Yong Qing. Alex is a leading CEO in China who provides a unique perspective on this growing region. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki Alex Lin Yong Qing is the leading ... 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 ... Krithi / Tech Pedia Intel’s Itanium Again Marches to Different Drummer   —  Intel loves to talk about Moore’s Law, its co-founder’s famed maxim about how rapidly miniaturization improves semiconductors. The company also prides itself on setting the pace, underscoring the strategy recently by deploying its most tiny circuitry in microprocessors for mainstream PCs. Then there’s Itanium. The high-end microprocessor ...

8. Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome 11 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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Andy Beal / Andy Beal :   Please Email This Article; Researchers Say You’ll Feel Better

Jjn1 / Memex 1.1 :   NYT readers are more highbrow than expected, survey finds

Maria Conde / Editors :   Study looks into what news articles you share and why Adrian Chen / Gawker :   Secrets of The New York Times' Most-Emailed List, Revealed

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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 .

9. Morningstar acquires footnoted! 3 hours ago   permalink

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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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Rafat Ali / PaidContent :   Morningstar Acquires Financial Blog Footnoted.org

Eric Savitz / BARRONS.com :   Morningstar Buys Footnoted.org

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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 ...

10. Sony Bravia TV sports built-in Blu-ray player 4 hours ago   permalink

Ubergizmo

Still don't have a Blu-ray player in your living room? Why not kill two birds with one stone if you're thinking of upgrading your current standard definition TV to one of those newfangled HDTVs? Sony has just the thing with their latest Bravia TV which will come in 32" and 40" sizes, known as the KDL-32EX40B and KDL-40EX40B. As it is under the ...

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Johnny / Gadgetizer.com :   Sony Bravia Blu-Ray HDTV

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Ubergizmo Limited edition Prime Note Cresion NA Yu-Pon netbook   —  The Prime Note Cresion NA Yu-Pon netbook is certainly an interesting piece of consumer electronics to have - after all, it is the first one in the market that comes with a built-in Blu-ray drive. Inside, you won't find it too different from other netbooks of its class (apart from the aforementioned Blu-ray drive, of course), sporting an Intel ...

Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee Advertisers Look Beyond the 30-Second TV Spot   —  Advertisers are becoming increasingly “disenchanted” with TV ads, according to a recent survey of 104 U.S. advertisers. The survey, performed by Forrester along with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), found 62 percent of advertisers believe that TV advertising is less effective than it used to be, which is causing them to ... Dave Freeman / CrunchGear Saving Private Ryan to storm Blu-ray   —  You might want to sit down for this one. Are you ready? Saving Private Ryan is coming to Blu-ray. Yep, the 1998 Academy award-winning movie is finally coming to Blu-ray on May 4th. Expect the ad machine to fire up some time in April, since you're going to want to buy another version of this movie as well, right? Serkan Toto / CrunchGear Panasonic to release four 3D Blu-ray recorders and players in Japan   —  The VIERA 3D full HD plasma TVs weren't the only 3D products Panasonic priced and dated for the Japanese market today. The company also announced a total of three new Blu-ray 3D recorders and one player. Here are the details. Newlaunches.com Panasonic DMR-BWT series - The worlds first 3D Blu-Ray players   —  Along with the 3D HDTVs Panasonic also announced Blu-ray players / recorders with 3D support. The DMR-BWT series will sport 3 models which will come in capacities of 2TB, 1TB and 750GB respectively. Coming to the specs the 750GB version sports one HDMI port whereas its heavier siblings will come with 2 HDMI ports others than this all the specs ... Luke Plunkett / Kotaku Finding The State Of The HD Generation   —  You know, for all the talk of this being the "HD generation", we've got our suspicions that many of you are still toiling away on standard definition TV sets. It's time to turn those suspicions into science. Below you'll find some polls. The second allows you to select multiple options, since there may be more than one factor contributing to ... Kelly Hodgkins / Boy Genius Report Sony Ericsson confirms that it will update the X10 past Android 1.6   —  In a rather lengthy blog post, Sony Ericsson explained its decision to launch its long awaited Android offering, the X10, with Android 1.6 instead of the newer Android 2.1. In a nutshell, Sony Ericsson is not focused on the version… Cheng Hung / Gadgetell LG and Samsung to roll out first 3D TVs next month   —  Section: Peripherals , Displays/Projectors Both Samsung and LG, the two giants of flat-screen TV manufacturers, will be releasing 3D TVs starting next month. Samsung will launch its LED 9000 LCD featuring a powerful 3D processor, while LG rolls out LED LCDs with sizes ranging from 32” to 55” (Infinia LE9500). Competition in the 3D TV ... PSFK Watching TV Could Shorten Your Life   —  According to NPR and the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, watching TV could shorten your life. The Institute states: When we compared people who watch less than two hours of television per day, people who watch more than four hours a day had a 46 percent higher risk ... Gillian Reagan / Silicon Alley Insider M*A*S*H Star On Super Bowl's Smash: Whatever, TV's Dead! Our Show Is Still More Profitable   —  Wayne Rogers, the former M*A*S*H TV star and current CEO of Wayne Rogers & Co., a stocks trade investment company, spoke out about the 2010 Super Bowl breaking TV records last night. "That Super Bowl is never gonna earn what M*A*S*H earned that's for sure," he said on Fox Business Network. "Because there's no reruns for that Super Bowl, ... Ryan Saghir / Orbitcast 2010 "Connected" Dodge Caravan comes with WiFi and live TV   —  Chrysler is showing off their infotainment features on the 2010 "Connected" Grand Caravan at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show (which starts later this week). The vehicle is a veritable swiss army knife of entertainment technology, with FLO TV, Sirius Satellite Radio, Sirius Backseat TV and Uconnect Web. The latter of which transforms the minivan into ... Chris / Chris Pirillo Samsung LED TV Review   —  Samsung LED TV Review is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Some people ask what products I choose to buy myself to use in my home. This television is the latest acquisition of mine, and it’s one that I’m seriously happy with. This gorgeous TV is the Samsung 46″ 1080p LED HDTV . ... Cory Doctorow / Technology news Why did Ofcom back down on DRM?   —  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 – ... Bill Ives / Portals and KM Unlike Newspapers, TV Rises in Popularity, While Mobile Devices Also Move Up   —  Television does not seem to be suffering the same way as newspapers, its older mainstream media cousin. Deloitte’s 2009 “State of the Media Democracy” survey reports a 26 percent increase in the Americans choosing TV as their favorite type of... John Nack / Adobe Blogs Adobe TV: 3D patterns, working with shadows, & more   —  Adobe TV is hosting some new photography- and Photoshop-related content: The Russell Brown Show - Painting 3D Patterns Join Russell Brown as he shows you how to literally paint tiled 3D patterns in this Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended tutorial. The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost - Using a Secondary Display In this episode of The Complete ... Robert Nagle / Idiotprogrammer And now this ….   —  I just watched a Superbowl commercial on hulu which was introduced by a TV commercial for Coca Cola. That’s what it has come down to boys: even the TV commercials now have TV commercials. This blog post is about a blogpost about itself.

11. Atlona© 2003-2010 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.atlona.com

The Atlona AT-HDVieW is designed to take video and audio signal from PC or Laptop and upscale it to digital HDMI output of wide-range HDTV and PC resolutions, up to 1080p. The AT-HDVieW is a plug and play device, it will automatically sense the native resolution of the display and scale the computer's output to match it. The converter will ...

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Mark Wilson / Gizmodo :   Atlona AT-HDVieW Scaler Transforms VGA With Audio to Handy HDMI

I4u / I4U News :   Atlona Offers USB-powered VGA to HDMI converter

Shane McGlaun / SlashGear :   Atlona AT-HDVieW VGA to HDMI Scaler/Converter for PC unveiled

12. Texas Instruments delivers industry�s first quad-radio single chip 1 hour 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?'

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13. Producers: Final Fantasy XIII will 'resurrect' Japanese game industry 1 hour ago   permalink

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Final Fantasy XIII may not be out in North America and Europe yet, but the development team is in full "victory lap" mode in Japan. At least, that's how it seemed when noted industry figure Jem Alexander interviewed producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama for the European PlayStation Blog . Asked about the state of the Japanese ...

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Major Nelson / Xbox Live Games on Demand: Street Fighter IV and Halo Wars   —  The following Xbox 360 game are now ready for direct download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace : Content: STREET FIGHTER IV Price: Check pricing for your region Availability: North America and Asia Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) This game supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean. Download the ...

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14. ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 Graphics Brings a Big Visual Experience to Small Form Factor PCs 7 hours ago   permalink

Www.amd.com

The newest addition to the AMD graphics family strengthens the world's only complete line-up of award-winning DirectX® 11 capable graphics cards, delivering exceptional HD multimedia and gaming performance at a mainstream price

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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog :   Yet another DirectX 11 Graphics Card from AMD!

Chris Davies / SlashGear :   ATI Radeon HD 5570 launched, reviewed: $80 low-profile DirectX 11

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Reviews Tom ATI Radeon HD 5570: Reasonable Gaming Performance For $80?   —  AMD rounds out its DirectX 11-capable lineup with an entry-level gaming card sporting all of the Radeon HD 5000-series' value-adds. Does the Radeon HD 5570 represent the perfect combination of low-price, gaming performance, and features? DirectX - Radeon - ATI Technologies - Advanced Micro Devices - Zune HD Chris Davies / SlashGear :    ATI Radeon HD 5570 launched, reviewed: $80 low-profile DirectX 11

MacNN ATI Radeon HD 5570 gives DX11 to small form factor PCs   —  AMD this morning launched its second new video chipset in just a matter of days and this time targeted a comparatively untapped mini PC category. The Radeon HD 5570 is a major step up in performance from the 5450 with 400 stream processors versus 80 but still occupies a single card slot and is relatively short, making it ideal for small form ...

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15. NVIDIA Optimus Technology Delivers Perfect Balance Of Notebook Performance And Battery Life 2 hours ago   permalink

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Feb. 9, 2010— NVIDIA Corp., today announced NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology, a breakthrough for notebook PCs that chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application and automatically routes the workload to either an NVIDIA discrete GPU or Intel integrated graphics – delivering great performance while ...

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OSNews :   NVIDIA Unveils Optimus Seamless GPU Switching

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Bit-tech.net Article Feed Nvidia Optimus: More Than Meets The Eye   —  Nvidia's new Optimus technology is primed to transform switchable graphics in laptops, netbooks and the second generation Ion platform. Trust us, for your next laptop upgrade this is looking like a must have technology.

PCWorld Latest Nvidia Unveils Optimus Switchable Graphics Technology   —  Does your laptop have switchable graphics? You know, both an integrated graphics chip that sips energy and gives you long battery life along with a discrete GPU (graphics processing unit) that offers better 3D graphics and video performance? Notebooks with switchable graphics have been shipping for years, but they haven't lived up to user ... 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 [...] Dan Ackerman / Crave Nvidia Optimus unveiled: Switchable laptop graphics on the fly   —  Some ideas are so obvious that when announced, one's first reaction is to ask, "Wait, weren't we already doing it that way?" Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo Notion Ink's Adam Tablet Will Have Flash, Output At 1080p and Have Battery Life 2x Longer Than iPad   —  Flash, a longer battery life, outputting video at 1080p, a $1m app competition—these are just some of the ways Notion Ink is hoping its Android-powered Adam tablet will be able to win customers over. The tablet has gone through several different guises since renders were unveiled in December. From the slick silver-edged device , to the roll- PCWorld Latest Windows 7 Just Being Honest About Battery Life   —  Microsoft has looked into reported issues with Windows 7 battery life and determined that users are simply caught off guard by Windows 7 more accurate battery life reporting. Electronista NVIDIA outs Optimus live graphics switching for notebooks   —  NVIDIA today formally unwrapped Optimus, a hybrid graphics technology that it promises will solve many of the problems of performance and battery life on notebooks. It can switch from integrated to dedicated graphics and back while the system is still active and logged in, providing a completely transparent experience for power saving; users can ... Editor / PRO Nvidia Optimus transforms laptop graphics   —  Nvidia has unveiled a new technology for laptops which will automatically switch from integrated to discrete graphics depending on the task. While integrated graphics chips tend to be quite gentle on battery life, they don't have the muscle to tackle more intensive tasks such as gaming. In contrast, discrete graphics cards tend to offer more ... Kristopher / DailyTech News Feed Microsoft Claims Windows 7 Has No Battery Life Problems, Customers Say Otherwise   —  Most Popular ArticlesWindows 8 Dates Leaked, Windows 7 Hits 10 Percent Market Share, IE 8 Now Top Browser Aharon Etengoff / TG Daily Nvidia introduces Optimus technology for notebooks   —  Nvidia has introduced an intelligent switching technology for notebook PCs that automatically selects the optimal graphics processor for running a specific application. read more Home Nvidia transforms switchable graphics with Optimus   —  GRAPHICS OUTFIT Nvidia has thrown back the curtain on Optimus, a system that allows for the dynamic switching of graphics systems on notebooks. Today's laptops usually have to suffer a trade-off between Intel's subpar but energy efficient integrated graphics processor (IGP) or a higher performance but power-hungry discrete graphics card that ... Zeus / Impact Lab ‘Future of Work’ – How Technology is Merging Our Jobs and Home Life   —  “We don’t stop living when we go to work and, very often today, we don’t stop working when we arrive home.” The line between work and home is disappearing, says former Financial Times columnist Richard Donkin in his new book.  “We don’t stop living when we go to work and, very often today, we don’t stop [ 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 ...

16. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate 7 hours ago   permalink

Msdn.microsoft.com

The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate (RC) is available to MSDN subscribers on Monday, February 8th, with general availability on February 10th.

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Scott Hanselman / Scott Hanselman SmallestDotNet Update - Now with .NET 4 support and an includable JavaScript API   —  A few years back I wrote a post on the size of the .NET Framework . There's historically been a lot of confusion on the site of the .NET Framework. If you search around on the web for ".NET Framework" or ".NET Framework Redistributable" you'll often get a link to a 200 meg download. That download is the complete offline thing ...

EWeek Microsoft Ships Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate   —  Microsoft has delivered the release candidate version of the company's Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 application development suite. - Microsoft has delivered the release candidate version of the company's Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 application development suite. The software giant announced the updated release of the ... Paul Krill / Infoworld News Microsoft offers Visual Studio 2010 release candidate   —  Microsoft has taken another step toward releasing its Visual Studio 2010 IDE and the accompanying .Net Framework 4 programming platform, offering a release candidate (RC) for the paired technologies on Monday. Editor / Neowin.net Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 RC released to MSDN subscribers   —  Microsoft said on Monday that it had shipped a Release Candidate (RC) copy of its development software Visual Studio 2010. Visual Studio is a development environment that allows developers to create�GUI applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code together with managed... One Microsoft Way Etc: Microsoft has posted the Release Candidate builds of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 on MSDN. The RC builds will be available to the public on Wednesday.   —  Microsoft has posted the Release Candidate builds of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 on MSDN. The RC builds will be available to the public on Wednesday. Read More: MSDN , Somasegar's Weblog Patrick Smacchia / CodeBetter.Com VS 2010 RC1 available on MSDN   —  ... and this RC1 will go public in 3 days. (if your are logged in MSDN, the link is: ) I had access to the Release Candidate 1 limited community editions for a month, and I can say that hopefully, overall stability, performance and memory consumption have been ... Tim Anderson Visual Studio 2010 RC arrives with go-live license   —  Microsoft has made the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2010 available for download to MSDN subscribers. From tomorrow (10th February) the same release will be available to everyone. There is a go-live license so you can use this in production if you wish, though if the full release comes in April as planned, it hardly ...continue reading ... Eric Nelson / Geekswithblogs.net Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate now available   —  Stonking good news. The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate (RC) is now available to all MSDN Subscribers. It will be available to my dad (who is not an MSDN Subscriber) on Wednesday (Feb 10, 2010). Even better, my dad (and you) can take advantage of the go-live license to deploy code into a production environment. If you ... PL System Center / TechNet Blogs DPM 2010 RC dostępny   —  Na stronach Connect udostępniono wersję Release Candidate System Center Data protection Manager 2010 Testującym betę przypominam, że upgrade można wykonać “in-place”. Podobnie będzie w przypadku ścieżki aktualizacji RC –> RTM. Link do pobierania: = ... Aaron Kowall / Geekswithblogs.net VS2010 and .Net 4.0 RC available now on MSDN, Wed for public.   —  You can now get your hands on the Release Candidate version of Visual Studio 2010 and .Net 4.0 if you are an MSDN subscriber. MS also announced that it will make the RC available to all on Wed Feb 10. Upgrade for VS2010 and .Net 4 is an uninstall/reinstall operation. The RC release also includes an updated TFS 2010.  If you are upgrading from ... Vik20000in / ASP.NET Visual Studio 2010 RC released for MSDN Subscriber   —  Hi, Today Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2010 (VS 2010) RC for MSDN Subscriber. It will be available for the General people on RC on 10th February. If you are an MSDN subscriber you can go ahead and download the bits right now from the link below. The early feedback on Twitter seems ... Jeev / ASP.NET Visual Studio 2010 RC is out   —  Visual Studio Release Candidate is out. See the post from Scott Guthrie. If you are interested in finding out what are the changes from VS 2008 or .NET 3.5; I strongly suggest that you check out this series of blog posts Another post from Mike Taulty listing out what is new Barbara Esbin / The Progress Demystification of Net Neutrality   —  "Demystifying Net Neutrality" was the topic of a February 4th Webinar hosted by The Diffusion Group and VideoNuze, which is now available on the VideoNuze website . As a presenter, I endeavored to shed light on the controversial topic, along with Chris Riley of Free Press and two moderators, Will Richmond and Colin Dixon. While we may not have ...

17. Ferrari Racing Pack exclusive to Need for Speed: Shift on 360 53 minutes ago   permalink

Justin McElroy / Joystiq

After a seven year absence, the Ferrari brand is returning to Need for Speed , albeit in an anti-climatic comeback for true Ferrari fans like ourselves. First, the facts: On February 16, those who own Need for Speed: Shift on 360 will be able to get 10 cars from the venerable manufacturer for 800 points ($10) -- we've got the full list for you ...

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18. Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight 13 hours ago   permalink

MOTOKO RICH / NYT

Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.

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19. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier to be present Holiday 2010 5 hours ago   permalink

Ludwig Kietzmann / Joystiq

Or, it'll be a Holiday 2010 present , depending on how heavily you drop those hints and how desirable you find Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 's "cutting-edge technology, prototype high-tech weaponry, and state-of-the-art single-player and multiplayer modes." Developed by the GRAW veterans at Ubisoft Paris, Future Soldier promises to "go beyond the ...

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20. Some Good News, and Some Bad News, About Adobe Flash 10.1 9 hours ago   permalink

Matt buchanan / Gizmodo

The good news first: Adobe's promising Flash 10.1 is going to hit smartphones—Android, WebOS, Windows Mobile —and desktops in the "first half" of this year, a slightly less squishy date. And it'll come over the air. The bad part? Well it's bad for Android, anyway: You're gonna need Android 2.1. At least. Because it provides some ...

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