1. Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-up 11 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 :   Tiny 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 :    Tiny 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?

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 ... 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 ... 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 14 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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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. Olga Kharif / Tech Beat Google Improves Nexus One Customer Care   —  Google is taking steps to address customer support problems that cropped up soon after the release of its Nexus One, a phone that Google currently only sells online. On Feb. 8, Google began providing phone support in addition to existing efforts to solve problems through online forums. Until recently, customers who had problems or questions -- ... 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. Matt McGee / Search Engine Land Liveblogging the Google Buzz Launch   —  Google is set to announce a new social tool at a 10:00 am event on its Mountain View campus. 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3. Ksplice debuts zero downtime service for Linux 11 hours ago   permalink

Linuxtoday.com

"The Cambridge, Mass., start-up has about 35 customers and several thousand servers using its paid Uptrack service, in which security and maintenance patches are automatically applied to Linux servers with minimal delay and no downtime, according to Chief Operating Officer Waseem Daher.

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Admin / Infoworld News Ksplice debuts zero downtime service for Linux   —  Ksplice Tuesday officially launched its no-reboot patching service for Linux servers. The Cambridge, Mass., startup has about 35 customers and several thousand servers using its paid Uptrack service, in which security and maintenance patches are automatically applied to Linux servers with minimal delay and no downtime, according to Chief ...

Scott Merrill / CrunchGear Ksplice Uptrack now available for Linux users everywhere   —  Last summer we wrote about Ksplice , a hot new technology that allows Linux kernel updates to be applied in real time, without requiring a reboot. Whether you want to use this for your personal laptop, or a lab room full of PCs, or a data center hosting environment, Ksplice Uptrack, the company's hosted service, is now available to the general ... Dj Walker-Morgan / LXer Linux News Android versus Linux?   —  Is Android at odds with Linux after the removal of Android device drivers from the Linux source code tree or is this business as usual for the Linux community and nothing new? The H looks at the issues. Techworld.com News Linux creator Torvalds gives Nexus One thumbs up   —  Google Android mobile endorsed by open source guru Google's Nexus One got a big time endorsement over the weekend from Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds, who blogged about the Android-based smartphone being "a winner." Helios / LXer Linux News When Linux Nerds Choose Mates from the Linux Herd...   —  Monday, February 08, 2010 When Linux Nerds Choose Mates from the Windows Herd. Look...let's face this together. Dating can suck. Now when you are young, it's an adventure. One has relatively little "baggage", the emotional scars are few and the dating world is your oyster...so to speak. And you haven't even begun to think about their therapeutic ... Paula Rooney / Open Source Ksplice Uptrack eliminates Linux server reboots, Sunday hours   —  Researchers at MIT have turned an innovative open source security technology known as Ksplice into a commercial product. Ksplice Uptrack, whose general availability was announced today, eliminates the need to reboot Linux servers to perform monthly updates and security patches, the Cambridge, Mass. company said. ZDnet wrote about the technology ... Editor / SearchEnterpriseLinux Linux staffs still earn 10% more pay, Dice says   —  Dice.com salary survey says Linux pros get 10% more pay; IT job outlook already started to brighten in 2010. John Plunkett / Media BBC expenses: details here   —  Which will be the eyecatching, or even extravagant, BBC expenses claims? Follow them here – and pitch in yourself 2.40pm update: Dominic Coles, the chief operating officer of journalism, claimed £27.20 to cover his mileage costs to watch motor racing on 21 June, giving as his reason: "British GP – Bernie et al". He also claimed for a £5.60 ...

4. Google Gmail press conference 3 hours 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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Ben Parr / Mashable! BREAKING: Google Goes Social with Google Buzz   —  It’s official: Google has just announced Google Buzz, its newest push into the social media foray. This confirms earlier reports of Gmail integrating a social status feature . On stage revealing the new product was Bradley Horowitz, Google’s Vice President for product Management. While introducing the product, Mr. Horowitz focused on ...

Mike / Searchnewz New Google Tool Builds Hype   —  Theres nothing like rumours of a new Google tool launch to get the industry tongues wagging, and today theres lots of hype building. According to the grapevine, Google is on the verge (potentially even today) of releasing a new social app or toolwhich is believed to involved social networking and Gmail. As there has been no official talk... New ... Tonie van Ringelestijn / B R I G H T Google komt met Twitter-killer   —  Google-gebruikers kunnen straks ook statusupdates publiceren. Wordt Google een echte rivaal voor Twitter en Facebook? Google gaat volgens tal van mediaberichten deze week een dienst presenteren die mensen met een Google-account statusupdates laat publiceren, net als met Twitter en Facebook kan. Het is al langer mogelijk een statusupdate te ... Ubergizmo Google flexes muscles against social networks   —  Google isn't going to let the popularity of social networking just pass by them without doing anything about it - word has it that the Internet search giant is taking on Facebook and Twitter on their own turf, thanks to a new module in Gmail which can stream media and status updates of online friends. Hmm, this module more or less resembles a ... Robert Scoble / Scobleizer The social failings of Google   —  Orkut. Used it? I did back in 2002, but since then? No one I know uses it. Jaiku. Used it? I did back in 2006, but since then? No one I know uses it. Dodgeball. Used it? I did back in 2006, but since then? No one I know uses it. These are just a few of the [...] Robert Scoble / Scobleizer Why Google won’t give Twitter or Facebook a buzz cut tomorrow   —  OK, I’ve given you the reasons why Google will be successful this time, but why won’t what they announce tomorrow give Twitter or Facebook a buzz cut? 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[Developing story] Selena Narayanasamy / Search Engine Journal 8 Ways Google Can Become a Social Hub Overnight   —  If you can't tell from my recent posts, I think Google is quite revolutionary. With the implementation of Gtalk with video chat capabilities, Google Wave with the ability to have real-time collaboration, Google Docs & Calendar making document and schedule sharing between colleagues or friends and simply the ability to social share in search ... Ellen Petry Leanse / Google Enterprise Blog Google Apps Script and Google Sites   —  Today we're announcing a new enhancement to Google Apps Script: the ability to create and access Google Sites. Using the new SitesApp Service, your scripts now have full control over your sites including adding attachments, changing the text within a web page, and even adding new collaborators to your sites so you can share and edit them with ... 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5. 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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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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6. 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 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 - The Seattle Times The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes   —  Malware attacks are a growing problem on all Web sites. Read more about what to do if you see something suspicious. 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 " ...

7. Street View hits the slopes at Whistler 1 hour ago   permalink

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In just a few days, the events in Vancouver and Whistler will be kicking off. The world’s best skiers and snowboarders will be taking to the slopes at Whistler Mountain, tearing down the mountain at world record speeds or gracefully navigating a slalom course. You can view the terrain in stunning 3D detail in Google Earth, and we recently ...

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The Seattle Times :   Google's souped up Vancouver Olympics snowmobile

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8. Free Trial 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.apple.com

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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MacNN :   Apple launches Aperture 3

Nick Santilli / TheAppleBlog :   Apple Finally Releases Aperture 3

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Www.apple.com Apple Releases Aperture 3   —  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 ... John C Abell / Wired :    Apple Wrongfoots Pundits With Aperture 3 Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech :    Apple Store back up. No new Macs. Mer / Silicon Alley Insider :    No New MacBooks... Yet!

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 ... CNN.com New Apple product is ... Aperture 3   —  Apple on Tuesday unveiled Aperture 3, the latest update of its photo editing and management software. AppleInsider Apple introduces 64-bit Aperture 3 with Faces and Places   —  Apple on Tuesday released the next major update to its photo editing and management software, with Aperture 3 sporting over 200 new features, including Faces, Places and Brushes for $199 new, or $99 to upgrade. 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… 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. 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... 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) 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.

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

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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)

10. 5 Tips for Developers Targeting the iPad 4 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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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....

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 upfront. According to iPhone blog TamsIJungle, Hutchison Telecom (trading as “3″) [...] 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 [...] 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. 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 ... 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 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. Made from top-quality genuine leather, the Leather Sleeve Case features an embossed design on the interior and exterior, a secure, sleeve-style access flap, a slim, padded design, an included screen protector, and open access to all ports and controls. The iKit Leather ... Jeremy / ILounge News: Label Interactive announces GameTable for iPad   —  Label Interactive has announced that it is developing a virtual board and card games app for the iPad. GameTable takes advantage of the iPad’s larger screen to provide a virtual game table on which users can play classic games such as Checkers, Chess, Backgammon, Poker, Solitaire and more. Rather than taking the traditional single-player game ... Nicole Martinelli / Cult of Mac University Plans iPad Student Paper   —  Perhaps in a bid to become the world’s leading iCollege, Abilene Christian University will publish an edition of the school paper designed for iPad. The Texas institution — where the IT studies department was rechristened iSchool — started equipping freshmen with iPhones and iPod Touches back in 2008. The iSchool also started ... Robert Andrews / PaidContent Rusbridger: 'iPad Could Produce Significant Revenue Streams'   —  It’s not exactly a great leap from publishing an iPhone app to offering one on the soon-to-be-released iPad - not only will the former will run on the latter; the skillset for developing the latter won’t be significantly different. So publishers who have already found a degree of incremental revenue from iPhone are now looking for ... 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 ... 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: 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 ...

11. 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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12. 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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David Pierce / Wired :   Shock and Awe: Viral News is Good News

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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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13. Why did Ofcom back down on DRM? 3 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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Ubergizmo Netflix to stream in full HD with 5.1 audio   —  Netflix looks set to stream their range of movies and TV series in full HD resolution - that's 1080p for the uninitiated, later this year in a move to boost its business. Apart from 1080p video streaming, audiences will also be able to enjoy 5.1 audio for an all round, enjoyable home-theater experience. It remains to be seen just what kinds of ...

Steve Safran / Lost Remote Super Bowl becomes most-watched TV show ever   —  So much for the articles that said the numbers for the 1983 finale of M*A*S*H would never be topped. Sunday’s broadcast of the Super Bowl on CBS scored 106.6 million viewers, a new record for a TV audience. Writes the Huffington Post: Compelling story lines involving the city of New Orleans and its ongoing recovery [...] Related posts: ... Tonie van Ringelestijn / B R I G H T Canon 550D fixt HD-videofunctie   —  Canons 550D is het nieuwe model in zijn sterke spiegelreflexlijn. De video-opname in Full HD is verbeterd. Al sinds het uitbrengen van de 300D zes jaar geleden presenteert Canon een elk jaar een prima middenklasser onder de dslr-camera's. De nieuwe 550D is het semi-pro model van 2010. Hij heeft een 18 megapixelsensor en Canons Digic 4- ... Amy Schatz / WSJ.com FCC Chairman on What it Means to Regulate the Internet   —  Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski gets a little peeved when people suggests that he wants to regulate the Internet. Jason Deans / The Guardian World News BBC spent £54m on top-earners   —  Corporation reveals that more than £50m of the £229m a year spent on talent went to presenters earning more than £150,000 BBC expenses: details as they emerge The BBC spent £54m on presenters earning £150,000 or more in the 12 months to the end of March 2009, the corporation revealed today. This group, which accounted for 1.55% of total BBC ... 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, ... Pareene / Gawker Hooray, The New Republic Has Decided Someone Is an Antisemite   —  Uh oh! Former New Republic editor Andrew Sullivan posted a quote about The New Republic on his blog, without context. Time for a 4,300-word essay on how he hates the Jews! "Displaced and unglossed quotations are always in some way mordant, and bristle smugly with implications," longtime New Republic literary editor and old crank Leon Wieseltier ... 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 ... 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 ... Tom Johansmeyer / BloggingStocks AMR Finds New Way to Nickel and Dime You   —  Filed under: Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY) , AMR Corp (AMR) American Airlines ( AMR ) has become about as low-rent as one could imagine. I can stomach paying to check bags and for snacks. To me, it makes sense, as they provide important revenue streams and strike me as products and services for which it's possible to charge with little disruption ... Bob Sassone / TV Squad Update: Yup, That '24' Movie is Still a Go   —  I'm not talking about a TV movie a la '24: Redemption,' I'm talking about an adventure that Jack Bauer will have on the big screen. TV Guide is reporting that a screenwriter has been hired to write the '24' movie . Billy Ray, who wrote the movies 'Shattered Glass,' 'State of Play,' the remake of 'Westworld' as well as many episodes of the mid- ... 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 ... 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... The Seattle Times Japan Airlines rejects Delta, stays with American   —  Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and a broad global network, spurned the world's biggest carrier and opted to keep its alliance with American Airlines. Mike Masnick / Techdirt NBC Continues To Do The Exact Wrong Thing When It Comes To The Olympics Online   —  Is it any wonder that NBC Universal keeps having trouble? If you painted them a map that explained how to clearly provide people what they wanted, the company would do the exact opposite. Two years ago, during the summer Olympics, NBC Universal severely limited online offerings. It didn't let people embed videos. It only made events that people ... Mikek / Hacking NetFlix Netflix Streaming Update on 1080p HD, Closed Captions and 5.1 Audio   —  CNet reported earlier that Netflix was going to roll out 1080p streaming this year, but Netflix later corrected the report stating that "1080p watch instantly is not on the books for this year." Netflix's Steve Swasey did confirm that closed captions and 5.1 sound will be available later this year, but no date has been announced. The Wire ... Harold Feld / Public Knowledge FCC Reform Moves Forward At Thursday's Meeting   —  Assuming the Federal Government opens for business on Thursday (and I am not taking bets), we can expect to see Genachowski taking another substantial step to make good on his pledge to reform how the FCC does business. The agenda for the Commission’s open meeting for Thursday, February 11 lists three items. Two have to do with changing ... Stephen Bates / The Guardian World News Williams appeals to warring church   —  Rowan Williams uses presidential address to General Synod to call for tolerance among warring Church of England factions Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, attempted today to bind together the warring factions of the Church of England by appealing for both conservatives and liberals to show mutual tolerance and understanding over ... 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. Andru Edwards / Gear Live Bleeding Edge TV 337: Sony Bloggie HD camcorders   —  Sony’s new line of Bloggie HD video camcorders debuted at CES 2010, and we caught up with Sukhgit, Social Media Evangelist at Sony, to get the full scoop. She gives us the rundown on the Sony Bloggie PM5 and CM5 camcorders. If you are looking for an inexpensive and feature-rich high definition camcorder, you’ll want to check out the video ...

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

Arstechnica.com

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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Joanna Stern / Engadget NVIDIA Optimus automates graphics switching, promises the best of both worlds   —  We've always thought switchable graphics made a lot of sense on laptops, and NVIDIA's new Optimus tech looks like it's going to bring it mainstream in a serious way -- there's no more manually toggling between the powerful discrete GPU and the power-saving integrated chip. More than just automatically switching off the discrete GPU when the ...

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15. Facebook Pulls Lexicon Analytics Tool 9 hours ago   permalink

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Facebook has taken its promising Lexicon tool down from the site. Perhaps this happened when they pushed their new redesign. Lexicon, like Google Trends, provided limited yet interesting data on site-wide trends. You can read more about it here . From the Lexicon site .... "Thank you for your interest in Lexicon. We are removing the Lexicon ...

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

Joseph L. Flatley / Engadget

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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17. As Windows Mobile Stumbles, Which Smartphone OS Will Seize the Lead? 3 hours ago   permalink

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The smartphone is a relatively new arrival on the mobile technology scene, yet there are quite a few companies testing the waters. Historically relegated to the enterprise market, today's smartphones are beginning to cross over into the consumer space. Companies are advertising smartphones in the mainstream, and this is fanning the flames of ...

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18. Morningstar acquires footnoted! 5 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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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.

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19. Samsung announces the Monte ahead of MWC 4 hours ago   permalink

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

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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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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 ...

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 ... MSRCTEAM / TechNet Blogs February 2010 Security Bulletin Release   —  MSRC Bulletin Release Blog Post Hi everyone, As mentioned in our ANS blog post last week, today we are releasing 13 bulletins addressing 26 vulnerabilities. 11 bulletins affect Windows and 2 affect older versions of Microsoft Office. In the post on Thursday, we mentioned that bulletins in the ANS listed as 1, 2, 3, and 6 were going to top our ... 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 $ ... PhilPenn / TechNet Blogs Windows PowerShell is Powerful Automation   —  PowerShell is a Windows management technology designed for ease-of-use by both system administrators and application developers. PowerShell Version 2 (V2) is available with both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 as well as previous Windows releases via an optional update. For Developers specifically, Windows PowerShell in combination with the ... 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 [...] 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.