1. YouTube pulls a Hulu -- yanking API access from Popcorn Hour, other TV-connected devices 2 hours ago permalinkHope you weren't enjoying watching YouTube on the television screen via Popcorn Hour and other set-top boxes, as they have been given notice by the newly 1080p and network TV-friendly website that they are no longer welcome to access its content. The new Hulu-ish Terms of Service (section II, item 10) restricts API clients from the ability to " ...
2. Twitter: “Really Cool” Ads and Commercial Accounts Coming Soon 1 hour ago permalinkTwitter COO Dick Costolo, speaking today on a panel at TechCrunch’s Real-Time CrunchUp event in San Francisco, shed some light into the micromessaging service’s revenue plans, promising that it will begin taking a cut of its partners’ advertising revenues “early next year.” Meanwhile, it will “foster mechanisms ...
3. Acrobat.com gets revamped and gets a mobile app 27 minutes ago permalinkFiled under: Office , Web services , Adobe , BlackBerry , iPhone , Mobile Adobe's Acrobat.com service is getting a big update tonight, followed closely by a new mobile app for iPhone and BlackBerry . The name "Acrobat" goes hand-in-hand with the PDF file format, and Acrobat.com allows you to convert documents to PDF and save, store and view PDF ...
4. What to read on the GigaOM network 52 minutes ago permalinkBitTorrent after The Pirate Bay: Do you still need trackers? (NewTeeVee) 3 next-gen applications for Smart Grid 2.0 (Earth2Tech) Microsoft’s bad image should be a warning to Apple (TheAppleBlog) 4 open-source file shredders that delete data forever (OStatic) How to get a Magic Mouse to touch-scroll in Windows (jkOnTheRun) Finding web worker ...
5. Granderson has Stadium Secrets to share 1 hour ago permalinkLately, Detroit Tiger all-star outfielder Curtis Granderson has been in the news because he might be joining the New York Yankees. However, if Major League Baseball free agency doesn't make him a household name, television might. Granderson has an idea for a reality series that's being shopped around now and it's not like anything else other ...
6. What You Missed Last Night: Jimmy Fallon almost gets sued by Twilight producers 27 minutes ago permalinkThe entire time I watched this clip from last night's Late Night , I was thinking, "if Taylor Lautner smashes into a wall face-first or falls off of the mini-bike and cracks his head open, Fallon is going to be in big trouble." The two guys raced around the NBC hallways on mini-bikes. The winner wins because he cheats. [Watch clips and episodes ... 7. Winfrey Announces Show's End in 2011 30 minutes ago permalink(CBS/AP) Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her television audience today that her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.
8. NBC dusts off Trauma's corpse 1 hour ago permalinkOh my God! It's a zombie! Quick! Get a shovel or something heavy that will remove a human head or destroy its brain! Yes, TV shows can become zombies too. NBC has revived its once doomed drama Trauma giving it a full 13 episode order plus a few more after they canceled it last month . What made the network breathe life back into the expensive ...
9. Finally, serious competition for iTunes...from Sony! 2 hours ago permalinkFiled under: Audio , Video They've been awfully quiet the last couple of years, except for the recent PS3 price reduction and slow drip-feed of good games. But it seems, after the appointment of a new CEO back in 2006, the results of some internal reshuffling might finally be coming to fruition! There's no name for the new software reported on ...
10. ViewSonic's VP2365wb fails to see the light 43 minutes ago permalinkHey! A black ViewSonic monitor! (Credit: Josh P. Miller/CNET) We get in a lot of 16:9 monitors, but this is the first we've gotten that didn't have a TN-based panel. The ViewSonic VP2365wb has an E-IPS or Enhanced In-Plane Switching panel. E-IPS panels usually have improved ... 11. Subtle Subtitles: Martha and Rachael 51 minutes ago permalinkIf you haven't seen our game before, we give you a picture from a recent episode of a TV series and you provide the caption! Last week's winner is patrick with this: "And the next American Idol is..." This week's picture is from the recent meeting between Rachael Ray and Martha Stewart: Filed under: Subtle Subtitles , Reality-Free Permalink | ... 12. A Crush for U.S. Cellular 54 minutes ago permalinkMotorola 's Crush offers U.S. Cellular a touch screen and midrange features. Originally posted at Dialed In 13. DJ from your iPhone with TouchDJ 1 hour ago permalinkThe latest app from Amidio lets you mix MP3 files, create loops, change speeds, and add effects, with a nifty waveform interface to help you match beats. Originally posted at Digital Noise: Music and Tech 14. New Moon Videos Have Already Been Viewed 400 Million Times Online 1 hour ago permalinkNew Moon might go down as one of the biggest movies of the year, but it’s also quickly becoming one of the biggest online events ever, at least in the world of online video. Visible Measures, which tallies what it calls the “True Reach” of an online video (the original, official trailers, copies of the trailers, fan-made trailers, fan ... 15. Infoaxe’s Search Engine: More Current Than Real Time 2 hours ago permalinkUpdated: Infoaxe is revealing to the world today its alter ego: a search engine. Unlike other real-time search engines such as OneRiot, Infoaxe doesn’t depend on Twitter streams and the like (Update: OneRiot emailed to note that it also uses a panel in addition to social sharing streams). Instead, it anonymously harvests data from its [...]
16. Barnes & Noble’s Nook Sold Out for the Holidays 1 hour ago permalinkEarlier this week, we reported that Sony could not guarantee that its new Daily Edition Reader would reach online buyers in time for Christmas. Now Barnes & Noble says that preorders of its stylish new Nook e-reader have exceeded expectations, and that the company has sold out of its initial supply of devices.
17. Windows 7 sparked surge in business demand for PCs 1 hour ago permalinkIDG News Service - A senior Dell executive is bullish about a recovery in PC demand from businesses, saying the Oct. 22 release of Windows 7 sparked a surge in PC sales for the company.
18. Target Facebook Page Updates by Location or Language 1 hour ago permalinkHere’s a neat new feature we noticed on our Facebook Page this morning: the ability to target updates to users in specific locations or users who access the site in a specific language. You can imagine this being useful for situations in which you’re promoting an event, or, posting content in multiple languages. By targeting only those that ... 19. Star Wars Trench Run for iPhone: The Force is strong with this one 1 hour ago permalinkNothing fancy here, just you, your X-Wing, and good old arcade action. Dogfight with TIE Fighters, then drop a little present into the Death Star's exhaust port. Originally posted at iPhone Atlas 20. Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about 4 hours ago permalinkNow that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
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