1. Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-up 11 hours ago   permalink

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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?

Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb Flickr Co-Founder Unveils Glitch: "The Greatest Game There Ever Was?"   —  Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield and his company Tiny Speck have come out today with a game they boldly assert could be "the greatest game there ever was". The massively-multiplayer, Web-based Flash game was unveiled this morning and will be opening for private alpha testing soon. While the game will not be fully open to the public until ... 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 ... Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk Digital Connection Does Google Map’s Use of All Right’s Reserved Photos From Flickr Violate Copyright?   —  It was interesting to read over at Rev Dan Catt’s blog today that Google has now begun including Flickr photos into their Google Maps product. I love Google Maps and use it *heavily,* especially when planning trips to new cities to photograph. Basically, when you are in Google Street View mode for any [...] 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

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

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

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

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

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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 ... Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb Live Blogging from Google: Launch of Google Buzz   —  This morning, Google is announcing some exciting new features for two of its most popular applications. Team Red, as we affectionately call ourselves, is present at the Googleplex in Mountain View, and we'll be live blogging the event, giving you, dear reader, a fascinating play-by-play. Stay tuned for updates! The event will begin at 10 a.m. ... 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 ... Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider Google's Lame Facebook-Killer Is Called "Google Buzz"   —  Google just took the wraps off its big social effort, called "Google Buzz." It lives inside Gmail, and it's a 'Google approach to sharing.' Read the rest of this story » See Also: LIVE: Google Goes After Facebook, Twitter, And Foursquare Enough, Google -- Just Buy Twitter Already Google Launching Twitter-Killer For Gmail! 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 ... Mer / Silicon Alley Insider Will Apple Launch An App Store For The Mac?   —  Read the rest of this story » See Also: Google Takes A Bite Out Of Twitter In Two Hours Google Launching Twitter-Killer For Gmail! No New MacBooks... Yet! 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. 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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. Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing Google launching "Google Buzz"   —  I'm following a live stream of the Google press conference taking place in Mountain View this morning. They're launching a new product called "Google Buzz," a Twitter-like client that sort of acts like Friendfeed inside Gmail. Gizmodo has a blip, far more to follow.... 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. Due to the last-minute notice, we’re not on the scene, but Google is providing a webcast via YouTube that we’ll be using. Stay tuned for the liveblogging to start at 10 am or shortly thereafter…. 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3. Ksplice debuts zero downtime service for Linux 12 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 ...

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Webteam / MacOSXHints.com Edit Google Chrome's 'Other' bookmarks   —  Google Chrome for Mac (in beta) doesn't yet give you a way to mass edit bookmarks in your Other Bookmarks folder. (You can click the yellow star next to a bookmarked page once it's loaded to edit each bookmark one at a time, but that's tedious.) As a workaround, you can do mass edits in TextEdit (or most any other text editor). Turn off Bookmark ... Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb Vancouver Olympics Mapped by Google and Microsoft   —  The Winter Olympics start this weekend and there's no shortage of ways to enjoy them. That includes via map mashups showing facilities, parking and the path of the torch relay. All thanks to the Google Maps API and Microsoft's Bing Maps API . CNN.com Google making dive into social media?   —  Google is expected to plunge into the world of Facebook and Twitter, using its popular Gmail service to allow users to post status updates and items. Ars Technica Google makes biggest gain in smartphone market share   —  US mobile users are increasingly getting into text messaging, Internet browsing, and social networks as they continue to shift to more capable devices. Additionally, Apple's and Google's share of the smartphone market is inching up while other leaders—namely RIM—are slowly being chipped away, at least according to the latest data ... Digg.com Google Anger at Chinese Copycat site Goojje   —  Google has sent a cease and desist letter to the Chinese search site Goojje, whose logo eerily resembles its own. Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb Google Exiting China? Not Just Yet   —  Last month, Google received high praise from human rights supporters after threatening to exit the Chinese search market, claiming it was no longer comfortable with censoring search results per government demands. But here it is a month later and Google has made no move to withdrawal its Chinese search operations, with censored results still ... 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Well today we learned that another company wants to be Friendfeed. I’d like to welcome you to Google Buzz. You can read the pre-launch embargoed reviews from Alex Wilhelm of ... Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider Google Takes A Bite Out Of Twitter In Two Hours   —  Google (GOOG) will announce a suite of new social features and products at 1 P.M. EST today. We'll be covering the news conference live, so make sure to be here. Read the rest of this story » See Also: HGTV Brings On Blogging Mom Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com Twitter Isn't Afraid Of You, China And Iran Enough, Google -- Just Buy Twitter ... Nilay Patel / Engadget Google Buzz takes mobile location services to the next level   —  Google just announced that it's bringing some serious location-based integration to its services, all centered around the new Buzz social networking tool built into Gmail. 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Chris / Chris Pirillo What Easter Eggs are Found in Google?   —  What Easter Eggs are Found in Google? is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Devir has done a few screencasts for us in the past, with a lot of positive reviews. This time, he decided to have some fun, and show off several of the Easter Eggs he has found around Google’s sites. Don’t ... Editor / Neowin.net Google announces Google Buzz   —  Today in a live press event, Google announced Google Buzz. They're calling it "a new way to share." Here are the 5 key features of Buzz: Auto-following -� you automatically follow people you contact frequently Rich, fast sharing experience - you can share photos that are available via other media... Tania Branigan / Technology news Google tells creators of Chinese website to drop logo   —  • Lookalike infringes trademark rights, says US search firm • Goojje launches after row with Beijing over censoring Google has warned the creators of a lookalike Chinese site to scrap their logo because it infringes trademark rights. Goojje appeared shortly after the US internet company said it was no longer willing to censor its Chinese ... Podcast / Between the Lines News to know: Server wars; Windows 7; GMail; China hacker arrests; SAP   —  Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, SAP AG, Server, Sam Diaz, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7 News to know: Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates are BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage: Search Engine Watch Blog Justice Department Opposes Revised Google Books Settlement   —  Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief expressing concerns over a revised Google book settlement. Click to read the rest of this post... Resourceshelf / ResourceShelf Liveblogging the Google Social Event   —  Google is expected to announce a new social resource today. Liveblogging via: + Search Engine Land + Wall Street Journal Watch Live via YouTube PCWorld Latest 5 Hopes for a More Social Gmail   —  Google will reportedly be announcing Facebook and Twitter-like features to be added to its e-mail service Gmail. Ubergizmo Google Street View snowmobile   —  Google will be bringing you the Street View feature all the way from Whistler Mountain, which comprises of "a range of rugged mountains, trails of snow, fir trees and placid lakes below." Doesn't it just boggle the mind as to Google's ability to gather imagery at 7,000 feet above sea level? This was made possible thanks to a snowmobile decked ... Eric Savitz / BARRONS.com Google Sets Webcast To Unveil A Brand New Something   —  Just got a notice that Google (GOOG) at 10 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday will host a live webcast on YouTube “to unveil some new product innovations.” As for what they are, I have no clue. Stay tuned. Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop Google Announces Buzz Mobile Social Networking App   —  Today Google announced a new social networking service called Buzz that is integrated into Gmail. It offers easy ways to share links. photos and videos with Gmail contacts. In additional to this Gmail integration, Google also announced related products ... (follow link to read) Kara Swisher / BoomTown Was Google Ad Designed for Viral Mockery? "Parisian Oops," "Is Tiger Feeling Lucky Today"…What Next?   —  Yesterday, the day after after Google aired its first national commercial on the Super Bowl, an exec at a rival Internet company marveled at what high favorable scores the "Parisian Love" advertisement got, adding that the possibilities for spoofs were endless. "I have a feeling that making fun of it will probably be a good thing for Google," ... Paul Biba / TeleRead Google appeals ruling of the French court   —  A Paris court previously fined Google €300,000 in damages and €10,000/day for its breach of French copyright law in digitizing La Martinière books. Now, Google has appealed the verdict on copyright infringement and is claiming that their use of short excerpts in their index is fair use under French law. There is no indication [...] Adverblog Google Street View on the slopes of the Olympics   —  Google Street View is now on the sky slopes of Vancouver. You can see the venues of the upcoming Olympics and experience the slopes from the snowmobile Street View. So cool! Joseph Tartakoff / MocoNews Google Introduces 'Buzz' Sharing Tool   —  [Ongoing] As expected , Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) is introducing a new product that makes it easy for users of its products to post and share updates. A new tab in Gmail, called ‘Buzz,’ which will roll out over the next several days, automatically shows updates from contacts users communicate with the most. Users can share updates— ...

5. Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat 13 hours ago   permalink

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

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

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

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

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6. Book Publishers Beware! At iTunes, Expensive Music Equals Slower Sales. 3 hours ago   permalink

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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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Macworld :   Digital music sales growth slowing since variable pricing

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 ... Rev2.org Amazon, Macmillan Publishing, and Price Wars   —  This story broke over the weekend and got some real legs on it yesterday evening.  Amazon and Macmillan publishing have been fighting about price points and electronic books and Amazon, apparently, has caved in to Macmillan on this.  Unlike the rest of the buzz mongers, however, I’m going to tell you why this is a good thing. On the ... 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 9 hours 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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A Googler / The Official Google Blog :   Vancouver forecast: light winds, unlimited visibility

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch :   Google Street View Goes To The Top Of The Mountain

Paul Miller / Engadget :   Google's Street View snowmobile takes your voyeurism to the Olympic slopes The Seattle Times :   Google's souped up Vancouver Olympics snowmobile Sam Churchill / Dailywireless.org :   2010 Winter Olympics

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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

EWeek :   Apple Releases Aperture 3, With GPS and Face-Finding Features Chris Davies / SlashGear :   Apple Aperture 3 gets official

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

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. Digg.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) 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. NVIDIA Optimus Technology Delivers Perfect Balance Of Notebook Performance And Battery Life 4 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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Rob Enderle / TG Daily :   NVIDIA Optimus: Having Your Cake and Eating it Too!

OSNews :   NVIDIA Unveils Optimus Seamless GPU Switching

Shane McGlaun / SlashGear :   NVIDIA drops Optimus automatic graphics switching on notebook world

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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 ...

Soulskill / Slashdot NVIDIA Shows Off "Optimus" Switchable Graphics For Notebooks   —  Vigile writes "Transformers jokes aside, NVIDIA's newest technology offering hopes to radically change the way notebook computers are built and how customers use them. The promise of both extended battery life and high performance mobile computing has seemed like a pipe dream, and even the most recent updates to 'switchable graphics' left much to ... The Tech Report Nvidia brings Optimus switchable graphics to notebooks   —  Switchable graphics is the best way to squeeze decent gaming performance and great battery life from the same notebook, but it's never been able to deliver graphics power on demand seamlessly. Nvidia's Optimus switchable tech promises to do better, and we've tested a system to find out whether it... 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 ... Digg.com NVIDIA Optimus Notebook Graphics Switching Impresses   —  Ideally, switchable notebook graphics would be seamless. Launch an app that doesn't require significant graphics resources & chipset graphics get used. Fire up a game & the discrete GPU kicks in. Up til now, a scenario like this wasn't available w/out a hard switch over and possible reboot but NVIDIA aims to change that w/ their Optimus technology. Chris Ziegler / Engadget Swiss firm claims huge boost in Android app performance, battery life with new virtual machine   —  At the core of Anrdoid lies a little bundle of code known as the Dalvik virtual machine, a runtime environment for Java apps that's specifically optimized for hardware with limited memory and processor power -- you know, the kind of situation you find in your average smartphone. The relative success of the Android Market suggests that Dalvik's ... 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 ... EWeek Nvidia Offers Optimus Technology for Notebooks   —  Nvidia's Optimus technology aims to improve battery life and power efficiency in notebooks by re-routing the processing workload based on what applications are in use. - Semiconductor giant Nvidia announced Optimus, a technology designed for notebook PCs that chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application and automatically ... 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 [...] PCWorld Latest KEMP Technologies Offers Load Balancing For SMBs   —  Most small businesses typically outsource their Web and e-commerce hosting needs to a dedicated hosting operation rather than host it on-site, because it's cheaper and more reliable than hiring someone full-time to do it themselves. However, small businesses that instead choose to bring their own Web servers, or have other application and ... Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear Asus has the first Nvidia Optimus laptops~!   —  Kudos, I guess, to Asus , being the first manufacturer to incorporate Nvidia's Optimus technology into actual products. The Taiwan-based company has announced five laptops (note: I refuse to use the term "notebook" when referring to laptops; I think the name "netbook" is dumb, too, so at least I'm consistent) that range in size from 13.3 inches ... 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 [ Warp2Search.net NVIDIA Optimus Mobile Technology Preview   —  Ideally, switchable graphics would be seamless. Launch an application that doesn't require significant graphics resources, and chipset graphics gets used. Fire up a game and the discrete GPU kicks in. Up to this point, a scenario like this simply wasn't available without a hard switch over and possible reboot but NVIDIA aims to change that with ... Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends Nvidia Optimus Promises Notebooks Best of Integrated and Discrete Graphics   —  Nvidia's Optimus technology will let notebooks transparently shift between battery-saving integrated graphics and high-performance discrete graphics...from Nvidia, of course. Swets / Library Technology Guides automation update SwetsWise Searcher improves its federated search performance with Deep Web Technologies   —  (February 9, 2010). Swets announced that it has entered into a partnership with Deep Web Technologies to further enhance the performance of SwetsWise Searcher, Swets' powerful federated search module. 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 ...

10. Texas Instruments delivers industry�s first quad-radio single chip 4 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)

Dena Cassella / Digital Trends Texas Instruments Unveils WiLink 7.0 Solution   —  Texas Instruments announced its new WiLink 7.0 single-chip solution, which will be presented at the Mobile World Congress this year. Info-webcast / MultiVu General News Dog Whisperer Rescues Dog - Video   —  Los Angeles, California · February 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — In the early morning hours of Monday, February 1st, 47 highly adoptable dogs arrived safely in New York as part of a first ever coast-to-coast dog transport operation.

11. Toyota recalls new Prius in latest safety fix 1 hour ago   permalink

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TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said it would call in nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems, the third recall in a spiraling safety crisis at the world's biggest carmaker.

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Kelly Olsen / Statesman.com Toyota expected to recall 2010 Priuses, Japanese media say   —  Toyota said today that it is recalling 170,000 2010 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose details of its global plans for a fix.

Kiran Guduru / Statesman.com Toyota to recall about 437,000 Priuses worldwide   —  TOKYO — Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world’s largest automaker. In the U.S., Toyota will Drea / Business Pundit Toyota Reluctantly Recalls Prius Hybrids   —  In light of increased government scrutiny of its cars, Toyota has announced a worldwide recall of its Prius hybrids. The Wall Street Journal reports: Toyota's quality chief Shinichi Sasaki said at a press conference (in Japan) that the... Read more Brian Lam / Gizmodo Software Bug Causes Toyota Recall of Almost Half a Million New Hybrid Cars   —  Toyota just announced a recall of its 2010 hybrid cars. Four hundred thousand worth. The reason? A change in "brake feeling" caused by faulty antilock braking software. There is no fix for cars on the road yet. This problem, unrelated to the sticky gas pedal issue that other drivers complained about. But I'm still wondering what exactly is ... Yuri Kageyama / SFGate Toyota recalls Prius, other hybrids worldwide   —  Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. "I apologize for causing trouble and worries for many customers... Toyota - Toyota Prius - Automotive industry - Hybrid vehicle - Japan Tony Van Alphen / TheStar.com Toyota starts Prius recall in Canada to fix brakes   —  Toyota Motor Corp. started a recall today of hybrid vehicles around the world - including Canada - to repair momentary slipping brakes. PCWorld Latest Toyota to Recall Prius Hybrids Over ABS Software   —  Toyota plans to recall around 400,000 of its Prius hybrid cars to replace software that controls the antilock braking system, the auto maker said Tuesday. L.A. Times Toyota orders global Prius recall   —  The order targets a brake problem. The action follows the recall of 9 million other vehicles over acceleration issues. Toyota is recalling its 2010 Prius and Lexus hybrids worldwide because of brake problems, marking another setback for a carmaker already plagued with recalls and suspended sales because of safety issues. Kristopher / DailyTech News Feed Toyota Announces Global Recall of Prius, Lexus HS 250h Hybrids Over ABS Software   —  Most Popular ArticlesWindows 8 Dates Leaked, Windows 7 Hits 10 Percent Market Share, IE 8 Now Top Browser The Seattle Times Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally   —  Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. TIME.com Top Business Stories Toyota Recalls: Prius Problems Add to Quality Woes   —  Model recalls, repairs and a chiding from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood all point to a precipitous decline in Toyota's fortunes. But some saw this day coming many years ago Melly Alazraki / BloggingStocks Before the Bell: Futures Advance on Hopes of Greece's Rescue   —  Filed under: Before the Bell , International Markets , Coca-Cola (KO) , Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) , Market Matters , Electronic Arts (ERTS) , Economic Data U.S. stock futures advanced Tuesday, a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished below the 10,000 mark for the first time since early November. With investors encouraged by signs the ... TheStar.com Battered Toyota now faces Corolla woes   —  Safety officials in the United States say they will look into complaints from several dozen Toyota Corolla drivers about steering problems. Fool.com Toyota's Problems: 8.5 Million and Counting   —  Setting aside the violation of the first rule of recall announcements (make 'em on Friday afternoon so that articles like this one run on Saturday morning when nobody's paying attention), this morning's announcement that a Prius recall will be added to Toyota's (NYSE: TM) mounting pile of woes was not at all a mistake. Adweek Blogs / AdFreak Pissed SE Toyota dealers pull ads from ABC   —  Ah, recalls. They're never good for business. But is it a wise idea for to cancel your advertising when people report on them? Toyota dealers have started pulling ads from ABC , though right now it's only in local markets in five states. OK, basically it's just Southeast Toyota, whose ad agency, 22squared, informed ABC that the decision was due ... The Seattle Times Zipcar pulls recalled Prius hybrids from fleet   —  Car sharing service Zipcar Inc. says it has pulled from its fleet the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrids affected by Tuesday's recall. TIME.com Top Business Stories Which Automakers Benefit from Toyota's Car Recall?   —  Honda looks like the big winner from Toyota's accelerator recall Justin McCurry / The Guardian World News Toyota recalls hybrid cars worldwide over brakes   —  Around 8,500 British Prius owners affected in recall of almost half a million vehicles by carmaker hit by recent safety scares • Datablog: Toyota recalls across the world Toyota is to recall almost half a million hybrid cars worldwide, including 8,500 of its Prius model in the UK, in the latest blow to the carmaker's reputation following a ... Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine What Toyota should do   —  Including my parents, we own four Toyotas in my family; over time, we’ve probably owned eight or 10. Will we ever buy another? Depends. Depends on whether we can trust the company given its performance lately. There’s a reason we bought our Toyotas. They are incredibly reliable. I abuse mine, skipping service calls. But — [...] NPR Topics Toyota Recalls 437,000 Hybrids Worldwide   —  Toyota says it is recalling the Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. L.A. Times Drivers of recalled Toyota Prius and Lexus hybrids advised to monitor brakes   —  Take care with potholes and bumps and leave extra room to stop, U.S. transportation officials say. If there's a noticeable change in the brake performance, contact a dealer immediately. Reacting to Toyota Motor Corp.'s decision to recall 2010 Prius and Lexus hybrids, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday advised owners of ...

12. 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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Charlie Sorrel / Wired Panelfly Comic-Book Reader for iPad   —  The iPad screen is just short of ten inches on the diagonal. The Standard American Comic Book measures 17 x 26cm (6 ⅝ × 10 ¼-inches), which comes to 12.2-inches on the diagonal. That’s a lot closer than any other hi-resolution, slab-like media viewer. The people behind Panelfly, the highly regarded comic book viewer for the [...]

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″) [...] 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 ...

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

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14. Why did Ofcom back down on DRM? 3 hours ago   permalink

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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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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- ... 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15. Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome 14 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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16. 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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17. 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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Vladislav Savov / Engadget :   AMD Fusion sampling soon, arriving in 2011 with Llano APU

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18. Panasonic announces new 3D Blu-ray recorders, players 3 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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19. As Windows Mobile Stumbles, Which Smartphone OS Will Seize the Lead? 3 hours ago   permalink

Pro.gigaom.com

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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20. Morningstar acquires footnoted! 5 hours ago   permalink

Michelle Leder / Footnoted.org

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

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

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