http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:32:49 +0000 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_1 75345a85ac523d900671665149097ac1 A few weeks ago we launched Google Maps Navigation (Beta) as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 devices. Today we're expanding availability of Google Maps Navigation to devices running Android 1.6 (Donut) and higher, such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the G1. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:38:04 +0000 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_2 a565ecc27832d209a17feae3a8185fff Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:52:00 EST http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_3 c9d649ac899839ddd605535c0060cfcd Creative sure seems to be taking the incremental approach to upgrades with its Vado HD pocket camcorders, but if you've found the previous two models just a tad lacking, you might want to consider the company's newly announced 3rd gen model. From the looks of it, most of the core specs remain the same, but Creative is promising some improved low ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:27:29 +0000 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_4 59bdb4e36351f0a7a2a7e7418c2dcc60 AT&T today introduced a prepaid mobile broadband product that exactly matches the pricing of similar plans launched earlier this month by Verizon Wireless. I was skeptical of Verizon’s offering because it’s pretty pricey, and I’m not sold on AT&T’s either, but my colleague Kevin Tofel points out that for folks who ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T21:29:51+01:00 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_5 4cd5d92bef86b973a20213b0b849c870 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:23:00 EST http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_6 e15674cf930750457686f15f9d7d4438 ASUS 's good-looking, switchable-graphics boasting UL30Vt-X1 is one those Windows 7 laptops you really need to check out for yourself. The thin and light, 13.3-incher will get super strength battery life with the discrete graphics on. This one packs DDR3 memory, and a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor (which can be overclocked). It's up ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:38:04 +0000 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_7 2d631bc372c6120f66ac409ff2c9c93f Der "Kai Diekmann", der unter kai-diekmann.de bloggt, scheint eine coole, entspannte Sau zu sein. Der echte Kai Diekmann, der als Chefredakteur der "Bild"-Zeitung amtiert, hat offenbar gerade das Angebot einer gütlichen Einigung mit der Zeitschrift "Lettre International" zurückziehen lassen. Es geht immer noch um das Interview von " ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:45:57 GMT http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_8 e6b4ee9383deabe7fb0ecbbdfaae0ae4 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:19 +0000 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_9 a3b5d8ae716e217505c28b2cd4536cec Heroku, the San Francisco-based startup that offers a Ruby-focused cloud platform as a service, last week saw the number of apps deployed on its platform top 40,000, according to CEO Byron Sebastian. He joined the company after stints at BEA, EMC and most recently, SourceLabs, where he replaced co-founder James Lindenbaum as CEO. [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:19 +0000 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_10 6c78544206efbf8af4115f24df250ef7 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:29:58 +0000 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_11 3c213f1ffd9056d1434e1f4c26626fde Sometime over the last year you’ve marveled at the intersection of a real-time event and your social graph, whether it’s an earthquake, a big occasion like the Obama inauguration, or a football game for your alma mater. Suddenly, everything aligns in your Facebook and/or Twitter feed! But surely, these communal, relevant, timely ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_16 8147fcfa9d665798b45ca6cb80830f01 Financial Times reports that Microsoft has had discussions with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp media company “over a plan that would involve the media company’s being paid to ’de-index’ its news websites from Google”. Talks are at an “early stage”, an unnamed sourced told the Financial Times, however, &# ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:43:52 +0000 http://www.megite.com/stefanplattner/1259009349/1#item_17 87b400870348d11e5ddc581c53a0fbc3 "Das sind Punkte, in denen man ins Gespräch kommen muss", sagt Christa Goetsch, Senatorin für Schule, Beruf und Weiterbildung in Hamburg über den Protest von 180.000 Hamburger Bürger gegen die beschlossene Schulreform. Sie möchte die Tradition der Elternbeteiligung ernst nehmen - will aber weiterhin darauf achten, dass die Schulformen ... (Read on Source) ]]>