1. Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge  permalink

Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge
Tom Krazit / Webware.com

Puzzled onlookers have wondered why Google is overseeing two separate operating-system projects. Co-founder Sergey Brin thinks that at some point the two will become one. Originally posted at Relevant Results

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Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge Was Chrome OS a Disappointment?   —  It's the morning after the big Chrome OS event where Google executives and engineers revealed a myriad of details about the company's first attempt at creating their own operating system. The highly anticipated news conference was tracked all over the web, liveblogged by technology sites, and Twittered so much that it's still listed as a " ...

2. Cloud Computing Security Benefits, Risks and Recommendations  permalink

Cloud Computing Security Benefits, Risks and Recommendations
Linuxtoday.com

"But as the report points out, cloud computing is also a security enabler. The Executive Director of ENISA, Dr Udo Helmbrecht, underlines: "The scale and flexibility of cloud computing gives the providers a security edge. For example, providers can instantly call on extra defensive resources like filtering and re-routing. They can also roll out ...

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Cloud Computing Security Benefits, Risks and Recommendations New SSL attack can steal sensitive info from secure Web sites   —  A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while difficult to execute, could give attackers a very powerful phishing attack.

3. Nook  permalink

Nook
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Get bestsellers and new releases, your favorite eNewspapers, and eMagazines all delivered fast and free via 3G wireless or Wi-Fi. Browse the vast Barnes and Noble eBookstore and sample any eBook for free. Then buy it in seconds -- many bestsellers and new releases are just $9.99.

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Barnes & Noble's Nook now sold out for the holidays Barnes & Noble Says No Nook For Holidays   —  Barnes & Noble said today it has sold out of its new nook e-reader due to high demand and shipments will not arrive in time for Christmas. “nook continues to be the fastest-selling product at Barnes & Noble, and pre-orders have continued to exceed our expectations,” Barnes & Noble said on its eReading blog . “While ...

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Barnes & Noble's Nook now sold out for the holidays Sold-out! Grinch Steals Nook Christmas   —  No, Virginia, there is no Nook for Christmas. Shortage means you are more likely to find Santa Claus than a Nook e-reader under this year's Christmas tree.

4. CNET News Daily Podcast: Nokia's layoffs and Skype's eBay adieu  permalink

CNET News Daily Podcast: Nokia's layoffs and Skype's eBay adieu
Josh Lowensohn / CNET

It's been a bad week for Nokia's research and development division, which had more than 300 of its staff laid off this week. The news was a little better for Skype, which detached from its eBay owners and netted a $2.75 billion valuation. Also, Facebook's video hosting is now the third most popular video hosting site on the Web, though it still ...

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CNET News Daily Podcast: Nokia's layoffs and Skype's eBay adieu EBay Completes Skype Sale   —  It looks like the eBay-Skype spectacle has finally come to a close. Despite all of the arguments (legal and otherwise) that cropped up at one point or another, representatives of both companies announced last night that the sale of Skype to an investor group is complete. Josh Silverman, the president of Skype, adopted a rather enthusiastic ...

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CNET News Daily Podcast: Nokia's layoffs and Skype's eBay adieu Nokia to Consolidate Handset Lineup…Finally   —  Nokia said today it’s slashing 330 research and development jobs in Europe as it looks to consolidate its handset lineup and focus on high-end smartphones. The move is a small one and long overdue, but it is a step toward getting Nokia back in the game. The Finnish company’s success selling low- to mid-range smartphones in [...]

5. Browser security features compared  permalink

Dennis O'Reilly / Webware.com

The newest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and other browsers all protect against phishing and malware attacks, and most also let you browse anonymously, though they implement these features in very different ways. Originally posted at Workers' Edge

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Name Your PC Day Shortbread Microsoft finds security flaw in Google Chrome Frame   —  Back in September, when Google launched the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users, Microsoft immediately warned that the move would increase the attack surface and make IE users less secure.

6. YouTube pulls a Hulu -- yanking API access from Popcorn Hour  permalink

YouTube pulls a Hulu -- yanking API access from Popcorn Hour
Richard Lawler / Engadget

Hope 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 " ...

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Where's YouTube on Popcorn Hour?   —  On November 18, 2009 Syabas, makers of the award-winning Popcorn Hour product line, uploaded a message to their Media Service Portal that said, “As of Wednesday, December 2, 2009, YouTube will no longer be available to Popcorn Hour users.”

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YouTube Stops API Access to Non-Licensed Connected CE Devices Automatische ondertitels op YouTube   —    YouTube kan nu filmpjes automatisch ondertitelen in 51 verschillende talen, maar de optie werkt nog niet voor alle filmpjes. De ontwikkelaar van de ondertitels, die zelf doof is, schrijft erover op een van de Google-blogs . Al enkele honderdduizenden YouTube-filmpjes hebben ondertitels gekregen. Nu kan de site ze ook zelf automatisch aanmaken ...

7. Barnes & Noble's Nook Sold Out for the Holidays  permalink

BRAD STONE / NYT

Earlier 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.

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8. Live Images of the New 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100!!  permalink

Live Images of the New 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100!!
Crackberry.com

OoohHHH BaBy!! Any BlackBerry Pearl fans out there? I know there are. And I know so many of you have been waiting for Research in Motion to release an updated version of the candybar-styled BlackBerry Pearl 81xx Series Smartphone. Good news. The wait is getting shorter, because what you're looking at in these photos is the new BlackBerry Pearl ...

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BlackBerry Pearl 9100 leak reveals 3G, trackpad Seesmic Launches Mobile Apps for Android and BlackBerry   —  Hot on the heels of the launch of the Windows desktop app preview , Seesmic has brought its Twitter client to the mobile arena as well with the launch of clients for the Android and BlackBerry platforms. Both apps are available for free — get the Android version from the Android Market and the BlackBerry version by pointing your BlackBerry ...

Leena Rao / TechCrunch
BlackBerry Pearl 9100 leak reveals 3G, trackpad Seesmic Ventures Into Mobile With Powerful New Apps For Android And BlackBerry   —  Seesmic is having a huge week. The startup that develops Twitter and Facebook clients for the web and desktop just unveiled a native Windows client at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference earlier this week. At the Real-Time CrunchUp today, Seesmic is launching its first venture into the mobile space with impressive apps for both the ...

9. Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans  permalink

Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans
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BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.

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Gameloft May Be Cutting Back On Android Development, But Not Everyone Else Is Gameloft Says It, Others Reining In Android Plans   —  BARCELONA (Reuters) — French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google’s Android platform. Android has won attention in the mobile industry lately, with Motorola and Sony Ericsson choosing it for their new top models. “ ...

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Gameloft May Be Cutting Back On Android Development, But Not Everyone Else Is Gameloft to slow down on Android games   —  Gameloft is famous for their range of mobile games, but they have just revealed that they will be slowing down on Android game development due to a lack of potential revenue and slow adoption of the platform. According to Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort, “We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform, just ...

10. How to get Apple Magic Mouse Scrolling working in Bootcamp  permalink

How to get Apple Magic Mouse Scrolling working in Bootcamp
Blog.wedigital.com

We couldn't wa it to try out the Apple Magic Mouse, nice bit of kit however as we develop using Windows 7 we were disappointed to find the lack of support for scrolling in Windows.

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What to read on the GigaOM network New Apple Products--as Imagined by the Elite Gadget Press   —  Apple doesn’t develop category-creating products. Instead, it enters categories that already exist, deconstructs the competition, burrows deep into R&D mode, and returns with gear so dominant, you’d think Apple invented the category in the first place. This approach doesn’t require rocket science. It only requires a commitment to push ...

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What to read on the GigaOM network Move forward and back in iCal with the Magic Mouse   —  The Magic Mouse lets you navigate forward and backward between web pages in Safari or Firefox with a two-finger swipe. The same two-finger swipe also moves you forward and back in iCal. It works just the same as clicking the forward and back arrows around the day/week/month view control at the top of the iCal window.

11. Why Chrome OS will fail -- big time  permalink

Www.infoworld.com

The Chrome OS is here -- sort of. This week, Google was kind of enough to give the world a sneak peek at its nascent desktop operating system. And after months of speculation (and more than a few bogus screenshot galleries), I can finally say that I've seen the future ... and it's not Chrome OS.

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News around the web: Why Chrome OS will fail Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS   —  Until today, Google's Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept. Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works. Here's the breakdown:

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News around the web: Why Chrome OS will fail OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 Intel XMP LV 4GB Review   —  In today's world of high performance computing, the processor is just a part of the equation. Don't get me wrong, it's a very important aspect, but memory also plays a non-negligible role. With Intel's current Core i5, i7 and upcoming i3 processors, DDR3 is no longer merely an option, but instead a requirement. Pricing is now mostly in line with ...

12. Twitter COO: We’ll Have An Advertising Business Soon. And You’re Going To Love It.  permalink

Twitter COO: We’ll Have An Advertising Business Soon.  And You’re Going To Love It.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch

Twitter has apparently come across the Holy Grail of advertising, and it's coming soon. Today during his interview at the RealTime CrunchUp , Twitter COO Dick Costolo told the audience a bit about the company's upcoming advertising business. Costolo was vague on the details, but he did make some promises: "It will be fascinating. Non-traditional.

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Twitter to turn on advertising “you will love” RealTime CrunchUp: Conversation With Twitter COO Dick Costolo   —  Opening our RealTime CrunchUp event today in San Francisco is Twitter COO Dick Costolo . Our own Michael Arrington and Steve Gillmor are sitting down with Costolo for a 30 minute conversation. Twitter is one of the hottest players in the realtime field right now. And it has a $1 billion valuation , which has been the source of much controversy. ...

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Twitter to turn on advertising “you will love” Twitter: “Really Cool” Ads and Commercial Accounts Coming Soon   —  Twitter 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 ...

13. Motorola Motus coming to AT&T? Full specifications  permalink

Motorola Motus coming to AT&T? Full specifications
Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report

We’ve just received a full spec list for the very blurry Motorola Motus and it’s pretty interesting. Why, you ask? Besides AT&T 3G support, the specs are pretty similar if not identical to the Motorola CLIQ. Our connect didn’t flat…

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Motorola Motus specs leaked, headed for AT&T? Motorola Motus spotted in the wild   —  As with many other spyshots of any device, the Motorola Motus takes on the form of an extremely blur image, and it does seem to share some resemblance with the Motorola CLIQ. You get a flat keyboard with this sans D-pad for navigation purposes. Word on the street point towards Android 1.6 as the operating system of choice, alongside a 5- ...

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Motorola Motus specs leaked, headed for AT&T? Motorola Milestone For 1 Euro In Germany   —  It certainly seems that us folks in the US are getting the short end of the stick here. Aside from the Motorola Droid (Milestone) over in Europe having multi-touch capabilities, it seems that the folks over in Germany will be able to pick up the phone for 1 Euro, as opposed to us paying $149.99 for the phone. Maybe the next bit of news will be ...

14. Facebook acts on follower trade  permalink

Facebook acts on follower trade
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Facebook has threatened legal action against a service that sells friends on the social networking site. It said it would take the action against marketing firm USocial unless it stopped violating Facebook's rights.

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Facebook acts on follower trade   —  Social networking site Facebook has threatened legal action against a site that sells friends and followers.

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15. UPDATE 2-D.Telekom open to all options for U.S. unit-sources  permalink

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FRANKFURT, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) is keeping its options open for its U.S. business and is not close to making a decision on the unit's mid-tem future, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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Report: Deutsche Telekom searching for U.S. partners Deutsche Telekom Looks For 4G Wireless Partners In The U.S.   —  A fresh set of rumors are circulating that Deutsche Telekom ( NYSE: DT ) is looking for a partner in the U.S. to help finance a high-speed data network for its T-Mobile wireless subsidiary. Reuters reports that the German paper Handelsblatt cited unidentified people from the German company as saying they are looking at partnering with other ...

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Deutsche Telekom Reportedly Seeking Partner For T-Mobile   —  Deutsche Telekom (DT) is looking for a partner for T-Mobile, its U.S. wireless unit, according to a story in the German newspaper Handelsblatt which was picked up by Reuters. The piece says the company wants the partner to help finance a multi-billion-dollar build-out of a new 4G network, citing “unidentified [...]

16. Xbox modders unite in class action suit  permalink

Xbox modders unite in class action suit
TG Daily

Somebody was bound to have a go: Texas-based law firm AbingtonIP is organising a class-action suit against Microsoft over the company's ban on modified Xboxes.

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Microsoft faces class action lawsuit for Xbox 360 bans Facebook and Zynga class-action over Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc.   —  Facebook and Zynga are facing a class-action lawsuit over their 'scam' advertising strategy. It's alleged that they 'cheat' users of games like Farmville and Mafia Wars. In IT Blogwatch , bloggers re-arrange the furniture to watch the show. read more

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Microsoft faces class action lawsuit for Xbox 360 bans Facebook, Zynga Face Class-Action Suit Over Offer-Based Ads   —  Offer-based ads seemed to be the secret to monetizing social games—and social network users, in general—that standard banner ads couldn’t provide. But amid ongoing accusations that the ads actually “scammed” users into paying for things they didn’t want and giving up their personal info, comes the inevitable: ...

17. IPhone to seize 10% of 3G market  permalink

IPhone to seize 10% of 3G market
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China's second largest cell phone carrier said today they expect the iPhone to attract over one tenth of China's third generation (3G) users in the next couple of years.

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China Unicom expects 10% of 3G users on iPhone in 3 years Optical Zoom For iPhone From Princeton   —  Optical zoom add on kits for cell phones aren’t particularly new, but Princeton Japan has just introduced its iZoom, which is compatible with the iPhone 3G/3GS. It’ll give you an option for up to 8x optical zoom, which isn’t too bad. The iZoom will come with a case and you’ll even be able to focus manually. One more ...

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China Unicom expects 10% of 3G users on iPhone in 3 years Flo TV Shown Off On The iPhone For Reasons Unknown   —  I get that this Flo TV iPhone demo is just a proof of concept. That's fine! I'm just a little confused as to what the concept is. Is it just what they're showing us? A Flo TV app, that requires some kind of accessory to tune into broadcasts? That's possible, but given how well the iPhone can stream video over 3G, it'd be a hard sell, even with ...

18. Sony's Hirai Talks About An i-Tunes-like Store  permalink

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Sony’s Kazuo Hirai has a lot of ideas about what he would do if it had an iTunes-like online store. The company wouldn’t just sell digital music, movies and books for Sony products, said Hirai, executive vice-president for networked products and services. It would also try to connect users with each other.

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Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty   —  TOKYO — Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.

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Sony Online Service aims to achieve brand loyalty Sony Plans New Online Service In 2010   —  Sony has plans to launch a new online service next year that will allow users to download music and movies to their televisions. "I'd like it to get off the ground as quickly as possible," said Kazuo Hirai, executive vice president of Sony and head of its Networked Products & Service Group, in an interview at the company's Tokyo ...

19. Glass half full for Microsoft shareholders  permalink

Glass half full for Microsoft shareholders
The Seattle Times

Capping off one of the most difficult fiscal years in its history, Microsoft held its annual shareholders meeting with the backdrop of an economy that has at least stopped getting worse.

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech :   Mac ads haunt Steve Ballmer

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Mac ads haunt Steve Ballmer Microsoft settles with employee accused of stealing docs   —  The litigation between Ancora Technologies, Miki Mullor, and Microsoft reached a settlement both in respect of the patent infringement claim and Microsoft's claims against Mullor, Ancora's founder and former Microsoft employee. All claims between the three parties have been resolved; they have agreed to deny any and all liability, and have ...

20. Lost Intel Atom Hackintosh Support Hacked Back In  permalink

Lost Intel Atom Hackintosh Support Hacked Back In
Kevin C. Tofel / JkOnTheRun

What the hackintosh community brings, Apple taketh away. And the hackintoshers then put it back. With the 10.6.2 Mac OS X update, Apple removed support for Intel Atom CPUs, so all of those netbooks running Snow Leopard lost their spots. A modified kernel brings back support, says MacWorld, although I’d be pretty leery of said kernel. [...]

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Lost Intel Atom Hackintosh Support Hacked Back In Hack brings 10.6.2 back to Atom processors   —  Remember last week, when the net was abuzz with the news that the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update broke notebooks with Atom processors? Well, given the first syllable of the word "hackintosh" it's little surprise that that state of affairs has changed. The release of a newly-hacked kernel claims to allow the Snow Leopard to roam freely off of the Apple ...

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Lost Intel Atom Hackintosh Support Hacked Back In Early details of Intel's 2011 Atom surface   —  Initial information has surfaced of Intel's sequel to its imminent Pine Trail platform for the Atom processor. Appropriately codenamed Cedar Trail, the 2011 update should be the first built on a 32 nanometer process and will take advantage of this through a new integrated graphics core. The new version will support DirectX 10-level 3D as well as ...