1. Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge 2 hours ago   permalink

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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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According to Sundar Pichai, vice-president of product management for ... Kit Eaton / Fast Company Looking for New Homes? Google's Got an App for That Too   —  Remember that news about Google kind of getting into the mortgage game? New news means it looks like the search giant is serious about getting into helping you buy homes--Google's quietly pulling together a real estate database. As part of ongoing tweaks to its real estate listings, Google's rolled out individual pages, or summary sheets, for ... Chris Crum / Top News Google to Alert Webmasters of New Software Versions   —  Google is going to start letting webmasters know when the software they run on their site is outdated. Through Webmater Tools, Google will begin alerting users of new versions of software when they are released. "One of the great things about working at Google is that we get to take advantage of an enormous amount of computing power to do ... 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2. Cloud Computing Security Benefits, Risks and Recommendations 9 hours ago   permalink

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"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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4. CNET News Daily Podcast: Nokia's layoffs and Skype's eBay adieu 1 hour ago   permalink

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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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Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent SEC Watch: Skype By The Numbers   —  The morning-after paperwork from eBay ( NSDQ: EBAY ) as control of Skype shifts to a private investment group led by Silver Lake Partners offers a look at the post-split financials for both companies—and the kind of detail on Skype we aren’t likely to see much of now that it’s no longer majority owned by a public company. ... MacNN Nokia to cut an extra 330 jobs in R&D   —  Nokia on Friday said it would cut 330 jobs in its research and development group. The reductions are spread between an office in Oulu, in Nokia's native Finland, as well as in Copenhagen. Nokia isn't specific as to the nature of the layoffs and says only that they're meant to reflect the company's "focused portfolio of future products."... Ubergizmo Nokia Slashes Jobs In R&D   —  While most people believe the economy is beginning to recover, some folks will probably still feel the effects of it, especially after Nokia announced that it would cut 330 jobs in its research and development group, which will be spread between an office in Oulu and Copenhagen. The cuts will represent just under 2 percent of its entire research ... Thomas Ricker / Engadget Nokia N900 drops to $480 on Amazon   —  The N900's US retail price of $649 is a steep barrier to cross without the carrier subsidies negotiated in Europe. But what if we told you that Amazon has cut the price to $530 minus another $50 (after mail-in rebate) for a $480 take home price? Not bad for an unlocked ARM Cortex-A8 handset with excellent browser , 32GB of flash, 5 megapixel ... Digg.com Skype bought back from Ebay!!   —  Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. Digg surfaces the best stuff as submitted and voted on by the community. Take the Tour to learn more. TG Daily Nokia trims research and development division   —  It says streamline Mike / Searchnewz What Makes People Love Google?   —  In a word: branding. As a brand, both through their own efforts and through sheer luck, Google has been able to position itself as the #1 online brand in the US according to Forrester Research. Others among the top ten, including Yahoo, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft, have generated some of the same emotional responses from their fans. Google ... David Kaplan / PaidContent Daily Beast Taps Former CNET, Dennis Publishing Exec Colvin As President   —  The Daily Beast has named publishing vet Stephen Colvin as the site’s first president. Colvin has left his post as an EVP of CNET after two years. He was previously president and CEO of lad mag purveyor Dennis Publishing for 11 years. In his new post, he’ll handle all aspects of the business, the company said. Colvin reports directly to ... Eric Franklin / Crave Inside CNET Labs podcast 70: Or I'll kick you in the face   —  A typical ICL recording session (my foot). Dong finally watches "The Wire" and not surprisingly sings its praises. I've been telling him it's the best show I've seen for years now and he finally takes the hint. Although, he has a bit of trouble understanding what a ... Originally posted at Inside CNET Labs Podcast Sardar Mohkim Khan / Startup Meme Relief at last as eBay seals Skype deal at a valuation of $2.75 Billion   —  While it has taken all the time it needed , eBay has finally sold Skype at a healthy $2.75 Billion valuation. Plus the confusion on stake holders getting a 65% share or not has moved away too as Silver Lake Partners gets a 70% stake. Apart from that the stakes are shard by Joltid along with others in the list. This all comes in good time as ... Patrick Smith / MocoNews More Nokia Cuts: 330 R&D Jobs Axed In Scandinavia   —  Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) says it’s cutting up to 330 research and development jobs in Scandinavia so its technology teams are better prepared for future products. In a statement on Friday, Nokia says that as many as 230 jobs are under threat at its site in Oulu, Finland, while “approximately” 100 face the axe at the company’s ... Johnny / Gadgetizer.com Amazon Offering Nokia N900 For $480   —  Amazon has recently dropped the price on  Nokia’s N900 from $650 to $480 with mail-in rebate and a two-year contract of course. The N900 will impress you with a vast array of handset features including but not limited to 32GB of flash, sexy  5 megapixel camera,  ARM Cortex-A8 and a chic body.  What more can you ask? Steven Park / Starbulletin Headlines 2 film office workers remain after layoffs   —  Two-thirds of Hawaii's film branch staff has been laid off or is on the way out in spite of worries of how the cuts might affect services that have brought an estimated $1 billion to the state since 2001. Emma Heald / Editors Associated Press confirms total of 90 layoffs this week   —  After much speculation in the past few days about exactly how many staff were being laid off, the Associated Press has announced that a total of 90 employees worldwide have been let go this week, and that the company has thus reached its goal of cutting annual payroll costs by 10 percent. A press release specified that this target had been set ... Home Ebay closes Skype sale   —  EBAY HAS FINALLY completed its sale of Internet phone and chat service Skype for about £1.66 billion (over $2 billion). Settling the Skype founders' copyright infringement lawsuit meant Ebay could offload a 70 per cent stake in the firm to a group of outside investors. The sale will earn Ebay roughly $1.99 billion and it gets to keep 30 per ... Fool.com EBay Is $2 Billion Richer!   —  If you’ve been scratching your head and wondering why eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) wanted any part of an Internet telephony service, you are not alone. But you can stop scratching now. Eric Savitz / BARRONS.com Nokia To Cut 330 R&D Jobs   —  Nokia (NOK) this morning said it plans to cut 330 research and development jobs, about 2% of its global R&D staff. The cuts include up to 230 employees in Oulu, Finland, and about 100 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company said it has over 17,000 R&D staff overall. NOK today is down [...] PC World Latest Nokia Cuts Research Staff by up to 330 People   —  Mobile phone giant Nokia on Friday said it will cut up to 330 people from its research and development staff. Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless Nokia cutting 330 R&D jobs   —  Nokia said it would cut 330 research and development jobs at sites in Finland and Denmark. The company has been eliminating jobs across the board this year to rein in costs, but a company spokesman told Reuters that the handset maker also is moving toward launching fewer phone models in favor or more iconic phones. The company said 230 positions ... Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop Nokia Plans Further Staff Reductions   —  Nokia has said that it plans to reduce its research and development staff by about 2%, which will affect 330 employees at several facilities in Finland and Denmark. Nokia recently reorganized its internal structure. Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless Analysts: Nokia unlikely to snap up Palm   —  Speculation has increased recently that Nokia may be looking to acquire Palm to boost its smartphone presence, particularly in the United States. However, analysts are saying that such an acquisition is unlikely to happen for several reasons, including Palm's current market value and Nokia's own smartphone roadmap. Palm's stock has shot up this ... James Holland / Electricpig.co.uk Nokia N900 Video Fest kicks off!   —  Looking forward to nabbing a Nokia N900? The Big N’s first Maemo-running smartphone is just around the corner. To celebrate it, the Nokia Conversations blog is running a series of videos to show you how special it is. Each video was inspired by reader requests, with 30 videos, each 30 seconds long, posted every day [...] Related posts: Nokia ... Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop Windows Live Messenger Added to Nokia Messaging   —  Today Nokia announced that it has made Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger instant messaging application available to Nokia handsets via its Nokia Messaging service. It can be found in the chat application and includes tabbed chat windows, the ability to ... (follow link to read) Ben Sillis / Electricpig.co.uk Nokia N900 unboxed!   —  If you’ve already checked out the Nokia N900 videothon going down at the moment but are still thirsting for Maemo action, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve just snagged one of our very own to prise from its packaging, and we’ve caught it all on camera for you. Read on for the unboxing! Now we’ve [...] Related ...

5. Browser security features compared 5 hours ago   permalink

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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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6. YouTube pulls a Hulu -- yanking API access from Popcorn Hour 5 hours ago   permalink

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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Martin / GHacks technology news Youtube Videos Get Automatic Captions. 1080p Videos Roll-Out   —  Seems that the Youtube developers are finally starting to implement new features at the popular video hosting portal. After the announcement of 1080p video support which began rolling out in the last 24 hours. There does not seem to be an option just yet to search for those 1080p videos on Youtube. Youtube videos that [...] Pete Cashmore / Mashable! #openwebawards: The Full List of Finalists   —  The Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition , our annual contest highlighting the very best the web has to offer, is entering its final round. The 70,000+ nominees have been narrowed down to just 5 finalists per category, and you have from now until December 15th to pick the winners. By popular demand, here is the full list of the finalists in ... Jordan McCollum / Andy Beal Closed Captioning Brought to You by YouTube   —  Google announced that closed captioning is coming to YouTube. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know it was already there in many videos where the creators took the time to add the subtitles for the hearing- or speaker-impaired. But now, for selected participating partners (mainly universities), YouTube itself will be adding the captions. The captions will be ... Barb Dybwad / Mashable! LUNCHTIME POLL: What’s Your Favorite Video Sharing Service?   —  It’s Friday, people, which means that not only is it Follow Friday , it’s also time for the Lunchtime Poll ! Last week we wanted to know about your favorite news reader (or whether you use RSS at all). We’ll have the results for you later today, but let’s get a head start on the new poll: what’s your favorite video ... Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb 8tracks to Launch Playback API and Developer Program   —  It appears that the time for freemium music services in the US has passed. Earlier this week streaming music site Imeem sold to MySpace for under $10 million dollars while laying off a large number of staff. For a company with all four major record labels signed, more than 15 million uniques a month and well over 5 million tracks in its catalogue, Electronista YouTube blocking native video API from TV devices   —  YouTube drew controversy with word this week that it has begun limiting the use of its native video API on devices. Reflecting new terms of service, any device that connects to a TV must have a license from YouTube to get fully native video support. The move will ban smaller-scale devices like the Popcorn Hour C-200 from directly accessing ... Mike Sachoff / Top News National Dog Show Available Online At Hulu   —  NBC said today "The National Dog Presented by Purina" will be available online Thanksgiving Day (Noon - 2 p.m. in all time zones) at NBCSports.com. The television broadcast will also be available online after 2 p.m. ET on Hulu . To complement the TV special and showcase all the breeds, NBCSports.com will feature video of the walks, ... Mike / Searchnewz 10 Blue Links   —  Google announced product listing ads today, a cost-per-action ad program that shows images in the search results: "Product Listing Ads is part of our effort to simplify the advertising process for merchants with large product inventories. Some of the key features of Product Listing Ads include... Ads, Ads, Ads • Pay only for results: ... Ben Sillis / Electricpig.co.uk YouTube adds speech recogntion   —  YouTube has just spliced Google Voice’s speech recognition technology into the video captioning process to create a frighteningly powerful mashup: auto captioning. Yup, YouTube now captions your webcam rants for you, so there’s no more mucking around with timestamps. But that’s just the start for what this pairing could do on ... Rev2.org Google’s 3D Building Maker   —  This is another one of those apps that should have a giant warning sign on it when you go to get it: WARNING This app is extremely addicting. Clear your calendar! It’s the latest experiment from Google.  Building Maker ’s idea is to create three dimensional buildings from Google Earth aerial/satellite photos, street views, and ... Today Google Adds Captions to YouTube Search   —  In a step to make YouTube videos more accessible to deaf people as well as to anyone else searching for videos online, Google has launched an automatic video captioning service. Digg.com YouTube to get Automatic Subtitles   —  Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google. BBC News YouTube gets automatic subtitles   —  Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google. Annemiek van Grondel / B R I G H T Deze fotolijst spiegelt expres   —  De Parrot Grande Specchio is een spiegel en digitale fotolijst tegelijk en draait op het besturingssysteem Google Android. De Franse ontwerper  Martin Szekely bedacht voor  Parro t, bedrijf in draadloze apparatuur voor mobiele telefoons, de  Grande Specchio . De digitale fotolijst is niet goedkoop: 500 euro . Deze hightech-spiegel annex ... Jeremy Muncy / Top News The Twilight Saga: New Moon Takes Over Social Media   —  Shhh, can you hear that? What you're hearing is the collective shrieks from Twihards everywhere as The Twilight Saga: New Moon is upon us. For those of you asking yourself, what is a Twihard? I’ve included the definition below. twi-hard noun A serious/obsessive reader of the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, one leap above Twilighters. Are ... Laura June / Engadget Robots perform synchronized interpretive dance for the holidays, fill us with cheer   —  You know what we love? Dancing robots and Christmas tunes. So combining the two and throwing the video up on YouTube would be akin to heaven, right? Well, as you'll see in the amazing video after the break: it doesn't get much better than this. In fact, it might even be enough to clear the "bah humbug" out of us for good. Continue reading Robots ... Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee Boxee Box Will Be Demoed at CES: Source   —  Boxee will be showing off a prototype of its widely anticipated standalone set-top box at next year’s Consumer Electronics Show, according to a source close to the company who asked not to be named, with commercial deployment slated for sometime in the first half of 2010. Despite announcing just last week at NewTeeVee Live that it [...] Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb Sponsor Post: Build a Better Personal Brand With Your Own Domain   —  Editor's note: we offer our long-term sponsors the opportunity to write 'Sponsor Posts' and tell their story. These posts are clearly marked as written by sponsors, but we also want them to be useful and interesting to our readers. We hope you like the posts and we encourage you to support our sponsors by trying out their products. The concept ... Gary Merson / Gizmodo The 5 Best TVs You Can Buy   —  We've teamed up with the HD Guru himself, Gary Merson, to publish the absolute best five TVs you can buy right now. As you'll see (and might already notice above), there are some surprises on the list. Panasonic Z1 Panasonic's flagship HDTV is its thinnest 54-inch plasma HDTV ever, with only 1-inch depth. They did it by eliminating a third sheet ... MacNN Apple's App Store API screening flawed, says developer   —  A new automatic screening technique Apple is using for the App Store appears to be backfiring, claims developer Rogue Sheep. The screening is believed to be aimed at catching unauthorized APIs, blocked under Apple's submission rules. A number of the apps trapped so far are allegedly ones using Three20, an Objective-C library. Rogue Sheep's ... James Temple / SFGate YouTube to add automatic captions to aid deaf   —  Google Inc. announced Thursday that it is using speech recognition technology to create automatic captions for certain videos on YouTube, helping the deaf and hearing impaired to access a rapidly growing form of online content. The Mountain View search... Google - YouTube - Speech recognition - Hearing impairment - Speech Technology Editor / PRO Google adds automatic captions to YouTube   —  Google has introduced a new technology to YouTube that can automatically add captions to videos using speech recognition. The search giant introduced the ability to add captions manually a year ago, but it's a time-consuming process, requiring users to pen their text and then add it at the correct point in the the video. Brian White / BloggingStocks Android-powered phones set stage for holiday competition with iPhone   —  Filed under: Competitive strategy , Google (GOOG) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Best Buy (BBY) Google ( GOOG ) and Apple ( AAPL ) were once favorite friends. When Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple's board of directors, though, the gloves came off. With Apple's venerable and extremely popular iPhone selling for $99 (for the base edition), Google' ... Mer / Silicon Alley Insider Where's That 'Badass' Hulu iPhone App?   —  One of the iPhone apps we're craving the most is still missing in action: An app from Hulu, the Web video company owned by NBC, Fox, and Disney. It's one of the things that readers ask us about the most, so we thought we'd revisit it. Read the rest of this story » See Also: How iPhone Apps Are Raking In Cash From Virtual Goods (AAPL, ERTS) ... 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Currently, geographic information will only be associated with your tweets if you use an application that adds it and will only be used to display your tweets when viewed with an application that can exploit it. Here&# Google Earth Blog Sketchup 7.1 bug fixes and lifelike facades   —  To go along with the nice imagery update yesterday , Google has done a few things to help improve the 3D models found in Google Earth Update to SketchUp 7.1 : This update consists entirely of bug fixes, with no new features present. It fixes some measurement and precision errors, among other things. Here are the full release notes if you're ... Jpilmblg / TechNet Blogs Win32_NetworkAdapterConfigration の結果が重複する 2/   —  みなさんごきげんよう。ういこです。 久しぶりに天空の城ラピュタを見ています。私ムスカ様が大好きで、某 SNS のファンコミュニティに勢いで入ってそれっきりなくらいラブです。ちなみにぴろとくんは飲み屋でビニール袋でないと触れない激辛チキン食べ� Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch Where Have The Big Internet Players Gone in VoIP and Why   —  The crusty John C. Dvorak has been a fixture in PC Magazine for many years. This week he penned a piece about Google Voice and free calling. In the opinion column John raised a few points that need to be expounded upon, and I'm in the kind of mood to do just that! Point One: Now that Google is behind the latest push for free calls, the whole ... Edit / All API Healthcare introduces new generation of Navigator   —  API Healthcare, the provider of human capital management solutions to the healthcare industry, announced the general availability of Version 9.0 of its Navigator payroll and human resources system. The application streamlines human resources information management, automates manual tasks and empowers employees to manage their personal data.

7. Barnes & Noble's Nook Sold Out for the Holidays 4 hours ago   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!! 10 hours ago   permalink

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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Leena Rao / TechCrunch 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 ...

Ubergizmo BlackBerry Pearl 9100 leaked   —  Another day, another leak - this time round it is the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 that is the beneficiary, also known as the stratus/striker. Check out the video above - this latest iteration of the BlackBerry Pearl looks all set to rock our socks off when it is finally released. Permalink: BlackBerry Pearl 9100 leaked from Ubergizmo | Hot: Motorola ... Adrants Your Blackberry Storm Will Kill You With Lightning   —  We're not quite sure a brand would associate themselves with life-threatening lightning but McCann-Erikson New York has chosen to for Verizon's Blackberry Storm 2.

9. Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans 8 hours ago   permalink

Www.reuters.com

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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Reuters / Wired 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. “ ...

Ubergizmo 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 ...

Editor / PRO App developers losing faith in Android   —  French mobile games company Gameloft claims it and other software developers are cutting back investment in developing applications for Google's Android platform. The Globe and Mail Google phone strategy takes off, challenges ahead   —  Android OS on 12 phones; 12,000-plus apps available but mobile games developer says cutting back on Android apps Roselyn Roark / Gadget Lab Android Version of Foursquare Combines Function and Fun   —  It’s surprising that Yelp, the go-to site for finding restaurants, bars and other venues, has no presence in the Android Market. But that’s okay. Foursquare does the job with a social incentive to boot. Foursquare is a location-based social mobile network that allows users to check-in at different places, post tips and to-do items ... Danny Allen / Gizmodo Motorola Motus Android Phone Caught on Shaky Cam?   —  The Motus is rumored to be a mid-range Android phone due early next year, and if this supposed spy-shot is anything to go by, it'll look sorta like the CLIQ —but with a flatter, harder to use keyboard. [ BGR ] Greg Kumparak / CrunchGear Uh-Oh: Gameloft moves away from Android development   —  The sudden surge in interest in Android (largely due to all of the hype surrounding the Droid ) has caused a lot of developers to reconsider the platform. Atleast one major development house, however, isn't impressed. Earlier today, Alexandre de Rochefort, Finance Director of Gameloft, told an investor conference that the company had " ... Electronista Gameloft sells 400X more iPhone games than Android   —  Gameloft today revealed that it has scaled back development of games for Android phones. The French software house made the move as just a fraction of its sales come from the Google platform: it sells 400 times more iPhone games than Android titles, the company's financial head Alexandre de Rochefort said.... Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts A Treo 650 Booting Android?   —  Google Android running on a Treo 650 according to TreoCentral, cut in 1min 50seconds to see.

10. How to get Apple Magic Mouse Scrolling working in Bootcamp 5 hours ago   permalink

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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Webteam / MacOSXHints.com 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.

MacNN Apple I system on auction through eBay   —  A resident of Roseville, California is auctioning off an original Apple I, according to the Detroit Free Press. The computer was the first put into production by Apple, launching in 1976 in a limited run of 200 units. It was distinctive at the time for being produced and sold by a two-man team -- Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs -- and building in ... AppleInsider Apple's App Store approval process gets partially automated   —  Apple has added a new automated layer to its approval process for App Store software, but according to one developer, it's not perfect. Digg.com New apps said to make iPod touch prominent in Apple stores   —  In addition to the the EasyPay iPod touch application used for checkouts, numerous Apple-created, task-specific applications are allegedly coming to Apple retail employees, AppleInsider has been told. Kit Eaton / Fast Company Watch Out Apple, Amazon: Qualcomm's E-Reader Will Play Color Video   —  E-readers may or may not emerge as the must-have gadget of 2010, but nearly all the devices out now have a problem--their screens only do gray scale, and move too slowly for video. But Qualcomm's got an answer for that. Mirasol, a Qualcomm subsidiary, has got an e-reader on the way that's likely to be the breakout e-reader that beats all other e- ... Liam Cassidy / TheAppleBlog Apple Patent Describes Smart Remote Technology   —  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday published a patent application Apple made way back in 2008 for “Pushing a User Interface to a Remote Device.” So, then…Smart Remotes. Cool! MacRumor’s Eric Slivka reports that the patent’s lead inventor is William Bull, now Yahoo’s Senior Director of Mobile User Experience, but once ... Jeremy / ILounge News: Apple planning more iPod touch apps for retail?   —  Apple is planning to roll out at least two more iPod touch applications to be used in its company-owned retail stores, according to an AppleInsider report. In addition to the previously revealed point-of sale application, Apple will reportedly be providing an application that allows employees to replace iPhones and iPods directly on the store ... Mic Wright / Electricpig.co.uk Sony wages war on Apple: music, books, movies and app store incoming   —  Sony is set to release its own iTunes-battling download store to sell music, movies and – sensibly given its line of ebook readers – books. The service is currently known as Sony Online Service. Sony plans to make the Sony Online Service tie-in with its consumer electronics brands including the Sony Walkman range and its ebook [...] ... 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Newlaunches.com MyPsy Psychological Profiler app from Apple can help employers   —  We may be thrilled by those so called, personality tests that we have given in the past. But hey, how correct and affective are these, really? Just a few combinations of conditional code can get you some pre-defined results. However, what separates the newly developed Psychological Profiler application from Apple is that it uses some smart ... AppleInsider Steve Jobs e-mails terse response to upset Apple developer   —  When an emotional Mac developer wrote a lengthy e-mail about an issue to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the multi-billionaire responded succinctly via his iPhone. Webmaster / The Mac Observer News: Boot Camp Drivers 2.2 Adds Magic Mouse Support   —  Apple rolled out Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Windows on Thursday. The update for Boot Camp users running Windows on their Mac includes driver support for Apple's wireless keyboard new Magic Mouse. Jjn1 / Memex 1.1 Apple’s Mistake   —  Paul Graham is a terrific, perceptive essayist. (If you haven’t read his collection Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age: Essays on the Art of Programming then might I humbly suggest a visit to Amazon?) His latest essay on how Apple is treating the programmers who develop Apps for the iPhone/iTouch is [...] NEWS / Gadgetell Apple Tablet delayed until late 2010?   —  FROM APPLETELL - The latest rumor from DigiTimes claims we’ll have to wait even longer to get our hands on that Apple Tablet we all want so badly. But don’t get too sad… MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article » MacInTouch Apple: Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Windows   —  "...addresses issues with the Apple trackpad and turns off the red digital audio port LED on laptop computers when it is not being used. It also includes support for the Apple Magic mouse and wireless keyboard." MacInTouch Review: Apple TV   —  We have updated our in-depth Apple TV review from Robert Mohns, who covers set-up, features, performance, compatibility, omissions, hacking, competition and the overall experience and value, with links to more resources. Berin Szoka / The Progress How the iPhone "Disrupted" Microsoft's Windows Mobile   —  Great story in Wired about how Apple disrupted Microsoft's mobile OS lead, again illustrating how quickly today's leaders can, and probably will, become tomorrow's laggards in the topsy-turvy tech biz. And on the benefits of Apple's heretical "closedness": The iPhone operates on a closed system, which can only run on Apple hardware, meaning third- Webmaster / The Mac Observer News: Ballmer: Microsoft Wants Back the Marketshare Apple is Taking   —  Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting put CEO Steve Ballmer in the hot seat answering questions about marketshare the company is losing to Apple. Mr. Ballmer was quick to point out that his company still controls the majority of the OS market, but that every percentage point counts -- even the points that belong to Apple. Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing A programmer's lament on the Apple App Store   —  "How much of the goodwill Apple once had with programmers have they lost over the App Store? A third? Half? And that's just so far. The App Store is an ongoing karma leak." — Paul Graham....br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> a href=" = ...

11. Why Chrome OS will fail -- big time 6 hours ago   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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The Tech Report :   Name Your PC Day Shortbread

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer :   Why Google Chrome OS has already won

Mikepk / Mikepk :   Chrome OS and The Luxury of Time TechSpot :   News around the web: Why Chrome OS will fail

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12. Twitter COO: We’ll Have An Advertising Business Soon. And You’re Going To Love It. 4 hours ago   permalink

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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Liz Gannes / GigaOM 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 ...

Christina Warren / Mashable! Mac Twitter Client Socialite Adds Twitter List Support   —  In the month or so since Twitter started rolling out its Twitter Lists feature, a number of web and Adobe AIR based clients have added support for it. However, we haven’t seen any native Twitter apps support Lists. Today Realmac Software released Socialite Beta 3 for Mac OS X, including, among other enhancements — basic list support. ... Rev2.org Obama, Twitter, and Chinese Censorship   —  So President Obama has a Twitter account ( @barackobama ) that is rivaled in popularity only by Oprah Winfrey’s ( @oprah ).  The breaking story yesterday on TechCrunch and this morning in the Wall Street Journal , however, is that all of those followers on Obama’s Twitter account are being fooled.  He’s never used Twitter. It&# Chris Crum / Top News Twitter Makes Geotagging Tweets Possible   —  Back in the summer, Twitter announced that it was working on an API to give developers the ability to geotag tweets. 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13. Motorola Motus coming to AT&T? Full specifications 7 hours ago   permalink

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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Ubergizmo 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 ...

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14. Facebook acts on follower trade 3 hours ago   permalink

News.bbc.co.uk

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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Resourceshelf / ResourceShelf :   Buying Your Friends and Followers on Social Networks

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MG Siegler / TechCrunch Facebook Agrees To Set Friend Lists Free. Mashups With Twitter Lists Should Follow.   —  Today, during the Filtering the Stream roundtable at our RealTime CrunchUp , Seesmic's Loic Le Meur asked why Facebook isn't giving third parties access to their Friend Lists. Obviously, that's a good question now that Twitter has starting giving third parties access to its Lists feature via an API. Normally, you'd expect a canned response along ...

Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb The Future Is All About Context: The Pragmatic Web   —  The semantic Web has long been heralded as the future of the Web. Proponents have said that Web experiences will some day become more meaningful and relevant based on the AI-esque computational power of natural-language processing (NLP) and structured data that is understandable by machines for interpretation. However, with the rise of the ... Michael Rose / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) FunMail adds instant images to Facebook status & MMS   —  Filed under: iPhone , App Review At the risk of invoking a round of reader rage , I'll admit that I've never really been that hyped on the idea of MMS on the iPhone (and, by the way, get off my lawn). If I want to send someone a picture, I've got their email address; I'll just send them a picture. No big whoop. I do have some friends and ... Frank Reed / Andy Beal Facebook Is a Video Powerhouse As Well   —  Facebook just keeps chuggin’ along doesn’t it? While everyone talks about the latest in this or that, the next greatest innovation in the next greatest thing since sliced bread and all the other fixings that go with Internet marketing and social media hype Facebook just gets results. Sure there are the occasional misfires on how they [...] Adam Ostrow / Mashable! Twitter and Facebook Client Brizzly Now Open to All   —  Brizzly is a web-based Twitter and Facebook client that has been gaining some momentum and buzz over the past couple months. It has some slick features like being able to view photos and videos in-line in your Twitter stream, threaded DMs, and built-in photo uploading. It also recently added support for Twitter Lists . However, it’s remained ... Karlijn van den Berg / B R I G H T Tag Ikea-meubels op Facebook   —  Taggen van foto's is de populairste functie in Facebook. Ikea gebruikte het heel slim ter promotie van een nieuwe winkel. In het najaar van 2009 wilde Ikea een actie opzetten om de opening van de nieuwe winkel in Malmö te promoten. Bij voorkeur zou de actie voor flink wat buzz zorgen in heel Zweden. Ze gebruiken een bestaande functionaliteit ... Frank Reed / Andy Beal Woman Loses Benefits, In Part, Due to Facebook   —  So I had to open my big mouth on my previous post today and say that Facebook is keeping its nose clean with regard to news as of late. I guess it still is despite this particular incident that happened to a woman living in our neighbor to the north, Canada. You remember Canada. The place [...] Matt Holliday / Inside Facebook Alice In Wonderland Poster Art Released Through Mad Hatter’s Facebook Fan Page   —  More movie companies are using Facebook to reward fans and followers of their films by offering everything from early trailers to choosing where a movie is released.  Disney is the latest to cater to the Facebook crowd, giving fans of its upcoming “Alice in Wonderland” remake a first look at artwork from movie posters. The page [...] Doug Caverly / Top News Bebo May Beat Retreat From Australia   —  Sometimes you just have to know when to call it quits, and a new report indicates that Bebo has decided now's the time to cut its losses in Australia. Bebo is supposed to end its operations in the country before the end of the year. Paul McIntyre , who was the first to report this potential move, noted today that nothing official's been announced. Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook Facebook Growth Increases in Latin America, Argentina Now Largest Country in Region   —  As we’ve seen in other parts of the world, Facebook continues to grow by more monthly active users every month in Latin America. This past month, it grew by 3.9 million users to reach 39.3 million monthly actives in the region, according to our Global Monitor report. This is up from the approximately 2 million [...] Ben Lorica / O'Reilly Radar Asia Continues to be Facebook's Strongest Growth Region   —  With Facebook topping 330 million active users over the past week, the company's strongest growth region continues to be Asia. Over the last 12 weeks, Facebook added close to 17M active users in Asia alone. Since my previous post , the share of active users from Asia grew by 2% (to 13.5% of all users), and roughly 1 in 7 users now come from the ... Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable! 3 Creative Ways SMBs Can Use Social Media for Holiday Discounts   —  This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Every year consumers turn to the web to scour for the best holiday shopping deals. Black Friday has practically become a holiday of its own, with retailers jumping on the ... Leena Rao / TechCrunch Qwisk Brings Your Social Networks To The Browser   —  Qwisk, which is launching today at the Real-Time CrunchUp, is an innovative new way to add a social twist to your browser. The site, which is a product of Y Combinator -funded company Socialbrowse, connects with you with your friends on Facebook and Twitter in real-time as you browse the web. We have 500 invites exclusively for TechCrunch users. ... Veronica / HipMojo.com Depressed Woman Loses Benefits Over Facebook Photos   —  After posting pictures of herself having fun on facebook, Nathalie Blanchard, 29, is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer’s insurance company cut them. Nathalie Blanchard, 29, has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Que., for the last year and a half after she was diagnosed with major depression. The [...] Today Happiness on Facebook Cuts Canadian Woman's Health Care   —  An IBM employee claims her medical leave was cut short based on the insurance company's assessment of her Facebook activities. Sardar Mohkim Khan / Startup Meme Zynga isn’t done with making social games for Facebook: Farm, Fish and now Petville!   —  Facebook was blocked in our office. Thanks Zynga for giving us Farmville and infesting every browser with virtual farms and keep all my colleagues occupied. Result, I have been deprived of keeping my social activity alive at work and it was pretty useful social networking I was involved in. It just happened today and when I go through some news ... ClickZ News Blog Facebook Lets Page Owners Target Content by Region   —  Facebook has added an important new feature for Page owners with large numbers of geographically distributed fans. The capability allows Page admins to target content by location and language, offering brands, celebrities and major media orgs the promise of more relevant messaging. Using the function, a large brand like Adidas (above) can ... Dan Porter / Silicon Alley Insider How Smaller Facebook Game Developers Can Compete With The Big Three   —  The explosive growth of the Facebook games business has left a small number of companies with a lot of cash. Zynga has raised $54 million. Playdom has raised $43 million and Playfish now has the resources of a billion dollar public company, Electronic Arts (ERTS). Read the rest of this story » See Also: Facebook Named In Federal Class- ... Three Minds On Digital Marketing ThreeMinds Weekly Digest   —  What's Been Happening This Week? Brands + Social Media = A Happy Marriage? In the same week that Obama admits that he has never used Twitter, a study was released that shows that he's not the only one that doesn't get it. 50% of the Fortune100 twitter accounts have less than 500 followers, and many brands still view the service as another ... Bizjournals Technology:General News Wide disparity in Facebook valuations   —  The true valuation of Facebook Inc. isn't likely to be known until it goes public or is acquired. (MSFT) Sardar Mohkim Khan / Startup Meme Brizzly the Social Media Reader for Facebook and Twitter to public   —  After taking its time building itself up in private beta, Brizzly , the Twitter and Facebook client is finally available for the public. The client makes it easier for users to easily view videos and photos right within the streams on Twitter as well as letting you make direct uploads. The client is still in beta which means there will be tests ...

15. UPDATE 2-D.Telekom open to all options for U.S. unit-sources 7 hours ago   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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Eric Savitz / BARRONS.com 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 11 hours ago   permalink

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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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Adam Frucci / Gizmodo :   Banned Xbox Users Plan a Class-Action Lawsuit, Accuse Microsoft of a Vast Conspiracy

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Electronista :   Microsoft faces class action lawsuit for Xbox 360 bans

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Tameka Kee / PaidContent 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: ...

Luke Plunkett / Kotaku Xbox Live Bannings Summon Class Action Lawsuit   —  The recent spate of Xbox Live bannings - in which as many as one million users were ejected from the service - have attracted the interests of a nationwide law firm by the name of AbingtonIP. Abington are looking to get a class action lawsuit together, believing Microsoft's actions to be both heavy-handed and suspiciously convenient giving the ... News / DSLreports Friday Morning Links -   —  Broadband penetration continues to rise in EU iptv-news.com Continued Network And Service Optimization The Key To Continued IPTV Growth IT Backbones Maximum fine set at 50,000 for illegal file-sharing broadbandgenie.co.uk Law Firm Contemplates Class Action Suit To Recompense Xbox Live Modders itproportal.com MS denies Win 7 backdoor rumors ... Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear Law firm asks, ‘Were you banned from Xbox Live? We want to help.’   —  It's safe to say that we hear at CrunchGear think you should be able to do whatever you want with hardware that you buy. Let's take console modding. You wanna flash the drive on your 360 for whatever reason? Fine, go ahead. But don't think that you can log onto Xbox Live with said modded console, and play your misbegotten wares (or is that warez?) Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider Facebook Ad Network, Virtual Currency Coming Sooner Than You Think   —  You know the five or six really successful Facebook app and game makers? Zynga, Slide, RockYou, Playdom, Playfish and all of their competitors? Read the rest of this story » See Also: How Smaller Facebook Game Developers Can Compete With The Big Three Facebook Worth $9.5 Billion Facebook Named In Federal Class-Action Suit Over Scammy Zynga ... Bizjournals Technology:General News Class action against Match.com moved to Dallas   —  Match.com LLP has managed to get an East Coast class-action suit moved to the local area, although the online dating service still must defend itself against allegations in the litigation that it “lumps together profiles of current subscribers and canceled member and displays them as if they are they same,” court documents say.

17. IPhone to seize 10% of 3G market 6 hours ago   permalink

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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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AppleInsider :   China Unicom expects 10% of 3G users on iPhone in 3 years

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John Herrman / Gizmodo 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 ...

MacNN Qualcomm demos FLO TV on iPhone   —  Qualcomm has quietly shown an example receiver that would give the iPhone and iPod touch FLO TV reception. Despite assertions that the company would use iPhone OS 3.0 support for native hardware, the demonstrator mimics the strategy used for the Softbank 1Seg tuner in Japan and pipes video over Wi-Fi. The receiver itself is roughly as large as ... Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk #Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – creating iPhone apps   —  Mobile: Thinking about creating your own iPhone app for your website? Look at BusinessWeek's DIY guide for tips on getting started . Tipster: Laura Oliver . To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone   —  Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet. Ken Ray / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) Virgin Mobile Canada: Fifth Canadian outlet for iPhone   —  Filed under: iPhone The iPhone is getting yet another carrier in the great white north. Virgin Mobile Canada has announced that it'll start selling the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in the coming months. When exactly? How much? Can I get a Richard Branson ringtone? Actually, I can make my own ringtones , but what about the rest of it? We'll have to ... Romenesko GQ for iPhone is "a smart first step towards re-imagining the magazine for digital"   —  MinOnline Steve Smith says the digital version of December's GQ isn't exactly the "App of the Year," "but Conde Nast's launch of the GQ 'Man of the Year' issue in an iPhone version brims with intriguing ideas about how to handle deeper magazine content on mobile platforms large and small." Emily / Textually.org Power wheelchair electronics displayed on iPhones   —  Dynamics Controls has integrated an iPhone with its power wheelchair electronics - enabling power wheelchair users to enjoy all the benefits of an iPhone or iPod touch. The solution connects a user's iPhone or iPod touch to the wheelchair system to display speed, battery and other wheelchair information in a great looking and easily visible way. ... Jeremy / ILounge News: TomTom intros separate Car Kit for iPod touch   —  Following the release of its updated turn-by-turn navigation app that added support for the original iPhone and iPod touch, TomTom has revealed that first-, second-, and third-generation iPod touch users wanting to purchase a TomTom-branded GPS solution will need to buy a separate car kit than the one offered to iPhone users. In a Twitter update, ... Jeremy / ILounge News: Wider distribution boosting iPhone sales in France   —  Apple’s increased number of iPhone carriers in France is leading to a boost in sales, which bodes well for a similar result in the U.K. Marketwatch reports that the latest data from Bernstein shows Apple’s value market share in France jumped from 21% in the second quarter to 32% in the third quarter, thanks to the phone’s availability on ... Techworld.com News Cisco free iPhone app grabs security feeds   —  Cisco SIO To Go iPhone application for IT managers on the road Cisco has made available a free iPhone app that can be used to receive over a dozen security-related information feeds in customisable form related both to Cisco products and to general security topics, such as newly detected threats. APC Telstra CEO: iPhone tethering for Next G coming soon!   —  Better late than never, Telstra boss David Thodey says the carrier is working with Apple to enable Next G tethering on the iPhone. Macworld Review: Snapture for iPhone   —  As a one-stop solution for the shortcomings of the iPhone's built-in camera, Snapture does an admirable job. It should be one of the first apps you turn to for improving your phone's camera. PC World Latest China Mobile Says Mobile Market Sales Going Well   —  China Mobile has sold 15,000 songs, 2,000 e-books and 20,000 video programs since Mobile Market apps store started sales this month. MacInTouch Review: iPhone 3G   —  Robert Mohns's review of Apple's new iPhone 3G offers comparisons with the first iPhone, discussion of new features and enterprise support, a look at the new "ecosystem" Apple has built around the device, a screenshot and sample photo gallery and links for more information. Jonathan Crowe / The Map Room Geotagging Apps for the iPhone   —  Macworld reviews four geotagging applications for the iPhone . Now the iPhone geotags its own photos — if you take a photo with the iPhone’s built-in camera, it can be automatically geotagged. But these applications turn the iPhone into a GPS logger: you shoot with your regular camera, and merge the time and location data from the ... Tom / Eurogamer News: Super Monkey Ball 2 coming to iPhone   —  It's due out in time for Christmas. An iPhone version of Super Monkey Ball 2 is due to launch in the App Store by the end of the year. The game will feature 115 new levels, local multiplayer, better graphics and an enhanced control system. It will also come with a mini-game, Monkey Bowling. Monkey Golf and Monkey Target are set to be added as ...

18. Sony's Hirai Talks About An i-Tunes-like Store 7 hours ago   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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Mike Sachoff / Top News 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 ...

Tameka Kee / PaidContent Why Sony's Planned Music Store Won't Start Out As A Serious iTunes Challenger   —  Sony keeps flip-flopping over adding music downloads to the PlayStation Network (PSN). After scrapping plans to add a music store to the gaming network—complete with the ability for gamers to port tracks to the handheld PSP—comes news that the company will indeed expand the PSN into a full digital download store, with music, books, ... Today Sony Online Service to Challenge iTunes? Fat Chance   —  For entertainment hardware companies like Sony, a thriving, all-encompassing online media store is the Holy Grail. It's a glorious balance, in which the customer buys software through the store, and therefore becomes hooked on the hardware to which it's attached. That's how brand loyalty is created. Paul Miller / Engadget Sony Ericsson Pureness hands-on: Pacman edition   —  We've seen it out and about, but at last we got a chance to actually play with Sony Ericsson's tribute to impractical style: the Pureness . As it turns out, using the device is just about as pointless as it seems. You can always just barely make out what's happening on the semi-translucent monochrome screen, and we found ourselves constantly ... Ubergizmo Sony to launch online portal   —  An online store is a big thing thanks to the iTunes' unprecedented success on a global scale, and Sony doesn't want to lose out on this potentially lucrative market if executed rightly, having announced plans to roll out an online portal for music, movies, books and other content including applications. The new Sony Online Service is supposed to ... Ubergizmo Sony demos 3D LED Wall   —  Sony certainly thinks that the future lies in 3D technology even when you're viewing your favorite sitcom right in the comfort of your living room. In order to accentuate their faith in 3D technology, they placed 70 LED displays together at the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition 2009 in Japan, where you'll need to wear a pair of dorky- ... Jamie Lendino / Gearlog Hands On: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10   —  I had a chance to test out Sony Ericsson's new Xperia X10 (codenamed "Rachael") for a few minutes at last night's Pepcom in NYC. The Xperia X10 is a slim, sleek slab with an expansive 4-inch capacitive touch screen with 854-by-480-pixel resolution. That's the same pixel count but slightly larger than the 3.7-inch screen on the Motorola Droid. ... Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee Vid-Biz: BBC, Sony, Blu-ray Sales   —  BBC Gives Technical Details of Its New iPlayer On the Wii; the U.K. broadcaster has encoded streams using H.264 at a 700 kbps bit rate, compared to 1.5 Mbps for regular TV or even 3.2 Mbps for HD. (BBC) Speaking of British TV, the U.K. version of YouTube debuted its new site section that hosts [...] The Globe and Mail Sony eyes online service to build loyalty   —  Company plans service to be up next year, to include games, movie downloads, interactive entertainment accessible on Sony products Yahoo! News Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty   —  AP - 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. David Rothman / TeleRead New Sony e-store for books, movies, music and apps is coming, says company—but it ‘is not imminent’   —  Now that Sony has revealed plans for a new iTune-like store—offering e-books along with music, movies and apps—I was curious if this might just help pave the way for a multimedia tablet. You think Sony would answer that question directly right now? Dream on. But spokesperson Valerie Motis tried to be helpful on other [...] TechSpot Sony working on digital store for music, movies, books   —  Sony is reportedly gearing up to launch an online portal for digital entertainment. The new store, named Sony Online Service, will sell music, movies, and books along with other downloadable applications for mobile gadgets. The company's new service will enter into a competitive market, with Apple's iTunes and many other digital content providers. David Rothman / TeleRead Sony to sell e-books along with music and movies and apps in new store: Multimedia tablet coming? Just a GUESS   —  The Sony eBookStore shown here has been around for a few years for Sony Reader owners. But now comes word from BusinessWeek that Sony will also sell e-books elsewhere—in the new Sony Online Store, the current name. This one will sell music, movies and downloadable apps, too. The feeling among Sony watchers is that [...] Griffin McElroy / Joystiq Sony expects PSN to pull in 50 billion yen in FY 2009   —  Though yesterday's Sony investor's conference featured a concerning reference to the PSN's "new revenue stream from subscription," another slide from the presentation seems to indicate that the platform is already making money hand over fist. According to the slide (seen above), the company has set a lofty goal for the current fiscal year: It ... Johnny / Gadgetizer.com Free-Based Sony Playstation Network Coming 2010   —   Well it looks like Sony is going to move forward on the fee-based Playstation Network. Coming in either 2010 or early 2011, this new network would not take the place of the current free interface, but would instead aim to compliment the already existing frame.   No word as of yet on what the new network would bring [...] Renay San Miguel / E-Commerce Times Sony Talks Up Plans for Digital Media Superstore   —  Many companies would give up their right to right-click to be able to duplicate Apple's success with iTunes. However, only one actually has the pieces already in place to do that, and its executives announced their intentions Thursday to take on Steve Jobs' company with its own online content service. Jeremy / ILounge Article: The Complete Guide to Using the iTunes Store   —  Although you can fill your iTunes library and your iPod, iPhone and Apple TV devices with content from a wide variety of sources, the iTunes Store provides an excellent one-stop shop for a huge array of content of various media types, with millions of songs and podcasts and thousands of movies, TV shows and audiobooks available for purchase, ... Tim Conneally / Betanews Sony looks to finally open a single storefront for downloads   —  By Tim Conneally , Betanews Sony yesterday discussed its plans to open a download shop similar to iTunes or Amazon Digital Downloads. Reportedly given the tentative name "Sony Online Service," the online store would make the many different types of Sony digital content available in a single place. The company has a number of content portals ... PC World Latest Sony's Hirai Hopes for Quick Start to Online Content Service   —  Sony is hoping to launch its planned online content service early next year, the executive heading up the project said Friday. Stan Schroeder / Mashable! Sony Wants a Bite Out of Apple’s iTunes   —  Sony is one of world’s best known brands when it comes to home electronics, gadgetry, and entertainment. However, the landscape has changed in recent years. You can have the best media player around, but if you don’t offer users a place where they can easily get content for it, it won’t be competitive. And it’s been ... I4u / I4U News Sony To Launch iTunes Competitor   —  Sony confirmed yesterday that they plan to launch an online media store (BusinessWeek) in order to sell music, movies, and books for use on a variety of products. This new store will be called Sony Online Service, and it will be launched as part of Sony's ... NPR Topics Sony Hopes Online Service Will Build Brand Loyalty   —  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. SAUL HANSELL / NYT Sony Ericsson's Infinite Hope for a Turnaround   —  Sony Ericsson hopes to differentiate its new smartphones with an "Infinite Button" that links entertainment and communications. But will it ever be sold in the United States? Newlaunches.com Sony Ericsson Kurara may out-perform the Satio   —  Sony Ericsson's Kurara is the next best thing, or is it the best thing from Sony Ericsson. It packs a hell lot of performance-enhancing specs that make up a whole lot more to draw this one as the quickest yet by the company. Firstly, it has a powerful ARM Cortex A8 CPU that has graphical branches of the likes of PowerVR GPU. It also has 256 MB ... The Seattle Times Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty   —  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. Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends Sony to Take On Amazon, Netflix with Download Service   —  Looks like Sony wants to take on the likes of Apple, Netflix, and Amazon in the digital content business: in an interview, Sony executive VP Kaz Hirai has said that Sony is hoping to launch its own online content service by early 2010. The service, provisionally called the “Sony Online Service,” would build on the [...] Tom / Eurogamer News: Sony still bossing Nintendo in Japan   —  Is the tide on the turn? Sony's PSP and PS3 are still selling better than their Nintendo-made competition in Japan. This week (ending 15th November) the PSP (45,197) and PS3 (38,498) combined to sell 83,695 units, whereas the DS (38,785) and Wii (26,764) banded together to sell 65,549 units, according to Media Create data. That's about as ... Tom / Eurogamer News: LittleBigPlanet on PSP Store today   —  Despite US digital delay. Sony has told Eurogamer that the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet will be uploaded to the PlayStation Store in Europe today ahead of the game's retail release tomorrow. It will cost £21.99 online. The news comes after US gamers were told they would probably have to wait a little while for LBP due to "hiccups", in the ...

19. Glass half full for Microsoft shareholders 5 hours ago   permalink

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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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20. Lost Intel Atom Hackintosh Support Hacked Back In 3 hours ago   permalink

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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