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Technology Fresh News
- Users amused, annoyed by Facebook Places
It's been two weeks since Facebook users took to blogs and message boards to voice their concerns about Places, a l ... - Facebook testing a 'stalker button'
Facebook is apparently testing a new subscription feature that would allow users to receive alerts any time a speci ... - Will motion controls reinvent gaming?
Four years ago, Nintendo's gesture-tracking Wii system proved the power of motion controls to extend the mainstream ...
[Courtesy of CNN.com - Technology]
- Doctor Who goes to the Proms
Music to watch monsters go by Love Doctor Who, love the theme music - this is hardwired into the DNA of most Brits. ... - Unity – iPhone code swap approved by Jobs (for now)
Un-Flash eyes world of Google Steve Jobs forbids you from building iPhone applications with a language other than O ... - Nigerian man gets 12 years for $1.3m 419 scam
Hunting 'mugu' in America A Nigerian man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in US prison for orchestrating an ...
[Courtesy of The Register]
- NVIDIA Announces New Line of Fermi-Based Mobile Chips
MojoKid writes "NVIDIA has announced an entire line-up of Fermi-based GeForce GT and GTX 400M mobile GPUs, seven in ... - Where Does Dell Go After Losing 3Par?
crimeandpunishment writes "It was the big deal Dell wanted in a big way. But now that it has lost out to Hewlett-Pa ... - Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square
Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that Consumer Watchdog is running a 540-square-foot video billboard adver ...
[Courtesy of Slashdot]
- PostgreSQL 9.0 Release Candidate Hits the Street
The first release candidate for PostgreSQL 9.0 is out with a host of new features in tow, including binary replicat ... - Twitter Counts 145M Users, 62% Hike in Mobile
Twitter CEO Evan Williams said Sept. 2 use of Twitter from mobile applications has grown 62 percent since April, wi ... - Nvidia GeForce 400M GPU Series Is Rolled Out
Nvidia's GeForce 400M GPU series allows users to take advantage of the latest 3D entertainment technology, and boas ...
[Courtesy of eWeek - RSS Feed]
- PS3 hack escapes court challenge
Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free ... - Memristor revolution backed by HP
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first ti ... - Global broadband divide revealed
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures ...
[Courtesy of BBC News - Technology]
- Hands-On With HDR Photos in the Next iPhone Update
A first look at iOS 4.1 Gold Master, the latest release of Apple's mobile operating system due out next week. A dev ... - Behind the Scenes at IndyCar
As we go backstage at the IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma, we ponder what's more important to fans -- the drivers' ski ... - Steve Jobs: iTunes 10 Icon Does Not 'Suck'
While winding down from Wednesday’s iPod announcements, Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears to have taken some time to r ...
[Courtesy of Wired Top Stories]
- Hurt Locker Subpoenas Arrive With New Language... And Higher Demands
Well, it took a while, but US Copyright Group (really DC law firm Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver) have finally gotten ... - French ISPs Pushing Back Against Hadopi; Threaten To Ignore Requests
This should hardly come as a surprise, but as the French "three strikes" agency Hadopi tries to push forward, it's ... - Huge Push In Brazil To Legalize File Sharing
We've discussed some interesting things happening down in Brazil when it comes to copyright. First, we've looked a ...
[Courtesy of Techdirt]
- Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality
(AP)
AP - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology ... - Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool
(AP)
AP - Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United A ... - Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par
(AP)
AP - Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesse ...
[Courtesy of Yahoo! News: Technology News]
- Google updates privacy policy
(AFP)
AFP - Google updated its privacy policy on Friday, a day after a video cartoon featuring the Internet firm's chief ... - WordPress upgrades free app for blogging on the go
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - The free WordPress for Android app was upgraded thanks to feedback from faithful users. Updates inclu ... - Spammers Take Over Apple's New Ping Social Network
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple launched iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network, on Wednesday. Within hours, t ...
[Courtesy of Yahoo! News: Internet News]
- Nvidia Shows New GPUs Offered in Upcoming Laptops
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - New notebooks with the Nvidia GeForce 400M series of graphics processing units (GPUs) are being releas ... - Fire hazard forces Toshiba laptop recall
(AFP)
AFP - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba has recalled 41,000 laptop computers worldwide because of a fire risk, the ... - Developers Debate iOS 4.1 Proximity Sensor Fix
(PC World)
PC World - When iOS 4.1 is released by Apple next week, it will have a number of new bells and whistles enhancing t ...
[Courtesy of Yahoo! News: Personal Technology]
- New app promises wireless sync for iPhone — if Apple approves it
(Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Zune users have been able to sync their music and videos over Wi-Fi for years now — not so f ... - BlackBerry's new Pearl 3G goes old-school with 14-button keypad
(Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - What's the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it's Research In M ...
[Courtesy of Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology]
- Chip revenue expected to grow 31.5 percent in 2010: Gartner
(AFP)
AFP - Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to grow 31.5 percent this year to 300 billion dollars, technology ... - HP, Hynix Aim To Replace Flash Memory with ReRAM
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As the 3PAR bidding war rages on, Hewlett-Packard is taking a deep breath and turning its attention to ... - Gartner Raises Semiconductor Revenue Forecast for 2010
(PC World)
PC World - Gartner on Wednesday raised its worldwide semiconductor revenue forecast for this year as sales of devic ...
[Courtesy of Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers]
- Cloud Cover Episode 24 - Routing in Windows Azure
Join Ryan and Steve each week as they cover the Microsoft cloud. You can follow and interact with the show at @clou ... - Countdown to TechEd Europe: A Piece of the Berlin Wall
Congratulations to TallPaul (aka Paul Iddon) for winning the free pass! We appreciated his story about working fo ... - Inside Windows Phone #03: Optimizing Windows Phone Silverlight applications
Shane Guillet, the test lead for Silverlight on Windows Phone, joins Jaime Rodriguez for some hands-on tips and tri ...
[Courtesy of Channel 9]
- Personal PBS Turns PCs into Compute Cluster
Altair Engineering has announced availability of the Personal PBS application. The freely-downloadable Personal PBS ... - RNA Networks Introduces Memory Virtualization Technology
RNA Networks is providing a "third wave" of virtualization with its Memory Virtualization Platform (MVP). RNA's pro ... - Data Processing in the Cloud
In this conference presentation, Parand Darugar (Director of Software Architectyre at Yahoo) provides an explanatio ...
[Courtesy of GridSummit.com: Articles and News about Grid Compu ...]
- Panasonic's Wi-Fi Lumix Digital Camera Uploads Photos to Google's Picasa
- RED announces SCARLETT 3K Digital Cinema Camera
- Toward a Quantum Internet
[Courtesy of T E C H T R I B E S]
- SOA Dead, Not Services
Anne Thomas Manes of Burton Group, believes the state of the world economy will lead to the demise of SOA. She sugg ... - Amazon Enhances EC2 Offering with Public Data Sets
Amazon Web Services is extending its cloud computing service, EC2, to support processing with large public data set ... - Silicon Valley Spotlight Shines on Data Services for SOA, WOA and Cloud Computing
The focus of developers has moved to distributed, client-server applications with data services for architectures s ...
[Courtesy of WebServicesSummit.com: XML and SOA in the Spotligh ...]
- Kodak - Interview with Photographer John Sexton and Kodak's Scott DiSabato About the New T-MAX 400 Film
Download Podcast Here After meeting both John Sexton and Scott DiSabato at the 2007 Photoplus Expo in New York, I ... - PhotoWorks - Interview - Lanae Weir
From a simple and unusual mail order processing house to a major player in the digital imaging marketplace, PhotoWo ... - Interview - Chris Orwig - Photographer
Chris Orwig and I sit down for a chat on photography, passion, and the nature of photography today.Chris Orwig is a ...
[Courtesy of Photo News Today]
- Industry-Specific Measurement Application Guides
Presenting the latest measurement techniques from actual sites in a host of industries. What are the problems? How ... - Barcode Troubleshooter: New In-Depth Guide Featuring Common Problems and Easy Solutions, Volume 1
Do you ever have trouble getting your barcode reader to function properly? Are there times where it mis-reads codes ... - Zoom Lens and Illumination Fundamentals
Essential reading for anyone whose work involves magnified observation or analysis. Comprehensive and clear explana ...
[Courtesy of KEYENCE AMERICA - Sensors, Microscopes, Vision Sys ...]
- BVS Awarded Multiple Contracts for North American 2.5-2.7 GHz WiMAX Deployment
- GL Releases Near Real-Time Voice-Band Analyzer
- VMETRO provides free host exerciser utility for PCIe, PCI-X and PCI
[Courtesy of eTesters News Feed]
- PDFtypewriter 6.3 Released
New version of PDFtypewriter further improves PDF compatibility and rendering - PDFtypewriter 6.2 Released
New version of PDFtypewriter improves PDF compatibility and Windows 7 support - PDFtypewriter 6.1 Released
New version of PDFtypewriter makes PDF form creation even easier and improves the user interface
[Courtesy of CTdeveloping and PDF News and Releases]
- tfttf481 - People Photography - Tech Guy
But how do you approach them? Leo says he’s too shy to go up and ask, especially when in another country. Chris s ... - tfttf480 - Review Assignment “TIME but no clocks” and new “AIR with no balloons!” - Tech Guy
Salton Seas Relentless Time is the first one. A time lapse shot which shows the stars moving along the night sky wh ... - tfttf479 - Stereo
It’s an Autobahn show again! Chris is in the middle of finishing up workshops and preparing for new ones, com ...
[Courtesy of Digital Photography Tips from the Top Floor (Audio ...]
- What does the future hold for television?
Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs. - Panda twins delight Japanese zoo
New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama. - Sharks swarm off Australian coast
Hundreds of sharks have been spotted off the Queensland coast.
[Courtesy of BBC News - News front page]
- Online Predator Bills Signed Into Law Today
President Bush signed into law two bills that will make it much harder for child molesters to lurk with anonymity o ... - Goodbye, Kind PC World
This is my 952nd Techlog post. It's also my last one--because today is my last day as editor in chief of PC World. ... - Live From Google's "Factory Tour" of Search
I'm at the Googleplex in Mountain View for a Google Factory Tour--which involves neither a factory nor a tour. But ...
[Courtesy of PC World's Techlog]
Pod & Videocast
- Conference Presentation Podcast: Grid, Semantics and 5G networks
At the LinkedData Planet conference in New York, m2mi CEO Geoff Brown discussed grid computing, cloud computing and ... - Podcast Interview: Ward Cunningham Discusses Social Software and Global Collaboration
In an exclusive interview, Ward Cunningham discusses social software and global collaboration for software developm ... - Security, Web Services and Distributed Systems
Network Resonance CEO Kevin Dick presents a security taxonomy of web services and distributed systems. He discusses ...
[Courtesy of GridSummit.com Webcasts and Podcasts: Streaming me ...]
- KI_20100603 Interviewing Robert Scoble (@scobleizer)
Phil interviews Robert Scoble (@scobleizer) talking about growing up in silicon valley, the early days of corporate ... - KI_20100401 Interview with Bob Metcalfe - Inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com
A series of interviews with innovation thought leaders. In this interview with Bob Metcalfe, we discuss the invent ... - KI_20100315 Live Speech - Practical Innovation Skills
A recording of a live speech on the topic of practical innovation skills - how to enhance your skills to compete in ...
[Courtesy of Killer Innovations]