Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Top Technology News

Top Technology News

North Korea says to re-start nuclear arms plant

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 06:15 PM PDT

Megite: Technology / Reuters
North Korea says to re-start nuclear arms plant  —  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it was no longer bound by an international nuclear disarmament deal and would re-start its plant tha...

Bill Gates Patents Electromagnetic Engine

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT

Sun Fires Back at Cisco With Blade Network Switch

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:47 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Pcworld
Sun Fires Back at Cisco With Blade Network Switch  — Sun Microsystems introduced its Nehalem-based server line-up on Tuesday, along with a new networking product that takes aim at an emerging rival in...

EMC introduces x86-based Symmetrix array for cloud storage

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:47 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Computerworld
EMC introduces x86-based Symmetrix array for cloud storage  — By Lucas Mearian April 14, 2009 (Computerworld) EMC Corp. today unveiled a high-end Symmetrix storage array that is based on Intel Corp.'s x86 quad...

A few pennies for your thoughts and credit card

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:15 PM PDT

YahooNewsTechnology / AP
A few pennies for your thoughts and credit card  — AP - One economy apparently isn't hurting these days the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet.

Nikon D5000 articulates its way into reality

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Nikon D5000 articulates its way into reality  —  Right on schedule , Nikon's announced the much -rumored D5000. Specs are almost exactly as predicted -- behind that articulating 2.7-inch display ...

IBM-free Sun unwraps Nehalem EP servers

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT

TheRegister / TheRegister
IBM-free Sun unwraps Nehalem EP servers  — Let's not talk about that Bigger Indigo thing Sun Microsystems is today finally expected to unwrap two blades, four racks, and a tower workstation ...

E-book reader market gets crowded as Amazon eyes big screen

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:01 PM PDT

YahooBuzz / ArsTechnica
E-book reader market gets crowded as Amazon eyes big screen  — The market for e-book readers has generally been viewed as a two-horse race, with book-selling giant Amazon facing off against consumer electronics...

Acer Aspire Revo listed for pre-order in UK with May 18th release date

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:37 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Acer Aspire Revo listed for pre-order in UK with May 18th release date  —  Now that the Ion -based cat is out of the bag, Acer's Aspire Revo has reared its pretty head on UK retailer Play.com's website. While all four pac...

Qik Makes Choppy Live Announcement: Qik Roam

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT

ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb
Qik Makes Choppy Live Announcement: Qik Roam  — Today, streaming-video startup Qik announced a new global service called Qik Roam with Irish Deputy Prime Minister (or T naiste ) Mary Coughland an...

Server startup taps IBM-Intel tech, eyes Web 2.0

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Server startup taps IBM-Intel tech, eyes Web 2.0  — A startup founded by former Sun Microsystems computer scientists is tapping IBM and Intel hardware to accelerate the enormous server workloads of ...

PG E makes deal for space solar power

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT

NewsVineTechnology / Msnbc
PG E makes deal for space solar power  — California's biggest energy utility announced a deal Monday to purchase 200 megawatts of electricity from a startup company that plans to beam the ...

Microsoft offers computer training to unemployed

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:15 PM PDT

NewsVineTechnology / Newsvine
Microsoft offers computer training to unemployed  — Microsoft Corp. announced Monday it would be giving away more than 30000 vouchers over the next 90 days to help unemployed people in Washington sta...

Cooliris gets local file support, Linux version

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:15 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Cooliris gets local file support, Linux version  — Eye candy browser add-on tool Cooliris gets a slew of new features including support for viewing local content, and better Facebook integration.

Trillian Astra's still alive, beta available

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Trillian Astra's still alive, beta available  — The first of the multi-protocol chat clients, Trillian got its start nine years ago. Off the radar for a while, the new private beta looks good--bu...

Intel Responds To X25-M Fragmentation Issue

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT

Slashdot / Slashdot
Intel Responds To X25-M Fragmentation Issue  — Vigile writes "In mid-February, news broke about a potential issue with Intel's X25-M mainstream solid state drives involving fragmentation and per...

Android 1.5 announced, early-look SDK available today

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Android 1.5 announced, early-look SDK available today  — We've known that Cupcake has been floating around in dev circles for months now, but it's been clear as mud how the Open Handset Alliance plans to ...

Copyleft's plea to Obama falls on deaf ears as another Jenner music litigator heads to DOJ Gershengorn will head Federal Programs Branch

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:31 PM PDT

Megite: Technology / CopyrightsandcampaignsBlogspot
Copyleft's plea to Obama falls on deaf ears as another Jenner music litigator heads to DOJ Gershengorn will head Federal Programs Branch  —  Well, it looks like the copyleft's recent letter to President Obama lamenting that "several of your appointees to positions that oversee the formu...

Wikipedia community vote on migration to CC BY-SA begins now

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:00 PM PDT

Techmeme / Creativecommons
Wikipedia community vote on migration to CC BY-SA begins now   —  Wikipedia community vote on migration to CC BY-SA begins now A community vote is now underway, hopefully one of the final steps in the process th...

Phil Spector found guilty of murder

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 11:46 AM PDT

Megite: Technology / Reuters
Phil Spector found guilty of murder  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Legendary music producer Phil Spector was found guilty on Monday of second degree murder in the death of a Hollywood actre...

100 MPG Hummer H3: Volt Goes Off-Road

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT

Should YouTube pay more? 154 million Rickrolls = £11

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT

Apple reveals top 20 free / paid iPhone apps, iFart Mobile only ranks 16th

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:37 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Apple reveals top 20 free / paid iPhone apps, iFart Mobile only ranks 16th  —  To think, it's only been three months since we talked about Apple's iTunes store crossing the 500 million download threshold, and now it looks lik...

Call for boycott follows Amazon nuking GLBT sales rankings

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:32 PM PDT

ArsTechnica / Arstechnica
Call for boycott follows Amazon nuking GLBT sales rankings  —  A call has gone out over the Web to boycott Amazon as a result of what looks like a change in its book ranking policy. First start...

Confirmed: Retail Patapon 2 to be UMD-free

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:32 PM PDT

ArsTechnica / Arstechnica
Confirmed: Retail Patapon 2 to be UMD-free  —  Update: Sony has just confirmed the story with a statement to Ars Technica. The statement reads: "We're considering a digital only...

Should YouTube pay more? 154 million Rickrolls = 11

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:32 PM PDT

ArsTechnica / Arstechnica
Should YouTube pay more? 154 million Rickrolls = 11  —  Google, under increasing attack for devastating the newspaper business, now finds itself pilloried in the UK for killing music. Th...

E-book reader market gets crowded as Amazon eyes big screen

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:31 PM PDT

ArsTechnica / Arstechnica
E-book reader market gets crowded as Amazon eyes big screen  —  The market for e-book readers has generally been viewed as a two-horse race, with book-selling giant Amazon facing off against co...

Panelists ponder the kernel at Linux Collaboration Summit

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:31 PM PDT

ArsTechnica / Arstechnica
Panelists ponder the kernel at Linux Collaboration Summit  —  The Linux Collaboration Summit, which took place last week in San Francisco, brought together key members of the Linux community a...

Stimulus: Stanford's president on the 800 billion question

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:31 PM PDT

ArsTechnica / Arstechnica
Stimulus: Stanford's president on the 800 billion question  —  As of February's passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the US is now committed to spending almost 800 b...

If you have favorite DVDs video or video clips in any formats which Apple TV or iTunes do not support, read this article!

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:24 PM PDT

Catcha Mouse from Odasoft

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:24 PM PDT

Industrial Nanotech's Nansulate Energy Saving Products Featured in New York City Green Building Demonstration

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:24 PM PDT

Now training: Seeing eye mobile phones

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Mobihealthnews
Now training: Seeing eye mobile phones  —  Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs recently offered a vision of future mobile applications that included enhanced reality where mobile phones can use locati...

In tough times, web-savvy users find ways to generate real cash from virtual products

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Learning from the great newspaper crackup of 1918.

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Kara Visits Twitter s San FranTwittCo HQ! Kara Swisher BoomTown AllThingsD

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT

Marketers Top Social Media: Twitter, blogs, LinkedIn, Facebook

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:28 PM PDT

Now training: Seeing eye mobile phones

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Mobihealthnews
Now training: Seeing eye mobile phones  —  Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs recently offered a vision of future mobile applications that included enhanced reality where mobile phones can use locati...

Lessons In Survival

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT

HackerNews / Newsweek
Lessons In Survival  — 

20 years of weird Game Boy variations, offshoots, add-ons, and tributes.

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT

When is too much photoshop too much in photography?

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 06:48 PM PDT

How Companies Should Respond To Negative Reviews

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 06:40 PM PDT

Sphinn / Outspokenmedia
How Companies Should Respond To Negative Reviews  — Lisa Barone: Yelp announced that they'll soon let businesses respond to the critiques and the not-so-glowing reviews made against them on the site....

Bill Gates Filed A Patent

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 06:28 PM PDT

Slumdog eMillionaire Review

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 06:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Slumdogemillionaire
Slumdog eMillionaire Review  —  Is Slumdog eMillionaire an absolute must-have for someone trying to build an online business? Or is it just another product with old techniques? R...

World Bank launches API serving data for 200 countries over 50+ years

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Street Smarts: My First Year

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Is The iPhone The New Newspaper?

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 06:08 PM PDT

Twitter / RecoveringjournalistTypepad
Is The iPhone The New Newspaper?  — 

The evil of Google Images: It steals a site's google page rank potential and gives it to Google

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 05:48 PM PDT

Browser wars 2009: Firefox, Chrome, & Internet Explorer

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 05:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / BlogsComputerworld
Browser wars 2009: Firefox, Chrome, & Internet Explorer  —  After working with the latest versions of all three of the major browsers the winner is still Firefox. Here's why. (Software)

Bill Gates Patents Electromagnetic Engine

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT

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