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New PIN Crackers Make Card Skimmers Look Small-Time Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo New PIN Crackers Make Card Skimmers Look Small-Time   — Instead of using mechanical means to steal from debit cardholders, some thieves are using malware to swipe huge numbers of encrypted and unencrypte...

Report: Men Spend More Time Online, Put Up With More Ads Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:30 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb Report: Men Spend More Time Online, Put Up With More Ads  — Market research firm eMarketer released a new report today that examines how men behave differently than women online. Despite being a minority bot...

Google Profiles Take An Important Social Step With Vanity URLs Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Google Profiles Take An Important Social Step With Vanity URLs  — The problem with Google's movement towards becoming more of a social entity is that it lacks one cohesive place to tie everything together. YouTube...

Hackers grabbed more than 285M records in 2008 Posted: 14 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT YahooNewsTechnology / AP Hackers grabbed more than 285M records in 2008  — AP - Hackers made off with at least 285 million electronic records in 2008, more than in the four previous years combined, according to a new study...

Study: Spammers scourge to inbox and environment Posted: 14 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT NewsVineTechnology / Newsvine Study: Spammers scourge to inbox and environment  — There are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They're environmentally unfriendly.

Pandora-lovin' Livio Radio sports 'thumbs up / down' controls Posted: 14 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Pandora-lovin' Livio Radio sports 'thumbs up / down' controls  —  Much like digital photo frames , the whole internet radio sector is getting really, really tired. Thankfully, a little known company by the name o...

Possible HotJobs Sale Raises Questions For Yahoo Newspaper Partners Posted: 14 Apr 2009 04:02 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Paidcontent Possible HotJobs Sale Raises Questions For Yahoo Newspaper Partners  — By Joseph Tartakoff - Tue 14 Apr 2009 08:10 PM PST The news today that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is reportedly seeking a buyer for HotJobs will certainly ...

New York City Toys With Tech Ideas For Cabs: May We Suggest GPS? Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo New York City Toys With Tech Ideas For Cabs: May We Suggest GPS?   — The NYC "Taxi and Limousine Commission," which apparently is a real thing, is tossing around tech ideas including iPod docking, GPS, and blocking c...

AT&T Chief Presses to Keep iPhone, Deepen Wireless Push Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:17 PM PDT Google News: Technology / OnlineWsj AT&T Chief Presses to Keep iPhone, Deepen Wireless Push  — By AMOL SHARMA When Randall Stephenson became AT T Inc.'s chief executive, the company had just started offering the iPhone. The blockbuster device...

Microsoft to unveil test version of new e-mail server Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:17 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Reuters Microsoft to unveil test version of new e-mail server  — SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it will launch a test version of its Exchange Server on Wednesday, marking the latest development in the te...

Smiles Predict Marriage Success Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:15 PM PDT YahooBuzz / LiveScience Smiles Predict Marriage Success  — Scientists have found that the success rate for marriage is connected to how much people smiled in old photographs.

Dr. Larry Brilliant Joins Jeff Skoll to Combat Global Challenges Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:00 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Skollfoundation Dr. Larry Brilliant Joins Jeff Skoll to Combat Global Challenges  —  Brilliant will lead new Skoll Urgent Threats Fund and advise on philanthropic use of Skoll's media and financial resources PALO ALTO, Calif.-April...

Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Physorg Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking  —

Data Visualizations: 5 Beautiful Social Media Videos Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT Del.icio.us / Jikaido'sBookmarks Data Visualizations: 5 Beautiful Social Media Videos  —

State Department Gets Hip To Social Media Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT Mashable / Mashable State Department Gets Hip To Social Media  — Following in the footsteps of our very avant-garde President and his forays into Web broadcasting with the online town hall , Hulu-streamed press c...

An Embarrassed Warner Music Regrets MySpace Music Deal Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:15 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch An Embarrassed Warner Music Regrets MySpace Music Deal  — One thing is for certain - the six month old MySpace Music project is throwing off a lot of cash to the labels. That's because MySpace's 75 million...

March ComScore Search Numbers Offer A Sign Of Hope For Google Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:15 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch March ComScore Search Numbers Offer A Sign Of Hope For Google  —  ComScore released its search market share numbers tonight for March, 2008 and the first quarter. After a dip in February, the number of searches ...

Kutcher Racing CNN to 1M Twitter Followers Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:10 PM PDT NewserTechnology / Newser Kutcher Racing CNN to 1M Twitter Followers  — Scary thought of the day: Ashton Kutcher has about 860000 followers on Twitter. Kutcher himself says he's a little startled by the number-"that's a...

Yahoo to cut hundreds of jobs: report Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:01 PM PDT YahooNewsTechnology / Reuters Yahoo to cut hundreds of jobs: report  — The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft and Yahoo! have held

Shocker: AT T Wants To Keep Sitting On Its Golden Egg Posted: 14 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Shocker: AT T Wants To Keep Sitting On Its Golden Egg   — When Apple was looking for a mobile provider partner for the iPhone, it originally went to Verizon. When Verizon turned down the device due to some...

iSkoot Notifier Goes International Posted: 14 Apr 2009 08:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch iSkoot Notifier Goes International  — iSkoot's Notifier product takes some of the most popular social services on the web, and puts in a format that's easy to read on average phones. By...

Prisons press fight against smuggled cell phones Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT MixxTechnology / HostedAp Prisons press fight against smuggled cell phones  — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Drugs were once the contraband of choice of prisoners. These days, corrections officials across the country are on the l...

Al Gore on board for 20M stem cell venture Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:45 PM PDT Blogrunner: Technology / USAToday Al Gore on board for 20M stem cell venture  — Former vice president Al Gore is entering the stem cell arena with an announcement today of a 20 million biotech venture in the hot area of induced...

Socializr Event Connect' Looks To Be Your Comprehensive Social Calendar Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:45 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Socializr Event Connect' Looks To Be Your Comprehensive Social Calendar  —  Socializr , an Evite competitor that allows users to coordinate party planning and invitations, is launching a new product today called Event Conn...

iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3 released for developers Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Boygeniusreport iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3 released for developers  —  Right on schedule, Apple has released a new version of their beta 3.0 OS. We're waiting for you guys to chime in about it, but in the meantime, if...

Intel Admits To SSD Performance Problem, Issues Upgrade Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Computerworld Intel Admits To SSD Performance Problem, Issues Upgrade  —  Intel's consumer solid-state drive, the X25-M, suffers from fragmentation issues. (Hardware)

Should I Use Scala? Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Shouldiusescala Should I Use Scala?  —

How to prevent XSS attacks Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / AmixDk How to prevent XSS attacks  —

AOL Appeals To Users To Visit Propeller Again Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:30 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch AOL Appeals To Users To Visit Propeller Again  — AOL's Propeller launched in 2006 as a Digg Killer - a Digg like site with editorial oversight that had massive netscape.com traffic directed to it....

State Department Gets Hip To Social Media Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Mashable State Department Gets Hip To Social Media  —  Concerned and politically engaged individuals can use the new site to submit their questions to U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who will...

New & latest Fiat 500 Sport Car Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Naaptol New & latest Fiat 500 Sport Car  —

Launch Big Or Go Home Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Startupwhisperer Launch Big Or Go Home  —

ToneMatrix Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Andre-michelle ToneMatrix   —

Ask HN: Hosted landing page analyzer apps Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: Hosted landing page analyzer apps  —

Trafficmaster preps mobile phone drive Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Trafficmaster preps mobile phone drive  — Info firm launches beta for smartphones The biggest mobile data user in the UK is just about to discover phones. Whitepaper - Thinking beyond tape

How Much Are those iPhone Apps Making? A look at the Top 20 All Time Paid iPhone Apps Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Benjitao How Much Are those iPhone Apps Making? A look at the Top 20 All Time Paid iPhone Apps  —

Rands In Repose: The Pond Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT Twitter / Randsinrepose Rands In Repose: The Pond   —

Information Architects Blog Archive Designing Firefox 3.2 Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT Twitter / Informationarchitects Information Architects Blog Archive Designing Firefox 3.2  —

Intel Admits To SSD Performance Problem, Issues Upgrade Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Computerworld Intel Admits To SSD Performance Problem, Issues Upgrade  —  Intel's consumer solid-state drive, the X25-M, suffers from fragmentation issues. (Hardware)

Should I Use Scala? Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Shouldiusescala Should I Use Scala?  —

How to prevent XSS attacks Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / AmixDk How to prevent XSS attacks  —

Haut Tec SaaS: More FUD on Multitenancy Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:28 PM PDT Twitter / BlogSciodev Haut Tec SaaS: More FUD on Multitenancy  —

Ask HN: Hosted landing page analyzer apps Posted: 14 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: Hosted landing page analyzer apps  —

A New Light on the LandscapeHigh tech solar lights by Qnuru Posted: 14 Apr 2009 06:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Greenbydesign A New Light on the LandscapeHigh tech solar lights by Qnuru  —  The company's designs by acclaimed Southwest sculptor Tom Joyce are a breath of fresh air-especially compared to the usual run of commodity solar ...

Wolverine claws his way into your computer Posted: 14 Apr 2009 06:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / Itwire Wolverine claws his way into your computer  —

Yelp relents, allows business owners to respond online Posted: 14 Apr 2009 06:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / TechYahoo Yelp relents, allows business owners to respond online  —

The Twitter Zeitgeist via @taylorbuley Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:48 PM PDT Twitter / Forbes The Twitter Zeitgeist via @taylorbuley  —

Don't Tweet and Drive Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Autocar Don't Tweet and Drive  —  New research suggests more motorists than ever are breaking the law by using their mobile phones while driving - including because they are updati...

Getting Attention Is a Stupid Business Plan Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Chuckwestbrook Getting Attention Is a Stupid Business Plan  —

NASA Names Space Station Treadmill after Colbert Posted: 14 Apr 2009 05:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / Allheadlinenews NASA Names Space Station Treadmill after Colbert  —

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