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New Data Center Will Heat Homes In London Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT Slashdot / Slashdot New Data Center Will Heat Homes In London  — 1sockchuck writes "The heat generated by thousands of servers at the new Telehouse West data center in London will soon be used to heat nearby hous...

RIM CEO: Storm Just First Touch Product, Our Push Technology Crushes the Competition Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:16 PM PDT Megite: Technology / BlogLaptopmag RIM CEO: Storm Just First Touch Product, Our Push Technology Crushes the Competition  —  The best way to describe RIM's year so far? Very good, but a bit rocky. One the one hand, the company has much to reason to celebrate. It recently...

Google widens lead in US searches: comscore Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:48 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Reuters Google widens lead in US searches: comscore  — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet search firm Google Inc took its widest-ever lead in the US search market in March, according to new figures rele...

Inside the precision hack Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:15 PM PDT Techmeme / Musicmachinery Inside the precision hack   —  Inside the precision hack There's a scene toward the end of the book Contact by Carl Sagan, where the protagonist Ellie Arroway finds a Message e...

Ebay to buy stake in SKorean online marketplace Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:15 PM PDT NewsVineTechnology / Newsvine Ebay to buy stake in SKorean online marketplace  — EBay Inc. said Wednesday it plans to pay as much as 1.2 billion to purchase a majority stake in South Korea's top online marketplace.

Yahoo Shutting Down The Rest Of Jumpcut In June Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Yahoo Shutting Down The Rest Of Jumpcut In June  — Yahoo's closure of their Jumpcut video service feels like the slow peeling off of a bandaid. In December they announced that no new videos could be...

"Founders Fund, @TechCrunch launch TechFellow Awards" Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:08 PM PDT Twitter / Ow "Founders Fund, @TechCrunch launch TechFellow Awards"  —

4chan hacker discusses the manipulation of the TIME poll Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Musicmachinery 4chan hacker discusses the manipulation of the TIME poll  —

Microsoft revives Spitfire pub under compromise arrangement Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT Techmeme / Techflash Microsoft revives Spitfire pub under compromise arrangement   —  Microsoft revives Spitfire pub under compromise arrangement Microsoft has reached an agreement to move forward with a new campus pub reversing c...

N.S.A.'s Intercepts Exceed Limits Set by Congress Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:45 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Nytimes N.S.A.'s Intercepts Exceed Limits Set by Congress  —  The National Security Agency has intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans on a scale beyond the broad limits Congress has ...

SlingPlayer for iPhone rejected at AT T's request? Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:30 PM PDT Techmeme / Boygeniusreport SlingPlayer for iPhone rejected at AT T's request?   —  SlingPlayer for iPhone rejected at ATT's request? Some feared it might happen, others thought it would pass with flying colors, but unfortunately...

Microsoft preps online Office for Q3 tire kicking Posted: 15 Apr 2009 01:22 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Microsoft preps online Office for Q3 tire kicking  — There goes the desktop You'll get a taste of what a web-based version of Microsoft's Office for Firefox, Safari, the iPhone and Internet Explorer c...

Study: energy cost of spam comes from user intervention Posted: 15 Apr 2009 12:16 PM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Study: energy cost of spam comes from user intervention  —  As corporations look for ways to save money during the current economic climate, the high cost of running a datacenter has focuse...

Lenovo netbook with built-in 3G hits the FCC -- destined for ATT? Posted: 15 Apr 2009 11:52 AM PDT Engadget / Engadget Lenovo netbook with built-in 3G hits the FCC -- destined for ATT?  —  The Lenovo S9 and S10 have already been approved by the FCC , so the appearance of this mysterious nine-inch Lenovo netbook in Uncle Sam's all-kno...

Batman: Arkham Asylum Art Posted: 15 Apr 2009 11:08 AM PDT Newspond / IGN Batman: Arkham Asylum Art  — Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)Bane is back.

New on BW: CO, OH, TN, and VA are planning to seek broadband stimulus money (nice work @arik @spencerante) Posted: 15 Apr 2009 11:08 AM PDT Twitter / Businessweek New on BW: CO, OH, TN, and VA are planning to seek broadband stimulus money (nice work @arik @spencerante)  —

EA bribes Ashton Kutcher's 100000000th Twitter follower Posted: 15 Apr 2009 11:03 AM PDT Google News: Technology / Destructoid EA bribes Ashton Kutcher's 100000000th Twitter follower  — So where do I start with this bizarre little piece... you know Ashton Kutcher? The actor and dude who swept Demi Moore off her feet, right out from...

Sea Levels Could Rise 10 Feet in 50 Years Posted: 15 Apr 2009 10:48 AM PDT Google News: Technology / Foxnews Sea Levels Could Rise 10 Feet in 50 Years  — Global sea levels could rise 10 feet in 50 years if the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps rapidly melt, a new study suggests. Analysis of coral beds...

SugrCard: Business Cards and SuperPoke Collide on iPhone Posted: 15 Apr 2009 10:30 AM PDT Mashable / Mashable SugrCard: Business Cards and SuperPoke Collide on iPhone  — This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup consi...

Microsoft to offer hosted security for Exchange Posted: 15 Apr 2009 10:30 AM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Microsoft to offer hosted security for Exchange  — Microsoft announces its first hosted security service, which will be designed to keep spam and malware out of Exchange e-mail inboxes.

Inside Google's 'Facebook Killer' Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / ItmanagementEarthweb Inside Google's 'Facebook Killer'  —  Google is just one acquisition away from offering a social network that does everything Facebook does, minus all the things everybody hates about ...

Yahoo Shutting Down The Rest Of Jumpcut In June Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Techcrunch Yahoo Shutting Down The Rest Of Jumpcut In June  —

Google Street View Car Captures Google Street View Car, Has Officially Seen Everything Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:37 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Google Street View Car Captures Google Street View Car, Has Officially Seen Everything   — But we wonder: Does South Illinois Avenue in Carbondale, IL really need such thorough documentation? [ Google , thanks eerickson!]

TPB Defendants Will Not Attend Spectrial Verdict Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Blogpirate TPB Defendants Will Not Attend Spectrial Verdict  —

Britain in the dock over secret tracking of web accounts Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / TechnologyTimesonline Britain in the dock over secret tracking of web accounts  —

Yelp's New And Improved iPhone App Officially Hits The App Store Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:15 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Yelp's New And Improved iPhone App Officially Hits The App Store  —  Yelp's new version of its iPhone app has officially hit Apple's App store. We reported on Yelp's focus on the mobile space and its importance here...

Off-Brand HDTVs May Not Be Such A Bargain After All Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:07 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Off-Brand HDTVs May Not Be Such A Bargain After All   — With the glut of off-brand HDTVs from Vizio, Insignia, Dynex, and more flooding the market, HDGuru did a little legwork and found the real price of...

Rebuffed by western cellcos, Dell turns to China and retailers Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Rebuffed by western cellcos, Dell turns to China and retailers  — Eastern promise for smartphones Although it failed to impress US and European operators with its smartphone prototypes, Dell is certainly not givin...

Stanford iPhone Ocarina of Time Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:04 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Youtube Stanford iPhone Ocarina of Time  —

Tweeters Use Twitter For Business Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Gridsix Tweeters Use Twitter For Business  —  As a business-to-business marketing platform, Twitter has legs. About 56% of Twitter users say they use the online social communication site for b...

285 Million Records Compromised by Data Breaches in 2008 Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / NewsCnet 285 Million Records Compromised by Data Breaches in 2008  —  More records were breached in 2008 than in the previous four years combined as a result of a few large breaches involving payment cards, according...

AskTechnology ... What do you think of this idea of mine? Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:03 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Reddit AskTechnology ... What do you think of this idea of mine?  —

Time magazine on getting hacked by 4chan Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:03 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Time Time magazine on getting hacked by 4chan  —

Overheard at val's house Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:03 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Nabble Overheard at val's house  —

Face Recognition Demos Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Pittpatt Face Recognition Demos  —

Can Widgets Save the Television Industry? Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:08 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Businessweek Can Widgets Save the Television Industry?  —

Face Recognition Demos Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Pittpatt Face Recognition Demos  —

6 Hidden Environmental Truths Revealed Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:48 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Sciam 6 Hidden Environmental Truths Revealed  —

IT DOES EXIST. Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:48 PM PDT RedditTechnology / SupercollidercomputersWordpress IT DOES EXIST.  —

Major Google Adsense bug No Secured Express delivery optio Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Webtrickz Major Google Adsense bug No Secured Express delivery optio  —  From the past two months, Google Adsense has encountered with a bundle of issues and bugs. If you login to your adsense account you will notice th...

Awesomely Creative Tea Packaging Designs Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Toxel Awesomely Creative Tea Packaging Designs   —  WDARU design studio has created a series of creative tea bags that look like little people with different personalities. Maum tea bags fit most co...

IMVU’s CallStack API Now Open Source Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Aegisknight IMVU's CallStack API Now Open Source   —

Solid State Disks Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Joelonsoftware Solid State Disks  —  One of the FogBugz developers complained that compiling was pretty slow (about 30 seconds), which was leading to a lot of sword fights in the hall...

Youtube (and the video player) to get Hulu-esque overhaul tomorrow, Apr16. Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Clickz Youtube (and the video player) to get Hulu-esque overhaul tomorrow, Apr16.  —

AT-AT T-Shirt Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Wanderinggoblin AT-AT T-Shirt  —

Linux Works Even When Your PC is Committing Suicide Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:03 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxplanet Linux Works Even When Your PC is Committing Suicide  —  Computers always break when at the most inconvenient times, but sometimes Linux lets you continue to work until you have time to sort things out. ...

EXACTO: Sniper Rifle That Kills from a Mile Away Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Time EXACTO: Sniper Rifle That Kills from a Mile Away  —

Tales from the trenches: our Y Combinator Interview Experience Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:48 PM PDT HackerNews / Tomaitch Tales from the trenches: our Y Combinator Interview Experience  —

Evolution of a Facebook-Killer Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Fastcompany Evolution of a Facebook-Killer  —

49 reasons why the BlackBerry Storm smartphone is the ideal gadget for international travelers Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Vodafonerental 49 reasons why the BlackBerry Storm smartphone is the ideal gadget for international travelers  — When you're traveling this year, leave your laptop, digital camera, camcorder, alarm clock, satnav and phone at home. Take a BlackBerry Storm with ...

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