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Oprah Winfrey has thousands on Twitter awaiting her first Tweet Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:32 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Chicagotribune Oprah Winfrey has thousands on Twitter awaiting her first Tweet  — That Oprah Winfrey had amassed more than 56000 followers on Twitter by late Thursday was not the surprise. It was that those thousands of followers...

Exclusive Sneak Peek: Tweetie For The Mac Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:45 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Exclusive Sneak Peek: Tweetie For The Mac  —  The Mac is finally getting some seriously awesome, native clients. Say what you want about TweetDeck or Seesmic Desktop - these are all based on ...

Chrome update offers tab micromanagement options Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Chrome update offers tab micromanagement options  — A new developer preview version of Google's browser lets people switch off the array of Web page thumbnails on new-tab pages. Also an 'undo close t...

Go With The Flow: Product Planner Maps Out How The Web's Most Popular Sites Function Posted: 16 Apr 2009 03:45 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Go With The Flow: Product Planner Maps Out How The Web's Most Popular Sites Function  —  When it comes to building a website, one of the key factors in establishing a sizable user base is your site's ability to go viral'. While there ...

Google Maps Now Shows Views From Webcams Posted: 16 Apr 2009 03:45 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Google Maps Now Shows Views From Webcams  —  The latest layer to be turned on in Google Maps is one for webcams. Just click on the More button on the top right of each map right next to the ...

Google Gives Back Most After Hours Gains Worries On Q2? Posted: 16 Apr 2009 02:28 PM PDT BuzzTracker: On VC & Startups (other) / BlogsBarrons Google Gives Back Most After Hours Gains Worries On Q2?  —

Verizon sues unnamed vandals in Bay Area outage Posted: 16 Apr 2009 02:03 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Sfgate Verizon sues unnamed vandals in Bay Area outage  — Authorities are still trying to figure out who's responsible for sabotaging phone service throughout the South Bay earlier this month, but that has...

Words Can Explain Dell Design Only So Well Posted: 16 Apr 2009 01:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Words Can Explain Dell Design Only So Well   — This is Dell's VP of Consumer Design, Ed Boyd. It all makes sense now. [ core77 via BBG ]

The Motley Fool: Palm Pre DOA Posted: 16 Apr 2009 01:46 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Jkontherun The Motley Fool: Palm Pre DOA  —  I have to admit this post on The Motley Fool has me scratching my head. The author found a smartphone survey and based on some of the findings is ...

Submit Your Audio Photos to the Gizmodo Flickr Pool Posted: 16 Apr 2009 01:37 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Submit Your Audio Photos to the Gizmodo Flickr Pool   — Coachella's coming up as Gizmodo's Listening Week is coming to an end. Help us go out with a splash by jumping into our Gizmodo Flickr pool . We wa...

This Robot Helicopter Snipes Better Than You With an Xbox 360 Controller...In Real Life Posted: 16 Apr 2009 01:22 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo This Robot Helicopter Snipes Better Than You With an Xbox 360 Controller...In Real Life   — When war is a videogame , it's much easier to pull the trigger: Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is a robot helicopter with a .338-caliber rifle...

Jedi officers enlist with Scottish police Posted: 16 Apr 2009 12:52 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Jedi officers enlist with Scottish police  — These are not the crims you're looking for Scotland's largest police force employs a significant number of Jedi to ensure peace and justice this si...

Netvibes gets labs section for experimental features Posted: 16 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Netvibes gets labs section for experimental features  — Netvibes gets its own experimental labs section that doubles as a place for users to give the service feedback on widgets they want.

Get more control over S3 through CloudBerry Posted: 16 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Get more control over S3 through CloudBerry  — For users of Amazon's S3 service, freeware CloudBerry Explorer is an excellent utility that connects you with your account and makes managing the f...

10 Evite alternatives: The good and the bad Posted: 16 Apr 2009 12:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews 10 Evite alternatives: The good and the bad  — If you're planning on planning a party, Evite might be your first choice. But we've compiled a list of 10 alternatives that could make your invite...

Nintendo Re-Releasing GameCube Games on Wii with New Play Controls Posted: 16 Apr 2009 11:52 AM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Nintendo Re-Releasing GameCube Games on Wii with New Play Controls   — Attempting to revive GameCube games that didn't do so well, Nintendo is bringing back a few titlesincluding Pikmin and Mario Power Tennisthat are b...

Financial sector sees data breaches soar-Verizon Posted: 16 Apr 2009 11:48 AM PDT Google News: Technology / Reuters Financial sector sees data breaches soar-Verizon  — NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - There were more electronic security breaches last year than in the previous four years put together and the financia...

Take-Two's 'Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars' Bellyflops Posted: 16 Apr 2009 11:37 AM PDT SiliconAlleyInsider / Businessinsider Take-Two's 'Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars' Bellyflops  —  Take-Two's (TTWO) Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is dying on the shelves. We noted earlier this week that analysts were split on how well the ga...

Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube Posted: 16 Apr 2009 11:15 AM PDT Techmeme / NewsCnet Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube   —  Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube So far, YouTube has been a free, advertising-supported service, but Google plans to build payment mechani...

U.S. video game sales take a 17 percent dip in March Posted: 16 Apr 2009 11:07 AM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat U.S. video game sales take a 17 percent dip in March  — U.S. video game sales have held up in the recession, until now. Sales of console games, hardware and accessories fell 17 percent in March to 1.43 ...

Sneak Peek: Tweetie For The Mac Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:24 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Techcrunch Sneak Peek: Tweetie For The Mac  —

The most up-to-date computer forensics test ever! (Click "Online Screening Test") Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Cftco The most up-to-date computer forensics test ever! (Click "Online Screening Test")  —

Review: USB powered Numerical Keypad Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / Sriraminhell Review: USB powered Numerical Keypad  —

Revise an Email so People Will Actually Read It Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Lifehacker Revise an Email so People Will Actually Read It  —

Nokia says handset market to fall more: report Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:22 PM PDT ReutersTechnology / Reuters Nokia says handset market to fall more: report  — HELSINKI (Reuters) - The struggling cellphone market has not yet touched bottom, the chief financial officer of top mobile phone maker Nokia was qu...

Toshiba says annual loss bigger than expected Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:15 PM PDT YahooNewsTechnology / AP Toshiba says annual loss bigger than expected  — AP - Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off,...

Palm Pre Heads Out to Accessory Maker, Mass Production Already Underway Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:07 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Palm Pre Heads Out to Accessory Maker, Mass Production Already Underway   — We've got a report and a photo showing that the Palm Pre is already in the hands of accessory manufacturers, along with a few little real-life tidb...

Carphone Warehouse blocks union website Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Carphone Warehouse blocks union website  — Eats, shoots and leaflets Carphone Warehouse employees at the Irlam site were unable to get to their union website yesterday, as Carphoneworker.co....

Guess Who's Running the Daily Planet? Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / KiddmillenniumWordpress Guess Who's Running the Daily Planet?  —  If newspapers are dying and Ashton Kutcher is competing with CNN for attention, who's in charge of our news media today? Check out kidd millennium...

Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed Posted: 16 Apr 2009 06:00 PM PDT Slashdot / Slashdot Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed  — NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has overturned a lower court order permitting webcast of an oral argumen...

Ask Engadget: Best wireless keyboard for living room? Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:52 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Ask Engadget: Best wireless keyboard for living room?  — Unbeknown to you, you've just stumbled upon this week's Ask Engadget . If you want to get in on this action, feel free to drop us an inquiry at ask...

ASK REDDIT: PLease help me understand Wifi... Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / SelfTechnology ASK REDDIT: PLease help me understand Wifi...  —

Ashton Kutcher breaks twitter in the race to 1 million followers Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Twitpic Ashton Kutcher breaks twitter in the race to 1 million followers  —

Another Thursday; Another String of Good News Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Mast-economyBlogspot Another Thursday; Another String of Good News  —

Interesting result about goto Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / NiuEdu Interesting result about goto  —

Man accused of stomping kittens to death Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Ksby Man accused of stomping kittens to death  — Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies arrest a man accused of stomping three kittens to death in a grocery story parking lot. Deputies say the in...

The Two Strategies to Find Scoops and Break News on Digg Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Dailyblogtips The Two Strategies to Find Scoops and Break News on Digg  —  Publishing scoops and breaking news on your blog or website is certainly one of the most effective ways to attract traffic and backlinks. If the n...

Business Process Management (BPM) in terms of 7 distinct use cases Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Dzone Business Process Management (BPM) in terms of 7 distinct use cases  —

How to use Google Alerts to find out if your site gets hacked Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Blogstorm How to use Google Alerts to find out if your site gets hacked  —

Learn how to install and configure Nagios on different operating systems Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:08 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Webmonkey Learn how to install and configure Nagios on different operating systems  —

Simple psychological intervention boosts school performance of ethnic minority students Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Bps-research-digestBlogspot Simple psychological intervention boosts school performance of ethnic minority students  —

Twitter XSS Worm writer Mikeey gets hacked Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Seclists Twitter XSS Worm writer Mikeey gets hacked  —

Ask HN: How do you learn to be creative? Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:23 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: How do you learn to be creative?  —

Location of green hill in Windows XP background image found near San Francisco. Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / BlogsDiscovermagazine Location of green hill in Windows XP background image found near San Francisco.  —

Develop an Avatar Strategy for Social Media Blogs Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT Sphinn / Searchenginejournal Develop an Avatar Strategy for Social Media Blogs  — Another great post by Ann Smarty... A lot has been said about avatar strategy already. However there is still something new to add. Choosing the r...

It may be time to dump one of the canards of the technology world Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:08 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Guardian It may be time to dump one of the canards of the technology world  —

T-Mobile to launch the new Sidekick LX on May 13 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:08 PM PDT Twitter / Crunchgear T-Mobile to launch the new Sidekick LX on May 13  —

Ubuntu 9.04 Free CDs: Orders Are Taken Now Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / NewsSoftpedia Ubuntu 9.04 Free CDs: Orders Are Taken Now  —  If you are anxious to get your hands on some nice CDs with the new Ubuntu 9.04 operating system, then you should pre-order them right now from Ubu...

BakerTweet: Tweeting when your chocolate pastry is ready Posted: 16 Apr 2009 04:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Mrtweet BakerTweet: Tweeting when your chocolate pastry is ready  —

Ubuntu Hidden Senses Revealed By gNewSense Posted: 16 Apr 2009 03:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Downloadtube Ubuntu Hidden Senses Revealed By gNewSense  —  gNewSense GNU/ Linux project is an Ubuntu based distribution intended to be 100% free software through the removal of all non-free components from...

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