Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Top Technology News

Top Technology News

Twitter killing developers not so softly

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:28 PM PDT

Mobile service Flo TV licenses Amanda Congdon series

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:31 PM PDT

YahooNewsTechnology / Reuters
Mobile service Flo TV licenses Amanda Congdon series  — Reuters - One of online video's first breakout on-air personalities is popping up again on the mobile platform.

Biden promises 'right person' as new U.S. copyright czar

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:15 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Biden promises 'right person' as new U.S. copyright czar  — Vice President Biden tells Motion Picture Association of America gala dinner that piracy is extremely harmful and we "will find the right person fo...

PBS Gets Its Hulu On, Begins Beta Testing Video Portal

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 04:22 PM PDT

PaidContent / Paidcontent
PBS Gets Its Hulu On, Begins Beta Testing Video Portal  — Online video has been the main focus of PBS' online video strategy the past few years and now it finally has a classy showcase for its broadband co...

Second Life cracks whip on adult content

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 04:15 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Second Life cracks whip on adult content  — New measures will restrict not-safe-for-work content to a separate "continent" in Second Life, in a move that may make the virtual world more appea...

Finjan finds botnet of 1.9 million infected computers

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Finjan finds botnet of 1.9 million infected computers  — Huge botnet hosted in the Ukraine is being used to send spam, record keystrokes and copy files of infected computers running Windows XP, Finjan's M...

Lawyers Enter Twitter Tempest

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 03:45 PM PDT

NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes
Lawyers Enter Twitter Tempest  — Danyelle Freeman, the restaurant critic for The New York Daily News, is calling in lawyers to reclaim her name.

Report Details Broad Scope of Fraud at Satyam

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 03:45 PM PDT

NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes
Report Details Broad Scope of Fraud at Satyam  — Details of the investigation could bolster a string of class-action suits pending against Satyam managers and auditors.

US to create cybersecurity military command: report

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 03:03 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Reuters
US to create cybersecurity military command: report  — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to create a new military command to focus on Pentagon computer networks and offensive capabil...

Nabaztag's RFID Mirror Knows What Your Gadgets are Saying

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:37 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Nabaztag's RFID Mirror Knows What Your Gadgets are Saying   — The Nabaztag, known for reading you the news and playing back podcasts , has come out with a new kind of reader: The Violet Mirror RFID reader . De...

Firefox 3.0.9 security and stability release now available

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:28 PM PDT

Similar Images, News Timeline and Google Labs relaunched

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:28 PM PDT

AskNews / ZDNet
Similar Images, News Timeline and Google Labs relaunched  —  ZDNet - Found 46 minutes ago Today Google introduced a brand new Google Labs the place where you can find experiements some of the en...

Check out my new Google profile

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:23 PM PDT

Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview.

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:03 PM PDT

Jimmy Wales: Social Web Marketing

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 01:45 PM PDT

ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb
Jimmy Wales: Social Web Marketing  — According to Jimmy Wales , founder of Wikipedia , there are too many Indians and not enough Chiefs in the world of Web 2.0 marketing today. "There...

Gates: Cyberattacks a constant threat

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 01:18 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / NewsCnet
Gates: Cyberattacks a constant threat  — by CBS Interactive staff Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the United States is "under cyberattack virtually all the time, every day...

Tainted shrink-wrapped products -- sabotage or shoddy manufacturing?

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 01:00 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Tainted shrink-wrapped products -- sabotage or shoddy manufacturing?  — Panelists at the RSA security conference don't know why some products arrive on store shelves in the U.S. infected with viruses.

Bartz lights fire under Yahoo engineers

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Bartz lights fire under Yahoo engineers  — The new CEO believes faster, global engineering will help Yahoo find a way out its way out of its troubles--eventually.

Time Warner Cable to axe DOCSIS 3.0 trials without tiered billing?

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Time Warner Cable to axe DOCSIS 3.0 trials without tiered billing?  — If you're following the Time Warner Cable capping drama (and we know that you are ), then you'll be interested in a short post published on GigaOm ...

An Alternative to the TechCrunch 50 Model Building Feedly

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:28 PM PDT

Netgear's MoCA coax-ethernet adapter kit now available, explained with bizarre cartoon

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:52 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Netgear's MoCA coax-ethernet adapter kit now available, explained with bizarre cartoon  —  Netgear's coaxial-hijacking adapter kit MCAB1001 MoCA is now available. The pair of devices, which turns your cable outlets into a home networking...

EU debates new mobile price caps

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:52 PM PDT

BBC / BBCTechnology
EU debates new mobile price caps  — New price caps for mobile phone use abroad are expected to be adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday.

Why I Use Linux

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Pcworld
Why I Use Linux  —  There are lots of good reasons to love Linux, and the fact that it's free just one small reason. (Linux/Unix)

Apology Center: Because we all screw up

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT

The Tripod of Stability

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT

HackerNews / Iwillteachyoutoberich
The Tripod of Stability  — 

MRI Instrumentation

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT

My Oracle Pronouncements for Java

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT

Is Bebo's Recent Growth Sustainable?

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Free Email Address

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Firefox 3.0.9 targets 12 security vulnerabilities

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:15 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Firefox 3.0.9 targets 12 security vulnerabilities  — Web browser's third update this year fixes 12 vulnerabilities--four rated critical--and comes as its open-source developers ready the fourth beta o...

Scots to pioneer sex with glowing ring

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:07 PM PDT

TheRegister / TheRegister
Scots to pioneer sex with glowing ring  — Distant partners test nookie-by-light-pen A Scottish company trialling "intimate communication over a distance" is seeking couples interested in dr...

Can casual game Virtual Families take a chunk out of The Sims?

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:07 PM PDT

VentureBeat / Venturebeat
Can casual game Virtual Families take a chunk out of The Sims?  — Last Day of Work is launching a new casual web game dubbed Virtual Families today. It's a family simulation game that hopes to carve out a market i...

Lenovo's ThinkPad X301 now with 9969 multi-touch trackpad option

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:07 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Lenovo's ThinkPad X301 now with 9969 multi-touch trackpad option  —  About a year ago Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 launched as a direct competitor to Apple's slinky MacBook Air. Over that time, the ultra-slim Thinkpad wit...

Jackalope gets jaunty with Ubuntu nip and tuck

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:04 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Theregister
Jackalope gets jaunty with Ubuntu nip and tuck  —  Ubuntu 9.04 - officially launched today and due to be ready for download on Thursday - is a worthwhile upgrade for Ubuntu fans. (Linux/Unix)

Could Comcast Build an App Store?

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Tech giants to pay CSIRO 1 billion

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT

Stop Wasting Time Online! Tips and Start Pages To Improve Concentration Online

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT

Hitwise UK: Online retailers receiving less traffic from paid search, but more from social networks

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT

Whiskey Media The Iconoclastic Business Problem

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT

Why I Use Linux

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Pcworld
Why I Use Linux  —  There are lots of good reasons to love Linux, and the fact that it's free just one small reason. (Linux/Unix)

The Tripod of Stability

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT

HackerNews / Iwillteachyoutoberich
The Tripod of Stability  — 

Jackalope gets jaunty with Ubuntu nip and tuck

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:04 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Theregister
Jackalope gets jaunty with Ubuntu nip and tuck  —  Ubuntu 9.04 - officially launched today and due to be ready for download on Thursday - is a worthwhile upgrade for Ubuntu fans. (Linux/Unix)

The Latest Salvo In Jonathan Abram s War Against Evite

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:48 PM PDT

I Should Have Heeded My Own Advice About Twitter Stay N' Alive

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:48 PM PDT

Six Ways You Should Be Using Twitter

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Lifehacker
Six Ways You Should Be Using Twitter  —  Twitter has become a nationwide phenomenon, and like any phenom, all the Twitter talk grows quickly tiresome. But despite what you may think, Twit...

Build a Kick-Ass 500 Gaming PC, Play Crysis at 40FPS!

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Maximumpc
Build a Kick-Ass 500 Gaming PC, Play Crysis at 40FPS!  —  Back in December, we gave you the low-down on how to build a kick-ass 800 gaming PC. Well, lately the economy has been in a bit of a shamble, so ...

The Evolution of Ethernet

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Networkworld
The Evolution of Ethernet  —  From 3Mbps over shared coax to 40/100Gbps over fiber...and beyond. (Tech Industry News)

Core MySpace Executive Team “Definitely Out.” Expect Announcement Soon.

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:43 PM PDT

15+ Amazing Tools And Resources For Gmail

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:40 PM PDT

Twitter killing developers not so softly

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:28 PM PDT

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