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Mapping Out Your Web Startup

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:43 PM PDT

Nintendo to launch new version of Wii Fit: report

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:02 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Reuters
Nintendo to launch new version of Wii Fit: report  — TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd plans to launch a new version of its "Wii Fit" home exercise game this autumn, aiming to help boost sluggish sale...

E3 seen returning to glitz

Posted: 30 May 2009 05:47 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Reuters
E3 seen returning to glitz  — By Franklin Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) - The interactive videogame industry's biggest convention meets next week in Los Angeles promising a return to ...

Is it just me, or does Bing look a lot like Google?

Posted: 30 May 2009 05:02 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / EducationZdnet
Is it just me, or does Bing look a lot like Google?  — Despite being a devotee of all things Google, I've been incredibly excited about Wolfram Alpha. I've been using it quite a bit and have its quirks ...

fTag: Create a Realtime Twitter Stream About Anything

Posted: 30 May 2009 03:45 PM PDT

Mashable / Mashable
fTag: Create a Realtime Twitter Stream About Anything  — Note: you can try out Mashable's fTag page and chat with Mashable readers here . Twitter hashtags are great, but sometimes it's hard to track con...

Study: Drug combos may raise breast cancer risk

Posted: 30 May 2009 02:48 PM PDT

Newspond / YahooHealth
Study: Drug combos may raise breast cancer risk  — Popular antidepressants taken with tamoxifen can increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence PHILADELPHIA, May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A ne...

Next Generation iPhone Auto-Focus, Compass, More... Caught on Camera?

Posted: 30 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT

Megite: Technology / Theiphoneblog
Next Generation iPhone Auto-Focus, Compass, More... Caught on Camera?  —  www.umpcfever.com [Google translation link] has posted what just might be the first pictures taken of the next generation iPhone... taking picture...

Ultimate List of 32 Font And Typography Tools 1stwebdesigner

Posted: 30 May 2009 01:40 PM PDT

Twitter Goes Down, Spymaster Makes Fun Of Them

Posted: 30 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Twitter Goes Down, Spymaster Makes Fun Of Them  — Yes, Twitter is down. Yes, again. Yes, they're looking into it . Yes, this is another Twitter post. But, I come baring gifts. Spymaster , the somew...

Live: Wordcamp 2009

Posted: 30 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT

Techmeme / BlogsZdnet
Live: Wordcamp 2009  —  Live: Wordcamp 2009 The following is a live blog. Beware of spelling errors, and lots of photos. Enjoy. Wordcamp is a conference about blogging ...

10 Brand New Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs

Posted: 30 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT

Mashable / Mashable
10 Brand New Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs  — Less than two weeks ago, we brought to your attention 10 unique and fun easter eggs within Wolfram Alpha, the new computational knowledge engine th...

The Difference Between An Amateur, A Scientist, And A Genius

Posted: 30 May 2009 01:03 PM PDT

HTC Killed The Physical Keyboard. Smart Move.

Posted: 30 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
HTC Killed The Physical Keyboard. Smart Move.  — We're less than a week away from the launch of the supposed next iPhone killer, the Palm Pre. The iPhone has miraculously survived a few of these a...

Mr. Blurrycam takes new iPhone's features for a test drive?

Posted: 30 May 2009 12:52 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Mr. Blurrycam takes new iPhone's features for a test drive?  —  There are two sides to this coin, the way we see it. On the one hand, the handful of pictures that have just popped over on UMPC Fever demo many o...

Public Bicycle Kiosk Hacked to Display Porn Movie Shows Extra Benefits of Green Public Transport

Posted: 30 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Public Bicycle Kiosk Hacked to Display Porn Movie Shows Extra Benefits of Green Public Transport   — This is a computer kiosk used to control public bicycle lending . But as you can see in the image, the touchscreen is not displaying the software u...

Creative introduces toned-down ZEN Mozaic EZ300 PMP

Posted: 30 May 2009 12:07 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Creative introduces toned-down ZEN Mozaic EZ300 PMP  —  We're not quite sure what all was wrong with the original ZEN Mozaic (Mosaic?) , but evidently it demonstrated just a bit too much Mondrian. This ...

Vidoop Is Dead, Employees Getting Computers In Lieu Of Wages

Posted: 30 May 2009 12:00 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Vidoop Is Dead, Employees Getting Computers In Lieu Of Wages  — Bad news for Portland-based Open-ID startup Vidoop (as well as Vidoop partners like AOL , MySpace and Flock) : it's apparently out of business. Ear...

Shhh. Blekko Is Still In The Oven. Do Not Disturb

Posted: 30 May 2009 11:30 AM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Shhh. Blekko Is Still In The Oven. Do Not Disturb  —  Life is not easy for search engine startups. FIrst, it's hard to create something that doesn't fall flat against Google. Too much hype (Google Kil...

Microsoft Announces Zune HD, Xbox Live Integration

Posted: 30 May 2009 11:08 AM PDT

MixxTechnology / Pcmag
Microsoft Announces Zune HD, Xbox Live Integration  — Microsoft on Tuesday announced the latest iteration of its Zune music player, a touch-screen player called the Zune HD, as well as an extension of ...

Pixel Qi: The Display That Will Make You Want an E-Reader

Posted: 30 May 2009 10:52 AM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Pixel Qi: The Display That Will Make You Want an E-Reader   — We've gone through it time and time again: One of the most formidable problems e-readers need to overcome is the expensive and primitive issue of e...

Would you rather work at Google or Yahoo

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT

Leaked Photos of the Next iPhone in Action?

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / IClarified
Leaked Photos of the Next iPhone in Action?  —  Photos of a next generation iPhone prototype have surfaced online (Apple)

Diversity on the Supreme Court

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Google Wave video leaked internal data at 33min43s

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Interview With The Google Wave Founders

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT

The Solid-State Future

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:22 PM PDT

GigaOM / Gigaom
The Solid-State Future  — Every so often a new technology emerges that changes everything. In the world of storage, the last major media shift was the move to hard disk dri...

Ultimate List of 32 Font And Typography Tools

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / 1stwebdesigner
Ultimate List of 32 Font And Typography Tools  —  Today I wanted to collect ultimate list of font and typographic related online tools available on Internet. There are tools for You to create Your...

Researchers develop system that significantly improves Internet access than other systems designed for use in vehicles

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Army Starts Testing 'Judge Dredd' Weapon -

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Foxnews
Army Starts Testing 'Judge Dredd' Weapon -  —  The U.S. Army is set to start testing a computerized, high-tech projectile launcher that can take out bad guys hiding around corners and in caves ...

Python 3.1 Release Candidate 1

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

China and Japan Covet the Same Rare-earth Metals

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:45 PM PDT

Slashdot / Slashdot
China and Japan Covet the Same Rare-earth Metals  — An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from The Australian: "Japan's increasingly frantic efforts to lead the world in green technology have ...

On the Street and On Facebook: The Homeless Stay Wired

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:43 PM PDT

Mapping Out Your Web Startup

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:43 PM PDT

NME reveals 'Guitar Hero 5' artist list

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:31 PM PDT

NewsVineTechnology / NME
NME reveals 'Guitar Hero 5' artist list  — 'Guitar Hero 5' is expected to be released worldwide this autumn, and with the latest upgrade of the smash hit game comes a raft of new artists to ...

Homeless people and the Internet

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:30 PM PDT

NewsVineTechnology / BoingBoing
Homeless people and the Internet  — The Wall Street Journal's Phred Dvorak has a thought-provoking feature on the use of laptops and Internet services by homeless people, who, like ev...

Its a USB thumbdrive...only....it looks like a key on your keychain....Its....sneaky.

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT

Leaked Photos of the Next iPhone in Action?

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / IClarified
Leaked Photos of the Next iPhone in Action?  —  Photos of a next generation iPhone prototype have surfaced online (Apple)

Army Starts Testing 'Judge Dredd' Weapon -

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Foxnews
Army Starts Testing 'Judge Dredd' Weapon -  —  The U.S. Army is set to start testing a computerized, high-tech projectile launcher that can take out bad guys hiding around corners and in caves ...

Mapping Out Your Web Startup

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:43 PM PDT

Google Wave - interwebs idealism in real-time -

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT

Bashing Bing, whacking Wave

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT

Who knew that FlightAware could identify McCain's VP choice last year, from real-time FAA radar data?

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT

SEO Web Content: Is Keyword Density Important? « SEO: Now U Know

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / SeonowuknowWordpress
SEO Web Content: Is Keyword Density Important? « SEO: Now U Know  — Some people still put a lot of weight on keyword density when writing SEO web content, and while a certain keyword density doesn't do any harm it i...

The new iPhone 3g will have a MATTE finish and glowing logo

Posted: 30 May 2009 06:04 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Thegadgetstorm
The new iPhone 3g will have a MATTE finish and glowing logo  —  Speculated to be released next month, the new iPhone 3g will have a matte finish (see picture) and also a glowing apple logo on the back, keeping ...

How to Tell If a Website is Legitimate

Posted: 30 May 2009 05:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Associatedcontent
How to Tell If a Website is Legitimate  — Basic tips on determining a sites' credibility using a number of visual cues.

Below the Fold: What Google Doesn t Know

Posted: 30 May 2009 05:48 PM PDT

Mother finds missing son after 27 years

Posted: 30 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Timesonline
Mother finds missing son after 27 years  — A woman whose three-year-old son was abducted and taken to live in Hungary has been reunited with him 27 years later after finding his name on Face...

Solar-powered Trilobot takes wistful stroll outdoors

Posted: 30 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Engadget
Solar-powered Trilobot takes wistful stroll outdoors  — A solar-powered robot that's fully autonomous and able to control it's own energy acquisition may seem like a frightening proposition to some. But ...

Does a 32GB iPhone mean a 64GB iPod touch?

Posted: 30 May 2009 05:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / IphonetouchBlorge
Does a 32GB iPhone mean a 64GB iPod touch?  —  The stars have aligned behind an Apple smartphone with twice the capacity, but does that mean the company will share the love across product lines...

Hand of Man Robot Tries to Reach for the Gods

Posted: 30 May 2009 04:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Wired
Hand of Man Robot Tries to Reach for the Gods  —  To stand out among a beautifully, constructed, near-authentic steam carriage and a fire-breathing installation that spews out a flame every few se...