Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Top Technology News

Top Technology News

UK mobile firms could be given spectrum cap

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:46 PM PDT

YahooNewsTechnology / Reuters
UK mobile firms could be given spectrum cap  — Reuters - British mobile phone companies could be forced to cap the amount of spectrum they own under a proposal aimed at settling a long-running d...

Aziz Ansari vs. IMAX Battle Escalates: Ansari Challenges IMAX CEO to Debate

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Aziz Ansari vs. IMAX Battle Escalates: Ansari Challenges IMAX CEO to Debate   — Utterly lovable comedian Aziz Ansari made a fair-sized splash when he lambasted IMAX's watered-down " IMAX Experience " theaters as a ripoff. But n...

New Apple Ad Mocks Microsoft Laptop Hunters In Usual Smarmy Way

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
New Apple Ad Mocks Microsoft Laptop Hunters In Usual Smarmy Way   — Apple's new ad takes solid aim at Microsoft's recent much-talked-about Laptop Hunters ad series with the Apple style fully intact. In other words, ...

Twitter Decides We're Not Smart Enough For @Replies, Changes Them Again

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Twitter Decides We're Not Smart Enough For @Replies, Changes Them Again  —  Twitter is officially getting dumbed down. For the second time in less than two months, Twitter has changed its @reply system, this time by removi...

Introducing Rich Snippets

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:01 PM PDT

Megite: Technology / GooglewebmastercentralBlogspot
Introducing Rich Snippets  —  Webmaster Level: All As a webmaster, you have a unique understanding of your web pages and the content they represent. Google helps users find you...

Twitter changes @reply settings again, users protest

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Techmeme / Downloadsquad
Twitter changes @reply settings again, users protest   —  Twitter changes @reply settings again, users protest When the Twitter team was first figuring out how people liked to use the site's public reply...

April 2009 browser stats: Firefox and Chrome gain

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:18 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Arstechnica
April 2009 browser stats: Firefox and Chrome gain  — Internet Explorer dropped a significant 0.72 percentage points (from 66.82 percent to 66.10 percent) and Firefox jumped 0.43 percentage points (fro...

Outrageous Newspaper Bailout Begins

Posted: 12 May 2009 02:37 PM PDT

SiliconAlleyInsider / Businessinsider
Outrageous Newspaper Bailout Begins  — The newspaper bailout is on. Washington Governor Chris Gregoire today approved a 40% tax cut for that state's newspaper printers and publishers. Th...

Card Skimmers Yield Over 2M to Thieves in NY

Posted: 12 May 2009 02:37 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Card Skimmers Yield Over 2M to Thieves in NY   — We've been hearing more about card skimmers on ATMs throughout America . Reports now say that it has gotten to the point that 2M has already been ...

How First-Time Entrepreneurs Can Work with Investors

Posted: 12 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT

ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb
How First-Time Entrepreneurs Can Work with Investors  — This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here . Venture capitali...

Unofficial Software Incurs Apple's Wrath

Posted: 12 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT

NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes
Unofficial Software Incurs Apple's Wrath  — New applications popping up for Apple's iPhone require a process known as jailbreaking, which Apple says is a copyright violation.

Report: Microsoft taking on Wii with videocam

Posted: 12 May 2009 01:02 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / NewsCnet
Report: Microsoft taking on Wii with videocam  — by Daniel Terdiman This camera, from Israeli startup 3DV Systems--which has reportedly been acquired by Microsoft--could form the basis of a new mo...

Monster Ex-Chief Is Found Guilty

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT

NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes
Monster Ex-Chief Is Found Guilty  — A jury has found James J. Treacy, the former president and chief executive of Monster Worldwide, guilty of securities fraud and conspiracy in a sto...

Lawyer in Pirate Bay case facing 'DDo$' attack

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Lawyer in Pirate Bay case facing 'DDo$' attack  — While Swedish authorities move to collect 3.8 million in damages from the Pirate Bay defendants, someone has hatched a scheme create bank account ...

Live Blogging Google Searchology 2009

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:28 PM PDT

Microsoft Plans 3-D Camera for Xbox

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:28 PM PDT

BuzzTracker: Technology (other) / OnlineWsj
Microsoft Plans 3-D Camera for Xbox  — Microsoft is developing a new 3-D videocamera for its Xbox 360 console that will allow players to control games with the movement of their bodies.

Report: Mobile Web Site Performance Getting Worse

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:15 PM PDT

ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb
Report: Mobile Web Site Performance Getting Worse  — In the evolving Web, where mobile web growth is exploding and therefore mobile experience matters as much as the desktop one, it is becoming increa...

Vodafone to Tap Application Market

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:07 PM PDT

Security Updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Posted: 12 May 2009 11:46 AM PDT

Megite: Technology / Adobe
Security Updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat  —  A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 and earlier versions. This vulnerability (CVE-2009-1492) would ca...

T-Mobile stays focused on Android, not WM7 nor Symbian

Posted: 12 May 2009 11:22 AM PDT

VentureBeat / Venturebeat
T-Mobile stays focused on Android, not WM7 nor Symbian  — Carrier T-Mobile isn't just staying bullish about Android, it's aiming to continue leading the commercialization of the Google-created mobile opera...

Sploj: Project Euler meets Brainf*ck

Posted: 12 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

The World’s Most Efficient Windmill?

Posted: 12 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Microdata in HTML5

Posted: 12 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

UK mobile firms could be given spectrum cap

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:52 PM PDT

ReutersTechnology / Reuters
UK mobile firms could be given spectrum cap  — LONDON (Reuters) - British mobile phone companies could be forced to cap the amount of spectrum they own under a proposal aimed at settling a long-...

iLike now integrates with iPhone, social networks

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:52 PM PDT

VentureBeat / Venturebeat
iLike now integrates with iPhone, social networks  — iPhone? Check. Twitter? Check. YouTube? Check. MySpace? hi5? Bebo? Orkut? Check, check, check, and check. Just as important for rock stars of all ...

UK mobile firms could be given spectrum cap

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:46 PM PDT

YahooNewsTechnology / Reuters
UK mobile firms could be given spectrum cap  — Reuters - British mobile phone companies could be forced to cap the amount of spectrum they own under a proposal aimed at settling a long-running d...

Apple responds

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:43 PM PDT

Industry Moves: Turner: Heller Takes On TV Everywhere Levy Adds Distribution

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:37 PM PDT

PaidContent / Paidcontent
Industry Moves: Turner: Heller Takes On TV Everywhere Levy Adds Distribution  — Changes at the top levels of Turner Broadcasting: David Levy adds distribution arm Turner Network Sales to ad sales and sports, a consolidated role...

Aziz Ansari Challenges IMAX CEO to Debate

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:37 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Aziz Ansari Challenges IMAX CEO to Debate   — Comedian Aziz Ansari lambasted IMAX's watered-down "IMAX Experience" theaters. And he's now challenged IMAX's CEO to a debate. We think he should j...

Apple's New Commercial Mocks Microsoft's 'Laptop Hunters'

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:37 PM PDT

SiliconAlleyInsider / Businessinsider
Apple's New Commercial Mocks Microsoft's 'Laptop Hunters'  — Apple (AAPL) claws back at Microsoft's (MSFT) "Laptop Hunters" ad campaign in its newest TV commercial. While Microsoft's spots have featured "real...

ioBridge used for web-based water metering, shiatsu massage

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:37 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
ioBridge used for web-based water metering, shiatsu massage  —  The ioBridge I/O module -- is there anything it can't do? We've seen this plucky little device used for firing makeshift weaponry , pouring brewsk...

Lunarpages Review

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Why I’ll never use another man’s Amazon Kindle DX

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Westinghouse 26 LCD TV, With the Westinghouse SK-26H240S 26″ LCD Slim and Portable HDTV you can enjoy HDTV viewing in every room of the house.

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Seattle is “Minor League” Innovation Town, So We Shouldn’t Be So Smug

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Sploj: Project Euler meets Brainf*ck

Posted: 12 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Looking for a (decent) keyboard with no numerpad.. I just realized how off-center keyboards are when typing.

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:40 PM PDT

MySpace Wants To Avoid This Whole Holocaust Denial Thing

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT

bijansabet.com a tumblelog by Bijan Sabet Content owners will get paid if they open up all the way

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT

100 Tech Twitter Accounts You Should Be Following

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Yfncg
100 Tech Twitter Accounts You Should Be Following  — After writing a recent post on the reasons why computer techs should be using twitter, I received quite a few requests asking for me to provide a l...

Fritzing

Posted: 12 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT

HackerNews / Fritzing
Fritzing  — 

JonathanRyan.org ? Pop Up Guide to the Personal Computer

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Jonathanryan
JonathanRyan.org ? Pop Up Guide to the Personal Computer  — Corrin and I dropped some stuff off at Goodwill the other day, and when we were looking around inside I made an amazing find. For only two dollars...

In flight internet: "extremely easy for a hacker on board to intercept and record all data sent and received by passengers.”

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:29 PM PDT

Dear Della, Sexism Doesn’t Sell Laptops

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:10 PM PDT

Twitter Puts a Muzzle on Your Friends: Goodbye People I Never Knew ()

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:48 PM PDT

New wave of fraud hits pay-per-click ads

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:43 PM PDT

Color-shifting cuttlefish inspire TV screens

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:43 PM PDT

Twitter's "Small Settings Update" Is Anything But

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:43 PM PDT

The Post Mortem of a Venture-backed Start-up

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:23 PM PDT

HackerNews / TimetogetstartedWordpress
The Post Mortem of a Venture-backed Start-up  — 

Cheat Code: a jQuery Plugin

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:23 PM PDT

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