Sunday, May 24, 2009

Top Technology News

Top Technology News


No such thing as "deleted" on the Internet : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech

Posted: 23 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

Rogers' HTC Dream and Magic aren't "Google phones," have Exchange support

Posted: 23 May 2009 03:37 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Rogers' HTC Dream and Magic aren't "Google phones," have Exchange support  —  Remember how we found out that there's a difference between the Google-branded Android firmware and its HTC-modified equivalent, and the latter is...

Buzz off! Bee swarm traps workers in NY game store

Posted: 23 May 2009 03:18 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Google
Buzz off! Bee swarm traps workers in NY game store  — NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of bees have swarmed outside a New York City game store, trapping employees inside for hours. Worried employees looked ou...

HOW TO: Create Custom Twitter Backgrounds

Posted: 23 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Mashable / Mashable
HOW TO: Create Custom Twitter Backgrounds  — Since the early days of Twitter, users have had the ability to upload their own background images. From photos of cute kittens to jaw-dropping mos...

Twitvid.com lets you tweet videos, astonishingly quick

Posted: 23 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT

VentureBeat / Venturebeat
Twitvid.com lets you tweet videos, astonishingly quick  — A San Francisco company has just launched Twidvid.com , an easy way to stream videos when you tweet. But it does more than just lets you link to a ...

BenQ's 499 Joybee GP1 pocket projector up for pre-order

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:52 AM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
BenQ's 499 Joybee GP1 pocket projector up for pre-order  —  We had the pleasure of checking out BenQ's Joybee GP1 pocket projector back in March at CeBIT , and now the bantam beamer is just about ready to s...

Apple said building 1 billion server farm

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:52 AM PDT

AppleInsider / Appleinsider
Apple said building 1 billion server farm  — North Carolinas government is reportedly promising tax breaks to Apple in return for building a large server farm, eventually worth 1 billion, wit...

Bill Clinton in Fallout 3? Not so fast...

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:46 AM PDT

Megite: Technology / WeblogsVariety
Bill Clinton in Fallout 3? Not so fast...  —  There's a lot of noise around the web today about former President Bill Clinton being Bethesda Softworks first choice to be the voice of President...

VIM as Python IDE

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:43 AM PDT

HackerNews / DispatchedCh
VIM as Python IDE  — 

Jim Marshall: Genius rock 'n' roll photographer

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:15 AM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Jim Marshall: Genius rock 'n' roll photographer  — Rock and jazz photographer Jim Marshall has a new Web site loaded with some of his greatest shots.

CBS handed over USER DATA (including IP addresses) to the RIAA

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:15 AM PDT

Techmeme / Last
CBS handed over USER DATA (including IP addresses) to the RIAA   —  CBS handed over USER DATA (including IP addresses) to the RIAA Nothing I can say will convince you that this didn't happen, because allegedly CBS...

Iran Blocks Facebook Prior to Upcoming Presidential Election

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:00 AM PDT

ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb
Iran Blocks Facebook Prior to Upcoming Presidential Election  — There are reports today that Iran has blocked Facebook , apparently to "prevent supporters of the leading opposition candidate from using the site ...

Susan Boyle is Back: Proceeds to Semi-Finals

Posted: 23 May 2009 10:45 AM PDT

Mashable / Mashable
Susan Boyle is Back: Proceeds to Semi-Finals   — YouTube sensation Susan Boyle is back: tonight she proceeded to the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent , putting the unlikely Scottish internet ph...

Novelties: New Puzzles That Tell Humans From Machines

Posted: 23 May 2009 10:15 AM PDT

NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes
Novelties: New Puzzles That Tell Humans From Machines  — Researchers are looking at new ways to stop online fraudsters and their automated programs from entering sites.

Systemax relaunches Circuit City's website, this time with feeling

Posted: 23 May 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Systemax relaunches Circuit City's website, this time with feeling  —  After shelling out some 6.5 million , you had to know that Systemax planned on doing something with Circuit City's trademarks and internet domain...

Wolfram Alpha Approaches 100 Million Queries

Posted: 23 May 2009 10:00 AM PDT

Mashable / Mashable
Wolfram Alpha Approaches 100 Million Queries   — Last Friday, Wolfram Alpha had its soft launch via live video . Since then, the Mathematica -based tool has skyrocketed in traffic. We've covered...

The One Thing the Palm Pre Must Do To Succeed: Good Web Browsing

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:31 AM PDT

Megite: Technology / Jkontherun
The One Thing the Palm Pre Must Do To Succeed: Good Web Browsing  —  The buzz surrounding the Palm Pre has been nice to watch as it's not that often we geeks get to see a lot of folks get excited about a gadget as w...

Elizabeth Taylor is now performing on Twitter

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:30 AM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Elizabeth Taylor is now performing on Twitter  — Legendary actress is hospitalized, but this hasn't prevented her from tweeting a friend to help her smuggle her puppy past hospital security.

Malware Found On Brand-New Windows Netbook

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:15 AM PDT

Slashdot / Slashdot
Malware Found On Brand-New Windows Netbook  — An anonymous reader alerts us to an interesting development that Kaspersky Labs stumbled across. They purchased a new M A Companion Touch netbook i...

US Army Says No to Windows 7, Yes to Vista Upgrade

Posted: 23 May 2009 08:33 AM PDT

Google News: Technology / Dailytech
US Army Says No to Windows 7, Yes to Vista Upgrade  — The Army has decided to upgrade all of its computers, like those shown here (at the NCO Academy's Warrior Leaders Course) to Windows Vista.

Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT

Social Media Linkbacks, Ranking and Nofollow

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / CodesuckerBlogspot
Social Media Linkbacks, Ranking and Nofollow  —  Promoting via Social Media has many benefits, one of the pluses thats been getting attention recently are the backlinks these social media sites g...

Mac user: How Microsoft has cleaned up Windows

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Neowin
Mac user: How Microsoft has cleaned up Windows  —  If you asked me a year ago what I thought about Windows, I probably would've said something along the lines of "disorganized", "a mess", or "not a...

No such thing as

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / TechYahoo
No such thing as  —  Why you can't just erase things you "don't like" from the internet. (Security)

The Vatican Gets Hip, Launches iPhone amp

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Bull market

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT

HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / HedgefundBlogspot
Bull market  — 

Apple considering huge North Carolina server farm

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / MacBlorge
Apple considering huge North Carolina server farm  —  Of course, if one state has their checkbook out, then it's overwhelmingly likely that others are in the running, as well. Then there's also the qu...

Ex-Microsoftie says free software will kill Redmond

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Hubpages
Ex-Microsoftie says free software will kill Redmond  —  Linux :Ex-Microsoftie says free software will kill Redmond Bill Gates probably will not sing the praises of Keith Curtis, a programmer with Micros...

Hate Amarok 2 ? Easy steps to return to Amarok 1.4!

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / NomadCa
Hate Amarok 2 ? Easy steps to return to Amarok 1.4!  —  Amarok 1.4 was the greatest music player ever. Amarok 2 is the worst music player ever. Follow these simple steps to go back to Amarok 1.4 while t...

Towards Artificial Consciousness

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:45 PM PDT

Slashdot / Slashdot
Towards Artificial Consciousness  — jzoom555 writes "In an interview with Discover Magazine, Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate and founder/director of The Neurosciences Institute, discus...

A 20 Minute Intro to Typography Basics

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / PsdTutsplus
A 20 Minute Intro to Typography Basics  —  Typography plays a big role in graphic design and can be one of the hardest things to get right. My aim here is to introduce some of the basics an...

22 Beautiful Example of Brochure Designs

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Naldzgraphics
22 Beautiful Example of Brochure Designs  —  We received a great response to our readers when we showcase the 60+ Most Beautiful and Creative Business Cards Design a months ago. And today, we...

More 32GB iPhone references popping up, now on AT&T

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT

Apple changes it mind, accepts Eucalyptus app

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Macworld
Apple changes it mind, accepts Eucalyptus app  —  Recently, Apple rejected the iPhone app Eucalyptus entry into the company's App Store. The reason: the e-book reader, which can search the 20000-p...

Last.fm Systems Architect Russ Garrett denies scrobble<->IP data being leaked: "Any request for such data would have to be approved by myself first."

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT

Social Media Linkbacks, Ranking and Nofollow

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / CodesuckerBlogspot
Social Media Linkbacks, Ranking and Nofollow  —  Promoting via Social Media has many benefits, one of the pluses thats been getting attention recently are the backlinks these social media sites g...

Mac user: How Microsoft has cleaned up Windows

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Neowin
Mac user: How Microsoft has cleaned up Windows  —  If you asked me a year ago what I thought about Windows, I probably would've said something along the lines of "disorganized", "a mess", or "not a...

No such thing as

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / TechYahoo
No such thing as  —  Why you can't just erase things you "don't like" from the internet. (Security)

Hate Amarok 2 ? Easy steps to return to Amarok 1.4!

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / NomadCa
Hate Amarok 2 ? Easy steps to return to Amarok 1.4!  —  Amarok 1.4 was the greatest music player ever. Amarok 2 is the worst music player ever. Follow these simple steps to go back to Amarok 1.4 while t...

More 32GB iPhone references popping up, now on AT&T

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT

Dell Latitude 2100N

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT

Linux is Fun....

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / LozilBlogspot
Linux is Fun....  —  Why Linux is Fun OS than Windows...?? Because there is something to learn in Linux every day. (Linux/Unix)

Quickoffice Releases eOffice 4.7 for BlackB

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / 8postsBlogspot
Quickoffice Releases eOffice 4.7 for BlackB  —  That rendered products like DynoPlex eOffice--an expensive, rather unwieldy mobile office app dating back several years--pretty much irrelevant (T...

2009 UCSD Data Mining Contest

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Star Wars: The Old Republic 'Threat of Peace' issue #7 features Sith

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT

What is Wolfram|Alpha and why is it important?

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT

As Dollars Pile Up, Uneasy Traders Lower the Currency’s Value

Posted: 23 May 2009 05:43 PM PDT

Survey: Airport Wi-Fi More Important Than Food

Posted: 23 May 2009 05:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Hothardware
Survey: Airport Wi-Fi More Important Than Food  —  For the business traveler Wi-Fi is important - crucial, even. But more important than sustenance? That's exactly what was found in a recent survey...

What Are The Odds?

Posted: 23 May 2009 05:23 PM PDT

HackerNews / Nytimes
What Are The Odds?  — 

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