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• Google tests scripting feature for online apps
• Server Revenue Declined Sharply in Q1, IDC Says
• Best Buy Backs a Digital Media Venture Fund
• Immersion's New Haptic Touchscreen Tech Encourages Corny iPhone Romance
• Coldplay Ushers In Lips: Number One Hits
• Hands-on: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Ask HN: Do you write comments, and then not submit them?
• Landmark study: DRM truly does make pirates out of us all
• Philippe Kahn's Fullpower demos motion-sensing ear-piece
• Cuban: Internet video progress 'disappointing'
• Googlepedia combines Wikipedia, Google searches
• Five questions with icanhascheezburger's Ben Huh
• Modal Windows In Modern Web Design
• MySpace CEO: We need to innovate faster
• Video Interview: Biz Talks Twitter Business Models
• 40+ Exceptional “CMS Enabling” WordPress Plugins
• Plastic Logic e-book reader: now with 3G
• Secure Your Wordpress Blog in 7 Easy Steps
• IBM suing to keep M A chief away from Dell
• Arts, Briefly Crime Spree Continues for Grand Theft Auto
• Best Buy Launches Digital Media Fund Will Be Managed By Fuse
• Ofcom prepares Olympics airwaves
• Sony Cyber-shot W180 and W190 cameras feature awesome digital zooms
• Next-Generation iPhone 3G Parts Revealed
• KOffice 2.0.0 tagged for release
• Intel: Netbooks Continue to Cannibalize Notebook Sales
• Survey on Distributed Version Control (DVCS/DSCM) Usage
• U.S. Manga Obscenity Conviction Roils Comics World
• Ofcom sets out Olympic spectrum plan
• Hey gadgets reddit, could you please help me find a mobile that suits me?
• Video: Spider Camera Holster is a little bit want, mostly idiotic
• Videogames get more physical as recession bites
• Decarbonising Britain won't work: study
• Sun wheels out turbo-munchkin cluster storage box
• 36 Eye-Catching Jquery Navigation Menus
• "Web 2.0: Powering the Information Age": @Techmeme tip
• Parking Meter Hack
• Google India Blog: Type in your language on any website
• Howard Lindzon TubeMogul 2.0: Democratizing Video Metrics
• "Palm Pre First Hands On"
• 36 Eye-Catching Jquery Navigation Menus
• My Language Is More Agile Than Yours: A Study of Arc
• The Mixx Blog: Winner of the VisualCV Sifter
• Mandriva gets into the cloud backup business
• Linux Mint 7 Is Based on Ubuntu 9.04
• Fermi problems
• The Bilderberg Plan for 2009: Remaking the Global Political Economy
• 8 Great Linux Apps Worth Bragging About, part 2
• Homebrewed CPU Is a Beautiful Mess of Wires
• Thermaltake Toughpower XT 750W Power Supply Review

Google tests scripting feature for online apps Posted: 27 May 2009 05:48 PM PDT AskNews / NetworkWorld Google tests scripting feature for online apps  —  NetworkWorld - Found 43 minutes ago Google will add scripting capabilities to Google Docs, allowing organizations to customize its on...

Server Revenue Declined Sharply in Q1, IDC Says Posted: 27 May 2009 04:48 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Pcworld Server Revenue Declined Sharply in Q1, IDC Says  — A precipitous fall in worldwide server shipments triggered a sharp decline in revenue for server makers during the first quarter of 2009, IDC said ...

Best Buy Backs a Digital Media Venture Fund Posted: 27 May 2009 04:45 PM PDT Techmeme / BitsBlogsNytimes Best Buy Backs a Digital Media Venture Fund   —  Best Buy Backs a Digital Media Venture Fund Best Buy, the consumer electronics retailer, wants to finance the next hot digital media start-up. B...

Immersion's New Haptic Touchscreen Tech Encourages Corny iPhone Romance Posted: 27 May 2009 03:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Immersion's New Haptic Touchscreen Tech Encourages Corny iPhone Romance   — Haptic technology has the possibility to make touchscreens so much better, improving accuracy and adding a whole new range of sensory feedback. Imm...

Coldplay Ushers In Lips: Number One Hits Posted: 27 May 2009 03:28 PM PDT Newspond / Kotaku Coldplay Ushers In Lips: Number One Hits  — Microsoft has revealed the second iteration of their Xbox 360 karaoke franchise Lips, with Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" accompanying the official anno...

Hands-on: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Posted: 27 May 2009 02:31 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Joystiq Hands-on: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen  —  Remember the last Transformers game? The one that was so painfully bad it made you want to smash your controllers to bits and turn to a life of re...

Ask HN: Do you write comments, and then not submit them? Posted: 27 May 2009 02:23 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: Do you write comments, and then not submit them?  —

Landmark study: DRM truly does make pirates out of us all Posted: 27 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Landmark study: DRM truly does make pirates out of us all  —  It's a well-known story by now: Europe, the US, and plenty of other countries have made it generally illegal to circumvent DRM, e...

Philippe Kahn's Fullpower demos motion-sensing ear-piece Posted: 27 May 2009 01:07 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat Philippe Kahn's Fullpower demos motion-sensing ear-piece  — Philippe Kahn showed off a motion-sensing ear piece at the AllThingsD conference today. For the past five years, Kahn's startup Fullpower Technolog...

Cuban: Internet video progress 'disappointing' Posted: 27 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Cuban: Internet video progress 'disappointing'  — Little has happened in 10 years, Cuban said, in part because YouTube focused on ubiquity over monetization.

Googlepedia combines Wikipedia, Google searches Posted: 27 May 2009 12:48 PM PDT AskNews / NetworkWorld Googlepedia combines Wikipedia, Google searches  —  NetworkWorld - Found 58 minutes ago If you're a serious search hound who often clicks through to Wikipedia pages that Google digs up,...

Five questions with icanhascheezburger's Ben Huh Posted: 27 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Five questions with icanhascheezburger's Ben Huh  — We get a quick sit down with icanhascheezburger's Ben Huh to talk about what's been popular, and what's next for the memes site ring.

Modal Windows In Modern Web Design Posted: 27 May 2009 12:44 PM PDT DiggTechnology / Smashingmagazine Modal Windows In Modern Web Design  —  In this article, we'll go over best practices and trends for working with and building modal windows. We'll also provide numerous examples of well...

MySpace CEO: We need to innovate faster Posted: 27 May 2009 12:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews MySpace CEO: We need to innovate faster  — Former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta said that MySpace is home to a lot of self-expression but hasn't been moving fast enough, prompting people...

Video Interview: Biz Talks Twitter Business Models Posted: 27 May 2009 12:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Video Interview: Biz Talks Twitter Business Models  —  I caught up with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone today on video at the AllThingsD conference to ask him what business models might emerge for the co...

40+ Exceptional “CMS Enabling” WordPress Plugins Posted: 27 May 2009 11:23 AM PDT DiggTechnology / Noupe 40+ Exceptional "CMS Enabling" WordPress Plugins  —  WordPress is a great blogging platform with a potential of being an easy to use content management system. Here are 40 exceptional and useful Word...

Plastic Logic e-book reader: now with 3G Posted: 27 May 2009 11:22 AM PDT Engadget / Engadget Plastic Logic e-book reader: now with 3G  —  You're probably wondering what's been happening with that super thin, super sexy Plastic Logic e-book reader that we've seen floating around vario...

Secure Your Wordpress Blog in 7 Easy Steps Posted: 27 May 2009 11:08 AM PDT MixxTechnology / Searchrank Secure Your Wordpress Blog in 7 Easy Steps  — If you have ever lost sleep over the fear that a would-be hacker might get hold of your Wordpress blog, here are some measures that can be put in p...

IBM suing to keep M A chief away from Dell Posted: 27 May 2009 10:45 AM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews IBM suing to keep M A chief away from Dell  — IBM says David Johnson accepting a position at Dell will violate a non-compete clause in his contract.

Arts, Briefly Crime Spree Continues for Grand Theft Auto Posted: 27 May 2009 10:33 AM PDT Google News: Technology / Nytimes Arts, Briefly Crime Spree Continues for Grand Theft Auto  — The latest chapter of the best-selling video game Grand Theft Auto IV should preserve the franchise's reputation for pushing buttons, in every sens...

Best Buy Launches Digital Media Fund Will Be Managed By Fuse Posted: 27 May 2009 07:52 PM PDT PaidContent / Paidcontent Best Buy Launches Digital Media Fund Will Be Managed By Fuse   — Napster ( NSDQ: NAPS ) wasn't enough. Big box retailer Best Buy, which bought the music service in September for 121 million, is launching a new m...

Ofcom prepares Olympics airwaves Posted: 27 May 2009 07:52 PM PDT BBC / BBCTechnology Ofcom prepares Olympics airwaves  — Regulator works to make sure the thousands of wireless devices during the London 2012 games will work properly.

Sony Cyber-shot W180 and W190 cameras feature awesome digital zooms Posted: 27 May 2009 07:52 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Sony Cyber-shot W180 and W190 cameras feature awesome digital zooms  —  Sony just announced a pair of Cyber-shot cameras in Europe. Both offer Sony's smile shutter technology, 3x zoom stabilized with SteadyShot, 2.7-in...

Next-Generation iPhone 3G Parts Revealed Posted: 27 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Gizmodo Next-Generation iPhone 3G Parts Revealed   —  Wholesaler China Ontrade.com has parts from the next-generation iPhone 3G 2009 for sale now: The LCD screen and the middle internal bezel. They ev...

KOffice 2.0.0 tagged for release Posted: 27 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / ComputerworldAu KOffice 2.0.0 tagged for release  —  "After nearly two years in the making, the KOffice project will release version 2.0.0 of if its cross-platform office suite" (Linux/Unix)

Intel: Netbooks Continue to Cannibalize Notebook Sales Posted: 27 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Ostatic Intel: Netbooks Continue to Cannibalize Notebook Sales  —

Survey on Distributed Version Control (DVCS/DSCM) Usage Posted: 27 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / UsaskCa Survey on Distributed Version Control (DVCS/DSCM) Usage  —

U.S. Manga Obscenity Conviction Roils Comics World Posted: 27 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Wired U.S. Manga Obscenity Conviction Roils Comics World  —

Ofcom sets out Olympic spectrum plan Posted: 27 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Ofcom sets out Olympic spectrum plan  — Government asked to pay for it all UK regulator Ofcom has laid out a consultation plan for radio spectrum use during the London Olympics in 2012, e...

Hey gadgets reddit, could you please help me find a mobile that suits me? Posted: 27 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / SelfGadgets Hey gadgets reddit, could you please help me find a mobile that suits me?  —

Video: Spider Camera Holster is a little bit want, mostly idiotic Posted: 27 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Video: Spider Camera Holster is a little bit want, mostly idiotic  —  We've been known to mule-about vast quantities of gear for hours at a time in order to bring you the latest and greatest in consumer electronics a...

Videogames get more physical as recession bites Posted: 27 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT ReutersTechnology / Reuters Videogames get more physical as recession bites  — RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters Life!) - With the recession cutting out some family vacations, gym memberships, and personal trainers, a rash of n...

Decarbonising Britain won't work: study Posted: 27 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Decarbonising Britain won't work: study  — Pious targets don't butter no parsnips The UK's climate act is "all but certain to fail" and alternative approaches should be considered, according...

Sun wheels out turbo-munchkin cluster storage box Posted: 27 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Sun wheels out turbo-munchkin cluster storage box  — 7310 pushed out of garage Sun has introduced an entry-level 7000 cluster configuration, for users needing high-availability with up to 96TB of capa...

36 Eye-Catching Jquery Navigation Menus Posted: 27 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / 1stwebdesigner 36 Eye-Catching Jquery Navigation Menus  —  If you want to create a navigation menu, that really stands out of the crowd, jQuery could be the right choice to choose offering bunch of customi...

"Web 2.0: Powering the Information Age": @Techmeme tip Posted: 27 May 2009 07:48 PM PDT Twitter / Domain-b "Web 2.0: Powering the Information Age": @Techmeme tip  —

Parking Meter Hack Posted: 27 May 2009 07:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / Youtube Parking Meter Hack  —

Google India Blog: Type in your language on any website Posted: 27 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT Twitter / GoogleindiaBlogspot Google India Blog: Type in your language on any website  —

Howard Lindzon TubeMogul 2.0: Democratizing Video Metrics Posted: 27 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT Twitter / Howardlindzon Howard Lindzon TubeMogul 2.0: Democratizing Video Metrics  —

"Palm Pre First Hands On" Posted: 27 May 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Boygeniusreport "Palm Pre First Hands On"  —

36 Eye-Catching Jquery Navigation Menus Posted: 27 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / 1stwebdesigner 36 Eye-Catching Jquery Navigation Menus  —  If you want to create a navigation menu, that really stands out of the crowd, jQuery could be the right choice to choose offering bunch of customi...

My Language Is More Agile Than Yours: A Study of Arc Posted: 27 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Google My Language Is More Agile Than Yours: A Study of Arc  —

The Mixx Blog: Winner of the VisualCV Sifter Posted: 27 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / BlogMixx The Mixx Blog: Winner of the VisualCV Sifter  — And the winner of the VisualCV.com Sifter is.... http://www.visualcv.com/donfarnsworth ! Check this guy out, he could pretty much sell ice in the A...

Mandriva gets into the cloud backup business Posted: 27 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / H-online Mandriva gets into the cloud backup business  —  "Mandriva, the Linux vendor, has announced "Click'n'Backup", its own web based backup system" (Linux/Unix)

Linux Mint 7 Is Based on Ubuntu 9.04 Posted: 27 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / NewsSoftpedia Linux Mint 7 Is Based on Ubuntu 9.04  —  Linux Mint 7 is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and it is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.28, X.org 7.4 and GNOME 2.26.1. Above all that, the ...

Fermi problems Posted: 27 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / InfoprocBlogspot Fermi problems  —

The Bilderberg Plan for 2009: Remaking the Global Political Economy Posted: 27 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / GlobalresearchCa The Bilderberg Plan for 2009: Remaking the Global Political Economy  —

8 Great Linux Apps Worth Bragging About, part 2 Posted: 27 May 2009 06:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxplanet 8 Great Linux Apps Worth Bragging About, part 2  —  Last week we took a look at four great Linux/FOSS applications that are as good as any of their competitors, FOSS or proprietary. Today I'll wrap ...

Homebrewed CPU Is a Beautiful Mess of Wires Posted: 27 May 2009 06:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Wired Homebrewed CPU Is a Beautiful Mess of Wires  —  Intel's fabrication plants can churn out hundreds of thousands of processor chips a day. But what does it take to handcraft a single 8-bit CPU and...

Thermaltake Toughpower XT 750W Power Supply Review Posted: 27 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Tweaknews Thermaltake Toughpower XT 750W Power Supply Review  —  At around 200, the XT is at the very top of its class, both in features and cost. While the XT has great specs, a generous and innovative feature...

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