Friday, June 12, 2009

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Green Dam definitively blocks political sites

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:00 PM PDT

Techmeme / Techmeme
Green Dam definitively blocks political sites  —  Green Dam definitively blocks political sites - and creates security breach Despite China's claims that Green Dam Youth Escort - the spyware the ...

Can National Broadband Plan Handle Nation's Dreams?

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 05:18 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Wired
Can National Broadband Plan Handle Nation's Dreams?  — By Ryan Singel In February, Congress gave the FCC a big homework assignment - create a national broadband plan that the government can use as a dia...

Twitter helps Dell rake in sales

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 04:22 PM PDT

ReutersTechnology / Reuters
Twitter helps Dell rake in sales  — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social media company Twitter is struggling to craft a profitable business model, but the Web-based service has helped Del...

When an alleged rape is streamed live

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 04:00 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
When an alleged rape is streamed live  — A Phoenix man is indicted for allegedly livestreaming a sexual assault on a 20-year-old woman. The case, according to an Internet safety expert, ma...

Thing Labs: We Had Plinky, Now We Have The Brain

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 03:45 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Thing Labs: We Had Plinky, Now We Have The Brain  — Back in January, Jason Shellen , a former Googler known for his work on Blogger and Google Reader, launched Plinky , a new approach to blogging tha...

Google Reader Co-Founder Announces New Mystery Project

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:45 PM PDT

ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb
Google Reader Co-Founder Announces New Mystery Project  — Entrepreneur and Google Reader co-founder Jason Shellen has let us know about his latest venture in conjunction with Thing Labs , a name that is as...

Analysis of the Chinese Green Dam Censorware System

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:43 PM PDT

Twitter Launches Verified Accounts

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:30 PM PDT

Mashable / Mashable
Twitter Launches Verified Accounts  — Twitter launched the first phase of its Verified Accounts program moments ago, meaning that many celebrities on the service can now display a verif...

Look Ma, I created a botnet!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:30 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Look Ma, I created a botnet!  — McAfee lets journalists create botnets and Trojans in hands-on workshop to show how easy it is.

May NPD: UFC Game a Smash Hit

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 01:48 PM PDT

AskNews / Wired
May NPD: UFC Game a Smash Hit  —  Wired News - Found 48 minutes ago UFC 2009 Undisputed was May 2009's best-selling game. Image courtesy THQ THQ's Xbox 360 version of ...

Virtual goods might not be real, but their purpose still needs to be

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 01:22 PM PDT

VentureBeat / Venturebeat
Virtual goods might not be real, but their purpose still needs to be  — [Editor's note: Lora L. Abe is the director of marketing for Gambit , a leading payments engine for online games. She writes articles on monetizati...

The iPhone Is a Pretty Damn Big Platform to Develop Games For

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 12:22 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
The iPhone Is a Pretty Damn Big Platform to Develop Games For   — This is how the 40 million iPhones and iPod touches, a figure given by Apple at the WWDC Keynote , stacks up against actual consoles. Even though t...

PaperG: The right local ad solution for struggling newspapers?

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 12:07 PM PDT

VentureBeat / Venturebeat
PaperG: The right local ad solution for struggling newspapers?  — Wily entrepreneurs know that a crisis is just an opportunity in disguise. While the downturn has forced many local businesses to move their adverti...

Amazon Kindle DX gets torn apart, examined

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 12:07 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Amazon Kindle DX gets torn apart, examined  —  Just as soon as we finally get our hands on a new unit to test out, the boys over at Rapir Repair are racing to rip one apart. And that's just w...

French Council Defangs Plan to Crack Down on Internet Piracy

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 11:15 AM PDT

NYTimesMedia / NYTimes
French Council Defangs Plan to Crack Down on Internet Piracy  — The decision is a setback for the music and movie industries, which had praised the French law as a solution to illegal file sharing.

US video game sales slide 23 pct in May

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 11:15 AM PDT

YahooNewsTechnology / AP
US video game sales slide 23 pct in May  — AP - Market researcher NPD Group says U.S. video gamers spent less on games, hardware and accessories in May compared with a year ago.

Scoble's Building 43 Launching Tonight With Practical Tips For Businesses Stuck In The 90's

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 11:15 AM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Scoble's Building 43 Launching Tonight With Practical Tips For Businesses Stuck In The 90's  — Tonight sees the launch of Robert Scoble's newest project, Building43 , an online community that he's building in partnership with web-hosting prov...

3 Tools to Compare Google and Bing Search Results

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 11:10 AM PDT

Sphinn / Searchenginejournal
3 Tools to Compare Google and Bing Search Results  — A review of three tools that compare Google and Bing. 22 Vote(s)

Microsoft settles suit with Mississippi for 100 million

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 11:07 AM PDT

ReutersTechnology / Reuters
Microsoft settles suit with Mississippi for 100 million  — ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Mississippi settled an anti-trust suit with Microsoft for 100 million on Thursday and said businesses, indiv...

What Does 14 Million Worth of PageRank Look Like?

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 11:03 AM PDT

Palm Pixie Is Real, But May Never Come To Market

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:45 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Palm Pixie Is Real, But May Never Come To Market  — Lots of excitement today over a second Palm WebOS device now that the Pre has launched. The only problem is that none of this is news. We broke the...

Sending null to /dev/null

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

The capital raising ladder

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

HackerNews / Readwriteweb
The capital raising ladder  — 

A Python Script to Automatically Extract Excerpts From Articles

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

Microsoft to bomb Europe with IE-free Windows 7

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:37 PM PDT

TheRegister / TheRegister
Microsoft to bomb Europe with IE-free Windows 7  — You want antitrust? Updated Microsoft's approach to packaging of its signature desktop operating system couldn't be much more different than Appl...

Scientists Create a Form of Pre-Life

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Phrack Magazine #66

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT

New Security Updates From Adobe and Microsoft Available

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Bluebadger
New Security Updates From Adobe and Microsoft Available  — It's been a busy week all the way around. We've been dodging storms here in the Southeast. Microsoft is releasing Bing (and apparently doing a pret...

JW Minix 811 netbook gets the hands-on treatment

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:07 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
JW Minix 811 netbook gets the hands-on treatment  —  Computex Taipei may be over and done with for another year, but the netbooks on display at the show just keep on surfacing, and the folks at Netbo...

Can National Broadband Plan Handle Nation’s Dreams?

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Wired
Can National Broadband Plan Handle Nation's Dreams?  —  While the internet's backbone started in the United States and still carries a huge chunk of the world's IP traffic, consumers are stuck with expe...

Interview with entrepreneur turned venture capitalist Josh Kopelman

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Army Orders Bases to Stop Blocking Twitter, Facebook, Flickr

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Wired
Army Orders Bases to Stop Blocking Twitter, Facebook, Flickr  — The Army has ordered its network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter. That move reverses a ye...

Most Twitter users never tweet, don't follow anyone

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Arstechnica
Most Twitter users never tweet, don't follow anyone  — Twitter may be gaining new users at the speed of light, but more than half of those users aren't actively participating in the service. With no twe...

Palm Pixie Confirmed via WebOS ROM Leak

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:43 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Precentral
Palm Pixie Confirmed via WebOS ROM Leak  —  In case there was any lingering doubt that the Palm Eos (code-named Pixie) was coming -- our code sleuths in the PreCentral.net forums have found ...

Why Mono doesn't suck

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:43 PM PDT

The capital raising ladder

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

HackerNews / Readwriteweb
The capital raising ladder  — 

Information Architects Blog Archive Introducing webtrendmap.com Oooooh, coolers

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:28 PM PDT

Scientists Create a Form of Pre-Life

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT

New Security Updates From Adobe and Microsoft Available

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Bluebadger
New Security Updates From Adobe and Microsoft Available  — It's been a busy week all the way around. We've been dodging storms here in the Southeast. Microsoft is releasing Bing (and apparently doing a pret...

Interview with entrepreneur turned venture capitalist Josh Kopelman

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Most Twitter users never tweet, don't follow anyone

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Arstechnica
Most Twitter users never tweet, don't follow anyone  — Twitter may be gaining new users at the speed of light, but more than half of those users aren't actively participating in the service. With no twe...

Palm Pixie Confirmed via WebOS ROM Leak

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:43 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Precentral
Palm Pixie Confirmed via WebOS ROM Leak  —  In case there was any lingering doubt that the Palm Eos (code-named Pixie) was coming -- our code sleuths in the PreCentral.net forums have found ...

Why Mono doesn't suck

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:43 PM PDT

The DMCA is endangering American security

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Betanews
The DMCA is endangering American security  —  Betanews commentary by Angela Gunn: Why government cybersecurity's a joke as long as security research is hamstrung. (Security)

Digital TV set for switch Friday night

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Usatoday
Digital TV set for switch Friday night  —  Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps says consumers won't have to wait long to see the magic of digital technology, whi...

Microsoft PowerPoint negatively impact student learning

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:23 PM PDT

China's computers at hacking risk

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / NewsBbc
China's computers at hacking risk  — Every PC in China could be at risk of being taken over by malicious hackers because of flaws in compulsory government software.

Mozilla Labs Blog Archive Major Jetpack Update: The Future Edition

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT

Official Google Mobile Blog: Snack time with the new iGoogle for Android and iPhone

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 05:48 PM PDT

Another DTV Transition Cost: Tech Trash

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 05:48 PM PDT
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