Friday, June 19, 2009

Top Technology News

Top Technology News


Pixar grants girl’s dying wish with home viewing of 'Up'

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Twitter Censoring Trending Topics? Isn't It About Time?

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:30 PM PDT

ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb
Twitter Censoring Trending Topics? Isn't It About Time?  — Tonight, the bored and lonely segment of Twitter users banded together to push three sexy, raunchy, and totally inappropriate terms into the trendi...

Official Google Blog: Google translates Persian

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:28 PM PDT

Facebook Releases Persian Translation for IranElection Crisis

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT

Mashable / Mashable
Facebook Releases Persian Translation for IranElection Crisis  — Over the last week, the entire world has been a witness to the extraordinary events in Iran. Since the disputed Iran elections took place on June ...

Intel's Chip Renaming Strategy Meets Resistance

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 02:33 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Pcworld
Intel's Chip Renaming Strategy Meets Resistance  — Intel's strategy to rename its chips and platforms has seen some opposition from chip enthusiasts, who say the new naming conventions are even more...

Who's Really Winning the Search Race?

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Techmeme / Internetnews
Who's Really Winning the Search Race?   —  Who's Really Winning the Search Race? When it comes to growth, it's not Google. While Google continues to dominate in search market share and vo...

Microsoft: 18-month Windows 7 downgrade rights

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:37 PM PDT

TheRegister / TheRegister
Microsoft: 18-month Windows 7 downgrade rights  — Not for all! If you get a PC running Windows 7 but can't divorce yourself from Windows XP, Microsoft will give you 18 months to downgrade - not six...

Twitter-clueless Rep. Hoekstra is the new Ted Stevens

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:30 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Twitter-clueless Rep. Hoekstra is the new Ted Stevens  — Rep. Peter Hoekstra, previously notable for Twittering a secret trip to Iraq, managed to fit a really, really cringeworthy gaffe into Twitter's 140...

Appmodo: Official AT T iPhone Tethering to Cost 55 Per Month

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:15 PM PDT

Techmeme / Daringfireball
Appmodo: Official AT T iPhone Tethering to Cost 55 Per Month   —  Appmodo: Official ATT iPhone Tethering to Cost 55 Per Month Appmodo: That sounds outrageously high to me, unless they mean 55 total, not 55 i...

Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:52 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Node Power Outlet Makes Power Strips Almost Useless   — Rob at Boing Boing Gadgets thinks that Nodea power outlet that can accept several cables safelymay be the power outlet of tomorrow. I completely ag...

Newser Gets 2.5 Million in First-Round Funding

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:52 PM PDT

PaidContent / Paidcontent
Newser Gets 2.5 Million in First-Round Funding  —  Newser , the news aggregation site founded by Patrick Spain and professional media provocateur Michael Wolff, has raised 2.5 million in...

Songbird 1.2 debuts new features

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:45 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Songbird 1.2 debuts new features  — Browser and jukebox freeware mashup Songbird brings on-stage four new features to help manage songs, communicate better with iTunes, customize volu...

Sony unveils 15.5-inch VAIO NW with BD-ROM and 880 price tag, we go hands-on

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:22 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Sony unveils 15.5-inch VAIO NW with BD-ROM and 880 price tag, we go hands-on  —  Sony announced today a new entry into its VAIO series, the NW, complete with a Blu-ray drive and what they're hoping is an aggressive pricing poin...

John Pleasants talks about shifting from a giant video game company to a small one

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:22 PM PDT

VentureBeat / GamesVenturebeat
John Pleasants talks about shifting from a giant video game company to a small one  — A couple of weeks ago, John Pleasants told me how excited he was to help Electronic Arts make the transition from its perch at the top of tradition...

Research In Motion Sees High Sales, Revenues

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:18 PM PDT

Google News: Technology / Informationweek
Research In Motion Sees High Sales, Revenues  — The BlackBerry maker had a strong quarter, but it is facing a highly competitive smartphone environment with high-profile handsets from Apple and P...

Intel toots its research horn for chips--and more

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:15 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Intel toots its research horn for chips--and more  — The chipmaker struts its stuff for next-generation networking, processors, energy efficiency, and wireless power transmission at its research day.

Is AT T playing gatekeeper to the Wireless Web?

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:15 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Is AT T playing gatekeeper to the Wireless Web?  — The Net Neutrality debate is going mobile, asa consumer group questions why AT T is limiting one streaming video app for the iPhone while allowing ...

Intel rebrands again: meet Core i3 and Core i7

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:00 PM PDT

ArsTechnica / Arstechnica
Intel rebrands again: meet Core i3 and Core i7  —  It's that time of year again, when Intel does its seemingly annual rebranding ritual in an effort to "simplify" and "clarify" its...

How To Save MySpace: The Seven-Step Plan

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 11:52 AM PDT

PaidContent / Paidcontent
How To Save MySpace: The Seven-Step Plan  —  Jason Nazar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc.com , the premier online community to find and share professional documents. Before sta...

Ballmer not so bullish on Bing

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 11:52 AM PDT

TheRegister / TheRegister
Ballmer not so bullish on Bing  — No more bets, gentlemen After the launch, the hype . But one individual is not buying into the idea Bing is a done deal or that Google is scared. T...

Do Not DDOS Iranian websites

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

Shrink a quarter to the size of a dime

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

HackerNews / Intellectualventureslab
Shrink a quarter to the size of a dime  — 

Ask HN: Please review. Are we making something that people want?

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

Flow in Games, Jenova Chen's MFA Thesis

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

iPhone 3G S fizzles out for global retail

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:37 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
iPhone 3G S fizzles out for global retail  —  What a difference 18 months makes, eh? The relative short line for today's iPhone 3G S launch at Apple's flagship Regent Street store in London co...

European Countries Amp Up War on Piracy

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Torrentfreak
European Countries Amp Up War on Piracy  —  The entertainment industry battle to decrease the use of file-sharing networks to share copyrighted content never seems to end. Just this week, fo...

Ask HN: How to find startup jobs?

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Viviane Reding sees talking yoghurt pots

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:22 PM PDT

TheRegister / TheRegister
Viviane Reding sees talking yoghurt pots  — Internet of Things strikes again The EU yesterday published an action plan to promote the Internet of Things, listing fifteen action points that th...

Pixar grants girl’s dying wish with home viewing of 'Up'

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Diolt web marketing

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Classic Paper: Scientific Computation and Functional Programming

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

The Future of the Desktop

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Foam-bodied 100 mpg car set to make a soft impact on deadly Asian roads

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:01 PM PDT

NewsVineTechnology / Gizmag
Foam-bodied 100 mpg car set to make a soft impact on deadly Asian roads  — The foam is so light that the entire weight of the Spira has been kept down to 302lb ( 137kg). For that you get a fully enclosed two-seater, with a...

Mobile 2.0 Europe: Video Interview With GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:00 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Mobile 2.0 Europe: Video Interview With GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs  —  I'm here at the Mobile 2.0 Europe conference in sunny Barcelona and today had a great conversation with GetJar founder and CEO Ilja Laurs which I ...

10 Twitter Tools for You

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Georgescifo
10 Twitter Tools for You  — A lot of tools are available which makes the usage of Twitter more smooth. I have been trying a lot of tools and each day many new tools emerge, wh...

Shrink a quarter to the size of a dime

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT

HackerNews / Intellectualventureslab
Shrink a quarter to the size of a dime  — 

European Countries Amp Up War on Piracy

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Torrentfreak
European Countries Amp Up War on Piracy  —  The entertainment industry battle to decrease the use of file-sharing networks to share copyrighted content never seems to end. Just this week, fo...

Pixar grants girl’s dying wish with home viewing of 'Up'

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Classic Paper: Scientific Computation and Functional Programming

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

10 Twitter Tools for You

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Georgescifo
10 Twitter Tools for You  — A lot of tools are available which makes the usage of Twitter more smooth. I have been trying a lot of tools and each day many new tools emerge, wh...

10 Reasons For Editing Your Published Blog Posts

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:40 PM PDT

Sphinn / Searchenginepeople
10 Reasons For Editing Your Published Blog Posts  — If getting visitors to read your blog is a goal, then editing what you have published already will be many times more effective than continually ad...

Answer To Silicon Valley s Liquidity Question: Think Smaller

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:28 PM PDT

YouTube / Ogg/Theora comparison

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:24 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / PeopleXiph
YouTube / Ogg/Theora comparison  —  Nice practical video format comparison between YouTube's H.264 and the free and open Ogg Theora. See the difference for yourself. To get some more...

Twitter's search share

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:23 PM PDT

HackerNews / Allthingsd
Twitter's search share  — 

23andMe gets another 2 million from Google

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:23 PM PDT

No, 37Signals, Planning Is Not What You Think

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Jon Stewart Mocks CNN's Iran Coverage: They Don't Know What The Hell Is Going On

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Huffingtonpost
Jon Stewart Mocks CNN's Iran Coverage: They Don't Know What The Hell Is Going On   — CNN has taken a lot of heat in the past few days for its initial lack of coverage of the Iranian election and the ensuing melee. Now Jon Stewart is...

WSJ: T-Mobile's myTouch 3G coming this summerreall

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Engadget
WSJ: T-Mobile's myTouch 3G coming this summerreall  — I really wanna get my hands on this one

Top Conservatives on Twitter (#TCOT)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 06:03 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Kithbridge
Top Conservatives on Twitter (#TCOT)  —  A great list of the top conservatives on Twitter. (Tech Industry News)

NASA To Bomb The Moon !!

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / 13above
NASA To Bomb The Moon !!  — Scientists expect the impact to blast out a huge cloud of dust, gas and vaporized water ice at least 6 miles high. Learn more....

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