Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Top Technology News

Top Technology News

Gateway's New Rebellious 11.6-Inch Netbook Packs AMD Athlon Processor

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Gateway's New Rebellious 11.6-Inch Netbook Packs AMD Athlon Processor   — What's up, Gateway? You think you're too good for the Atom? All the other netbooks are using it. Doesn't this really make your new LT3100 more of a...

Web Pries Lid of Censorship by Iranian Government

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT

NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes
Web Pries Lid of Censorship by Iranian Government  — Iran's sometimes faltering attempts to come to grips with censorship in the 21st century are providing a laboratory for what can and cannot be done.

iCrack: The iPhone Is An Accident Magnet

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
iCrack: The iPhone Is An Accident Magnet  — If you've ever thought that your iPhone had the frictional coefficient of a Slip n' Slide, you're not alone. A new report from SquareTrade details...

Former Yahoo Vince Broady launches thisMoment, a site for sharing life's big moments:

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 04:28 PM PDT

Lenovo intros well-connected 0.83-inch thick ThinkPad T400s

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Lenovo intros well-connected 0.83-inch thick ThinkPad T400s  —  Thinner than some netbooks and more potent than four or five of them combined, Lenovo's ThinkPad T400s aims to hit some sort of sweet spot in betw...

Un-Clear: Registered Traveler Company Shuts Down

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 04:03 PM PDT

Alice.com Launches to Assure You Never Run Out of Toilet Paper Again

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:45 PM PDT

Mashable / Mashable
Alice.com Launches to Assure You Never Run Out of Toilet Paper Again  — Last November, we learned about Alice.com , a website that promised free shipping, saving you time, and making sure you never run out of bathroom ...

Alice.com Is Your Housekeeper And Personal Shopper Rolled Into One

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:32 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Alice.com Is Your Housekeeper And Personal Shopper Rolled Into One  —  Ever run out of toilet paper or trashbags at an inopportune moment and think to yourself, I wish I had someone to remind me when I need to buy hou...

Intel to supply chips to Nokia

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:28 PM PDT

Iran: More on the life and death of Neda Agha-Soltan

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:15 PM PDT

YahooBuzz / BoingBoing
Iran: More on the life and death of Neda Agha-Soltan  — An amazing piece by Borzou Daragahi, in Tehran, from today's LA Times on the life and death of Neda Agha-Soltan (shown above in a family photo). He...

Apple's Secrecy on Products and Top Executives

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:00 PM PDT

NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes
Apple's Secrecy on Products and Top Executives  — Apple employees have been fired for leaking news tidbits to outsiders, and the company has been known to spread disinformation about product plans ...

Not So Clear: Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:28 PM PDT

BuzzTracker: On VC & Startups (other) / Pehub
Not So Clear: Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down  — Verified Identity Pass, operator of the "Clear" system that allowed members to pass quickly through airport security, is ceasing operations later t...

Why Is Brando Selling a Tissue Holder That Has Obama's Face on a @%$ *% KFC Bucket?!

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:22 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Why Is Brando Selling a Tissue Holder That Has Obama's Face on a @%$ *% KFC Bucket?!   — I'm really, REALLY not understanding why Brando, purveyors of all things strange and gadgety , are selling a tissue holder looking like a certain f...

Pageonce Brilliantly Combines All Your Online Accounts Into One App

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:00 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
Pageonce Brilliantly Combines All Your Online Accounts Into One App  — Step aside, Mint . Pageonce just launched a major update to its iPhone application, and it blows you out of the water. Pageonce's v3 update is abso...

An Experiment In BlackBerry Development

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 01:15 PM PDT

Slashdot / Slashdot
An Experiment In BlackBerry Development  — ballwall writes "We've all read the stories about how lucrative selling apps on the iPhone can be (or not), but what about other platforms? BlackBe...

A manifesto on health data rights. ()

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 01:08 PM PDT

More Pearl Jam DLC Heading to Rock Band

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:48 PM PDT

Newspond / 1UP
More Pearl Jam DLC Heading to Rock Band  — Rock Band enthusiasts might recall a three-pack of Pearl Jam tracks that were made available exclusively through Best Buy preorders of the band's r...

40 Sources To Download High-Quality Free Photoshop PSD Stuff Showcases instantShift

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:40 PM PDT

Now We re Talking: AIM With Push Support Hits The App Store

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:28 PM PDT

Tron Guy Forced to Sell Plane on eBay Due to Crap Economy

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:07 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Tron Guy Forced to Sell Plane on eBay Due to Crap Economy   — You know Tron Guy , that chubby embarrassment in a Lycra suit? Apparently, he was making enough scratch to own a plane that matched his outfit. Sad...

Sorting wheat from chaff

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:48 PM PDT

HackerNews / UnscannableWordpress
Sorting wheat from chaff  — 

Green-friendly washing machine uses just one cup of water

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:46 PM PDT

NewsVineTechnology / TheTimes
Green-friendly washing machine uses just one cup of water  — Hippies may not be the most frequent visitors to the launderette, but soon they will have no excuse not to wash their clothes, thanks to a new envi...

Intel to make major mobile strategy announcement

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:45 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Intel to make major mobile strategy announcement  — Chipmaker is set to make a major announcement Tuesday that could involve supplying chips for mobile devices.

Steve Jobs Back at Work

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:40 PM PDT

NewserTechnology / Newser
Steve Jobs Back at Work  — Steve Jobs was back on the job at Apple yesterday after taking six months of medical leave for a liver transplant, according to CNBC. Company offic...

MySpace International Head Travis Katz Is Out

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:30 PM PDT

TechCrunch / TechCrunch
MySpace International Head Travis Katz Is Out  — More bad news at MySpace. As we await what are likely to be significant cuts in MySpace's international headcount, MySpace International managing d...

Haskell on the iPhone

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Why Windows isn’t ready for the desktop

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Another way to look at inheritance and composition

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT

Gateway LT3100 Netbook Runs an AMD Athlon Processor, LED Backlit 11-inch screen and Multitouch

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:22 PM PDT

Gizmodo / Gizmodo
Gateway LT3100 Netbook Runs an AMD Athlon Processor, LED Backlit 11-inch screen and Multitouch   — What's up, Gateway? You think you're too good for the Atom? All the other netbooks are using it. Doesn't this really make your new LT3100 more of a...

Ultrasn0w iPhone 3G unlock for 3.0 is 0ut

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:22 PM PDT

Engadget / Engadget
Ultrasn0w iPhone 3G unlock for 3.0 is 0ut  — Have at it kids, the iPhone Dev-Team's Ultrasn0w unlock for legacy iPhone 3G owners is ready. The unlock works with the original iPhone as well but...

Twitter Scaling Solution Earns Reductive Labs 2 Million

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:15 PM PDT

ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb
Twitter Scaling Solution Earns Reductive Labs 2 Million  — Once a company gains widespread popularity, scaling is often its biggest problem. Public familiarity with the Twitter Fail Whale is our proof. To k...

Reductive Labs scores 2M for Puppet IT automation tool

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:07 PM PDT

VentureBeat / DealsVenturebeat
Reductive Labs scores 2M for Puppet IT automation tool  — Portland, Oregon-based Reductive Labs makes Puppet, a tool for automating IT resources. Can we just say it? Puppet lets companies cut the sizes of ...

Top 500 supers

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:07 PM PDT

TheRegister / TheRegister
Top 500 supers  — Not the norm. But getting there The annual International Supercomputing Conference kicked off this morning in Hamburg, Germany, with the announceme...

Web Pries Lid of Censorship by Iranian Government

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Dispute flares over which tech firms are helping Iran eavesdrop

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:00 PM PDT

CNETNews.com / CNETNews
Dispute flares over which tech firms are helping Iran eavesdrop  — A Nokia-Siemens joint venture flatly denies reports alleging it provided Internet wiretapping gear to Iran, leaving the question open: Who's helpin...

Sorting wheat from chaff

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:48 PM PDT

HackerNews / UnscannableWordpress
Sorting wheat from chaff  — 

Samsung Unveils Mini-SSD Drives for Netbooks

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Computerworld
Samsung Unveils Mini-SSD Drives for Netbooks  —  The solid state drives are 80% smaller than typical 2.5" drives and offer 200MB/sec read sequential rates. (Hardware)

Water-Cooled Supercomputer Doubles as Dorm Space Heater

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Wired
Water-Cooled Supercomputer Doubles as Dorm Space Heater  —  Massive supercomputers that devour electricity to keep them humming are not exactly the poster children for green technology. But IBM hopes to cha...

How to play games like Tetris inside the Mac OS Terminal app

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:44 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Edibleapple
How to play games like Tetris inside the Mac OS Terminal app  —  Terminal, the seldom used gateway to Unix on the Mac, has its fair share of interesting features, chief among them being the ability to play games...

How Hacker Investors Could Save The Media

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:43 PM PDT

Tower Defense Framework

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:43 PM PDT

Adobe Photoshop Custom Brush Settings

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:28 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Photoshop-basicsBlogspot....
Adobe Photoshop Custom Brush Settings  — Preset brushes can be customized using the style options on the left side of the Brushes palette together with the settings which control the Brush...

Compiz Cube Video Tutorial

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:23 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxhaxor
Compiz Cube Video Tutorial  —  Compiz on Linux makes Windows 7 OSX look like a wuss (Linux/Unix)

10 Iptables Rules To Help Secure Your Linux Box

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:23 PM PDT

DiggTechnologyUpcoming / BuilderauAu
10 Iptables Rules To Help Secure Your Linux Box  —  Let's take a look at 10 such commands. Some of these rules will be more server orientated, whereas some will be more desktop orientated. For the p...

T-mobile to Launch New Android Powered Phone

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Laptopshop
T-mobile to Launch New Android Powered Phone  — Mobile is launching a new Android powered handset. The new handset is set to arrive on 8th July 2009. The myTouch 3G is the second Android Powered ...

When It Comes To Search Trends, Google Is Lagging Behind Bing

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Techcrunch
When It Comes To Search Trends, Google Is Lagging Behind Bing  — As Microsoft tries to take away market share from Google with its new search engine, Bing, it is battling Google feature by feature. One feature wh...

LE40B650

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Le40b650
LE40B650  — Find the cheapest UK price for the new Samsung LE40B650 lcd tv. Compare prices of the le40b650 with all the leading online retailers and get the ch...

Too many coincidences for one news headline

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:03 PM PDT

Second largest country in the world

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:48 PM PDT

MixxTechnology / Checkmycity
Second largest country in the world  — The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of aboriginal people. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and Fre...

Study: Brain represents tools as temporary body parts

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:43 PM PDT
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