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• Windows 7 pre-orders begin, now!
• Augmented Reality: Here's Our Wishlist of Apps, What's On Yours?
• I love Twitter, but it isn't a news source. Just ask Jeff Goldblum.
• U.S. pressing China "Green Dam" concern on all fronts
• Internet lets bad spellers grieve for Micheal Jackson
• Senate Confirms Genachowski To Head FCC, McDowell To Full Term More FCC Nominees
• Foursquare Push Notifications, For The Ultimate In Friend Stalking
• Lenovo Installs Adware With Latest Automatic Update
• Myths and realities of teen media trends
• Nintendo and Lucas Releasing Official Lightsaber, Blaster Wii Accessories
• Study Suggests People Prefer Bing’s Design To Google’s, But Still Won’t Switch
• Bethesda Softworks Acquires id Software
• Mossberg: New MacBook Pro has best battery life "ever tested"
• Who is attacking Solid Oak, whose code was stolen for Green Dam?
• Shocker: We Still Suck When It Comes to High-Tech Education
• Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff: The future of computing looks like Twitter
• Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case
• More Layoffs At FIM Includes One-Third Of Photobucket Staff
• Apple sued over 'false' iTunes gift card promises
• IPhone 3GS PlayStation, Game Boy Advance emulators demoed on video
• HTC Hero's Teflon Coating Makes the iPhone Feel Like Junk
• Lenovo Software Update Stealthily Installs Adware
• Australian Web Filter To Censor Downloaded Games
• Virtual PornMan Charged In 'Virtual Porn' Case
• Johnny Chung Lee
• Founders Fund: Eyeing Life Beyond Consumer Web Startups
• Microsoft Bing accused of plagiarism
• Real-time Data Provider
• Rapidshare loses €24m copyright infringement lawsuit
• 700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing
• ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief as new CEO
• "Public Plan" will decimate R&D for New Medical Technology
• Thriller: My First Album
• PlayStation Home: By The Numbers
• Firms must go to court to stop all counterfeit hauls
• RT@atul: How What Mobile Phone Services does India use Report India, Top list, Trends, survey, telecom
• "Public Plan" will decimate R&D for New Medical Technology
• The Marketing 2.0 Revolution: Who Is Driving?
• Meiga: One of The Best Linux File Sharing Programs
• Sony is charging 249 for the PSPgo because it can
• 15 Textures and 8 Best Texture Sites
• Have a freakishly fun time in: Freaky Creatures
• Ask HN: What's necessary re: server RAM?
• Car Sharing Goes Electric
• 140 Characters of Protest
• Liked "The triumph of Linux as a supercomputer OS Royal Pingdom " http://ff.im/-4s7QO
• Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?
• Google's Keyword Wonder Wheel
• June 25, 1876: Was Custer Outgunned at Little Bighorn?
• Education Web Design

Windows 7 pre-orders begin, now! Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:07 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Windows 7 pre-orders begin, now!  —  Tomorrow is today which makes it time to get your Windows 7 pre-order in. Amazon issued a big 'ol press release telling us that it's now offering ...

Augmented Reality: Here's Our Wishlist of Apps, What's On Yours? Posted: 25 Jun 2009 03:00 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb Augmented Reality: Here's Our Wishlist of Apps, What's On Yours?  — There's another dimension present, everywhere we go, that a growing number of technologists are working to uncover. These people aren't talking a...

I love Twitter, but it isn't a news source. Just ask Jeff Goldblum. Posted: 25 Jun 2009 02:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Technologizer I love Twitter, but it isn't a news source. Just ask Jeff Goldblum.  —

U.S. pressing China "Green Dam" concern on all fronts Posted: 25 Jun 2009 02:01 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Reuters U.S. pressing China "Green Dam" concern on all fronts  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still hopes it can persuade China to abandon, or at least delay, its plan to require controversial filter...

Internet lets bad spellers grieve for Micheal Jackson Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:22 PM PDT VentureBeat / DigitalVenturebeat Internet lets bad spellers grieve for Micheal Jackson  — One of the pleasures of Internet culture none of the eggheads talk about at conferences is that the Internet lets you be dumb. I don't just mean t...

Senate Confirms Genachowski To Head FCC, McDowell To Full Term More FCC Nominees Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:07 PM PDT PaidContent / Paidcontent Senate Confirms Genachowski To Head FCC, McDowell To Full Term More FCC Nominees  —  Almost lost in the news overload: the U.S. Senate confirmed President Obama's choice of Julius Genachowski to head the Federal Communica...

Foursquare Push Notifications, For The Ultimate In Friend Stalking Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Foursquare Push Notifications, For The Ultimate In Friend Stalking  — Foursquare , the location-based social networking service, is about to activate Push Notifications in the new version of its iPhone app, due shortl...

Lenovo Installs Adware With Latest Automatic Update Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Lenovo Installs Adware With Latest Automatic Update   — A recent automatic update from Lenovo contains adware that subjects users to irremovable pop-up ads that advertise various accessories contained in...

Myths and realities of teen media trends Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Myths and realities of teen media trends  — A new report from Nielsen dispels the myth that teens are too busy texting and computing to be engaged with traditional media.

Nintendo and Lucas Releasing Official Lightsaber, Blaster Wii Accessories Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:07 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Nintendo and Lucas Releasing Official Lightsaber, Blaster Wii Accessories   — There have been plenty of cheap, crappy, plastic lightsabers for the Wii before, but now there are official cheap, crappy, plastic lightsabers for ...

Study Suggests People Prefer Bing’s Design To Google’s, But Still Won’t Switch Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:43 AM PDT HackerNews / Techcrunch Study Suggests People Prefer Bing's Design To Google's, But Still Won't Switch  —

Bethesda Softworks Acquires id Software Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:33 AM PDT Google News: Technology / Kombo Bethesda Softworks Acquires id Software  — Well, this was certainly unexpected. Usually, when one game company is interested in a deal, merger, or acquisition, there's plenty of notice.

Mossberg: New MacBook Pro has best battery life "ever tested" Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:22 AM PDT AppleInsider / Appleinsider Mossberg: New MacBook Pro has best battery life "ever tested"  — Although theyre not without their drawbacks, the new MacBook Pros have been celebrated by one veteran columnist as having the best stock battery li...

Who is attacking Solid Oak, whose code was stolen for Green Dam? Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:18 AM PDT Google News: Technology / GovernmentZdnet Who is attacking Solid Oak, whose code was stolen for Green Dam?  — Check out this document from Solid Oak Software, makers of CyberSitter. It's a comparison of CyberSitter with Green Dam-Youth Escort, the software ...

Shocker: We Still Suck When It Comes to High-Tech Education Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:15 AM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Shocker: We Still Suck When It Comes to High-Tech Education  — Ever since I've been in Silicon Valley, I've heard mass anxiety about the state of higher education, particularly when it comes to training the nex...

Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff: The future of computing looks like Twitter Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:52 AM PDT VentureBeat / DigitalVenturebeat Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff: The future of computing looks like Twitter  — Marc Benioff, co-founder and chief executive of Salesforce.com , told attendees at today's Structure 09 conference in San Francisco that the world ...

Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:45 AM PDT Slashdot / Slashdot Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case  — mcgrew writes "CNN reports that 'A Tennessee man is facing charges of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor for what authorities say are three ...

More Layoffs At FIM Includes One-Third Of Photobucket Staff Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:37 AM PDT PaidContent / Paidcontent More Layoffs At FIM Includes One-Third Of Photobucket Staff  —  The slasher film series continues at Fox Interactive Media, which laid off another 50-75 people today at its non-MySpace properties as t...

Apple sued over 'false' iTunes gift card promises Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:22 AM PDT AppleInsider / Appleinsider Apple sued over 'false' iTunes gift card promises  — A new lawsuit accuses Apple of a bait-and-switch tactic with iTunes gift cards by instituting variable song pricing but leaving old cards on the sh...

IPhone 3GS PlayStation, Game Boy Advance emulators demoed on video Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:16 AM PDT Megite: Technology / Engadget IPhone 3GS PlayStation, Game Boy Advance emulators demoed on video  —  A final iPhone 3GS jailbreak hasn't been released yet, but that isn't stopping enterprising hackers from trying to get at all that extra horsepowe...

HTC Hero's Teflon Coating Makes the iPhone Feel Like Junk Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo HTC Hero's Teflon Coating Makes the iPhone Feel Like Junk   — Yesterday I held the new HTC Hero next to my iPhone. Not only the new Android handset has a surprisingly cool designstraight out of JJ Abrams' Star...

Lenovo Software Update Stealthily Installs Adware Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Slashdot Lenovo Software Update Stealthily Installs Adware  —

Australian Web Filter To Censor Downloaded Games Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Slashdot Australian Web Filter To Censor Downloaded Games  —

Virtual PornMan Charged In 'Virtual Porn' Case Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Aol Virtual PornMan Charged In 'Virtual Porn' Case  —

Johnny Chung Lee Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Youtube Johnny Chung Lee  —

Founders Fund: Eyeing Life Beyond Consumer Web Startups Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Pehub Founders Fund: Eyeing Life Beyond Consumer Web Startups  —

Microsoft Bing accused of plagiarism Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Telegraph Microsoft Bing accused of plagiarism  —  Kayak, a website that specialises in finding the cheapest flights, claims that Microsofts new search engine, Bing, is so similar that it is confus...

Real-time Data Provider Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / NewsYcombinator Real-time Data Provider  —

Rapidshare loses €24m copyright infringement lawsuit Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Arstechnica Rapidshare loses €24m copyright infringement lawsuit  —

700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Yahoo 700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing  —

ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief as new CEO Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Ap ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief as new CEO  —

"Public Plan" will decimate R&D for New Medical Technology Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Wsj "Public Plan" will decimate R&D for New Medical Technology  —

Thriller: My First Album Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:22 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Thriller: My First Album   — Reposted in MJ's Memory: At first I thought my first was a cassette single of Bel Biv Devoe's Poison I bought from the Bergen Mall, but then I real...

PlayStation Home: By The Numbers Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:17 PM PDT NewsVineTechnology / Kotaku PlayStation Home: By The Numbers  — According to Sony the registered number of Playstation Home users has reached 7 million. 3 million of which come from europe. 80% of the users are ...

Firms must go to court to stop all counterfeit hauls Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Firms must go to court to stop all counterfeit hauls  — HMRC policy change could cost IP rights holders Companies will have to go to court every time they want counterfeit goods to be stopped at the UK's...

RT@atul: How What Mobile Phone Services does India use Report India, Top list, Trends, survey, telecom Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:28 PM PDT Twitter / Trak RT@atul: How What Mobile Phone Services does India use Report India, Top list, Trends, survey, telecom  —

"Public Plan" will decimate R&D for New Medical Technology Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Wsj "Public Plan" will decimate R&D for New Medical Technology  —

The Marketing 2.0 Revolution: Who Is Driving? Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Louisgray The Marketing 2.0 Revolution: Who Is Driving?  —

Meiga: One of The Best Linux File Sharing Programs Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Makeuseof Meiga: One of The Best Linux File Sharing Programs  —  Sharing files on a network generally requires some amount of configuration, know-how and time. Things get even geekier when you have different mac...

Sony is charging 249 for the PSPgo because it can Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:48 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Engadget Sony is charging 249 for the PSPgo because it can  — Alright, so this one isn't exactly a shocker, but it is a little bit of honesty that's not often found when it comes to talking about the prices of...

15 Textures and 8 Best Texture Sites Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / 10stepsSg 15 Textures and 8 Best Texture Sites  —  The author photograph textures sometimes when he is out with my camera. Here are 15 of them which includes wood, concrete, grass and fruits. This ...

Have a freakishly fun time in: Freaky Creatures Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Kidsgamesblog Have a freakishly fun time in: Freaky Creatures  — Freaky Creature truly sets the bar in (MMO) massive multiplayer online games, where you are able to do battle online with others in a cross-platfor...

Ask HN: What's necessary re: server RAM? Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: What's necessary re: server RAM?  —

Car Sharing Goes Electric Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:09 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Wired Car Sharing Goes Electric  — Baltimore has rolled out an electric car sharing program featuring 10 small city cars that deliver as much as 120 miles per charge, and the people ...

140 Characters of Protest Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT Twitter / Pewresearch 140 Characters of Protest  —

Liked "The triumph of Linux as a supercomputer OS Royal Pingdom " http://ff.im/-4s7QO Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:08 PM PDT Twitter / RoyalPingdom Liked "The triumph of Linux as a supercomputer OS Royal Pingdom " http://ff.im/-4s7QO  —

Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour? Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Scienceray Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?  —

Google's Keyword Wonder Wheel Posted: 25 Jun 2009 05:48 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Businessopp4you Google's Keyword Wonder Wheel  — Getting good keyword ideas can be a pain in the neck! Google to the rescue. Learn to use the tools Google makes for us to help us create targeted p...

June 25, 1876: Was Custer Outgunned at Little Bighorn? Posted: 25 Jun 2009 05:48 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Wired June 25, 1876: Was Custer Outgunned at Little Bighorn?  — 1876: An advance regiment of cavalrymen under the command of George Armstrong Custer is killed to a man on a sun-parched ridge near the Little Bigh...

Education Web Design Posted: 25 Jun 2009 05:48 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Educationwebdesign Education Web Design  — Interesting Blog posts

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