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MI5: Desperately Seeking Q Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:00 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb MI5: Desperately Seeking Q  — Britain's domestic intelligence agency, more commonly known as MI5 , is looking to appoint a chief scientific adviser "to lead and co-ordinate the ...

Conn. pols weigh updates to reflect GPS advances Posted: 18 Apr 2009 05:15 PM PDT YahooNewsTechnology / AP Conn. pols weigh updates to reflect GPS advances  — In this March 17, 2009 photo, GPS units are on sale at Bernie's, a chain in Newington, Conn. The Connecticut General Assembly's transportation comm...

Social Media Takes Center Stage: Popular Stories This Week Posted: 18 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Mashable / Mashable Social Media Takes Center Stage: Popular Stories This Week  —  This week has seen social media take center stage across the world. Whether you've been following the Twitter race between Ashton and CNN or watc...

Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter Posted: 18 Apr 2009 04:32 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Afterdawn Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter  — Popular actor Ashton Kutcher has become the first person to achieve 1 million followers on Twitter this week, beating out CNN as the first to the m...

Venture Capital Investing Hits 11-Year Low In 1st Quarter Posted: 18 Apr 2009 04:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Wsj Venture Capital Investing Hits 11-Year Low In 1st Quarter  —

HOW TO: Use Social Media for Sharing Music Posted: 18 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT Mashable / Mashable HOW TO: Use Social Media for Sharing Music  — Over the last few years, social media sites for sharing music have blossomed. With great companies such as Last.fm , Pandora , and Apple revolutio...

IPL Cricket Online Is An Epic Fail Posted: 18 Apr 2009 03:37 PM PDT GigaOM / Gigaom IPL Cricket Online Is An Epic Fail  — Yesterday, I wrote about Indian Premier League's Twenty20 Cricket tournament for NewTeeVee . The big news was that the Indian professional cricket ...

11 Essential iPhone Apps for a Road Trip Posted: 18 Apr 2009 02:45 PM PDT Mashable / Mashable 11 Essential iPhone Apps for a Road Trip  — Whether you're driving 20 miles or 2000, being able to find gas, grab a bite to eat, keep up with the news or check the map for your location are a...

XO Laptop Gen 1.5: with VIA C7-M 1GHz Performance!! Posted: 18 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Olpcnews XO Laptop Gen 1.5: with VIA C7-M 1GHz Performance!!  —  OLPC is excited to announce that a refresh of the XO-1 laptop is in progress. In our continued effort to maintain a low price point, OLPC is refre...

Motorola: No Google Android Powered Set-top Box Posted: 18 Apr 2009 01:52 PM PDT GigaOM / Gigaom Motorola: No Google Android Powered Set-top Box  — Last week, I blogged about the au Box , an Internet-video friendly uber set-top box developed by Motorola . My blog post was based on a story in th...

The Art and Science of Seductive Interactions Posted: 18 Apr 2009 01:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Slideshare The Art and Science of Seductive Interactions  —

Apple bites back at Laptop Hunter ads, 'agrees' with Microsoft that Macs are cool Posted: 18 Apr 2009 12:48 PM PDT AskNews / Engadget Apple bites back at Laptop Hunter ads, 'agrees' with Microsoft that Macs are cool  —  Engadget - Found 1 hour ago Looks like Apple finally has something to say to Lauren, Giampaulo, Lisa, Jackson, and any future laptop ...

Security Expert Suggests Twitter Focus on Output Escaping not Input Filtering Posted: 18 Apr 2009 12:30 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb Security Expert Suggests Twitter Focus on Output Escaping not Input Filtering  — Twitter's status blog this morning announced that Twitter has addressed the most recent variant of the Mikeyy worm but recommends that you still av...

A Sign Of The Times: fbFund Shifts To Incubator Model Posted: 18 Apr 2009 11:30 AM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch A Sign Of The Times: fbFund Shifts To Incubator Model  —  Earlier this week Facebook detailed some of the changes it is making to fbFund, its joint venture with Accel Partners and Founders Fund designed t...

Hollywood Has A Great Online Distribution Model Posted: 18 Apr 2009 11:30 AM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Hollywood Has A Great Online Distribution Model  — In a golf tournament, it can be advantageous to putt after another player because you learn the contours of the path to the hole. In a similar way,...

Is The Times' Runup A Suckers' Rally? Posted: 18 Apr 2009 11:22 AM PDT SiliconAlleyInsider / Businessinsider Is The Times' Runup A Suckers' Rally?  —  Don't look now but New York Times shares have outperformed the SP 500 over the past month and even topped the 20% burst the Washington Post has se...

Apple tops PC customer satisfaction survey Posted: 18 Apr 2009 11:15 AM PDT NewsVineTechnology / CNET Apple tops PC customer satisfaction survey  — An overall satisfaction rating of 80 percent was good enough for Apple to trounce the second-place finisher, Gateway, which scored 66 percent. Forr...

Hulu coming to the iPhone? Posted: 18 Apr 2009 11:08 AM PDT BuzzTracker: Technology (other) / Tuaw Hulu coming to the iPhone?  — Filed under: Software, Internet, iPhoneSilicon Alley Reporter notes that, according to a well-connected industry executive, a native Hulu applicati...

iPhone to run Boston Marathon Posted: 18 Apr 2009 11:08 AM PDT BuzzTracker: Technology (other) / Tuaw iPhone to run Boston Marathon  — Filed under: Humor, Software, Odds and ends, Developer, iPhone, App StoreTUAW regulars probably remember our post about a reader in Tokyo who strap...

Image of the Day: The Photographer King Needs No Tripod Posted: 18 Apr 2009 11:07 AM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Image of the Day: The Photographer King Needs No Tripod   — Photographer Marco Sitzia rocks the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III with a monstrous Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG lens. For reference, the Sigma weighs about...

Windows 7 RC coming to MSDN/Technet soon, public May 5 Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Neowin Windows 7 RC coming to MSDN/Technet soon, public May 5  —  A page over at Microsoft Partners has been updated to show that Windows 7 RC will be publically released on May 5, and should be available for MSD...

How do environmentalists spot a mole? Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Guardian How do environmentalists spot a mole?  —

Organizers That Will Keep Your Life Stress Free Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Gizmodesk Organizers That Will Keep Your Life Stress Free  —

Kyocera Unveils Kinetic Flexible OLED Cell Phone Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / Inhabitat Kyocera Unveils Kinetic Flexible OLED Cell Phone  —

Kenwood's Gorgeous Glass Speaker with LED Stand Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / Akihabaranews Kenwood's Gorgeous Glass Speaker with LED Stand  —

Beautiful Facebook inspired Login Form Panel using Mootools glass box technique Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / DreamcssBlogspot Beautiful Facebook inspired Login Form Panel using Mootools glass box technique  —

A Portrait of Doug Engelbart Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Invisiblerevolution A Portrait of Doug Engelbart  —

On Twitter and Breakout Indie Bands Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:15 PM PDT Mashable / Mashable On Twitter and Breakout Indie Bands  — There's a cacophony of blog posts, tweets and news stories this week about Twitter's sudden rise to prominence: between the heavily-blogged Ashton ...

MySpace Fires Employee After Data Breach Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Switched MySpace Fires Employee After Data Breach  —  "On Monday, workers for the social networking site learned of a data breach orchestrated by a fellow employee, who collected names, Social Securit...

New Technology May Allow Instant On Computers: No Booting Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Eurekalert New Technology May Allow Instant On Computers: No Booting  —

Ask HN: Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki? Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki?  —

The Ethanol Bubble Pops in Iowa Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Wsj The Ethanol Bubble Pops in Iowa  —

MI5: Desperately Seeking Q Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:00 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb MI5: Desperately Seeking Q  — Britain's domestic intelligence agency, more commonly known as MI5 , is looking to appoint a chief scientific adviser "to lead and co-ordinate the ...

U.S. Soldiers' New Weapon: an iPod Posted: 18 Apr 2009 06:48 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Newsweek U.S. Soldiers' New Weapon: an iPod  — To help soldiers make sense of data from drones, satellites and ground sensors, the U.S. military now issues the iPod Touch.

Common blindness to be cured with stem cells Posted: 18 Apr 2009 06:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Timesonline Common blindness to be cured with stem cells  —

Laws of physics prevail: compact cars poor performers in the frontal collisions with midsize cars. Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Iihs Laws of physics prevail: compact cars poor performers in the frontal collisions with midsize cars.  —

17-Year-Old Behind Recent Twitter Worm Offered Job After Claiming Responsibility Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / AbcnewsGo 17-Year-Old Behind Recent Twitter Worm Offered Job After Claiming Responsibility  —

"In trying to strike XYZ down, the prosecutors may have succeeded in making it stronger than they ever imagined". Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:08 PM PDT RedditTechnology / EnWikipedia "In trying to strike XYZ down, the prosecutors may have succeeded in making it stronger than they ever imagined".  —

Jobless Rate Climbs in 46 States, With California at 11.2% - Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / OnlineWsj Jobless Rate Climbs in 46 States, With California at 11.2% -  —

What if our tech is good enough? - Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Techradar What if our tech is good enough? -  —

Research says Twitter damages young minds - Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Techradar Research says Twitter damages young minds -  —

MySpace Fires Employee After Data Breach Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Switched MySpace Fires Employee After Data Breach  —  "On Monday, workers for the social networking site learned of a data breach orchestrated by a fellow employee, who collected names, Social Securit...

Ask HN: Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki? Posted: 18 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki?  —

Long Before Twitter… Posted: 18 Apr 2009 06:48 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Imagevat Long Before Twitter…  —

Top 10 Geeky Digital Watches Posted: 18 Apr 2009 06:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Pcmag Top 10 Geeky Digital Watches  —  In addition to telling the time, these innovative wristwatches are capable of storing data, monitoring your sleep, controlling your iPod, and more...

Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will Posted: 18 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Wsj Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will  —

Rails and Django Posted: 18 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Jeffhui Rails and Django  —

The Eternal Battle: Gnome 2.26 and KDE 4 Posted: 18 Apr 2009 06:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / ThelinuxcauldronWordpress The Eternal Battle: Gnome 2.26 and KDE 4  —  It seems this debate has been discussed over and over again, with no end in site. It often looks like the only people fighting are the Gnome guys,...

Google Authorised Professional Produces Results Posted: 18 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Googleunleashed Google Authorised Professional Produces Results  —  Results speak for themselves - Google Authorised Professional makes it possible to get the most out of Google. (Tech Industry News)

What if our tech is good enough? Posted: 18 Apr 2009 05:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Techradar What if our tech is good enough?  —

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