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FriendFeed sucks in more Twitter users, and that's good for Twitter Posted: 06 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat FriendFeed sucks in more Twitter users, and that's good for Twitter  — FriendFeed , the service that culls your activities on various social networks into a single stream, is seeing a surge in new users, at least from ...

YouTube River Diverted Into The Google Social Ocean As Well Posted: 06 May 2009 06:45 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch YouTube River Diverted Into The Google Social Ocean As Well  — It's pretty obvious that Google is getting ready to fully cast its social net over its web properties. It's been doing things like tweaking the dev...

Cool changes coming to Twitter Search Posted: 06 May 2009 06:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Cool changes coming to Twitter Search  — Coming soon: deeper crawling by the Twitter Search bot, and smarter results pages. Plus: Twitter is faster than earthquakes.

ABC Music Lounge: No cocktails, but nonstop music Posted: 06 May 2009 04:15 PM PDT YahooNewsTechnology / AP ABC Music Lounge: No cocktails, but nonstop music  — AP - Cocktails won't be served, but ABC says a new online "music lounge" will offer a full menu of songs and artists featured on its shows.

SCO to fight US bankruptcy trustee's motion to liquidate it Posted: 06 May 2009 04:01 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Arstechnica SCO to fight US bankruptcy trustee's motion to liquidate it  —  SCO, the dying Utah UNIX vendor, could finally be headed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and liquidation. The US Trustee representing the Justice Departm...

Xerox Launches Revolutionary Color Printer Posted: 06 May 2009 03:45 PM PDT Techmeme / BlogsWsj Xerox Launches Revolutionary Color Printer   —  Xerox Launches Revolutionary Color Printer Many companies restrict the use of color printers because of high costs up to eight cents a page, com...

Complete Lego Space Timeline Brings Back Best Childhood Memories Ever Posted: 06 May 2009 03:22 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Complete Lego Space Timeline Brings Back Best Childhood Memories Ever   — Get ready for a trip to the past that rivals the visit to Lego's secret vault : All the Lego Space sets ever released in one single place, gallery ...

iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5 now available Posted: 06 May 2009 03:22 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5 now available  —  This time Apple waited just over a week to release its latest revision to the iPhone OS 3.0 beta, which is about half the time they waited for the...

No Mob Wars Here: WonderHill Nabs 7 Million To Build Wholesome Casual Games Posted: 06 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch No Mob Wars Here: WonderHill Nabs 7 Million To Build Wholesome Casual Games  —  It's quickly becoming clear that social gaming is a goldmine. Zynga is reportedly making as much as nine figures in revenues, and as users become...

How I Did It: Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn Posted: 06 May 2009 02:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Inc How I Did It: Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn  —

Microsoft CEO still sees chance to work with Yahoo Posted: 06 May 2009 01:52 PM PDT ReutersTechnology / Reuters Microsoft CEO still sees chance to work with Yahoo  — PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer said he sees opportunities to work with Yahoo Inc to create a "better search pro...

The 4 Hour Workday Posted: 06 May 2009 01:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Thinksimplenow The 4 Hour Workday  —

Twitter co-founder says company not for sale Posted: 06 May 2009 01:18 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Reuters Twitter co-founder says company not for sale  — HTML::Element=HASH(0xb80f358)

Duke Nukem Maker 3D Realms Shut Down Posted: 06 May 2009 01:18 PM PDT Google News: Technology / 1up Duke Nukem Maker 3D Realms Shut Down  — HTML::Element=HASH(0xb803d30)

New Inks Cut Costs of Office Color Printing Posted: 06 May 2009 01:15 PM PDT NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes New Inks Cut Costs of Office Color Printing  — Xerox will use solid sticks of ink that melt as needed and Hewlett Packard uses liquid ink cartridges both are less expensive than color laser tec...

Blu-ray Cheaper and More Popular, But Still Confusing To Most People [Blu-Ray] Posted: 06 May 2009 01:07 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Blu-ray Cheaper and More Popular, But Still Confusing To Most People [Blu-Ray]  — The gadget-sale tracking NPD says Blu-ray sales were up 72% from a year before, while dollars earned were up just 14% (players are getting cheaper)...

Seesmic CEO on the business of Twitter Posted: 06 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Seesmic CEO on the business of Twitter  — Loic Le Meur reveals his plans to make money from the service that's making none.

Ballmer: We need to be more disruptive in search Posted: 06 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Ballmer: We need to be more disruptive in search  — Addressing the Google question, Microsoft's CEO tells a Stanford crows that the company needs to act more like a startup.

Geospatial Tactical Display Kicks Every Single Display Surface Out of the Water Posted: 06 May 2009 12:37 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Geospatial Tactical Display Kicks Every Single Display Surface Out of the Water   — This new geospatial information system for the US military mixes maps, 3D, units positioning, UAV video, radar, infrared, and satellite imaging int...

Blu-ray making greenbacks, sales up 72% to start '09 Posted: 06 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Blu-ray making greenbacks, sales up 72% to start '09  — Congratulations Blu-ray, you might be ready to step into the zone of mass market acceptance, as NPD's retail tracking service found Q1 sales of sta...

OffiSync integrates Google Docs with Microsoft Office Posted: 06 May 2009 07:52 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat OffiSync integrates Google Docs with Microsoft Office  — A tiny Seattle startup has done what two giant companies haven't done: get Google Docs to work well with Microsoft's Office software. OffiSync , a ...

World's Smallest Wireless Mouse Posted: 06 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Savasplace World's Smallest Wireless Mouse  —

Ericsson says Sony logical buyer for SE stake: report Posted: 06 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT ReutersTechnology / Reuters Ericsson says Sony logical buyer for SE stake: report  — HELSINKI (Reuters) - Ericsson chief executive Carl-Henric Svanberg said partner Sony would be a "logical buyer" for Ericsson's half of handset maki...

@Google Posted: 06 May 2009 07:30 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch @Google  — Twitter Search is easily the most promising aspect of Twitter. People talk about mundane updates, or connecting with companies, or following celebr...

Where can I find a good enough speech to text program for OS X? Posted: 06 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / SelfTechnology Where can I find a good enough speech to text program for OS X?  —

The future is in the ability to ignore Posted: 06 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Lexandera The future is in the ability to ignore  —

Exploiting spammers to make computers smarter Posted: 06 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / GlindenBlogspot Exploiting spammers to make computers smarter  —

What I have learned from science fiction Posted: 06 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Ibiblio What I have learned from science fiction  —

How amazon cocked up kindle Posted: 06 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / Theinquirer How amazon cocked up kindle  —

Windows 7 raises complaints from rivals: report Posted: 06 May 2009 07:16 PM PDT YahooNewsTechnology / Reuters Windows 7 raises complaints from rivals: report  — Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp CEO announces the release of the Windows 7 operating system as he delivers the pre-show keynote address at the annual...

Windows 7 raises complaints from rivals: report Posted: 06 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT ReutersTechnology / Reuters Windows 7 raises complaints from rivals: report  — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's next version of Windows is stirring fresh complaints of anticompetitive behavior from rivals who say the new version o...

FriendFeed sucks in more Twitter users, and that's good for Twitter Posted: 06 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat FriendFeed sucks in more Twitter users, and that's good for Twitter  — FriendFeed , the service that culls your activities on various social networks into a single stream, is seeing a surge in new users, at least from ...

Disk platter sizes vary with drive speeds Posted: 06 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Disk platter sizes vary with drive speeds  — Faster speeds equal small platters Comment When is a 2.5-inch form factor drive not a 2.5-inch form factor drive? Whitepaper - Thinking beyond...

AMD reorg merges microprocessor, graphics units Posted: 06 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / NewsCnet AMD reorg merges microprocessor, graphics units  —  Advanced Micro Devices has launched a reorganization that will see the chipmaker's microprocessor and graphics units merged into a single group. T...

Firefox, Chrome users more up to date than Safari and Opera Posted: 06 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Arstechnica Firefox, Chrome users more up to date than Safari and Opera  —  People who use Firefox or Chrome are more likely to be running the latest version of the software when compared against Safari and Opera users, ac...

The Physics of Free Running Posted: 06 May 2009 07:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / Popsci The Physics of Free Running  —

Hey Reddit: What do you think of this crazy idea? Posted: 06 May 2009 07:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / SelfGeek Hey Reddit: What do you think of this crazy idea?  —

Google Earth has been used to unearth treasure, expose drug growers and discover meteorite sites and ancient villas. It has even helped solve a missing persons case. Posted: 06 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / SpiegelDe Google Earth has been used to unearth treasure, expose drug growers and discover meteorite sites and ancient villas. It has even helped solve a missing persons case.  —

Solder Flux Remover On the Cheap Posted: 06 May 2009 07:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Youtube Solder Flux Remover On the Cheap  —

Unsolved problems in physics Posted: 06 May 2009 06:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Wikipedia Unsolved problems in physics  —

Google App Engine Scales and Develops Fast Posted: 06 May 2009 06:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Coderoshi Google App Engine Scales and Develops Fast  —

In the meantime, some guys got all pissed off, and totally started wailing on each other. What a bunch of dicks. Posted: 06 May 2009 06:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / VideoGoogle In the meantime, some guys got all pissed off, and totally started wailing on each other. What a bunch of dicks.  —

No More Energy Losses With Superconductors Technology Posted: 06 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / EcologicnewsBlogspot No More Energy Losses With Superconductors Technology  —

Cowbirds in Love Posted: 06 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Cowbirdsinlove Cowbirds in Love  — How many awkward situations would you be saved by massive weights hurtling down and squishing your suitors?

News Corp Sees Big Drop in MySpace Ad Revenue Posted: 06 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Clickz News Corp Sees Big Drop in MySpace Ad Revenue  —

PBS Nova: Spy Factory (awesome documentary on NSA datamining pre & post 9/11) Posted: 06 May 2009 05:48 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Pbs PBS Nova: Spy Factory (awesome documentary on NSA datamining pre & post 9/11)  —

School of Art and Design Creativity Test Posted: 06 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Toxel School of Art and Design Creativity Test  —  Clever advertising campaign for Panamericana School of Art and Design encourages people everywhere to test their creativity. (Design)

Mozilla Labs Blog Archive Identity in the Browser Posted: 06 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT Twitter / LabsMozilla Mozilla Labs Blog Archive Identity in the Browser  —

Liked "Dave Winer's thoughts on why RSS is NOT dead... " http://ff.im/-2Fd3D Posted: 06 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT Twitter / Scripting Liked "Dave Winer's thoughts on why RSS is NOT dead... " http://ff.im/-2Fd3D  —

French National Police Dump Windows for Linux Posted: 06 May 2009 05:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Infopackets French National Police Dump Windows for Linux  —  By gradually migrating to a complete open source desktop and web applications, Gendarmerie Nationale, the French national police force with 105000...

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