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Inside AdWords: Update to U.S. ad text trademark policy Posted: 14 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT Twitter / AdwordsBlogspot Inside AdWords: Update to U.S. ad text trademark policy  —

Hulu Questions Count of Its Audience Posted: 14 May 2009 05:15 PM PDT NYTimesMedia / NYTimes Hulu Questions Count of Its Audience  — The skirmish shows how imprecise ratings can be for video and visitors on the Web, which may hurt advertising and public perceptions.

Micron enters graphics memory business Posted: 14 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Micron enters graphics memory business  — The No. 3 maker of DRAM chip is entering the graphics memory business, taking on heavyweights Samsung and Hynix.

Virus Linked to High Blood Pressure Posted: 14 May 2009 04:08 PM PDT Newspond / LiveScience Virus Linked to High Blood Pressure  — A common virus might be a major cause of high blood pressure, a new study found.

Order of Ads on Google Leads to Suit Posted: 14 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes Order of Ads on Google Leads to Suit  — Google accepts competitive uses of trademarks, prompting some companies to seek legal action.

Guitar Hero: World Tour 'Pop Rock Track Pack' DLC available Posted: 14 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Joystiq Guitar Hero: World Tour 'Pop Rock Track Pack' DLC available  —  Wannabe rockers, Guitar Hero: World Tour is unleashing some fresh DLC for your earholes. Dubbed the 'Pop Rock Track Pack,' the contents of this DL...

Random House now disabling text-to-speech function of Kindle e-books Posted: 14 May 2009 01:52 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Random House now disabling text-to-speech function of Kindle e-books  —  The much-touted and extremely controversial story of the text-to-speech function of Amazon's Kindle 2 could fill a very large e-book. The tale con...

Behind the scenes of the Search Options panel Posted: 14 May 2009 01:03 PM PDT HackerNews / GoogleblogBlogspot Behind the scenes of the Search Options panel  —

Siemens' Steamy Kaffeevollautomat Coffee Maker Gets Coffee Lovers Excited Posted: 14 May 2009 12:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Siemens' Steamy Kaffeevollautomat Coffee Maker Gets Coffee Lovers Excited   — For fancy caffeine, you can't just use any old espresso machine. The latest coffee maker from Siemens doesn't only look slick and expensive but has...

@EconSM: Baseline's Ron Conway: 'I Don't Use Twitter Or Facebook' Posted: 14 May 2009 12:52 PM PDT PaidContent / Paidcontent @EconSM: Baseline's Ron Conway: 'I Don't Use Twitter Or Facebook'  — The list of social media properties Baseline Ventures' Ron Conway has backed includes Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Seesmic ... and it goes on and on. S...

13 Things That Bug Us About Android Posted: 14 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch 13 Things That Bug Us About Android  — We like Android. But let's be honest, even without that little "beta" tag, we know this is a work in progress. Having had a chance to use our Andro...

The BlackBerry Storm 2 Posted: 14 May 2009 12:37 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo The BlackBerry Storm 2   — CrackBerry's got the first photos of the BlackBerry Storm 2, the phone that hopes to set right what once went wrong. It looks thinner than the orig...

Twitter Blog: The Replies Kerfuffle Posted: 14 May 2009 12:28 PM PDT Twitter / BlogTwitter Twitter Blog: The Replies Kerfuffle  —

April NPD: DSi Sells Big, Everything Else Plummets Posted: 14 May 2009 11:47 AM PDT Google News: Technology / FeedsWired April NPD: DSi Sells Big, Everything Else Plummets  — By Chris Kohler The launch of Nintendo DSi propelled total US sales of DS hardware to over 1 million units in the month of April 2009, the NPD Grou...

Wolfram Alpha set for launch, first look unveiled Posted: 14 May 2009 11:30 AM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Wolfram Alpha set for launch, first look unveiled  —  Wolfram Alpha is set to launch Friday, and creator Stephen Wolfram has published a great screencast that demonstrates the strengt...

GPS Accuracy Could Start Dropping In 2010 Posted: 14 May 2009 11:15 AM PDT Slashdot / Slashdot GPS Accuracy Could Start Dropping In 2010  — adamengst writes "A US Government Accountability Office report raises concerns about the Air Force's ability to modernize and maintain the constell...

HOW TO: Simplify Your Social Media Routine Posted: 14 May 2009 11:00 AM PDT Mashable / Mashable HOW TO: Simplify Your Social Media Routine  — Leo Babauta is author of Top 25 blog Zen Habits and best-selling book, The Power of Less . These days participating in social media such as Twitter...

Skydeck mobile in-box mashes in Google Voice Posted: 14 May 2009 11:00 AM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Skydeck mobile in-box mashes in Google Voice  — A text and voicemail in-box integrates enough of Google Voice's offerings to bring you free voicemail transcription and the ability to forward miss...

TiVo Will Not Test (or Approve) Seagate Showcase DVR Expander and Other DVR Drives Posted: 14 May 2009 10:52 AM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo TiVo Will Not Test (or Approve) Seagate Showcase DVR Expander and Other DVR Drives   — I don't know if this is a pro- Western Digital story or an anti-TiVo story, but I just learned that the companies are so cozy together, DVR expande...

RealNetworks Files Antitrust Claims Against Hollywood Posted: 14 May 2009 10:33 AM PDT Google News: Technology / Informationweek RealNetworks Files Antitrust Claims Against Hollywood  — The media player software maker's lawsuit reads like a conspiracy plot as it's impossible for any organizations other than the studios to sell DVD-...

EU proposal could 'stifle' games Posted: 14 May 2009 07:52 PM PDT BBC / BBCTechnology EU proposal could 'stifle' games  — Brussels calls for better consumer protection when it comes to sales of music, video and games online.

Beyond Google: Other ways to search Posted: 14 May 2009 07:46 PM PDT NewsVineTechnology / TechDigest Beyond Google: Other ways to search  — Google is near ubiquitous, granted, but there are other sites online worth using for searches.

Graphical Python Programming With PyGTK Posted: 14 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxplanet Graphical Python Programming With PyGTK  —  One of the most powerful and popular Python graphical programming tools is Python-GTK, or PyGTK. In today's Python programming installment Akkana ...

46 Stunning HDR Pictures That Will Make You Look Twice Posted: 14 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Smashingdownloads 46 Stunning HDR Pictures That Will Make You Look Twice  —  One of the best High Dynamic Range (HDR) Pictures you'll ever confront. (Design)

Ask HN: How do you delete a post? Posted: 14 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: How do you delete a post?  —

Google 'sorry' for slow service Posted: 14 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT BBC / BBCTechnology Google 'sorry' for slow service  — The search giant says slow service and interruptions were down to a "traffic jam" following an error in one of its systems

Google fails, People panic Posted: 14 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / LatimesblogsLatimes Google fails, People panic  —  Imagine your 20 favorite people. Now imagine that three of them had their hands chopped off. Aaaargh! That's kind of what happened to, well, the w...

Hackers Launch Phishing Attack On Facebook Users Posted: 14 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Reuters Hackers Launch Phishing Attack On Facebook Users  —

FUTURA LAPTOP DESK,The Futura Laptop Desk is made form High Impact ABS material and with its set of heavy duty flexing hinges will last a very long time. Posted: 14 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / Omniblogs FUTURA LAPTOP DESK,The Futura Laptop Desk is made form High Impact ABS material and with its set of heavy duty flexing hinges will last a very long time.  —

Do Web Entrepreneurs Still Need Venture Capitalists? Posted: 14 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Nytimes Do Web Entrepreneurs Still Need Venture Capitalists?  —

Palm Pre pics released into the wild by Sprint freedom fighter Posted: 14 May 2009 07:22 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Palm Pre pics released into the wild by Sprint freedom fighter  —  You know, if you're going to post pics of yourself onto the Internet goofing around with the Palm Pre in a Sprint back-office, Engadget's going to...

Eurofighter Tranche 3: Oh please, God, no Posted: 14 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Eurofighter Tranche 3: Oh please, God, no  — BAE and Brown stick it to taxpayers, troops again Comment So the fix is in. The Treasury's attempt during recent weeks to kill off the final UK t...

5 Great GTD Applications for Linux Posted: 14 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxhaxor 5 Great GTD Applications for Linux  —  Some nice GTD apps that can be used in Linux (Linux/Unix)

Is there any way I can get a G1 ouside of the US? Does anybody here use the unlocked Android Developer phone? Posted: 14 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / SelfGadgets Is there any way I can get a G1 ouside of the US? Does anybody here use the unlocked Android Developer phone?  —

What it's like being a Ruby Rock Star Posted: 14 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / GilesbowkettBlogspot What it's like being a Ruby Rock Star  —

46 Stunning HDR Pictures That Will Make You Look Twice Posted: 14 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Smashingdownloads 46 Stunning HDR Pictures That Will Make You Look Twice  —  One of the best High Dynamic Range (HDR) Pictures you'll ever confront. (Design)

Google fails, People panic Posted: 14 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / LatimesblogsLatimes Google fails, People panic  —  Imagine your 20 favorite people. Now imagine that three of them had their hands chopped off. Aaaargh! That's kind of what happened to, well, the w...

Don't Tempt the Online Mob. They Come Bearing Pitchforks. Posted: 14 May 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Louisgray Don't Tempt the Online Mob. They Come Bearing Pitchforks.  —

Quietly, Google Updates Its Blog Search Algorithm Posted: 14 May 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Searchengineland Quietly, Google Updates Its Blog Search Algorithm  —

5 Great GTD Applications for Linux Posted: 14 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxhaxor 5 Great GTD Applications for Linux  —  Some nice GTD apps that can be used in Linux (Linux/Unix)

Barcamper exchange program Posted: 14 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Prateekdayal Barcamper exchange program  —

Why I don't use CouchDB. Posted: 14 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Woobling Why I don't use CouchDB.  —

A Thermal barrier in paint Nansulate HH. Great videos at this site showing thin flim energy saving coatings for the home. Nansulate saves you money! You have to see these videos to believe it! Posted: 14 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Earthenergyenterprises A Thermal barrier in paint Nansulate HH. Great videos at this site showing thin flim energy saving coatings for the home. Nansulate saves you money! You have to see these videos to believe it!  —

How to Prove It Posted: 14 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / PrincetonEdu How to Prove It  —

Attention app developers: do not prevent me from using Paste in a CD-key registration field. You aren't helping. Instead of pasting the key straight from the .nfo I have to type it out manually. GRR! Posted: 14 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / SelfGeek Attention app developers: do not prevent me from using Paste in a CD-key registration field. You aren't helping. Instead of pasting the key straight from the .nfo I have to type it out manually. GRR!  —

Disregard the Lies: Online Poker Age Verification Works Posted: 14 May 2009 06:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / PokerBlogtownhall Disregard the Lies: Online Poker Age Verification Works  —  Ever wonder why the would-be online poker banners continually talk about presumed underage participants but never cite examples of actual underage...

How to make more money Posted: 14 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Lifeoptimizer How to make more money  —

Should You Monetize Your Site With Ads On Launch Day? Posted: 14 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Marksonland Should You Monetize Your Site With Ads On Launch Day?  —

How the iPod changed everything! Posted: 14 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / BetaTheglobeandmail How the iPod changed everything!  —  It was the size of a deck of cards, had enough space for about 1000 songs and no one knew what to make of it. On Oct. 24, 2001, The New York Times...

What s Next In Tech? (probably part I) Thinking About Thinking Posted: 14 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT Twitter / Larrycheng What s Next In Tech? (probably part I) Thinking About Thinking  —

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