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Sony debuts three new entry-level dSLRs Posted: 17 May 2009 04:32 PM PDT Google News: Technology / NewsCnet Sony debuts three new entry-level dSLRs  — by Lori Grunin Sony announced its three new entry-level dSLRs for 2009, the Alpha DLSR-A230, A330 and A380, which replace the A200, A300 and A350 r...

Walt Mossberg? We ve Got an App for That! Kara Swisher BoomTown AllThingsD Posted: 17 May 2009 04:28 PM PDT Twitter / KaraAllthingsd Walt Mossberg? We ve Got an App for That! Kara Swisher BoomTown AllThingsD  —

Nokia N97 NAM launching June 2nd? Posted: 17 May 2009 04:07 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Nokia N97 NAM launching June 2nd?  —  The Nokia Blog's got it on good authority that the Finnish phone maker's giving its North America distributors the heads up to expect the N97 to a...

Ad Delivery Monitor DoubleVerify Launches With 3.5 Million First Round Posted: 17 May 2009 04:07 PM PDT PaidContent / Paidcontent Ad Delivery Monitor DoubleVerify Launches With 3.5 Million First Round  — DoubleVerify , a company that tracks online ad insertion orders, has raised a 3.5 million funding to support its launch this week, the company tol...

BillMyParents makes it easy for kids to spend parents' money Posted: 17 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews BillMyParents makes it easy for kids to spend parents' money  — It's cute, yes, but it's smart, too: New service lets children earmark goods for later purchase by their parents.

NBA's Dwight Howard wins--thanks God and Twitter fans Posted: 17 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews NBA's Dwight Howard wins--thanks God and Twitter fans  — While many have wished to garland Twitter as the next huge thing, Sunday night's NBA Eastern Conference Game 7 was the moment it really happened. S...

Will the iPhone Grab the Lead in Games? Posted: 17 May 2009 03:17 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Businessweek Will the iPhone Grab the Lead in Games?  — By Arik Hesseldahl Last week, I got a visit from the CEO of a company that makes games for the iPhone. It was a revelation. Shervin Pishevar, CEO o...

Get Ready For Real Time Digg, Whatever That Means Posted: 17 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Get Ready For Real Time Digg, Whatever That Means  — Like everyone else , Digg has a serious case of Twitter envy. And they're doing something about it. In an interview last month Digg founder Kevin R...

Citing 130K in legal bills, Jammie Thomas lawyer withdraws Posted: 17 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Citing 130K in legal bills, Jammie Thomas lawyer withdraws  —  The retrial of Jammie Thomas-Rasset for copyright infringement may be delayed once again, as her attorney is now attempting to wit...

House HN: Looking for hacker roommate in Chicago near Loop Posted: 17 May 2009 02:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Craigslist House HN: Looking for hacker roommate in Chicago near Loop  —

If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout Posted: 17 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout  —  The somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicia...

How Internet Content Distribution Discovery Are Changing Posted: 17 May 2009 02:07 PM PDT GigaOM / Gigaom How Internet Content Distribution Discovery Are Changing  —  Every few years, the Internet and, by extension, the web gets bigger and better. As publishing tools get better, we share more content online. A...

Real Time Confusion: Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebook Posted: 17 May 2009 02:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Centernetworks Real Time Confusion: Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebook  —

Keepin' it real fake, part CCX: "iPozh" DVD player lacks Apple's style, but does the lack of Blu-ray support right Posted: 17 May 2009 01:52 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Keepin' it real fake, part CCX: "iPozh" DVD player lacks Apple's style, but does the lack of Blu-ray support right  —  Copying Apple's style and fruit logo is nothing new , but other than the packaging and no Blu-ray support , this Russian-born "iPozh" multi-region...

Poll HN: How many HN readers are working on a Startup? Posted: 17 May 2009 01:43 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Poll HN: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?  —

Ask HN: How much time do you spend on the work vs. the rest of your life? Posted: 17 May 2009 01:23 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: How much time do you spend on the work vs. the rest of your life?  —

Clock Clock Design Clocks In With 24 Analog Clocks To Tell Time Posted: 17 May 2009 01:22 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Clock Clock Design Clocks In With 24 Analog Clocks To Tell Time   — Twenty-four wrongs make a right when it comes to telling time with Clock Clock . Designed by Swedish designers Humans since 1982 , the Clock Clock'...

For Wired, a Revival Lacks Ads Posted: 17 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes For Wired, a Revival Lacks Ads  — The magazine's editor has yet to figure out how to make the business as profitable as it is popular.

Cellphone Makers Hope for a Blockbuster Summer Posted: 17 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes Cellphone Makers Hope for a Blockbuster Summer  — Sellers hope new releases from Palm, Apple, Samsung and Motorola will attract customers as summer movies do.

First look: 1 vs. 100 brings a live game show to Xbox Live Posted: 17 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica First look: 1 vs. 100 brings a live game show to Xbox Live  —  While game shows have often made the jump into video games, and trivia games are a popular draw for bars and restaurants, Microso...

Wolfram search engine goes live Posted: 17 May 2009 07:52 PM PDT BBC / BBCTechnology Wolfram search engine goes live  — Wolfram Alpha, a search engine focusing on computable knowledge, goes live.

Amazon EC2 gets statistics, auto scaling and elastic load balancing Posted: 17 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / AwsTypepad Amazon EC2 gets statistics, auto scaling and elastic load balancing  —

J Allard's 'Magic Wand' patent application for Microsoft puts Nintendo, sorcerers on notice Posted: 17 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget J Allard's 'Magic Wand' patent application for Microsoft puts Nintendo, sorcerers on notice  —  It's been awhile since we've heard from J Allard the man who assumed responsibility for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division (think: Zu...

100 Awesome Time-Saving iPhone Apps for Students and Web Workers Posted: 17 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Ratedcolleges 100 Awesome Time-Saving iPhone Apps for Students and Web Workers  — Here are 100 apps that are well worth trying out as they can save you time, streamline your daily activities and make keeping up with schoolwork or...

Techtree.com India News Internet 200 Million Facebook Acc Posted: 17 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Techtree Techtree.com India News Internet 200 Million Facebook Acc  —  When it comes to Facebook, security always seems to be a problem. This time, hackers have managed to steal passwords of 200 million users through ...

37 Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About Posted: 17 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Flowingdata 37 Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About  —

Computer Addicts WANTED for Open Source Series on Video Game Addiction & RSI Posted: 17 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Youtube Computer Addicts WANTED for Open Source Series on Video Game Addiction & RSI  —

President Barack Obama wears a Jorg Gray 6500 Chronograph Posted: 17 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / Omniblogs President Barack Obama wears a Jorg Gray 6500 Chronograph  —

Open source hardware rising up What do you think? Posted: 17 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / NewsYcombinator Open source hardware rising up What do you think?  —

Linux : Switching My Dad to Linux--Part One. Posted: 17 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Pcworld Linux : Switching My Dad to Linux--Part One.  —  You might think that, as a Linux guy, I spend all my time converting friends and family to Linux. This is an epic cliche of the Slashdot-like Linu...

Linux as desktop OS for trashware? Posted: 17 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / NewsYcombinator Linux as desktop OS for trashware?  —

Why We Spend Coins Faster Than Bills Posted: 17 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Npr Why We Spend Coins Faster Than Bills  —

SuperCollider Posted: 17 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT HackerNews / Sourceforge SuperCollider  —

Will Your Next Netbook Be Running Android? Posted: 17 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Wired Will Your Next Netbook Be Running Android?  —  Google's mobile operating system, Android, has been confined to cellphones so far. But consumer electronics makers are looking to make the new OS ...

TIME's List of The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Last Decade Posted: 17 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Time TIME's List of The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Last Decade  — Several of the best-funded and most-publicized tech launches of the last ten years have ended in failure. Many large technology companies which had...

Amazon EC2 gets statistics, auto scaling and elastic load balancing Posted: 17 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / AwsTypepad Amazon EC2 gets statistics, auto scaling and elastic load balancing  —

100 Awesome Time-Saving iPhone Apps for Students and Web Workers Posted: 17 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Ratedcolleges 100 Awesome Time-Saving iPhone Apps for Students and Web Workers  — Here are 100 apps that are well worth trying out as they can save you time, streamline your daily activities and make keeping up with schoolwork or...

Techtree.com India News Internet 200 Million Facebook Acc Posted: 17 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Techtree Techtree.com India News Internet 200 Million Facebook Acc  —  When it comes to Facebook, security always seems to be a problem. This time, hackers have managed to steal passwords of 200 million users through ...

PEHub: Peter Thiel On Valleywag It s the Silicon Valley Equivalent of Al Qaeda Posted: 17 May 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Pehub PEHub: Peter Thiel On Valleywag It s the Silicon Valley Equivalent of Al Qaeda  —

Linux : Switching My Dad to Linux--Part One. Posted: 17 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Pcworld Linux : Switching My Dad to Linux--Part One.  —  You might think that, as a Linux guy, I spend all my time converting friends and family to Linux. This is an epic cliche of the Slashdot-like Linu...

SuperCollider Posted: 17 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT HackerNews / Sourceforge SuperCollider  —

Will Your Next Netbook Be Running Android? Posted: 17 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Wired Will Your Next Netbook Be Running Android?  —  Google's mobile operating system, Android, has been confined to cellphones so far. But consumer electronics makers are looking to make the new OS ...

TIME's List of The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Last Decade Posted: 17 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Time TIME's List of The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Last Decade  — Several of the best-funded and most-publicized tech launches of the last ten years have ended in failure. Many large technology companies which had...

Launch a Business, Not a side Project Posted: 17 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Thinkvitamin Launch a Business, Not a side Project  —

Downfall of Agile Hitler Posted: 17 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Agilesoftwaredevelopment Downfall of Agile Hitler  —

New Blog Post: Early Adopters and Finding "The Next Shiny Object" Posted: 17 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT Twitter / Louisgray New Blog Post: Early Adopters and Finding "The Next Shiny Object"  —

Linux : ZFS, Btrfs and Oracle. Posted: 17 May 2009 06:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / BlogHydrasystemsllc Linux : ZFS, Btrfs and Oracle.  —  It just dawned on me yesterday: What will be the future of ZFS and Btrfs, seeing how Chris Mason, the lead developer to Btrfs works for Oracle? Hi...

Adium adds support for IRC and Twitter... Posted: 17 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / AdiumIm Adium adds support for IRC and Twitter...  —

Cuttlefish, what can't they do? Posted: 17 May 2009 05:48 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Psfk Cuttlefish, what can't they do?  —

Why E-Books Look So Ugly Posted: 17 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Wired Why E-Books Look So Ugly  —  As books make the leap from cellulose and ink to electronic pages, some editors worry that too much is being lost in translation. Typography, layo...

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