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MySpace Is In Real Trouble If These Page View Declines Don't Reverse Posted: 18 May 2009 07:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch MySpace Is In Real Trouble If These Page View Declines Don't Reverse  — We've all been closely watching the total user number for MySpace and Facebook and trying to predict the date that MySpace's last stronghold will f...

The real top 10 sports Twitterers Posted: 18 May 2009 06:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews The real top 10 sports Twitterers  — It is easy to rank the top Twitterers by the number of followers they have. But why would you do that? This list is all about quality. Nothing else...

Want to Fool Apple's App Store? Plant an Easter Egg Posted: 18 May 2009 05:18 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Wired Want to Fool Apple's App Store? Plant an Easter Egg  — By Brian X. Chen Despite Apple's reputation for being a notorious gatekeeper with its iPhone App Store, there'sa way to sneak in content such as po...

Glympse: A Hassle And Worry-Free Way To Share Your Location, Minus The Social Network Posted: 18 May 2009 04:15 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Glympse: A Hassle And Worry-Free Way To Share Your Location, Minus The Social Network  — We've all been there. You're late for a meeting with friends, stuck in traffic and unsure of when you're actually going to arrive. You call them ...

Snoozy the Sloth Is a <strike>Creepy</strike> Comforting Stuffed Animal That Really Breathes Posted: 18 May 2009 04:07 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Snoozy the Sloth Is a <strike>Creepy</strike> Comforting Stuffed Animal That Really Breathes   — Parsons student Justin Blinder created the Arduino-based Snoozy the Sloth stuffed animal as "an intimate, yet passive, toy interaction that relaxes...

Dell debuts colorful new Latitude 2100 netbooks for education Posted: 18 May 2009 04:07 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Dell debuts colorful new Latitude 2100 netbooks for education  —  Dell's done good things for the mainstream of the netbook market with its Mini 10 series , keeping prices low and quality relatively high, and now...

Crossing the Facebook border with social games Posted: 18 May 2009 03:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Crossing the Facebook border with social games  — Playfish is breaking out of Facebook and onto the Internet proper thanks to Facebook Connect.

Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability Posted: 18 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability  — Software maker says an unpatched flaw in its Web-serving software could offer a hole for malicious code to attack systems.

Intel's 'Medfield" smartphone chip gets clarity Posted: 18 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Intel's 'Medfield" smartphone chip gets clarity  — Intel's Medfield may be the chip that drives its smartphone strategy in 2011 and beyond.

AMD 'breaks free', creates site dedicated to Intel's antitrust ruling Posted: 18 May 2009 01:52 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget AMD 'breaks free', creates site dedicated to Intel's antitrust ruling  —  We knew AMD would be celebrating its victory over Intel and its record 1.45 billion fine doled out by EU over violation of antitrust rules, but w...

Intel fetes four-decade Stanford link Posted: 18 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Intel fetes four-decade Stanford link  — Intel is celebrating its four-decade long relationship with Stanford University by spotlighting the nexus with its executives.

Phosphor intros new line of curved E-Ink watches Posted: 18 May 2009 12:52 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Phosphor intros new line of curved E-Ink watches  —  Yes, e-books and phones are awesome -- but there are plenty of other applications for E-Ink tech out there, and Phosphor has been selling its anal...

Fox Television Tries To Crowdsource Cartoons Through Aniboom Posted: 18 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Fox Television Tries To Crowdsource Cartoons Through Aniboom  —  Fox Television, the proud home of The Simpsons and Family Guy , is looking for another cartoon franchise to add to its roster. But rather than se...

Why is Apple Rejecting PhoneGap-Built iPhone Apps? Posted: 18 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb Why is Apple Rejecting PhoneGap-Built iPhone Apps?  — PhoneGap is a very interesting development platform for mobile applications that lets developers build apps that work for multiple devices, includi...

Airport security bares all, or does it? Posted: 18 May 2009 12:33 PM PDT Google News: Technology / NewsMedillNorthwestern Airport security bares all, or does it?   — by Julia Dilday New, full-body imaging machines at airports may soon be obsolete if privacy groups have their way, according to CNN.

Forza 3 game guide gets the green flag from Amazon.de Posted: 18 May 2009 12:01 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Joystiq Forza 3 game guide gets the green flag from Amazon.de  —  Amazon.de (Germany) may have jumped the gun by listing a Forza Motorsport 3 strategy guide and becoming the latest entry in a laundry list of deve...

Gmail's iPhone, Android labels come with a catch Posted: 18 May 2009 12:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Gmail's iPhone, Android labels come with a catch  — Google's mobile team adds color-coded labels for iPhone and Android users. And yes, there's one very large catch.

Obama administration reins in FBI's NSL-related gag orders Posted: 18 May 2009 11:30 AM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Obama administration reins in FBI's NSL-related gag orders  —  The Obama administration has opted not to ask the Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that put some important restr...

Why Asimov's Laws of Robotics Are Total BS Posted: 18 May 2009 11:22 AM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Why Asimov's Laws of Robotics Are Total BS   — When people talk about robots and ethics, they always seem to bring up Isaac Asimov 's "Three Laws of Robotics." But there are three major problems...

Twitter Reaches New Heights As Climber Tweets From Everest Posted: 18 May 2009 11:15 AM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Twitter Reaches New Heights As Climber Tweets From Everest  —  Gavin Bate, an Irish mountain climber, is climbing Mount Everest and recording his ascent to the world's highest peak via Twitter. Bate, who is cl...

Want to Fool Apple’s App Store? Plant an Easter Egg Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Wired Want to Fool Apple's App Store? Plant an Easter Egg  —  Despite Apple's reputation for being a notorious gatekeeper with its iPhone App Store, there's a way to sneak in content such as porn, profanity o...

Automated Nerf Sentry Gun! Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Youtube Automated Nerf Sentry Gun!   —

How to avoid ruining your brand Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Launchlab How to avoid ruining your brand  —

California: The ungovernable state Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Economist California: The ungovernable state  —

Ask HN: Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build?  —

Apple banning apps built with PhoneGap Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Nachbaur Apple banning apps built with PhoneGap  —

Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Cnet Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability  —

Tell HN: iPhone Intensive(May 20, 2009) at Plug & Play Center, Sunnyvale Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / SocialappWordpress Tell HN: iPhone Intensive(May 20, 2009) at Plug & Play Center, Sunnyvale  —

Database of all children launched Posted: 18 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT BBC / BBCTechnology Database of all children launched  — A delayed database holding information about every child in England goes live, with the aim of improving child safety.

Palm Pre counting down to a June 6th launch? Posted: 18 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Palm Pre counting down to a June 6th launch?  —  Know what happens in the run-up to a major product launch? Rumors are mongered and advertisements are sold, lots and lots of ads. So we're not sur...

Social Blend 69 Posted: 18 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Social-blend Social Blend 69  — 69, dude! Our lucky number! In this episode we talk about all things about sex on the interwebs as we're joined by the ever-wonderful and beautif...

Twitter Reaches New Heights As Climber Tweets From Everest Posted: 18 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Techcrunch Twitter Reaches New Heights As Climber Tweets From Everest  —

Roderick Anthony Burton II, better known as “Dolla,” was Mudered at the Beverly Center in California Posted: 18 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Ready2beat Roderick Anthony Burton II, better known as "Dolla," was Mudered at the Beverly Center in California  —

Critical Mac OS X Java Vulnerabilities Posted: 18 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Bikemonkey Critical Mac OS X Java Vulnerabilities  —

Sometimes it does hurt to ask Posted: 18 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / SethgodinTypepad Sometimes it does hurt to ask  —

Ask HN: Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? Posted: 18 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build?  —

Social Blend 69 Posted: 18 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Social-blend Social Blend 69  — 69, dude! Our lucky number! In this episode we talk about all things about sex on the interwebs as we're joined by the ever-wonderful and beautif...

Free software Posted: 18 May 2009 07:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Debenu Free software  —

YouTube Mashup: In Bb 2.0 Posted: 18 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Inbflat YouTube Mashup: In Bb 2.0  —  In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls. The videos can be played simultaneo...

#wolframalpha Posted: 18 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Tinypic #wolframalpha  —

New information about Twitter Spam Posted: 18 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT Twitter / Techgrits New information about Twitter Spam  —

UFC 98 Preview: Evans vs Machida Posted: 18 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Onlinesportshandicappi... UFC 98 Preview: Evans vs Machida  — UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida, features a main card stacked with sports betting action.

Web Attack That Poisons Google Results Gets Worse Posted: 18 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Pcworld Web Attack That Poisons Google Results Gets Worse  —  A new attack that peppers Google search results with malicious links is spreading quickly, the U.S. Computer Emergence Response Team warned. Secur...

Tossed by a gale Posted: 18 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Economist Tossed by a gale  —

Jonathan Schwartz's Blog: Will the Java Platform Create The World's Largest App Store? Posted: 18 May 2009 05:48 PM PDT Twitter / BlogsSun Jonathan Schwartz's Blog: Will the Java Platform Create The World's Largest App Store?  —

Linux : Open Office 3.1 is released. Posted: 18 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxnewbieguide Linux : Open Office 3.1 is released.  —  Albeit slightly late news, better late than never: The OpenOffice suite, version 3.1 has been released offering a good number of enhancements. Inc...

Linux : 100 Open Source Gems Posted: 18 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Tuxradar Linux : 100 Open Source Gems  —  If you're looking to try something new on your Linux box, we've put together a full year of our favourite software releases. Some things you'll pr...

8 Tips for Taking Panoramic Photos with Any Camera Posted: 18 May 2009 05:43 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Digital-photography-school 8 Tips for Taking Panoramic Photos with Any Camera  —  You don't need a high end camera to take great panoramic photos - here's some tips on how to do it. (Design)

A tutorial on de-anonymizing data published by Lending Club Posted: 18 May 2009 05:43 PM PDT HackerNews / 33bits A tutorial on de-anonymizing data published by Lending Club  —

Death of the newspaper and rebirth of news Posted: 18 May 2009 05:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Economist Death of the newspaper and rebirth of news  —

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