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Wikimedia Foundation to Add Creative Commons License for All Content Posted: 20 May 2009 07:00 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb Wikimedia Foundation to Add Creative Commons License for All Content  — Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation proposed that the copyright licensing terms on its wikis be changed to include a Creative Commons Attribution-Sh...

Sun To Build World's Biggest App Store Around Java Posted: 20 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT Slashdot / Slashdot Sun To Build World's Biggest App Store Around Java  — CWmike writes "Sun Micro plans to launch an App Store that could make Apple's look smaller than a 7-Eleven by comparison, CEO Jonathan Schwartz wro...

Acer Aspire easyStore Windows Home Server Cube Has 1TB and Room for More for 400 Posted: 20 May 2009 04:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Acer Aspire easyStore Windows Home Server Cube Has 1TB and Room for More for 400   — Acer's Aspire easyStore is on the cheaper and smaller side of pre-built Windows Home Server configs for 400, but unlike some at that price , this ...

Google's Beta Love May Die In Fight For Enterprise Customers Posted: 20 May 2009 04:15 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Google's Beta Love May Die In Fight For Enterprise Customers  — Being in Beta is cool. So cool that five years after its April 2004 launch Gmail is still held in Beta by Google. That's despite the fact that it h...

Acer takes on HP in home servers Posted: 20 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Acer takes on HP in home servers  — Acer joins HP in being one of only two major PC companies to offer Windows Home Server in the U.S. Acer matches HP on price and many specs.

RealDVD case: Real introduces surprise witness Posted: 20 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews RealDVD case: Real introduces surprise witness  — Former Microsoft exec disputes that Hollywood banned DVD copying in license for Content Scramble System.

Every Minute, Just About A Days Worth Of Video Is Now Uploaded To YouTube Posted: 20 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Every Minute, Just About A Days Worth Of Video Is Now Uploaded To YouTube  — Time Magazine recently called YouTube one of the biggest tech failures of the past decade, which was hilarious. Hilarious in that the site is by fa...

Global Positioning System close to collapse Posted: 20 May 2009 02:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Macworld Global Positioning System close to collapse  — GPS, the global navigation satellite system, could collapse next year, warns US officials. GPS uses a network of satellites that orbit the earth an...

OneRiot Announces API Real-Time Search Partnerships Posted: 20 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb OneRiot Announces API Real-Time Search Partnerships  — Real-time social search outfit OneRiot today announced their API and partnership program for adding real-time search capabilities to browser add-on...

New iPhone could go on sale July 17 Posted: 20 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews New iPhone could go on sale July 17  — Rumors are circulating over what the new iPhone will offer and when it will be out.

Congressmen want automakers to cough up diagnostic codes Posted: 20 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Congressmen want automakers to cough up diagnostic codes  —  Like everything else these days, cars are getting increasingly computerized, with embedded microprocessors controlling everything...

Why Location Awareness Will Make the Web More Useful Posted: 20 May 2009 01:37 PM PDT GigaOM / Gigaom Why Location Awareness Will Make the Web More Useful  —  We are starting to experience the problem of plenty on the web, which is making it difficult to find information. It's a problem being driven in l...

"MISSING LINK" FOUND: New Fossil Links Humans, Lemurs? Posted: 20 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT Megite: Technology / NewsNationalgeographic "MISSING LINK" FOUND: New Fossil Links Humans, Lemurs?  —  May 19, 2009-Meet "Ida," the small "missing link" found in Germany that's created a big media splash and will likely continue to make waves among ...

Sources: Sony considers music downloads for PSP Posted: 20 May 2009 01:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Sources: Sony considers music downloads for PSP  — Entertainment conglomerate has spoken to label executives about offering music to PSP owners.

Legendary 4Chan games Twitter, brings back Boxxy Posted: 20 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Legendary 4Chan games Twitter, brings back Boxxy  — Members of Anonymous are acting en masse to promote their "queen," a teen YouTube sensation, to a trending topic on Twitter. What have you done now...

Report: Microsoft to Unveil New Search Engine Next Week Posted: 20 May 2009 12:48 PM PDT AskNews / FOXNews Report: Microsoft to Unveil New Search Engine Next Week  —  FOXNews.com - Found 1 hour ago Microsoft Corp is likely to show a new version of its Internet search engine publicly for the first ti...

Driving the future: VW fuel cell Passat Posted: 20 May 2009 12:30 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Driving the future: VW fuel cell Passat  — CNET Car Tech gets a chance to drive the hydrogen fuel cell VW Passat.

Google Book-Scanning Pact to Give Libraries a Say in Prices Posted: 20 May 2009 12:28 PM PDT Twitter / Nytimes Google Book-Scanning Pact to Give Libraries a Say in Prices  —

Websites 'keeping deleted photos' Posted: 20 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT BBC / BBCTechnology Websites 'keeping deleted photos'  — User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites even after people have deleted them, Cambridge University researchers says.

Google Agrees to Oversight of Its Library Pricing Posted: 20 May 2009 11:30 AM PDT NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes Google Agrees to Oversight of Its Library Pricing  — The agreement would give some libraries a degree of oversight over the prices that Google could charge for its vast digital library.

Breaking Web Browsers' Trust Posted: 20 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Technologyreview Breaking Web Browsers' Trust  —

All your movies on a single DVD Posted: 20 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / TheageAu All your movies on a single DVD  —

IPhone market share doubles to more than 10% Posted: 20 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Nytimes IPhone market share doubles to more than 10%  —

Twofish adds new tools for measuring the economics of social games Posted: 20 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat Twofish adds new tools for measuring the economics of social games  — As companies implement virtual goods on applications in Facebook and other social networks, they need better tools for analyzing how people are buy...

China lowers national security IT trade barrier Posted: 20 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister China lowers national security IT trade barrier  — No more knocking at your back door A certification scheme that threatened to ban many software and hardware products from China has been curtailed....

MicroSD-to-USB Mobidapter is a smartphone's best friend Posted: 20 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget MicroSD-to-USB Mobidapter is a smartphone's best friend  —  Okay, so maybe it's just a microSD-equipped smartphone's best friend, but you get the idea. Unlike traditional [insert flash format here]-to-USB a...

Unlock Mac OS X Apps' Hidden Features Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Techradar Unlock Mac OS X Apps' Hidden Features  —  Most Mac applications have preferences, enabling you to fine-tune certain elements or toggle specific items of functionality. Most also hide thing...

Can Your Anti-Virus Software Become Infected Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Pchijack Can Your Anti-Virus Software Become Infected  —

Facebook CEO says IPO a few years out Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Reuters Facebook CEO says IPO a few years out  —

Ask HN: PDF Signatures Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: PDF Signatures  —

Ask HN: How do you use A/B testing? Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / NewsYcombinator Ask HN: How do you use A/B testing?  —

Google drops idea to buy newspaper Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Ft Google drops idea to buy newspaper  —

Intuit GoPayment lets you process credit cards on your phone Posted: 20 May 2009 07:22 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat Intuit GoPayment lets you process credit cards on your phone  — Want to process a credit card payment on your smartphone? There's an app for that. Okay, to be more specific, there are actually several iPhone app...

Hulu Plans For UK Presence Are Far From Set Posted: 20 May 2009 07:22 PM PDT PaidContent / Paidcontent Hulu Plans For UK Presence Are Far From Set  — Published reports to the contrary, I am hearing that nothing is set about online video portal Hulu's plans to launch in the UK-including what form ...

Tapulous rocks out another version of Tap Tap Revenge iPhone game with the Dave Matthews Band Posted: 20 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat Tapulous rocks out another version of Tap Tap Revenge iPhone game with the Dave Matthews Band  — It's time to get out your tapping finger again as Tapulous has just released Tap Tap Revenge Dave Matthews Band game for the iPhone. You may not ca...

In which Wired mistranslates 'libre'. Cool looking notebook, though. Posted: 20 May 2009 07:49 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Wired In which Wired mistranslates 'libre'. Cool looking notebook, though.  —

Breaking Web Browsers' Trust Posted: 20 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Technologyreview Breaking Web Browsers' Trust  —

Unlock Mac OS X Apps' Hidden Features Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Techradar Unlock Mac OS X Apps' Hidden Features  —  Most Mac applications have preferences, enabling you to fine-tune certain elements or toggle specific items of functionality. Most also hide thing...

Facebook CEO says IPO a few years out Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Reuters Facebook CEO says IPO a few years out  —

Google drops idea to buy newspaper Posted: 20 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Ft Google drops idea to buy newspaper  —

@stylehive Reading 'Six Ways To Make Your Beauty Routine More Eco-Friendly' Posted: 20 May 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Stylehive @stylehive Reading 'Six Ways To Make Your Beauty Routine More Eco-Friendly'  —

Yodel Anecdotal Blog Archive Getting the world buzzing Posted: 20 May 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / Ycorpblog Yodel Anecdotal Blog Archive Getting the world buzzing  —

Steal Our Ideas Posted: 20 May 2009 06:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Tumblr Steal Our Ideas  —

13 Viral Twitter and Flash Games Analyzed! Posted: 20 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / BlogThoughtpick 13 Viral Twitter and Flash Games Analyzed!  — ThoughtPickers dived into the world of simple viral games mostly twitter and flash based games . We played, researched, and investigated (but mo...

Modern-day Isengard Posted: 20 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Flickr Modern-day Isengard   —

25 Best Programmer Comics Posted: 20 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Slashweb 25 Best Programmer Comics  —

Time lapse stop-motion masterpiece paired with Death Cab For Cutie's Posted: 20 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Rossching Time lapse stop-motion masterpiece paired with Death Cab For Cutie's  — This time lapse masterpiece was created by Ross Ching. It is the type of talent that is almost undiscovered because once people see his videos he'l...

Vnoma: Access Blocked Websites Without Using Proxies Posted: 20 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Vnoma Vnoma: Access Blocked Websites Without Using Proxies  —  The top Proxies which work in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and China.. Accessing banned forums.. Encoding Url to access blocked websites etc... I included ...

Internet Heroes and Villains: The Public and the Lobbyists Posted: 20 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Huffingtonpost Internet Heroes and Villains: The Public and the Lobbyists  —  If the history of Internet policy were a movie, it would feature the public tied to the tracks before an onrushing train of corporate lobbyists. T...

Of all the phones I’ve loved before. Posted: 20 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Sodblog Of all the phones I've loved before.  —  It's that wonderful time yet again where Verizon kindly offers to give me an ever-diminishing amount of credit towards a new phone as my reward ...

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