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• Free Conference Calls, Who pays?
• Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 RC
• Search Sucks and Microsoft Is (Almost) Here to Help
• Twitter co-founders are mum on revenue plans
• Kojima teaser site updates with ... Big Boss
• Acrobat.com challenges PowerPoint with collaborative presentations
• Hints of a Tech Gold Mine in the Stimulus Package
• Fancy pants headed to Afghanistan
• Diplomatic Memo: Leadership Mystery Amid N. Korea's Nuclear Work
• Canon 5D Mark II Update Gives You Manual Exposure Control While Shooting HD Video
• Biz Stone and Evan Williams
• Vatican: the Internet is "truly blessed!"
• D7: The Twitter guys speak
• Are social networks destroying knowledge?
• First commercial 4G base station being tested in Sweden
• iPhone luring more customers to AT T than ever
• Topsy Search Launches: ReTweets Are The New Currency Of The Web
• Warning: Twittercut Worm Plays On Your Desire For More Followers
• Microsoft confirms Zune HD coming this fall
• Need A Witty App For That Phrase? There's An App For That.
• BNP pleads for cash after reported DDoS assault
• Texting May Be Taking a Toll
• Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” released!
• Hey reddit.. work from home? lonely? hang with Leo while you work and learn about new tech
• If you happen to be charged with the responsibility of quelling a Columbian riot, *this* is the vehicle you want to be in.
• Farmers Didn't Invent Tractors. They Were Busy Farming.
• Five Designers' Visions for Cities at Sea
• What open source could learn from proprietary platforms
• History of AOL Warez
• HP Targets China's Low-Cost Consumer
• Apple, nuevo "fabricante" de armamento: Desarrollo de aplicaciones para la guerra
• Squeak Smalltalk and Seaside come to the iPhone
• Zune HD is official, heading your way this Fall
• @ D7: Jill Sobule's Song For Rupert
• One Size Doesn't Fit All When It Comes To Online Recommendations
• Oh thank GOD! Finally, all of the brilliance of Twitter can be had in video form!
• Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” released!
• New DVDs store up to 1.6TB
• Benefits of Cloud Computing – More to web for less!
• What s Broken Venture Capital or Venture Perceptions?
• 10 Amazing Gadgets You Can't Get in US
• Is Posterous the New TwitPic?
• Commercial Linux Software “Experiment”: The Results
• www.bijansabet.com Will we see Amazon-Connect iTunes-Connect soon?
• An early look at Firefox 3.5
• Web App of the Day: Amazon product tracking tool
• Make the Most of your Spare Storage with 5 Freeware Servers
• Why Church chose lambda
• Trailer for the Star Wars geek drama "77"
• Cool robots from Japanese inventor, including snake-like earthquake rescue robot

Free Conference Calls, Who pays? Posted: 26 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / LatestgeeknewsBlogspot Free Conference Calls, Who pays?  —

Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 RC Posted: 26 May 2009 05:01 PM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 RC  —  Earlier this month , Microsoft made the Windows 7 Release Candidate build publically available. The flood of e-mails began: "Emil,...

Search Sucks and Microsoft Is (Almost) Here to Help Posted: 26 May 2009 04:48 PM PDT AskNews / Wired Search Sucks and Microsoft Is (Almost) Here to Help  —  Wired - Found 43 minutes ago Microsoft is searching for an answer to a tough problem. That problem is Live.com, which many may not ev...

Twitter co-founders are mum on revenue plans Posted: 26 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT NewsVineTechnology / Newsvine Twitter co-founders are mum on revenue plans  — Twitter Inc.'s co-founders say the rapidly growing online communications company will eventually charge fees for its services, but it's unclear whi...

Kojima teaser site updates with ... Big Boss Posted: 26 May 2009 04:28 PM PDT Newspond / Joystiq Kojima teaser site updates with ... Big Boss  — Another countdown has come to an end on Kojima Productions' now-infamous teaser site, and, in among flashes of lightning, the unmistakable face of ...

Acrobat.com challenges PowerPoint with collaborative presentations Posted: 26 May 2009 04:07 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat Acrobat.com challenges PowerPoint with collaborative presentations  — Acrobat.com , Adobe's website of free office software, is unveiling a new tool today that marks the site's early steps towards competing with Power...

Hints of a Tech Gold Mine in the Stimulus Package Posted: 26 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT Techmeme / BitsBlogsNytimes Hints of a Tech Gold Mine in the Stimulus Package   —  Hints of a Tech Gold Mine in the Stimulus Package The headline technology winners in the government's economic stimulus package have been electro...

Fancy pants headed to Afghanistan Posted: 26 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Fancy pants headed to Afghanistan  — Army tests new combat pants designed for the rugged mountains of Afghanistan.

Diplomatic Memo: Leadership Mystery Amid N. Korea's Nuclear Work Posted: 26 May 2009 02:28 PM PDT AskNews / New Diplomatic Memo: Leadership Mystery Amid N. Korea's Nuclear Work  —  New York Times - Found 33 minutes ago WASHINGTON - In dealing with North Korea, American officials are reduced to studying two-month-...

Canon 5D Mark II Update Gives You Manual Exposure Control While Shooting HD Video Posted: 26 May 2009 02:22 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Canon 5D Mark II Update Gives You Manual Exposure Control While Shooting HD Video   — Canon said today that it would give a free firmware update to users of the hallowed EOS 5D Mark II camera, allowing them to shoot in full HD using ...

Biz Stone and Evan Williams Posted: 26 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT Techmeme / D7Allthingsd Biz Stone and Evan Williams   —  Biz Stone and Evan Williams Meet the Internet's It Boys: Twitter cofounders Evan Williams and Biz Stone. A year ago their micro-messaging platfor...

Vatican: the Internet is "truly blessed!" Posted: 26 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Vatican: the Internet is "truly blessed!"  —  It's easy to picture the Vatican as a medieval anachronisma theme park built by Michelangelo and protected by the Swiss Guard (who...

D7: The Twitter guys speak Posted: 26 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews D7: The Twitter guys speak  — Biz Stone and Evan Williams, the heads of the microblogging leader, kicked off this year's tech conference in Carlsbad.

Are social networks destroying knowledge? Posted: 26 May 2009 01:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Laserlike Are social networks destroying knowledge?  —

First commercial 4G base station being tested in Sweden Posted: 26 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews First commercial 4G base station being tested in Sweden  — Swedish mobile operator is among those building next-generation networks for mobile broadband with 4G technology--a concept some observers have cri...

iPhone luring more customers to AT T than ever Posted: 26 May 2009 12:07 PM PDT AppleInsider / Appleinsider iPhone luring more customers to AT T than ever  — Long considered a lure for carriers, Apples iPhone is now believed to be attracting a full third of those switching providers towards ATT -- the hi...

Topsy Search Launches: ReTweets Are The New Currency Of The Web Posted: 26 May 2009 12:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Techcrunch Topsy Search Launches: ReTweets Are The New Currency Of The Web  —

Warning: Twittercut Worm Plays On Your Desire For More Followers Posted: 26 May 2009 12:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Warning: Twittercut Worm Plays On Your Desire For More Followers  — Everyone wants more Twitter followers. It's kind of the name of the game. But if you see some tweets in your stream that proclaim: OMG I just got o...

Microsoft confirms Zune HD coming this fall Posted: 26 May 2009 12:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Microsoft confirms Zune HD coming this fall  — The new device will feature an HD Radio tuner and OLED screen, but will it be enough to take on the iPod Touch? Also, Microsoft is rebranding Xbox ...

Need A Witty App For That Phrase? There's An App For That. Posted: 26 May 2009 11:45 AM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Need A Witty App For That Phrase? There's An App For That.  — I'm a big fan of coming up with ridiculous App For That headlines . You know, the kind that mock Apple's iPhone App Store commercials that basicall...

BNP pleads for cash after reported DDoS assault Posted: 26 May 2009 07:52 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister BNP pleads for cash after reported DDoS assault  — 'Largest cyber-assault in history' The website of the British National Party is back online following a reported distributed denial of service atta...

Texting May Be Taking a Toll Posted: 26 May 2009 07:47 PM PDT NewsVineTechnology / TheNewYorkTimes Texting May Be Taking a Toll  — With the average American teenaged cellular subscriber sending/receiving an average of 80 texts a day doctors are considered about consequences suc...

Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” released! Posted: 26 May 2009 07:45 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxmint Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" released!  —  Linux Mint 7 also known which goes under the codename "Gloria" was released today (Linux/Unix)

Hey reddit.. work from home? lonely? hang with Leo while you work and learn about new tech Posted: 26 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / LiveTwitTv Hey reddit.. work from home? lonely? hang with Leo while you work and learn about new tech  —

If you happen to be charged with the responsibility of quelling a Columbian riot, *this* is the vehicle you want to be in. Posted: 26 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / Darkroastedblend If you happen to be charged with the responsibility of quelling a Columbian riot, *this* is the vehicle you want to be in.  —

Farmers Didn't Invent Tractors. They Were Busy Farming. Posted: 26 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Casnocha Farmers Didn't Invent Tractors. They Were Busy Farming.  —

Five Designers' Visions for Cities at Sea Posted: 26 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Fastcompany Five Designers' Visions for Cities at Sea  —

What open source could learn from proprietary platforms Posted: 26 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Cnet What open source could learn from proprietary platforms  —

History of AOL Warez Posted: 26 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Rajuabju History of AOL Warez  —

HP Targets China's Low-Cost Consumer Posted: 26 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT WallStreetJournal / FeedproxyGoogle HP Targets China's Low-Cost Consumer  —

Apple, nuevo "fabricante" de armamento: Desarrollo de aplicaciones para la guerra Posted: 26 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Rebelion Apple, nuevo "fabricante" de armamento: Desarrollo de aplicaciones para la guerra  —

Squeak Smalltalk and Seaside come to the iPhone Posted: 26 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Infoq Squeak Smalltalk and Seaside come to the iPhone  —

Zune HD is official, heading your way this Fall Posted: 26 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Engadget Zune HD is official, heading your way this Fall  —

@ D7: Jill Sobule's Song For Rupert Posted: 26 May 2009 07:22 PM PDT PaidContent / Paidcontent @ D7: Jill Sobule's Song For Rupert  — Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule opened D7 with a hastily written and pretty funny homage to News Corp ( NYSE: NWS ) Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. ...

One Size Doesn't Fit All When It Comes To Online Recommendations Posted: 26 May 2009 07:22 PM PDT GigaOM / Gigaom One Size Doesn't Fit All When It Comes To Online Recommendations  — Online product recommendation systems have been around for almost as long as e-commerce. They all share the common goal of recommending items a par...

Oh thank GOD! Finally, all of the brilliance of Twitter can be had in video form! Posted: 26 May 2009 07:49 PM PDT RedditTechnology / TwitvidIo Oh thank GOD! Finally, all of the brilliance of Twitter can be had in video form!  —

Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” released! Posted: 26 May 2009 07:45 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxmint Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" released!  —  Linux Mint 7 also known which goes under the codename "Gloria" was released today (Linux/Unix)

New DVDs store up to 1.6TB Posted: 26 May 2009 07:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / Itwire New DVDs store up to 1.6TB  —

Benefits of Cloud Computing – More to web for less! Posted: 26 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Webnewswire Benefits of Cloud Computing – More to web for less!  —

What s Broken Venture Capital or Venture Perceptions? Posted: 26 May 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / EarlystagevcTypepad What s Broken Venture Capital or Venture Perceptions?  —

10 Amazing Gadgets You Can't Get in US Posted: 26 May 2009 07:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Pcworld 10 Amazing Gadgets You Can't Get in US  —  Do tiny TVs, intelligent cell phones, and super-powerful netbooks and headphones make you drool? Get a tissue--you can't buy any of this terrific ...

Is Posterous the New TwitPic? Posted: 26 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT HackerNews / Mashable Is Posterous the New TwitPic?  —

Commercial Linux Software “Experiment”: The Results Posted: 26 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Lunduke Commercial Linux Software "Experiment": The Results  —  For 3 1/2 months I have been developing and selling commercial, closed source software for Linux Desktops. And here are the results. (Linux/Unix)

www.bijansabet.com Will we see Amazon-Connect iTunes-Connect soon? Posted: 26 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT Twitter / Bijansabet www.bijansabet.com Will we see Amazon-Connect iTunes-Connect soon?  —

An early look at Firefox 3.5 Posted: 26 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / BlogsComputerworld An early look at Firefox 3.5  —  Firefox 3.5 will be out in June, and it's already got serious competition. Is the new Firefox up to the challenge? Here's what I found. (Software)

Web App of the Day: Amazon product tracking tool Posted: 26 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Webappoftheday Web App of the Day: Amazon product tracking tool  —  CamelCamelCamel allows you to intelligently (automated) track products on Amazon.com. View product price history and get email alerts when prices ...

Make the Most of your Spare Storage with 5 Freeware Servers Posted: 26 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Maximumpc Make the Most of your Spare Storage with 5 Freeware Servers  —  Have you thought about building your own server? Woah, woah. Don't skip over this article just yet. It sounds complicated, but crafting up your ow...

Why Church chose lambda Posted: 26 May 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Wisdomandwonder Why Church chose lambda  —

Trailer for the Star Wars geek drama "77" Posted: 26 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Firstshowing Trailer for the Star Wars geek drama "77"  —

Cool robots from Japanese inventor, including snake-like earthquake rescue robot Posted: 26 May 2009 06:08 PM PDT RedditTechnology / NewsBbc Cool robots from Japanese inventor, including snake-like earthquake rescue robot   —

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