This tone curve control now can be used by those with free Picnik accounts.
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Picnik, an online photo-editing site, has altered course.
In a change announced Wednesday in the Picnik blog, the Seattle company said those with free accounts now will be able to use all the editing tools previously reserved for those who’ve paid for […]
It’s no secret we’re Google Reader users here at Webware. We’ve got a Newbie’s Guide for it, and wholly recommend it to folks who want a simple feed-reading experience. That said the product is not without its faults. Earlier today we got a pitch from a cool new service called Favorit that’s definitely gunning to […]
I am absolutely in love with Fontifier, a simple service that creates a font from your own handwriting. Fontifier isn’t new–Daily Candy covered it in 2005 and I saw it on the Craft blog–but in my opinion, good, ol’ fashioned handwriting needs all the help it can get. (By, of course, making it less old […]
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About.com Chief Executive Scott Meyer is leaving the company after almost three years at the site and almost eight years at parent company The New York Times, according to a report in PaidContent.org.
Meyer’s last day will be March 6, after which he will
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Original post by Elinor Mills and software by Elliott Back
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Mobile users who haven’t made the jump to watching videos on their cell phones and smartphones may see a juicy, dangling carrot on the horizon. A paper submitted by John Barrett of Parks Associates and David Wertheimer of USC’s Entertainment Technology Center (PDF), summarizes that mobile phone users will watch more […]
Despite its myriad of other benefits, one of the primary reasons open source has spread so far so fast has been its price tag. $0.00.
As Mozilla is finding out in China, however, “free” as in price has less relevance to a market accustomed to software piracy. Firefox is looking to more […]
Sales of cell phones skyrocketed to more than 1 billion in 2007, according to data released Wednesday from market research firm Gartner.
More than 1.15 billion mobile phones were sold worldwide in 2007, a 16 percent increase from the 990.9 million phones sold in 2006, the firm said. …
Original post by Marguerite Reardon and software by […]
Yahoo faces another lawsuit over its actions in China. Several Chinese men are suing the company and its Hong Kong subsidiary claiming they were harmed because of Yahoo’s cooperation with the Chinese government.
The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Oakland alleges that Yahoo provided information to …
Original post by Elinor Mills and […]
Opera Mobile is getting Google as its default search option.
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Opera has switched out Yahoo and made Google the default search engine for its Opera Mobile and Opera Mini Web browsers designed for mobile devices.
In January 2007, Yahoo and Opera announced that Yahoo would be the default …
Original post by Stephen Shankland and software by […]
Opera Mobile is getting Google as its default search option.
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Opera has given Yahoo the boot and made Google the default search engine for its Opera Mobile and Opera Mini Web browsers designed for mobile devices.
In January 2007, Yahoo and Opera announced that Yahoo would be the …
Original post by Stephen Shankland and software by […]
Researchers find that real and faux pups provide virtually equal comfort to nursing home residents after seven weeks of visits. A friendly dog can make older people feel less isolated–and it appears to make little difference if that wagging tail belongs to a robot doggie or the real…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]
At this week’s VMworld Europe in Cannes, France, Novell made an announcement that was more startling to the server virtualization bourgeoisie than a tepid Merlot.
Novell, the company most often associated with network operating systems and red boxes, on Monday announced its plan to acquire PlateSpin, a server virtualization …
Original post by Jon Oltsik […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt will detail the company’s plans for Googlizing the health care industry at a health care trade show on Thursday morning, starting with a consumer destination site called Google Health.
Schmidt is scheduled to give the morning keynote speech at the Healthcare …
Original post by Elinor Mills and […]
A prototype of RoboTurk's control panel.
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Two Turkish engineers have built a prototype of an autonomous rescue helicopter equipped with Microsoft robotics and mapping software so that it can capture video of disaster sites and stream it back to command centers. The engineers Oguz Bayrakdar and Omer Celik …
Original post by Stefanie Olsen and software […]
Pando Networks, a company offering a legal peer-to-peer software, will distribute shows for the troubled NBC Direct site, according to a press release issued by the companies.
With Pando’s P2P technology, NBC claims that it is now the first “major US TV network to provide millions of viewers free
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Original post by Greg Sandoval and software […]
CORK, Ireland–William Henry, an applications specialist at Ireland’s Tyndall National Institute, can’t tell you exactly how long one of the miniature LEDs the organization has developed will emit light. But it’s a long time.
The micro LED–which is significantly smaller than conventional light-emitting diodes–requires only a few …
Original post by Michael Kanellos and software by Elliott […]
Telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks said it will cut more jobs as the company’s losses widen.
The company’s stock plunged some 13 percent on Wednesday to $9.96 after the company reported that its fourth quarter earnings declined about 3.7 percent to $3.2 billion. The company …
Original post by Marguerite Reardon and software by Elliott Back
Survey indicates 59 percent of business customers “very satisfied” with their iPhone; 47 percent say the same of their BlackBerry.The New York Times Wireless carriers offering the iPhone may be concentrating their efforts on consumers, but research suggests they shouldn’t neglect business users, who apparently love the touch-screen…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]
Oracle announced Wednesday it has received a green light from regulators to move forward on its merger plans with BEA Systems.
For Oracle, the early termination of the antitrust review may just be the easiest part of the process it has undergone since launching its buyout bid for BEA in October.
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Original post by Dawn Kawamoto and […]
Oracle announced Wednesday it received a green light from regulators to move forward on its merger plans for BEA Systems.
For Oracle, the early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino review may just be the easiest part of the process it has undergone, since launching its buyout bid for BEA back in October.
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Original post by Dawn Kawamoto and […]
Yelp, the business reviews site that has gained a loyal following of opinionated young urbanites, as well as a couple of haters, announced on Wednesday that it has raked in a fresh $15 million in venture dough. The funding round, which closed Tuesday, comes from new investor DAG Ventures, as well as a number of […]
Yelp, the business reviews site that has gained a loyal following of opinionated young urbanites as well as a couple of haters, announced Wednesday that it has raked in a fresh $15 million in venture dough. The funding round, which closed Tuesday, comes from new investor DAG Ventures as well as a number of existing […]
We hadn’t spotted it yet on MySpaceTV’s “featured channels” list, but the Hollywood Reporter says that AOL’s entertainment news site, TMZ, and the social network’s video platform are scheduled on Wednesday to launch a branded channel that will feature two or three TMZ clips each week….
Original post by Richard Defendorf and software by Elliott Back
Yamaha's $1,000 RX-V863 comes with HD Radio and three HDMI inputs, but still feels underfeatured for the price.
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Yamaha has announced five new receivers for 2008, ranging from the budget $230 RX-V363 to the $1,000 RX-V863, which features HD Radio and three HDMI inputs. As is usual, Yamaha’s receivers certainly don’t impress from the spec […]
It used to be that only a select few scientists could train to become an astronaut, and then even fewer were chosen to venture into space. But now, with the declining influence of NASA and the rise of the commercial space industry, seemingly every private citizen and their mother wants …
Original post by Stefanie Olsen […]
Hey techies, don’t bother putting money down on whether the Celtics are the future NBA champions. Not when you can place a bet on Steve Jobs.
A gaming company called Bodog is taking wagers on when Apple’s iTunes Store will surpass Wal-Mart as the top U.S. music …
Original post by Greg Sandoval and software by Elliott […]
Hey techies, forget putting money down on the NCAA Tournament or whether the Celtics are future NBA champions. Not when you can place a bet on Steve Jobs.
A gaming company called Bodog is taking action on when iTunes will surpass Wal-Mart as the top U.S. music retailer.
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Original post by Greg Sandoval and software by […]
Get old photos sent to your inbox twice a month with the Flickr time capsule service.
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Share a lot of photos online but find yourself only going back to reminisce on rare occasions? If you’re a Flickr user check out photag newsletter service Photojojo’s time capsule tool.
The service will send you a new message […]
Every time you turn around these days, someone is using Craigslist for something that Johnny Law would not approve of. Now we hear of a man in Northern California getting carjacked after he responded to an ad for a rendezvous with a prostitute.
Talk about pimp my ride.
The 23-year-old …
Original post by Steven Musil and software […]
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That headline is my offhand way of mentioning that Creative just dropped Zen prices: You can now get the 8GB model for just $150, the same price as Apple’s 4GB nano. If that’s your budget for a portable media player, which one should you choose?
It’…
Original post by Rick Broida and software by Elliott Back
Customers of HSBC, Bank of America and Washington Mutual suffer the highest rates of identity theft in the banking industry, according to an investigative study released today by a UC Berkeley Law School researcher.
The Federal Trade Commission received over 245,000 reports of identity theft in 2006, but does …
Original post by Chris Soghoian and software […]
Google product manager Amar Gandhi announced in a blog post on Tuesday night that there have been “a couple of modifications” to the company’s release of OpenSocial compatibility for its Orkut social network.
In other words, there appears to be some red tape. Instead of immediately rolling out the Orkut platform, which was originally scheduled to […]
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Here’s another reason to get off that anti-social kick and get with the networking.
The Air Force is developing a data-mining technology meant to root out disaffected insiders based on their email activity–or lack thereof, according to an article in this month’s International Journal of Security and Networks.
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Original post by Mark Rutherford and software […]
Despite Sony’s planned investment in a Sharp TV panel plant, source at South Korean company says relationship is on solid ground. Samsung Electronics is in the final stages of talks with Sony to jointly build a new LCD production line, a Samsung source said on Wednesday, soothing concerns…
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Qwest Communications International is in talks with Verizon Communications to bundle its wireless service with Qwest’s broadband and landline voice services, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday.
Qwest, the only major phone company without its own wireless service, has been reselling wireless service from Sprint …
Original post by Marguerite Reardon and software […]
Ever wonder how we got along without cell phones, Blackberrys, notebook computers, and fax machines? How did we manage to have fun without video games, MP3 players and DVRs?
Come to think of it, how did we ever survive without the Internet?
I don’t know how, but we did. And you know what? I don’t […]
CORK, Ireland–Here’s a combination you don’t see every day: wireless networking and performance art.
Todd Winkler, a professor at Brown University in Rhode Island, and Mikael Fernstrom, a lecturer at the University of Limerick in Ireland, have choreographed performance pieces in which the dancers are rigged up with …
Original post by Michael Kanellos and software by […]
The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the board of directors for video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, facing a buyout offer from Electronic Arts, approved new compensation packages for its management firm that would take effect with a merger or acquisition.
The new measures, approved within days of …
Original post by Caroline McCarthy and […]
It’s tough to please the European Commission on matters of antitrust. But then, Microsoft hasn’t tried very hard.
The Commission just hit Microsoft with a $1.35 billion fine for being “unreasonable” over its proposed patent fee structure:
“Microsoft was the first company in fifty years of EU competition policy that the Commission has had to […]
It’s tough to please the European Commission (EC) on matters of antitrust. But then, Microsoft hasn’t tried very hard. The EC just hit Microsoft with a $1.35 billion fine for reasons of how “unreasonable” Microsoft has been over its proposed patent fee structure:
“Microsoft was the first company in fifty years of EU competition […]
After January’s massive interest rate cut, marketing departments are pulling back on search engine advertising campaigns. The day after the federal government cut interest rates, LendingTree.com saw record traffic to its site for connecting borrowers and lenders. As a result, the marketing team at LendingTree pulled back…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]
Phone company’s CEO says new partnerships are intended to help it fill holes in its business, develop its wireless service. Qwest Communications International is looking for new partners to help it plug the hole the company has in wireless, according to Edward Mueller, the company’s CEO. …
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and […]
European Union regulators on Wednesday fined Microsoft a record 899 euros, or $1.35 billion, for failing to comply with sanctions.
The sanctions stem from a 2004 ruling, upheld by an EU court last year, that Microsoft had withheld information from rivals on how to interoperate with its software.
The …
Original post by Mike Ricciuti and software by […]
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is one of the most popular products on CNET Download.com, with 61 million downloads. On Thursday, AVG publisher Grisoft plans to introduce the full version of AVG Anti-Virus 8.0. This upgrade will feature significant changes to the program, integrating the previously stand-alone tools of AVG Anti-Spyware, AVG Anti-Rootkit, and recent Grisoft […]
Your first–and sometimes only–line of PC defense is your password. Even the most carefully crafted password can be rendered useless if you don’t keep it secret. This is not such an easy thing to do, especially considering all the clever tricks data thieves have come up with to grab …
Original post by Dennis O’Reilly and […]
A few days ago David Strom wrote an article in the New York Times about making off-site file backups over the Internet. There is no one right answer when it comes to making backups, but I’d like to expand on few points he raised.
At the beginning of the …
Original post by Michael Horowitz and software […]
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In case you can’t read from the screenshot above, Blippr lets users browse and rate a wide variety of commercial products including books, video games, movies and music. The twist is that these reviews are incredibly short at just 160 characters, or the limit on an SMS message on your mobile phone. Twitter, […]
Apple’s iTunes will likely whip past Wal-Mart Stores to become the largest U.S. music retailer sometime this year.
The NPD Group issued a report Tuesday that said Apple had outpaced Best Buy and Target to become the No. 2 U.S. music retailer. Unless the downward trend in
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Original post by Greg Sandoval and software by Elliott […]
Apple’s iTunes will likely whip past Wal-Mart to become the largest U.S. music retailer sometime this year.
On Tuesday, the NPD Group issued a report that said Apple had outpaced Best Buy and Target to become the No. 2 U.S. music retailer. Unless the downward trend in
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Original post by Greg Sandoval and software by Elliott […]
Cable giant Comcast seems to have moved on from its anti-BitTorrent filtering, and now appears to be engaged in a fairly low-tech astroturf campaign–which one commentator has called a “Denial of Citizen attack.”
The Federal Communications Commission held a public hearing at Harvard University yesterday, primarily to discuss the cable …
Original post by Chris Soghoian […]
