Archive for September, 2008

Playing Iron Man for a day

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

To celebrate the release of the hit film’s release on DVD, ILM showed off some of the technology behind the blending of 3D animation and live-action footage.
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AT&T, Nokia, Navteq fund local-search site Zvents

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Three companies with a stake in mobile Internet development invest $24 million in a site that lets people promote and find local events, restaurants, and deals.
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AT&T funds Zvents, a local-search site

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Telecommunications giant makes a strategic investment (of an undisclosed size) in a site that enables people to promote and find local events, restaurants, and deals.
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AT&T funds Zvents’ local search, ad site

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The telecommunications giant has made a strategic investment in Zvents, which lets people promote and find local events.
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Getting philosophical about Facebook’s new hub

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

What’s with the map? Here’s why I think that the social network decided to redesign the page you see when you haven’t yet logged in or signed up for an account.
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Getting philosophical with Facebook’s new hub

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

What’s with the map? Here’s why I think that Facebook decided to redesign the page you see when you haven’t yet logged in or signed up for an account.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Photos: Being Iron Man, in real time

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

At Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco, motion-capture specialists use video and a special suit to reflect real-time movements in 3D.
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India’s outsourcing bubble is bursting

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The collapse of top US financial firms is causing a dramatic slowdown in lucrative contracts among outsourcing companies in India–turning cities like Bangladore inside out. Bangalore, India–Once a high-flying tech hub, Bangalore is seeing more sober days in the wake of the credit crisis. It looks like…
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Acquia backs Drupal for enterprise adoption

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The company has released a commercially supported distribution of Drupal, a leading open-source web content management system.
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Socialtext co-founder: Enterprise Twitter isn’t enough

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The enterprise social software company has new Twitterish functions, but the real deal is coming later.
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Socialtext CEO: Enterprise Twitter isn’t enough

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The enterprise social software company has new Twitterish functions, but the real deal is coming later.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Stallman: Cloud computing is “stupidity”

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The Free Software Foundation founder says that the industry’s latest trend ultimately will result in vendor lock-in and escalating costs for users.
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Stallman: Cloud computing is ’stupidity’

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The Free Software Foundation founder says that the industry’s latest trend ultimately will result in vendor lock-in and escalating costs for users.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

‘BusinessWeek’ names the Web’s top 25

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are included in the ranks of the magazine’s mostly unsurprising list.
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BusinessWeek names the Web’s top 25

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg make up the ranks of a mostly unsurprising list.
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Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobe

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems encryption on all television shows and movies found on its site, software maker Adobe said. SEATTLE–Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems encryption on all television shows and…
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Ballmer: Congress must ’stabilize’ financial crisis

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Speaking in Europe, Microsoft’s chief executive says he’s hopeful that politicos in the United States can come up with a “resolution” before the end of the week.
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Ballmer: No one immune to global crisis

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said “financial issues are going to affect both business spending and consumer spending, and particularly … spending by the financial services industry.” OSLO–Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday no company was immune to the global financial crisis, which he expects to sap both…
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Facebook delivers version 2.0 of its iPhone app

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Now available in the iTunes store, the updated iPhone app delivers many of the features of the full Facebook site.
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Nokia to sell security hardware unit

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Cell phone maker also plans to quit making software for business customers. Moves will enable it to concentrate on “the renewal of its business mobility strategy.”
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Panasonic still cautious on OLED TVs

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

At CES, the company expressed skepticism about the organic thin TVs getting bigger and mass-produced. At Ceatec, it hints it could take even longer than previously thought.
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Whole Travel launches good site at bad time

Monday, September 29th, 2008

If you can still afford to travel, this new service will help you find a nice, green oasis.
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IBM releasing iNotes for iPhone

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Lotus Notes users can get their corporate e-mail on their iPhones through IBM’s Web application that puts Notes mail inside the Safari mobile browser.
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AMD says new ‘Shanghai’ chip is ready to go

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Shanghai–targeted at servers–will be AMD’s first 45-nanometer processor. Company insists it won’t make the same mistakes as it did with the Barcelona processor.
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Microsoft updates Live Hotmail and Maps

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Microsoft’s latest updates help you find the closest hotel and send off e-mail to friends and family. They’re the latest in a complete overhaul of Microsoft’s Web based services.
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Facebook’s new general counsel coy about role

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Ted Ullyot declines to say what he’d do about those pesky Beacon complaints–or whether he’d follow Microsoft’s lead and petition the government about the Wall Street fiasco.
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Transpacific undersea cable completed

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Some of the world’s leading phone companies complete the construction of an undersea cable to provide more Internet capacity between the U.S. and parts of Asia.
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Can the ‘freemium’ model weather the financial storm?

Monday, September 29th, 2008

I don’t want to jump on the bandwagon but the latest market upset takes place at a very inconvenient time for a lot of start-ups, which aren’t exactly swimming in cash.
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Can the ‘freemium’ tech model weather the financial storm?

Monday, September 29th, 2008

George Carlin said that when you live in the United States, you’re guaranteed a front row seat to the freak show. Events of the last few weeks only reconfirm how right he was.

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But first, think back a few years.

The deflating of the Internet bubble, which began in 2000, wasn’t a one-day blowup. […]

Can the “freemium” tech model weather the financial storm?

Monday, September 29th, 2008

I don’t want to jump on the bandwagon but the latest market upset takes place at a very inconvenient time for a lot of startups, who aren’t exactly swimming in cash.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

How long before Wal-Mart reverses DRM decision?

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Criticism of Wal-Mart starts to mount after the retailer decides to stop supporting its DRM. At least MSN and Yahoo didn’t know any better.
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Google selects Code Jam finalists

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Programmers from around the world will gather at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., to compete for the global Code Jam finals.
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Yahoo’s Zimbra e-mail program exposes passwords

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Enterprising Canadian programmer exposes privacy issue for people using Zimbra to access Yahoo Mail during Yahoo university hack event.
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Man in China fined $277 for porn on drive, then forgiven

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The crux of the legal claim, according to press reports, appears to be the distribution function of BitTorrent, which was how the accused said he obtained the video.
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How start-ups can survive

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Here we go again: Another boom, another bust. But we’ve learned something from the last time, haven’t we?
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Yahoo revamps mobile group for profitability plan

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Yahoo’s group for mobile phones has new leadership–David Ko–and its work is the centerpiece of the Connected Life division’s 2009 profitability plan.
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Why the credit crunch is about more than Wall Street

Monday, September 29th, 2008

A lack of credit affects businesses from tech giants to mom-and-pop stores to all manner of consumers.
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Calif. politicians to DOJ: Hands off Google-Yahoo ad deal

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Democratic House members ask DOJ not to pursue “unprecedented” lawsuit to block Google and Yahoo advertising agreement.
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XOHM! Sprint brings WiMax to Baltimore

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Sprint announces XOHM, WiMax network for Baltimore.
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Microsoft calls on Congress to reconsider bailout

Monday, September 29th, 2008

In a statement, general counsel Brad Smith says the measure was “vitally important to the health and preservation of jobs in all sectors of the economy.”
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Mashface lets you do Conan-style visual voice-overs

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Superimpose your mouth and eyes over other people’s pictures to create Web atrocities that can be shared with friends.
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Mashface lets you do Conan-style visual voiceovers

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Superimpose your mouth and eyes over other people’s pictures to create Web atrocities that can be shared with friends.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations. The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations. According to analyst…
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T-Mobile stops taking Android phone orders

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Between Tuesday and Saturday, T-Mobile went from offering the G1 Android phone to an apology that they’re “temporarily unavailable.”
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CNET News Daily Podcast: The day the music (almost) stopped

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Washington debates Web music royalty payments; what Wall Street’s failure may mean to the tech business; Happy birthday, Model T!
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The day the music (almost) stopped

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The day the music (almost) stopped, What Wall Street’s failure may mean to the tech business?, Happy birthday, Model T!
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Apple tweaks App Store listings

Monday, September 29th, 2008

A few small changes to the way applications are listed and reviewed on Apple’s App Store should help ease the tension somewhat between the company and developers.
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QuickBooks 2009 to handle 100 currencies

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Intuit QuickBooks 2009 introduces global currency support and a free Web site for a year, expanding the application’s scope beyond bookkeeping.
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How ‘carders’ trade your stolen personal info

Monday, September 29th, 2008

An executive whose company monitors the criminal underground tells how a person’s “full” set of personal data can sold via shady online forums for a mere $20.
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Circuit City and its impending doom

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Circuit City is in deep trouble. And Don Reisinger thinks he has a solution for fixing all those problems.
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