Archive for November, 2008

Complex Power.com tech bridges social networks

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

A useful concept marred by a confusing interface, the site lets you access your social networks (including Facebook) as well as your IM networks in one place.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Power.com builds complicated bridges between social networks

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

A useful concept marred by a confusing interface: Power.com lets you access all your social networks in one place.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Facebook Connect appears set for expansion

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The service launched last spring that lets members log onto other Web sites using their Facebook profile looks to be readying for a new phase.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Word of the successful kernel porting was made on the Linux on the iPhone blog, complete with instructions and source code. About the touch screen, though…
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Round numbers: 10,000 iPhone apps?

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The iPhone-focused site 148Apps celebrates a big milestone for the popular device, but did it get a little ahead of itself?
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Death and taxes in virtual worlds

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The taxman is coming to your virtual world. Hide your real wallet.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

ComScore: Black Friday e-commerce hits $534 million

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The Thanksgiving weekend was all right, according to ComScore and the National Retail Federation. Predictions for the entire holiday shopping season aren’t so rosy.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Another delay for the Large Hadron Collider

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The world’s largest physics experiment has seen a series of setbacks since September, but CERN is determined that “the LHC will run next year.”
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

A longer delay for the Large Hadron Collider

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The world’s largest physics experiment has seen a series of setbacks since September, but CERN is determined that “the LHC will run next year.”
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

A penny for my thoughts. Maybe even less?

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Using the Internet to cut costs, James Macpherson’s outsourcing gambit looks a lot less crazy than it seemed to many a year ago
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Wii leads the way on healthy Black Friday

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Retailers had reason to smile on the popular shopping day, as consumers went in search of bargains — especially on electronic shelves.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Microsoft, Yahoo said in talks on search deal

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

The Times of London says the two companies are discussing a deal that would see Microsoft acquire Yahoo’s search business for around $20 billion.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Dealer files antitrust complaint against Microsoft

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Samir Abdalla, who is already embroiled in legal tangle with Microsoft, says company charges at least a third more for its software in Europe than it does in U.S.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Get your customized Twitter background with TwitBacks

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

TwitBacks provides users with customized Twitter backgrounds.
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Joost gets back on our radar with iPhone app

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

The online video start-up has just launched a streaming video app for the iPhone.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

How Microsoft plans to make its mark in CRM

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Company is well placed to take the lead in the arena of customer relationship management with its on-demand and packaged software, says Microsoft’s Brad Wilson.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Online retailers overloaded on Black Friday

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Is this what they mean by “economic slowdown”? Keynote Systems, a mobile and Internet testing firm, says of 30 sites it tracks, 15 percent had performance problems Friday.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

HairTry lets you try on virtual toupees (in 3D)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Looking for a new hair piece? Check out HairTry, a Japanese service that lets you browse through them using a 3D render of your head.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

HairTry lets you try on virtual toupees (in 3-D)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Looking for a new hair piece? Check out HairTry, a Japanese service that lets you browse through them using a 3-D render of your head.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

‘Buy Nothing Day’ a sign of the times?

Friday, November 28th, 2008

As the economic downturn forces many to slow or stop their shopping, an informal protest against Black Friday is attracting more followers.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Carl Icahn increases stake in Yahoo

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Activist investor–and member of company’s board–has bought up 7 million shares of Yahoo over the course of three days this week.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Why I’m shopping on Black Friday this year

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Don Reisinger is shopping on Black Friday this year and he thinks you should join in. Will you?
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Food Network launches mobile app

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Dubbed Food Network Mobile, the application enables users to find seasonal recipes quickly. Now featured: what to do with all those Thanksgiving leftovers.
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Food Network launches mobile app for easy access to recipes

Friday, November 28th, 2008

The Food Network has launched a new mobile app to find seasonal recipes quickly.
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Black Friday roundup: My favorite deals

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Psych: I don’t have any. Well, OK, I found two. Black Friday 2008 is a bust.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Gaming the next pandemic

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Department of Defense commissions “serious game” to prepare for the next influenza pandemic.
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Intel rethinks Netbooks: ‘Fine for an hour’ but…

Friday, November 28th, 2008

The smallish designs may not be the next big thing after all. Intel, whose Atom chip powers most Netbooks, says it now foresees mostly incremental gains.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Fring cuts staff by 20 percent

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

The provider voice over IP and instant messaging applications reportedly lays off 20 percent of its staff, or about 10 people.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Europe Yahoo chief joins exodus

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Toby Coppel is expected to announce he is stepping down from his position as executive vice president and managing director of Europe and Canada.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Nokia to pull out of Japan market

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

The world’s largest cell phone maker announces plans to stop making phones for the Japan market, one of the largest in the world.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Thanksgiving parade gets a live ‘Rickroll’

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Pop singer Rick Astley, whose song “Never Gonna Give You Up” has become one of the world’s most popular Internet memes, surprised the crowds from a Cartoon Network-sponsored float at the legendary Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

The information flow from Mumbai

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Internet sites like Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and Global Voices are providing a very rough first draft of history in the accounting of the bloody attacks in India.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Photos: Cracking open the Apple Newton

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

TechRepublic takes apart the device that helped pave the way for such things as the Palm PDA, Pocket PC, and even the iPhone.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Some Sony films return to Netflix-Xbox service

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Apparently Sony and Netflix have solved some of their licensing issues. There’s no word yet on when all of Sony’s films will return to Xbox.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Five big things Microsoft got right

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

It’s easy these days to dwell on the missteps and competitive challenges faced by the software maker, but analysis firm Directions on Microsoft points to the big things the company has gotten right.
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Retailers adopting renewable energy

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Wal-Mart is among a growing number of big-box brands pushing to power stores with solar and wind energy.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Images: Photographic marvels in a petri dish

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Nikon’s photomicroscopy contest puts the focus on the fungus, nanotubes, and other microscopic wonders.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

How to: Get multiple custom signatures in Gmail

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Want a different e-mail signature for each address you’ve got in Gmail? Check out this experimental Firefox extension that handles all of this in a single place.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

EarthCam preps for live stream of Thanksgiving Day Parade

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

EarthCam will stream the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in real-time on Thursday.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Geezeo adds ratings of online brokerage firms

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Geezeo adds a ratings feature to its service, which will allow users to rate online brokerage firms based on their experience.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Sundance opening night pick spotlights animation tech

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

The digital world meets one of the oldest film forms in the clay animation film Mary and Max, chosen to kick off Robert Redford’s annual film festival in January.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Spam increasing again after shutdown of hosting company

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Two weeks after hosting provider McColo was shut down, the volume of spam is increasing again as stranded botnets get connected to new domains.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Internet worm exploits Windows vulnerability

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Security hole in Windows that Microsoft released patch for last month is being exploited by Worm and bots, Microsoft says.
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Twitter: No more outbound texts for Canada

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Skyrocketing costs mean that Twitter users in Canada can no longer receive text-message updates, but they can still use the number to send “tweets.”
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Report: Lesser charges for mom in MySpace hoax

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

A court finds Lori Drew, accused of using MySpace to harass one of her daughter’s classmates to the point of suicide, guilty–but not on counts as severe as the ones she was up for.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Video: Behind the Apple-Google API dustup

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Google acknowledged breaking the official rules of Apple’s iPhone software development kit when it created the latest version of the Google Mobile application for the iPhone. What are the implications for developers and for users? Join Charles Cooper and Tom Krazit on the CNET News Daily Debrief.
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Yahoo, Microsoft make gains in search

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

U.S. search grew 7 percent sequentially in October, but Yahoo and Microsoft posted even larger gains, according to a ComScore report.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Yahoo, Microsoft search grows faster than industry

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

U.S. search grew 7 percent sequentially in October, but Yahoo and Microsoft posted larger gains, according to comScore’s qSearch analysis released Wednesday.
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Cinema snobs rejoice: Criterion Collection goes Web 2.0

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Rent a Criterion film (the selection’s limited, but there are more to come) for $5, and then the company will deduct the $5 from a DVD purchase of the same movie. Also: social networking!
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back

Amazon assembles Justice League of loyalists for holiday PR

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Six hardcore Amazon product reviewers are contributing their tips, tricks, and picks for holiday shopping.
Original post by Gadgets, gizmos, and video games - CNNMoney.com and software by Elliott Back