1. P-plate carnage: Death on Facebook first 5 hours ago   permalink

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A waste of young lives ... police examine the crash scene / Pic: Daniel Shaw Source: The Daily Telegraph WHEN Angela and Maryanne Vourlis woke up yesterday, their 20th birthday, they logged on to Facebook expecting to read well wishes and greetings from friends.

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2. Windows 7 Battery Notification Messages 9 hours ago   permalink

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Over the past week we have seen a little bit of blogosphere activity regarding Windows 7 and batteries, specifically the new Windows 7 message “Considering replacing your battery”. Since this is related to the engineering of Windows 7 we’re going to use this blog to provide an update to people. As we have talk about many times, we have a ...

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3. Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change 13 hours ago   permalink

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Apple intends to stay “nimble” on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers.

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Rev2.org The Apple Tablet, Print Media, and the Future   —  The New York Times’ Brad Stone and Stephanie Clifford talked about how Apple may be giving the print media industry (including, ironically, the NYT itself) a chance to re-invent itself using the new device.  The iPhone is already popular enough to be one of the leading ways that many access their print media, especially news, and the ... PCWorld Latest IPad's Best Innovation? No-Contract Wireless   —  IPad customers will purchase their 3G wireless service direct from Apple, with no contract required. This is a great idea that needs to spread. Ed Sutherland / Cult of Mac Amazon to Hike Ebook Pricing as iPad Ships   —  At the time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ remark about ebook pricing being the same whether sold by Cupertino or Amazon seemed rather optimistic. At the time, Amazon controlled ebook pricing and the ebook market, while Apple had just released the iPad. However, just weeks after the tablet was unveiled, Amazon will now adopt Apple’s price [... Jeremy / ILounge News: Chinese maker of iPad clone vows to sue Apple   —  Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial Co., which produces the P88, a Windows-based, multi-touch tablet computer, is vowing to sue Apple for patent infringement as soon as the company launches the iPad in China. Claiming that the P88, which was announced last October, is “identical” to the iPad, Wu Xiaolong, president of Shenzhen Great Long ... Ed Sutherland / Cult of Mac Was the iPad Supposed to Be a TV?   —  Was the iPad originally meant to be a killer TV platform? An analyst speculates the iPad would be the perfect platform for Apple to launch its vision for anywhere television, tying Apple TV, iTunes and network programming into one sleek and stylish portable DVR. “Imagine a portable set top box, but with its own killer screen,” [...] Chris Meadows / TeleRead TidBITS compares Kindle and iPad   —  I’m a little late noticing this, but on January 31st TidBITS posted a detailed head-to-head comparison of the Kindle versus the iPad as e-book reading platforms. There is also some discussion of the Amazon/Macmillan dispute, though the outcome was unknown at that point. TidBITS‘s Glenn Fleishman concludes: In the end, Amazon is a bookseller, ... Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts Make your own iPad   —  [From Eric Mann] If you can't wait to be the first to have an iPad [do remember I'm going to fund the cost of an iPad for one lucky PalmAddict reader here ] then you may want your own paper cut out, ok so it's not the real thing but it could fool someone when they walk past your desk. More after the jump. John Biggs / CrunchGear Capitol Hill gets a big iPad   —  ...vending machine. And you thought our government was low-tech. Capital Hill staffers now have a huge iPad-like vending machine featuring a large touchscreen system that lets you choose your poison and then watch a little animation as it is vended. It's kind of dopey but I guess its better than the big open spring system they use currently. ... Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts THROWAWAY: Win a iPad   —  The iPod Touch throwaway is now closed and I'll draw a winner at random this week. 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Apparently Wall Street has long been a bastion of support for Democratic political candidates, but now that Obama has launched a ... Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider Electronic Arts Beats The Street   —  Game developer Electronic Arts (ERTS) barely beat its lowered guidance for its third quarter, but guidance for the current quarter fell far short of Wall Street's expectations. EA announced non-GAAP earnings of $0.33 per share for Q3. This was the upper-bound of the reduced guidance the company issued last month, and narrowly beat analysts' ... Mike Fahey / Kotaku The Nintendo Download: Blaster Master, Fieldrunners, And A New Format   —  Blaster Master Overdrive, Fieldrunners DS, and Princess Tomato shine their love on The Nintendo Download this week, with a new format making it much easier to see what you might be spending your Nintendo points on. I've been doing The Nintendo Download since Nintendo started putting things up for download, and lately it's gotten a bit cumbersome. SFGate Asian stocks mixed after Wall St decline   —  Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday following Wall Street's overnight decline on lingering worries about high European debt levels. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney were down while Shanghai, Seoul and Singapore gained. That came after the Dow Jones industrial average... Hong Kong - Wall Street - Shanghai - Dow Jones Industrial Average - Asia Matt buchanan / Gizmodo Apple's PA Semi Might Not've Designed the iPad's A4 Chip   —  A curious tidbit from VentureBeat: The A4 chip that Apple's pimping hardcore in iPad promos might not've been done by their PA Semi team (which Apple acquired for $278 million). Their source says it was designed by Apple's existing VLSI team, who made custom chips like northbridges for the old G5 Macs. Sounds possible, since there likely isn't a ... Ars Technica Amazon puts out one e-book pricing fire as others flare up   —  Just as it looked like Amazon was about to achieve an iTunes-style lock on the e-book marketplace, the impending arrival of Apple's iPad seems to have emboldened book publishers. After a pricing dispute caused all Macmillan titles to disappear off Amazon's virtual shelves , other publishers joined the pricing revolt , demanding greater ... TIME.com Top Business Stories A Former Goldman Sachs Partner on Wall Street Regulation   —  Roy Smith, a finance professor at New York University and a former Goldman Sachs partner, believes that Washington and regulators need to intervene to make financial markets safer The Seattle Times Asian stocks mixed after Wall St decline   —  Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday following Wall Street's overnight decline on lingering worries about high European debt levels. Technology News Blog: FCC officials concerned about iPad’s impact on wireless networks   —  With the forthcoming rollout of Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet device, it’s necessary for providers of wireless phone and data services to ensure that their networks aren’t overwhelmed by demand, according to a blog item by two officials of the Federal Communications Commission. The Seattle Times ComScore: Apple gains US smart phone share   —  Apple Inc.'s iPhone gained a percentage point of U.S. smart phone market share while BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Inc. lost a point in the last three months of 2009, according to research group comScore Inc. Hadley / Apple Matters 4 Reasons Why the iPad Will Be A Huge Success and One Reason Why It May Not   —  Pundits are a funny lot, especially when it comes to Apple. They simply don't get it. They obsess on a single new feature that proves an Apple product will fail. When the iPod came out it was too expensive, and it didn't have Wi-Fi. When the iPhone came out it… Newlaunches.com Mac Fan designs Apple iBook wall clock, crazy idea, but like Apple products, looks good   —  I have to agree with the post, the guys who came up with this littlie number is definitely a Mac-obsessed fan. I mean only someone who serious has a Mac fetish would recycle an Apple iBook G4 and turn it into a clock, complete with a moving Mac-mouse Pendulum counter weight. Running on two replaceable AA batteries it’s 14 inches wide by 18 ... EWeek 10 Things Apple Doesn't Want You to Know About the iPad   —  Apple has been touting its iPad since it was first announced a few weeks ago. But after the hype wears off and we take an honest look at the iPad, we quickly find that there are some major flaws with the company's tablet device that it just doesn't want us to know about. When a consumer picks up the iPad expecting a top-of-the-line experience, ... EWeek Upon Meeting the Apple iPad, Fewer People Want It: Survey   —  The Apple iPad is less coveted by consumers, now that they know what it is, says retailer Retrevo, which polled visitors to its site before and after the iPads introduction. While in early January, 26 percent said they werent interested, in early February, 52 percent said the same. - Were expectations for the Apple iPad raised too high to satisfy, Kelsey Childress / Search Engine Land The iPad As Platform For SEM & Social Media Marketing   —  Apple clearly recognizes the importance of the mobile web, but did they get trigger happy and launch the iPad too soon? The launch of the new Apple device has lit up the internet with all sorts of criticisms, praises, questions and opinions. A question remains for those of us in the search marketing and social [...] .... Scott Beale / Laughing Squid IPad by Parry Gripp   —  Parry Gripp made a song about the iPad that reminds us that the concept of nachos is awesome and incredible. This is a blog post from Laughing Squid, subscribe via RSS, Email, Twitter & Facebook. This is a blog post from Laughing Squid , subscribe via RSS , Email , Twitter & Facebook . F-Secure Antivirus Research Team (mailto:weblog\ / F-Secure Antivirus Research An Apple a Day   —  We were recently asked some questions about Mac security. Mikko's comments can be read at CNET . Also in Apple news, iPhone/iPod touch OS 3.1.3 has been released and there are security fixes . ( Not that it's mentioned during the update .) And speaking of iPhones, they're vulnerable to remote attack on SSL . Updated to add : Here's another ... 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"The International Women's Day Competition will end in just a few weeks. February 22, 2010. If you are a women or know a who uses Ubuntu encourage them participate in this Competition. There's a great prize pack, sponsored by Canonical, Linux Pro Magazine and Ubuntu User Magazine also included in Jono Bacon's newest book, The Art of ...

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The following Terms of Sale (“Terms”) govern the relationship between you and Google, and once concluded, form a legally binding contract in relation to your purchase of a Nexus wireless handheld device and any associated accessories whether packaged with the handheld device or sold separately (together referred to as the “Device”). “ ...

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Google said the Goojje logo is infringing on its trademark since the logo could be mistaken as an authorized Google web site. The Goojje logo is still live as [...] .... Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider Google Goes For The Kill   —  Word broke today that Google will announce something of a Twitter-killer tomorrow. But unless the thing plays well with Facebook and Twitter, we don't give it much of a chance. Truth is, Google hasn't ever been very good at launching new consumer products. Gmail is big, but it's no Yahoo Mail. They love Orkut in Brazil, but Orkut's user base is ... Jeff Gillis / Google Analytics Blog Upcoming Google Analytics Workshop   —  Feras Alhlou , president and principal consultant of E-Nor, a Google Analytics Authorized Consultant, will be conducting a Google Analytics workshop at SMX West on March 5, called "Using Google Analytics to Improve Your Online Marketing & Business." Register here and get 10% off with this discount code: GA@SMX Many organizations, large and ... Paul Colligan / PaulColligan.com When Google Proves Your Point …   —  First things first – the Google commercial from yesterday’s Superbowl. If you haven’t yet seen it, please watch (video embedded below – if you can’t see the video, here’s a direct link to the video at YouTube). Please notice (tongue in cheek). The incredibly sexy model used. You can’t communicate anything ... Mike Tekula / Search Engine Journal 5 Powerful Ways to Use Google Reader’s Feed Creation Tool for SEO   —  You may have noticed that two weeks ago Google announced a new feature for Google Reader: the ability to create/track RSS feeds for pages that don't provide them. There's a lot of potential here in just about every aspect of web use - personal and professional. Like most tools, the functionality… Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search ... Xiao Qiang / China Digital Times (CDT) Marc Ambinder: How The Hackers Took Google: A Theory   —  From the Atlantic Magazine: Fred Chang has a theory about how hackers affiliated with the Chinese government hacked into Google and at least two dozen other major American companies. Chang is a professor of computer science at the University of Texas — so we should listen to him. But he is also the former director [...]

6. TweetDeck gets a few tweaks 6 hours ago   permalink

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TweetDeck's new column navigator. (Credit: TweetDeck) The latest version of TweetDeck is out, and although it's a minor update it also introduces some useful changes worth noting. Available for Windows , Mac , and Linux on Adobe AIR, the biggest change in TweetDeck 0.33 is an alteration to the program's guts that gives it more Twitter API ...

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Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider TweetDeck Wants To Kill Firefox And All Those Other Web Browsers   —  TweetDeck is rolling out an update to its popular desktop Twitter application, TechCrunch Europe reports . TweetDeck is making more media accessible through TweetDeck. For example, you can watch a YouTube video directly in TweetDeck, instead of opening YouTube in a Web browser window. In this regard, TweetDeck is erasing your need for a browser. ... Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb Google’s Secret Weather API   —  It's 54 degrees today in Mountain View, which any Googler could tell you by looking outside... or by using the company's undocumented weather API. The service was created for use with iGoogle, but the interface is easily discoverable and covers a handful of other features, in addition to weather. Matt Silverman / Mashable! 5 Insightful TED Talks on Social Media   —  The 2010 Technology Entertainment Design conference will be kicking off tomorrow in Long Beach, California, bringing the leading minds of many fields together to talk shop about innovation, change, and what the future holds. As social media has become a game changer for industries across the board, you can bet the experts at this year’s ... Rev2.org Sun CEO Resigns via Haiku on Twitter   —  We must live in the 21st Century.  Johnathan Schwartz, now the former CEO of Sun Microsystems, resigned from his post last night by tweeting a Haiku.  His resignation is the final step in the total absorption of Sun into Oracle, which purchased Sun last week. This is Schwartz’s tweet, the first-ever resignation by Twitter from a Fortune ... 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7. Why AT&T blocked 4Chan 11 hours ago   permalink

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AT&T caused a flurry of fury when it blocked a server from the online forum, 4chan. We'll look at the DoS attack against 4Chan and how and why AT&T reacted.

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Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing 4chan says Verizon is blocking 4chan   —  Verizon Wireless is said to be filtering HTTP traffic to/from boards.4chan.org (all image boards). From status.4chan.org: "After an hour and a half on the phone, we've received confirmation from Verizon's Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are 'explicitly blocked."...

8. Did this Metro PCS ad make the tech world cringe? 4 hours ago   permalink

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Cell phone provider Metro PCS' new campaign, featuring two supposed Indian tech experts, is proving a little controversial. The company admits it has received complaints.

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9. Silicon: It's good for you, especially in beer 5 hours ago   permalink

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Researchers at UC Davis say that silicon, the most common metalloid and a known booster of bone-mineral density, is highly "bioavailable" when consumed in beer.

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10. Job Postings Hint at Amazon's Plans for the Kindle 11 hours ago   permalink

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While Amazon goes on a hiring spree for its Kindle division, hiring color LCD managers and Wi-Fi specialists, where does the company take the Kindle from here?

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Matt buchanan / Gizmodo :   Amazon's Working on a Full-Color Multitouch Kindle With Wi-Fi

Paul Miller / Engadget :   Amazon job postings ask for display and wireless experts, hint at Kindle things to come? AppleInsider :   Amazon rethinking Kindle in the wake of Apple iPad Chris Meadows / TeleRead :   Coming soon to the Kindle: Color, wi-fi, more applications?

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11. Claimed Fourth-Generation iPhone Parts Surface Revealing Taller Form Factor 11 hours ago   permalink

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iPhone 3GS on left, claimed fourth-generation iPhone on right iPhone repair site iResQ has posted photos of what it claims are parts for the fourth-generation iPhone presumably due for launch later this year. Among the most notable fe...

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Tricia Duryee / MocoNews Mobile Content Bits: Tapulous' Riddim Ribbon; Loopt Gets Local Ads; Social Media App For Skiers   —  — Tapulous rolls out Riddim Ribbon game: Tapulous, the maker of the popular music-based iPhone games, like Tap Tap Revenge, has launched its latest creation—Riddim Ribbon. The game, which is now available in the iTunes app store, lets users create their own unique mixes to hot tracks while they race down down a track. The track is ... LXer Linux News Reviews Of iPhone/iPod Synchronizing Applications For Linux   —  All of these require a working setup with ifuse, gvfs, libimobiledevice (aka libiphone) etc as per our previous article. In today's article, StoneCut reviews GTKpod, Rhythmbox, Banshee and Songbird and their current status regarding iPhone/iPod syncing. Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts I'd like to see the next iPhone look something like this   —  [From Eric Mann] Apple needs to raise it's game and so does Palm with the Pre and the Pixi range because this looks like being a great looking phone. It's almost half tablet half phone. "The iF Design Awards won't officially be handed out until the big ceremony at CeBIT next month, but some of the winners have now already been announced, and ... Ed Sutherland / Cult of Mac Daily Deals: iPhone Acces. Bundle, External Superdrive, App Store Freebies   —  We start off the week with a number of Apple-related deals. First up is an iPhone accessory bundle that could serve as an emergency kit for those road trips. The $10 kit includes windshield mount, wired headset, travel and car chargers and USB sync cable. Has your internal Superdrive died or you need an extra [...] Editor / Neowin.net Latest iPhone update breaks T-Mobile unlock   —  Many iPhone-ers out there prefer T-Mobile's network over AT&T's. By unlocking their phones, they have been able to use it on the magenta underdog without a problem (EDGE only, of course). If you're one of those daredevils who has parted ways with AT&T and is looking to take your iPhone... SirsiDynix / Library Technology Guides automation update SirsiDynix iPhone application on its way   —  (January 14, 2010). SirsiDynix announced the most comprehensive Apple iPhone application for library users is near release, pending Apple's standard review. The free application locates nearby libraries and allows users to search library catalogs for available materials. Users registered with a library can also place and cancel holds at their ... PCWorld Latest App Offers 'spatially Aware' Picture Resizing on IPhone   —  A newly-released iPhone app allows you to perform a "smart" resize of images, eliminating unimportant elements and preserving significant ones without the use of... David / Signal vs. Noise The App Store: Quality control without the quality   —  I love my iPhone and I love Apple (cue images of flag pins and “I love muh countray!”), but I believe they’re blowing it with the App Store gate keeping. That’s of course not a new opinion. Developers left and right have been decrying the broken process. But there’s nothing like feeling it on your own bones to make ... Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo The Full Movie Theater iPhone Stand   —  Since not everyone has the space and pesos to build a full-size home theater, here's an option that only requires an iPhone and the space of a shoe box. Which—in New York—means half of your apartment. [ Thanks Gary! ] PCWorld Latest IHound Aims to Help You Find Your Missing IPhone   —  If you're outside Moscone Center for this week's Macworld Expo, and someone hands you a "Lost iPhone" sticker, don't toss it away. It could help you track down... Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo BirdBox Wakes You Up With the Sound of Hungry Birds In Your iPhone   —  I love little birds. They are so cute. And they taste delicious and crunchy fried in beer batter. If you want them to wake you up, however, try BirdBox. BirdBox is a $12.75 bedside bird home with a matching free application that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a cuckoo alarm clock. You know, because nothing says good morning like "the sound ... Mike Masnick / Techdirt AT&T Claims Sling Made Changes To Get On The iPhone; Sling Has No Clue What AT&T Is Talking About   —  We noted in the past how odd it was that AT&T blocked something like the place-shifting Sling Player from the iPhone, but allowed place-shifting streaming TV apps from partners like MLB.com. So it was worth highlighting that, recently, AT&T changed its mind and began allowing Sling, though in the announcement , it claimed that Sling ... Mike McBride / The Many Faces of Mike McBride Wordpress iPhone App   —  Writing this from my iPhone using the Wordpress app. I like the ability to write quick posts fe anywhere, but like email on my phone, anything that will require a lot of typing will have to wait until I’m at a keyboard! On the other hand, this is a great way to handle comments, I [...] Related posts: Wordpress Queston/Complaint Wordpress ... Mike Fahey / Kotaku Plants Vs. Zombies iPhone Blooms February 15th   —  From seeds planted back in August of last year springs Plants Vs. Zombies for the iPhone, ready to grow and groan all over your phone on February 15th. PopCap Games' garden defense game Plants Vs. Zombies seemed tailor made for the iPhone, so when the company announced the portable version of the smash PC hit last August, we weren't surprised at ... Webmaster / The Mac Observer News: Mobily Adding iPhone Tethering Support in February   —  Saudi Arabia iPhone users are about to get a feature that U.S. customers are still waiting for: Tethering. Medhat Amer, Mobily's CIO, made the announcement via Twitter. EWeek 10 Reasons Why the Linux Community Could Influence iPhone Sales   —  News Analysis: Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly stated that he has purchased and likes Google's Nexus One smartphone. It's no small endorsement. With Torvalds' support comes a full Linux community that is ready and willing to take on the iPhone. - Although the combined market share of Linux distributions pales in comparison with Windows ... Admin / TamsIJungle IPhone OS 3.1.3 jailbreak released   —  Apple’s recent IOS 3.1.3 update can be called a non-update – it fixes errors which can be classified as minor at best. Nevertheless, an adaption of the jailbreaking tools is required in order to get it up and running. 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12. Rumor: MacBook Pro refresh imminent, SKUs dropped from Best Buy systems 5 hours ago   permalink

Michael Rose / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW)

Filed under: Hardware , Rumors , Macbook Pro Update: Commenters point out that our tipster pulled the Best Buy inventory screen image from this thread on the MacRumors forums (he did provide independent confirmation of the SKU deletion). I was not aware of the forum thread at the time the post was written, and there was at the time no ...

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Jason Chen / Gizmodo :   Best Buy's MacBook Pro SKUs Go Missing, Might Mean Core i5 Refresh Soon

Ross Miller / Engadget :   Current MacBook Pro SKU given mark of death in Best Buy database?

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MacRumors Current MacBook Pro Models Deleted From Best Buy's Inventory System? Updates Imminent?   —  Yesterday, a poster in our forums claiming to be a Best Buy employee reported that the company's internal inventory system had been updated to show that all MacBook Pro models had been "deleted", preventing Best Buy stores from ordering any new units... Michael Rose / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) :    Rumor: MacBook Pro refresh imminent, SKUs dropped from Best Buy systems Ross Miller / Engadget :    Current MacBook Pro SKU given mark of death in Best Buy database?

Ubergizmo MacBook Pro Deleted From Best Buy Inventory   —  With the recent Core i7 MacBook Pro Geekbench scores being leaked , it certainly seems like we’ll be getting an update to Apple’s line of MacBook Pros. Now reports are going around that Best Buy’s inventory system is showing current MacBook Pros in its system as “deleted”, so does it mean that stock is unavailable ...

Charles Jade / TheAppleBlog Alleged Core i7 MacBook Pro Benchmarked   —  A sharp-eyed MacRumors forum member spotted what is either a hoax or the highly inappropriate use of a next-generation MacBook Pro this weekend. Processor and memory benchmarks for a computer identified as “MacBookPro6,1″ were posted at Geekbench, but that model identifier does not currently exist in the MacBook Pro lineup, nor does a ... Brian X. Chen / Wired Clues Hint at Possible MacBook Pro With Core i7 Chip   —  Computer geeks over the weekend had a dorkgasm at the sight of a report hinting at an upcoming MacBook Pro equipped with Intel’s latest mobile processor. Readers of MacRumors.com spotted Geekbench benchmark results for what appears to be a MacBook Pro featuring a 2.66GHz Core i7 M620, a high-end dual core processor featuring Intel’s ... PCWorld Latest Rumor: Core i7 Coming Soon to MacBook Pro?   —  Rumors are hinting that an upgrade to Apple's MacBook Pro notebook line could be coming in the near future. The rumor comes courtesy of French site Nowhere Else, which claims that Apple will reveal updated Macbook Pro's featuring Intel's newest Core i7 chips. ' Electronista Best Buy clearing current MacBook Pros from inventory?   —  A possibly last-minute slip hints that Apple may be close to updating the MacBook Pro line. One Best Buy employee notes that all MacBook Pro models have been deleted from the company's inventory system, preventing them from ordering new models. The systems can still be found but are listed as "deleted."... Troy Dreier / Gearlog Wisair Lets MacBook Owners Go Wireless   —  For Mac owners who love the mobility of a laptop yet crave the comfort of a desktop, Wisair is announcing an easy wireless solution that delivers the best of both worlds. 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Just Kidding lol! AFo / Mac Forums No multitouch on macbook pro?   —  Hi everyone, So I recently picked up a refurbished 17" macbook pro 4.1 pre-unibody. The model number is MB766LL/A and it's a 2.5 ghz c2duo with 4gb ram and a 320 HD. I was under the impression that this was a late 2008 model so it would have the multitouch gesture support built in. I upgraded to snow leopard on it and I don't have any 3 or 4 ...

13. Facebook © 2010 9 hours ago   permalink

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Mike Norris Yes, it is a stripped down version unfortunately. That's ok thought. The tinkerers out there can just root and use custom ROM's (like I've been for well over a month) and get all of 2.1 and more with or without actually upgrading.

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Chris Ziegler / Engadget :   Motorola: Droid update to Android 2.1 'will start to roll out this week'

Bonnie Cha / Crave :   Motorola: Android 2.1 coming to Droid this week

Marc Flores / MobileCrunch :   Motorola DROID to be blessed with Android 2.1 in coming update Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report :   Android 2.1 update for the Motorola DROID rolling out this week Electronista :   Moto Droid to get Android 2.1 this week

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Chris Ziegler / Engadget Motorola Droid's next update to be Android 2.1, includes multitouch browser   —  We've just gotten the inside line on the next Droid update that's making the rounds through Verizon's testing department from one of our trusted sources, and overall, it looks like this should take users 95 percent of the way to curing pangs of Nexus One envy. Here's what we've got: It's based on Android 2.1 . The build currently being ... Matt buchanan / Gizmodo :    Droid's Android 2.1 Update: Full of Multitouch Bonnie Cha / Crave :    Motorola: Android 2.1 coming to Droid this week Marc Flores / MobileCrunch :    Motorola DROID to be blessed with Android 2.1 in coming update Barb Dybwad / Mashable! :    New Update to Give Droid Multitouch Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report :    Android 2.1 update for the Motorola DROID rolling out this week Electronista :    Moto Droid to get Android 2.1 this week

Ubergizmo Motorola Droid To Get Android 2.1 Update?   —  The recent Google Maps 3.4 update might have been good news for Motorola Droid users, but the juicier news is that the phone should be getting an Android 2.1 update sometime in the future too, which should help it compete better with Google’s Nexus One. The firmware is still going through testing at Verizon, but details on it have surfaced,

Marc Flores / CrunchGear Motorola DROID to be blessed with Android 2.1 in coming update   —  When the Nexus One was announced, many folks were questioning Google's game plan and why it would release such an amazing device shortly after the Motorola DROID's release. If that wasn't enough to make some DROID owners envious, the Nexus One received a multitouch update last week which allowed pinch-to-zoom gestures within Google Maps, the ... Gordon Kelly / TrustedReviews Site-wide Feed Android Overload: Motorola Unveils Devour, HTC Incredible Leaks   —  Two new handsets for Google's ever more popular smartphone OS have been outed over the weekend in very different ways. Firstly Motorola chose to go the official (and expensive) route by announcing the 'Devour' during the commercials for the Super Bowl - one of many talking points during the game, the first being this. Secondly is a leak for the ... Editor / Neowin.net Verizon will begin rolling out Android 2.1 to Droid users this week   —  According to Engadget, Verizon's testing department is around 95 percent done readying the Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid. As per their inside source, here are the rumored update's details: Will be Android 2.1 version 1 Google Goggles will come pre-installed Multi-touch enabled in the browser (Maps already got this) News and weather... Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop Motorola Says Android 2.1 Headed to Droid This Week   —  Today Motorola announced via its official Facebook page that users of the Motorola Droid should expect their devices to update to Android version 2.1 at some point this week. The company said, "We're happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade ... (follow link to read) Dena Cassella / Digital Trends Motorola Says Android Update 2.1 Coming to Droid Soon   —  Motorola's Facebook page announced the Android update for the Droid will be rolling out this week.

14. HTC Legend spotted just hanging out, playing it cool 13 hours ago   permalink

Chris Ziegler / Engadget

Look familiar? Yep, this is precisely what we expected HTC's rumored Legend to look like based on the renders we'd seen so far . We don't have any information here other than the pictures themselves, but from what we can gather, it seems to carry over Sense as we know it today without a trace of that freshened look we've caught in recent months ( ...

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Brian Barrett / Gizmodo :   HTC Legend Gets Outed With First Pics

Marc Flores / MobileCrunch :   HTC Legend spotted in the flesh, looks exactly as expected

Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report :   HTC Legend caught on film Electronista :   HTC Legend shows with major new design, Sense UI

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Nilay Patel / Engadget HTC Hero-controlled Mindstorms bot hints at Android uprising   —  Using a cellphone to control a robot -- or a pretty sweet helicopter -- isn't exactly a new idea , but there's something about the combination of Android and Lego Mindstorms that promises to break the possibilities wide open. Swedish tech company Enea Linköping is one of the first we've seen to directly link an Android app to the Mindstorms ...

Ubergizmo Chocolate HTC Hero Being Sent As Gifts In Russia   —  If you’re in Russia, you might be lucky enough to receive a gift from HTC – a HTC Hero. The only downside of this wonderful gift is that it’s wholly made out of chocolate, and thus, isn’t a functional phone. It’s obviously a promotional stunt, which is rather cute. The display reads “quietly brilliant new year& ... Today Watch Out, Nexus One: Here's HTC's Incredible Phone   —  It's only a matter of time before another Android phone trumps Google's Nexus One, and based on an early glimpse, the HTC Incredible could be the one. PocketNow got some very unofficial photos of the HTC Incredible, along with word that the phone will run HTC's Sense interface over Android 2.1. An earlier rumor from Engadget Mobile suggests the ... Donald Melanson / Engadget HTC Dragon and friends turn up on Dopod roadmap   —  The HTC Dragon may not be quite the same mythical beast it once was now that the Nexus One has stolen some of its thunder, but it is still an actual device and, according to a recently leaked Dopod roadmap, it's headed for China in the second quarter of this year. Details are otherwise a bit light, but it is apparently an Android device (as ... Cheng Hung / Gadgetell HTC Legend pictures surface, looks pretty much like previously released renders   —  Section: Communications , Smartphones , Mobile Finally, some real photos of the HTC Legend have surfaced. They look pretty similar to renders which were previously released. It looks like the Legend will sport a pretty durable build, as can be seen from the back photo. The aluminum-like exterior looks like it will be very comfortable and solid ... Pocketnow.com New HTC Flashlight App for HD2 Available   —  A new HTC app has emerged over on XDA-developers. It turns the HD2 into a flashlight by using the camera’s dual LED flash. Once it’s launched, it’ll shuffle through some animations to show how it works. You basically swipe the screen to change the brightness level. Pressing the illuminated button on the body of the virtual flashlight will turn ...

15. 15 worthy Blu-ray movies for less than $15 7 hours ago   permalink

David Carnoy / Crave

Several Blu-ray movies are available for less than $15, with some priced below $10. Which ones are worth picking up? Here's our list. Originally posted at Fully Equipped

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Dave Freeman / CrunchGear Saving Private Ryan to storm Blu-ray   —  You might want to sit down for this one. Are you ready? Saving Private Ryan is coming to Blu-ray. Yep, the 1998 Academy award-winning movie is finally coming to Blu-ray on May 4th. Expect the ad machine to fire up some time in April, since you're going to want to buy another version of this movie as well, right?

16. AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops 8 hours ago   permalink

Ars Technica

SAN FRANCISCO—The "Llano" processor that AMD described today in an ISSCC session is not a CPU, and it's not a GPU—instead, it's a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an "application processor unit," or APU. Whatever you call it, it could well give Intel a run for its money in the laptop market, by combining a full DX11- ...

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John Herrman / Gizmodo :   AMD's Plan to Take Back Laptops: The Llano "APU"

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OSNews AMD Reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, To Challege Intel in Laptops   —  "The 'Llano' processor that AMD described today in an ISSCC session is not a CPU, and it's not a GPU - instead, it's a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an 'application processor unit', or APU. Whatever you call it, it could well give Intel a run for its money in the laptop market, by combining a full DX11-compatible GPU with four out-of-

Mike Magee / TG Daily Intel Itanium outsells AMD Opteron   —  Intel kicked off its Itanium presentation today by saying the Itanium's system revenue since the introduction of 2001 has crossed the $5 billion mark. That outsells total sales of AMD's Opterons. read more Don Clark / WSJ.com Intel’s Itanium Again Marches to Different Drummer   —  Intel loves to talk about Moore's Law, its co-founder's famed maxim about how rapidly miniaturization improves semiconductors. Then there's Itanium. Home AMD talks up its first Fusion chip   —  CHIP DESIGNER AMD has been talking up some of the x86 design features for its first Fusion processor at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco this week. Fudzilla Sandy Bridge CPU to have up to 2 GPUs   —  We were quite shocked to learn that Intel might be the first company to ever launch two GPUs on the same die. Not only does it look like Intel might be the first with monolithically integrated with the CPU and have Fusion before AMD, bit it might be the first “graphics” company to ever launch two GPUs on the same die. Admin / Infoworld News Intel rolls out oft-delayed Tukwila chip   —  After about a year of delays, Intel today took the wrappers off its high-end Itanium processor, code-named Tukwila . TechSpot AMD's six-core Thuban to have feature like Turbo Boost?   —  Sources close to AMD said the company's six-core Thuban processors have some form of dynamic speed boost technology called "C-state performance boost." Intel has incorporated a similar feature into certain Core i5 and i7 processors called Turbo Boost, which allows an operating system to adjust the clock frequencies of a CPU's cores based on ... SocalTECH.com Internet Machines Sues Dell, AMD, Alienware, Others   —  A firm which appears to hold the patents of now defunct Internet Machines, which was later renamed IMC Semiconductor, has filed suit against Alienware, Advanced Micro Devices, Dell Computer, IDT, Tigerdirect, Nvidia, and others over PCI Express patents, according to the docket of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. No ... Macworld Intel to monitor social networks on Super Bowl ads   —  Intel executives are monitoring social networks like Facebook and Twitter to gauge consumer reaction to commercials that it ran during Sunday's Super Bowl. The Seattle Times Ex-Intel executive pleads guilty in NYC to fraud   —  A former Intel executive pleaded guilty Monday to charges he fed confidential information about the computer-chip maker to wealthy hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, his old friend and central figure in a massive insider trading case. PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com Intel Itanium 9300 Processor Raises Bar for Scalable, Resilient Mission-Critical Computing   —  Intel Corporation today introduced the Itanium processor 9300 series, previously codenamed "Tukwila," which delivers more than double the performance of its predecessor, boosts scalability and adds reliability features to the Itanium platform that is already running mission-critical applications for 80 percent of the Global 100 corporations. EWeek New Intel Itanium Offers Greater Performance, Memory Capacity   —  It may be two years late, but Intel's Itanium processor code-named Tukwila offers twice the number of cores as the current version code-named Montecito, with significant upgrades in memory and network bandwidth, features it shares with Intel's high-end Xeon server chip, and greater virtualization capabilities. The Itanium 9300 series comes as IBM ...

17. EA Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results 8 hours ago   permalink

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS - News) today announced preliminary financial results for its third quarter ended December 31, 2009.

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Yahoo! News Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook   —  AP - A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.

Joseph Tartakoff / PaidContent Electronic Arts: Digital Business To Reach $750 Million In Revenue Next Year   —  If only the rest of Electronic Arts’ businesses could be doing so well ... During the company’s earnings call Monday, executives said that the company’s digital business was “growing very rapidly and (is) profitable” (Executives had said during a call last quarter that digital was in fact now the most profitable ...

PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook   —  (AP) -- A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump. Ben Gilbert / Joystiq EA loses $82 million in fiscal Q3 2010, revenue down 25%   —  Right off the bat, you should know this: for EA, losing $82 million in the third quarter of a fiscal year is an enormous improvement. Compared to the same period last year ("Q3" for EA is October 1 - December 31), the company lost 559 million fewer actual physical dollars. Yes, really. Now that we've told you that, we should also note that the ... Steven Mallas / BloggingStocks Electronic Arts Down Big in After-Hours Following Q3 Report   —  Filed under: Earnings Reports , Microsoft (MSFT) , Sony Corp ADR (SNE) , Electronic Arts (ERTS) , Activision Inc (ATVI) , Technology , Nintendo (NTDOY) Electronic Arts Inc. ( ERTS ) was down in the after-hours session by over 9% on the heels of the gaming publisher's Q3 report . Non- GAAP sales were off by over 20%. Adjusted income came in at 33 ... Owen Good / Kotaku EA Sports 2010 Releases Do Not Include NCAA Basketball   —  NCAA Basketball is not listed among key sports titles due for release in Electronic Arts' coming fiscal year, fueling speculation that the poor-selling franchise has been discontinued. In its filings today, EA notes that the list is not a complete picture of all titles to be released in the coming year. However, NCAA Basketball typically has ... Gamespot Recent Updates [News] NCAA Basketball, Rock Band, Dead Space 2 PC missing from EA schedule   —  Annual college hoops game, rhythm series, and Windows version of outer-space horror game all missing from Electronic Arts' 2011 release calendar; company mum on status. Michael McWhertor / Kotaku EA Plans Dead Space 2, Next Dragon Age For 2011   —  Electronic Arts has is aiming for the first quarter of 2011 for two of its bigger upcoming releases, pegging Visceral Games' Dead Space 2 and BioWare's next Dragon Age title for release by March 31 of next year. EA also lists the Dead Space and Dragon Age sequels as bound for handheld platforms in addition to consoles in its quarterly financial ... MarketWatch.com EA cuts losses, but forecast disappoints   —  Electronic Arts' shares take a hit in late trading as the forecast for the current period comes in below Wall Street's forecasts. Joseph Tartakoff / MocoNews Electronic Arts Posts Jump In Digital Revenue—But Overall Sales Fall   —  With sales of traditional video games down , Electronic Arts ( NSDQ: ERTS ) continues to look (so far unsuccessfully) for its digital business to make up the gap. The video game giant said that its digital revenue reached an all-time high of $152 million during its third fiscal quarter, up 30 percent compared to the same period a year ago; ... Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat Electronic Arts tips its hand on big titles in coming year   —  Electronic Arts is launching a number of big titles in the coming fiscal year that should get gamers excited, according to the company’s conference call with analysts today. EA typically announces titles during its quarterly calls to get gamers frothing and to give analysts guidance about its expected financial performance. Those titles ... Techchron / SFGate EA beats lowered expectations but posts weaker outlook   —  Electronic Arts posted non-GAAP revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter ending Dec. 31, with earnings per share of 33 cents, beating analysts' estimates by 2 cents. Revenue was down from the... The Seattle Times On the Call: Electronic Arts   —  Electronic Arts Inc. reported fiscal third-quarter results on Monday. The company's forecast for the current quarter was below expectations, sending shares lower after hours. During a conference call with analysts, CEO John Riccitiello discussed gamer behavior and whether people are spending less time with video game consoles like the Wii, the ... The Seattle Times Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook   —  A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump. Dena Cassella / Digital Trends Electronic Arts Shares Take a Dive   —  Unfortunately, Electronic Arts is not out of the dark yet as its shares continued to fall today. Gus Mastrapa / Wired EA ‘Doubles Down’ With Dante’s Inferno Super Bowl Ad   —  Electronic Arts bet big on the Super Bowl this weekend, forking over millions to run an ad for Dante’s Inferno during the big game. Nielsen Co.’s ratings for Super Bowl XLIV show it as the most-watched program in television history, with about 106 million viewers. That beats the previous record, set by the season finale [...] FT.com Electronic Arts predicts fall in game sales   —  Electronic Arts presented a pessimistic outlook for the video game industry this year, predicting a fall in sales of disc-based games and issuing revenue forecasts that fell short of Wall Street expectations

18. ComScore Reports December 2009 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share 10 hours ago   permalink

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ComScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry over the three month period between September and December 2009. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone ...

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JC Fletcher / Joystiq Report: Global PS3 market share increasing   —  You may have assumed this from the climbing PS3 sales Sony reported last week, but a report from Research and Markets provides further confirmation that the system is increasing in popularity around the world. "The PS3 is dominant in Japan and Korea," the report notes, "and as of June 2008, has begun to outsell the Xbox 360 in Europe. It is also ...

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19. Super Bowl ratings poised for all-time high 10 hours ago   permalink

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The New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts showdown drew a 46.4 overnight metered-market household rating and a 68 share. That's up 10% from the household rating of 2009's Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals nail-biter, which was seen by a record 98.7 million viewers. 

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SocalTECH.com Hulu Gets 1M Votes On Super Bowl Commercials   —  Los Angeles-based video site Hulu reports this afternoon that the firm has received more than one million votes in its Super Bowl commercial rankings on its Hulu Adzone, where the firm has posted all of the ads from Sunday's Super Bowl. The firm--which is announcing a winner on Wednesday for the most popular commercial--said so far, include ...

Christina Warren / Mashable! Super Bowl Ads: Hulu’s Winners and Losers   —  We’ve already looked at how on-air Super Bowl advertisers fared with audiences during the Big Game, but how did online viewers react to the spots? Check out which ads were the biggest winners — or losers — with the Hulu crowd. The 2010 Super Bowl was a big win for more than just the New Orleans Saints, CBS scored big-time, too, ... I4u / I4U News Bud Light Asteroid Super Bowl 2010 Ad   —  When (and if) the world ever ends due to an asteroid impact, I've already got my 'last day on earth' mapped out. After throwing eggs at the governor's house, my evening plans look a lot like this Bud Light commercial. That isn't surprising; observatories a... Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny! The Top Ads of Super Bowl 44   —  Fortunately, I don’t need to come up with the perfect ‘Ads of Super Bowl 44′ lede as NewTeeVee pretty much nailed it : Beer solves lots of problems, women hold men back from their dreams and this year, pants are optional. But I can’t say there are any commercials we’ll remember beyond this week. My personal fave was ... I4u / I4U News Men Without Pants Super Bowl 2010 Ad   —  To hell with pants, and the pantsy regimes supported by ads like this one. At first, I loved this commercial. It struck my soul as a deep and loving ode to the joy that all men feel when unconfined from the tyranny of pants. Then Dockers had to screw it al... Chuck Salter / Fast Company The Career-Saving Surgery Behind the Saints' Super Bowl Win   —  Without the exquisite handiwork of Dr. James Andrews, the top surgeon in sports, Drew Brees couldn't have won the Super Bowl. In fact, he couldn't have come back and played at all. At the end of last night's Super Bowl, CBS announcer Jim Nantz tried to convey the improbability of New Orleans' win over Indianapolis. Naturally, he mentioned the ... Steve Safran / Lost Remote Betty White Snickers Ad tops USA Today Super Bowl poll   —  I liked the Bud Light – meets – LOST ad best, but the people have spoken, and Betty White’s their man. (See the ad.) USA Today’s focus group watched the ads during the Super Bowl and rated each. Betty (and Abe Vigoda) finished at the top with an AdMeter rating of 8.68. A close second [...] Related posts: The LR Three-Word ... Today Touchdown! Google's Top Super Bowl Searches   —  Was your smartphone or notebook by your side during the Super Bowl? And were you tweeting your reactions to the TV ads, or trying to pull up Drew Brees' season completion percentage? Today Google's First Super Bowl Ad Shows its Softer Side   —  Google doesn't tend to show itself off. Why would it need to? It's a household name, often synonymous with search, the go-to search engine. Even if Google didn't flood the news on an almost daily basis, at this point, it'd be impossible to ignore its influence. Yet still, Google dug deep into the television advertising gambit on Sunday, airing a ... Chris Crum / Top News Super Bowl Ad Tweets Determine Brand Effectiveness   —  As WebProNews reported , Mullen and Radian6 partnered to launch BrandBowl2010 , a Twitter/Super Bowl event that allowed users to see near real-time ratings of the Super Bowls commercials. The two companies have now released the results. They determined that Doritos was the most effective brand to advertise during the Super Bowl, and that ... Kelly Olsen / Statesman.com Did HomeAway score with Super Bowl ad?   —  Austin-based HomeAway Inc.’s Super Bowl ad didn’t make any of the major “Best Of” lists, but its Web site did get a traffic jolt. 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Adrian Chen / Gawker Jay Leno on His Late Show Super Bowl Promo: "A Good Joke is a Good Joke"   —  You've read about the Cold War-level skulduggery that went into keeping that Letterman/Leno/Oprah Late Show promo secret in the days before the Super Bowl . Tonight, Jay Leno gave his side of the story on his show. It was nothing that we didn't already know: Dave's producer called up Jay's producer and asked if Jay would want to be in the spot. ... Kona Gallagher / TV Squad Letterman Wanted Conan for Super Bowl Promo   —  If you've seen the by-now-infamous David Letterman/Oprah Winfrey/Jay Leno Super Bowl promo , then you are probably left with a lot of unanswered questions. "Were they really in the same room together?" "Did this happen before the Second Late Night Wars started?" "What about Conan?" Well, the answer to the first two questions can be found in this ... Gillian Reagan / Silicon Alley Insider 107 Million People Watched The Super Bowl -- The Biggest Audience Ever   —  We guess CBS Sports ad sales chief John Bogusz was right . Nielsen reports that 106.5 million people watched the New Orleans Saints win against the Indianapolis Colts -- the largest audience in TV history for a single Super Bowl broadcast. Read the rest of this story » See Also: Tech's Sexy Super Bowl Ads How David Letterman Pulled Off A ... Mark Fightmaster / BloggingStocks Which Super Bowl Ad Won the Night?   —  Filed under: Columns , Business of Sports So, on Friday I took a look at the potential of some Super Bowl advertisements , which leaves today to digest the commercials and say who we thought had the best commercial. First things first, congratulations New Orleans -- what a win. Second of all, I need to make an editorial comment before I reveal ... Virginia Nussey / Bruce Clay Blog Hokey Pokey Marketing Meets the Super Bowl   —  Remember the old game from your days on the playground, the Hokey Pokey? All the kids would gather in a circle and then start wiggling their extremities while singing a catchy little ditty that went something like this: You put your right foot in, You put your right foot out, You put your right foot in And you shake it all about. You do the ... Owen Good / Kotaku The Madden Sim Bags Its Sixth Victory in Seven Years   —  For the sixth time in seven years - and the first time picking an underdog - EA Sports' Madden Simulation has correctly predicted the Super Bowl winner. But it's not as simple, or as complicated, as one might think. It's a no-frills simulation, said Anthony Stevenson, senior product manager on the Madden NFL team. This year it was done on an ... 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20. The 2009 U.S. Digital Year in Review 2 hours ago   permalink

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ComScore presents the 2009 U.S. Digital Year in Review, its annual report on the prevailing digital trends of the past year and their implications for the future. The report looks across the digital landscape to highlight the industry’s leading stories of the year:

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Isabelle Carreau / TV Squad Review: 'Undercover Boss' - Series Premiere   —  (S01E01) Networks usually give the post-Super Bowl time slot to household series or to series they really believe in and want to offer a ratings booster. This year, CBS decided to give the post-Super Bowl time slot to the new reality documentary series 'Undercover Boss.' The series follows high-level CEOs are they go undercover in their own ...