1. Windows Mobile 6.5 'second edition' bringing slightly revamped UI?  permalink

Windows Mobile 6.5 'second edition' bringing slightly revamped UI?
Donald Melanson / Engadget

We've already gotten a glimpse of an updated on-screen keyboard seemingly set for inclusion in the next update to Windows Mobile 6.5, and it now looks like Microsoft might have even more changes on tap to keep folks satisfied in the buildup to Windows Mobile 7 . Apparently, something that may or may not be called Windows Mobile 6.5 'second ...

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Windows Mobile 6.5 'second edition' bringing slightly revamped UI? WINDOWS MOBILE 6.5.1 - THE INSIDE SCOOP!   —  Despite the finger-friendly changes and UI tweaks that MS released in Windows Mobile 6.5, it failed to be the game changing new OS that many of us were hoping for in order to compete with the new platforms.

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Windows Mobile 6.5 'second edition' bringing slightly revamped UI? Microsoft issues takedown notices over spilled COFEE   —  Microsoft has been issuing takedown notices for publicly hosting its leaked Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor ( COFEE ) tool. The company sent off "Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity" to companies hosting websites that offered the tool. The e-mails all start with the following standard statement: "Microsoft ...

2. Apple Black Friday deals revealed  permalink

Apple Black Friday deals revealed
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Apple’s Black Friday sales have begun - in Australia - there the company’s range of discount deals have just this minute gone live on the Apple Store online.

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3. Martin Seibert  permalink

Martin Seibert
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Martin Seibert is the CEO of a German internet agency called //SEIBERT/MEDIA with about 70 employees. He founded //SEIBERT/MEDIA in 1996 and has a German diploma for economics. He speaks German and English. Follow him at

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4. All I Want For Christmas Is My Web  permalink

All I Want For Christmas Is My Web
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM

I’m not really comfortable making broad technology predictions, but I’ve run across two things recently that perfectly illustrate for me the next generation of the web.  Some of us are already living it — those of us that use offerings like Twitter or Hunch, or any service that instead of forcing us to search for information ...

5. NewTeeVee Re-Run: Paul McCartney Cooks Mashed Potatoes  permalink

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Given that it’s Thanksgiving, we had to do some kind of holiday-related post. I thought about doing a what I’m thankful for, but then remembered this gem from last year.

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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM :   All I Want For Christmas Is My Web

6. Sidebar Delivers Personalized Mobile Apps And Content To Android  permalink

Sidebar Delivers Personalized Mobile Apps And Content To Android
Leena Rao / TechCrunch

We recently wrote about Sidebar, an app that wants to help smartphone users with the process of finding the perfect apps for their phones. Sidebar is debuting its first app and guess what? It's not an iPhone app-it's an Android app! While Sidebar's Android app is built for all Google-powered Android phones, the app has been configured specially ...

7. Dell SX2210T vs. HP L2105tm: optical multitouch head-to-head review  permalink

Dell SX2210T vs. HP L2105tm: optical multitouch head-to-head review
Vladislav Savov / Engadget

Dell and HP, HP and Dell. The United States' two biggest computer hardware manufacturers, and two of the world's top three , have tended to match each other step for step , so it's no surprise that Dell's recently released SX2210T was quickly followed by a Compaq L2105tm from its closest rival. Measuring 21.5 inches each, with 1920 x 1080 ...

8. Russia.com Sold for $1.5 Million  permalink

Russia.com Sold for $1.5 Million
Blog.quintura.com

The domain named Russia.com was sold for $1.5 million through domain name marketplace Sedo. It’s one of the largest prices paid in 2009 for domain name. The buyer was not disclosed.

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9. Qualcomm’s Mobile Payment Strategy: Fix the “Costanza Wallet”  permalink

Qualcomm’s Mobile Payment Strategy: Fix the “Costanza Wallet”
Colin Gibbs / GigaOM

While Qualcomm for many is synonymous with wireless, the company acquired Atlanta-based mobile banking startup Firethorn two years ago with an eye to also becoming a major player in the mobile payment space. More importantly, it acquired Firethorn founder Tripp Rackley — the man it hopes will make Qualcomm the Western Union of mobile. An ...

10. Mininova Deletes All Infringing Torrents and Goes ‘Legal’  permalink

Reddit.com

I felt a great disturbance in the Internet, as if millions of torrents suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly deleted. I fear something terrible has happened.

11. Essential guide to speaking Italian  permalink

Essential guide to speaking Italian
Reddit.com

Actually, here in Italy the corresponding word "ciccino" is sometimes used as endearment. With an ironic nuance more often than not. A better translation would be "snowflake", or something.

12. Happy Thanksgiving!  permalink

Happy Thanksgiving!
Andy Beal / Andy Beal

To all Marketing Pilgrims, we hope you have a restful, thankful, and blessed Thanksgiving. We’ll see you back here on Monday!

13. Like Facebook, Data Robotics Dreams of an IPO  permalink

Like Facebook, Data Robotics Dreams of an IPO
Om Malik / GigaOM

IMPORTANT POINTS Data Robotics has sold 85,000 Drobos Will do sales of $60 million in its third year of sales. Wants to go public after crossing $100 million in revenues. It’s easy to confuse the technology industry with the shiny, attention-grabbing consumer web that’s comprised of services such as Twitter and Facebook, but there&# ...

14. PlasMate update  permalink

PlasMate update
Yuenhoe.co.cc

Back to PlasMate, I noted last time that I’ve gotten the autosave and previewing down, such that the previewer always works seamlessly with the editor and previews the latest state of the code on refresh, and the user never needs to worry about losing data or even think about saving, since all of that is done magically behind the scenes. I&# ...

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15. Qik to come preloaded on the Samsung Omnia II  permalink

Qik to come preloaded on the Samsung Omnia II
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch

We like to keep an eye on the adoption of mobile video broadcasting applications around these parts. It’s a mighty competitive space, with Qik, Kyte, Flixwagon, Ustream and a number of others all taking a stab at what is essentially the same idea. While the idea as a whole has yet to really take off [...]

16. Mobile Web traffic increasing rapidly for non-smartphones  permalink

Mobile Web traffic increasing rapidly for non-smartphones
Ars Technica

Apple's iPhone changed the way we think about mobile Web access by giving us the "real" Internet via its Mobile Safari browser. Since its introduction, smartphone vendors have scrambled to offer a comparable browsing experience, generally by building a browser based on WebKit—the same engine that powers Mobile Safari. But consumer ...

17. The 5 Rules of Black Friday  permalink

The 5 Rules of Black Friday
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Black Friday is almost here. It’s a great time to score some deals, but don’t go at it willy-nilly. Follow these 5 simple Black Friday rules to avoid the scams and wasting time.1. Doorbusters are stripped-down crap

18. 4iThumbs: The craziest way to make your iPhone keyboard slightly more physical  permalink

4iThumbs: The craziest way to make your iPhone keyboard slightly more physical
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch

Remember the iTwinge, that crazy slide-on plastic sheath for the iPhone that would give you a physical keyboard by overlaying real buttons on top of the virtual ones? The 4iThumbs keypad is just like that, except it’s clear, rather than opaque black. Oh, and it requires you to stick a bunch of adhesive crap all [...]

19. Options for Newspapers in the New Media World Order  permalink

Options for Newspapers in the New Media World Order
Frank Reed / Andy Beal

I have spent a considerable amount of time in the past year watching the decline and fall of the newspaper empire. At times I have had a ‘you get what you pay for’ take on the situation while at others I find it sad that an important industry is in a rapid downward spiral. Now [...]