1. Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone  permalink

Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone
CNET

The AppleInsider blog says it's gotten wind of a "hybrid iPhone," due in the third quarter of 2010, that would work on both GSM and CDMA (hear that, Verizon?).

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Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone Apple Readies 'World Mode' iPhone, Report Says   —  A new report from OTR Global says Apple plans to release a UMTS/CDMA hybrid iPhone in the third quarter of 2010. If true, the new iPhone will play nice with Verizon's network and spell an end to AT&T's exclusivity contract in the U.S. -- which is already slated to end sometime next year.

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Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone Week in Apple: Magic Mouse, ra1n & sn0w, iPhone chicanery   —  We gave you the lowdown on how well Apple's new Magic Mouse works, told you about a Dutch teen that used port scanning to find vulnerable jailbroken iPhones, showed how less-than-honest iPhone developers claim to have developed others' apps, and how Apple may or may not be dropping support for Atom processors. If you missed any of that, here's a ...

2. Judge halts BlueBeat's sale of Beatles tunes  permalink

Judge halts BlueBeat's sale of Beatles tunes
CNET

Temporary restraining order finds BlueBeat's arguments "lacking in clarity" and sees the threat of irreparable harm to the copyright holders.

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Judge halts BlueBeat's sale of Beatles tunes BlueBeat vs. Beatles: 3 Things We've Learned   —  It appears that audacious online retailer BlueBeat won't be selling Beatles tunes anytime soon. The little-known website had been hawking Fab Four tracks for 25 cents apiece until a federal court in Los Angeles slapped the site with a temporary restraining order this week.

PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com
Judge halts BlueBeat's sale of Beatles tunes Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs   —  US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.

3. Apple TV 3.0: Update to Apple TV 3.0.1 or later to prevent content from temporarily disappearing until re-synced  permalink

Apple TV 3.0: Update to Apple TV 3.0.1 or later to prevent content from temporarily disappearing until re-synced
Support.apple.com

You are using Apple TV software version 3.0 and all of your movies, TV shows, and songs appear to be present, but you have not yet updated to Apple TV software version 3.0.1.

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News: Apple TV 3.0.1 Update Fixes Missing Content Bug Inside Apple's industrial design lab   —  A rare visit with the man who designed the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone Jonathan Ive. From Gary Hustwit's "Objectified." "I guess it's one of the curses of what you do," says Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president for industrial design, "is that you are constantly looking at something and thinking &# ...

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News: Apple TV 3.0.1 Update Fixes Missing Content Bug Carmack: Working With Apple Is a Rollercoaster Ride   —  "My relationship with Apple has been long standing, but it's a rollercoaster ride," he told Kotaku. "I'll be invited up on stage for a keynote one month and then I'll say something they don't like and I can be blacklisted for six months."

4. Microsoft Exchange alternatives  permalink

Microsoft Exchange alternatives
Linuxtoday.com

"When most businesses start out they are able to make do with a couple of email addresses and a few shared directories to get their daily work done. "But as they grow in size they usually start to look for products that will give them more features and better tools to share emails, calendars, project notes, remote email and so on. The most ...

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Microsoft Exchange alternatives Microsoft COFEE, Some of the Most Illegal Software You Can Pirate   —  Apparently Microsoft's COFEE software that helps law enforcement grab data from password protected or encrypted sources is leaking all over the internet. So not only can you steal the software, but break the law by using it too. Yep, it's all out there on the internet, but if you use it to grab private data from someone else's computer chances ...

PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com
Microsoft Exchange alternatives Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore   —  Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.

5. Obama wraps up Afghan review, eyes final options  permalink

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops, officials said on Saturday.

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Obama wraps up Afghan review, eyes final options Decision day for health care in the House   —  (AP) -- President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.

By PHILIP ELLIOTT / SFGate
Obama wraps up Afghan review, eyes final options Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day   —  President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected. The president was to leave Washington on Wednesday and arrive in Tokyo on Thursday.... Tokyo - Barack Obama - Asia - Washington

6. New ZuneHD firmware version 4.3 released  permalink

New ZuneHD firmware version 4.3 released
Admin / MobileTechWorld

Microsoft has just released a new firmware (version 4.3) for the ZuneHD which adds support for the upcoming 3D games & applications and a wider touchscreen keyboard among other bug fixes/features: Browser: •Faster performance in navigating web pages •Option to render pages as Desktop or Mobile (Option in settings) •Better Tap-To-Zoom �

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Zune 4.3 brings 3D game support, faster web Firmware Update 4.3   —  Hey, thanks for letting us know something is wrong. But before you flag anything, please make sure you’ve seen our community guidelines and terms of service and this comic.

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Zune 4.3 brings 3D game support, faster web Foxit Releases New Firmware for eSlick   —  FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foxit, a leader in e-document technology for mobile, desktop and on demand platforms, is announcing the release of firmware 2.0 for its popular eReader device, eSlick.

7. Thousands of Japanese protest U.S. base plan  permalink

Reuters

GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - Thousands of Japanese gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa on Sunday to demand that a U.S. Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama.

8. UK urges G20 to consider bank levy  permalink

Reuters

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Britain pressed the G20 on Saturday to come up with a plan to make banks pay for any future bailouts but one idea of imposing a global financial transactions tax was immediately shot down by the United States.

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UK urges G20 to consider bank levy Gordon Brown triggers row with call for bank supertax   —  GORDON BROWN yesterday threw his weight behind a “Tobin tax” on financial transactions as a way of taxing and reining in the banks, despite warnings that such taxes are unworkable.

9. OpenOfficeMouse: more options for the keyboard-impaired  permalink

OpenOfficeMouse: more options for the keyboard-impaired
Chip / [Geeks Are Sexy]

By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] Holy rodents on steroids, Batman!  A mouse with 18 buttons?  How could you possibly know which one you’re pressing without looking at it?  Someone will have to invent home-row mousing! Warmouse announced the OpenOfficeMouse yesterday (November 6), a mouse specifically designed for use ...

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Sterling Camden / Chip :   Chipping the web: November 7th

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Chipping the web: November 7th Open source design and the OpenOfficeMouse   —  I admit that my initial reaction to the OpenOfficeMouse (to the right in the above graphic) wasn’t … positive. After all, I’ve been acclimating to my new Apple MagicMouse (seen on the left above) for the past week and really like it, especially in comparison with the previous model with the stubby and malfunctioning nipple [...]

Robert Nelson / Gadgetell
Chipping the web: November 7th OpenOffice unveils the 18 button OpenOfficeMouse, will retail for $75   —  Section: Peripherals , Mice / Keyboards OpenOffice, in partnership with WarMouse have unveiled the OpenOfficeMouse. And with that, after I realized that this was not a joke of a product, and after I finished gazing at the uglier than necessary design, I then realized that this is most likely overkill for most users. That said, the ...

10. October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux  permalink

October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux
Arstechnica.com

In less than two weeks of general availability, Windows 7 has already captured a market share that is greater than Snow Leopard and Linux. Details inside.

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Barb Dybwad / Mashable!
Linkpost | POLL: TweetDeck Trounces Seesmic Desktop in Reader Vote   —  We’ve had a number of close calls here during our Web Faceoff series, but this wasn’t one of them. This week we pitted TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop against each other in a bar room brawl for favorite Twitter client. Now, the results are in. Whereas last week’s Windows 7 versus OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard battle was a close one , ...

Ron Miller / LXer Linux News
Linkpost | If Windows, Linux and OSX Opened Cafes...   —  After learning that Microsoft opened a Win7-themed cafe, it got me wondering what a cafe would like if it ran in the same style of the OS it was named for...

11. Best Buy stocking Nokia's Booklet 3G on November 15th  permalink

Best Buy stocking Nokia's Booklet 3G on November 15th
Darren Murph / Engadget

We knew good and well that Nokia's Booklet 3G was coming to Best Buy sometime " during the holidays ," and now we've got something a bit more precise to share. Starting now, Reward Zone members can waltz into their local store and place a pre-order, while public availability is pegged for November 15th (though we already know that a select few ...

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Nokia Booklet 3G Landing November 15 at Best Buy Early Best Buy Black Friday Deal Features $349.99 Toshiba AMD Athlon II Windows   —  If you are shopping early Black Friday deals do not miss visit Best Buy besides Amazon online today. Best Buy features since yesterday already a sub-$500 42-inch LCD Panasonic Plasma HDTV. Best Buy actually reduced the price of the Panasonic TC-P42C1 d...

Jenny / The Shifted Librarian
Nokia Booklet 3G Landing November 15 at Best Buy November 7th Stream   —  Posted bohyunkim: New blog post: Microsoft Surface Table at libraries . Shared tracks. Share: No tags for this post.

12. New York’s Cabbies Like Credit Cards? Go Figure  permalink

New York’s Cabbies Like Credit Cards? Go Figure
MICHAEL / NYT

Unlike in most other cities, riders in New York swipe the cards themselves, and the Taxi and Limousine Commission says revenue and tips have increased.

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New York's Cabbies Love Credit Cards! Savannah then New York for MW2   —  I am currently in Savannah, Georgia through Sunday for the Geekend2009 event . I’ll be attending the various conference sessions, and then speaking to the group Saturday night. Drop me a note in the comments if you’re planning on attending. On Monday, I’ll be in New York’s Union Square for the official Modern Warfare 2 ...

Doug Caverly / Top News
New York's Cabbies Love Credit Cards! Google Maps Adds NYC Subway Layer   —  Last night on "30 Rock," Alec Baldwin's character got lost within New York's subway system, and due to being covered in bedbugs, received no help from his fellow passengers. But if the same thing happened to him (or a non-fictional person) today, Google Maps could have come to the rescue. A post on the LatLong Blog announced this ...

13. Are You Getting Scammed by Facebook Games?  permalink

Are You Getting Scammed by Facebook Games?
Www.time.com

Facebook games — Mafia Wars, FarmVille, Restaurant City — have become surprisingly effective at diverting time wasters among the social-networking crowd. More than 63 million people alone play FarmVille. But now accusations have surfaced that the games can lead some more gullible players, including children, into Internet scams, ...

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Shocking: NYTimes Article On Virtual Goods Misses Huge Controversy The Top 10 Facebook Apps   —  Each week we do a Lunchtime Poll to get a sense of what tools Mashable readers use and which of today’s services and apps are your favorites. Last week we asked you about your favorite Facebook apps , and we have the results below. As it turns out, like much of Team Mashable , many of you aren’t actually using too many Facebook ...

Don Nguyen / Gizmodo
Shocking: NYTimes Article On Virtual Goods Misses Huge Controversy Hello Facebook User, I'm a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance...   —  Facebook ad scamming is on the rise, unsurprising for a site gaining a huge user base—what is surprising, if the allegation proves true, is Facebook's complicity in allowing the dodgy ads. Tech Crunch 's Michael Arrington believes that Facebook is looking the other way because it doesn't want to lose the revenue. He points out popular game ...

14. Deal With It, Mr. Einhorn  permalink

Roger Ehrenberg / Information Arbitrage

David Einhorn is without question an exceptionally bright man and a very astute investor. However, the latest message being delivered from his bully pulpit, proposing a ban on credit default swaps (CDS), is misguided at best and dangerous at worst....

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Credit Default Swaps: Proudly the Tool of the Devil Again Greenlight Capital founder calls for CDS ban   —  When one of the world’s most renowned hedge fund investors turns 180 degrees on a key financial instrument that has been centre stage throughout the financial crisis, it is worth paying heed.

Tom / Eurogamer
Credit Default Swaps: Proudly the Tool of the Devil Again Hands On: Mass Effect 2   —  Collectors' edition. People didn't really respond all that well to the unveiling of the new Mass Effect character Subject Zero. A troubled lady with attitude and tats, she looked like the kind of person you'd rather have blasted out into space through an air lock than get stuck in a lift with - a particularly poignant worry given the original ...

15. Charge Your Cell Phone with an Hour Walk  permalink

Charge Your Cell Phone with an Hour Walk
Kevin C. Tofel / JkOnTheRun

This morning I read about the nPower PEG — a Personal Energy Generator — so I had to look into it online. PEG sounds like a decent fit in my quest to reduce electricity demand where I can. My last attempt using solar power was less than optimal, but this has potential. The PEG device [...]

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Phones, Web at Chicago Police HQ down for 4 hours   —  A fire-protection system was triggered late this morning at Chicago Police Headquarters, knocking out telephone and computer systems, a police spokesman said.

TIME.com Top Business Stories
Facebook Game Scams Appear on Phone Bills   —  Do you or your kids play FarmVille, Mafia Wars or Restaurant City? Then you may well have some unpleasant surprises on your cell-phone bill

16. Dealzmodo: $100 Xbox 360 at Amazon, More Electronics Deals All Day Long  permalink

Dealzmodo: $100 Xbox 360 at Amazon, More Electronics Deals All Day Long
Chris Jacob / Gizmodo

Remember that Walmart ad featuring a $100 Xbox ? Well, Amazon is matching the offer, so you can skip the crowds . There'll be other electronics deals running all day starting at 9 a.m. EST. Update: It looks like the Amazon 9 a.m. deal ran out (not before I managed to grab one, natch), but the same deal will be running again at 12 p.m. PST, 3 p.m.

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Amazon steps up and matches Walmart’s Xbox 360 deal Amazon Matches Walmart $99 Xbox Deal   —  Holiday promotions are great! Do you remember that Walmart was running an ad featuring a $199 Xbox 360 Arcade console with a $100 gift card? Well, Amazon certainly doesn’t want to lose out, and it has matched Walmart’s deal . There are only limited units, so you’d better get yours fast! The first batch has already sold out, but ...

I4u / I4U News
Amazon steps up and matches Walmart’s Xbox 360 deal Xbox 360 Arcade With A $100 Amazon.com Promotional Code Available 12pm PST   —  Amazon is offering at 12pm PST an Xbox Arcade where you get a $100 Amazon.com Promotional Code. The $100 promotional code is usable towards any future purchases of items at the Amazon.com site. This is basically the same $99 Xbox 360 Arcade deal that W...

17. WinMo Wrap — HTC HD2 Loving  permalink

WinMo Wrap — HTC HD2 Loving
James Kendrick / JkOnTheRun

The week marches on and today being Saturday means it is time to recap the recent happenings in the world of Windows Mobile. HTC continues to dominate the Windows Mobile world with the confirmation this week that the HD2 will be coming to the U. S. in early 2010. The company was not willing to [...]

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Darren Murph / Engadget
WinMo Wrap — HTC HD2 Loving How would you change Windows Mobile 6.5?   —  We know, today is totally Android 2.0's day to shine , but what would a Friday night be without a little diversity? Windows Mobile 6.5 officially landed on a gaggle of Windows Phones back in early October (a month ago to the day, in fact), but by and large, all of 'em have seemingly drifted off into some forgotten corner while Motorola's DROID ...

Admin / MobileTechWorld
WinMo Wrap — HTC HD2 Loving HTC HD2 Camera test: pictures and video   —  Here’s a long video that was shot with the HTC HD2. Unfortunately quality isn’t up-to what you can expect from a high-end device like this one especially when you know that the Qualcomm SnapDragon chipset is capable on encoding 720P videos (it’s still better than most WinMo phones though). HTC did a fairly good job improving ...

18. Black Friday Starts Now for Savvy Shoppers  permalink

Black Friday Starts Now for Savvy Shoppers
Www.pcworld.com

If you love Black Friday bargains, but hate the idea of pre-dawn lines, surly shoppers, and the risk of bodily harm just to score a bargain Blu-ray player or Xbox console, major U.S. retailers have an alternative: Why not shop early? Some pre-Black Friday sales start Saturday, Nov. 7. Start brewing the coffee now.

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E-book hardware bargains for the holidays: Share your finds, whenever you spot ‘em Black Friday Now Sears Doorbusters Available Now   —  Sears has now unveiled all early Black Friday deals for today on their site. Yesterday only a couple Sears deals where known now you can take advantage of the early Black Friday deals on Sears online as well as in stores. Sears calls their early Bla...

19. Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive Revenge  permalink

Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive Revenge
Torontoist.com

Earlier this week the Toronto Star announced, among other changes, that it was planning to outsource some one hundred in-house, union editing jobs. In the press release issued by the union in the wake of the announcement, union chief Maureen Dawson explained that "Journalism is a collaborative effort, the product of a team of reporters, ...

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Canadian Editors: Freaking The F**k Out, Just Like Their American Counterparts Toronto Star copyeditor edits memo announcing the elimination of copyeditor jobs   —  A copyeditor at the Toronto Star greeted the news that union copyeditor jobs were being eliminated in favor of freelancers by heavily editing the publisher's memo announcing same, pointing out all the ways in which the publisher could benefit from editorial aid. This is very funny stuff, but having looked at the markup, I have to say that I would ...

20. Using Google Subscribed Links  permalink

Using Google Subscribed Links
Www.everyjoe.com

The battle for search is still going strong. All search companies are continually tweaking and adjusting their algorithms to help improve their search results and keep those same formulas for being gamed by developers.