1. P-plate carnage: Death on Facebook first 11 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. 15 worthy Blu-ray movies for less than $15 14 hours ago   permalink

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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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3. Google launches Nexus One phone support 7 hours ago   permalink

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Customers suffering shipping and technical issues with the new Android phone now have more resources than online support forums.

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4. Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-up 4 hours ago   permalink

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Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.

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5. Add Cloud Storage to OpenOffice.org with SMECloud 15 hours ago   permalink

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6. Twins learn of teen brother's death on Facebook 11 hours ago   permalink

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Twins logging on to Facebook to read birthday wishes instead discover that people have left RIP posts about their 17-year-old brother. Police hadn't notified the family.

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7. TweetDeck gets a few tweaks 13 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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8. Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat 6 hours ago   permalink

JENNA WORTHAM / NYT

Foursquare, the hip social network whose software is on the phones of many young urbanites, is branching out.

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9. Google to Add Social Features to Gmail 13 hours ago   permalink

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google plans to take another stab at capturing some of the momentum surrounding social networking companies like Facebook and Twitter by leveraging Gmail, its popular e-mail service.

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Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb Vancouver Olympics Mapped by Google and Microsoft   —  The Winter Olympics start this weekend and there's no shortage of ways to enjoy them. That includes via map mashups showing facilities, parking and the path of the torch relay. All thanks to the Google Maps API and Microsoft's Bing Maps API . PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com Google developing a translator for smartphones   —  (PhysOrg.com) -- Google is developing a translator for its Android smartphones that aims to almost instantly translate from one spoken language to another during phone calls. Ubergizmo Google Working On Speech-to-speech Translation   —  Could Google provide you with the perfect alibi to skip French or Spanish language class next time? That might certainly be the case in a few years’ time, as the search engine giant is busy working on speech-to-speech translation. So when everything is setup honky dory, you’ll probably be able to verbally chat with your friend over ... ScuttleMonkey / Slashdot Google Shooting For Smartphone Universal Translator   —  Nikki4 writes to tell us that in giving some major improvement tweaks to its existing voice recognition tool for the Smartphone, Google is aiming for new translator software that will provide instant translation of foreign languages. "The company has already created an automatic system for translating text on computers, which is being honed by ... Ryan Tate / Gawker Google's One of the Few Things in the World That Can Still Scare Lindsay Lohan   —  The Huffington Post looked for suckers in a target-rich environment; Lindsay Robertson offered a shocking new David Paterson rumor; and Lindsay Lohan is frightened by Google. The Twitterati hated the players and the game. Lindsay Lohan tried to imagine a world in which she had no privacy, in which her every move was digitally recorded and ... Ryan Tate / Gawker Google's Chief of Fabulous Opens a Disco — In His Penthouse   —  We couldn't persuade Orkut Büyükkökten to invite us to his opulent birthday-and-housewarmingparty Saturday, but we won't hold it against him. After all, Google's ambassador to the gay party scene had to fit several billionaires between his new dance poles. Orkut, in case you've forgotten , is by far the most interesting person to work for the ... Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar Flickr Photos In Google Street View   —  Google Maps has added more user photos to its Street View ( above ). Now the Yahoo-owned Flickr is joining the Google-owned Panoramio and Picasa photo sites as a supplier of alternative street views. GeoBloggers reported it earlier today and also noted that the photos are available in the Panoramio 3D view ( below ). This is significant for two ... Joseph Tartakoff / ContentSutra Following Rivals, Gmail Will Add Status Updates   —  Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ), which shook up the e-mail industry when it integrated chat with e-mail, is now trying to catch up to its rivals by letting Gmail users share status updates. The WSJ reports that Google will soon add a “new module that will allow Gmail users to view a stream of status updates from people they choose to connect with.&# ... Technology News Report: Gmail to add social media features   —  Last week Palo Alto-based Facebook celebrated its sixth birthday with the rollout of a new home page design and the announcement that it has doubled to 400 million users since last year's birthday. Arnold Zafra / Search Engine Journal Google Maps Used to Track Down Street View Car   —  Do you hate the Google Street View car for its supposed invasion of your privacy? Looks like this is what drove members of the group Free Art & Technology (FAT) when they've attached a GPS device to the Street View car containing Google's camera used for photographing streets in Berlin. So, now with the use of Google Maps, the group were& ... F-Secure Antivirus Research Team (mailto:weblog\ / F-Secure Antivirus Research Using Google Images to Investigate Fraud   —  Sami, one of our test engineers, was recently seeking a Play Station 3. He found this offer at Huuto.net, a Finnish auction site. 160€ for a 60GB unit, with games, not bad. Sami wanted to confirm that the seller was legit, so he requested a picture, and received this. When he examined the image properties, he discovered that the picture was ... Connie Madon / BloggingStocks Google's display ads to generate $1 billion   —  Filed under: Products and Services , Internet , Marketing and Advertising , Technology Google (GOOG ) has generated most of its income from the Ad Words program. When using it, you choose a group of words that you think will come up in an online search. You agree to pay from 1 cent upwards each time your words are clicked upon. Google uses a ... PCWorld Latest Google's 'Social' Gmail: Could It Really Work?   —  Google is preparing to unveil a new social networking component for Gmail, according to reports published Monday. Could such a feature succeed? Digg.com Google Creating Twitter Clone for Gmail   —  Gmail users can currently broadcast status messages via the Google Talk feature. The main difference between the current offering and the new feature is that status messages aren't available in a timeline format. Editor / Neowin.net Google to unveil new social tool tomorrow   —  Google is set to unveil a brand new social networking application, that is all set to integrate with at least two Google products.� The new social network will go head-to-head to compete with the likes of Facebook and Twitter, bringing in a whole new competitor to the market. According to details... Technology news Super Bowl ad breaks Google's TV silence   —  If you watched the Super Bowl Sunday night, you saw at least two unprecedented events: The New Orleans Saints won their first championship, and Google ran an ad for its search engine on television. Search Engine Watch Blog Justice Department Opposes Revised Google Books Settlement   —  Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief expressing concerns over a revised Google book settlement. The current revision was submitted to the court on November 16, 2009 . The original settlement experienced antitrust scrutiny from the DOJ as well as criticism from a wide range of groups. When the September 2009 hearing court date ... Jason Kottke / Kottke.org Google's Super Bowl ad   —  It didn't feature an athletic woman with a flimsy bra throwing a hammer through a screen, but I thought Google's Super Bowl ad was pretty well done: Tags: advertising Google search Super Bowl TV Eric Savitz / BARRONS.com Google Sets Webcast To Unveil A Brand New Something   —  Just got a notice that Google (GOOG) at 10 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday will host a live webcast on YouTube “to unveil some new product innovations.” As for what they are, I have no clue. Stay tuned. Silicon Valley Watcher Analysis: Bad News For Startups If ISPs Start Charging Google   —  Associated Press reports: Spain's Telefonica considers charging Google - Yahoo! News Speaking Monday at a press conference in the northern city of Bilbao, President Cesar Alierta said companies like Google use a lot of network bandwidth for free, something which was lucky for them but not for Telefonica. ...He says things had to change. Foremski' ... The Seattle Times Spain's Telefonica considers charging Google   —  Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use. Matt McGee / Search Engine Land Report: Google To Announce A More Social Gmail   —  There are several reports today that Google is set to announce a new social feature inside Gmail, allowing users to see (and add to) a stream of status updates from friends and connections. While Twitter is all abuzz over the news, this is something that Yahoo Mail has offered its 300 million users since last [...] .... Dena Cassella / Digital Trends Google Confuses Us with Its Charming TV Appearance   —  We are still puzzled by Google's Super Bowl commercial advertising its "search engine capabilities," rather than one of its other products. 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 ... 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 [...] 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 ... Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land Google Building Instant Translator Companion   —  Google leaps language barrier with translator phone from The Times Online reports Google is working on a new tool that would bring instant translation to people. It appears that Google is a couple years away from this coming but they would build on their existing Google Translate and Google Voice features to create an instant translator. [...] ....

10. Motorola Hi all-- we know you are frustrated with the lack of details regarding Android software upgrades and we ... 14 hours ago   permalink

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Motorola Hi all-- we know you are frustrated with the lack of details regarding Android software upgrades and we sincerely apologize for not being able to share info sooner. We're happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade to DROID will start to roll out this week, and we will have more information to share on other device upgrades later ...this week as ...

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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

Electronista :   Moto Droid to get Android 2.1 this week Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report :   Android 2.1 update for the Motorola DROID rolling out this week Paul Fang / SlashGear :   Motorola Droid’s Android 2.1 update coming this week

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Barb Dybwad / Mashable! New Update to Give Droid Multitouch   —  There’s some good news and some bad news. First, the good news: sources tell Engadget that multitouch browsing will be added to the Motorola Droid in its next software update. Multitouch was one of the most requested features on Android, at least until the Nexus One gained multitouch browsing last week. The bad news: the update won’t ...

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, Joseph Tartakoff / PaidContent Motorola, Others Invest In TuneWiki   —  Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) Ventures is leading a round of funding in social music startup TuneWiki ; HillsVen Capital, Novel TMT, Benchmark Capital and Intellect Capital Ventures (the venture fund of Nordic phone company TeliaSonera) also participated in the funding. TuneWiki, which started out as a desktop app and site nearly two years ago, has ... Mike Sachoff / Top News TuneWiki Lands Investment From Motorola   —  Social media music player TuneWiki has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Motorola Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Motorola. Other new investors of TuneWiki include Intellect Capital Ventures, a venture fund initiative of TeliaSonera, HillsVen Capital, and Novel TMT. TuneWiki's previous venture capital investor, Benchmark ... Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch BlackBerry Curve, iPhone, and Moto Droid lead smartphone sales in Q4 2009   —  Market research firm IDC has just released their quarterly report on the top selling smartphones (or “converged mobile devices”, as they call them) in the US for the fourth quarter of 2009. RIM and Apple dominate the list in an almost absurd manner, but a few welcome surprises managed to sneak their way in. Want to [...] Alan Patrick / Broadstuff Will Android play IBM/DOS to Apple's iPhone?   —  Smartphone Market Shares Dec 2009 This is the script - Google's Android takes the place of the IBM PC/MS-DOS play (DOS, for the yoof, was the first Microsoft PC Operating System*, wot came before Windows) in the emerging Smartphone market, knocking out the others and pegging Apple back to its typical 15-20% of any computing market (of the ... Matt buchanan / Gizmodo Droid's Android 2.1 Update: Full of Multitouch   —  Android 2.1 for the Droid is making its way through the Verizon test gauntlet, and apparently inside is multitouch for the browser (like Maps 3.4), Google Goggles, and fancy news and weather widgets. Not coming over from the Nexus One ? Live backgrounds—those swishy animated wallpapers—and that new 3D grid of app icons aren't part of ... Alexander Grundner / EHomeUpgrade Progress Update on the Notion Ink Adam Android Tablet   —  It seems SlashGear has a friendly relationship going with Notion Ink, the makers of the Pixel Qi (demo 1, 2) / NVIDIA Tegra / Android powered Internet Tablet (a winning combo in my opinion). The guys have posted new renderings of the Adam, which are said to be closer to the final design that will [...] Mediabistro.com Thanks for Reading, Diane   —  Take a look at those browser tabs in the b-roll for this Diane Sawyer " conversation " about the Tea Party Convention. Thanks for reading, ABCers. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media . Rosa Golijan / Gizmodo Android 2.1 Update for Droid Will Begin Rolling Out This Week   —  We knew that the Droid's Android 2.1 update is on its way, but apparently we won't be waiting long: According to Motorola's official Facebook page, it's "happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade to Droid will start to roll out this week." [ Engadget ] Chris Ziegler / Engadget German firm claims huge boost in Android app performance, battery life with new virtual machine   —  At the core of Anrdoid lies a little bundle of code known as the Dalvik virtual machine, a runtime environment for Java apps that's specifically optimized for hardware with limited memory and processor power -- you know, the kind of situation you find in your average smartphone. The relative success of the Android Market suggests that Dalvik's ... Cheng Hung / Gadgetell Inbrics to reveal Android-based M1 MID at MWC   —  Section: Communications , Smartphones , Gadgets / Other The folks over at Pocket-lint scooped up some really interesting info about the upcoming announcement of Inbrics’ Android-based M1 MID, scheduled to be revealed at the Mobile World Congress next week. The M1 is really a little bit of everything. It is a “smartphone-like device&# ... Electronista Inbrics to unveil Android MID next week   —  The Korean company Inbrics is set to launch its Android-based M1 MID next week at Mobile World Congress. Despite its MID designation, the device also works as a standard 3G phone. The form-factor is also close to many smartphones, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen. Standard specs include an 800MHz ARM Cortex A8 ... 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... Newlaunches.com Kenwood C-IP313 Mini Hi-Fi plays nice with CD-R/RW, USBs, Memory cards and iPod   —  iPod accessories are still going really strong and it seems like any company that launches a new product that doesn’t have an iPod or iPhone accommodation is not going to do well. So enter the Kenwood C-IP313 which is a CD reader slash Card reader slash iPod dock slash AM/FM radio slash USB supported Mini Hi-Fi player. The sleek looking player ... Relais International / Library Technology Guides automation update Relais International announces D2D - Discovery to Delivery – the next generation resource sharing solution   —  (January 11, 2010). D2D allows users to search across multiple catalogs and targets to find items held by their library and library partners. Targets may include subscription databases and other options such as Google Books, WorldCat, and Amazon. The key to D2D is to optimize the user's ability to discover items of interest and get immediate ... 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. Selena Narayanasamy / Search Engine Journal Google to Break the Language Barrier With Android Translator   —  Google has (possibly) done it again! Word on the street says that Google engineers are working on a translator for the Android smart phone that will translate one language to another- almost completely in real time. Now, there's a few problems in the past that have appeared when trying to do anything involving voice translation. First off, the ... F-Secure Antivirus Research Team (mailto:weblog\ / F-Secure Antivirus Research Is the lack of iPad Flash support for security?   —  We've received some questions regarding Apple's iPad , and whether or not the lack of Adobe Flash support is for security reasons. Well, no, we don't think so. True, Adobe Flash has been exploitable in the past, and it will undoubtedly be so again, but we think it's more a matter of practicality and not security. Flash is processor, battery, and ...

11. Toyota adds new Prius to global recall list 1 hour ago   permalink

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst safety crisis.

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Brian Lam / Gizmodo Software Bug Causes Toyota Recall of Almost Half a Million New Hybrid Cars   —  Toyota just announced a recall of its 2010 hybrid cars. Four hundred thousand worth. The reason? A change in "brake feeling" caused by faulty antilock braking software. There is no fix for cars on the road yet. This problem, unrelated to the sticky gas pedal issue that other drivers complained about. But I'm still wondering what exactly is ...

NPR Topics Toyota Recalls 437,000 Prius, Hybrids Globally   —  Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world's largest automaker. Company President Akio Toyoda made the recall announcement Tuesday at a press conference. Yuri Kageyama / TheStar.com Toyota recalls Prius, 2 hybrid models sold in Japan   —  Toyota said Tuesday it is recalling 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose details of its global plans for a fix. Yuri Kageyama / SFGate Toyota recalls Prius, other hybrids worldwide   —  Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. "I apologize for causing trouble and worries for many customers... Toyota - Toyota Prius - Automotive industry - Hybrid vehicle - Japan L.A. Times Toyota orders global Prius recall   —  The order targets a brake problem. The action follows the recall of 9 million other vehicles over acceleration issues. Toyota is recalling its 2010 Prius and Lexus hybrids worldwide because of brake problems, marking another setback for a carmaker already plagued with recalls and suspended sales because of safety issues. By YURI KAGEYAMA / SFGate Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally   —  Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems _ the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. "I don't see Toyota as an infallible company that never makes... Toyota - Japan - Toyota Prius - Tokyo - Hybrid vehicle Yuri Kageyama / TheStar.com Toyota recalls Prius and other hybrids to fix brakes   —  Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world’s largest automaker. The Seattle Times Toyota to recall over 50,000 Prius in Europe   —  Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it is recalling some 50,000 Prius cars in Europe to modify the software for the anti-lock brake system, part of a wider global recall and the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. PCWorld Latest Toyota to Recall Prius Hybrids Over ABS Software   —  Toyota plans to recall around 400,000 of its Prius hybrid cars to replace software that controls the antilock braking system, the auto maker said Tuesday. The Seattle Times Still no word from Toyota on Prius recall   —  Toyota is close to recalling as many as 300,000 of its popular Prius hybrids over brake problems, according to Japanese media - a decision that would further embarrass a trusted brand suddenly beset by safety problems. ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News State Farm claims it warned feds of Toyota problem in '07   —  (Reuters) — Private insurer State Farm informed a U.S. government regulator of a worrying trend of vehicle-caused accidents involving Toyota Motor Corp. as far back as late 2007, an official at the company said. "When you start to see significant claims activity that indicates that there may ... TIME.com Top Business Stories Toyota Recalls: Prius Problems Add to Quality Woes   —  Model recalls, repairs and a chiding from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood all point to a precipitous decline in Toyota's fortunes. But some saw this day coming many years ago TIME.com Top Business Stories Which Automakers Benefit from Toyota's Car Recall?   —  Honda looks like the big winner from Toyota's accelerator recall Justin McCurry / The Guardian World News Toyota recalls hybrid cars over brakes   —  Around 8,500 British Prius owners affected in recall of almost 0.5m vehicles by carmaker hit by string of recent safety scares Toyota is to recall almost half a million hybrid cars worldwide, including 8,500 of its Prius model in the UK, in the latest blow to the carmaker's reputation following a string of safety scares. The recall will begin ... NPR Topics Toyota Recalls Prius, Hybrids To Fix Brake Problems   —  Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems. It's the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.

12. AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops 14 hours ago   permalink

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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"

Vladislav Savov / Engadget :   AMD Fusion sampling soon, arriving in 2011 with Llano APU

The Tech Report :   National Bagel Day Shortbread OSNews :   Battery "Bug" Caused by Batteries, Not by Windows 7

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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.

TechSpot Intel unveils Itanium 9300 series enterprise processors   —  Intel revealed its Itanium 9300 series today, which more than doubles the performance of its predecessor. Codenamed Tukwila, the new four-core design packs two billion transistors and boasts an 800% increase in system interconnect bandwidth, as much as a 500% gain in memory bandwidth, and up to 700% more memory capacity. 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 . Tom Hays / SFGate Ex-Intel exec pleads guilty in Galleon case   —  A former Intel executive pleaded guilty Monday to charges he fed confidential information about the computer-chipmaker to wealthy hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, his old friend and central figure in a massive insider trading case. "I gave Raj Rajaratnam... Raj Rajaratnam - Galleon Group - Hedge fund - Insider trading - Plea 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. 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. Warp2Search.net Intel Core i5 661 Processor Review   —  Codenamed Clarkdale, the new LGA 1156 i3 / i5 chips are built on the Westmere 32nm process, joining the previous 45nm Bloomfield and Lynnfield releases in the Nehalem family. Another new idea Intel implemented in these chips is adding a GPU core directly on the processor alongside the CPU. Three new chipsets were also introduced that allow you to ... 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 ...

13. ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 Graphics Brings a Big Visual Experience to Small Form Factor PCs 2 hours ago   permalink

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The newest addition to the AMD graphics family strengthens the world's only complete line-up of award-winning DirectX® 11 capable graphics cards, delivering exceptional HD multimedia and gaming performance at a mainstream price

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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog :   Yet another DirectX 11 Graphics Card from AMD!

Chris Davies / SlashGear :   ATI Radeon HD 5570 launched, reviewed: $80 low-profile DirectX 11

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Reviews Tom ATI Radeon HD 5570: Reasonable Gaming Performance For $80?   —  AMD rounds out its DirectX 11-capable lineup with an entry-level gaming card sporting all of the Radeon HD 5000-series' value-adds. Does the Radeon HD 5570 represent the perfect combination of low-price, gaming performance, and features? DirectX - Radeon - ATI Technologies - Advanced Micro Devices - Zune HD Chris Davies / SlashGear :    ATI Radeon HD 5570 launched, reviewed: $80 low-profile DirectX 11

The Tech Report Radeon HD 5570 launches at $79-85   —  After outing the Radeon HD 5670 in January and the Radeon HD 5450 last week, AMD has now added a third sub-$100 graphics card to its DirectX 11 lineup. The new Radeon HD 5570 fits squarely between its two siblings with a $79-85 suggested price range, and it...

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14. Some Good News, and Some Bad News, About Adobe Flash 10.1 4 hours ago   permalink

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The good news first: Adobe's promising Flash 10.1 is going to hit smartphones—Android, WebOS, Windows Mobile —and desktops in the "first half" of this year, a slightly less squishy date. And it'll come over the air. The bad part? Well it's bad for Android, anyway: You're gonna need Android 2.1. At least. Because it provides some ...

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Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts :   Update on Flash love for your mobile device

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Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo Notion Ink's Adam Tablet Will Have Flash, Output At 1080p and Have Battery Life 2x Longer Than iPad   —  Flash, a longer battery life, outputting video at 1080p, a $1m app competition—these are just some of the ways Notion Ink is hoping its Android-powered Adam tablet will be able to win customers over. The tablet has gone through several different guises since renders were unveiled in December. From the slick silver-edged device , to the roll-

Rosa Golijan / Gizmodo Microsoft Blames Your Laptop—Not Windows 7—For Battery Issues   —  After upgrading to Windows 7 , some users saw a new warning message suggesting that they need to replace their laptops' batteries. Some screamed "bug," some shouted "conspiracy,' but Microsoft denies that anything's wrong. In an entry on Microsoft's MSDN blog, Windows division President Steven Sinofsky explains that the warning message is a new ...

MacNN Briefly: LG phone syncing, free iPhone development tool   —  nova media has released a new sync application for the Mac, FoneSync for LG phones. The utility syncs Address Book and iCal information with a variety of LG devices. Support is currently present for just the HB620T, KF750 and KU990, but more models should be added in the future. In hopes of speeding up the the process a free tool has been ... MacNN Mimio Studio 6 debuts for Mac and Linux systems   —  Mimio has announced that its Studio 6 software is now available for both Mac and Linux systems. The program is designed for the teaching industry, providing tools for creating interactive lesson content such as recordable dry-erase whiteboard notes that can be saved for later use. Teachers can also use drag-and-drop input to create animated ... Thomas Ricker / Engadget Cube's 6-inch capacitive touchscreen e-reader is a Windows Mobile 6.5 fantasyland   —  If you're a sucker for immaculate specs at a discount price then the Cube e-book reader might be the device for you. The Chinese outfit is said to be working on a 6-inch, E Ink reader built around the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system with baked-in WiFi (sorry, no mention of 3G data) for "remote server synchronization." And as declared in the ... Driscoll / Java.net blogs HTML5 Semantic Tags   —  Over the weekend, I was reading Mark Pilgrim's great book on HTML5 - and when I got to the part about the semantic tags , I thought it might be worth a quick mention. In case you've missed out on HTML5 in general (and don't want to take the time to read that book I linked above), the idea behind semantic tags is that many sites use div blocks to ... Digg.com Adobe Claims They Don't Ship Flash With Known Crash Bugs   —  Adobe's comment is what you'd expect any company to say publicly; realistically, what else could they say? It's just very unfortunate for them that someone was able to prove the inaccuracy of this statement in a very compelling way. Geeknews / Geek News Central HTML5 and New Media   —  I have been thinking about the good things that can come from HTML5 when it comes to video and new media. While there is a whole political fight going on now for HTML5 standards and looming license issues for H.264 content in 2014 lets talk about the freedom that comes with HTML5 in particular to [...] Devin Coldewey / MobileCrunch Locus OS: hybrid concept mobile OS with bits of Zune, TouchFLO   —  This isn’t official or anything, just a concept that happens to use some Microsoft assets, but what it Windows Mobile 7 looked like this? I think we all know it will not, but until the hammer actually falls at MWC, hope springs eternal. The “location-based desktops” idea is a good one for a MID or [...] Ars Technica Mozilla dropping 10.4 support with next Firefox release   —  The next major release of Firefox will not be compatible with Macs running Mac OS X 10.4, also known as Tiger. This comes from a mozilla.dev.planing discussion on Google Groups started by Josh Aas, a Mozilla-employed developer working on the project. The change will go into effect later this year when the browser's Gecko rendering engine makes ... Michelle Perkins / Adobe Blogs One web. Any device. -- Join us at MWC 2010   —  Next week Barcelona, Spain will host the 2010 Mobile World Congress . Adobe and Open Screen Project partners will be there presenting and demonstrating the latest development on the Flash Platform and the Open Screen Project that will help define the future of the mobile industry. Adobe is working with more than 60 partners in the Open Screen ... Lewis Yen / Adobe Blogs 為什麼iPad 不支援Flash?   —  我想之前有看過iPad發表會的都會發覺, 瀏覽網頁時總是東缺一塊西缺一塊, 其實它跟iPhone一樣都是不支援Flash，當然兩者用的是同一套OS。 Apple是如此描述Flash：能夠跨平台及跨瀏覽器且立即部署豐富的網站內容標準。 可是這樣的遺漏卻發生在iPhone及iPad，當Steve Jobs�

15. Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight 8 hours ago   permalink

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Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.

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SocalTECH.com LiveOffice Wins Magazine Publisher   —  Torrance-based LiveOffice, a provider of email archiving and compliance software-as-a-service, reported Monday that the firm has signed on magazine publisher Source Interlink. The firm said that Source Interlink, which has more than 7,000 employees and three major operating divisions, will use the firm for email archiving. Financial impact of the ...

Steven / Library Stuff Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight   —  NYT – “Could book publishers suddenly be in the position of telling Google what to do?”

16. Ukraine's Tymoshenko "will not concede" poll defeat 1 hour ago   permalink

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KIEV (Reuters) - Defeated Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko "will never recognize" the victory of her rival Viktor Yanukovich in Sunday's closely-fought election, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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17. Fancy schmancy Tomb Raider art book 1 hour ago   permalink

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The Art of Tomb Raider is looking like a must-have hard-edged coffee table book for any fan of the series and its curvy protagonist. Published by Dreams and Visions Press, the 568-page book actually comes in two volumes, with the first covering "every significant piece of Tomb Raider art" through Angel of Darkness , and the second featuring ...

18. Iran says starts work on making 20 percent nuclear fuel 3 hours ago   permalink

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran began work on Tuesday to make higher-grade nuclear fuel, a senior official said, and the Pentagon said the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran "within weeks" over its nuclear program.

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ALAN COWELL / NYT Iran Is Said to Begin Nuclear Enrichment   —  Brushing aside international threats of stricter sanctions, Iran reportedly began enriching its uranium on Tuesday.

19. Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome 6 hours ago   permalink

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A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

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20. NBC UNIVERSAL DETAILS UNIQUE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPICS 4 hours ago   permalink

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More Than 400 Hours of Live Streaming Video and More than 1,000 Hours of Full-Event Replays on “NBCOlympics.com on MSN” Centerpiece of Digital Offerings

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Sarah Perez / Channel 10 Bing and Winter Olympics   —  Microsoft is again partnering with NBC Universal to deliver live Olympics coverage. On the NBCOlympics.com website, over 400 hours of live competition will be made available for all 15 of the Winter Olympics sports. In addition, you’ll have access to 1000 hours of full-event replays, recaps, montages, commentator analysis, and athlete-specific ... Ernesto / TorrentFreak NBC Plots Crackdown On Olympic Pirates   —  In 2008 Olympic torrents were hugely popular. The opening ceremony was downloaded more than 2 million times in the first week, outraging the International Olympic Committee. With Vancouver 2010 starting later this week, several broadcasters have declared war on Olympic pirates.