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With more than 200 deals since 2005, Y Combinator's Paul Graham knows how to size up a young team of entrepreneurs. However, he didn't get it right from day one.

On Friday, we got a chance to talk to Graham after his morning panel with SV Angel's Ron Conway. He discussed how his strategy has evolved over the past five years and why the balance of power is shifting in Silicon Valley. See videos ahead.
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Founded in 2007, Soladigm has been operating in stealth until now. The company employs about 50 people in its Milpitas, California headquarters, and plans to hire about 300 employees over the next few years for the Mississippi plant.LIBERTY GLOBAL LM ERICSSON LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL

Samsung's Record Profits Driven By Chips, LCD

Mobile phone sales were up 22% in the second quarter, but average unit price declined as did operating profit from Samsung's telecommunications unit.





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Man who invested $1000 in 2003 claims present-day 84% stake in billion-dollar Facebook

Here's a quick one to kick-start your day with a smile! Paul Ceglia, an (alleged) early investor in Facebook, has come forward and claimed an 84% stake in the company. Facebook is vigorously stating that the lawsuit is 'completely frivolous', but considering a New York judge has temporarily restricted any transfer of Facebook's assets there just might be something to Ceglia's claim.

Back in 2003, Paul Ceglia apparently invested $1000 in the development of Facebook. In exchange he would own 50% of the software, plus 1% for every day it took Mark Zuckerberg to create the site. Seemingly it took 34 days, thus netting Ceglia a grand total of 84% of a company now worth billions.

The Wall Street Journal seems to think this case won't come to anything -- something about a statute of limitations being only six years in New York -- but still, draw your own conclusions!

Facebook's past seems to get muddier each and every day; but whether Zuckerberg is actually a slimy piratical cut-throat, or if this is opportunists simply trying to cash in, who knows.

[via AfterDawn]
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The Rise of the Smart, Connected TV

The estimated 19 percent of flat-panel TVs shipping with Ethernet in 2010 will grow to 46 percent in 2013.










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Magic Trackpad review

Apple's Magic Trackpad isn't the first of its kind -- in fact, Wacom has been playing this game for awhile -- but it's the first of its kind from the cats in Cupertino, so obviously people take notice. The premise of such a device is stupidly simple: it's a laptop trackpad that lives on your desktop. Over the past few years, there have been rumors that Steve Jobs has his sights set on eliminating buttons from Apple products altogether, and this certainly feels like the next step in the plan. But does it make sense? Is this an improvement over standard input devices like a mouse or trackball? More importantly, in the age of iPads and netbooks, does anyone even need an external input device like this? We're going to try and answer those questions (and more), so read on for our full review!
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Linux-based hybrid video server supports 40 channels

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Mirror, Mirror ... Who is the Drunkest One of All?

This DIY Magic Mirror can predict the weather and tell you the current price of your stocks. It can also let you know if you're too drunk to drive your carriage. Magic!MAXIMUS MANTECH INTERNATIONAL MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES

Beijing tries to push beyond 'Made in China' status to find name-brand innovation

Quick: Think of a Chinese brand name. Japan has Sony. Mexico has Corona. Germany has BMW. South Korea? Samsung. And China has . . . ? If you're stumped, you're not alone. And for China, that is an enormous problem. Last year, China overtook Germany to become the world's largest exporter, and this...





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Validas study finds Verizon smartphones consuming more data than iPhones

You know how we've good reason to believe that Verizon Wireless is at least mulling the switch to capped / tiered data plans? Yeah. An independent Validas research report has found that, between January and May of this year (pre-AT&T caps), Verizon's stable of smartphones collectively averaged more data consumption per month that Apple's iPhone. Of course, this quite literally compares an Apple to every smartphone on Verizon save for BlackBerries, but given how much squalling we've heard from Ma Bell about this rampant iPhone data usage, we're pleased to see a few facts that spin things the other way. The company's full report is due out in September, but investigation of over 20,000 wireless bills found that VZW smartphones "are consuming more wireless data than AT&T iPhones by a ratio of roughly 1.25:1," with the average Verizon user eating up 421MB per month and the average iPhone user consuming 338MB per month. It also points out that "nearly twice as many Verizon Wireless smartphone users are consuming 500MB to 1GB per month compared to AT&T iPhone users." You learn something new everyday, right?Continue reading Validas study finds Verizon smartphones consuming more data than iPhonesValidas study finds Verizon smartphones consuming more data than iPhones originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Validas  | Email this | Comments



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Download Squad tips its hat: Speed Dial for Google Chrome

Filed under: Fun, Blogging

Last week, Jay and I were chatting and he mentioned stumbling across something cool in one of our favorite Google Chrome extensions: Speed Dial. You may have seen it posted last year, but it's come a long way since then -- adding new features and growing its user base to more than 150,000. Jay caught something I hadn't noticed (it's been ages since I changed anything on my Speed Dial page): support for pre-defined logos.

...And we were excited to find ourselves listed! Alongside other great blogs like CNet, PC Magazine, and Lifehacker, you'll find Download Squad. That's pretty select company, and we're all grateful for being included.

So thank you, josorek, for your hard work and for making us part of your extension. Keep up the good work!Download Squad tips its hat: Speed Dial for Google Chrome originally appeared on Download Squad on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsDISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES DIODES INORATED DIEBOLD

Groupon Was Almost A Slippers With Flashlights Company

According to GroupOn CEO Andrew Mason who is on stage right now at Social Currency CrunchUp, GroupOn was originally a side project Mason started in order to make money, "We tried a zillion things" Mason said.

Including selling slippers with flashlights, which Mason describes as "act of desperation, pretty impressive considering that the company is currently making $365 million in revenues, a million a day according to our sources. Mason gave no thought whatsoever as to whether or not it would work.

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With co-CEO Jim Snabe, McDermott's set a vibrant new strategy, restored growth and profitability, and exorcised some wicked demons and ghosts.





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Amazon Launches $139 Wi-Fi Kindle

The Wi-Fi only electronic reader and a $189 third generation model of the original Kindle with Wi-Fi and 3G are Amazon's latest bid to spur digital book sales.





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Those Nighttime iPhone Downloads Are Actually Not Downloads [Apple]

Those large quantities of nighttime data transfer that appear on your AT&T cellphone bill? It's not new, and it's nothing to worry about—even though somehow it's getting more attention now. It's just routine updates for billing. More »






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Motorola manages $162 million Q2 profit, turns that frown upside down

It's a good day here, because rather than poor 'ol Sad Moto we get to bust out Happy Moto, as Motorola has released some good news in its Q2 financial report. Earnings were $162 million, up from $26 million this time last year. That sounds like a big jump, but compared to overall sales of $5.4 billion you can see things are still rather tight -- especially since those sales were down from $5.5 billion the year before and all-important mobile device sales figures dropped six percent to $1.7 billion. Also, these numbers were boosted by a "significant legal settlement" valued at $228 million. Maybe intellectual property wasn't the only thing Moto got from RIM?Motorola manages $162 million Q2 profit, turns that frown upside down originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Motorola  | Email this | CommentsVARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES UNITED ONLINE UNISYS

Aerohive Networks Eases Management of Wi-Fi Networks

Aerohive Networks, whose focus is on wireless LAN equipment, enhanced its HiveManager management system, so network technicians can examine the health of each client system more easily. Another improvement was intelligent, automated responses to network problemspots.











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Bill Nye, the Eye Health Guy?

Bill Nye (of “the Science Guy” fame) has teamed up with VSP to teach us about eye health. In these VSP EyeFiles videos, he talks about various eye health myths and other information, all while sitting in a laboratory full of bubbling things, microscopes and other science paraphernalia. Each video is short, about two minutes, [...]HEWLETT-PACKARD HIGH TECH COMPUTER HON HAI PRECISION IND.

How many trees must die for iWave's Earth-friendly headphones, iPhone cases? (update)

We're not experts or anything, but cutting down trees to manufacture your headphones ($30), ear buds ($20), and iPhone cases ($25) does not really seem all that "green" to us. But what good is selling stuff made from "reusable, environmentally friendly and recyclable materials" if you can't broadcast your sense of social responsibility with "rustic wood grain finishes and smooth earthy tones" that "mirror the true beauty that surrounds us?" Is we right, or is we right? The Grass Roots Collection (get it?) starts shipping August 1st. PR after the break.

Update: A rep from from iWave just sent in an email to assure us that no trees whatsoever were harmed in the making of the Grass Roots collection. We just want to take this opportunity to set the record straight -- and to point out that the Earth in the above illustration reminds us of a Chia Pet. Thanks!Continue reading How many trees must die for iWave's Earth-friendly headphones, iPhone cases? (update)How many trees must die for iWave's Earth-friendly headphones, iPhone cases? (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  iWave  | Email this | Comments



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Droid Incredible costs just under $164 to build, iSuppli says

A while back, the Droid Incredible was torn apart and revealed some things we never knew it was capable of. Like an FM transmitter tuner, and full 720p video recording. Recently, however, another dissection done by iSuppli Corp’s reveals that the Incredible has a $163.35 Bill of Materials (BOM) price tag. Although the Nexus One’s BOM is slightly higher – $174.15 – the materials used are almost identical except, of course, support for Verizon’s CDMA network. What adds to the price tag? That bright AMOLED screen and DDR RAM for starters, and apparently that Snapdragon CPU isn’t in the bargain bin, either. Those three components cost about $90 total, and when you add in some of the other features such as the camera, Bluetooth, and all the mechanical and electro-mechanical gizmos, it adds up pretty quickly. This goes to show that building a quality smartphone costs more than nickels and dimes to the manufacturer, but the end result is definitely worth it. [iSuppli]Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories

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Man who invested $1000 in 2003 claims present-day 84% stake in billion-dollar Facebook

Here's a quick one to kick-start your day with a smile! Paul Ceglia, an (alleged) early investor in Facebook, has come forward and claimed an 84% stake in the company. Facebook is vigorously stating that the lawsuit is 'completely frivolous', but considering a New York judge has temporarily restricted any transfer of Facebook's assets there just might be something to Ceglia's claim.

Back in 2003, Paul Ceglia apparently invested $1000 in the development of Facebook. In exchange he would own 50% of the software, plus 1% for every day it took Mark Zuckerberg to create the site. Seemingly it took 34 days, thus netting Ceglia a grand total of 84% of a company now worth billions.

The Wall Street Journal seems to think this case won't come to anything -- something about a statute of limitations being only six years in New York -- but still, draw your own conclusions!

Facebook's past seems to get muddier each and every day; but whether Zuckerberg is actually a slimy piratical cut-throat, or if this is opportunists simply trying to cash in, who knows.

[via AfterDawn]
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Google Android Market to Stop Unauthorized App Use

Google's Android team said it has created a security tool to prevent the illegal use of paid Android applications in the Android Market. The move joins carrier billing in the latest in a series of efforts to make the Market a more serious application store. - In a move geared to please Android developers, Google
July 27 said it has created a free licensing service to protect paid applications in the Android Market from
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Apple's Magic Trackpad gets the iFixit teardown treatment, nothing terribly magical found

Well, we knew it wouldn't take very long, and it didn't: iFixit's gotten its hands on Apple's Magic Trackpad and ripped it to shreds. This is one operation they're not shy about calling delicate, folks -- this thing is seriously thin and its components packed in quite lovingly. So what's going on in there? Well, besides the magical dust, they found a Broadcom BCM2042 chip, which is the same one the Magic Mouse uses for Bluetooth connectivity, and a Broadcom BCM5974 touchscreen controller chip, which also powers the iPhone and iPod touch. There is plenty to be seen in the photos at the source, and there's one more below.Continue reading Apple's Magic Trackpad gets the iFixit teardown treatment, nothing terribly magical foundApple's Magic Trackpad gets the iFixit teardown treatment, nothing terribly magical found originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  iFixit  | Email this | Comments



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What it feels like to ride on the back of a rocket into the upper atmosphere [This Is Awesome]

A Nexus One smart phone got launched 28,000 feet into the atmosphere, riding on the back of a rocket, and captured the whole ride on video. Yes, it's a little dizzying (rockets spin as they fly) but still awesome. More »






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Watch Twitter Streaming In Real Time [Twitter]

Woah! My head is spinning after watching this video demo of a Tweetdeck beta release which uses Twitter's new user stream API. It lets you watch people replying, retweeting or favoriting tweets in real time. More »






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The iPad was supposed to herald a new era in publishing. But the growing rift between Apple and Time Inc. shows that the early troubles clouding digital magazines have only gotten worse. So: is iTunes a mailbox or a newsstand? More »






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Team Spectacular Proves Normal Parents Can Be Stronger Than Any Superhero

In the shadows of Comic-Con’s mega-booths, far away from the booth babes and the thousands of dollars of swag, you’ll find the independent comic writers and artists. While the big kids have luxuriously thick carpeting and custom, multi-tiered booths, these independents are crowded together with not much more than six-foot tables to show off their [...]NVIDIA ORACLE POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR

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165 More Photoshopped Publicity Photos for BP [PhotoshopContest]

Last week, I asked you to help BP out with Photoshopping their publicity photos, something they clearly were having a hard time with. And wow, you delivered a deluge of images, each one more embarrassing for BP than the last. More »






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Microsoft Study Shows Software Pirates Getting Bolder

OPINION: License violations may be the least of your problems if your business is using pirated software. This Microsoft study indicates that it's quite possible you're using such software even if you tried in good faith to buy legit software....



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iPod touch becomes iPhone using Yosion's Apple Peel 520?

Oh sure, VoIP on the iPod touch is hardly breaking news these days, but what if you could actually slap on a regular SIM card and make calls on said device? That's what Yosion's appropriately named Apple Peel 520 claims to do. Powered by an Infineon baseband chip, this adapter not only offers voice calling and text messaging (presumably requiring a jailbroken iPod touch for the apps; GPRS not possible yet), but it also doubles up as an 800mAh battery and provides 4.5 hours of call time or 120 hours of standby juice. We're told this cheeky hack's coming out in China as early as this week for somewhere between ¥300 ($44) and ¥500 ($74), although the lack of an official website, full spec sheet or compatibility list means we'll have to remain skeptical with this potentially vaporware company. Maybe the demo video after the break will keep us believing.

[Thanks, Bong]Continue reading iPod touch becomes iPhone using Yosion's Apple Peel 520?iPod touch becomes iPhone using Yosion's Apple Peel 520? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Yosion (1), (2)  | Email this | Comments



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AT&T to be 'premier' Windows Phone 7 vendor

Say all you want about whether Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will succeed, but AT&T continues to back the platform wholeheartedly after endorsing it -- and Microsoft 's mobile efforts -- repeatedly over the last year. "We'll be the premier carrier for Windows Phone 7," a spokeswoman said Monday. "We haven't given guidance on timing."PLANAR SYSTEMS PEROT SYSTEMS PALM

Verizon Users Consume Most Smartphone Data

Average data consumption for Verizon users is 421 MB, compared to 338 MB per month for iPhones, finds Validas study.








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Mozilla CEO John Lilly announces that he will be stepping down from his post later this year to become a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. - Mozilla CEO John Lilly has announced that
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ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced a long-term agreement that, the companies say, will provide the silicon foundry with access to ARM IP, and ultimately result in tiny Cortex processors created via a 20-nanometer process. Separately, ARM linked up with electronic design firm Cadence to develop & an optimized System Realization solution for ARM processors.& ...BT GROUP CANON CDW

Apple Delays White iPhone 4 Again

Manufacturing challenges have delayed availability of the white iPhone 4 again; sales of black models continue to be brisk despite Antennagate.








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Aerohive Networks Eases Management of Wi-Fi Networks

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Ultraviolet Spotlight Reveals Oil Spill At Its Most Psychedelic [Imagecache]

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Android's Google Maps 4.4 Update Adds Places Feature [Androidapps]

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Apple?s Magic Trackpad Brings Multi-Touch to the Desktop

Apple’s oft-leaked multi-touch trackpad is now on sale. The Magic Trackpad is a multi-touch tablet-style pad which is either a bigger version of the trackpad on the MacBook, or a smaller version of the iPad’s screen.
Like every other Apple touch-device, it is made from glass, and the panel is set into an aluminum base. The [...]SYBASE SUN MICROSYSTEMS STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS

Farnborough: Where aviation struts and cuts deals

At long-running air show, aircraft makers strut their stuff while customers spend $47 billion. On display: Airbus' A380 and A400M, unmanned aircraft, and more.NII HOLDINGS NIKON NINTENDO

Apple offering developer preview of Xcode 4

We’re one of the lucky devs to score a preview of Xcode 4 back at WWDC 2010? Worry not, Apple has been mailing out news that a new beta is available for one and all… (registered developers that is).


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OWC Express USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure Review

The OWC Express USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure is an exercise in�minimalism. In the picture you see the two elements of the case; a mini-USB port and an activity LED. I received a silver model to review. The enclosures come in your choice of silver, white, or black. … [visit site to read more] Filed [...] Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear, Do-It-Yourself, Laptop Gear, ReviewsTagged: Storage, USBOWC Express USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm.MOODY’S MISCROSOFT OFFICE MICROSOFT

Super-charge your Canon PowerShot camera (shoot RAW format!) with CHDK

Filed under: Photo, Utilities, Imaging TipsCHDK, or Canon Hack Development Kit, can magically turn your regular Canon PowerShot into a professional workhorse capable of shooting RAW files, displaying live histograms, motion detection and even executing Lua script.

Seriously, CHDK takes almost any PowerShot camera and turns it into a device that is probably worth twice as much as you paid for it. Just being able to shoot RAW images is almost enough to make me buy a PowerShot for those times when my DSLR is just too big for the job. Heck, with CHDK, a PowerShot can actually do more than my DSLR!

Anyway, as I don't actually own a PowerShot yet, I can't provide a proper hands-on review of CHDK. Instead, I point you towards an excellent two-part write-up and tutorial over at LinuxPlanet. You should be warned that while it's not particularly hard to install CHDK, it does come with associated risks. Don't go anywhere near the experimental builds unless you really know what you're doing.
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TokyoFlash Kisai Round Trip Review

Before the invention of the wrist-watch, there was the pocket-watch.� Developed in the 16th century, the pocket-watch was the main portable way of telling time.� It was only after World War I that wrist-watches became popular after the design of trench-watches for the military.� Now in the 21st century, we can tell time in so [...] Filed in categories: Reviews, Watches and ClocksTagged: LED, tokyoflash, Watches and ClocksTokyoFlash Kisai Round Trip Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 25, 2010 at 11:55 am.TNS TIBCO SOFTWARE TIBCO SOFTWARE

Ericsson LTE Rollouts Slowed By Component Shortages

Sales were down 8% in the second quarter, while profits nearly doubled on handset maker Sony-Ericsson's success.








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Android phone sales in the UK are up 300% this year

A report by the Guardian states that Android smartphone sales in the UK have tripled since the beginning of the year. Now one in 10 handsets sold in the United Kingdom is running Android, and contract market share has grown by 10.2 percentage points since the first quarter.The HTC Desire and HTC Legend remain the most popular handsets in the UK, but Samsung has recently released the Galaxy S, which will present another attractive option for customers.  HTC's Wildfire also presents an attractive smartphone at a lower price, which will bring consumers into the market who can't afford the high-end phones. These are pretty staggering numbers, but most impressive is the Android name gaining traction: "The figures suggest an increasing number of consumers are now asking for Android handsets by name," said GfK analyst Megan Baldock. "Operating systems are no longer simply a by-product but a key selling point in their own right."Apple has done an amazing job marketing the iPhone to be synonymous with a smartphone. However, Android has done a remarkable job in a short time of branding itself and it will only continue to grow. [The Guardian]Posted originally at Android CentralSponsored by Android Cases and Accessories

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Dork Tower Monday

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad.
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Mac Pro Goes Missing; Update Near? [Rumors]

The Mac Pro is currently "unavailable" both at the Apple Store and many physical retail locations around the U.S. While the news is by no means a confirmation that an update is near, the stars are certainly aligning. More »






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iPhone 4 Press Conference, More -- Personal Tech Live with Rob Pegoraro

Rob Pegoraro answers your questions on recent gadget reviews, technology news and provides personal tech buying and fixing advice.







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WiGig Group Steps Closer to Making 7 Gbps Wireless a Reality

The Wireless GigaBit Alliance officially releases its specifications Monday, paving the way for wireless gadgets capable of data speeds 10 times what's currently available.










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Help File: Whether to be wary of the latest spyware lurking on Macs

Q: I saw there's some new Mac spyware circulating. What's the answer to protect your Mac?





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Violating Web Site Rules Not A Crime

But a California district court judge's ruling leaves open the question of whether bypassing IP blocking is a criminal act.








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PSX4Droid brings spiky-haired protagonists to your Googlephone (video)

The HTC HD2 did it, and so did the iPhone 3GS (assuming you jailbroke), but now you can get your blocky amnesiac ex-SOLDIER action on Android courtesy of ZodTTD and yongzh. Their PSX4Droid app just launched on the Android Market for $5.99, and -- despite a few glitches -- it emulates PlayStation games like a charm, complete with multiple scaling modes and save states. Watch a Galaxy S rock the likes of Final Fantasy VII and Ridge Racer after the break, plus Crash Bandicoot on a Nexus One and some paired Wiimote action with a Dell Streak. Then, challenge yourself to adhere to intellectual property law instead of immediately hunting down ROMs and a BIOS file. We dare you.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]Continue reading PSX4Droid brings spiky-haired protagonists to your Googlephone (video)PSX4Droid brings spiky-haired protagonists to your Googlephone (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments



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Panasonic's consumer-grade 3D camcorder leaks out, the HDC-SDT750

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We'd heard Panasonic was planning a more affordable stereoscopic 3D camcorder, but it looks like we won't have to wait until a mysterious July 28th Tokyo unveiling to find out for sure -- it's called the HDC-SDT750, and Panny's advertising it as the "World's first 3D Shooting Camcorder." Leaks at all the seams of the company's website afforded us the above picture, and the surprising revelation that the product may not be a brand-new camcorder, but rather an existing high-end 3MOS model (we'd guess the HDC-HS700) with a "3D conversion lens" attached. If the yet-to-be-activated product page's source code can be believed, the SDT750 will shoot in 1080p AVCHD at 60fps, feature Panny's proprietary Hybrid O.I.S. image stabilization technology, and come in a lovely shade of Henry Ford black. That's all we have for now (save a second tiny picture after the break) but rest assured we'll be keeping tabs on this one.

[Thanks, John]Continue reading Panasonic's consumer-grade 3D camcorder leaks out, the HDC-SDT750Panasonic's consumer-grade 3D camcorder leaks out, the HDC-SDT750 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Panasonic (1), (2)  | Email this | CommentsAVNET BHARTI AIRTEL BT GROUP

Adobe Air peer-to-peer video call concept Android app hands-on (video)

If you recall, a few days ago we stumbled upon a cheekily-named concept app (which has since been renamed for obvious reasons) from Adobe that does video-calling on Android. This is pretty rad considering it's just Qik and Fring offering the same service for the green bot right now, so we trotted along to Adobe's London office to get a closer look at this demo. As with many things in life, not all went as planned as you can see after the break -- the video stream froze up on several occasions, but then again Adobe's Mark Doherty only spent three days cooking this simple app. Regardless, this should still help Android developers understand the beefed-up peer-to-peer capabilities in the forthcoming Air 2.5 runtime, which is now "feature-complete" and undergoing extensive testing ahead of launch later this year.

Things are less positive for Flash availability on other mobile platforms, though. While Nokia's just waiting for a Linux SDK before it can start porting Flash apps to its devices within 2010, Adobe implied that it's still waiting for two other vendors to respond -- Palm's already been shown a Flash build running on webOS devices, and it's just a matter of the company signing up for Adobe's device certification system; RIM, on the other hand, is a bit more vague, but we were told it's definitely interested in both Air and Flash. And here's the surprise of the day: no comment on Flash for iOS (not to be confused with its digital publishing tools for the iPad), but there's no stopping you from hacking it in yourself.Continue reading Adobe Air peer-to-peer video call concept Android app hands-on (video)Adobe Air peer-to-peer video call concept Android app hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments



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NewerTech NuGuard Leather

Newer Technology's NuGuard Leather case isn't an iPad sleeve, and it certainly isn't an iPad bag. Rather, it's a rigid shell, in black faux-leather, that snaps...










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Brother Gives a New Shake on Rechargeable Batteries

Brother develops a replacement for AA batteries that can be recharged with just a shake.










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Coming soon on Futurama: mutant rights, brain-switching and surprising kisses! [Television]

The creators and cast of Futurama revealed what lies ahead for the show's twenty remaining episodes: brain-switching, mutant rights, unlikely kissing, Futurama reborn three times over, and, yes, Fry and Leela. All that, plus our thoughts on this week's episode! More »






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July 19, 1989: Human Heroics Overcome Aircraft Failure in Sioux City

1989: A catastrophic hydraulic-system failure forces a plane to make an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa. The right wing catches on the tarmac, sending the plane careening down the runway in a ball of flame and twisting wreckage. But thanks to the skill of the flight team, the rescue personnel on the ground and [...]INTERSECTIONS INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

ASUS Eee PC 1018P and 1015PE review

You'd think after running into ASUS's next generation Eee PC 1018P and 1015PE over five months ago at CeBIT, our excitement may have waned for the stylish netbooks. Oh, but it's actually the opposite, and when the brand new netbooks arrived last week, we grabbed the X-Acto knife (safely, of course) and eagerly unboxed them to see if the aluminum clad little laptops were as svelte as we'd remembered them. Sure, the $350 1018P and 1015PE have standard netbook internals (an Intel Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of RAM and Windows 7 Starter), but without a doubt they're some of the best quality netbooks ASUS has made in quite a while. Hit that read more link for an in-depth look at these two, and to see if they're all we had hoped for and more. Gallery: ASUS Eee PC 1018P review Gallery: ASUS Eee PC 1015PE reviewContinue reading ASUS Eee PC 1018P and 1015PE reviewASUS Eee PC 1018P and 1015PE review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments



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Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/21: What is this?

If you know what this is and where it is located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.


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Apple Opens Shanghai Store, the Company's Second in China

Apple opened a retail store in Shanghai on Saturday, the company's second in China.










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Microsoft Licenses ARM Chip Technology, Could Lead To New Microprocessors

If you're just a casual bystander to the technology world, this holy union may not mean much to you. But for insiders and enthusiasts, this a huge announcement. ARM is responsible for a huge amount of chips used in mobile devices. From smartphones to MIDs to UMPCs to smartbooks, there's a great chance that an ARM chip is powering something within. The company has made a fortune off of their ability to create low-power, inexpensive processors for mobile devices, and few other companies have bothered to compete.AVNET BHARTI AIRTEL BT GROUP

What It Takes for AT&T to Suck Less [At&t]

Yes, yes, AT&T is better in New York. What did it take to get there? AT&T chieftain Ralph de la Vega says they've doubled capacity in NY over the last few months. They could stand to quadruple it, though. [PCMag] More »






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Camera+ for iPhone 4 Adds Flash, Exposure Control

Camera+ for the iPhone is another case of a third-party app doing things better than Apple itself. It’s an all-in-one photo-taking and editing application that improves on almost every aspect of the built-in camera app, and it has just gotten a slew of new features with a v1.2 update.
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How to Achieve Device Independence by Taking a Platform Approach to Mobility

Businesses today are often forced to choose between having their workforces use one type of mobile device that might not meet everyone's needs or several devices with rogue usage that can't be controlled. That's why it's so important for businesses to be device-independent when deploying an enterprisewide mobility initiative. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Jason Wong explains how businesses can achieve device independence and how this will benefit all parties involved in enterprise mobility deployments, including users, IT and the overall business. - In just 10 years, the wireless smartphone market has gone from virtually nonexistent to becoming a household term worldwide. At the start of the millennium, Research in Motion (RIM) was pretty much the only significant vendor selling what were then called quot;wireless PDAs. quot; Today, there are ...



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Google fades out Nexus One, reports solid earnings

Google received its last shipment of Nexus One smartphones from HTC, and will not re-stock once they're gone, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, the publication adds, Google posted solid second-quarter financials, with 24 percent higher revenues compared to 2Q 2009, and is making a bundle on Android-driven mobile advertising, but still faces major challenges....LIBERTY GLOBAL LM ERICSSON LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL

With Firefox's Tab Candy Feature, We'll Finally Achieve Tab Nirvana [Firefox]

I never would have thought that an improvement in tab technology would have me fist-pumping in front of my computer, but this video preview for Firefox's forthcoming Tab Candy feature, which spatially organizes and groups tabs, really has me jazzed. More »






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Adobe Launches Content Creation, Delivery, Playback Apps

Adobe Systems will be highlighting its new advances in video and dynamic media software technologies that improve the creation and delivery of content across personal computers, televisions and mobile devices at the National Association of Broadcasters 2009 show in Las Vegas. Adobe also announced Adobe Flash Platform for the Digital Home, which brings Flash to TVs, among other things....



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Sony, Tohoku University develop blue-violet laser with 100 watt output, eyeing 1TB optical disk future?

As much as some would like to envision a world entirely bereft of disk-based media, with Blu-ray being the medium's swan song, that ain't happening. Sony's already looking to the future, and in cahoots with Tohoku University, it has developed a blue-violet laser capable of 100 watt output. That's reportedly more than 100 times the "world's highest output values for conventional blue-violet pulse semiconductor lasers." In the press release, the company said its tested using such technology for next-generation, large-capacity optical disc-storage, and while that doesn't say too much at face value, the Examiner reports (by way of various Japanese news outlets) that it equates to 20 times the storage of current Blu-ray disks,or about 1TB of data. Don't worry, we're sure all those 4K 3D films will still find a way to justify a "barebones" release dearth of features before magically making room for a second (and even third) Special Edition in time for respective holiday seasons.Sony, Tohoku University develop blue-violet laser with 100 watt output, eyeing 1TB optical disk future? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink Examiner  |  Tohoku University, Sony  | Email this | Comments



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10 Kindle Cases You Can Make Yourself

Here’s something for all our crafty DIY readers out there that also happen to own a Kindle eBook reader. It’s an article with 10 Kindle cases that you can build for free. The article includes links and instructions to various cases, like the one shown here using an old pair of jeans to make a [...] Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, News, eBook Readers and GearTagged: Case, DYI, Kindle10 Kindle Cases You Can Make Yourself originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 21, 2010 at 9:00 am.YAHOO! YAHOO XILINX

Upstart E-readers Fade to Black as Tablets Gain Momentum

E-readers are far from dead but many are certainly gasping for breath. A shake-out in the e-reader market has put some smaller companies out of business, leaving the playing field clear for giants like Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Sony.
The list of e-reader makers running into trouble has grown in the past few weeks:

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NASA Astronauts Hacked By Twitter Spammers [Twitter]

Either NASA astronauts are really getting hit hard by Obama's manned space program cuts or their Twitter account has been hacked by spammers just over an hour ago. For a second, however, I thought Best Buy took over the ISS. More »






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Nokia's E73: A Low-Priced Alternative for the BlackBerry Crowd

Nokia?s E73 Mode smartphone doesn?t differ radically from its predecessor (the E71), but it has one great advantage: The new phone sells for just $70 when purchased through T-Mobile (along with a two-year contract), making its price tag far more appealing to consumers than the $500 that an unlocked...





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Adobe Flash 11 will feature a proper 3D rendering engine and API

Filed under: Games, Internet, AdobeThe next version of Flash, amidst growing competition from emerging 3D-in-the-browser technologies WebGL and O3D, will feature support for 3D graphics.

But don't get too excited just yet -- we'll probably have to wait until October and the Adobe MAX 2010 conference before we find out more. There, on October 27th, a Flash player engineer will give a talk about "the next-generation 3D API coming in a future version of Flash Player." How exciting is that?!

It's an interesting move, and I feel that it's just in time too. WebGL and O3D might be exciting propositions in themselves, but they don't enjoy almost-100% saturation -- not yet at least. Every existing Web game maker uses Flash -- and you can be guaranteed that they'd rather code 3D games and applications for a platform they already intimately know.

It sure looks like Adobe isn't going to give up on Flash without a fight. First peer-to-peer transfers with 10.1, and now proper 3D. Assuming the 3D performance is good enough, we could see some very interesting FPS and MMORPG Flash games next year.Adobe Flash 11 will feature a proper 3D rendering engine and API originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsNOKIA NVIDIA ORACLE

If Tron Were Made In the 1930s [Cycles]

Though Tron: Legacy is only six months away, the movie's iconic light cycles seem as remotely futuristic today as they did in 1982. But this custom Henderson motorcycle, built in 1936, is basically Art Deco Tron on Earth. More »






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Two years later, Apple still won't fix Safari hole

Two years after fixing a security bug in the Windows version of its Safari browser, Apple apparently has decided that Mac users can go without a fix.APPLE COMPUTER APPLIED MATERIALS ARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT

Archenemy puts a twist on Magic: The Gathering

Throughout its 17-year history, Magic: The Gathering has maintained a consistent “duel” mentality where each player pretty much is out to win everything for him or herself and everyone has an equal footing. However, with Archenemy, there is one bad guy and the other players gang up to defeat him. Now, you ask yourself, how [...]TIBCO SOFTWARE TIBCO SOFTWARE THQ

Mac Hack Shows Apple Apps Vulnerable to Botnets

The malware seeded by pirated software months ago and creating what was dubbed iBotnet by Symantec security researchers proves the concept of botnets on Apple systems, but doesn't achieve major botnet status....



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Nuance Upgrades Office PDF Tools

New versions of PDF Create, PDF Converter, and PDF Converter Pro�a suite of applications many office users use in lieu of Acrobat because they're cheaper and hook into Microsoft Windows and Office�support XPS, upgrade PDF-to-MP3 capabilities, and more...SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES SES SHAW COMMUNICATIONS

Live interview with Jason Fried, Founder / CEO of 37 Signals

HP is hosting a live chat tomorrow with Jason Fried, the founder of the web design firm 37 Signals, via its INPUT | OUPUT website. Participants are able to interact with Jason and ask questions through Twitter. If you're interested in participating, the details for the event are below. What: Live interview with Founder / CEO, Jason Fried, 37 Signals When: Thursday, July 22 @ 11 AM PST/ 2PM EST Where: Site - INPUT | OUTPUT (please submit your questions and comments from this site on the day of the interview)DIGITAL CHINA HOLDINGS DIRECTV GROUP ELPIDA MEMORY

Barnes & Noble Launches Nook For Android

Smartphone users can download, sync, and share e-books with the e-reader app.








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IBM's zEnterprise architecture makes mainframes cool again, also efficient (video)

There's a good chance you think mainframes are about as cool as pocket protectors, your parents on Facebook, and COBOL... the latter of which, of course, is largely executed on mainframes. If so, stand still while IBM blows the doors (and the dust) off of your mainframe misconceptions with its new zEnterprise 196, offering 96 5.2GHz cores, 3TB of RAM, and hot swappable I/O drawers for when you need to change pants in a hurry. All this is said to boost performance by 60 percent compared to its predecessor, the z10, while also reducing energy consumption by a claimed 80 percent -- though that could be compared to people sitting in tanning booths performing calculations with abacuses for all we know. However, you can drop consumption a further 12 percent by opting for the water cooling system, nice if your AC unit is already struggling. IBM will start shipping these behemoths sometime in the last quarter of this year and didn't mention pre-orders, so get ready to rent the biggest truck you can find and camp out in Armonk if you want yours on release day.Continue reading IBM's zEnterprise architecture makes mainframes cool again, also efficient (video)IBM's zEnterprise architecture makes mainframes cool again, also efficient (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink NY Times  |  IBM  | Email this | CommentsCOMPAL ELECTRONICS COSMOTE MOBILE TELECOM. D-LINK

July 13, 1977: Massive Blackout Plunges New York Into Rioting

1977: Lightning strikes a Consolidated Edison substation along the Hudson River, tripping two circuit breakers and setting off a chain of events that results in a massive power failure. The entire city of New York is blacked out, parts of it for more than 24 hours.

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Android And Lego Come Together To Solve Puzzles

A Lego robot, with the help of a Motorola Droid, has solved a 7x7x7 Rubicks Cube - All in less than 40 minutes.










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Guru'board cancels Miniguru keyboard project

It seemed like a bit of a longshot when it was announced back in January, and Guru'board has unfortunately now confirmed those fears -- the Miniguru keyboard project has been canceled. In case you missed it, the Miniguru was designed to be a completely customizable keyboard that would basically let you keep your fingers on the home row at all times (a modifier key would let you turn JKLI keys into arrows, and the caps lock into control). True to its name, they keyboard would have also been small, and it seemed like it would have been fairly high-end, with three different types of mechanical key switches available. As for the reason for the cancellation, Guru'board says it simply "lost faith in being able to sell the initial production run."

[Thanks, Tian]Guru'board cancels Miniguru keyboard project originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Guru'board  | Email this | Comments



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IBM Chief Pitches Obama on $30 Billion Investment in IT

Though he's not talking about the same kind of bailout the U.S. auto and finance industries have gotten, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano has told members of the Barack Obama transition team that a $30 billion government investment in the IT industry could lead to the creation of more than 900,000 jobs in areas such as broadband access, health care IT and upgrading the electrical grid....




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Facebook Celebrates 500 Million Users

The social network's meteoric rise suggests that the open Internet isn't as appealing as a more controlled environment.








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Malware Manifests on "Small Number" of Dell Server Boards

Like a hitchhiker from hell, malware doesn't care where it catches a ride from, just as long as it reaches its destination. We've seen USB thumb drives come with infectious files buried inside, digital picture frames containing malicious content, and even compromised driver discs straight from the factory. But if ever there was an argument in favor of running AV software, it's that malware can even come embedded on motherboards, as some Dell PowerEdge customers are finding out. In a forum post on Dell's supportSYBASE SUN MICROSYSTEMS STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS

You May Feel Like an Apollo Astronaut One Day, After All [Space]

This is Boeing's new Crew Space Transportation-100 spacecraft. It is similar to Apollo's Command Module but, instead of just three astronauts, it will carry up to seven astronauts or astroturists. The destination: Commercial space stations (and the ISS). More »






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AT&T And The iPhone, Or Oil And Water

It obviously sounded like a good idea in 2007 when Apple and AT&T signed a multi-year exclusivity agreement but a few short years later, it became evident the agreement between Apple and AT&T wasn't turning out as planned.










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Secunia ranks Apple first in software insecurity, Safari said to have AutoFill vulnerability

Bad news, Oracle. You've slipped to second place for the first time in years. The good news is that it's in Secunia's ranking of the top ten companies with the most software vulnerabilities, which is now topped by Apple -- Microsoft remains in third place, followed by HP and Adobe. According to Secunia, Apple's vulnerabilities are mostly not in OS X, but in Safari, iTunes and other applications. What's important to note, however, is that Secunia's definition of "vulnerability" doesn't simply include dangerous, exploitable vulnerabilities, so the rankings don't necessarily indicate which software is the most insecure from a user's point of view.

One vulnerability that is potentially serious, however, is an issue with Safari's AutoFill feature recently discovered by Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security. According to Grossman, a malicious website can exploit the feature to pull data from a user's address book without their knowledge, which has been demonstrated to take "mere seconds" by a bit of proof of concept code (you can try out yourself if you're feeling trusting). Grossman also says he's informed Apple of the vulnerability but hasn't received a response, and suggests that the only "fix" in the meantime is to turn off the AutoFill feature completely.

Update: AllThingsD has a statement from Apple on the AutoFill issue -- a spokesperson says "we take security and privacy very seriously," and that, "we're aware of the issue and working on a fix."Secunia ranks Apple first in software insecurity, Safari said to have AutoFill vulnerability originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink Ars Technica, 9 to 5 Mac  |  Secunia (PDF), Jeremiah Grossman  | Email this | CommentsDIGITAL CHINA HOLDINGS DIRECTV GROUP ELPIDA MEMORY

AT&T Reports 3.2 Million iPhone Activations In Q2 2010

AT&T released its second quarter earnings earlier this morning, reporting an increase in consolidated revenues and improved margins.

What caught my eye is this little nugget of information: the carrier activated 3.2 million iPhones last quarter, a record for the company.

Approximately 27 percent of those activations were for customers who were new to AT&T, the company added in the statement.GRUPO IUSACELL HARRIS HCL TECHNOLOGIES

Firefox Friday Five: Firefox Home for iPhone available, 'it's like you're really there' with (earth)QuakeyFox, India's first Web browser, the Mozilla app store... and more!

Filed under: Features, Mozilla, BrowsersGood afternoon! I have good news and bad news. This will be my last Firefox Friday for July, because I'm going on holiday. Lee and Matthew will pick up the slack while I'm gone. A different point of view is always interesting and I thoroughly look forward to reading the column while on vacation, sprawled across a babe-blanketed balmy beach somewhere in Eastern Europe...

Anyway, there's a lot of stuff to cover this week, so let's dive right in with the most pertinent morsel!

1. Firefox Home now available for your iPhone and iPod Touch (and iPad, I think)

Get it while it's hot! It's free (obviously), and promises to revolutionize your mobile Web experience. Here's a direct iTunes link if you want to dive right in.

We've already covered Firefox Home a bunch of times, so I'll spare you the details and jump right into the next juicy bit of Firefox news.

2. Mozilla App Store will offer a middle-ground between Android's openness and Apple's walled playground for Web apps

It's still in a very early stage of development -- heck, it might still just be ideas on a whiteboard -- but with Google obviously working hard on a Chrome Web Store, I think Mozilla will soon start showing off early prototypes of its "open" Web app store.

Web apps-in-a-tab are the next stage in the 'platformication' of browsers, and thanks to Apple's proven app store model you can be certain that a huge ecosystem will sprout up around commercial (and free) in-the-browser applications. Don't worry about weird, draconian moderation either: Mozilla has already stipulated than such a store would only host applications based on open standards like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

What remains to be seen is whether people will pay for such apps. The Technology Review story points out that Salesforce has had success in selling business-oriented Web apps, so there is a market out there. What I want to know is whether Web apps written in HTML and JavaScript can be protected by DRM...

Don't forget, Firefox 4 now has App Tabs, too!


3. Mozilla Summit yields a bunch of fun and useful Jetpack add-ons (including one that shakes your browser during earthquakes...)

It seems news of the Mozilla app store wasn't the only cool thing to come out of the Mozilla Summit last week in Canada! During the event, attendees were cajoled into developing add-ons using Jetpack and the new Web-based Add-ons Builder (which is very cool, if you haven't seen it yet!).

The results were, unsurprisingly, pretty damn cool! The Most Useful award went to Copy ShortURL, but Most Creative went to the excellently-named QuakeyFox. All it does is scan the USGS earthquake RSS feed -- and if there's an earthquake anywhere in the world, your browser window shakes! (How damn cool is it that there's an earthquake RSS feed? Who needs Twitter?!)

Most Fun -- and really, this one's genius -- was awarded to Too Old For Facebook. Install or 'Test' it, and then visit Facebook. It made my brain hurt.


4. Regain the ability to watch full-screen videos on Facebook!

If, like me, you use Facebook as your primary source of abominable animal videos, you may have noticed that the 'fullscreen' button recently disappeared from videos imported from external sites like YouTube and Vimeo. Firefox Facts speculates that Facebook doesn't want us to leave the Facebook environment, even if it's only to watch a full-screen video -- but who cares? The point is: the full-screen button's gone and you want it back!

All you need is Greasemonkey and a tiny Userscript -- and voila! Full-screen video in Facebook. (Click the image to watch a truly awesome video, incidentally.)


5. India gets its very own Web browser based on Firefox, also first browser to feature built-in anti-virus protection

Other than its rather unfortunate name -- Epic Browser (really!) -- this is probably the coolest Firefox-derivative I've ever seen. It's basically Firefox -- all the menus and options are the same -- but with the entire browser chrome reworked to make it both user- and Indian-friendly.

Epic Browser's main feature is the massive sidebar chock full of handy add-ons and widgets. You have one-click access to Facebook, Orkut, email, videos -- and, most importantly, built-in Indic language transliteration (powered by Google!) If you read the FAQ you can get a fairly good idea of what Epic Browser does and what modifications they've made.

The Epic site claims there are thousands of sidebar widgets and themes -- but considering the, er, confident hyperbole -- faster! instantly! one-click! maximum!! -- used throughout, I wouldn't be surprised if that's a slight exaggeration. Still, Epic Browser is free, and built on Firefox 3.6.6, so it's pretty darn fast. Its developers seemingly haven't made their changes open source though... for shame!
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Samsung vs. LG Spark at World IT Show 2010 With 3D

3D technology is one of the hottest products at 'World IT Show 2010,' the greatest IT exhibition event in Korea. The competition between Samsung and LG around 3D display will be the main highlight of the event.










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Cloud, Management Advances Drive Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Forward

While it hasn't yet achieved prominence on par with its desktop-oriented sibling, Ubuntu 10.04 Server is gaining on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, due in part to private cloud advances. For a look at Ubuntu 10.04 LTS in action, check out the slide gallery below, and make sure to read eWEEK Labs'
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You Are On Pandora: Service Hits 60 Million Listeners, Adding Users Faster Than Ever

Yesterday at the New Music Seminar in New York, the streaming music recommendation service Pandora announced that they now have 60 million listeners registered. This is up from 50 million in April, and 40 million in December. Before that, it took them all over 2009 to double in size from 20 million to 40 million. In other words, the service is now adding users faster than ever.

And that shouldn't come as a big surprise to anyone who has used the service. While it's great on the desktop, it's even better on mobile devices. And now that they're on iPhone, Android, and several other mobile devices, it is becoming sort of the de-facto new version of radio. And with the release of iOS 4 for the iPhone, Pandora finally got another killer feature: the ability to stream music in the background. I have no doubt that usage is skyrocketing thanks to that -- Pandora has long been one of the all time most popular iPhone apps.XILINX WESTERN DIGITAL

Awesome Screenshot for Google Chrome does annotations, sharing

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Folks like those of us on the Download Squad team might have more use for screenshot tools than some, but they're still incredibly handy from time to time even if you're not blogging or designing. If you spend most of your time in your web browser -- and that browser happens to be Google Chrome -- you might want to check out Awesome Screenshot by the folks behind Diigo.

What makes it awesome? For starters, it can capture both the visible portion of a page or the entire thing -- and scrolling web pages aren't always support by capture tools. It's also got a nice built-in editor which provides all the functions I typically need when cleaning up a screenshot: crop, shape drawing tools, arrows, editable(!) text, and a blur tool for hiding sensitive information.

When you're finished editing, your image is presented on the page and you can save it locally via a right click or upload and share with the push of a button.

Here's my one gripe about the extension: the links it provides are gigantic. Like many tools which upload to pict.com, the URLs Awesome Screenshot spits out are way longer than, say, an imgur or yfrog link. That creates an extra step sometimes if you're pasting a link into apps which don't auto-truncate.

Hopefully future versions will offer a choice of image host -- if so, Awesome Screenshot will be even better than it already is. And it's already pretty dang good.

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Fast Forward: Clear gives broadband users another option

In much of the United States, ordering broadband Internet access is a binary decision.







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Microsoft Giving Away Windows Phone 7 Handsets To All Employees

Microsoft is in a giving mood. Just last month they gave out hundreds of Xbox 360s to E3 attendees — even sent one to the TechCrunch office for no particular reason. Now they're going to be giving away Windows Phone 7 handsets to every Microsoft employee, if we are to believe what we read on Twitter.

We recently got our hands on a WP7 unit and put up our in-depth impressions of Microsoft's new mobile OS, and our verdict is cautious optimism. But even if it were the hottest thing we'd ever seen, Microsoft would still be in a pickle when it comes to getting these things out there. Giving away something like 90,000 phones ought to help with that.ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS ALLTEL

Palm Extends WebOS Developer Program

Palm lets loose new details at the Web 2.0 Expo about its developer program for the new Palm WebOS platform. The Mojo SDK will be provided to a set of interested application developers that apply for access at the Palm Developer Network Website....ORACLE OPENWAVE SYSTEMS

BP Photoshops Another Official Image Terribly [Bp]

This week it came to light that BP had photoshopped—poorly—an official image of their crisis command center. Apparently, that wasn't an isolated incident. Let's take a closer look at this view from a helicopter, shall we? More »






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Oracle Buys Sun

After weeks of rumors that IBM and various other major IT companies would buy the troubled maker of high-end hardware and the ubiquitous Java, Oracle Corp. announced this morning that it will buy Sun Microsystems, according to sources cited by Reuters....



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Apache Unleashes New Tomcat Open-Source Web Server

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced Version 7.0 release of Apache Tomcat, the popular open-source Java web server. Tomcat 7.0 is the first major release of the software since 2006. - The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced Version 7.0
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14 Female Convicts, Six Digital Cameras, and One Romanian Prison [Image Cache]

This photo may not be a masterful snapshot, but I think it's absolutely beautiful. It was taken by a female convict in a Romanian prison—a woman who was terrified just holding the Canon Powershot camera entrusted to her. More »






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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Is Getting There

Canonical's Ubuntu Server hasn't yet caught up to the progress that's been made in Linux desktops, but it offers a serviceable alternative to server offerings from other Linux vendors and from Microsoft. - Canonical and the Ubuntu Project have done great things to
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