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Science and engineering visualization contest winners (images)The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the 2011 winners of a contest to create the best visualizations in the fields of science and engineering. Visualizations take you inside scienceThe National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year's contest for the best visualizations in science and engineering. CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk businessThe death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company's bread and butter. Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal siteIn a news conference, the New England quarterback mentions that while rehabbing last year in Costa Rica, he watched the big game on an illegal site. Is this the final validation for piracy? Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get SiriNoise-reduction technology from a start-up called Audience accounts for the size of the iPhone 4S chip and keeps Siri off the iPhone 4, analyst Linley Gwennap concludes. Super Bowl: Where to watch online, and moreAs the Giants battle the Patriots on Sunday, viewers have dozens of ways to keep up with the game--by live streaming, watching on cell phones, or subscribing to apps and social-media feeds. Twitter more tempting than sex and sleep, study saysTweeting harder to resist than sex, coffee, and alcohol, say researchers from the University of Chicago. Now, let's just see you try to resist tweeting this story. Gamers ignore corpse in Internet cafeIn Taiwan, a man dies while gaming In an Internet cafe. Reports suggest no one notices for nine hours. But, regardless of how long he was actually dead, how could it be that no gamer notices until a waitress finally thinks to check? iPad-like MacBook Air now unlikely? Was it even necessary?A research note from Citigroup says Apple CEO Tim Cook is not leaning toward a future MacBook Air with iPad-like features. So, now what? Zuckerberg's taxes on IPO? How about $2 billionThe Facebook chief may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he's not necessarily all that upset about it, because Facebook in turn gets a tax deduction. RCA's 'video LP' format, doomed from the start?From 1981 to 1984 RCA marketed the CED VideoDisc system. It never had a chance. Romo the smartphone robot raises $1.5M, seeks world dominationFrom Kickstarter project to startup to aspiring global power: The big ambitions of Romotive's robot phone. Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the LG Spectrum, the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn, and the PowerMat Dual 1850 Rechargeable Backup Battery. Is Bleacher Report ready for some football?day on the job At one of the biggest sports sites in the country, preparing to make its Super Bowl coverage as strong as possible is the most important job of the year. CNET was on hand to see the plan take shape. Apple's week brings new hire, court rulings, iPod spy shotsApple hired a new head of retail, had a few bouts in foreign courts, and potentially had the secret behind its next tiny iPod leaked out. More on those stories (and then some) in this week's Apple Talk Weekly. Xbox co-creator channels arcade classics at mobile-game startupThe correlations between classic arcade games like Centipede and popular mobile games like Angry Birds are undeniable: they're simple, fun, and addictive. Seamus Blackley has hired a slew of old-school game developers to try to cash in on that fact with his company Innovative Leisure. Firefox 11 to get add-on syncChanges are afoot again for Firefox. The beta channel can now sync add-ons, the Aurora channel completes a smoother update process, and work on the faster native UI for Android continues. iPhone 5 rumor roundupCNET tracks all the iPhone 5 rumors--from the likely to the crazy--that we've heard so far in 2011 and 2012. Military, government officials could get secure Android phonesCNN reports that U.S. civilian and military officials are testing the use of secure Android smartphones that could be capable of transmitting confidential documents. Apple cleans App Store of high-profile lookalike appsApple has quietly removed a number of iOS games that could readily be mistaken for their popular counterparts and that had climbed up the charts as a result. |
Can Sony's new supremo make the sacrifices to save his biz?We drill into the uphill battle ex-Playstation boss Hirai facesComment When Faultline first began following Sony in 2003, it was worth $36 billion on the stock market. At the time Apple was worth $9.8 billion and it was about to launch the iTunes Music Store. We said that Sony should buy Apple and put Steve Jobs in charge.⦠Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fanMore performance-tuning for your home and officePart 3 I'm pleased to say that what with the relatively warm 2011 and our conservation efforts we had the lowest consumption of electricity and gas at home of any year yet, a bit over 1,500kWh ('units') of electricity and under 4,000kWh of gas. (A typical UK household is nearer 3,300kWh 'leccy and 18,000kWh gas.) With our solar PV exports we were just carbon-negative for power by my calculations.⦠Eight... HD camera smartphonesSharp shooters for parties and protestsProduct round-up You know that really annoying person who is videoing the gig with their camera phone to stick on Facebook when they get home? That's me. These days my TV is HD and my games console is HD, so it only makes sense that my phone â the device I use the most, day in and day out â should be HD too. Luckily, HD on smartphones is becoming more commonplace and so rather than judge these handsets on their mobile merits, this round-up focuses on their HD video camera performance.⦠Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billionThat's 'billion', with a 'b'If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's upcoming initial public offering will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2012.⦠Study links dimwits to conservative ideologyUS, UK research: Thick kids more likely to become bigotsBritish and American children who are less intelligent are more likely to grow up to be conservative and/or bigots, according to new research published in Physiological Science.⦠
Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crashExpert pilot, experimental aircraftSteven Appleton, the long-time CEO at memory chip maker Micron Technology, died this morning in a crash of an experimental plane in the company's hometown of Boise, Idaho. He was 51 years old and one of the youngest CEOs and chairman in the Fortune 500.⦠Opinion poll: Anti-regulatory 'hype' unwarrantedRival small-business boosters, Obama foes disagreeOne advocacy group has published a survey it says proves that US small-business owners aren't unduly concerned with government regulations. Another group says that the first group's opinion poll is tainted by bogosity.⦠Facebook post-IPO: Free not fee will make Zuck a buckDam friction-less sharing and the company is toastOpen ... and Shut No sooner did Facebook file its S-1 in preparation for an IPO than speculation kicked into high gear on how Facebook could possibly sustain its $75bn to $100bn valuation. After all, despite its hugely impressive revenue and profit numbers, key components of its revenue model â like advertising revenue â are decelerating. So should we expect Facebook to impose a paywall on some or all of its users, as MyLife.com chief executive Jeff Tinsley suggests it could?⦠European revolt over ACTA treaty gains groundPoles stall, Slovenian ambassador calls for protestsThe Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty, signed by most European countries last week, may not be a done deal after all, as governments across the continent face a storm of protest.⦠US adds more jobs than expected in JanuaryLots of IT workers get pink slipsThe US economy added 243,000 net new jobs in January and the unemployment rate has ticked down two-tenths of a point, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.â¦
Apple iPhones, iPad back in German online storeTake 'em down, put 'em back â a busy morning for Apple ITA German court has suspended the injunction that required Apple to remove its iPhone 4 and 3Gs, and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G from its online store in that country.⦠Biz urged to blast DNSChanger Trojans before safety net comes down8 March cutoff following Operation Ghost ClickHalf of all Fortune 500 companies still contain computers infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, weeks after a FBI-led takedown operations targeting the botnet's command-and-control infrastructure.⦠Dead gamer sat unnoticed for nine hours in net cafeStiff competitionA Taiwanese gamer sat dead in a chair at an Internet cafe for up to nine hours before fellow players noticed the poor guy had popped his clogs.⦠Mother charged with selling fake Facebook stockBogus shares also allegedly given out as Christmas presentsA Wisconsin woman has been charged over claims she tried to sell $1m worth of Facebook shares that she didn't own.⦠Steve Jobs sighted in Taiwan flogging Android tabletsRumours of PlayBook Elvis discountedIn the cut-throat tablet market, a Taiwanese company has found one way to make its product stand out: paying an actor to dress up as Steve Jobs and make tasteless jokes about how he's dead.⦠Anonymous hackers leak Scotland Yard-FBI conference callWere you talking about us?Members of Anonymous have released an intercept of a conference call between investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard during which operations against hacktivist group were discussed.â¦
IBM snatches back SPC-1 benchmark crownSVC does the businessIBM's SAN Volume Controller has done the benchmark business, again, and passed the half million SPC-1 IOPS mark using Storwize V7000 storage.⦠US tweet deportation: Chilling behind-the-scenes photosThe shock truth of what really went down at LAXThe story earlier this week on the deportation from the US of A of two Brits who ill-advisedly tweeted they were off to "destroy America" left a few readers pretty shaken up at the way the Department of Homeland Security handles potential terrorist threats.⦠Gun controlled lamp hits the spotlightTaking the pistolOne Taiwanese manufacturer took aim at traditional light switches this week and unveiled a lamp that can be turned on and off with the shot of a gun-shaped remote.⦠Sysadmins: Don't get in your own wayBe prepared to try new and irritating thingsSysadmin blog I remember the first time I saw these automated supermarket tills. They intrigued me. Yet I was also afraid of the things. I was afraid that despite all of my knowledge and training I wouldn't be able to figure it out and I would end up looking like a fool. I avoided them for three years; the basis of this avoidance nothing more than irrational fear of that which I might not understand.⦠ARM rains on x86 as smartphones outship PCsNetbooks cop a hidingNetbooks are so yesterday's technology. Shipments of the small, not-so-cheap computers plunged during 2011 by 25 per cent, figures from market watcher Canalys show.⦠IBM bit-twiddlers want point releases for big ironSoftware gurus to 'refactor' Big Blue's systemsThe bit-twiddlers took over IBM's server business a year and a half ago, and it appears that they are starting to think about systems as if they were code, as if they could do dot releases in a nearly steady stream and keep their revenues from spiking up and crashing down all the time.⦠Sony throws smartphone party with BillabongBlower out the waterSony has gone surf-tastic, announcing a partnership with Aussie outdoors outfitter Billabong, which sees its Xperia Active handset branded with the extreme-sports logo and pitched towards the cool-dude generation.⦠Troubled Game wins reprieve on debt, mulls axing more storesHigh street chain told to shape upGame Group has been given a reprieve by its lenders, but the retailer may have to sell its overseas stores to secure it.⦠iPhones yanked from German shelves in Motorola patent warApple takes down 4 and 3G models - for nowApple has removed the iPhone 4 and 3Gs from its stores in Germany, almost certainly in response to Motorola's December action rather than today's patent win.â¦
BT reveals ultra-fast cable blowing plan for homes, biz'Fibre-to-the-premise on demand' in 2013BT is talking up plans to bring its ultra-fast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband network to more of its customers in early 2013.⦠Apple FileVault cracked in under an hour by forensics bizPassware scratches Lion's belly, penetrates fruity diskApple's FileVault disk encryption can be circumvented in less than an hour, according to a computer forensics firm.⦠Nokia pours oil on burning SymbianRips up roadmap, axes developmentExclusive Nokia is said to be hastening the demise of its legacy Symbian platform, cancelling the development of all but one new Symbian-based device. Although Nokia Belle updates will continue to ship to existing customers, only one new model â a successor to the N8 high-end camera phone â will reach the market, the Register understands.⦠Boffins crack superconducting graphene's melting mysteryNext-gen high-speed transistors go 3D to slash leaksScientists in Manchester appear to have solved a problem with graphene that has plagued the super-material's fans since it was sliced into being in 2004.⦠Fibre-gobbling punters help BT deposit solid profitCuts also counter revenue dip in Q3BT reported this morning that its sales had fallen 5 per cent for the three months ended 31 December, however earnings and cash generation remained steady, the company added.â¦
Understanding the make-up of information managementTime to stop beating up ITOn demand On January 25th, Regcast presenter Jon Collins was joined by Freeform Dynamicsâ Martha Bennett, Jason Frost from Blueprint, and Will Thompson from Microsoft for our very first live event of 2012.⦠Euro watchdog asks Google to HALT privacy tweakTake a pause while French DP officers frisk you, LarryA European Union watchdog has written to Google boss Larry Page asking him to explain how personal data will be safeguarded when the search giant puts its revised privacy policy into effect on 1 March.⦠Apple iPad beats Amazon Kindle Fire in satisfaction surveyFanboys happier than Fireboys?iPad owners are happier with their tablets than folk with other fondleslabs are with theirs, recent research reveals.⦠Satellite phones lift skirt, flash cipher secrets at boffinsSecurity though obscurity fails yet againResearchers at the Ruhr-University Bochum have managed to extract the secret encryption algorithmns used by satellite phones, and discovered that it's a lot less secure than one might hope.⦠Toshiba Regza 40RL858 40in LED TVSmart, but no mortarboardReview Toshiba is a bit of a wild card when it comes to TVs. While some of its screens are genuinely exciting, others are merely bargain bin fillers. Buying a cheaper Tosh is a classic case of caveat emptor.⦠RIM shot at Android: Free PlayBooks for devsKnock up an app before Valentine's, get 16GB love-slabRIM is offering a free PlayBook tablet to developers who submit an Android application to RIM's App World before Valentine's Day, though the T&Cs have yet to be revealed.⦠TV tuner maker intros mobile Freeview pick-upStreams digital telly over its own Wi-FiTV tuner maker Hauppauge has introduced a mobile gadget that streams Freeview content to you phone, tablet or computer over its own wireless network.â¦
Apple Europe poaches Xbox PR mastermindPrepares for battle against Microsoft's 'everything' boxesApple has poached Microsoft's top product marketing bod in the UK to front up its app store in Europe.⦠Samsung 'Galaxy 4S' pic postedIs S III stand-in snap real or Photoshop?The Samsung Galaxy S II Plus, the smartphone the South Korean giant is said to be unveiling at this month's Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in place of the Galaxy S III, will be a skinny white boy.⦠Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 DNA splice is on - reportApple-flavoured future features leakedWindows 8 and Microsoft's next major phone operating system will merge, if reports are correct.⦠Next-gen Asus Eee Pad Transformer spiedTF300T snappedA previously unseen Asus tablet has surfaced on the web prompting speculation that the Taiwanese company is working on the successor to the Eee Pad Transformer Prime.⦠100 MEEELLION .com domains now registeredReady for those new gTLDs yet?There are now over 100 million .com domain names on the internet.⦠Brit space agency sends up 1st satelliteYes, this is newsSo far, the UK space agency hasn't gone in for any of that headline-grabbing stuff like landing people on the Moon or launching Martian probes that get stranded in orbit before plummeting back to Earth â it leaves that sort of stuff to NASA and Roscosmos.⦠Fujitsu out bog standard 7in tab for big bizGingerbread do you?Fujitsu has outed a non-descript 7in Android tablet that it'll be pitching at big business when the gadget goes on sale later this month.â¦
'We're totally in LA pissing people off'Plus 'The horror!'Quotw This was the week when Facebook finally filed for its IPO.⦠Second 'Blue Marble' NASA sat pic apes Apollo 17's stunnerEarth-snapping Suomi gets its kit out for the labsAfter popular demand NASA's Suomi NPP satellite has beamed down another "Blue Marble" vision of the Earth in high definition.⦠Facebook's Googly IPO delivers on Sun man's visionSelling data ain't like shiftin' boxes, boyHistory may record Scott McNealy as a straight-dealing leader of a major Silicon Valley tech company.⦠BT Vision throws Microsoft Mediaroom under a bus for LinuxSet-top box software to be torn out and replaced over the netUK hybrid TV service BT Vision plans to be the first customer to discard Microsoft's Mediaroom software, almost imminently, after at least a year-long effort to put in completely new software building blocks to rejuvenate the service.⦠Orange San Francisco 2More hails of the cityReview The Orange San Francisco was the smartphone bargain of 2011. For £99 you got a solid little handset with a 3.5in 480 x 800 screen, Android 2.1 and a 3.2Mp camera. The fact it was falling-off-a-wet-log easy to root and change ROMs â even I managed it â was the icing on the cake.⦠Judges retire to consider Assangeâs last chance on extraditionSupreme Court is final shot for WikiLeaker-in-chiefThe UK Supreme Court judges have retired to consider their verdict in Julian Assangeâs last shot at escaping extradition to Sweden, with a final verdict possible within weeks.â¦
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Apple launches digital textbooksGadgets galore at Sony's press conferenceWalt Mossbergsâ best gadget picksFather of Google Apps: How Google entered the cloudPARC scientist recalls Jobs' famous Xerox visitsUnited States CIO: Innovation is an endless resourceMichael Dell on HP, Apple in 1997, and Steve JobsLarry Ellison announces Oracle Public CloudApple introduces voice recognition appApple unveils the iPhone 4S world phonePandora CTO: Focused on the future of radioWindows 8's Metro-style UISelf-refreshing displays save battery lifeIntel, Google partner on optimized Android phonesDisney and Toyota get social at DreamforceApple's Steve Jobs: In his own wordsChurchill Club: Bringing more women into the boardroomSumi's Smart Picks: Voltaic OffGrid Solar Backpack'Smart' windows adjust to outside climateWill smartphones replace your wallet?HP, Cisco: Entering a new era in cloud computingChurchill Club: Bringing social networks to big businessSumi's Smart Picks: H2O Power Shower RadioSumi's Smart Pick: dLight Solar Light & Mobile Charger S250Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils iCloud |
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AMD Eyes ARM Alliance in War on IntelCould the low-power-chip design that's used in your iPhone someday show up inside the chips built by Intel-rival Advanced Micro Devices? Definitely maybe. Or as AMD's brand new Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster put it to us: "The answer is not no."
How Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' Would Stack Up Against iOS 5, Android 4Microsoft's Windows Phone OS is often criticized for lagging far behind iOS and Android. But on Thursday, a leaked description of Microsoft's next big mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, came to light, revealing how the operating system will improve. But can it really compete? We handicap Apollo against iOS 5 and Android 4.
Sugar May Be Bad, But Is the Alternative Worse?Given the recent controversy over sugar, one might look to artificial sweeteners for an easy alternative to thorny scientific and ethical questions. But to anyone seeking pastel-packaged reassurance that regulators won't ever need to pry donuts from their cold, dead and pudgy fingers, science offers only more uncertainty.
Motorola Tablet Snafu Exposes Some Users to Privacy RisksToday Motorola issued a fail alert of epic proportions: From October to December 2011, 100 out of 6,200 refurbished Xooms sold from Woot.com may contain the previous owner's personal data.
Me @the Zoo Exemplifies Internet's Infiltration of Indie FilmNothing illustrates the web's growing influence on filmmakers more effectively than Me @the Zoo, a feature-length documentary that premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Why Margarita Can Purr, but Can't Roar
Cosmonaut Couture: Russian Photo Shoot Makes Space SexyIn a resurgent space-themed fashion shoot, supermodel Natalia Semanova mingles with real-life cosmonauts in Star City, the home of Russia's space training program. We interview the spread's photographer, Arthur Elgort, for the back story.
Sonic YouthThe Chevy Sonic, a 40-mpg, sub-$20K subcompact, has got the price point, performance and spunk necessary to stand out in a perennially crowded category.
Micron CEO Steve Appleton Dies in Plane CrashSteve Appleton, the Chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor manufacturer and one of the giants of the industry, died on Friday in a solo plane crash in Boise, Idaho. He was 51.
Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way and the Art of the Founder's Letter
Apple to Authors: Content You Make in iBook App is Yours, Not Ours
Hide From GoogleHave Google's new privacy policy changes prompted you to question whether the company is capable of "doing no evil"? If so, here's how to protect your online privacy while still using the services.
Art Installation Tracks Visitors' Time With Tape Measures
Video: How the View From a Comet Might LookThe European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is heading for a comet. The ambitious mission -- scheduled to enter orbit Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in January of 2014 and place a tiny lander named Philae on its surface that November ? will no doubt return incredible, never-before-seen pictures. Until then, observers on Earth will have to make do with artists' renderings like the ones in this video.
Game|Life Podcast: Twisted Metal Maestro David Jaffe Speaks OutDavid Jaffe, the outspoken and razor-sharp game creator who brought us God of War and Twisted Metal, joins the cast of this week's Game|Life podcast.
As the Komen Foundation Caves, the Internet Wins AgainJust a few weeks after the tidal wave of internet backlash postponed the controversial PIPA and SOPA legislation, the mighty Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has caved to a mass influx of criticism following its decision on Tuesday to discontinue funding for breast cancer screening done by Planned Parenthood.
Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes Tax on Violent Video GamesAn Oklahoma lawmaker is proposing taxing violent video games in that state to fund obesity and bullying programs.
Army Hunts for New Targets: Manatees, Sea TurtlesThe U.S. military's tech still isn't sophisticated enough to consistently tell Aunt Irma apart from Terrorist Jane. (Unless Jane is holding an AK-47, that is.) But what about telling a sea turtle apart from a dolphin? Yeah, um, the Army's still working on that one too.
One Model Nation Eyes '70s-Era Terror Through Krautrock Lens
Autonomous Quadrotors Fly Amazing FormationsRoboticists at the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP are able to get as many as 20 amazing autonomous microcopters to fly in formation and perform complex maneuvers flawlessly.
Anonymous Eavesdrops on FBI Anti-Anonymous Strategy MeetingAs FBI and Scotland Yard investigators recently plotted out a strategy for tracking suspects linked to Anonymous, little did they know that members of the group were eavesdropping on their conference call and recording their plans.
Darpa Implants Could Track Your Stress Level 24/7In a new call fo research, Darpa's asking for proposals to devise prototype implantable biosensors. Once inserted under a soldier's skin, Darpa wants the sensors to provide round-the-clock, accurate measurements of "DoD-relevant biomarkers" like stress hormones, or compounds that signal inflammation.
Spectacular High-Res Image of Earth: The Other SideLast week, NASA released its 2012 version of the famous "Blue Marble" image. By using a planet-pointing satellite, Suomi NPP, the space agency created an extremely high resolution photograph of our watery world.
Commentary: Face(book)ing the MusicThe least suspenseful waiting game in Silicon Valley is now over, thank heavens. Facebook, which began as a decidedly private Harvard hangout, has begun the process of going absolutely, totally, unabashedly public. Can you put a price on friendship?
A Modern Measurement of the Radius of the EarthHow can we reproduce the Greek measurement of the radius of the Earth using modern technology? Dot Physics blogger Rhett Allain walks you through the steps to scientific stardom.
The Top 10 Reasons I Love Volcanoes (And You Should, Too)Volcanologist Erik Klemetti loves to pick on crummy news stories about geologic activity, and a love for volcanoes underlies his frequent chagrin. Follow the Eruptions blogger as he sounds off 10 reasons why you, too, should love volcanoes.
The Science of Soccer Deaths and Football BetsThere is an unfortunate but understandable psychology behind post-game violence.
Why Desktop Apps Would Be Bad News for Windows 8 TabletsHow will ARM-based Windows 8 tablets mitigate the heavy payloads of traditional desktop apps? A new report suggests desktop application support will be limited but still present, contradicting an earlier statement by Windows lead Steven Sinofsky.
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Giants Are Super Bowl Champions, According To Giantsâ WebsiteThe New York Giants’ website accidentally displayed an image indicating that they had won the Super Bowl today. It’s possible that this will come true, but considering that the game doesn’t even kickoff for about 25 hours, the celebration might … One For The Money Groupon Deal Helps Film At Box OfficeGroupon ran a deal from Lionsgate for tickets for one or two (up to 60% Off) for the movie One For The Money, which opened on January 27. The deal ended just before 12:00PM Central on that day. Over opening … Facebook Featured Story Action Specs SimplifiedFacebook recently started putting sponsored stories in the news feed, which it is labeling as “featured”. 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The voting starts at kickoff, and runs until 6PM ET on … Madonna on Google+: MDNA #1 On iTunes, Publicist: No Girls Gone Wild For Super BowlMadonna is set to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show this weekend, on Friday, she released her new music video for Give Me All Your Luvin’ (Feat. M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj) on YouTube. Google says she’s supposed to be … Anonymous Hits Law Firm From Haditha Killings DefenseOn Friday, Anonymous released documents (including 3GB worth of emails) from the law firm that defended marine Sgt. Frank Wuterich. Wuterich is allegedly responsible for leading the charge in the killings of unarmed civilians (including women and children) in Haditha, … Copyright Reform or ACTA?Which method is best for combating piracy and other forms of Internet related intellectual property infringement? If you were to listen the average European Union citizen, the reaction towards ACTA has been understandably negative. However, various governments of the European … Café Kauko Brings New Meaning to Internet CaféIn Helsinki, Finland, there’s a new café called Café Kauko. It’s an Internet café in a different sense that what you’re probably used to. The actual experience of the café itself is controlled by the Internet. Here’s a look: Patrons … Chrome Market Share Down Following PageRank PenaltyThis is some unexpected news. Chrome’s market share has actually fallen? That’s the case according to new data from Net Applications. document.getElementById("na634639479235823277").src="http://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=1"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qptimeframe=M"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpsp=146"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpnp=11"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpdt=1"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpct=4"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpcustom=Microsoft+Internet+Explorer%2cChrome%2cFirefox"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpcustomb=0"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpf=16"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpwidth=616"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpdisplay=1111"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"qpmr=10"+String.fromCharCode(38)+"site="+window.location.hostname The firm attributes the loss in Chrome market share to the penalty Google placed on it after the … Google Privacy Changes: Google Wonât Pause Rollout For EU / CNILThis week, the European Union and France’s National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) asked Google to pause the rollout of its new privacy policy changes. The reason? To provide time for the EU’s Article 29 Working Party, which … Facebook Mobile Ads Are Not In Pilot Testing [Updated]Update: False alarm, apparently. A Facebook spokesperson says: “We want to clarify that we are not working with any agency to create paid ads on our mobile platform.” Gelb clarified further: “I would like to clarify a statement I made … Firefox 11 Gets SPDYIt was just last week that Google was talking about SPDY gaining adoption. Google announced SPDY in 2009 as a protocol for transporting content over the web. SPDY, Google explained, was designed for minimizing latency through features like multiplexed streams, … Facebook Sponsored Stories: Unavoidable For Brands?Facebook is going public soon. You already knew that I’m sure. You probably also know that Facebook makes most of its money from ads. Not all of it, but a very significant portion. If the company’s relationship with Zynga ever … Exclusive: Does Facebookâs IPO Make Good Business Sense?Companies file for IPOs all the time, but the recent filing by social networking giant Facebook has seemed to connect with nearly everyone, and in a big way. On Wednesday, Facebook filed for its IPO in hopes to raise $5 billion or more, which would make it the largest initial public offering from an Internet or technology company. EXCLUSIVE: Salesforce Talks Desk.com, Its New Customer Service PlatformEarlier this week, Salesforce announced the launch of a new customer service platform called Desk.com. The service is cloud-based and integrates social media as well as traditional channels including email and phone. |
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Sony has quietly released Bridge for Mac, a software utility that makes it easier for Mac users to to sync its Xperia line of smartphones. Mac users have long been overlooked by Sony, with its syncing software for smartphones and other devices previously limited to Windows machines only. The software will allow users to sync music, movies, podcasts and playlists across from iTunes, much like DoubleTwist for Android, as well as photos from iPhoto....
At least some anecdotes from AT&T subscribers have shown that its throttling practices for unlimited data plan users have started to take effect at low levels. John Cozen claimed to have seen the throttling take effect with as little as 2.1GB of data used in the month, or just over the pre-increase 2GB tiered plan's cap. He escalated complaints about the issue to levels where he could confirm the throttling wasn't a mistake....
AMD in conversations at the end of the week wouldn't discount the possibility of making ARM-based processors. When pressed by Wired, CTO and former Apple executive Mark Papermaster made the unusual non-denial that "the answer is not no." The company's long-term plans were aiming for a modular chip design that could drop in ARM or another architecture without losing Radeon graphics or other AMD-specific touches....
Apple has temporarily solved problems with the CUI bug in the Mac OS X 10.7.3 update by changing the download users get. Anyone who checks Software Update, along with seeking the usual download, now gets the combo update to Lion (1.3GB, link may not work) instead. The full installer is known to work properly at the expense of a much larger file size....
Newly uncovered documents from Apple's opposition to a Motorola attempt to silence its requests have uncovered Motorola's demands for a 3G patent license. In explaining why it needed to get details of Qualcomm's patent deal with Motorola, Apple mentioned that Motorola had wanted a 2.25 percent royalty on Apple product sales as its attempt at a FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) patent licensing offer. Florian Mueller, who unearthed the details, saw it as likely an excessive rate given that Apple wouldn't only be licensing from Motorola and that it coul...
iTunes Match subscribers late Friday reported a problem with iTunes Match playback failing. Anyone on a desktop, whether Mac or Windows, couldn't play cloud-stored songs unless they were already matched with the iTunes Store. The problems didn't appear to be limited to particular app or OS revisions, and iOS users could still access the service....
Two applications from Google to the FCC, one asking to test a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled "entertainment device" from December and other seeking to set up a residential gateway using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth from earlier this month may indicate that Google is planning to deploy or at least support future 802.11ac networks and devices, which would dramatically increase transmission speeds for HD video and other data throughout a local network....
Apple has quietly added its "Genius" suggestion technology to Apple TVs, offering recommendations on other shows viewers might enjoy based on their past rentals or purchases. The option is selected via a new menu item that can be chosen by users. The new feature was added to most connected current-generation Apple TV units silently overnight, and mirrors a similar feature that has been a part of the iTunes application for years....
Facebook may run mobile ads before its IPO takes effect. Its S-1 filing revealed that one of the companyís revenue soft spots was in the level of income generated from mobile devices. With mobile devices rapidly becoming one of the most common ways of connecting to Facebook and the Internet for users, the company looks to be moving quickly to address the perceived weakness....
A problem with the previous 2012-001 Security Update posted for users of Snow Leopard (client and server) that caused Rosetta-based apps to misbehave or fail entirely has been corrected, and the company is pushing a "v1.1" edition of the update through its Software Update servers (support web page not yet updated). Over the next 24 hours, users who installed the previous security patch for 10.6.8 systems should see the update available....
Users who have been recommended to get a certain game but are not totally clear on the name of the app are the target market of "copycat" games that have similar names and borrow gameplay and other elements from more successful apps, hoping to cash in on brand confusion, TechCrunch reports. Titles like "Plants Vs. Zombie" and "Tiny Birds" are "fast fakes" of real apps. Apple is again removing such apps from the App Store, highlighting an ongoing problem....
Yahoo has launched an app filtering tool to its search engine. Yahoo's main page now gives a user a tab for Apps as well as the traditional Web, Images, Video, Local and More. With it, users can get app only search results and filter them for either iOS or Android apps....
Metrics from ad tracking agencies has hinted that Samsung's TV ad campaign has lost momentum. YouGov BrandIndex has posted updated ad effectiveness tracking that suggests the buzz, or conversation around the brands, has leveled off. Its score has climbed since October, from 18 to 26, but Apple has also grown in the same space of time to get a comfortable lead at 34....
Creative has introduced a pair of noise-canceling headphones. The HN-900 integrates an in-line microphone with the over-the-ear headset. The Aurvana X-Fi 2 is a pure headphone, but supports a multi-dimensional surround-sound effect....
Microsoft took a symbolic blow Friday after its Windows Phone Developer Experience lead Brandon Watson confirmed he was leaving for Amazon. The often outspoken advocate of WP7 told ZDNet he would now direct the Kindle Cross Platform team, which develops the e-reading app both for Windows Phone as well as for Android, iOS, and competing platforms. He explained it as a virtue of a tempting offer, but whether it was the work itself, the pay, or both wasn't apparent....
StudioProper has released a new iPad stand designed for in-car use. The Wallee Headrest can be attached to any car seat and positioned either on the back of a headrest or in a central position between the front seats. Support is also offered for holding the device in both portrait and landscape orientations. The Wallee Headrest can be purchased through StudioProper's online store for $40 with free shipping around the world....
A Canalys wrap-up of 2011 smartphone share painted an overall picture that kept Apple and Google in front, but also provided clearer pictures of Windows Phone. Android was just short of an absolute majority at 48.8 percent, while the iPhone held 19.1 percent. Nokia's Symbian and RIM's BlackBerry still held on to the double digits at 16.4 percent and 10.5 percent each....
Apple has pushed out an update to iBooks Author, the company's recently-launched publishing tool. The sole change in v1.0.1 is a new end-user agreement, clarifying a controversial portion of the document which initially suggested that any material produced with the software could only be sold through the iBookstore if it was sold at all. "If you charge a fee for any book or other work you generate using this software (a 'Work'), you may only sell or distribute such Work through Apple (e.g., through the iBookstore) and such distribution will be subject to a separate...
This week 10.7.3 was released, and MacNN forum goers were quick to start discussing this latest update to the Mac operating system. Yesterday Moderator OreoCookie started a thread looking for some advice on what kind of Solid State Drive to get for their MacBook Pro, click here to read more....
At Apple's online store today save on refurbished iPods, iMacs and more. The 8GB iPod nano in green, pink, yellow, blue, silver or black is available for $99 after a $30 price cut. For $119, after a $30 price cut, is the 16GB iPod nano in pink, silver, black or blue. A $120 price cut can be found on the refurb. 64GB iPod touch, now only $249....
Crittercism has conducted a rare study of app stability that implied iOS apps might crash more than Android versions, although raising questions. Covering the top three quarters of popular apps downloaded in the first half of December, it found that iOS apps were slightly if noticeably more likely to crash. The relative gap diminished as researchers delved into less popular titles, although the sheer number of apps that crashed went up....
Apple has reopened online sales of the iPhone 4S on the Chinese mainland, says China Daily. The option actually became available again on Wednesday local time, but customers wanting to buy a 4S may still be waiting for weeks. The Chinese storefront mentions an expected delivery date of "February," while a phone sales staffer tells the Daily that "If you pay today, you might get the items tomorrow, and no later than March 2." Orders are restricted to two devices per person....
A handful of new tips have hinted that the US government's custom Android work is going beyond just military use. After soldiers, federal agencies and contractors would get the devices, CNN heard. The platform would be locked down enough only to store the documents at first, but it could be cleared send them over the cellular network in a matter of a "few months" if the sources were right....
Apple is likely uninterested in building a MacBook Air with an ARM-based processor, says Citigroup's Richard Gardner. The analyst met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer at the company's Cupertino campus on Thursday, when among other things Cook repeated a view that iOS expansion will eventually result in tablets outselling conventional PCs. "We have wondered whether Apple might offer an ARM-based version of the MacBook Air at some point; we walked away from this meeting with the impression that Apple feels iPad satisfies -- or will soon satisfy -- th...
Foursquare product head Alex Rainert disclosed in a quick interview Friday that the app would be getting automatic check-ins over time. He explained to Business Insider that the team had wanted people to check in simply by going to a location but that it was matter of "technical restraints" and design. The Radar feature for iOS 5 users was a step in that direction, according to Rainert....
A potentially major rumor has Nokia accelerating the death of Symbian as a smartphone platform. The company has officially planned for a transition through 2013, but the Register heard only one new model, a sequel to the N8, was still in the works. Existing owners would get the Belle update, but every other project on the OS had supposedly been cancelled....
Today's deals from DealNN include price breaks on iPads, external hard drives, and more. Apple.com is currently offering sales on a wide range of refurbished iPads, one of which is the refurb. 64GB iPad 2 that includes both Wi-Fi and 3G support, HD video recording, dual-core A5 processing chip, and FaceTime support with two cameras. Currently featured at DealNN, this iPad 2 has now dropped to only $729, and delivers savings of up to $100....
Aptonic has released a v2.0 update for its flagship OS X utility, Dropzone. The app speeds up a number of file copying and transfer operations by letting users simply drag a file to a menu item, and then to a target destination. Some options include apps, local folders, email, FTP servers, and Flickr....
Motorola's German ban against Apple was short-lived Friday after the court suspended the ban following an appeal. Apple in a statement hours later told SlashGear that it would have iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and 3G iPads back on Germany's online Apple Store soon. The iOS device builder reiterated the point of view behind the appeal, which contended that Motorola was violating policies around licensing patents on FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) terms....
The separate Security Update 2012-001 download for Snow Leopard users is breaking apps that depend on Rosetta, according to complaints. Rosetta allows PowerPC-based apps to operate within Snow Leopard. Programs such as Eudora 6, Acrobat Pro 7, Quicken 2007, and Office 2004 will reportedly crash, freeze, or exhibit other unexpected behavior, such as failing to print documents....
Sister Sledge has filed a lawsuit Thursday against Warner Music Group. The San Francisco complaint caught by the Hollywood Reporter accused Warner of cheating the "We Are Family" singers of revenue on iTunes, Amazon MP3, and other stores through purportedly deceptive terms. By counting a download as a one-time sale rather than a license, Warner was taking the group down from a 25 percent cut to much less....
Apple will at last reopen its main Pasadena retail location on Saturday at 10AM, the company has announced. The store has been out of commission since April, when it closed for remodeling. A nearby temporary outlet has been serving the public since then....
HP is among the many companies embracing 3D technology, and its 2311gt monitor aims to make the technology an affordable upgrade. The 23-inch monitor works as a standard 2D display, or as a 3D panel when combined with passive 3D glasses. In our full review, we will see how the companyís passive 3D technology stacks up against pricier active-shutter tech.
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The EU's Article 29 Working Party, which represents data protection rules, has sent a letter (PDF) unsuccessfully trying to persuade Google to temporarily stop implementing its unified privacy policy. Under concerns that the changes may affect much of Europe, the coalition of national and continental regulators wanted a "pause" so that there wasn't any confusion over privacy rights, according to chairman Jacob Kohnstamm. The Article 29 group also said Google would need to talk to France's data regulator CNIL as its main contact for questions....
Jawbone's plans for a bigger Bluetooth speaker were given away late Thursday after an FCC filing showed a new device. Just called the Big Jambox, the diagramming hints that it might represent a literal upsizing of the brick-shaped audio device. Not much is hinted at in directly by the filing besides the inclusion of Bluetooth....
Apple has initiated a massive expansion of its lawsuit against Samsung in Australia, according the The Australian. Its lawsuit now encompasses 278 claims across 22 patents that cover 10 Samsung devices, some of which are yet to go on sale locally. In its initial claim against Samsung, which had resulted in a temporary ban on the sale of its Galaxy Tab 10.1, Apple had chosen to test only three of its patents....
Motorola has scored two significant victories against Apple in Germany, the result of two separate legal actions it has initiated in a Mannheim court, according to FOSS Patents. The first of the two cases dates back to a decision handed down in December where Motorola won an injunction against Apple on its implementation of 3G/UMTS technology and has resulted in Apple pulling its iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4 as well as all of its iPads from its online store in Germany. The second has resulted in an injunction against Appleís implementation of push e-mail in iCloud and Mo...
Video plug-in maker Idustrial Revolution is now offering its XEffects Tech Transitions plug-in, which works exclusively with Final Cut Pro X, as a $49 standalone product (it is also available through Noise Industries' FxFactory 3). The package adds 28 transitions in total, all with adjustable settings for slipping, lengthening or shortening. The transitions focus on photo-style, freeze/flash and panel or grid transitions modelled after those seen in action videos....
Utilizing advanced curve editors and layer-able photo effects, CameraBag 2 for Mac and Windows is a re-designed desktop "sequel" to the popular iOS app that offers a new Analog Engine, up to ten times as many tools and filters specializing in vintage simulations and support for RAW as well as JPG images. Styles created by combining tools and looks can be saved as their own adjustable filter for consistent re-use, and the program offers a quick way to sample various looks....
Google representatives were reported as being hesitant to fully answer questions relating to concerns over privacy on Thursday. In the wake of a hearing at a Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade subcommittee, California representative Mary Bono Mack briefed The Hill and others that the answers weren't "very forthcoming" in terms of the impact on families. She saw the unified privacy policy as ironically more complex for the user and that, even with Google's assurances, it wouldn't be easy to turn certain sharing off....
A new report from analyst firm UBS shows that while Apple is neither the largest cellphone maker nor the majority leader in phone platforms, it nonetheless dominates the entire industry in terms of revenue from phones, now taking 36 percent of all cell phone revenue (feature or smartphone) as of the end of 2011, even though it only sells nine percent of the world's cell phones. By the industry yardstick Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), Apple takes in 74 percent of the industry's earnings....
Speculation that Apple might ship its own TV set as soon as the spring was cast into doubt by an unusual counter-rumor late Thursday. Supposed industry contacts told Digitimes that there weren't any signs Sharp was ready to ship the IGZO displays many believe Apple would be using for the device. Yields of workable displays were also considered a possible problem....
Based on the original game by Bethesda Softworks and iD Software, Aspyr has ported the first-person shooter Rage to the Mac in a "Campaign Edition" that features bonus equipment and missions formerly exclusive to the Rage: Anarchy Edition for the PC and Xbox. The Mad Max-style post-apocalypse adventure uses the iD Tech 5 OpenGL engine and represents the first entry in the Rage franchise for the Mac....
A flaw in iTunes Match may inadvertently replace "explicit" tracks with "clean" versions for some users, according to reports by Cult of Mac reporters and corroborated by users elsewhere. A later update on 9to5Mac indicates that at least one user has heard back from Internet Software and Services head Eddy Cue's office that acknowledged the issue and said the company is working on on a fix....
STMicro this week unveiled a chip that could have a major impact on the quality of low-light photography in cameras and smartphones. The STCF04 elevates the peak power of an LED-based flash from a few Watts at most to over 40. To STMicro, the power is likened to that of a floodlight and could either compensate for a very dense and therefore dimmer camera sensor resolution or else reach much further than a typical phone flash....
The NFL has released its official app for Super Bowl XLVI. The app provides fans attending Sunday's upcoming contest between the New England Patriots and New York Giants a guide to Lucas Oil Stadium and the surrounding areas of Indianapolis (free, App Store, Android Market). The app provide viewers with a virtual 3D view of the stadium as well as a guide to nightlife and official NFL events....
SoftBank on Thursday said its fall quarter profit was cut in half from a year ago owed to demand for, and competition over, the iPhone 4S. It made the equivalent of $430.8 million in profit versus $858.8 million in late 2010. The company had spent nearly $393.4 million in promos to prevent customers from jumping to KDDI now that it was an iPhone provider, a feat which president Masayoshi Son said turned out wasn't necessary....
The US Patent and Trademark Office today granted Apple a patent on the idea of a "virtual knob" that could show an on-screen knob with an active "slider" type control that appears underneath it only when a mouse, stylus or finger moves to control it. The idea would allow for skeuomorphic design of traditional knob controls (particularly widely used on real-world audio and video equipment) that overcomes the flat dimensionality of screen displays....
France on Wednesday found that Google had allegedly abused the dominance of Google Maps to squeeze out regional competitors. The American company was asked to pay 500,000 euros ($657,350) in direct compensation as well as a 15,000-euro ($19,720) fine. Bottin Cartographes had accused Google of price dumping by using its search ad business to give away the map service for free where Bottin had to charge for the same service....
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