понедельник, 7 апреля 2008 г.
Microsoft ends its siesta, plays hardball
воскресенье, 6 апреля 2008 г.
Escape from social network frenzy?
With all the talk about social network aggregators over the past few weeks, you'd think they were going to reverse global warming.
Technology blogs have been chirping enthusiastically about "lifestreaming" services like FriendFeed and Socialthing, which claim to provide an answer to growing complaints about "social-networking fatigue." They sort ...
Smartphones will soon turn computing on its head
LAS VEGAS - There's almost as many people buying smartphones as there are people buying laptops, and that trend is about to turn the computing industry on its head.
"We do see that gravitational pull of the single-use device being played out in the market," said Nigel Clifford, CEO ...
суббота, 5 апреля 2008 г.
Don't buy a portable TV this year
Sorry little guy, but your days are numbered.
(Credit: Wal-Mart Stores)
Portable TVs can be great for camping or in case of emergency, but you're probably going to be getting ripped off if you buy one in 2008. That's because almost all portable TVs use standard analog TV signals, and those signals are going to get turned off on February 17, 2009. And even though these TVs are just about obsolete, you can still buy them at places like Target, Wal-mart Stores, and Amazon. Some of the pages have warnings about the impending DTV transition, but some of them don't.
While it is possible that someone will come out with a battery-powered DTV converter--which could work with a portable TV that has inputs--we wouldn't hold our breath. The FCC's DTV FAQ page already explicitly says, "it is not anticipated that battery powered digital-to-analog converter boxes will be produced," ...
пятница, 4 апреля 2008 г.
Intel MID shuns Microsoft, taps Linux
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network
Intel MID shuns Microsoft, taps Linux --Intel's software initiative for mobile Internet devices is all about Linux. Microsoft is given little more than lip service.
Use SEO to optimize your recession--Tips on how to use SEO to make the most out of a recession for your business and Web site.
Ubuntu + Sun = Very good idea--Sun and Ubuntu could make for a very fruitful partnership.
Symantec's revenge--Even after un-installing Symantec software, it still causes problems
Online video production company For Your Imagination raises more cash
For Your Imagination, an online video production company based in New York, announced Friday that it has pulled in an additional $1 million in seed funding from existing investor ConsensusOne Ventures. ConsensusOne, which initially invested $1 million in January 2007, will then help the small company work on a Series ...
четверг, 3 апреля 2008 г.
LiMo Foundation ready with mobile Linux OS
Google's Android may get all the attention, but there's more than one industry consortium working to unify Linux development for mobile phones.
The nonprofit LiMo Foundation plans to announce the launch of LiMo Platform Release 1 at the CTIA show in Las Vegas Monday. Release 1 gives handset ...
Yahoo Mail outages due to maintenance
Some Yahoo Mail users were unable to log in to their e-mail accounts on at least two separate occasions this week due to planned maintenance work, Yahoo says.
On Monday, Yahoo Mail was inaccessible to an unknown number of users as a result of an "unexpected issue" that arose during ...
среда, 2 апреля 2008 г.
Now What? The Aftermath of the Obama Speech
Senator Barack Obama decided to take a risk yesterday. He could have easily denounced his former pastor’s words and the person himself to appease himself to the “on the fence” voter. He could have listened to the pundits that have labeled him a fraud because he preaches about unity, but attends the [...]
Is open source a regulated utility?
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network
Is open source a regulated utility?--Is open source like a regulated utility, predictable and profitable?
A 'hot' new gadget from Loft in Japan--I was wandering the Loft department store at Shinsaibashi in Osaka, Japan, last week when I found a display surrounding this video. Give it a watch and see if you can tell what it's advertising...
Intel: Small devices with big screens--An Intel scientist discusses a technology that would allow handheld Internet devices to display images wirelessly on big screens.
Amazon puts the squeeze on print-on-demand publishers--Quite a kerfuffle has erupted over news in the last couple of days that Amazon is going to make print-on-demand (POD) publishers use Amazon's own internal printing service if they want to sell their books on the site.
вторник, 1 апреля 2008 г.
Report: New Apple product will give your workouts that magic touch
A peek at an Apple patent filing that seems to indicate the company is working on a 'digital lifestyle' product.
(Credit: AppleInsider)Are you disappointed that your iPhone still hasn't made you sexier in the eyes of potential mates? Hey, don't give up yet. AppleInsider has unearthed ...
Details of AMD's manufacturing plans around the corner
AMD could finally be getting ready to explain how it intends to build chips in the future, almost a year after dropping hints that it would revamp its manufacturing strategy.
Hans Mosesmann, an analyst with Raymond James, believes AMD is about to reveal a new manufacturing strategy that will attempt ...
понедельник, 31 марта 2008 г.
Analyst: Apple on track to sell 45 million iPhones next year
For Apple to sell 45 million iPhones next year, it would have to quadruple its sales from 2008.
Yes, that's more than a bit optimistic. The analyst who originally made that sales prediction for Apple back before the phone was even launched is at it again, though, on Monday ...
Obama’s Pennsylvania Speech (Transcript and Video)
As Prepared [...]
воскресенье, 30 марта 2008 г.
Networked Insights: A peek at social-media analytics
A look at Networked Insights' data 'dashboard' for liquor conglomerate Diageo.
(Credit: Networked Insights)Earlier this week I spoke with representatives from Networked Insights, a Madison, Wisc., company that tracks social network data and works it into analytics and "customer intelligence" for clients. It's a niche ...
суббота, 29 марта 2008 г.
Report: Next Windows Mobile version arriving next week
Microsoft is getting ready to take the wraps off the latest version of Windows Mobile, according to a report out Tuesday.
Pocket Lint is claiming that Microsoft will release Windows Mobile 6.1 next Tuesday, which happens to be the day that Microsoft's Robbie Bach, head of the Windows ...
Ban on cell phones lifted in Cuba
Ordinary Cubans will soon have the luxury of owning a cell phone, according to a story by the Associated Press.
President Raul Castro's government said Friday that it will allow anyone in the country to get cell phone service, a right previously limited to executives working for foreign companies ...
пятница, 28 марта 2008 г.
Consciousness Today: the Illegal Download Question
I vividly remember sitting in my apartment in college, high-speed internet included in the rent I shared with three other people. Napster blew [...]
Sound recording predates Edison's phonograph
четверг, 27 марта 2008 г.
Windows Live teams up with social networks for contact portability
Robert Scoble couldn't do it, but Windows Live can.
Microsoft's Web-app division announced Tuesday that it has partnered with five social networks--LinkedIn, Tagged, Hi5, Bebo, and yes, Facebook--on a new project to facilitate address book portability. The partner social networks have agreed to use the Windows ...
Apple playing hard to get with iPhone
Your perception of Apple's iPhone probably has a lot to do with your personal philosophy of computing.
Do you want unfettered freedom to run anything, whenever and however you want it? Or do you only need a few vital applications to make you happy, and really just want the ...
среда, 26 марта 2008 г.
Sony to offer bloatware-free option on more TZ series notebooks
By the end of the summer, Sony will give even more of its customers the option to just say no to trial software.
All TZ series Vaios will include the Fresh Start option.
(Credit: Sony)
Currently available during the configuration process of the Vaio TZ2200, the Fresh Start option will ...
Stuff Educated Black People Like
Enter a ’sister’ site of the same ilk, except of educated black people. While it is really easy for me to just dive into [...]
вторник, 25 марта 2008 г.
Web app turns social network members into authors
Report: 'New York Post' shuts down Pagesix.com gossip site
The Britney-and-Brangelina crowd may shed a tear (or not): Gawker reported Thursday that the New York Post has closed down PageSix.com, the online arm of its famed gossip page, after just three months in business.
Citing tough economic conditions, PageSix.com Senior Vice President Jennifer Jehn confirmed the shutdown ...
понедельник, 24 марта 2008 г.
Apple offering credit for strike-shortened seasons
The Hollywood writers' strike might have shortened the television season, but iTunes customers will get some compensation for their losses.
iLounge noticed that Apple has started sending notices to iTunes Store season pass subscribers with good news: they'll be getting a two-episode credit from Apple to make up for ...
Ringside to offer the world's first open-source "social application server"
(Credit: Ringside Networks)I guess it was just a matter of time before Bob Bickel, Rich Friedman, and other former JBoss employees started another application-server company, Ringside Networks. Who knew, however, that they'd launch the world's first open-source "social application server"?
What the heck is that? Well, for one thing it's certainly an innovative use of open source. For those who think that open source can't compete and innovate new markets, Ringside is about to put that theory to the test.
As to what the product does/is, according to a data sheet the company provided me and which will be distributed at Ringside's formal launch next week's Open Source Business Conference,
Ringside Social Application Server is the first open source platform that enables website owners to build and deploy social
applications that operate with existing website content and business applications while seamlessly integrating with social networks such as Facebook.This provides three primary advantages:
...
воскресенье, 23 марта 2008 г.
hulu is here
Did you hear the earth-shattering kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom?
No? Well, perverbially, your computer just jumped a few levels in its ‘usefulness’ as a device for watching television without any new hardware. No, I’m not talking about fuzzy and blurry videos of youtube or the [...]
News.com Extra: Beyond 'Iron Man': Geeky summer movies
суббота, 22 марта 2008 г.
The word on Wales' Wikipedia woes
Sex. Money. Incriminating instant messages. From the news that's been pouring in recently, you'd think Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales were the tech industry's own Client No. 9.
In a series of embarrassing peccadilloes that were originally relegated to gossip blogs like Valleywag, Wales' failed relationship with former ...
NPD: Apple enjoys huge Mac growth in February
Mac shipments were up dramatically in the fourth quarter of last year, and if recent NPD data is any indication, Apple's doing pretty well again this quarter.
AppleInsider spotted a research note from Pacific Crest Securities citing NPD Group data that Apple's Mac shipments grew 60 percent in ...
пятница, 21 марта 2008 г.
Qantas, Emirates push in-flight cell phone use
Go ahead, send that all-important message
Australian teens will be pleased to hear that later this year Qantas will allow passengers to send and receive text messages and e-mails on domestic flights. Voice calls will not be permitted, but passengers will be able to tap away to their heart's ...
четверг, 20 марта 2008 г.
Video: New York geeks gone wild at karaoke bar
This week in awesomeness: 20 years ago, we all got Rickrolled
Two decades ago this week--on March 12, 1988--the corny pop song "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
What does this have to do with the Internet? Oh, just about everything.
For those of you who actually have lives and
...среда, 19 марта 2008 г.
Apple patent filing shows TiVo-like Apple TV
Just how far might Apple be planning to take Apple TV, Take Three (or maybe four)?
An Apple patent application unearthed by AppleInsider shows a proposed system for using an iPod-like device as a remote control for an Apple TV-like device with DVR capabilities. (They never use the actual product ...
Is the U.S. really so terribly behind in broadband?
It has been a sob story for American politicians, technology companies, and advocacy groups for at least half a decade: the United States, which developed the Internet, is consistently trounced by the likes of Korea and Iceland in how widely it delivers broadband access to its citizens.
But do the ...
вторник, 18 марта 2008 г.
Best Funds for 2008
Our criteria is this:
Low fees
Low minimum investment
5 star Morningstar Rating
Funds that avoid investments into Sudan (using this screen http://www.sudandivestment.org/home.asp)
Large Cap— Fidelity Value Discovery Fund [...]
NSA shifts to e-mail, Web, data-mining dragnet
понедельник, 17 марта 2008 г.
AOL buys social network Bebo for $850 million
This post was expanded at 6:43 AM PT with details from the AOL-Bebo conference call.
In an unexpected move, AOL has acquired social-networking site Bebo. The price tag: $850 million in cash.
Rumors had floated over the past few months that Bebo, which has over 40 million members, was up for sale. ...
Transmeta founder Ditzel to join Intel
As they say, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Dave Ditzel, co-founder of chip company Transmeta, is joining Intel's Digital Enterprise Group to work with Steve Pawlowski, one of Intel's top architects. An Intel representative confirmed a report put out over the weekend by The Register ...
воскресенье, 16 марта 2008 г.
Homeland Security 'Cyber Storm' simulates crisis
At U.S. Secret Service headquarters, numerous companies, and state and international government offices this week, computer security types have been forced to fend off hundreds of potentially crippling cyberattacks.
No need to worry, though--at least this time around, no actual networks were harmed in the process.
It was all ...
суббота, 15 марта 2008 г.
SXSWi: What makes you Internet-famous?
Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future with News.com
AUSTIN, Texas--Mark Zuckerberg probably knew his keynote address at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival would produce a lot of press, but he likely didn't expect it to turn out the way it did.
CNET News.com sat down to chat with the young Facebook founder fewer than 24 ...
пятница, 14 марта 2008 г.
Motorola losing former mobile phone head, marketing chief
Motorola late on Friday announced the "immediate" departure of the former head of its troubled mobile-devices division, a day after confirming that its marketing chief was no longer with the company.
Former Motorola cell phone chief Stu Reed
(Credit: Motorola)
"Motorola, Inc. today announced that Stu Reed, formerly the president ...
Encentuate acquisition is a win-win for IBM
This week, IBM once again added to its deep security portfolio by acquiring identity specialist Encentuate for an undisclosed amount. I like this deal for two reasons:
• 1. Many of the identity management tools were built when users were bound to desktops within the enterprise. Encentuate is one ...
четверг, 13 марта 2008 г.
Not Your “Trophy” First Lady??
Report: Google, Microsoft, and two media companies bidding on Digg
среда, 12 марта 2008 г.
SXSWi party scene: Go here. No, go here
AUSTIN, Texas--Despite having plenty of blogging work still to do on Friday night, I decided to check out some of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival's notorious after-hours scene. Man, it's enough to give anyone a headache long before the aftereffects of the free drinks set in the ...
Live blog from Apple's iPhone SDK announcement
CUPERTINO, Calif.--We're here at Apple's headquarters for the company's announcement of its iPhone software development kit. The event started just after 10 a.m. PT. What follows is a live blog of CEO Steve Jobs' speech, with updates appearing in reverse-chronological order.
11:47 a.m.:...
вторник, 11 марта 2008 г.
Cisco invests in P2P start-up
Cisco Systems has invested in a peer-to-peer Internet TV start-up.
The Seattle-based start-up GridNetworks said that Cisco is one of two "strategic investors" that contributed to the company's $9.5 million series A round of funding announced in October. The venture capital firm Panorama Capital of Menlo Park, Calif., ...
Time Warner CEO addresses Yahoo-AOL talk
Time Warner's CEO said Tuesday a Yahoo-AOL deal should not be ruled out, according to a report in MarketWatch.
Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes told investors at the Bear Stearns Media Conference that his company would consider an acquisition that could create a stronger AOL for the media giant, according ...
President Bush does Africa right
I’m sure we can all create a laundry list of negatives when it comes to our beloved leader, but Africa, we have to give him some props. [...]
понедельник, 10 марта 2008 г.
Rumors of Facebook music service bubbling again
CBS' Smith still has faith in Joost, won't rule out Hulu
Some would say that peer-to-peer video start-up Joost, created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa, failed to live up to the overwhelming hype that surrounded it. CBS Interactive president Quincy Smith, whose CBS Audience Network of online video sites includes a partnership with Joost, isn't one of them....
воскресенье, 9 марта 2008 г.
Apple shareholders want input on executive compensation
CUPERTINO, Calif.--Apple shareholders approved a non-binding resolution Tuesday asking the board of directors to give shareholders input on executive compensation.
Preliminary results of the voting were not immediately available following the close of Apple's annual meeting of shareholders, but the proposal required a simple majority to pass. Another ...
Brad Greenspan miffed over thwarted attempts to acquire Stage6
Brad Greenspan, the highly unpredictable MySpace cofounder, continues to go after distressed Web video sites.
Fresh from acquiring troubled video site Revver, Greenspan said in a press release on Friday that he recently made an $11 million bid to acquire video-sharing site Stage6, operated by DivX.
The problem is that
суббота, 8 марта 2008 г.
Consciousness Today
Awareness is the first step to positive change — Leslie C. Aguilar
Awareness, as used above, is not about knowing what is going on in the outside world so much as knowing what is happening internally as a result of the outside world. In spite of all the things [...]
States say no (and yes) to Real ID before May deadline
пятница, 7 марта 2008 г.
Report: Spielberg's spooky social site
On Steven Spielberg's rumored social network, maybe you can discuss whether that ghost was really a ghost or just the creepy old caretaker from the abandoned amusement park.
(Credit: Hanna-Barbera)Who wants to believe? TechCrunch reported Monday night that Steven Spielberg is developing a new social network where ...
High time for Intel to get serious about graphics
When a high-ranking executive at your strongest partner openly thinks your technology "barely works," perhaps it's time to make that a higher priority.
A series of internal Microsoft e-mails discussing Intel's 915 and 945 integrated graphics chipsets in unfavorable terms made its salacious way around the Internet this ...
четверг, 6 марта 2008 г.
CellSpin mobile blogging and media platform welcomes Symbian
Up until today, only Windows Mobile 5 and 6 and BlackBerry users could take CellSpin's mobile blogging and media-sharing platform for, well, a spin. On Thursday the San Jose, Calif. company announced a big addition to the family: phones on the Symbian platform.
Adding Symbian cell phones, many of ...
A YBP Facebook Debate: Barack vs. Hillary pt. 3
I didn’t watch the debate live, but I did catch the videos on CNN. Here is the last half of my debate with Tahani (via IM) regarding Barack and Hillary. Be sure to leave your comments and join the discussion!
(Before yesterday’s debate)
Tahani: I’m not saying Hillary is more right than Barack. All [...]
среда, 5 марта 2008 г.
Photos: MythBusters ready to swim with the sharks
Q&A: Throwing sheep at Plaxo's Joseph Smarr
MIAMI--Joseph Smarr, chief systems architect at Plaxo, has become somewhat of an icon of social media's future. An ardent supporter of open standards, Smarr is arguably one of the biggest proponents of Google's OpenSocial who can't officially claim to be a Googler. So it's fitting that ...
вторник, 4 марта 2008 г.
Apple: It's business, it's business time
Apple is finally getting ready for the iPhone to mean business.
In its first eight months, the iPhone has been mostly a consumer phenomenon in the U.S. Apple has pitched the device by showing off its iPod capabilities, or how to search the Web for restaurant reservations and car ...
Twing lets you search forum and online communities
Twing is launching a new site on Tuesday where you can find out what people have written about specific topics in forums and other online communities.
The site shows search results for keywords in individual posts, topics, and whole forums and allows a lot of fine tuning for results. You ...
понедельник, 3 марта 2008 г.
Some Linkies
Interesting New Blogs (also added to rsspect.org)
Two JetSet Divas - neat premise [...]
Pasty geeks to invade Miami at Future of Web Apps
воскресенье, 2 марта 2008 г.
Ouch: Web series 'Quarterlife' tanks on NBC
This post was updated at 12:46 PM PT with comment from 'Quarterlife' co-creator Marshall Herskovitz.
It's undoubtedly a setback for those hoping to see Web video make a clean transition to the living room TV: Quarterlife, the hyped-up Web series from the co-creators of Thirtysomething and My So-Called ...
Counting down to the iPhone development kit
We're quickly closing in on the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the iPhone, one that could signal just how far Apple can take its maiden voyage into the smartphone world.
This is supposed to be the week that Apple makes honest coders out of all ...
суббота, 1 марта 2008 г.
'Guitar Hero III Mobile' comes to AT&T
Article updated 2/29/08 to correct headquarters location.
We were stoked when Hands-On Mobile, a San Francisco mobile games company, announced Guitar Hero III Mobile for Verizon. On Friday, AT&T brings the portable version of the wildly popular console game to J2ME phones.
The game
...HD DVD is dead
пятница, 29 февраля 2008 г.
Facebook's getting a face-lift soon
Google: OpenSocial on Orkut is coming, we promise, pinky-swear
Google product manager Amar Gandhi announced in a blog post on Tuesday night that there have been "a couple of modifications" to the company's release of OpenSocial compatibility for its Orkut social network.
In other words, there appears to be some red tape. Instead of immediately rolling out the Orkut platform, which it was originally scheduled to do ...
четверг, 28 февраля 2008 г.
Counting the chips in mobile computers
What do you want in a mobile computer?
How much performance do you want to give up for longer battery life? Would you buy a clunky mobile computer that can run anything you throw at it? If you're the envy of the digerati when you walk down the street ...
среда, 27 февраля 2008 г.
Opera mobile browsers swap Yahoo for Google
Opera Mobile is getting Google as its default search option.
(Credit: Opera)
Opera has switched out Yahoo and made Google the default search engine for its Opera Mobile and Opera Mini Web browsers designed for mobile devices.
In January 2007, Yahoo and Opera announced that Yahoo would be the default ...
Check It Out
There’s some good stuff about Obama not attending Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union for the second time in a row; The Bush Family’s slave-holding past and the Blackness Diet.
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вторник, 26 февраля 2008 г.
Photos: Jamming to an interactive beat
Mobile photo-sharing company Tiny Pictures gets $7.2 million
Tiny Pictures, a company that operates a mobile media-sharing site called Radar, announced on Monday that it has pulled in $7.2 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by Valley stalwart Draper Fisher Jurvetson; previous investor Mohr Davidow Ventures also contributed.
Radar's service lets users ...
понедельник, 25 февраля 2008 г.
Apple seeks patent on MacBook trackpad power chords
Apple could be readying a notebook trackpad that lets you practice your Rock Band form while using your Mac.
A patent application unearthed by MacRumors.com seeks protection for multitouch technology similar to that introduced by Apple on the MacBook Air's trackpad. This time, however, MacBook users could use ...
Nokia demos bendable cell phone
Nokia and the University of Cambridge are showing off a new stretchable and flexible mobile device of the future called Morph.
(Credit: Nokia)The new concept phone is part of an online display presented in conjunction with the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition underway through May 12 at the ...
четверг, 21 февраля 2008 г.
A YBP Facebook Debate: Barack vs. Hillary pt. 1
Tahani: What should I make of the whole “present” voting thing? Also why does Barack keep saying he didn’t vote for the war? It’s true that in 2002 he wasn’t in a position to vote for or against the war, right? Lastly, where can i go to [...]
House Democrats to Bush: No way on telecom immunity
среда, 20 февраля 2008 г.
Hitwise: Dating site visits up pre-Valentine's Day
Yeah, um, big surprise. The nauseating pink-and-red fever leading up to the holiday everyone loves to hate has resulted in higher traffic to dating sites, according to Web metrics firm Hitwise--and it's bigger than last year.
According to a Hitwise representative, dating site visits hit a peak shortly ...
Apple releases latest Leopard, 10.5.2
The latest update to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard dropped Monday afternoon, with fixes for several different issues.
Apple posted a support document on its Web site and began informing Leopard users through the Software Update mechanism that Mac OS X 10.5.2 is now ready for public ...
вторник, 19 февраля 2008 г.
Apple plans 2GB iPod Shuffle, cuts price on 1GB player
Apple on Tuesday shuffled (har, har) its lineup of matchbook-size digital music players, announcing a new iPod Shuffle with double the storage space and slashing the price of its 1GB models to $49.
Apple dropped the price of its 1GB iPod Shuffle to $49 and said it'll start selling ...
Taking a Trip? How about The Road to Freedom
понедельник, 18 февраля 2008 г.
Net neutrality bill expected this week
The mobile social: Not ready for prime time?
There's a reason why no mobile social-networking company has broken out yet. They haven't found themselves--on a map, that is.
Mobile networking, at least in the U.S., remains a limited extension of the social-media industry's biggest PC-based players: lighter, messaging-focused versions of Facebook and MySpace.com, ...
воскресенье, 17 февраля 2008 г.
Nvidia dialing into mobile phones
Nvidia wants a piece of the exploding smartphone market, with its first major applications processor scheduled to arrive in phones next year.
The graphics chip company is showing off the fruits of its $357 million PortalPlayer acquisition with the APX 2500, its first attempt at building a true computing processor ...
Homeland Security seizes electronics and information at border
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Asian Law Caucus are suing the Department of Homeland Security over aggressive searches and seizures of travelers' property and information at U.S. borders.
As reported on BoingBoing:
ALC, a San Francisco-based civil rights organization, received more than 20 complaints from Northern California residents ...
суббота, 16 февраля 2008 г.
Etiquette Tip of the Week: when I dip, you dip, we dip!
Recalling Rep. Lantos, who assailed Yahoo over China policies
пятница, 15 февраля 2008 г.
Report: CNN citizen journalism site close to launch
CNN is close to expanding its "iReport" user-generated reporting initiative into a separate Web site, MediaWeek wrote Monday.
The new site, to be hosted at iReport.com, will be a repository for user-submitted news content--video, audio, and photos. Visitors can navigate through categories of news (like sports, weather, and politics), ...
Dell's Web site backing away from AMD chips
Dell has decided to stop selling most of its consumer notebooks that use Advanced Micro Device's chips on its Web site, promoting those systems instead through its new retail strategy.
There are still a handful of AMD notebooks available on Dell's site, but only one Insprion system targeted ...
четверг, 14 февраля 2008 г.
Google releases new Android developers kit
(Credit: Google)
Google released on Wednesday a new version of the software development kit for its open mobile platform called Android.
The new SDK has a new user interface, a geocoder that lets developers search for businesses as well as translate an address into a coordinate and vice versa, support for new media codecs, and code that lets developers create layout animations.
One thing missing is change to the telephony package, laments one developer on the Android Developer discussion on Google Groups.
"This is very disappointing, especially because we were told in the Android coding day in Israel that the telephony package will be updated soon," the developer wrote. "We still cannot detect the ingoing/outgoing call number or send DTMF tones properly."
Prototypes of Android phones were shown at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday. Google launched Android in November along with and the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 handset manufacturers, carriers and chipmakers that have said they plan to support Android products and services. Products are due out later this year.
Here are some screenshots, via the Hello Android blog:
...
среда, 13 февраля 2008 г.
Can Barry Diller tame the sprawl?
вторник, 12 февраля 2008 г.
Guy in a mouse suit wins Super Bowl (ad, that is)
Doritos parent company Frito-Lay has been a proponent of the user-generated TV ad for some time now. Last year, it kicked off its "Crash the Super Bowl" advertising campaign, in which ordinary people (OK, ordinary people with nice cameras and video-editing skills) created ads for the cheesy chips and submitted ...
ARM plans Android demonstration at MWC
ARM plans to demonstrate prototype phones based on ARM processors and Google's Android operating system next week, possibly paving the way for the chip designer to join Google's Open Handset Alliance.
It won't be the first Android prototype to get a public airing, but this one will ...
понедельник, 11 февраля 2008 г.
Netflix picks Blu-ray, rattles HD DVD
If Warner Bros.' decision to go exclusively with Blu-ray Disc was an industry-rattling earthquake, Monday's news that Netflix would begin to phase out HD DVD rentals is an inevitable aftershock: much smaller impact, potentially damaging, and still leaves everyone feeling unsettled.
By the end of the year Netflix will ...
Of the Lovely Art of Arbitrage
Microsoft’s $45 billion [...]
воскресенье, 10 февраля 2008 г.
Real ID could mean real travel headaches
Young, tech-savvy Obama supporters party in New York
(Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com)NEW YORK--When it comes to a strategy for galvanizing young voters in the hours before the "Super Tuesday" primaries, a coalition of big-media outlets chose to throw an online and offline dialogue with candidates. A group of tech-friendly 20-somethings in New York decided the ...
суббота, 9 февраля 2008 г.
Rumor: New MacBook Pros on the way?
With Apple's MacBook Air having reached store shelves, it might not be too much longer before the company updates the rest of its notebook lineup.
MacRumors notes fresh evidence--of sorts--that Apple is getting ready to launch revamped MacBook Pros in February. The site obtained screenshots reportedly from Best ...
GAO: Voting machines not to blame for Florida irregularities
With this year's presidential race in full swing, it's easy to forget about alleged electronic voting glitches that snarled at least one congressional contest in 2006.
But a report issued by government auditors this week is drawing new attention to what many computer scientists view as the perils ...
пятница, 8 февраля 2008 г.
The legislation behind a national ID
четверг, 7 февраля 2008 г.
Tech issues a no-show at MTV-MySpace candidate event
(Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com)NEW YORK--Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was the fourth and final presidential candidate to appear at the youth-focused "Closing Arguments" question-and-answer session, co-hosted by MySpace, MTV, and the Associated Press. And as with her predecessors--Republican candidates Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul and Democrat Barack ...
Lenovo, Fujitsu planning to use Intel's MacBook Air chip
The PC industry is wasting little time getting in line behind Apple to use Intel's spiffy new notebook chip.
Lenovo and Fujitsu plan to use the same Intel chip that helped the MacBook Air get so thin.
(Credit: CNET Networks)
CNET News.com has learned that Lenovo and Fujitsu ...
среда, 6 февраля 2008 г.
MPAA-opposed college piracy amendment vanishes
As the House of Representatives presses ahead with a sweeping higher-education bill that includes new antipiracy obligations for most universities, it now appears it won't be considering an amendment designed to clarify that schools can't lose federal financial aid for failing to fulfill those requirements.
By way of ...
“Dee”-lightful!
вторник, 5 февраля 2008 г.
How Microsoft-Yahoo could shape social networking
Inside MTV Studios, getting ready to 'Choose or Lose'
(Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com)NEW YORK--There are red, white, and blue lights flashing everywhere and I think I might be the oldest person in the room; I'm in the Uptown Studio at MTV's Times Square headquarters for the "Closing Arguments" event co-hosted by MTV, MySpace, and ...
понедельник, 4 февраля 2008 г.
Report: iPhones piling up at AT&T stores
Is demand for the iPhone in America already starting to wane?
AT&T, the exclusive American carrier of the iPhone, activated just 900,000 iPhones during the fourth quarter, the company revealed during its earnings conference call Thursday. It wrapped up the year with "just at or slightly under ...
Rail gun uses kinetic energy to deliver Mach 5 wallop
(Credit: U.S. Navy)The U.S. Navy is installing an electro-magnetic laboratory rail gun at its Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., bringing it one step closer to developing a ship-mounted version of this futuristic cannon.
The 32-megajoule weapon appears to be the largest rail gun ever built, according ...
воскресенье, 3 февраля 2008 г.
Too White to Be Black
An employee recently sued the college saying that too many leadership positions are overwhelmingly white.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported,
“An employee of Bluefield State College has filed a [...]
Outside.in launches local-news discussion forums
суббота, 2 февраля 2008 г.
Crafty commerce site Etsy gets $27 million in funding
One of New York's most talked about tech start-ups these days is undoubtedly Etsy, the Brooklyn-based online marketplace for buying and selling handmade goods. And it's continuing to generate headlines: co-founder Robert Kalin announced in a blog post Wednesday that the company has picked up an impressive $27 ...
AMD's Q4 earnings improve, but not enough
While the raw numbers from AMD's latest earnings call are as gory as we've seen from the chipmaker this year, the bigger picture is more favorable.
AMD took steps toward--but fell just short of--profitability during its fourth quarter. On a net loss basis, the number is staggering: AMD ...
пятница, 1 февраля 2008 г.
With Yahoo, Microsoft faces antitrust fight once again
File photo: Reporters set up microphones outside of the Microsoft antitrust trial in Washington, D.C.
(Credit: Declan McCullagh/mccullagh.org)
Microsoft's proposed $44.6 billion purchase of Yahoo could subject the software giant to the kind of critical antitrust scrutiny from Washington it hasn't experienced in nearly ...
Healthy Eating
But what do you do when you crave foods like pasta, bread and rice? How do you fit these items into your healthy diet? Try eating [...]
четверг, 31 января 2008 г.
Al Gore's Current Media files for IPO
Googlers: Old media's not dead, it just has to be Google-ized
NEW YORK--Just how much will Mountain View invade Madison Avenue?
Several hundred New Yorkers involved in advertising and marketing packed a room in Google's Chelsea offices here Monday night to find out. A panel of Google advertising employees, moderated by sponsor Mimeo Vice President Jeff Grill individually addressed the ...
среда, 30 января 2008 г.
See CNET at Macworld 2008, grill me Thursday
Please allow me to indulge in a little self-promotion on behalf of my employer, which issues me paychecks that keep me in beer and high-definition sports channels.
If you're on the show floor this week at Macworld, head over to booth No. 4810 in the West Hall of the ...
EMI gives music away to newspaper readers
The music industry is preoccupied with giveaways these days.
The latest example will come on Sunday, when New York Daily News subscribers will find an access code in their paper that they can use to retrieve three free songs from EMI Music.
Subscribers punch the code into the newspaper's
вторник, 29 января 2008 г.
Hollywood Writers Might Write NAACP Awards Show
Reps for the Writers Guild of America told the Associated Press that the organization will not likely stop striking to write for next month’s Grammy’s or the Oscar’s, but might for the NAACP event.
The AP reported:
The Guild said [...]
Oscar nominee reflects on making movie magic
Oscar nods for ILM, Skywalker
Photos: Oscar nods for ILM, Skywalker
понедельник, 28 января 2008 г.
Google Translate bug mixes up Heath Ledger, Tom Cruise
UPDATE: Google representatives informed CNET News.com on Thursday that this "internal issue with Google Translate" has been fixed.
Gawker has unearthed a rather odd bug in the Google Translate software: its English-to-Spanish translator converts the name of the actor Heath Ledger, who died tragically on Tuesday, to the name ...
Google Translate bug mixes up Heath Ledger, Tom Cruise
UPDATE: Google representatives informed CNET News.com on Thursday that this "internal issue with Google Translate" has been fixed.
Gawker has unearthed a rather odd bug in the Google Translate software: its English-to-Spanish translator converts the name of the actor Heath Ledger, who died tragically on Tuesday, to the name ...
Be here Tuesday for live Macworld coverage
LIVE NOW: coverage of Steve Jobs Macworld Keynote
I've already started doing the dexterity exercises, with less than 24 hours to go before Macworld.
Once again, I'll be providing live blow-by-blow coverage of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at Macworld on Tuesday, starting at 9 a.m. PST. ...
воскресенье, 27 января 2008 г.
Sprint & Verizon to ride the patent gravy train
Sprint Nextel and Verizon Communications both see an opportunity to make a buck on their IP telephony patents after successfully suing Vonage Holdings last year.
On Thursday, Sprint Nextel said in a U.S. District Court in Wichita, Kan., that it was suing four small phone companies. Sprint alleges that ...
School Daze II?
In the February issue of Vibe Magazine, Spike Lee said he wrote a script called School Daze II, but studio execs weren’t interested.
Lee said,
“It’s the same school, Mission College, but 20 years later. I was going to have Alicia Keys in it, Kanye West, and it was gong to deal with a lot of the [...]
суббота, 26 января 2008 г.
Life after Google, with millions
You, there. Step back from the Webcam
Corey Delaney, you're making us all look bad.
Last week, the Web became all too well acquainted with this Australian teenager and the sunglasses he refused to remove. On a Melbourne-area newscast, an anchor interviewed Delaney, 16, about the bacchanalia he'd hosted at his parents' house while they ...
пятница, 25 января 2008 г.
Macworld leads tech out of the desert
Apple has the third week of January all to itself this year, and although it probably won't top last year's Macworld, the company will likely make everyone forget about the Consumer Electronics Show.
Trade shows are a necessary evil in the tech industry. Everyone claims to hate them, ...
Wikipedia planning to survey its members to figure out why they post
In the next several months Wikipedians, or the authors of the content found on Wikipedia will be the subject of a worldwide survey to find out about people's posting habits on the immensely popular online encyclopedia.
The Wikimedia foundation, which operates Wikipedia is employing Netherlands-based UNU-MERIT to conduct the ...
четверг, 24 января 2008 г.
Just Hatin’
I haven’t made up my mind about this election yet, but some are truly convinced that Barack Obama is going to win. That’s the only explainable reason why some must be working so hard to tear this man down.
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Are Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam still relevant or am I underestimating them?
This writer seems [...]
Flickr brings tagging to vintage images
Photos: Library of Congress uploads
среда, 23 января 2008 г.
'Scrabulous' debate may rewrite the rules of the game
"I'll go on a hunger strike!"
So said one adamant Facebook user in the wake of the news that game manufacturers Hasbro and Mattel were trying to do something about the wildly popular, unquestionably addictive online game known as Scrabulous.
The game, which rose to fame when its creators ...
Microsoft squashes talk of dual-boot XO laptop
Lesson learned: Just because something can run two operating systems doesn't mean it's a "dual-boot" system.
Microsoft put the kibosh on talk of a dual-boot XO laptop after OLPC chairman and founder Nick Negroponte told IDG News Service Wednesday that the two organizations are working on such a ...
вторник, 22 января 2008 г.
Indie filmmakers, '3D is now open'
PARK CITY, Utah--After the Saturday night premiere of U2 3D here at the Sundance Film Festival, the film's director called upon the excited indie filmmaking audience to follow her lead in embracing new 3D technology.
"3D is now open," Catherine Owens said, adding that if she--a sculptor and multimedia ...
Resolutions Revisited: 6 tips
Many of us make New Year’s resolutions, but unfortunately a huge number break them within [...]
понедельник, 21 января 2008 г.
Photobucket launches mobile Web site
Texas AG: MySpace safety plan is smoke and mirrors
The Lone Star State is the sole holdout in MySpace.com's comprehensive partnership with the rest of the country's attorneys general, and now Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has come out and explained why.
"We believe that social-networking sites, including MySpace.com, do not adequately protect young users," ...
воскресенье, 20 января 2008 г.
Microsoft losing acquisition playmaker
Microsoft will need to find a new point person for its acquisitions strategy after confirming that Bruce Jaffe is moving on.
Bruce Jaffe, corporate vice president for corporate development at Microsoft
(Credit: Microsoft)
Jaffe will remain as vice president of corporate development until the end of February. Valleywag first reported ...
Arbor to acquire Ellacoya Networks
Consolidation in security keeps on coming, with Arbor Networks stepping up to the plate with plans to acquire Ellacoya Networks.
Arbor, which announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ellacoya on Thursday, is looking to boost its network security and service offerings to Internet service providers.
While the combined company will ...
суббота, 19 января 2008 г.
The Good News is …
MySpace agrees to social-networking safety plan
пятница, 18 января 2008 г.
MySpace to address Net safety at press conference
This story has been updated to confirm the content of the press conference.
MySpace.com has informed media that it will be making a "major announcement in regards to Internet safety" on Monday morning at a midtown New York hotel.
No other information was immediately provided except that MySpace's ...
OLPC, Microsoft working on dual-boot XO laptop
Apparently Nick Negroponte is willing to work with some huge powerful corporations whose interests compete with his own.
Negroponte told IDG News Service Wednesday that the OLPC project is working with Microsoft on a version of the XO laptop that would be capable of booting either Linux--the current OS--or Windows. ...
четверг, 17 января 2008 г.
Microsoft eases access to Office binary formats for OOXML
Microsoft has made changes designed to make it easier to access the technical documentation for its older Office binary document formats and will sponsor an open-source project to map those binary formats to Open XML.
The moves are in response to requests from other participants in the standardization process that ...
pandora: better internet radio
среда, 16 января 2008 г.
Attackers targeting Microsoft Office Excel
Report: MySpace issued subpoena in teen suicide case
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that social network MySpace was issued a subpoena in the investigation of a 13-year-old girl's 2006 suicide that involved harassment through a fabricated profile on the News Corp.-owned site. The article also said that "witnesses in the case" had additionally received subpoaenas....
вторник, 15 января 2008 г.
Apple ships new Mac Pro, Xserve ahead of Macworld
Correction 5:30 p.m. PST: This blog initially mischaracterized the nature of the unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server Leopard that comes with a new Apple Xserve. It allows purchasers to connect an unlimited number of clients to that server.
Apple got a little business out of ...
Photos: Ford navigation with Sirius Travel Link
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We previously blogged about Ford's partnership with Gracenote to get album cover art for its in-dash music server, but that's just part of this new navigation and entertainment center. Sirius Travel Link provides a range of data services integrated with the navigation
понедельник, 14 января 2008 г.
Doctors’ Bias
The Chicago Tribune just ran an article detailing that over a 13 year period and after 150,000 emergency room visits, doctor’s were more likely to prescribe pain medication to [...]
Linux users answer the call: Ubuntu wireless-adapter glitch resolved
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network
Linux users answer the call: Ubuntu wireless-adapter glitch resolved--The sage advice of Linux community members gets my Linksys wireless adapter working in Ubuntu 7.10 in just a few minutes.
On a new site, letters to China from well-wishers and discontents-- DearChina.org is a new site where people can cry out to the great Chinese "other" and ask it to be more sustainable. Its sentiment is admirable. "Not about criticism," according to the introductory blurb.
CES: AT&T's EDGE network reaches capacity and flails at CES --The EDGE Network at capacity at CES fell short.
Kodak looks to the future--Kodak, founded in 1880, was undoubtedly one of the oldest companies presenting at CES 2008. After weathering the transition from film to digital photography, they are making strides forward with digital cameras, printers, photo frames, and software.
воскресенье, 13 января 2008 г.
Digg, CBS Interactive team up for political coverage
CBS Interactive announced Tuesday that its CBSNews.com property has teamed up with social news site Digg for online coverage of the 2008 election.
Through this partnership, the recognizable "Digg buttons" will be featured on CBSNews.com articles and videos that pertain to the election. In return, Digg's election-related ...
OLPC fires back at Intel, children learn nothing
Nick Negroponte, founder and chairman of the One Laptop Per Child project, came out swinging at Intel on Friday, one day after the chipmaker decided to leave the group.
The OLPC's goal of bringing low-cost technology to children in developing countries apparently conflicts with Intel's goal of running ...
суббота, 12 января 2008 г.
AOL Radio re-posts security update
AOL Radio may need to turn up the volume to get its users to download the latest security update, or its listeners may tune them out.
AOL Radio re-posted its Unagi plug-in 2.6.2.6 on Friday, but it failed to stress that users running versions of AOL Radio prior to August ...
‘Legend?’ Maybe.
Directed by Francis Lawrence (who has [...]
пятница, 11 января 2008 г.
Fiery protest over Tata's Nano
French electronica act to headline MySpace tour
No, it's not Daft Punk, but the robot-suit-clad techno heroes' influence is evident in the choices of artists for MySpace.com's second concert tour.
The tour, produced by concert powerhouse Live Nation, is slated to take place in March in a number of U.S. and Canadian cities.
...четверг, 10 января 2008 г.
Intel leaves the OLPC after dispute
Well, that was short: Intel has announced it is leaving the One Laptop Per Child project.
The news, first reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal in an e-mail alert, comes just six months after Intel and OLPC founder Nick Negroponte agreed to settle their differences and join forces, united ...
CES 2008: Highlights of the day
The Consumer Electronics Show is on in full force in Las Vegas. Here are just some of Tuesday's highlights from the giant gadget show. For CNET's complete coverage, click here.
Green is in at CES--Lots of companies here are touting green design and environmental thinking, though in ...
среда, 9 января 2008 г.
Kicking in the door : An introduction of sorts
Three reasons why CES is a waste of time
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network
Looking for the ultimate visual experience at CES -- The chief technical officer of AMD looks for themes on the show floor.
Sony rolls onto US shores -- Sony have announced the arrival of the Rolly entertainment player on the US market.
Three reasons why CES is a waste of time -- Although some people think the Consumer Electronics Show is great, Don Reisinger offers a reality check and tells you why it's not everything you think it is.
Spyware Doctor Starter Edition - a second look -- Responding to a critique of my first look review.
вторник, 8 января 2008 г.
Surprise! Barack Obama, Ron Paul win MySpace 'primaries'
Iowa what?
Amid the frenzied press coverage over Thursday's too-close-to-call caucuses in the Hawkeye State, 153,226 MySpace.com users have already cast their (unofficial) votes.
In a set of "virtual primaries" held on Tuesday and Wednesday, Republican Rep. Ron Paul and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama were declared the ...
Report: Apple to use Intel's Silverthorne chip in 2008
After holding off on the release of a faster iPhone because of concerns about battery life, is Apple really prepared to take a step backward with Intel's Silverthorne chip?
AppleInsider reported Friday that Apple has decided to use Intel's upcoming low-power Silverthorne chip in "not one but multiple ...
понедельник, 7 января 2008 г.
Manufacturing a challenge for OLED TVs, Sony confirms
LAS VEGAS--Why do the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs from Sony measure only 11 inches across? Because large OLEDs are really tough to make.
While praising the OLED format during a press conference here with a few reporters at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday morning, Sony executives acknowledged that ...
Merry Christmas, YBP!
So maybe that’s why during this season we look here and there for ways to [...]
воскресенье, 6 января 2008 г.
Linux: Built-in apps get an A, wireless support an F
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Ubuntu Linux: Built-in apps get an "A", wireless support an "F" -- The "Gutsy Gibbon" version of Linux, aka 7.10, has all the applications most Windows users will need, but its spotty support for wireless adapters limits your networking options.
The Gizmo Report: the SPOT Satellite Messenger -- Glaskowsky reviews the SPOT Satellite Messenger, a new low-cost personal locating device.
First Look: NOD32 antivirus version 3 -- Running NOD32 antivirus through some paces.
Do Webkinz change the way we look at pets? -- There is a huge trend in pets as expression of an owner's image, as epitomized by the trend in pet fashions now available. Does our identification with online animal avatars like Webkinz feed in to this trend and influence us to create animal "familiars?"
Ideeli: it's Woot.com meets 'The Devil Wears Prada'
If you read that chick-lit classic Bergdorf Blondes (I'm proud to admit that I did), you'll probably recall the scene in which the shopaholic female protagonists hold a military-style planning session in advance of the legendary Chanel sample sale--a chance for them to snag the high-end designer goods ...
суббота, 5 января 2008 г.
Intel spins out telecom portion of optical-networking group
Intel continues to move further and further away from its communications experiments as it refocuses on the things it does best.
The company agreed to sell the telecommunications portion of its Optical Platform Division to Emcore, a chipmaker for the telecom industry, for $85 million. This includes a bunch of ...
Clinton: Time to digitize all Americans' medical records
At the start of a new drive in New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday's primary, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton addresses hundreds of supporters in a Nashua airplane hangar.
(Credit: Anne Broache/CNET News.com)
NASHUA, N.H.--In a new push to win over New Hampshire voters on Friday, ...
пятница, 4 января 2008 г.
Holiday Movie Recommendations…oh yeah, and Merry Christmas
Just to give you one last list for this holiday season, I wanted to share my all-time favorite Christmas movies. Usually this time off gives you a chance to relax and catch up on some good flicks.
My holiday recommendations:
It’s a Wonderful Life
A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
If you get a chance, also [...]
'NBC Nightly News' to broadcast from CES
четверг, 3 января 2008 г.
MySpace Brazil launches, entering the Orkut jungle
MySpace.com announced Friday that it has launched a localized site in Brazil, making it the site's 20th regional edition and the first one to be entirely in Portuguese. To spearhead the new MySpace site, the News Corp.-owned social network has hired Emerson Calegaretti as general director of ...
Apple releases dozens of Tiger, Leopard security updates
It's download time again for Mac OS X users, as 31 new security-related fixes for both Tiger and Leopard were made available by Apple Monday afternoon.
The security patches are mostly geared for users of Mac OS X 10.4, known as Tiger, but there's a bunch as ...
среда, 2 января 2008 г.
Stereo Bluetooth headset cuts the cord for $57.99
(Credit: Plantronics)In the perfect utopia that exists only inside my head, all cell phones and MP3 players incorporate A2DP, also known as stereo Bluetooth. As a result, they're all compatible with stereo Bluetooth headsets like the Plantronics Voyager 855, which CNET rated 8/10, and which Newegg currently has on sale for $57.99, shipped. ...
My Holiday Playlist
You can put one together for the get together, give a HOT Christmas mix as a gift, or just to play at the house on Christmas. Here are some suggestions. (WARNING: although I do have the largest [...]
вторник, 1 января 2008 г.
RIM seeks patent for angled BlackBerry keyboard
Google: Don't give up on OpenSocial
When Google unveiled its OpenSocial developer initiative at the end of October, observers hailed it as the future of the social Web.
But is the search king already too late to the party?
It's been over six weeks, and OpenSocial--which uses open-source code to allow any participating social
...