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• 20 Nov 2009 17:36

  Reminder: New York CG Meet-Up Is Tonight, Meet the CrunchBoys and Cali Lewis

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:19AM on

  Brizzly opens up...and translates

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:00AM on CNET

  The Twitter client has built in Google Translate for quick decoding of international tweets--and also, no more invite codes are required. (

  Fishbowl is a kick-ass Facebook client for Windows 7

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 09:30AM on

  Filed under: Windows, Microsoft, Freeware, Social Software When Microsoft introduced us to Silverlight 4 the other day, the demoed a slick Facebook application. It's called Fishbowl, and it's now available for download. Not only does Fishbowl… (

  UK climate unit's e-mails hacked

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 09:13AM on

  The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. (

  Facebook acts on follower trade

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 08:46AM on

  Social networking site Facebook has threatened legal action against a site that sells friends and followers. (

  BlackBerry Curve 8530 Now Available From Verizon Wireless

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 08:13AM on

  The BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone is now available from Verizon Wireless. The device is available in both Black and Smoky Violet, and will run you $99.99 with a new 2-year contract (and online discount). The latest CDMA device supports… (

  Live Images of the New 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100!!

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 06:10AM on

  First Live Photos of the new BlackBerry Pearl 9100!! OoohHHH BaBy!! Any BlackBerry Pearl fans out there? I know there are. And I know so many of you have been waiting for Research in Motion to release an updated version of the candybar-s… (

  Why Chrome OS will fail -- big time

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 06:00AM on Internet - Infoworld

  The Chrome OS is here -- sort of. This week, Google was kind of enough to give the world a sneak peek at its nascent desktop operating system. And after months of speculation (and more than a few bogus screenshot galleries), I can finally say… (

  Acer and Asustek hold over 50% of EMEA netbook market in 3Q09, followed by Samsung, says Canalys

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 04:04AM on

  Acer and Asustek Computer continued to lead in the EMEA netbook market in the third quarter of 2009, taking up 32.4% and 19.6% shares, respectively, but Samsung Electronics rose quickly with a 12% share to take third place, according to figur… (

  Pegatron lands large-volume smartbook orders

  Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 02:40AM on

  Pegatron Technology has received a large volume of orders for smartbooks from a number of clients, which are likely to launch in cooperation with telecom carriers in the first quarter of 2010, according to company general manager of business … (

  Blu-ray Disc gaining popularity in consumer segment

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:37PM on

  Global demand for Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and movie discs is expected to steadily increase as average retail prices for players will drop from US$193 currently to US$77 in 2012 while blank media will drop from US$5 to US$1.50, according to … (

  Motorola Motus specs magically appear

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 06:13PM on Android and Me » Motorola

  This really is a unique design unlike any smartphone to date. (

  Breaking: eBay Completes Skype Sale At $2.75 Billion Valuation

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 06:11PM on

  eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype, valuing the company at $2.75 billion. The investor consortium who is the buying party and will control an approximately 70 percent stake is a group led by Silver Lake Partners a… (

  External Link: Paul Graham Explains Apple's App Store Mistake

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:58PM on TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us: Opinion & Editorial

  Influential essayist Paul Graham has an excellent take on why Apple's ridiculous policies with the App Store are a huge mistake. He argues that Apple is driving developers away, which is the first step on a slippery slope that could make it m… (

  Google previews operating system

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:34PM on

  Internet search giant Google previews its Chrome OS operating system, to be available to users by the end of 2010. (

  State of Mozilla and 2008 Financial Statements

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:00PM on Mitchell's Blog

  Today we are posting our audited financial statements and tax form for 2008. We have also posted our FAQ. As in past years, Ill use this event as an opportunity to review both our financial status and our overall effectiveness in moving the m… (

  Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:45PM on CBC | Ticker

  A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook. (

  Verizon OS Update for the Tour 9630 Tonight?

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:17PM on CrackBerry.com blogs

  *UPDATE: Looks like we were right - no 5.0 this time. Verizon has posted OS 4.7.1.61 on their update page, so go ahead and grab it from this link if you're still rocking the stock OS.* Rumor has it that the Verizon Tour 9630 will be rec… (

  Google Chrome OS Event

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:08PM on Google Operating System

  Google will announce more information about Chrome OS at a press event that starts at 10:00am PST. Google will offer "an update on Google Chrome OS and provide at the work that has been done thus far, an overview of the technology, and launch… (

  Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big of a deal”

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:55AM on CrunchGear

  The Little App Factory seems to have a big problem on their hands. The company received a letter from Baker & McKenzie, representing Apple, asking that The Little App Factory change the name of one of their most successful applications. Why… (

  Newspapers should become "radically open" if they want to make money in the online world, the… ( In an interview, Windows unit head Steven S… ( A website set up by China's Ministry of National Defense attracts 2.3million hack attempts in… ( Yammer, a twitter-like service for closed groups, continues to add new features that I wish T… ( The common portable media player has a tough existence. It's expected to handle many tasks we… ( The first add-on programs are now ready for… ( These PC makers are lacking in neither resources nor opportunity. What they're lacking is amb… ( Sony Showcases 3D Video Production System, 280-inch 3D LED Display Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:31PM on Tech-On! : tech news - straight from Asia. Sony Corp and Sony Marketing Inc exhibited a set of 3D video production system for business u… ( ColorWare dropped us an email last night (sorry for getting this up so slow) letting us k… ( AT&T loses request for injunction against Verizon's Map for That ads Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 06:07PM on Looks like AT&T's not getting its holiday wish after all -- a federal judge just ruled agai… ( A federal judge said Wednesday that Verizon ads for its 3G wireless service might be sneaky b… ( Opera to the rescue: Opera Mobile 10 now available for Windows Mobile phones Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 03:00AM on Opera Press Room Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile phones is now available for immediate download on a s… ( DRAM prices likely to drop in December, say module makers Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:24PM on Some DRAM module makers in Taiwan are forecasting a price correction to reflect seasonal dema… ( internet explorer 9 Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 05:28PM on Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more NeoWin is reporting that Microsoft will be revealing their Internet Explorer 9 plans tomorrow… (

  AOL, which has already told investors it will spend up to $200 million firing a good chunk of… ( Sony Ericsson Kurara has speedy Cortex A8, PowerVR purring inside Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:36AM on Engadget Eldar Murtazin, the man/legend behind Mobile Review has snagged one of those already leaked … ( First of all, yes, everyone on Twitter now should have access to the new Retweet functionalit… ( Welcome to the next Engadget Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:25AM on Engadget Welcome to the new Engadget, humans! As you can tell by taking a quick look around, we've be… ( Going rate for acquisitions at Intuit: $170 million Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:46AM on When selling a company, it helps to know the buyer's sweet spot. We know Intuit's. ( There are a host of directories of iPhone apps on the web as well as applications that mak… ( Apple reportedly plans to postpone the launch of its tablet PC from an original March launch … ( As the TechCrunch Network's resident mobile guy, I was given the task of writing up a list … ( I'm a big fan of street style focused-fashion, microblogging sites, like Weardrobe, where a… ( Back when Twitter Lists first started to roll out to everyone, there was quite a bit of hype … ( Here's yet another content creator that's convinced Apple has a tablet device in the works: C… ( Salesforce Chatter: A Real-Time Social Network For The Enterprise Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:06PM on We're here at Dreamforce, Salesforce.com's annual cloud computing event in San Francisco. … ( SlashGear » Features Sony Ericsson closing four facilities, laying off 2,000 employees worldwide Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:58AM on Engadget Sony Ericsson has yet to make this public, but we've learned that the flagging handset maker… ( The Radeon HD 5970: Completing AMD's Takeover of the High End GPU Market Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:00PM on AnandTech Article Channel With 2 Cypress chips on 1 card, today marks the day where AMD completes their takeover of t… ( Mobius 2009: Fascinating, But Little That Can Be Shared Windows Phone Thoughts.com Once again, it's Mobius time! Mobius is an invite-only event, hosted by Microsoft, whe… ( Internet Explorer 9 not coming at PDC Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:21PM on Microsoft to talk broadly about plans for t… (

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• 19 Nov 2009 23:41

  CrunchUp Starts Off With A Bang Tomorrow With Twitter COO Dick Costolo

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:53PM on

  Tomorrow's Real Time CrunchUp in San Francisco is going to be a blast. It's an all day event absolutely filled with the thought and business leaders in the space, as well as a whole slew of newcomers launching new startups. And we're startin… (

  French Tweet: Twitter Goes French In Time For LeWeb

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 08:37PM on

  Earlier this month, Twitter rolled out a Spanish language version of its service. This was the first language to gain native support beyond English and Japanese. Today, it's announcing French support as well. As the service announced in Octo… (

  Pandora: 24% Of Our Users Signed Up on a Mobile Phone

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 07:54PM on GigaOM

  Perhaps no other digital music company this side of Apple has made the transition to the mobile sphere as seamlessly as Pandora, the Internet radio company that was fighting for its life as late as of this past summer before a royalty agreeme… (

  Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 06:57PM on

  Under fire for running misleading ads on social networks, the offers-and-surveys broker now says publishers can choose how "conservative" they want to be with ads. … (

  Think Globally, Tweet Locally

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 04:48PM on

  In August we announced that we were working on a new API that would provide developers with the ability to geotag tweets. Today, the Geotagging API is officially available.This release is unique in that it's API-only which means you won't see… (

  Refreshed Privacy Policy

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 04:46PM on Twitter Blog

  As part of rolling out geotagging today we've updated our privacy policy to explicitly include geotagging and to describe the public nature of most of what people post to Twitter. We've tried to keep it short and sweet with lots of real life … (

  What's Happening?

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 01:47PM on Twitter Blog

  Twitter was originally conceived as a mobile status update serviceean easy way to keep in touch with people in your life by sending and receiving short, frequent answers to one question, "What are you doing?" However, when we implemented the … (

  More on mobile payment front: Boku steps it up

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:00PM on

  Competing for market share with rival Zong and a few others, the start-up says new partnerships give it access to 200 million new user accounts. (But do they all pay?) … (

  Beginning of the end for the Internet in the UK

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:00PM on

  Filed under: InternetOften lauded as the 'CCTV state' and 'the most surveilled country in the world', the UK may soon deliver a killing blow to the Internet as we know it. Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing is reporting some leaked legislation from… (

  Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:46AM on

  At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, the CEO says the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows. He also takes a few shots at Apple. … (

  Apple Researching Methods for 'Pushing' User Interfaces to Accessories from Media Devices

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:35AM on

  In a patent application filed in May 2008 and published today, Apple discloses that it has been researching methods to allow media devices such as the iPod to "push" their graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to accessory devices for the ... (

  Twitter urges Murdoch to be open

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:48AM on

  Newspapers should become "radically open" if they want to make money in the online world, the co-founder of Twitter says. (

  AOL: We Need to Fire 2,500 "Volunteers"

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 08:08AM on

  AOL, which has already told investors it will spend up to $200 million firing a good chunk of its staff, has now told employees. The company is looking for "up to 2,500 volunteers," CEO Tim Armstrong told his staff today. That's a third of AO… (

  Windows boss on building his first laptop

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 07:00AM on

  In an interview, Windows unit head Steven Sinofsky talks about what he learned as Microsoft partnered with Acer to build a laptop to give away to developers. (

  China military site draws hackers

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 04:55AM on

  A website set up by China's Ministry of National Defense attracts 2.3million hack attempts in its first four weeks online. (

  Twitter’s New Retweets Work Via SMS Too

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:43AM on

  First of all, yes, everyone on Twitter now should have access to the new Retweet functionality. Currently, only Twitter.com and a handful of clients support the new mechanism. But did you know that you can also trigger the new Retweets via SM… (

  Yammer Continues To Push Features I Want On Twitter

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:37AM on

  Yammer, a twitter-like service for closed groups, continues to add new features that I wish Twitter would implement as well. In the last day or so they added a simple notification for unread messages that syncs across the many ways users can … (

  The first add-on programs are now ready for the digital pen as its store enters beta. The current offering is a mixed bag ranging from video poker to a Bar Mitzvah translator. … (

  The OS Opportunity

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:36PM on Daring Fireball (Articles)

  These PC makers are lacking in neither resources nor opportunity. What they're lacking is ambition, gumption, and passion for great software and new frontiers. (

  Colorware Now Offering "Parts Only" For The BlackBerry Curve 8900

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 07:37PM on

  ColorWare dropped us an email last night (sorry for getting this up so slow) letting us know about the availability of "Parts Only" ordering for the BlackBerry Curve 8900. This is a great service for those not wanting to have to send in t… (

  Like.com Acquires Street Style Fashion Community Weardrobe

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 06:57PM on

  I'm a big fan of street style focused-fashion, microblogging sites, like Weardrobe, where anyone can post pictures of their coordinated outfits for others to admire and emulate. Like.com, a visual shopping search engine, has acquired Weardr… (

  AT&T loses first legal battle against Verizon ads

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 05:44PM on CNET News

  A federal judge has denied AT&T's request to force Verizon Wireless to stop running advertisements comparing the operators' 3G wireless networks. (

  Condé Nast's Offering for Apple's Mystery Tablet: Wired Magazine

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 04:19PM on All Things Digital

  Here's yet another content creator that's convinced Apple has a tablet device in the works: Cond Nast says it will have a digital version of Wired magazine ready for the purported gadget by the middle of next year and will eventually create s… (

  Exclusive: AOL Hires Bankers to Sell Off ICQ, as Internet Service Starts to Shed Non-Core Assets Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 04:18PM on All Things Digital AOL has hired a pair of New York investment bankers, Morgan Stanley and Allen & Co., to manag… ( Zynga is planning to bring FarmVille, the mega-hit Facebook game that currently has over 65 … ( Weird Wednesday: Billy Mays app awesomes up your CAPS LOCK KEY! Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 03:00PM on Filed under: Fun, Utilities, Windows, Weird WednesdayJohn Haller is pretty well-known in soft… ( Bloomberg reports that Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has acknowledged that the company is in talk… ( Q&A: Kurt DelBene, senior vice president of the Office Business Productivity Group at Microso… ( Were just about a month after the Windows 7 launch, and wanted to show an early look at some … ( Qualcomm mirasol color video ebook readers to ship in 2010 Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:59AM on SlashGear » Feature Ebook readers are arguably coming of age, but don’t assume e-ink – and the push t… ( The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get… ( Our CrackBerry Tip box was flooded this morning by happy canuks letting us know that the … ( The government outlines a bill in the Queen's Speech for the country's digital future includi… ( In an interview with CNET, Microsoft's soft… ( BenQ has introduced its own-brand e-book reader, the nReader, and plan to launch it together … ( Hulu has struck a deal with EMI, the music label, to bring music videos to its site. First up… ( NEC Electronics Corp and Soundpower Corp prototyped a remote control that does not require a … ( No knock on Acer, who got here first with the Aspire 5738DG, but it sounds like the ASUS G51… (

  Good Question! The Eight Best Questions We Got While Raising Venture Capital Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 03:30PM on For startups, Christmas comes in November. Partners come back from vacation in September an… ( Dot-com thinking for D.C.: Expert Labs debuts Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 02:47PM on CNET The incubator will link up government probl… ( Today, Microsoft announces an exciting new addition to the upcoming Microsoft Office 2010 e t… ( EXCLUSIVE: Cisco buy-out sees networking functionality added to popular range … ( Tiny chip could diagnose disease Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:59AM on A simple and cheap approach to diagnosing a wide array of medical conditions has been demonst… ( A computer in your pocket - The Nokia N900 is here! WhitePlains, N.Y., USA -- Nokia today ann… ( Two suspected hackers are arrested in an investigation into a computer virus designed to ste… ( Ordnance Survey maps to go online Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:15AM on The government announces plans to make Ordnance Survey mapping data available free of charge online. ( It's clear that the company has to deal wit… ( Yahoo and Microsoft are poised to finally sign the definitive agreement that will govern the … ( IBM Moves Closer To Creating Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:01AM on IBM Press Releases - All Topics - United States Today at SC 09, the supercomputing conference, IBM announced significant progress towar… ( Is this really a surprise? I mean The Pirate Bay was under a lot of heat. As far as "tracker… ( Social networking websites are criticised for failing to introduce a help button for children… ( Google’s Chrome OS Will Be Shown This Week Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 05:15PM on GigaOM Rumors have been swirling for days about the possible delivery of a beta version of Google… ( AT&T BlackBerry 9700 unboxing Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:31PM on While it is set to go on sale November 22nd, business customers on AT&T have been able to or… ( BlackBerry Alert: BlackBerry Internet Service Down! Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:05PM on CrackBerry.com blogs Reports are flowing in, users are frantic. Yes, BlackBerry Internet Service is unexpected… (

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• 19 Nov 2009 02:55

  CrunchGear Gift Guide 2009: Portable Media Players

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 01:55AM on

  The common portable media player has a tough existence. It's expected to handle many tasks well, while being rugged enough to withstand daily (ab)use. It's expected to look nice, it's expected to provide more-than-decent battery life, and it'… (

  Livescribe pen gets an app store

  Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:00AM on

  The first add-on programs are now ready for the digital pen as its store enters beta. The current offering is a mixed bag ranging from video poker to a to a Bar Mitzvah translator. … (

  Mplayit Launches Mobile App Discovery Directory On Facebook

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:57PM on

  There are a host of directories of iPhone apps on the web as well as applications that make personalized recommendations of apps, such as Chorus, that might catch your fancy. Mplayit enters this space hoping to combine these two ambitions … (

  Apple tablet PC reportedly delayed until 2H10, with OLED model now included

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:34PM on

  Apple reportedly plans to postpone the launch of its tablet PC from an original March launch schedule to the second half of 2010, as the vendor has decided to switch some components and plans to launch a model using a 9.7-inch OLED panel from… (

  Last Minute New York Meet-Up: A Bit of Holiday Cheer With Cali Lewis and CrunchGear

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:39PM on

  Sorry for the short notice but I thought it might be fun to toast to Turkey Day and the launch of our our Gift Guide. I'm teaming up with Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.TV for an impromptu CG meet-up in New York. We'll be meeting at 7pm Friday at H… (

  Hey Apple, Google, et al.: Why Do You Hate Christmas?

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 07:40PM on

  As the TechCrunch Network's resident mobile guy, I was given the task of writing up a list of apps for each smartphone platform that you ought to buy as little e-stocking stuffers for your loved ones. It was to be my primary contribution to… (

  Twitter Lists Get A Bit More Descriptive

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 05:43PM on

  Back when Twitter Lists first started to roll out to everyone, there was quite a bit of hype over how lists would have a major impact on the way people use the service. The extent of that change remains to be seen (many Twitter clients still… (

  Judge rejects AT&T calls to pull Verizon ads

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 05:34PM on ajc.com - Business

  A federal judge said Wednesday that Verizon ads for its 3G wireless service might be sneaky but theyre not misleading, and he denied a request by Atlanta-based rival AT&T Mobility to force Verizon to yank or alter the commercials. (

  Nielsen: Facebook Now the No. 3 Video Site

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 04:08PM on hulu « WordPress.com Tag Feed

  Looks like the sleeping online video giant that is Facebook may finally have awoken. According to Ni (

  Zynga To Launch Smash Hit FarmVille On FarmVille.com

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 04:00PM on

  Zynga is planning to bring FarmVille, the mega-hit Facebook game that currently has over 65 million monthly active users, to its own web portal at Farmville.com, according to sources familiar with the launch. The new site will use Facebook … (

  Qualcomm Looking to Supply Chips for iPhone?

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 02:10PM on

  Bloomberg reports that Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has acknowledged that the company is in talks to bring its chips to the iPhone."We continue to discuss it, but haven't made it yet," Jacobs said in a Bloomberg Television interview in H... (

  Coming Soon: Your Professional Network within Microsoft Outlook

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:00PM on The LinkedIn Blog

  Today, Microsoft announces an exciting new addition to the upcoming Microsoft Office 2010 e the Outlook Social Connector. The Outlook Social Connector is designed to seamlessly bring communications history as well as business and social netwo… (

  Microsoft Office 2010 Reaches Beta, Bringing Productivity Gains to the PC, Phone and Browser

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:00PM on Microsoft PressPass, Information for Journalists - Feature Stories

  Q&A: Kurt DelBene, senior vice president of the Office Business Productivity Group at Microsoft, discusses what is new in the public beta and what developers can expect from the upcoming release of Office 2010 and related products. (

  NEWS: Next-gen Flip camcorder to boast Wi-Fi

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:55PM on Pocket-lint.com

  EXCLUSIVE: Cisco buy-out sees networking functionality added to popular range Cisco will launch a new Wi-Fi-enabled Flip digital camcorder to go on sale in the early half of 2010, Pocket-lint has learnt. The new mode… (

  An Early Look At IE9 for Developers

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:23PM on IEBlog

  Were just about a month after the Windows 7 launch, and wanted to show an early look at some of the work underway on Internet Explorer 9. At the PDC today, in addition to demonstrating some of the progress on performance and interoperable s… (

  The Nokia N900 is now available to US consumers

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:00AM on Nokia Press Releases

  A computer in your pocket - The Nokia N900 is here! WhitePlains, N.Y., USA -- Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among… (

  Two held in global PC fraud probe

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:45AM on

  Two suspected hackers are arrested in an investigation into a computer virus designed to steal banking information. (

  BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Now Available from Telus

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:24AM on

  Our CrackBerry Tip box was flooded this morning by happy canuks letting us know that the Telus BlackBerry Storm2 9550 is available on Telus' website. It's kind of interesting to see a carrier offering both GSM and CDMA-based smartphones..… (

  Government lays out digital plans

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 07:16AM on

  The government outlines a bill in the Queen's Speech for the country's digital future including plans to tackle illegal file-sharers. (

  Exclusive: Yahoo and Microsoft Poised to Finally Sign Definitive Search and Ad Agreement

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 03:01AM on All Things Digital

  Yahoo and Microsoft are poised to finally sign the definitive agreement that will govern the complex and far-reaching search and online advertising partnership they struck in late July, said sources close to the situation. If all goes well, … (

  Opera to the rescue: Opera Mobile 10 now available for Windows Mobile phones

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 03:00AM on Opera Press Room

  Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile phones is now available for immediate download on a smartphone near you. This version for Windows Mobile users elevates mobile browsing to a desktop-like experience, helping people to search, socialize … (

  BenQ debuts own-brand e-book reader, aims at global sales of 300,000 units in 2010

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:58AM on DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

  BenQ has introduced its own-brand e-book reader, the nReader, and plan to launch it together with its online e-book trading platform in Taiwan in January 2010 and then in Japan and China. (

  Hulu Steps Into Music With EMI and Norah Jones

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:00AM on New York Times

  Hulu has struck a deal with EMI, the music label, to bring music videos to its site. First up is a Norah Jones channel. (

  Japanese Firms Prototype Battery-less Remote Control

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 09:55PM on Tech-On! : tech news - straight from Asia.

  NEC Electronics Corp and Soundpower Corp prototyped a remote control that does not require a battery and is intended for home electric appliances. (

  ASUS G51J 3D sports NVIDIA 3D Vision with 120Hz display to bring 'real' 3D to laptops

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 08:23PM on

  No knock on Acer, who got here first with the Aspire 5738DG, but it sounds like the ASUS G51J 3D has the technology edge in the nascent 3D laptop category. We'll have to see it in action to be sure, but the laptop is using NVIDIA's 3D Vision… (

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• 18 Nov 2009 09:25

  The Google Phone Is Very Real. And It’s Coming Soon

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:56AM on

  The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get ready for the Google Phone. It's no longer a myth, it's real. The next "super" Android device will almost certainly be a HTC phone that's much thin… (

  A tale of two Diggs

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 07:00AM on CNET

  It's clear that the company has to deal with its dual identity as a social-news pioneer struggling to compete with Facebook and Twitter, and a Slashdot-like fanboy hub. … (

  Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 07:00AM on

  In an interview with CNET, Microsoft's software chief talks about Windows Azure, lessons learned from the Sidekick fiasco, and a future in which devices record everything imaginable. … (

  TypePad Dives Into Micro-Blogging With An Important New Feature: Free

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:09AM on

  I don't recall ever paying for a TypePad blog, but apparently I did. I learned this today when I logged in for the first time in years to see that the site I had set up in 2005 was deactivated because my credit card had expired. Lucky for me,… (

  By: Films on your Face

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:31PM on Comments on: The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good

  Is this really a surprise? I mean The Pirate Bay was under a lot of heat. As far as "trackerless torrenting" goes, it's not gonna take. If that's how things become it's no better than using limewire or similar apps (which I might remind you,… (

  Network sites 'need help buttons'

  Posted Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 03:39AM on

  Social networking websites are criticised for failing to introduce a help button for children being bullied online. (

  LiveOffice: Email Archiving In The Cloud

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 07:49PM on

  Thinking about moving your electronic services to the cloud? LiveOffice, an SaaS provider of email archiving and hosting, makes the leap that much easier with the release of their CloudMerge technology--offering email archiving for most cloud… (

  Chase commits $5 million to Facebook charity campaign

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 07:04PM on CNET

  Members of the social network are encouraged to install an app that lets them vote on which local nonprofit should get the grand prize in contest. (

  Shakira’s Stats Don’t Lie: Facebook/Ustream Music Video Debut Is A Hit

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:06PM on

  Last week we reported on Shakira's decision to use Ustream and Facebook to live stream the debut of her latest music video, Give It Up To Me ea move that's a fairly huge departure from the standard MTV route we probably would have seen a few … (

  Google Holding Chrome OS Event Thursday. Complete Overview And Launch Plans To Be Revealed.

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 05:13PM on TechCrunch » MG Siegler

  Google is planning to hold a special Chrome OS event at its headquarters in Mountain View, CA this Thursday morning, we've just been notified. The plan is to give some technical background information as well as show off some demos, we're tol… (

  T-Mobile Samsung Behold II hands on

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 05:03PM on Boy Genius Report

  Havent had your fill of Android handsets yet? Neither have we. T-Mobile just hit us up with a Samsung Behold II and here are some first impressions: Physically the unit feels pretty good to hold, albeit a little cheap. The (

  O'Reilly: The Web is at war, and it's making me sad

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 04:28PM on CNET

  In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the punditocracy by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again. Did it ever cool off? (

  Chinese App Store Growing Amid Challenges

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:34PM on MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

  The Wall Street Journal reports on progress for Apple's App Store in China, noting the challenges faced by the company due to a lack of Wi-Fi on official iPhones, a large installed base of unlocked and jailbroken iPhones, and high levels of … (

  The Moto Droid’s Ability To Autofocus Varies From Day To Day – No, really.

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:44PM on CrunchGear

  Here's a weird one for you: A few hours ago, Motorola DROID users began reporting that the cameras on their handsets were suddenly.. better. The camera's ability to auto-focus, which I'd railed in our review of the product, seemed to drasti… (

  By: bob

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:10PM on Comments on: MySpace Close To Acquiring iMeem

  You never know. Myspace might have an ace up its sleeve, and maybe pooling the resources of all the music businesses will result in one awesome music service that makes millions. Of course it's more likely that just one really big money loser… (

  How Microsoft Blew It With Windows Mobile

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:45PM on Wired

  Microsoft Windows continues to dominate the PC market with a 90 percent market-share stronghold, but when it comes to smartphones, Microsoft is getting beat up worse than a mustachioed villain in a Jackie Chan movie. Windows Mobile has lost … (

  Motorola to Sell 600,000 Droids in 2009

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:24AM on

  Motorola and Verizon, thanks to their $100 million marketing efforts, are going to sell some 600,000 Droids during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to Mark McKechnie of Broadpoint AmTech, a boutique research firm. He had initially expect… (

  Microsoft set to announce Internet Explorer 9 plans

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:00AM on

  Today at a packed out keynote for Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Microsoft's Ray Ozie hinted at the next generation of Internet Explorer. According to sources close to Neowin, Microsoft VP Steven Sinofsky is set to unve… (

  Canonical working on an iTunes-like music store for Ubuntu?

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 09:00AM on

  Filed under: Linux, Open Source, Canonical One program people I know miss when they've tried to switch to Linux is iTunes. Like it or not, Apple's desktop app has gained the reputation of being the place to buy music and video downloads. But … (

  By: Jamie Thomson

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 07:56AM on Comments on: Bing Captures Almost 10 Percent Search Share In U.S.

  "only used by people who just type crap into the search bar of MSIE that arent even aware they might want to choose a specific search site" By the same token many people only know how to search by typing "http://www.google.com" into the addre… (

  Motorola Droid camera autofocus fixed in secrecy? (Update: it’s a date-related self-correction)

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:02PM on Amazing Digital

  While we were busy looking into external speaker problems on the Droid, it would seem Moto was itself hard at work remedying a separate issue with the device. A number of users on support forums have complained of the Droid's camera failing … (

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• 17 Nov 2009 17:09

  Internet Explorer 9 not coming at PDC

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:21PM on Beyond Binary

  Microsoft to talk broadly about plans for the next browser, but won't offer a preview version or announce a rumored move to the WebKit engine, CNET has learned. … (

  Content Discovery a Lucrative But Dangerous Place for Operators

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:17PM on

  Mobile network operators can boost data revenues by providing personalized apps and content experiences for their subscribers, according to a report released today by Qualcomm. But the carriers will have to walk a fine line between being help… (

  The Post Transaction Marketing Wall Of Shame: Hundreds Of Well Known Ecommerce Sites Rip Off Customers

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:21PM on

  Later today Senator Rockefeller is holding a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation full committee hearing on Aggressive Sales Tactics on the Internet and their Impact on American Consumers. He released a report on h… (

  T-Mobile resumes Sidekick sales

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:08AM on Beyond Binary

  Carrier says it is bringing the device at a new price--starting at just $49 with a two-year contract. But will anyone bite? (

  T-Mobile staff sold personal data

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 04:11PM on

  Staff at mobile firm T-Mobile sold millions of records from thousands of customers, a spokesman confirms. (

  Microsoft Store employees perform dance of the cringe (video)

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 08:26AM on Amazing Digital

  var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/microsoft/Microsoft_store_employees_dance_awkwardly'; Why is it that whenever Microsoft tries to have a little "fun" it comes across as creepy or overly controlled? This time it's Microsoft's Mission Viejo… (

  Just The Facts: Factery Labs Trims The Web Down To The Important Bits

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 07:00AM on

  When you go to search the web, is it because you want to read through a lengthy article related to a subject, or do you just want the facts that answer your question? Factery Labs, a new service that's launching this morning, is hoping it's … (

  Free public Wi-Fi scheme for town

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:45AM on

  Swindon will be the first town in the UK to offer free wireless internet access to its entire population, its council says. (

  The great Belgian iPhone robbery

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:07AM on Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Philip Elmer-DeWitt

  Burglars in Antwerp make off with $3 million worth of smartphones Over the weekend, someone used a fire ladder to climb to the roof of a huge warehouse in Willebroek, a Dutch-speaking municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp, cut a hol… (

  Kodak Hooks Up With TweetPhoto For Realtime Photo Sharing Lovefest

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:05AM on

  Imaging tech juggernaut Kodak is pretty keen on utilizing social media to connect with current and potential customers, boasting a presence on such sites as Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. The fact that it doesn't own the @Kodak handle on Twit… (

  With Klout Comes Influence: Measuring And Modifying List Authority on Twitter

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:05AM on

  San Francisco-based Klout is no stranger to measuring influence on the Social Web. The company launched at SXSW Interactive 2009 to help Twitter users discover the voices that the world listens to (on Twitter anyway). Essentially, Klout me… (

  PC price cuts for 2009 year-end holiday season may not be as deep as in 2008

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:38AM on DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

  PC price reductions during the year-end holidays in 2009 may not range as high as in the previous year, according to sources at notebook vendors. (

  Age of cyber warfare is 'dawning'

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:18AM on BBC

  Many nations are now arming to defend themselves in a cyber war and readying forces to conduct their own attacks, says a report. (

  Adobe Air 2 goes beta, adds tons of new features, sucks a whole lot less

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:00AM on

  Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Adobe, Beta We've had a love-hate relationship with Adobe Air since it arrived on our desktops. Ram-hungry apps had us seeing red. Still, a few killer apps helped drive adoption - apps like TweetDeck, T… (

  MySpace Close To Acquiring iMeem

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 02:56AM on

  MySpace is in late stage negotiations to acquire music streaming service iMeem, we've confirmed from multiple sources. MySpace is on a bit of an acquisition spree - they acquired iLike, another music service, three months ago. The iMeem acqu… (

  AMD VP visits Taiwan to seek more support from motherboard makers

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:28AM on DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

  AMD senior vice president and general manager for Products Group Rick Bergman arrived in Taiwan on November 16 to talk about AMD's latest roadmap with Taiwan PC, motherboard and graphics card makers, as well as seeking more support from them … (

  DRAM production costs to drop significantly in 2010, say Taiwan makers

  Posted Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:17AM on DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

  With more DRAM producers progressing to next-generation production process, the competition in die shrink will cause an overall reduction in DRAM production costs in 2010, according to sources at Taiwan-based DRAM makers. (

  Dell outsourcing Mini 3 smartphones to Foxconn, and MIDs to Qisda, says paper

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:03PM on DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

  Dell is outsourcing the production of its Mini 3 smartphones to the Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) Group and also plans to outsource the production of its MID products to Qisda, according to a Chinese-language report. (

  The Arms Race Between Teenagers And Parents Continues

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:12PM on

  Back when I was a teenager my parents had a simple rule - I had to be home by midnight. There was a doozie of an exception, though. If I was drinking they didn't want me to drive, so all I had to do was call home, tell them I was drinking and… (

  PlayStation 3 Firmware (v3.10) Update Preview

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 09:05PM on PlayStation.Blog

  Hi everyone, heres an early peek at PlayStation 3 (PS3) firmware update (v3.10). The latest update incorporates Facebook into the PS3 experience. By linking your PlayStation Network account to your Facebook account, you will have the option f… (

  Voters' details on stolen laptop

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 04:34PM on BBC

  Names, addresses and signatures of 14,000 voters are on a laptop stolen from a council's offices in Hertfordshire. (

  Mozilla's Weave browser sync add-on for Firefox hits beta

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 03:30PM on

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• 17 Nov 2009 01:31

  BlackBerry Alert: BlackBerry Internet Service Down!

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:05PM on CrackBerry.com blogs

  Reports are flowing in, users are frantic. Yes, BlackBerry Internet Service is unexpectedly down across the board. What was initially thought as just as a North American outage has proven to be more widespread. Hang tight folks, we'll let… (

  Lost My Phone, Give Me Your Number!! Groups On Facebook Are A Spammer’s Paradise

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:34PM on

  "LOST MY PHONE!!! GIVE ME YOUR DIGITS!" Sound familiar? For years, many people who have recently lost their phones have turned to Facebook to reunite with their friends. But rather than use the site's integrated phone directory (which is… (

  Another First in the UK

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 08:36PM on Twitter Blog

  The UK has had an outsized cultural impact on the world. From music to sports to literature... and now e MMS with Twitter.Today, not only has Orange UK turned on Twitter SMS, but it has added a first-of-its-kind special enhancement. Orange UK… (

  Twitter Finally Enables People Search For Third-Party Apps

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 08:09PM on

  Perhaps the most annoying thing about Twitter as a platform is that it's nearly impossible to find people you may know through third party apps. Essentially, you have to know their Twitter handle already to find them, or rely on some other mo… (

  F Your Clone: FMyLife Takes On FMySexLife

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57PM on

  FMyLife has been a true web success story. Not only have the creators turned it into a hugely popular website in under a year, but they've already gotten a book deal, and now a TV deal out of it. But with success, comes the need to protect th… (

  Event Planning Platform MyPunchbowl Acquires I’m In For Local Vendor Listings

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 04:59PM on

  Evite competitor and event planning platform MyPunchbowl is acquiring Im In, a site for group travel and local trip ideas. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. MyPunchbowl allows users to create beautiful online invita… (

  Another MOG All Access Teaser Video: Playlist Nirvana

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 04:08PM on

  MOG continues to tease us with short videos showing parts of the upcoming MOG All Access music service. Last week they showed a video on playlist creation - the best part was seeing how search works. Now they've uploaded a new video that show… (

  Twitter’s New Headquarters As Shown Off By Employees (Pictures)

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 02:35PM on

  Today, Twitter moved into a new, much larger office in San Francisco. The space, which was previously Bebo's SF office, is right around the corner from their old one. A few members of the Twitter team spent much of the weekend decorating th… (

  Foursquare Lets Others Play With Its API

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 02:04PM on

  Up until now, Foursquare, the hot location-based service, has only let a handful of developers play around with its API. Starting today, the company is formally unveiling it, hoping that a robust app community will form around their data. He… (

  Tinychat Launches Live Video Streaming Portal To Take On Ustream And Stickam

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 01:49PM on

  Startup Tinychat, which started out as a simple IRC-style chatroom app to complement conversations on platforms like Twitter, has been steadily building out its innovative platform to include video chat and screensharing options and Faceb… (

  AT&T adds Samsung Go to netbook lineup, dumbs it down with Windows 7 Starter

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:53AM on

  AT&T just added a pair of Windows 7 Starter netbooks to its stable, and while we've got nothing against the Samsung Go and the Acer Aspire One, we just can't help but feel preloading 7 Starter makes the already-dubious subsidized netbook val… (

  Apple Considered Purchasing AdMob?

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:19AM on

  Bloomberg reports that Apple is reported to have approached mobile advertising firm AdMob about a possible acquisition just prior Google's announcement that it had agreed to purchase the company for $750 million in stock.AdMob Inc. w... (

  Nokia E72 in stores now

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:00AM on Nokia Press Releases

  Espoo, Finland - The highly-anticipated Nokia E72, a device tailor-made for business and personal messaging is now available in stores. To coincide with the arrival of the Nokia E72, Nokia has also released research* revealing that more peopl… (

  Net gets set for alphabet changes

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 06:26AM on

  The internet regulator Icann invites countries to apply for web addresses written in non-Latin characters. (

  Microsoft’s Loss, Google’s Gain. Don Dodge Gets A New Job

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:58PM on

  It was just 11 days ago that Microsoft's "ambassador to startups" Don Dodge was laid off as part of a broader workforce reduction. Last week he showed up in Silicon Valley to "see friends" as he put it. But it was clear that he was also inter… (

  Egypt launches Arabic web domain

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 02:31AM on BBC

  Egypt is set to establish the world's first internet domain name written in Arabic, .masr, its communications minister says. (

  Google preparing to launch Chrome Extensions gallery?

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 07:00PM on

  Filed under: News, Google, Open Source, Browsers A few months back, the new tab page in Chrome tipped us off to the impending launch of Google's theme gallery. Tonight, there's a new change that could very well mean that Google is getting … (

  Chromium bookmark sync now cross-platform, lands on Linux

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:30PM on

  Filed under: Linux, Google, Open Source, Browsers Jay posted yesterday about the arrival of bookmark sync on Chromium for Mac, and it appears as though Linux users have been invited to the dance as well. After finishing the updates on my Ubu… (

  At the beginning of 2009, during a now-famous strategy meeting, Twitter's executives asked … ( The Gillmor Gang debated the virtues and otherwise of the smartphone's latest pretender to th… ( Psystar just got what's coming to them in the California case. Here's the order [PDF]. It's … ( The delivery of the Core i7-based iMacs have generated the usual discussion threads about un… ( The social network tightened its rules for … ( Coders have found a way to disable the norm… ( As Microsoft shed its beta tag for the launch of the UK version of Bing today, TechCrunch Eur… ( Look, we fully understand that someone, somewhere put a lot of time and effort into designin… ( Office 2010 Beta 2 download leaks to torrent trackers Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 09:00AM on Filed under: Office, Microsoft, Beta It's been a little while since Microsoft had leaked bits… ( Dell Mini 3i officially set for imminent launch in Brazil and China Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 06:31AM on It would appear those leaked and unintentional early peeks at Dell's first foray into smartp… ( On Middle Men Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 05:08AM on Joe Hewitt The Internet has been incredibly empowering to creators, and just as destructive to middle me… ( The NVIDIA ION Cube PC Posted Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 05:10PM on Case Mod Blog This is the PC we entered in Nvidia’s ION contest and won! It’s a fun and creati… ( Panasonic debuts MW-10 photo frame / iPod dock / sound system Posted Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 02:28PM on Can something manage to be both an iPod dock and a photo frame yet still manage to look like… (

  Good news for folks who against all odds don't have a home theater Netflix streaming option y… ( Digital Domain: Apple Wouldn’t Risk Its Cool Over a Gimmick, Would It? Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:41AM on NYT > Business Computing In a patent application, a new way to make consumers acknowledge a pop-up ad. ( A day after dismissing reports that it was in talks with Innolux Display about a possible mer… ( The holiday season has become more relevant for those looking for a discount on Apple comput… ( Filed under: Productivity, Web services, Google You'd think that Google's purchase of FeedBur… ( Filed under: Fun, Internet, Photo, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux There are plenty of w… ( As you've likely read, we've been investigating a report that the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download … ( Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Productivity, Shareware It frustrates me that so many diff… ( Apple Researching Pen-Based Input Recognition for Tablet Devices? Posted Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 01:53PM on Illustrative Diagram of "Tablet" Allowing Pen-Based Input and Output Unwired View reports o… (

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• 16 Nov 2009 10:09

  President Obama Admits That He’s Never Used Twitter, But Thinks The Chinese Should Be Able To

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 01:23AM on

  President Barack Obama has one of the most popular Twitter accounts with over 2.6 million followers. It should be no real surprise that most of the time it's not him tweeting from it, instead its various people within the White House communic… (

  Time Revisits Techland

  Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:12AM on

  Time Inc just launched a new technology blog called Techland, headed up by one of our former CrunchGear editors Peter Ha. Time magazine's senior tech writer Lev Grossman is also a contributor. Techland covers the intersection of gadgets a… (

  IBM Furthers Investment In Business Analytics With Smart Analytics Cloud

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:50PM on

  During IBM's Q3 earnings call a few weeks ago, IBM CFO Mark Loughridge highlighted business analytics as a sector where Big Blue is investing significant amounts of cash. The company recently acquired data analytics company SPSS for $1.2 bi… (

  Brightcove 4 Adds Support For The iPhone, Facebook, Live Video, And More

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:15PM on TechCrunch

  It's been about a year since Brightcove released the last upgrade to its professional online video platform with Brightcove 3. On Monday, it's going to release Brightcove 4, and it's a massive upgrade. Brightcove 4 now supports a native… (

  Menq's $80 EasyPC E790 netbook runs Windows CE now, should run Android later (video)

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 09:21PM on

  Don't be fooled by that background: this Menq EasyPC E790 is only using Windows CE 5.0 for the sake of this hands-on. The successor to the $89 E760 we saw last year still sports a Samsung ARM processor, bumps the 7-inch display's resolution … (

  Android Market Badly Needs A Desktop Presence To Compete With The App Store

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 07:12PM on TechCrunch

  I've spent the last week throughly enjoying my new Droid, and while I've come across some problems, most of my issues have simply been with the fact that Android does things differently than the iPhone e the transition just takes some getting… (

  Yahoo! Messenger 10 now out of beta with video chat and more

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:00AM on

  Filed under: Windows, Yahoo! It seems like just yesterday that Yahoo! Messenger 10 entered beta, showing off new video chat and social networking features. Now it's all grown up, out of beta, and replacing Y! Messenger 9 as the default versio… (

  Innolux and CMO to merge; Foxconn strengthens its LCD TV hand

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 08:46AM on DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

  A day after dismissing reports that it was in talks with Innolux Display about a possible merger, Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) announced that it will merge with Innolux to form Taiwan's largest LCD panel maker. Innolux is a subsidiary of Fox… (

  Running a contest on Facebook? That'll cost you

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 08:10PM on CNET

  The social network tightened its rules for companies running contests on its platform last week, and sources say those companies will be required to buy ad space too. … (

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• 15 Nov 2009 18:49

  How to Profit off the Poor… and Keep Your Soul

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:58PM on

  DELHI, INDIA--Ill take you! I live there! a small boy with a blue shirt and a perfect toothy grin said as he ran ahead of me. His quiet friend in yellow jogged beside him smiling shyly, his jet-black Elvis curl bobbing on his forehead. The bo… (

  Compelling Cases for Clouds

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:00PM on

  What are cloud services uniquely good for and why? After all, CIOs arent going to leverage online services offered on demand just because they’re available, but for compelling business reasons. There are helpful compilations of use cas… (

  Twitter And Facebook Turn Everyone Into An Affiliate Marketer

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:00PM on

  Affiliate marketing is 15 years old this montheCyberErotica is said to have launched the first program in 1994. The adult industry has always been ahead of the curve, but I digress. Despite 15 years of existence, which is essentially an eter… (

  CrunchPad is 'steamrolling along,' will cost between $300 and $400

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 04:57AM on

  We're not super familiar with the term "steamrolling along" as it applies to device launches, but apparently it's good news for Michael Arrington's CrunchPad tablet. Mike dropped the news on a recent episode of Steve Gillmor's "Gillmor Gang"… (

  Skip The Hand Shake Now Has A Wristband

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 03:32AM on

  No Righteous Cause is complete without a colored wristband. That's why I'm so excited that the no-hand shake movement (yes, movement) now has an official blue wristband for people who want to show that they support the effort. Get a ten pack … (

  Apple Hiring an iPhone Game Developer, Getting Even More Serious About Gaming?

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 06:13PM on MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

  Apple appears to be getting even more serious about gaming on the iPhone and iPod Touch. We've long known that Apple has been positioning the iPod Touch as a gaming device, and Steve Jobs even acknowledged to the New York Times the success … (

  Google will factor page load speed into search result rankings

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 04:00PM on Download Squad

  Filed under: Google, Search, WebGoogle sure seems hung up on the speed of the web these days, and I have to say, I like it. After announcing the SPDY protocol they're working on to speed up page loading time, it has come out that Google is se… (

  Netflix hitting internet-capable Sony BRAVIA sets today

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 03:52PM on Amazing Digital

  Good news for folks who against all odds don't have a home theater Netflix streaming option yet, and yet inexplicably own an internet-connected Sony BRAVIA TV: Netflix just went live. It just takes applying the latest software update and you'… (

  FeedBurner stats now showing up in Google Analytics

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 07:00PM on Download Squad

  Filed under: Productivity, Web services, Google You'd think that Google's purchase of FeedBurner a few years back would have meant that FeedBurner stats would be easy to track in Google Analytics. No such luck so far, but Analytics can now tr… (

  Wally is a kick-ass, connected wallpaper changer for Windows, Mac, and Linux

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 03:00PM on Download Squad

  Filed under: Fun, Internet, Photo, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux There are plenty of wallpaper-changing applications out there, and plenty of them can tap into photo sharing sites like Flickr and Photobucket for access to a plethora of… (

  Chrome Browser for Mac Beta Confirmed for December, Chrome OS Next Week?

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:29AM on MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

  Hints earlier this week regarding the release of an official beta version of Google's Chrome browser for Mac have been confirmed. TechCrunch contacted received the news yesterday from a Google spokesperson, who stood by earlier reports that… (

  HUBO is Shiny and Oh So Sexy

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 04:00AM on Plastic Pals

  A video showcasing KAIST's latest humanoid robot walking, running, performing taichi, waving a sword, and grasping a bottle. Related posts:Jaemi HUBO hits the gymHUBO 2 helps launch 90th National Korean GamesJaemi HUBO (aka HUBO 2) (

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• 15 Nov 2009 03:16

  NSFW: ‘Tis Pity She’s A Success – Belle de Jour and the Impossibility of Anonymous Blogging

  Posted Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:48AM on

  So Belle de Jour was real after all. The Internet's most famous anonymous sex blogger - turned best-selling author - turned internationally successful TV series - has finally outed herself in the UK's Sunday Times. And it turns out she's a ch… (

  You Can Go Home Again, Even If It Means Back To Yahoo While Rejecting Google (And Maybe Facebook And Twitter)

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 08:20PM on

  This past summer, Daniel Raffel was desired. Google was pushing hard to hire the product manager, we hear from a source. And there are whispers that Twitter and Facebook were also in pursuit of his services. Basically, it seems like he had hi… (

  All Aboard The Micro-Message Bus

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 05:55PM on

  At the beginning of 2009, during a now-famous strategy meeting, Twitter's executives asked themselves, "Are we building a new Internet?" At the crux of that question was the realization that Twitter "introduced a new form of communication … (

  iDroid Wars on Gillmor Gang

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 03:32PM on

  The Gillmor Gang debated the virtues and otherwise of the smartphone's latest pretender to the iPhone crown: Droid. Michael Arrington led the Droid's faction, with a QVC-like enthusiasm for the power of Any Phone That Runs Google Voice. Of co… (

  Apple Wins Like a Champ - Psystar is Toast -- What? You're Surprised?

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:45AM on Groklaw

  Psystar just got what's coming to them in the California case. Here's the order [PDF]. It's a total massacre. Psystar's first-sale defense went down in flames. Apple's motion for summary judgment on copyright infringement and DMCA violation… (

  Core i7-Based 27" iMac Benchmarks Show Significant Improvements

  Posted Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 04:58AM on

  The delivery of the Core i7-based iMacs have generated the usual discussion threads about unboxing, impressions and benchmarks. The performance of the high-end iMacs have been of particular interest due to the new incorporation of desktop-… (

  Buyer's Guide: Mac Sales Begin Ahead of Black Friday

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:49PM on

  The holiday season has become more relevant for those looking for a discount on Apple computers as there has been an increasing number of vendors willing to hold short term sales/rebates on Macs over the past few years. Due to a vari... (

  Badda Bing! Microsoft woos newspapers by funding their stick to beat Google

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:35PM on TechCrunch Europe

  As Microsoft shed its beta tag for the launch of the UK version of Bing today, TechCrunch Europe has learnt that it held a secret meeting with a group of big European publishers, mainly newspapers. The meeting came literally days after Rupo… (

  EventSync - sync Facebook events to your Mac's iCal

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:00AM on

  Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Productivity, Shareware It frustrates me that so many different services have a calendar function, and yet it's still a pain in the ass to make sure that my personal calendar is up to date. More often than n… (

  Archos 9 tablet dissected

  Posted Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:11PM on jkkmobile

  Click here to see more Archos 9 is out now and you may have noticed that it's 1.1Ghz Atom with slow HDD and Windows 7 isn't that fast.. No worries as you can swap the HDD quite easily to fast SSD.As you can see, it needs to be 1.8 inch P… (

  Facebook VP Leaves A Love Letter For Apple

  Posted Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 07:32PM on

  "For every dev that leaves iPhone in frustration, 1000 new ones join up. iPhone is an unstoppable train regardless of how much we complain." - Joe Hewitt in a tweet yesterday. How right he is. Facebook's VP of Communications Elliot Schrage … (

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• 14 Nov 2009 09:19

  Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 06:13PM on Beyond Binary

  Coders have found a way to disable the normal activation requirements of Microsoft's latest operating system, although Redmond says it is working to shore up its antipiracy protections. Origin… (

  Update on the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:24PM on Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft

  As you've likely read, we've been investigating a report that the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, might contain GPLv2 code. The WUDT is a free tool which was offered by the Microsoft Store that enabled customers to create bootable USB drive… (

  Chrome Browser for Mac Beta Confirmed for December, Chrome OS Next Week?

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:29AM on MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

  Hints earlier this week regarding the release of an official beta version of Google's Chrome browser for Mac have been confirmed. TechCrunch contacted received the news yesterday from a Google spokesperson, who stood by earlier reports that… (

  Windows 7 borrowed 'look' of Mac

  Posted Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 06:43AM on BBC

  A Microsoft executive was quoted as saying that Windows 7's graphical changes were inspired by Apple's Mac OS. (

  Apple launches iTunes Preview

  Posted Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:10PM on Macworld

  Apple has just quietly launched a service that makes links to the iTunes Store a little more informative by displaying information about the product in a Web browser. (

  Add URL tooltips to Firefox with a handy add-on

  Posted Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:00PM on Download Squad

  Filed under: Mozilla, BrowsersI'm not a big fan of status bars in browsers. Most of the time, they're just wasting 20 or so pixels of vertical display space. That doesn't mean I want to miss out on the functions the status bar provides - lik… (

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