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Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:22
Apple scores a first: More people browsed the Net last month with its mobile operating system than used Linux to do so.



Linux - Android - Mobile operating system - Operating system - Apple

Apple's Latest IPods: What You Need to Know

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:20
The latest batch of iPods unveiled by Apple earlier this week are about to begin shipping, and this latest generation brings some pretty big changes across...



Apple - IPod - IpodTouch - Steve Jobs - IpodNano

Rounding up the New iPod Touch and iPod Nano Cases

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:00
An iPod event is always followed by some cases, and here are some of the highlights of the first batch.



IPod - IpodTouch - IpodNano - Shopping - Digital Portable Players

Shorten URLs With an Automator Service

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:50
Twitter and other online services have made shortening URLs a regular chore; such URLs are handy not only on social networks, but anytime you need to share links...



Twitter - Social network - Uniform Resource Locator - Online Communities - Trending and Popularity

To Watch 'Avatar' on 3D Blu-ray, You’ll Need a Panasonic TV

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:32
TV makers lock down these deals to convey the idea that 3D content actually exists, and Hollywood studios like the deals because they provide a guaranteed return on the 3D investment.



Television - Avatar - Blu-ray Disc - Panasonic Corporation - Movies

Consumer Watchdog Thinks Google's Schmidt Is a Data Perv

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:21
A consumer rights group has created a cartoon showing Google CEO Schmidt as an child-baiting ice cream truck driver and put it on a billboard in Times Square. Who's being evil here?



Google - Times Square - Consumer Watchdog - Ice cream - Eric E. Schmidt

Where Will Apple's A4 Chip Go Next?

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:20
After the Apple TV device, Apple could put its internally developed A4 chip in low-power devices or networked media center devices.



Apple - appletv - Apple A4 - Companies - Macintosh

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Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:20

Hands On: ITunes 10's Ping Feature

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:20
When Steve Jobs introduced iTunes 10 last week, the aspect he seemed most excited about was Ping, which he described as a, "social network for music" that...



Steve Jobs - Social network - Apple - ITunes Store - Facebook

Pigs Fly! Duke Nukem Forever To Ship in 2011

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:57
It took a completely different developer to get the game on track, but it looks like Borderlands developer Gearbox is going to make Duke Nukem Forever a reality at last.



Duke Nukem Forever - Gearbox - Duke Nukem - 3D Realms - Borderlands

Hands-On With iOS 4.1 GM

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:56
Now that I’ve been using the GM release for the past 24 hours, I can safely say- iOS 4.1 on iPhone (including the 3G) is the most solid, responsive iOS release to date. With some cool new features to boot.



iPhone - iPhone 3G - IPhone OS - Handhelds - Smartphones

Is Consumer Watchdog Losing Credibility With its Google Feud?

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:34
The consumer advocacy group's anti-Google commercial seems to alarmist rather than raising privacy awareness.



Google - Consumer Watchdog - Searching - Search Engines - Eric E. Schmidt

Mobee Announces Inductive Charger for Magic Mouse

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:30
Considering the Magic Mouse's ( Macworld rated 3.5 out of 5 mice ) futuristic, gesture-controlled appeal, replacing its dead AA batteries with new ones might...



AppleMagicMouse - AA battery - Mouse - Rodent - MagicMouse

Facebook Glitch Let Spammer Post to Walls

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:30
A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload service that allowed him to spam thousands of users.



Facebook - Spam - E-mail - Social network - Apple

Social Brings Native Facebook Experience to IPad

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:30
Since Facebook has yet to release a native iPad app--or give any real indication that one is in the works--third parties have capitalized on the opportunity to...



Facebook - IPad - Online Communities - Social Networking - Since Facebook

HP Buys 3Par, Apple Rolls out New Gear

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:20
Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around...



Hewlett-Packard - Dell - Apple - HP - Hardware

School Uses Anti-bullying App After Suicide

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:20
A Massachusetts high school is using specialized software for reporting bullying incidents after a student's suicide.



Bullying - High school - Suicide - Massachusetts - Violence and Abuse

Twitter Users Still Flock to the Website, Which Stinks

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:49
Twitter now has more than 145 million registered users and many of them still use Twitter's underwhelming Website as a primary access point.



Twitter - Social network - Online Communities - IPhone - Trending and Popularity

Toshiba Recall Signals Larger Trend for Hot Laptops

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:40
Toshiba is the latest to recall laptops that pose a fire hazard or risk of injury--highlighting the growing concern of excessive heat generated from cramming more processing power into smaller portable computers.



Toshiba - Laptop - Hardware - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Notebooks and Laptops

Nigerian Advance-fee Scammer Gets 12 Years

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:30
A Nigerian advance-fee scammer, Okpako Diamreyan, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a federal judge.



Advance-fee fraud - Fraud - Humor - Nigeria - Business