Awkward Interview With Andrew Mason On Grouspawn And How Responsibility Can Scale (TCTV)

After debuted the latest in a series of wacky stunts, dating service and scholarship fund Grouspawn, I caught up with Groupon CEO Andrew Mason backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt to talk about the recent Groupon backlash, the company's success problem and how transparency can scale to hundreds of millions of dollars in deals in 150 cities around the world.

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TechCrunch Disrupt ? In Pictures

The TechCrunch staff has been pretty busy these last few days, what with throwing and covering a conference and all, but our excellent event photographers (Dave Getzschman, Max Whittaker, and Aaron Morris) have been even busier. They've taken hundreds of shots, all far better than those I could manage during the panels and chats, and they're all collected at the TechCrunch Flickr page. I've sifted through them and collected a few of what I felt were the best. Feel free to use these in any way you see fit, as long as you give credit to TechCrunch and the photographer.

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AMD's HD 6000 Series Reportedly Delayed

The Internet has been buzzing with unoficial information regarding the specs and performance of AMD's upcoming Radeon 6000 cards, but we may have to wait a little longer According to the ever reliable rumor bill, AMD has pushed to launch back a month or so. There's been no mention of why Sunnyvale would delay the launch, particularly given the way NVIDIA's GTS 460 and GTS 450 are hammering the price/performance ratio of the Radeon 5500 and 5700 cards. We're going to guess that AMD has delayed its launch for

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Welcome To The New Microsoft

This has been a week full of surprises from Microsoft. They're doing things that the company historically has never done. What the heck is going on up in Redmond?

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The Limited Edition DROID R2D2 from Verizon will be available Thursday

If you’ve been waiting for the special edition Star Wars R2D2 Droid 2 smartphone from Verizon, you’ll be happy to know that will be available on September 30th. Show off your geekiness by sporting a Droid 2 with cool R2D2 graphics on the back and exclusive Star Wars inspired content such as: Exclusive content comes [...]

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The Limited Edition DROID R2D2 from Verizon will be available Thursday originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 27, 2010 at 9:46 pm.

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Gateway updates NV series with WiMAX-boasting NV59C66U

Gateway's just announced an update to its NV series laptops, the NV59C66U. This one, which comes in both 15.6 and 17-inch sizes, boasts an integrated Intel 6250 WiMAX card and an updated chassis design. Other than that, you have a choice of Intel Core i3 or Core i5, as well as AMD Athlon or Turion processors, up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM (upgradeable to 8GB), and an up to 500GB hard drive. The NV59C66U also has 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, and a choice of DVD or Blu-ray drives. Gateway's taking the opportunity to update the entire NV line as well, so look for all of these options to hit in the coming weeks, with prices starting at around $480. The WiMAX model will run you $699.99, and you can grab one today. See full press release below.

Continue reading Gateway updates NV series with WiMAX-boasting NV59C66U

Gateway updates NV series with WiMAX-boasting NV59C66U originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia's Woes Mount

Nokia has been in the news a lot this week and little of it is good. The company has a new CEO and is obviously trying to turn things around, but will it be successful?

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Blio for Windows review, now available for download

Last week we brought you news that KNF-B was prepping for a September 28 launch of its Blio e-reader software, and according to our date books, the time has come! The free PC software (Windows XP, Vista and 7 are all supported) can be downloaded now at the source link below; the iPhone app should be hitting the App Store very soon, however. We've been using the program for the last few days to, you know, "read," so before heading over to download it yourself you'll naturally want to hit the break for our impressions of the unique reading application. Gallery: Blio for Windows previewContinue reading Blio for Windows review, now available for downloadBlio for Windows review, now available for download originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Blio  | Email this | Comments

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Levytator claims to be the world's first bendy escalator, has the patents to prove it (video)

You've seen conveyor belts before, most probably at your local airport ferrying beaten-up luggage in circles, but for some reason the same tech doesn't seem to have been applied to people yet. Leave it to City University London prof Jack Levy to correct that oversight with his eponymous Levytator -- an escalator that follows freeform curves (but not convention!) and offers a better "cost per usable step" than your typical moving stairs. Patented in Europe, the USA, and even China, all this thing needs is the gentle push of a kindly investor -- see the video after the break to determine if it's worth your cash.

[Thanks, Conrad]Continue reading Levytator claims to be the world's first bendy escalator, has the patents to prove it (video)Levytator claims to be the world's first bendy escalator, has the patents to prove it (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  City University  | Email this | Comments

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Father: 'We are the drug dealers right now'

His comments are well-timed with the DEA's "Take Back" initiative, in which drop boxes are placed for people to dispose of expired or unwanted meds.

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Does Your Website Need A Facelift?

If you're a small business with a website, you'll probably agree that having an online presence has taken your business to new heights. But when's the last time you took a look at that website to make sure it's still the efficient, powerful brand-management tool you envisioned it to be? A stagnant website could lead to stagnant sales.

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Verizon, EU Gives Thumbs-up to Bug Labs' Open Source Hardware

Bug Labs sells open source hardware modules that lets you build just about any kind of gadget you can imagine. Last week the New York startup got a big helping hand from (who-would-believe-it?) Verizon. At the same time, it finally got the full OK to sell its wireless modules in Europe. Verizon Wireless announced plans to partner with Bug Labs as part of the Verizon Wireless' Open Development Initiative (ODI). ODI-approved devices have access to the Verizon network so developers can test their 3G functionality.

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Salesforce.com Ramping New Year with Focus on Force.com

several important 'platform provider' milestones loom in 2008...

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Integrating The SSD Appliance

The SSD Appliance or Memory Array applies to storage systems that are designed from the ground up to only be used with solid state storage. They are often focused on storage I/O performance and solid state integrity more so than providing storage services like snapshots or replication. In this entry we will look at when does it make sense to use these products instead of adding SSD to an existing storage system or going all out and buying a new solid state storage system.

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Google Docs adds better data import options to spreadsheets

Filed under: Office, Google
Power users (like our own Erez Zukerman) will tell you that Google Docs Spreadsheets don't have nearly the same chutzpah that Excel does -- not for really complex work, anyway. Still, Google keeps plugging away and adding features... Like better import options!

Docs now supports custom delimiters and an inline preview pane for imported data. While you may not find the addition useful, it's the kind of functionality advanced users would definitely miss if they were trying to make the jump from Excel.

You can also now choose whether you want to import your new data into the current sheet, a new sheet in your current workbook, or into an entirely new workbook.Google Docs adds better data import options to spreadsheets originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Micro Express MicroFlex 97B: A Great Balance of Performance and Price

The Micro Express MicroFlex 97B cruises into the performance PC category at a relatively inexpensive price of $2099 (as of August 12, 2010), but it offers impressive performance and design trappings that are in line with those of systems priced considerably higher.





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Emergency Bra: Unsnap, separate cups, inhale...

The bra--an invention worthy of an Ig Nobel Prize in 2009--is now commercially available in a sexy, life-saving, Red Cross shade of red.

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Web Browser Security Gets Tighter

A report from Cenzic as well as the exploitation of Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer during the recent Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest underscore the need to keep bolstering browser security.Web browser developers have responded by tightening security in te face of continued vulnerability to Web exploits....

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Here's What People Used Before LCDs [Retromodo]

In the 1950s folks didn't have snazzy LCD displays, but they did have cold cathode neon readout tubes. Let's take a look inside one of the more popular brands of these tubes—the NIXIE—and marvel over its clever design More »

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Oracle Buys Sun

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

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Skype Video Calls for 10 Follow Gmail Calling

Skype 5.0 for Windows lets users make group video conference calls for up to 10 users. The service comes one week after Google introduced Call Phones from Gmail. - Skype's second beta for Skype 5.0 for Windows allows users to make group video conference calls for up to 10 people.
The leading provider of PC-to-PC VOIP (Voice over IP) calls released the update Sept. 2, more than a
week after Google launched a Call Phones from Gmail service to compete with Sky...

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Photoshop PhotoBomb Tool, For Hilariously Creepy Memories [Humor]

In the pitch-perfect style of a real Photoshop tutorial video comes a Photoshop PhotoBomb Tool how-to from College Humor. Ruin photos like never before! More »

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The Sims 3: Ambitions review (iPhone)

The Sims 3: Ambitions adds a few new things to the mix that you couldn't do in previous versions. It beefs up your Sim's career paths and options, including firefighter, chef, musician, athlete and artist. EA's also added the option to have babies in this new iPhone iteration. Other than that, however, The Sims 3: Ambitions is a streamlined affair with good enough but not astounding graphics, and, if you already play The Sims, a completely expected progression of gameplay. And for us, that progression is fairly addictive. The streamlined version of the full game focuses on the life and career of just one Sim, with a far more limited range of things you can do. Like the previous iPhone version of The Sims 3, life inside of a mobile device is a little more lonely than it was on the desktop: for some reason, my Sim finds less things to do with her time, has less friends, and spends a few minutes at the end of each day sort of just milling around waiting to be tired enough for bed. Fulfilling her whimsical wants (why she wants to kick over garbage cans has never made any sense) is a fun time-waster, but we've always tried to keep our focus razor sharp when honing our Sims, so hobbies have usually come second. Of course, my Sim is also learning to be a gardener. Since her chosen career path was chef, Charlotte (who is named after the author of Jane Eyre and has the honor of being my fourth Sim to bear this name) thought that gardening would be a fitting hobby to cultivate. I haven't yet gotten Charlotte to either the top level of her career or chosen hobby, but I'm fairly certain it's a goal I can achieve... and that's the whole point, isn't it?

For those unfamiliar with the franchise (if that's even possible), this new iteration is probably a great starter kit. For diehards like ourselves, the open-endedness of this is a great, enjoyable time sink, to be sure, but it's also a tiny bit disappointing. Obviously we don't expect the full features of desktop versions of The Sims 3, but we can dare to dream of a day when the iPhone version hooks into the actual game, allowing us a little midday peek into the more fascinating lives of our smaller, incoherent selves. Regardless, EA's glorious franchise loses nothing by wasting our precious downtime in yet another way, and while the mobile versions of The Sims may never replace their full counterparts, these games certainly push the limits of the 'casual' gaming category.The Sims 3: Ambitions review (iPhone) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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iFixit Tears Down the iPod Touch: Here's What It Found

The new iPod Touch is impressing reviewers with its slim design and front and rear cameras. So what did the folks at iFixit think about the inside?










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Panasonic Introduces Lumix GH2

The 16-megapixel compact DSLR camera can record full HD video and supports Panasonic's interchangeable 3D lens.

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10 Commandments for Large Business and IT Transformation, Part 1

A Fortune 100 company decided to revamp its IT application landscape to improve profitability. It embarked on a business and IT transformation that was a massive undertaking, requiring hundreds of dedicated individuals not only from within the organization but also from external service providers. Everything seemed to go as planned -- until chaos erupted.

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Samsung R540: Poor Battery Life Undercuts Powerful Processors and a Blu-ray Drive

The Samsung R540 seems to target a demanding audience, since its CPU, GPU, and all-around performance can drive powerful applications and games. But a mediocre display, a weak battery, and a stingy allocation of ports keep it from hitting the mark. If you're looking for a midrange PC, the R540 is...





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Watch This 1.25 Kilojoule DIY Coilgun Smash Various Household Items [Weapons]

"Danger! High Voltage. Do Not Touch. Death or Serious Injury May Occur," reads the yellow sticker on the side of this 1.25 Kilojoule DIY coilgun. Watching this video of it in action, that sounds about right: More »

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Lenovo Reveals Plan To Develop Smartphone Apps

Mobile software, the eBox gaming console, and a tablet PC are pieces of the PC maker's scheme to boost revenue and compete with the likes of Apple, Microsoft, and Sony.

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How Google Gmail Calling Affects Skype

Google's Gmail calling threatens Skype because it copies its service for initiating and receiving free or cheap calls over IP. Gmail and Skype offer trade-offs, and analysts and industry experts have different takes on how these services match up. - When Google launched its Gmail calling service Aug. 25, the top
question was how the VOIP service would impact Skype.
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Oracle frames Solaris 11 as a cloud platform

At OpenWorld today, Oracle shined a spotlight on the polished fruits of its Sun acquisition with its official announcement of Solaris 11.

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This Doghouse Is Nicer Than Your House House [Doghouses]

It's one lucky pooch whose gets to live in this 2.5-meter tall replica of Matsumoto Castle, with one impressively handy owner. Won't you please join me on a guided tour? More »

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Daily Crunch: Hazy Visions Edition

Dino-lamps For Your Home Or Office Immortality Via Valve?s Team Fortress 2 Hat-Describing Contest Matrix Key System Lets You Lose As Many Keys As You Want It Turns Out The Shapes On Playstation Buttons Aren?t Arbitrary After All LightCap Is A Combo Lantern And Water Bottle

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A Week In The $100k 2010 Range Rover Supercharged

The Range Rover is an iconic statement whether it's cruising a city or traversing some wild land. It's big, bold, and boisterous -- just the way it should be. The 2010 (and half) Range Rover Supercharged maintains that high-brow pedigree but adds a bunch of gadgetry to the mix. It's that technology that we're here for. Sure, the Range Rover Supercharged can tackle just about any surface on Earth, but does it have the electronic chops to stand in the $100k club? That's what we're after.

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Google Voice for Android Gets Easy Access Widgets

Google adds an inbox and settings widget to its Google Voice for Android application, making the phone management tool easier to use from Android smartphones. - Google Sept. 9 upgraded its Google Voice for Android application,
adding two new home screen widgets to make accessing messages and settings easier.

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Nokia's Peter Skillman talks design priorities, gives us hope for a sunny MeeGo future

A day before jetting off to London to commence his role as MeeGo's head of User Experience and Services, Peter Skillman was kind enough to sit down with the design junkies at ZURB and dish out his thoughts on what makes for good mobile design and where it is that most companies trip up. Lest you forget, this is the dude that was in charge of putting the Palm Pre together, so he's not exactly without credence in these circles. Which is a good thing, because he doesn't bother with pulling any punches. Peter namedrops Motorola's Motoblur as an unnecessary layer on top of Android, criticizes the failure of different groups within companies to communicate effectively, and finishes off his treatise with a list of priorities for successful design: consistency, emotional content, and a paranoid fear of mediocrity. Inspiring stuff, we're sure you'll agree. Other tidbits of import include the fact that Pete had to withstand nine days of interviews before getting the Nokia job, and also this memorable quote on the topic of smartphones: "if you're not succeeding at the high end, then you're absolutely doomed to failure." We've been saying the same thing for ages and it's encouraging to know that Nokia now has an exec with his finger on the market's pulse. Now let's see him deliver on those words. You'll find the full interview at the source link below.Nokia's Peter Skillman talks design priorities, gives us hope for a sunny MeeGo future originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  ZURB  | Email this | Comments

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Gateway ID49C07u: Sleek, Sexy, and Silver, but Lacking in Performance

This laptop is very stylish, especially for the price, but it sacrifices performance for sexiness.










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Verizon Wireless Plans 4G Connectivity In 30 Cities This Year

All of the nation's top cellular providers are fighting to get their next generation, 4G networks up and running as fast as they can. This week, we learned that Verizon Wireless plans to offer 4G connectivity in 30 NFL Cities by the end of this year. Back in August, a roadmap of Verizon Wireless' 4G plans leaked that indicated the carrier plans to have upwards of 120 million people covered by the end of 2010. The carrier plans to offer 4G connectivity for all of its customers at some point and has put a great

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ZTE Joins US Big Leagues With Verizon Handset

Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced the Salute phone from ZTE, the first handset from the company on a top-tier U.S. carrier.










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Automotive X Prize winner hits 100 mpg

Edison2's Very Light Car No. 98, along with the runners-up, now can enter the Energy Department's fast-track program for production versions of their energy-efficient cars.

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Piracy Isn't The Worst That Can Happen

This week we got to see two different aspects of software piracy. Today the Business Software Alliance released a study claiming that $51 billion worth of software was stolen last year. Earlier in the week, the New York Times did a story on how Russia is using the premise of software piracy to punish political adversaries. Microsoft is entangled in both of these.

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Samsung Announces Dual-core Mobile Processor

Samsung has announced a dual-core application processor for tablets PCs, netbooks and smartphones that will be able to handle 1080p video playback










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PS3 holds breath waiting for Gran Turismo 5 release, turns blue at TGS

We knew it was coming, and now here it is: Sony's special edition PS3. To commemorate the impending release of GT5 the console is turning blue, and while the rather vibrant version we saw in the official press photos from August didn't do much for us, seeing the thing in the flesh (admittedly behind glass) gave us quite a different impression. It has the same matte finish as the current PS3 slim, but the rich blue gives it almost a metallic effect. It's really quite a looker, and while we wouldn't normally splurge for such "special" editions, how often does a new Gran Turismo come around? Once a decade at most. This Gran Turismo 5 Racing Pack hits Japan on November 3 for 35,980 yen. That's about $420 of those dollars you've been saving for oh so long.
Gallery: Gran Turismo 5 edition PlayStation 3PS3 holds breath waiting for Gran Turismo 5 release, turns blue at TGS originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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Navigation devices, PC vs. Mac, Blackberry vs. iPhone, eReaders, Starbucks WiFi fail and more on Personal Tech Live with Rob Pegoraro

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





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ZTE Joins US Big Leagues With Verizon Handset

Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced the Salute phone from ZTE, the first handset from the company on a top-tier U.S. carrier.










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Apple's move pushes TV toward Internet delivery

SAN FRANCISCO -- The slow-moving struggle to unplug TV viewing from its traditional business model just got more interesting -- and messier.





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Casper Suite 7.2 Keeps Enterprise Macs in Line

JAMF Software's changes to Casper Suite bring Mac systems under central control. The Mac management suite gives IT managers the ability to keep Mac systems up-to-date while also tracking inventory and license compliance. - IT managers looking to streamline Mac management should check out the new
polish JAMF Software has put on the latest version of its comprehensive Casper
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Plantronics M100: A Bluetooth Headset With Comfy Design and Convenient Touches

A lightweight, discreet design, and some thoughtful features help distinguish this midrange Bluetooth headset.










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World Maker Faire Coming To NYC September 25th and 26th

Get ready for the invasion of makers, New Yorkers!
Maker Faire has been a Bay Area phenomenon since 2006 and has been growing ever since. This year the New York Hall of Science in Queens will be hosting The World Maker Faire on September 25th and 26th. Founded at the 1964 Worlds Fair, the New [...]

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Harman AKG Releases Quincy Jones Signature Line of Headphones

Quincy Jones is a legendary record producer and composer responsible for producing Michael Jackson’s Thriller album as well as the hit charity song “We Are the...










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The Perfect PC: Don?t Buy It, Build It

Illustration by Sean McCabe > The perfect PC: Quiet, but powerful. Roomy enough to hold your expansive DVD collection, but small enough to tuck inside a cabinet. It should look nice and be ready to tackle all of the latest and greatest games, but it shouldn't break the bank.





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Canonical Takes a Step in Bringing Ubuntu to Tablets

Canonical releases a touch-based software stack that could accelerate the OS' adoption on tablets.










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Researcher Pins Broadband Price Stagnation On Supplier's Market

With only two wireline providers and no government incentive to lower consumer costs, competition is based on features, not pricing, finds Northwestern professor.

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Kapost Raises $1.1 Million To Help Publishers Manage An Army Of Contributors

Earlier this year we wrote about Grogger, a CMS that would allow blogs to crowdsource their content. That product didn't work out ? publishers didn't want to have to change to a new CMS ? but the company has now pivoted to tackle a related problem, and it's got a new name: Kapost. Today the company is announcing that it's closed a $1.1 million Series A round led by High Country Venture and Highway 12 Venture, with Zelkova Ventures, Kal Vepuri, Tango, David Tisch, Jason Kiefer, and David Cohen participating (the company was also a part of the TechStars Boulder program).

So what exactly is Kapost? CEO Toby Murdock describes it as a newsroom platform that publishers can use to manage content submitted by a large number of contributors.

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Salesforce.com readies native mobile apps for Chatter collaboration

Salesforce.com is working on a series of native mobile applications for its Chatter collaboration software, the company announced Wednesday. Supported platforms include Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, Google Android, and Reseach in Motion's BlackBerry.

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Looxcie, A Futuristic Wearable Bluetooth Camcorder

Looxcie looks more like a prop from Valve’s game Portal than what it actually is: a non-nerdy wearable camera, or a distinctly nerdy Bluetooth headset.
It works like this. You jam the Looxcie in your ear and switch it on. A reversible earplug means it’ll fit in either ear-hole. The camera then runs continuously and buffers [...]

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Protect your Blackberry and Support the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade

OtterBox, makers of highly protective cases for your gear, are offering Pink is Strength cases for Blackberry devices. Compatible with the Curve 8500, Curve 3G, Pearl 9100 and Bold 9700, these cases will protect your Blackberry while also supporting a great cause. 10% of every sale goes to the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade which helps [...] Filed in categories: Blackberry related, News, Spotlight GadgetsTagged: Blackberry Curve, CaseProtect your Blackberry and Support the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 14, 2010 at 8:38 pm.

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What Is a Ninja Star? [What Is]

Whether it's true or not, Apple is denying that Steve Jobs ninja star story. But you might still wonder, what exactly is this forbidden implement, where did it come from and how do you throw it? More »

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PayPal App Lands on Droid X: You're Welcome

The popular PayPal App was mysteriously missing from Motorola's fashionable Droid X until this week. You can thank PC World ? in part - for making it happen.










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Qualcomm Demos TDD LTE Products

Time Division Duplex LTE has been targeted at emerging markets, but "multiple operators worldwide" are expected to launch trials of products based on the technology according to Qualcomm.

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Apple Posts Video From Special Event

Apple bucked tradition and streamed Wednesday’s special event live, so that iPod and Apple TV enthusiasts (with well-equipped Macs, iPhones, or iPads) could...










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Intel Core i5-580M and Core i7-640M highlight Sony's Asian laptop refresh

Sony's decided to litter its Asian portal with a smattering of blood-red "coming soon" signs, signifying an unannounced but seemingly very real wave of laptop refreshes. The F Series gets to play with NVIDIA's new 425M mobile GPU, but the real hotness is to be found in the Z Series, which get access to 2.8GHz Core i7-640M and 2.66GHz Core i5-580M CPU options from Intel. You'll recognize both as mostly roadmap fodder until now, and they're joined by the i5-560M, which makes its debut on a couple of Sony's midrange consumer lines. Basically, it's a whole lot of new silicon in what look like the same old enclosures, but that's not going to stop us from speccing out a Quad SSD-equipped VAIO Z just for the fun of it. We can probably expect these upgrades to journey westward soon as well, so why not hit the source link for a little bit of advance reconnaissance?

[Thanks, Wes]Continue reading Intel Core i5-580M and Core i7-640M highlight Sony's Asian laptop refreshIntel Core i5-580M and Core i7-640M highlight Sony's Asian laptop refresh originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Sony Asia Pacific  | Email this | Comments

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Analysts Predict Rough Road for BEA Portal Customers

CMS Watch, an analyst firm that tracks and evaluates content management technologies, is warning customers to be wary of the risk posed by changes occurring at several major portal vendors, including the fallout from Oracle's acquisition of BEA. ...

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Former Sun CEO tries anew with health start-up

Jonathan Schwartz now is running Picture of Health, stealthy for now but focusing on "innovation and public health."

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Gateway ID49C07u: Sleek, Sexy, and Silver, but Lacking in Performance

The Gateway ID49C07u is a slim, eye-catching 14-inch laptop with a pretty good price--just under $580 at the time of this review. The ID49C07u (a Best Buy exclusive model) has a 2.28GHz Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of memory, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD-rewritable drive, a 14-inch screen, a built-in...





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Motorola announces NYXboard QWERTY remote, super capacitor-based NYXgreen

Could we be seeing the beginning of a QWERTY trend in the living room? We can only hope -- the latest to join in on the fun is Motorola, which has just introduced its new NYXboard remote at IBC 2010. Unlike the TiVo Slide, this one packs a standard TV remote on one side and a QWERTY keyboard on the other, and -- here's the real kicker -- some sensors that recognize which side is facing up and deactivate the buttons not in use, an idea we've been waiting for. What's more, Motorola says this one will be available by the end of the year, but actual availability to customers will likely depend on the cable companies providing the set-top boxes. Also unveiled at the show is the NYXgreen, a rechargeable remote powered by super capacitors that can supposedly last for two weeks after being charged by USB for just 60 seconds, plus a pair of decidedly more standard remotes that are available immediately. Head on past the break for the press release, and hit up the gallery below for a look at the whole lot. Gallery: Motorola remotes (IBC 2010)Continue reading Motorola announces NYXboard QWERTY remote, super capacitor-based NYXgreenMotorola announces NYXboard QWERTY remote, super capacitor-based NYXgreen originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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Top 10 inkjet multifunction printers

Inkjet printers have come a long way from their humble roots. No longer limited to black-and-white printouts of school papers and work presentations, these ubiquitous machines now offer the scanner, copier, and (at times) fax capabilities that a home office or small office will need, and some of these units even have Wi-Fi connectivity for added ease-of-use. Overall costs will vary -- the total tab for ink packets can make or break a printer -- as will each component's performance. Chances are, one of the multifunction printers in this roundup can suit your family's or office's needs.

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Canonical Takes a Step in Bringing Ubuntu to Tablets

Canonical releases a touch-based software stack that could accelerate the OS' adoption on tablets.










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STM Org Board Protects and Organizes your iPad

The STM has just introduced the org board iPad case. It’s a slim form fitting neoprene sleeve to hold and protect your iPad, while also offering a handy organization panel for cables, pens, and other items. No word yet on availability or … [visit site to read more] Filed in categories: News, Spotlight Gadgets, iPhone, [...] Filed in categories: News, Spotlight Gadgets, iPhone, iPad, iPod relatedTagged: STM Org Board Protects and Organizes your iPad originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 11, 2010 at 11:00 am.

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Georgia Tech gurus create deceptive robots, send army of Decepticons to UGA campus

A score from now, when the entire world is burning and you're fighting to remember just how rosy things were before the robots took over, you can thank a crew of brilliant researchers at Georgia Tech for your inevitable demise. Sad, but true. A new report from the institution has shown that Ronald Arkin, a Regents professor in the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing, has been heading up experiments that have introduced the art of deception to mechanical beings. Yeah, lying. On the surface, it seems that this bloke's intentions are good -- he'd like for deception robots (or Decepticons, if you will) to be used in military / search and rescue operations. According to him, robots on the battlefield with the power of deception "will be able to successfully hide and mislead the enemy to keep themselves and valuable information safe." They'll also be able to mislead your offspring and convince them to rise up and overtake your domicile, slowly but surely ensuring the eventually destruction of the human race. But those are just minor details, you know?Georgia Tech gurus create deceptive robots, send army of Decepticons to UGA campus originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink Eurekalert  |  Georgia Tech  | Email this | Comments

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Google Maps For Mobile Gets Walking Navigation

Pedestrians with Android phones now have the option of step-by-step walking directions.

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Spammers Create 57,000 New Websites Every Week [Spam]

They may be an unscrupulous bunch, but you can't say spammers aren't efficient. Just imagine the time spent registering those domain names! More »

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All You Did Was Weaken A Country Today

Everyone is talking about Craigslist finally folding and taking down its adult services section. Earlier this month they took it down on the U.S. Craigslist sites without public comment, replacing it with a "censored" logo. A couple of days ago even that censored logo was removed. The debate is centered around prostitution. And in particular around sex slavery, sex crimes and underage prostitution. Nasty stuff, which is probably why Craigslist eventually surrendered. It's hard to debate that kind of emotion with logic, even when the law is on your side.

And on Craigslist's side the law is. The EFF rightly sees this as nothing but a freedom of speech issue, saying "Through this now years-long struggle, Craigslist's legal position has been and remains absolutely, unequivocally correct...The federal statutory immunity upon which Craigslist relies is not some clever loophole. Rather...a conscious policy decision by Congress to protect individuals and companies who would otherwise be vulnerable targets to litigants who want to silence speech to which they object, illegal or not."

But Craigslist folded anyway. And in the words of Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, "You fuckin' people. You have no idea how to defend a nation. All you did was weaken a country today, Kaffee. That's all you did. You put people's lives in danger. Sweet dreams, son. "

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Qualcomm Demos TDD LTE Products

Time Division Duplex LTE has been targeted at emerging markets, but "multiple operators worldwide" are expected to launch trials of products based on the technology according to Qualcomm.

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ATI FirePro V9800 runs out of ideas, shoots up with 4GB of GDDR5 and six mini DisplayPorts

If somehow you were able to choke up the FirePro V8800 and its 2GB of graphics buffer -- traveling across an autobahn-wide 147.2GBps interface -- here's the card for you. ATI has just announced the V9800, which doubles its predecessor's memory allowance to a mighty 4GB of GDDR5, but otherwise looks an almost identical beast. It maintains the 1,600 stream processor count of the V8800 and makes some small advances in performance and power efficiency, but on the whole it's the same card, just strapped up with more buffer muscle. We shouldn't neglect the new array of six mini DisplayPorts -- the retail package will include six DVI adapters, worry not -- which will let you have your full six-screen Eyefinity cake driven by just this one card. So, is this future collector's item worth your time? Well, at $3,499, the V9800 is a whole two thousand dollars pricier than the V8800, but then if you have the highly specialized needs it's looking to cater for, we're guessing that won't be too much of a hurdle for you.

Update: Oh, about the price, AMD just got in touch to say it'll suggest a $3,499 tithe, not the $2.5K indicated on the slide below. Sorry is we misled you into selling up your entire 3D rendering farm with the lower price we had before.Continue reading ATI FirePro V9800 runs out of ideas, shoots up with 4GB of GDDR5 and six mini DisplayPortsATI FirePro V9800 runs out of ideas, shoots up with 4GB of GDDR5 and six mini DisplayPorts originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink Hot Hardware  |  AMD  | Email this | Comments

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Apple Game Center snubs iPhone 3G, first iPod Touch

The Game Center is open to most iOS-based devices, with the exception of the iPhone 3G and first-gen iPhones and iPods, Apple has revealed. Originally posted at The Digital Home

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How Schools Are Putting the IPad to Work

David Woodbury got an early hint the iPad would be a big hit among the scholarly set.










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3-way hardware-accelerated browser shoot-out: Chrome on top, IE9 just behind and Firefox brings up the rear (video)

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After yesterday's announcement that Chrome 7 is now hardware accelerated, I instantly wanted to get the major browsers back into the ring for another screencasted deathmatch. Back when I did the 4-way speed test, only Firefox and Internet Explorer 9 featured hardware acceleration, and as a result Opera and Chrome were many orders of magnitude slower. If you watch the video, however, you'll see that's definitely no longer the case: Chrome is now the fastest of the three major browsers.

That speed comes at a price! As I discuss in the video, Chrome might be faster, but it uses significantly more resources than either IE9 or Firefox 4. Firefox is some 30% slower, but at the same time seems to use less CPU and GPU time. IE9 seems to utilize the same amount of CPU time as Chrome, but a little less of the GPU -- and it's marginally slower as a result.

What I don't know is whether this is by design or not. You'll notice that the GPU never went far above 50% -- why, with three browsers open, does it not get closer to 100%? The resources are there to be used -- why not use them?! Likewise, my CPU is still only half-used even when all three browsers are drawing 1000 frantic fishes at the same time. If you're curious, the other IE9 test drive samples all provided similar results. I wanted to try Google's 'HTML5 rocks' sample gallery, but they intentionally used elements of CSS and HTML5 that aren't yet supported in Internet Explorer 9 or Firefox 4.

In the name of science, here's some more information about my process: the screen capture does slow down each browser by a few frames per second, but relatively the figures are still accurate. I saw a small deviation in FPS when I was only running one browser at a time (probably because my CPU has multiple cores). There are a few unknown variables too, like whether the CPU core usage is defined by the app, or by the operating system (but with Chrome using more resources than IE9, you can only assume that Windows isn't unfairly biasing its own-brand browser).

If you'd like to recreate my test, you'll need to enable hardware acceleration in Firefox 4 and Chrome -- IE9 has it turned on by default:

Firefox 4 -- grab a nightly build, navigate to about:config and add gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled -- set it to 'true'

Chrome 7 -- grab a nightly build and add the following flags to the shortcut before opening it: --enable-accelerated-compositing --enable-gpu-plugin --enable-gpu-rendering --enable-accelerated-2d-canvas

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Global CIO: IBM-Google Security Snafu Shows #1 Vulnerability Is Ignorance

IBM's ranking of software vendors by vulnerabilities is riddled with errors, so Google intervenes and goes from worst to first.

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Prince George's arcade fan to donate video game to museum

Mount Rainier's Joe Brewer always has considered the old arcade video games -- games such as Pac Man and Donkey Kong -- to be a kind of art form.





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Microsoft Plans Slow and Steady Retail Store Pace

Apple's retail stores won't have a challenger from Microsoft, at least in the short term.

That was one of the nuggets pulled from an Aug. 10 talk at the Oppenheimer Annual Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference by Bill Koefoed, Microsoft's general manager of investor relations. Near the end of that event, an analyst in the audience asked a question about Microsoft's retail stores, which have been opening over the past year in cities such as Denver and San Diego.

"I think we have six open today, or we've announced six," Koefoed told the audience, according to a transcript released by Microsoft. "We think stores are important. We think they're important to give the end customer the experience of our products in an environment that we think we can optimize."

That being said, Koefoed added, "We've got to get the model right, and I think [Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's] been pretty clear that the stores need to make money." To that end, "We're continuing to grow at a prudent pace, one that we're learning from, and one that we're going to continue to learn from [to] make sure that we're making the right investments in the right places."

After months of Microsoft executives trumpeting that they were preparing to challenge Apple's retail experience head-on (and hiring George Blankenship, the former Gap executive who helped launch Apple's retail arm in 2001, to assist in the effort), the company opened stores in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mission Viejo, Calif., in late 2009.

Since then, Microsoft has seemed content to dip its toes in the water: a store opening here, another one there. The company could be reluctant to challenge big-box stores such as Best Buy that already sell Microsoft products and would doubtlessly be irritated if Redmond tried to seize a major chunk of their electronics revenue. But this could also be a more generalized feeling-out of the retail space; no sense in spending hundreds of millions on invading strip malls across the country if your company lacks the institutional knowledge to make such a strategy work.

In any case, Microsoft likely won't be challenging Apple store-for-store any time soon--but based on Koefoed's comments, the company obviously sees value in continuing the retail effort.

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Microsoft Snaps at VMware Ahead of VMworld

Microsoft has decided to pour gasoline on its long-burning feud with VMware, with a full-page ad in USA Today meant to give customers pause before signing up for the latter's virtualization services. If you believe it's a coincidence that the ad appears just as the VMware-hosted VMworld kicks off in San Francisco, well, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. For cheap."VMware is asking many of you to sign three-year license agreements for your virtualization projects," reads the ad, ostensibly authored by Brad Anderson, vice president of Microsoft's Management and Security Division. "Signing up for a three-year virtualization commitment may lock you into a vendor that cannot provide you with the breadth of technology, flexibility or scale that you'll need to build a complete cloud computing environment."Anderson then makes the pitch for Microsoft: "If you're evaluating a new licensing agreement with VMware, talk to us first. You'll have nothing to lose and plenty to gain."This particular feud isn't new or low-profile; during July's Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C., Microsoft COO Kevin Turner described how his company would aggressively pursue VMware's key corporate clients. From the transcript of his keynote:"In the next six months VMware, the majority of their enterprise license agreements will expire and require a renewal, because when those were formed three years ago we didn't really have a good competitive solution, but what a partner opportunity we can go after right now in the next six months."During the same event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claimed the company held 30 percent of the virtualization market. Virtualization products play a key part in Microsoft's future plans, which also involve extending cloud-based IT services to the enterprise. And that's enough to get Microsoft rolling at the smaller company with the aggression of Marlon Brando heading for the buffet table. (Yes, I've used that line before. No, it never gets old.)USA Today, of course, doubtlessly finds its way to the doorways of most hotel rooms in the San Francisco area. I'm just wondering how many VMworld attendees will give that ad serious thought.

Editor's note: A timeframe was corrected in Kevin Turner's quote.

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Skype Expands Horizons, Will Post Apps for iPhone, Blackberry

Apple iPhone and BlackBerry owners can breathe easier: Skype plans to announce an application for the smartphones at the CTIA Wireless convention on Tuesday....

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HP Envy 14: Plenty of Power in a Stylish Package

Because I'm the editor in charge of laptop coverage here at PC World, I'm quite often asked, "Which notebook should I buy?" Only slightly less often am I asked, "Which model would you buy?" This is it. The HP Envy 14 is the laptop I would buy for myself, were I in the market for one right now. That...





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HyperMac Stand Adds 16 Hours of IPad Battery Life

The iPad may get up to 10 hours of battery on a single charge, but for some people, that still isn't enough. Sanho, maker of AC-outlet-repelling external...










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Hardware Roundup

Processors: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Hexa-Core AM3 Processor Video Review @ eTeknix.com Memory and Storage: InnoDisk nanoSSD 64GB Review @ ITShootOut.com Futurelooks News Flash - Kingston HyperX 6GB 2250 MHz DDR3 Triple Channel Memory Kit Review Systems: ASUS AT3IONT-I Deluxe @ PureOverclock Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11-U Next-Generation ION Nettop @ Tweaktown Cases, Cooling & Misc.: ZAGG’s invisibleSHIELD for iPhone 4 Front Coverage @ iGadget Life Cooler Master HAF 912 @ TechREACTION

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Science Research Cuts Will Ruin Us All [Rant]

The Western World keeps cutting its science research budget because of the economic crisis. As China rises—funneling tons of money into science—our obtuse politicians don't realize that, without pure research, they are sentencing us to irrelevance and oblivion. More »

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Man Climbs 60-Story Skyscraper With Suction Cups [Suction]

Yesterday afternoon, "Skyscraper Man" Dan Goodwin, also known as Spider Dan, climbed the 58-story Millennium Tower in San Francisco to raise awareness for terrorism and cancer. Spider Dan's means of conveyance: suction cups, of course. More »

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iPod Touch Said to Account for 38% of All iOS Devices Sold [Apple]

Last week Steve Jobs patted Apple on the back and announced that 120 million iOS devices have now been sold, but according to market research company Asymco, the iPod Touch accounts for 38 per cent of that figure. More »

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VMware Has More Of The Market Than IDC Figures Show

VMware isn't letting much moss accumulate under its feet as it continues expanding what it plans to do with its virtualization software portfolio. VMware executives have taken to expressing the expanding horizons of virtualization as a theme. They say they refer customers to "the journey," not one set of limited data center goals.

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Road Trip Pic of the Week, 9/2: What is this?

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

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Review: Samsung Galaxy S phones do Android proud

SAN FRANCISCO -- The more phones that hit the market using Google's Android operating software, the harder it is for each offering to stand out from the black-and-silver crowd.





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Daughtercards expand I/O for TI's programmable ARM9 SoCs

Mistral announced two Linux-ready daughtercards for Texas Instruments (TI) evaluation modules (EVMs), the latter already available with the chipmaker's ARM9-based Sitara AM1x and OMAP-L1x SoCs (system-on-chips) on board. The UART Expansion Module offers interfaces for soft UART, hard UART, and soft DIR, while the CAN Expansion Module provides soft CAN, and hard CAN bus interfaces....

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Aug. 25, 1989: Voyager 2, Meet Neptune

1989: Voyager 2 makes its closest encounter with Neptune, passing just 3,000 miles above the cloud tops of the most distant planet in our solar system.
The Voyager 2 space probe has been our most productive unmanned space voyage. It visited all four of the outer planets and their systems of moons and rings, including the [...]

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Faster Foward: Big ambitions for the small screen from Apple?

SAN FRANCISCO -- Once again, Apple has issued reporters a vague invitation: Come to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts here to see us introduce ... something.





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Security Questions To Ask Your Cloud Provider

NeoSpire's director of security, Sean Bruton, discusses the realities of cloud security and the key questions to ask when assessing a hosted or cloud service provider's claims.

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iPod touch (2010) first hands-on! (update: video!)

So we just got our hands on the new iPod touch... and boy is it small. As you would expect, the functionality of the device is identical to the iPhone 4, as well as the functions of the cameras. In essence, it's a much thinner iPhone 4, with no cell radio and a lower quality still camera. The design is relatively in keeping with previous touches, so no major surprises there, but the inclusion of that A4 chip, higher resolution screen, and front and back cameras makes it a far more versatile device. Take a look at the gallery below if you're wondering just how much of a sliver this is -- it makes the iPhone 4 look... fat.

Update: It's worth noting that the back camera is clearly not the same 5 megapixel shooter present on the iPhone 4, as the specs on Apple's page for the touch list the still photo resolution at 960 x 720 -- a huge difference.
Gallery: iPod touch (2010) hands-onContinue reading iPod touch (2010) first hands-on! (update: video!)iPod touch (2010) first hands-on! (update: video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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iTunes 10 (with Ping) mercifully becomes available for download (update: iOS 4 has Ping, too)

Sure, they said it would be available immediately, but they lied. Now, the lie has become the truth, and the truth is just a fleeting dream, caught in between worlds we can't hope to understand, let alone grasp. Meaning: go download iTunes 10 with Ping.

Update: We've added direct download links below. Thanks commenters!

Update 2: A word of warning -- if you activate Ping, it will potentially make all of the nasty reviews you've written available for the world to see. So now they'll know who panned their recording debut and ruined their career.

Update 3: Got an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 on board? Ping may have magically appeared in your iTunes app, ready to help you wax introspective on the go. [Thanks, Kruze]iTunes 10 (with Ping) mercifully becomes available for download (update: iOS 4 has Ping, too) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink iLounge  |  Apple  | Email this | Comments

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