Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail (AP)

Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail (AP)

Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:12 PM PDT

Jason Toff, marketing manager for Google Voice, demonstrates how to make a call from a red phone booth at the Google office in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Google plans to promote the Google Voice service by setting up red phone booths at universities and airports scattered across the United States. People will be able to make free calls from the booths to U.S. and Canadian numbers and save on international calls. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Google Inc. is adding a free e-mail feature that may persuade more people to cut the cords on their landline phones.

Apple's 99-cent TV show idea is no game changer (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:32 PM PDT

AP - Apple Inc.'s iTunes store may have revolutionized the music business, but its recent push to let people rent TV shows for 99 cents won't amount to a game changer for how people watch TV.

Review: Dell Streak is awkward phone, so-so tablet (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:37 PM PDT

In this Aug. 24, 2010 photo, an Associated Press reporter holds the Dell Streak phone during a product review in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Lately I've been feeling very self-conscious when talking on the phone in public, and it's not because I'm worried about strangers listening in on my private conversations.

Apple 'special event' slated for Sept. 1; new iPod Touch, Apple TV? (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:02 PM PDT

Ben Patterson - Get ready to lay your eyes on Apple’s latest and greatest — including, perhaps, a new iPod Touch and a $99 Apple TV — next week, with Apple sending out guitar-decorated invites (hint, hint) for a September 1 "special event."

Virgin Mobile tees up $40/month unlimited broadband plan (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Ben Patterson - Forty bucks a month for unlimited 3G data that you can share over Wi-Fi via the MiFi wireless hotspot? Where do I sign up — and how long before other carriers follow suit?

Remains of the Day: HTC strikes back (Macworld.com)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Macworld.com - You just can’t keep a good army of Terminators down. Apple may have had an ulterior motive in the deal it struck with the Liquidmetal folks; HTC has struck back at Apple’s patent infringement suits; and the EFF thinks Steve Jobs is a cackling, diabolical mastermind. The bad kind. If you can stomach that, you can handle the remainders for Wednesday, August 25, 2010.

Pentagon computers attacked with flash drive (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:39 PM PDT

AP - A foreign spy agency pulled off the most serious breach of Pentagon computer networks ever by inserting a flash drive into a U.S. military laptop, a top defense official said Wednesday.

Apple likely to show off new iPods Sept 1 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:32 PM PDT

The iPod Nano. Apple is planning a September 1 event at which the company is expected to unveil an updated iPod line-up.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)Reuters - Apple Inc is expected to show off a snazzier line of iPods on September 1, as speculation mounts the consumer electronics giant may also unveil plans to reinvigorate its long-neglected TV project.

Vampire Hunters: Devices Reduce Energy Waste (PC World)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:30 PM PDT

PC World - It's 1 a.m., and everyone in the house is asleep. The television is off. The computers are off. Your cell phones and MP3 players are plugged in but no longer charging. And all these products are still sucking electricity.

Indiana man charged in Pa. Facebook stalking case (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

This undated photo submitted by the Westmoreland County Prison shows Travis Allen Davis. Davis, of New Castle, Ind., is facing stalking charges after he allegedly set up a Facebook account using the name of a woman he raped to persuade a Pennsylvania woman to come back to him. (AP Photo/Westmoreland County Prison)AP - An Indiana man created a Facebook page in the name of an ex-girlfriend he raped in Ohio, then used it to stalk a more recent ex in Pennsylvania and threaten to distribute a secretly filmed video of them having sex if she didn't return to him, police said.

Apple sets music event for Sept. 1 (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:38 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - Apple (NMS:AAPL) didn't disclose the information about the event, but a guitar featured in press invitations raised expectations that the company will unveil revamped iPod digital media players. Some believe Apple will launch an iPod Touch with sharper screen and front- and rear-facing cameras. A revamped TV device may also be in the works.

iPhone App Uses Background Location for Automatic Checkins on Foursquare (Mashable)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:40 PM PDT

Mashable - Foursquare players too busy painting the town red to go to the trouble of whipping out their iPhone and checking in can sit back and let Checkmate do the work for them.

Bump Android app is the new business card (Appolicious)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Appolicious - The free Bump app for Android is the calling card of the social media scene. Simply download this app and trade information with other users by bumping Android phones.

Cracks in computer defenses abound: IBM (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT

IBM on Wednesday reported that the number of discovered cracks that hackers could exploit in computer software surged in the first half of the year.(AFP/DDP/File/Jens Schlueter)AFP - IBM on Wednesday reported that the number of discovered cracks that hackers could exploit in computer software surged in the first half of the year.

Red Hat Offers Its Cloud APIs as Industry Standard (PC World)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:20 AM PDT

PC World - As the industry call for cloud interoperability grows more fervent, open-source enterprise software company Red Hat has submitted its cloud platform, Deltacloud, to the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) as a potential standard for cloud interoperability, the company said Wednesday.

Gmail Glitch Resends Messages Multiple Times (PC World)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:50 PM PDT

PC World - Gmail users have been reporting in droves that the Google webmail service is resending messages to their recipients, turning these users into accidental spammers who are unintentionally annoying friends, acquaintances and business contacts.

Firefox 4 Browser Inches Ahead with Ease of Use (PC World)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:56 AM PDT

PC World - Mozilla on Tuesday released the fourth beta version of Firefox 4, complete with several new features that have the potential to propel the browser ahead of its competitors.

PARTING SHOTS: Cali mosque vandalized, Putin shoots a whale (The Upshot)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:55 PM PDT

The Upshot - Here's our daily roster of stories that evaded full-on blog treatment: • Police are investigating whether vandalism at a California mosque was a hate crime. A brick was thrown through the window and three signs were left behind on Friday, with one of them reading "No Temple for the God of terrorism at Ground Zero." [...]
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