Saturday, October 2, 2010

iPhone vs. Original Mac: a Teardown Showdown (PC World)

iPhone vs. Original Mac: a Teardown Showdown (PC World)

iPhone vs. Original Mac: a Teardown Showdown (PC World)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:43 PM PDT

PC World - No two Apple products share a closer parallel history than the original iPhone and the original Macintosh computer.

Microsoft hopes to bury iPhone, Android (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:17 AM PDT

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates makes a speech at a session of the 18th World Aids Conference in Vienna July 19, 2010. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerReuters - Last month, a few hundred Microsoft Corp employees acted out their fantasy with a mock funeral for Apple Inc's iPhone at its Redmond, Washington campus.

Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Phones (PC World)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:18 PM PDT

PC World - Microsoft filed patent infringement complaints against Motorola and its Android phones in the International Trade Commission and U.S. federal court Friday, indicating that the software giant may hope to use its strong patent position as one way to set its mobile software apart from the competition.

Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] (Mashable)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:08 AM PDT

Mashable - Just when you thought you've got those rascally Twitter trends all figured out, Justin Bieber goes and tweets about maple syrup, and you're back to the drawing board.

US to warn Americans to be vigilant in Europe (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:03 PM PDT

**CORRECTS DATE OF STATEMENT BY EUROPEAN OFFICIALS** FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, a U.S. Predator drone flies over the moon above Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan. European security officials said Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010, a terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other low-budget attacks in Britain, France and Germany is still active and that sites in Pakistan — where the threat was intercepted — are being targeted for al-Qaida operatives. The Obama administration intensified the use of drone-fired missiles in Pakistan's border area, but this month there have been at least 21 attacks — more than double the highest number fired in any other single month. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - The Obama administration will warn U.S. citizens to be vigilant as they travel in Europe, providing updated guidance prompted by al-Qaida threats, American and European officials told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Interview: Ben Heck Explains Modding At World Maker Faire [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:19 AM PDT

Mashable - Our Mashable Tech field trip to the World Maker Faire at the New York Hall of Science was a kid-in-a-candy-store scenario for the crew. With so much incredible modded mayhem, it was, as Sarah Kessler pointed out, easy to get overwhelmed.

Spy chief says Iran able to fight computer worm (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 06:26 AM PDT

AP - Iran's intelligence minister said the country has learned how to fight off a complex computer worm that some foreign experts have speculated was designed to target Tehran's nuclear program, state television reported Saturday.

4 Ways Google's Goo.gl URL Shortening Service Can Best the Competition (PC World)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:59 PM PDT

PC World - The Google URL shortening service Goo.gl, that allows you to transform long Web addresses into short easy to remember links, was opened to the public Friday. With the introduction of Goog.gl, the Internet behemoth joins the ranks of Bit.ly, TinyURL, Ow.ly, and dozens of other similar services.
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