Thursday, December 2, 2010

Nissan rolls out Leaf electric car in Japan (AP)

Nissan rolls out Leaf electric car in Japan (AP)

Nissan rolls out Leaf electric car in Japan (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:55 PM PST

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga, fourth left, and people wave next to the company's zero-emission electric car, Leaf, during a news conference at its headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Nissan showed off its Leaf electric car Friday, trumpeting its zero-emission technology and practicality with video of the hatchback zipping through snow and water.

China promises new support to solar development (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:40 PM PST

AP - Beijing is promising new subsidies to develop China's solar power industry — policies already under fire from the United States as a possible trade violation.

Samsung promotes chairman's son to president (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:20 PM PST

AP - The son of Samsung Electronics Co.'s chairman has been promoted to president in a reorganization of top management posts at the conglomerate the giant technology company anchors.

Flix on Stix video-rental kiosks would replace DVDs with USB drives (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:12 PM PST

Ben Patterson - The idea behind Flix on Stix sounds a lot like Redbox, the buck-a-night DVD kiosks that are seemingly taking the country by storm. But rather than stocking machines with hundreds of DVDs, Flix on Stix kiosks would store movies digitally, …

Netflix reportedly ‘in talks’ with TV studios for newer episodes (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:28 AM PST

Ben Patterson - It's looking more and more like Netflix and Hulu are on a collision course as far as streaming TV shows are concerned, especially in the wake of rumors that the DVD rental giant is hoping to entice the studios behind …

Prosecutors drop charges against Xbox modder (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 05:59 PM PST

Digital Trends - This week started out poorly for Matthew Crippen. The California resident was being taken to court for running a small operation modifying Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games. To add to matters, the court wasn’t willing to permit a “fair use” argument and claimed it would not acknowledge the testimony of one of Crippen’s defendants.

FlickrExport 4 arrives for iPhoto, Aperture (Macworld)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST

Macworld - Apple may have upped the Flickr ante in iPhoto ’11, but avid photographers still need more control and convenience when sharing their work in Yahoo’s galleries. Flickr tools for iPhoto power users are the domain of Connected Flow, and on Thursday the company released major upgrades to its FlickrExport plug-ins for both iPhoto and Aperture.

4G Wireless Carriers Compared: Sprint vs. T-Mobile vs. Verizon (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 05:23 PM PST

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Google social project may be dubbed Emerald Sea, integrate everywhere (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:50 PM PST

Digital Trends - Just days ago, it was reported that Google would be delaying the introduction of its social networking project, failing to meet its original goal of launching in 2010. While no prospective date has been announced, some bits and pieces of the internal process and what to expect are leaking out.

DirecTV offers basic packages to boost growth (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:52 PM PST

Reuters - DirecTV Group plans to expand its customer base by offering cheaper TV packages with fewer channels and exploring new ways of bundling Internet access with its satellite TV service, the company's top executive said on Thursday.

By Traffic, Groupon Is Ten Times Bigger Than Its Nearest Competitor (Mashable)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:31 PM PST

Mashable - While we don't have access to the internal financial documents of companies in the local/group coupon-buying space -- one of the hottest verticals to emerge in 2010 -- we can tell by looking at site traffic that Groupon exponentially outstrips its nearest competitors, LivingSocial and BuyWithMe.

Android 2.2 dominates the scene; Pocket God hits the Market (Appolicious)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:25 PM PST

Appolicious - And the survey says… With so many mobile operating systems on the market, it's a wonder Android is able to keep up with itself. Its OS alone has several iterations, from 1.5 to 2.2, with Gingerbread updates on the horizon. So how does its market distribution play out? Some interesting reports have emerged this week, offering insight into Android's scene.

AVG Free Update Bricks 64-Bit Windows 7 PCs (PC World)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:57 PM PST

PC World - If you haven’t already downloaded the latest mandatory AVG 2011 Free software update, it may be best not to if you want your computer to turn on again. The December 1 update is causing 64-bit PCs running Windows 7 to totally breakdown.

Amazon Says Government Pressure Didn't Lead to WikiLeaks Ban (PC World)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:50 PM PST

PC World - Amazon Web Services (AWS) kicked WikiLeaks off its servers for breaking rules designed to ensure websites use their own content and that it won't injure others, and not due to pressure from the U.S. government, Amazon said Thursday.

Russian accused of mass-spamming charged in Wis. (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:54 PM PST

AP - A 23-year-old Russian man accused of running a worldwide spamming network, which Internet-security experts say on some days accounted for one of every three unwanted e-mails, is scheduled to appear in a Wisconsin courtroom to hear charges against him.

Google Chrome browser nears 10 percent share (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 05:38 AM PST

Digital Trends - Google is making some ground in the browser market. In Nov. 2010, the browser hit a 9.27 percent market share, up almost a full percentage point from October, according to a report from Net Applications. The gain came at the cost of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which dropped by nearly a full point to 58.41 percent. Mozilla Firefox suffered a drop, but it was insignificant drop of .02 percent to land at 22.81 percent and Apple's Safari browser rose a fifth of a point to 5.57 percent.

Amazon blocks out WikiLeaks, but denies U.S. pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:32 PM PST

File photo of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, holding a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has stopped hosting the website of WikiLeaks, which published sensitive classified U.S. government information, but it denied it was a result of pressure from lawmakers.
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