Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2 (AP)

Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2 (AP)

Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2 (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:47 PM PST

Apple Inc. Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs waves to his audience at an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Apple is back with a refined second-generation tablet computer that squeezes more power into a thinner shell while keeping prices in check. It's a three-pronged push that should handily hold off competitors for another year.

Review: Xoom emerges as first real iPad competitor (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, a Motorola Xoom tablet is shown at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Motorola's Xoom has been hailed as the most likely tablet computer to rival Apple's iPad — the first with the goods to compete against the uncontested leader in this nascent but rapidly growing market.

Cell phone photo class is not just for taking pics (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:29 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2011 photo, a man takes pictures with his cell phone on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt. A new cell phone photography class at a suburban Philadelphia university focuses on both the quality of the images and the ethical responsibilities that come with taking and publishing them. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - A new cell phone photography class at a suburban Philadelphia university focuses on both the quality of the images and the ethical responsibilities that come with taking and publishing them.

How the iPad 2 stacks up against the competition (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:57 AM PST

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPad 2 on stage during an Apple event in San Francisco, California March 2, 2011. REUTERS/Beck DiefenbachBen Patterson - Now that we've finally got the official details for the next iPad, those in the market for a new tablet can begin comparison shopping in earnest. On paper, it looks like the iPad 2 (read the announcement details right here) …

Apple unveils thinner, faster, camera-packing iPad 2 (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:23 AM PST

An attendee looks at the Garage Band program as he plays with the new iPad 2 during an Apple Special event to unveil the new iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad 2 as the successor to its popular tablet, the iPad.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)Ben Patterson - A year after revitalizing the once-sleepy, now red-hot tablet market with the original iPad, Apple surprised absolutely no one Wednesday by taking the wrapper off a slimmer, trimmer version of the wildly popular slate, complete with a front-facing camera for …

Startup Gives Twitter a Private Messaging Option (Mashable)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:04 PM PST

Mashable - This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

China rights group slams web curbs (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:27 PM PST

A man surfs the web at an internet cafe in Beijing. Rights campaigners face AFP - Rights campaigners face "severe repression" in China, with the heavily-censored Internet the main battleground in the fight for freedom of expression, a Hong Kong-based group has said.

A Tougher, Greener Battery Could Power Phones in Africa (LiveScience.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PST

LiveScience.com - One of the problems facing developing countries is that people in rural communities tend to walk around with dead cell phones. That is because mobile devices are cheaper than ever, but power plants are still expensive. But as a work-around in off-the-grid communities, phone owners have learned to run charge cords off of used car batteries.

Apple cuts original iPad price (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:03 PM PST

Digital Trends - The iPad 2 still isn’t available for preorder, but if it’s any consolation, the original iPad is now $100 cheaper. The 16GB iPad with Wi-Fi will now only cost you $399, on up to the 64GB, Wi-Fi + 3G model, which now runs for $729.

Emanuel: Fake Twitter wasn't always so far off (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:23 PM PST

AP - It turns out the profanity-laced fake Twitter feed chronicling Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel's mythical adventures wasn't too far off.

Sony opens PlayStation Move for 'prestigious researchers and professionals' (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:26 PM PST

Digital Trends - Today Sony announced its new Move.Me application, which will allow select individuals to get their own hands on the capabilities of its motion-based gaming technology. “PlayStation Move’s camera-plus-controller combination allows for the most precise and immersive gaming experiences,” senior engineer of SCEA developer support said in a statement today. “Now we’re formally taking that advanced technology, which was almost 10 years in the making, and offering it to innovators outside of our traditional game development community so they can create their own applications to impact the world in exciting new ways.”

Bieber's hair clippings sell for more than $40K (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PST

Justin Bieber arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)AP - Justin Bieber's hair is officially the stuff of legend: His hair clippings have sold for more than $40,000 on eBay.

Hands-on review: Consumers unsure about Apple’s first tablet will want the iPad 2 (Appolicious)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:18 PM PST

Appolicious - After a few seconds of playing with the iPad 2, I can confirm that Apple's new tablet computer is a pretty great (and little) machine that is more technologically advanced than most close observers anticipated.

LifeProof Case protects your iPhone 4 from pretty much everything (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:00 PM PST

Digital Trends - Toting around your mobile appendage at all times has its hazards â€" water, dirt, grime, weather elements, and falls, you name it. For many of you, we know that mobile appendage is the oh-so-handy iPhone 4. While it has countless excellent qualities, sturdiness through all of life’s situations is not one of them. The LifeProof Case ($70 pre-order) aims to change that by making your iPhone 4 as invincible as possible, including (claimed) protection from water, weather, snow, dirt, dust, grime, bumps, and falls. The slim and cleanly-designed case offers total phone functionality while only adding 1.5mm to the iPhone 4′s thin profile. The case is designed to military specifications of waterproofing and shock resistance and can survive under water to two meters. If you’ve been dying to take your iPhone underwater, you can also purchase the waterproof headphone adapter that will soon be available. Now we can all take our phones everywhere…even the shower. Whether that is progress or descent into insanity we’re not sure.

iPad 2 Keynote Streaming Video Now Available (Mashable)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:09 PM PST

Mashable - Today will be remembered as the day the iPad 2 first showed its pretty face. Now the recorded video stream is available, letting you see for yourself as Steve Jobs and his cohorts deliver the news.

Apple's Jobs puts on lively iPad 2 show (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:35 PM PST

An attendee looks at the Garage Band program as he plays with the new iPad 2 during an Apple Special event to unveil the new iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad 2 as the successor to its popular tablet, the iPad.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)Reuters - A thin but energetic Steve Jobs made a surprise return to the spotlight on Wednesday, taking the stage to unveil Apple Inc's new iPad and drawing a standing ovation.

Comic Kinect Turns Human Interaction Into a Comic Book Fight Scene (PC World)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:56 PM PST

PC World - Life would be better with flashy comic book sound effects. At least, that’s what one group of students thinks. Four students at Carnegie Mellon University worked together to create “Comic Kinect,” a Kinect hack that adds comic book-esque sound effects to ordinary contact. The software tracks users’ skeletons, and then adds graphics where they contact each other to simulate the look of a fight.
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