Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Internet rules at center of 'e-G8' forum in Paris (AP)

Internet rules at center of 'e-G8' forum in Paris (AP)

Internet rules at center of 'e-G8' forum in Paris (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 10:11 AM PDT

Internet leaders arrives at the Elysee Palace at their lunch for opening e-G8 Forum, in Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that governments need to lay down and enforce rules in the digital world- even as they need to foster creativity and economic growth with the Internet. From left, Rupert Murdoch ,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer News Corporation, his wife Wendi, and Maurice Levy, CEO of Publicis group, right. Man second right not identified (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - France wants better regulation of the Internet. Google's executive chairman says policymakers should tread lightly and avoid "stupid" rules.

Sony says Greece music site security breached (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:01 AM PDT

AP - Sony said it discovered a security breach affecting 8,500 user accounts in a music entertainment website in Greece that comes on the heels of a hacker attack which forced its flagship gaming site offline.

How to use your iPad as a digital photo frame (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 24 May 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we take your gadgets and give you tips and tricks for getting the most out of them. Yesterday we looked at how to uninstall apps from your Android phone, and today …

Tesla coils electrify epic music remix (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 24 May 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - There's epic, and then there's epic. A 40 minute remix of popular songs, played on tesla coils? That's the latter. After all, everything's better with lightning! Thanks to the Open Spark Project (OSP), you can now watch this amazing piece …

Foursquare Is Facebook's Equal on Super-Social INQ Phones (Mashable)

Posted: 23 May 2011 07:40 PM PDT

Mashable - The "Facebook Phone" cometh! So the media lauded in a not-so-distant past that has since been rewritten in the truth: INQ Mobile, a device maker with a social penchant, worked with Facebook to release INQ Cloud Touch, an Android smartphone with rich Facebook integration. Monday, INQ Mobile and Foursquare announced that they were collaborating on a similar home screen experience for INQ's lineup of Android devices. The mobile marriage will help users better discover and explore nearby places via Foursquare.

Sony reports another online security breach (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT

AP - Sony has suffered another online security breach, this time for 2,000 customers of its Sony Ericsson joint venture in Canada, the latest in a series of hacker attacks against the electronics and entertainment company.

Amazon and Barnes & Noble battle for e-book lovers (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 07:42 PM PDT

Within hours of Barnes & Noble announcing the new Nook e-book reader, Amazon released a version of its discounted Kindle 3G e-reader. Barnes & Noble claimed to have captured 25 percent of the digital book market since launching the first Nook model about 18 months ago.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - Online retail titan Amazon.com and bookselling giant Barnes & Noble dueled Tuesday for the devotion of digital book lovers with bargain-priced versions of their popular electronic readers.

Amazon selling cheaper Kindle 3G with ads (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:48 PM PDT

AP - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is selling an ad-laden version of its Kindle 3G e-reader, which has wireless service for downloading books.

Analysis: Sony Ericsson needs Sony firepower for Android war (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Japan's Sony needs to assert control over Sony Ericsson if the handset joint venture is to recoup market share and relevance in the cut-throat world of mobile devices.

Signs That Facebook Is Acting Like a Sovereign Nation (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:37 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - In Paris, today, French president Nicolas Sarkozy rubbed shoulders with tech industry superstars, including Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg, for the inaugural eG-8 meeting. The two-day event intends to prime the conversation at the Group of Eight summit set to take place later this week in Normandy. Sarkozy took a hard line in urging governments to better regulate the internet. "Don't let the revolution that you've begun threaten everyone's basic right to a private life and full autonomy," he told the conferences attendees. "Full transparency… sooner or later runs into the very principle of individual freedom."

Windows Phone Mango demo: Multitasking (Digital Trends)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Digital Trends - In New York earlier today, Microsoft held a VIP preview for its upcoming Windows Phone “Mango” update, which will hit devices this fall. Journalists weren’t allowed to touch the phones, but we were given hands-on demos from representatives. This video shows new features like the updated version of Office and multitasking. Another cool feature is that, like Android, if you open a file or Web page that requires a separate app like Flash or Adobe Reader, Windows Phone will make it easy to download that app from the Marketplace.

The role of mobile in LinkedIn, future social media IPOs (Appolicious)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - LinkedIn's recently announced initial public offering, which has valued the company at nearly 17 times its revenue from last year, has spurred interest and skepticism in future public offerings by social media powerhouses such as Facebook, Twitter, Groupon and Zynga.

Google to unveil mobile payments Thursday: source (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Google Inc will take the wraps off a mobile payment system on Thursday that lets consumers pay at checkout with phones instead of cards, a source said, hoping to beat Visa and others to the punch.

TiVo results jump thanks to legal settlement (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Reuters - TiVo Inc , which makes digital video recorders, reported a quarterly profit, reversing a year ago loss, thanks to the blockbuster patent settlement it reached with Dish Network Corp and EchoStar Corp .

Federal court demands Samsung give Apple access to upcoming products (Digital Trends)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Last month Apple filed a lawsuit accusing Samsung of copying its iPhone and iPad design, most specifically with its Galaxy lineup. Samsung responded with a countersuit, claiming it was Apple and its iPhone and iPad that infringed on various patents, and that the company must stop doing so as well as compensate Samsung.

Mango Phone 7 Update Enhances User Experience (NewsFactor)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:31 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Ramping up its effort to break into a smartphone market that seems to be passing it by, Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the first major update to Windows Phone 7, seven months after the software giant introduced the revamped mobile operating system. Nicknamed Mango, the update will enhance the social-media connectivity of Windows phones, an effort in which Microsoft failed terribly last year when it briefly featured a series of Kin phones centered on quick-share options.

Intel's 'Hybrid Cloud' Is a Cloud Server Inside Your Office (PC Magazine)

Posted: 24 May 2011 07:31 AM PDT

PC Magazine - On Tuesday, Intel announced a cloud-based, pay-per-use hosted applications service that actually runs on an on-premise server to protect data.
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