Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Justin Timberlake part of group buying MySpace (AP)

Justin Timberlake part of group buying MySpace (AP)

Justin Timberlake part of group buying MySpace (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:59 PM PDT

Bass guitarist Cameron Schnittger, with the pop rock band Four O'clock Heroes, points to his picture on on the bands' MySpace web site page in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, June 29, 2011. News Corp. has sold struggling social networking site MySpace for $35 million, mostly in stock, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal values MySpace at a fraction of what News Corp. paid for the site six years ago. The sale to online advertising network operator Specific Media is expected to close later Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Justin Timberlake apparently wasn't satisfied with just playing a social media impresario in the movies, so now he's becoming one in real life.

Review: HP TouchPad makes a mediocre tablet (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:50 PM PDT

In this June 27, 2011 photo, the HP TouchPad is displayed in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - A year after Hewlett-Packard Co. purchased flailing Palm, the technology behemoth is rolling out the first tablet that uses Palm's webOS operating system.

Jihadist web forum knocked off Internet (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:04 PM PDT

AP - A popular jihadist Internet forum has been knocked off the Internet, and counterterrorism experts say it appears it was hacked.

What Myspace got wrong, and why nobody misses it (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:34 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - The tale of Myspace is a cautionary one. Between 2006 and 2009, Myspace was the place to be for millions of internet citizens all over the world. At its peak, it was valued at as much as $20 billion (yes, …

Founder of TwitPic tweets his run-in with the law via his own Twitter photo-sharing service (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - A single errant tweet may have cost a prominent politician his job this month, but one high-profile Twitter user opted to live-tweet an indiscretion to top that â€" his own arrest. Late last night, TwitPic founder Noah Everett found himself in a …

Clever Foursquare Hack Turns New York City Into A Giant Game Of Risk (Mashable)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 07:18 PM PDT

Mashable - [More from Mashable: Mashable Hits 100,000 Foursquare Followers]

Amazon protests California Web-sales tax plan (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc warned its 10,000-plus California sales affiliates on Wednesday that it may be forced to sever ties with them should the state begin taxing their online sales.

LivingSocial moving ahead with $1 billion IPO: source (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Online daily deal site LivingSocial is meeting with banks to discuss an initial public offering of about $1 billion, according to a source familiar the situation.

Samsung asks U.S. to ban iPad, iPhone imports (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 07:04 PM PDT

Foreign visitors look around at a showroom displaying Samsung Electronics' products at the company's headquarters in Seoul July 7, 2010. REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - Samsung asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban the importation of Apple's iPhones, iPads and iPods, ratcheting up its dispute against Apple.

Nevr 2 L8: Text messages double chance of quitting smoking (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:03 PM PDT

People trying to quit smoking are twice as likely to succeed when they get mobile-phone text messages to encourage them, according to a study reported on Thursday by The Lancet medical journal.(AFP/File/Franko Lee)AFP - People trying to quit smoking are twice as likely to succeed when they get mobile-phone text messages to encourage them, according to a study reported on Thursday by The Lancet medical journal.

News Corp sells Myspace, ending six-year saga (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:28 PM PDT

Reuters - News Corp has sold Myspace for $35 million, a fraction of what it paid for the once-hot social media site even as a new generation of Web-based start-ups is enjoying sky-high valuations.

"Adjustment Bureau" tops DVD, Blu-ray sales charts (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT

Reuters - "The Adjustment Bureau," a quirky sci-fi romance starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, debuted at No. 1 on the DVD sales chart Wednesday, followed by fellow rookies "Unknown" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules."

Study finds that e-reader growth has surpassed tablets in recent months (Appolicious)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Appolicious - For the first time since the Pew Internet Project began tracking e-reader use in spring 2009, ownership of the portable reading devices has reached double digits. The project found that e-reader growth has accelerated in the past six months, as tablet growth has stagnated slightly, following a steep rise in the number of users after last year's iPad launch.

Low budget is no problem for cell phone filmmaker (The Upshot)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:36 PM PDT

The Upshot - With the special-effects blockbuster "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" hitting theaters, now's a good time to remind budding auteurs that one doesn't need a hundred million dollar budget to make a good movie. In fact, with some creativity, you can make an award-winning flick for next to nothing. Tech company Nokia recently held a competition [...]

HTC Status debuts with dedicated Facebook button (Digital Trends)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:37 PM PDT

Digital Trends - HTC announced today the arrival of its new phone, the Status, which comes with an integrated Facebook button for easy social media sharing. The phone will be available exclusively on AT&T this summer and while it’s not the “Facebook Phone” that some have been anticipating, it does put a heavy emphasis on social media sharing directly from the phone. Using the dedicated Facebook button, users will be able to instantly post a new status, upload photos, check-in at their current location, or share stories and articles from the Web directly to Facebook. While listening to music on the phone, users can also quickly press the Facebook button to share what they are listening to with friends. Other features include app shortcuts on the lock screen, front and back cameras for Facebook-friendly self-portraits, and smart ringer technology that reduces volume when the phone is in your hand and increases volume when in a pocket or bag.

Samsung trying to halt import of iPhones, iPads (Digital Trends)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Samsung has struck back. Following in the wake of Apple’s patent lawsuit, the South Korea-based company today filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking to block the import of the iPhone, iPad and iPod, according to Bloomberg.

FAQ for Final Cut Pro X Aims To Calm Angry Users (NewsFactor)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:37 PM PDT

NewsFactor - When Apple rolled out a 64-bit version of Final Cut Pro last week, the company promised its latest video-editing software release would revolutionize video editing. However, the revolution under way is hardly what Apple had in mind.

Oracle derides HP chip claims (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:25 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - The enterprise software giant accused Hewlett-Packard of suing Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL - News) for simply telling customers the truth about the cloudy outlook for its high-end server chip. HP sued Oracle after the company said it would no longer make software for HP computers running Intel's (NASDAQ:INTC - News) Itanium chip, which HP helped develop. In a court filing, Oracle accused Intel of perpetuating a "myth" that there's a 10-year road map for the chip, suggesting its future is more bleak. Oracle edged up 0.3% to 32.43. HP rose 1.3% to 35.55. Intel slid 0.5% to 21.39.
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