Monday, September 5, 2011

Internet archive shows Sept. 11 coverage (AP)

Internet archive shows Sept. 11 coverage (AP)

Internet archive shows Sept. 11 coverage (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York. The Internet Archive, a California-based organization that collects audio, moving images and Web pages for historical purposes, has put together a television news archive of that day's coverage. More than 20 channels were recorded with more than 3,000 hours of television. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)AP - For many in New York and Washington, Sept. 11, 2001, was a personal experience, an attack on their cities. Most everywhere else in the world, it was a television event.

Experts suspect Iran involvement in Dutch hacking (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:25 AM PDT

AP - Hackers who broke into a Dutch web security firm have issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy agency websites including the CIA as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the government said Monday.

"Twitter Terrorists" Could Get 30 Years in Prison (Mashable)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Mashable - What might the 2011 version of Orson Welles's War of the World's radio broadcast look like using today's fastest method of information-sharing? Gerardo Buganza, the interior secretary for Veracruz state in Mexico, said it could very well be the "Twitter terrorism" caused by two people who allegedly spread false reports of gunmen attacking schools and kidnapping children. Those reports caused such panic when parents scrambled around the city to get to their children that there were dozens of car accidents and emergency phone lines were jammed.

Dell to partner Baidu to develop tablets, mobile (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:36 PM PDT

A Dell computer logo is seen on a laptop at Best Buy in Phoenix, Arizona, February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - Dell Inc said on Tuesday it will partner China's top search engine Baidu Inc to develop tablet computers and mobile handsets.

Iranian Internet users were victim to spying: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:18 PM PDT

Reuters - About 300,000 Internet users in Iran have been spied on last month by one or several hackers who stole security certificates from a Dutch IT firm, a report presented by the Dutch government said on Monday.

Dragonquest X will be an online RPG, confirmed for Wii 2012 and WiiU (Digital Trends)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:56 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Square Enix revealed more information about the next numbered Dragonquest title in a recent press event. The official title is Dragonquest: Awakening of the Five Tribes, and is confirmed for both the WiiU and the Wii. There is no release date set for the WiiU, but the Wii will be getting the game sometime in 2012.

Get mobile disaster preparation and response with the FEMA Android app (Appolicious)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Appolicious - Got disaster? The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been working hard to improve its image since Hurrican Katrina, the costliest and one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of the United States. The agency received a fair amount of praise for preparation and response to Hurricane Irene's recent destructive tour of the East Coast, and now FEMA has released a mobile app for Android. It's great, so download it immediately.

Woman on Facebook date tricked into being getaway driver (Digital Trends)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:23 PM PDT

Digital Trends - It’s safe to say that as far as dates arranged through Facebook go, most pass by without major incident.

Ford Evos concept car (Digital Trends)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Digital Trends - #dt-gallery-main-image img { float:right; max-width:400px; border: 1px solid #999; padding: 2px !important; } #dt-gallery-thumbs { float:left; width: 210px; } #dt-gallery-thumbs li { margin:7px !important; background:none !important; padding: 0 !important; float:left !important; } #dt-gallery-thumbs li img { border:1px solid #999; list-style:none; padding: 1px; } Imagine streaming music in your house and when you get up to leave that same music starts up in your car. That is exactly what the Ford Evos concept car is aiming to do. But of course, streaming music from your home to your car isn’t the only futuristic feature this plug-in hybrid has to offer. In addition to media streaming, the Evos will be able to communicate with the cloud and other mobile devices like your cell phone, heat or cool the interior prior to entering the vehicle. The concept cars will also automatically close the garage door as you pull out of your drive way. Forget to turn off the lights? The Evos could do that too.

Crimson Steam Pirates tops iPad Games of the Week (Appolicious)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Crimson Steam Pirates is made by Bungie, and it's a ton of fun. That's all you need to know about this week's top iPad game. It's ship vs. ship on the high seas, and you'll need to carefully steer your hardy, steampunk-enhanced craft from point to point, objective to objective, and battle to battle to win the day. DrawRace 2 HD brings fresh, finger-frenzied racing to your tablet, while MEGASTUNT Mayhem Pro puts "bullet time" tricky fun into monster truck rallies. ...

China's Baidu to launch Android-based mobile OS (Digital Trends)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Digital Trends - At its annual Baidu World event in Beijing, leading Chinese search engine Baidu announced it will be offering its own Android-based mobile operating system, dubbed Baidu Yiâ€"”Yi” translates as “Easy.” The mobile OS builds on Google’s Android operating system, but directly integrates Baidu service offerings, including Baidu’s mapping service, an ereader, a location-savvy business directory, and Ting, Baidu’s legal music service. Baidu Yi will also support technology Baidu has already rolled out for Android devicesâ€" including its input method for typing or hand-drawing Chinese scriptâ€"as well as cloud-supported services for data back and social sharing.

Netflix launches in Brazil, 43 more countries to follow (Digital Trends)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Digital Trends - Back in July, Netflix promised it would launch its service in dozens of Latin American countries, and today the streaming video service made good on that promise, launching Netflix in Brazil and saying service would be available in 43 more Latin American and Caribbean countries by September 12.

San Francisco police help search for lost iPhone (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:09 PM PDT

AP - San Francisco police officers helped Apple Inc. investigators look for a missing iPhone prototype that was left in a city restaurant in July, the police chief said, the second time in two years the company has lost an unreleased smartphone.
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