Friday, September 2, 2011

WikiLeaks reveals all, media groups criticize move (AP)

WikiLeaks reveals all, media groups criticize move (AP)

WikiLeaks reveals all, media groups criticize move (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 14, 2011 photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange talks to members of the media during a news conference in central London. Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said Thursday that its massive archive of unredacted U.S. State Department cables had been exposed in a security breach which it blamed on its one-time partner, Britain's Guardian newspaper. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - WikiLeaks disclosed its entire archive of U.S. State Department cables Friday, much if not all of it uncensored — a move that drew stinging condemnation from major newspapers which in the past collaborated with the anti-secrecy group's efforts to expose corruption and double-dealing.

Bid to block AT&T deal reflects telecom industry (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:53 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration has explained its effort to block AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile USA by saying it will fight mergers that would reduce competition and hurt consumers.

Fans set sights on first 'Call of Duty' convention (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2011 file photo, model Marisa Miller arrives at the Barnstable Brown Derby party in Louisville, Ky. Miller will be hosting the inaugural Call of Duty XP conference held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 2-3, 2011, at a sprawling hanger compound at Playa Vista, Calif. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, file)AP - The inaugural "Call of Duty XP" convention more closely resembled Disneyland than an actual battleground as the two-day event celebrating the shoot-'em-up video game franchise took flight Friday at an old airfield in Los Angeles.

Domino’s plans to open first pizza place on the Moon… someday (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:32 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - What happens when competing pizza chains go all-out in an attempt to outdo each other? Apparently some big, ridiculous promises are made. At least that seems to be the case as the Japanese arms of both Domino's and Pizza Hut …

Tecca TV: TechLife on cyborg eyes, diamond planets, a street-legal Batmobile, and more (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - In this episode Bionic eyes and more become reality: Documentary explores cybernetic human augmentation… welcome to the future! Diamonds are a planet's best friend: Scientists discover a planet that's actually a massive spinning diamond in space. You could own the …

Oprah to Appear Live on Facebook, Invites Your Questions (Mashable)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:17 PM PDT

Mashable - Oprah Winfrey is coming to Facebook next week. On September 8, the TV star will be the one answering questions rather than asking them, appearing on a one-hour Facebook Live streaming video interview on Sept. 8 at 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time, 1:30 P.M. Pacific. To see the live webcast, go to Facebook Live on Sept. 8 and Oprah will answer questions shared by visitors to the Facebook Live event wall. Fans are invited to share their questions now, with the promise that "you might hear Oprah answer your question during the live show."

AOL Huffpost, Tech Crunch scandal raises concerns (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Reuters - With Labor Day weekend a day away -- or for the more fortunate, in full swing -- it is only fitting that another controversy erupted before the unofficial end of a summer of salacious scandal.

Amazon tablet coming November at $250: TechCrunch (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc plans to unveil a cheaper, smaller $250 rival to Apple Inc's iPad tablet device in November, industry blog TechCrunch reported on Friday.

Confirmation of Amazon's 7-inch Android tablet, set to be released in November for $250 (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Digital Trends - We have been hearing rumors about the upcoming Amazon tablet for months, but now we finally have some solid information according to TechCrunch. They have had hands-on contact with a 7-inch tablet which resembles BlackBerry’s PlayBook that is simply called the Amazon Kindle, no fancy code names here. The tablet is reported to be released sometime in November for just $250.

Hurl a phone as far as you can in Finland’s annual phone-tossing championship (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Yahoo! News - Do you ever feel like throwing your phone as far as you can? We've all been there, and happily, Finland has a sport dedicated specifically to that feeling. Meet the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship in Savonlinna, Finland â€" the ultimate socially-sanctioned way …

Bar owner uses Facebook to reunite bride and dress (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT

AP - So a bride walks into a bar ...

RIM Drops PlayBook Tablet Prices at Best Buy Stores (NewsFactor)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:08 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Those sounds you hear are more tablet prices dropping. Research In Motion is the latest dropper, via a Best Buy limited sale offering a $50 discount on RIM's 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook, down from $499.99.

Google could see big tax break from Motorola merger (Appolicious)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:23 AM PDT

Appolicious - In addition to thousands of patents that Google is looking to secure for its fight against other tech companies in the mobile market, Google has another incentive for acquiring Motorola Mobility – a big break on its U.S. taxes.

WiLAN sues Apple, Dell, HP, HTC, and others over wireless tech (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:36 AM PDT

Digital Trends - Canadian patent holding company WiLan has announced it has launched litigation against a broad swatch of technology companies, alleging their product infringe on two patents related to CMDA/HSPA technology, as well as Wi-Fi and 4G LTE mobile technologies. The suit specifically targets Apple, Alcatel-Lucent, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HTC, Kyocera, Novatel, and Sierra Wireless, and cites U.S. patent RE37,802 and 5,282,222â€"of the two, the latter is most intriguing becausde it was applied for all the way back in 1992 and granted in 1994â€"years before the LTE and Wi-Fi technologies it’s now being applied to were developed or gaining any sort of adoption.

Dish Network releasing Netflix rival with Blockbuster brand in October (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:53 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Rolling out to consumers on an unannounced date in October, Dish Network is bringing a streaming competitor to Netflix with the Blockbuster brand. Reported by Bloomberg earlier today, Dish will be using an existing infrastructure that delivers on-demand movies to consumers. This service may be structured with a dual purpose, offering a selection of classic and archive movies titles as well as brand new, on-demand titles currently available to Dish Network customers. The new streaming offering is also expected to include Starz, the media network that dropped out of negotiations with Netflix as of yesterday. 

Lenovo exec says Samsung sold only 2 percent of shipped Galaxy Tabs (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:54 PM PDT

Digital Trends - If the claim is true, it really shows what an uphill struggle Apple’s competitors are facing in the tablet market as they try to persuade consumers that there is a viable alternative to the Cupertino company’s hugely popular iPad device.

Judge radically scales back Oracle court victory over SAP (Digital Trends)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:18 AM PDT

Digital Trends - Last year, Oracle won a mammoth court victory against SAP, one of its main competitors in database and enterprise services: a jury awarded Oracle $1.3 billion for SAP stealing software and customer support materials from an Oracle password-protected Web site. At the time, it was one of the largest awards ever granted for software piracyâ€"but no more: Judge Phyllis Hamilton in the U.S. District Court in Oakland has scaled back the award to Oracle to a mere $272 million, saying the $1.3 billion award was “contrary to the weight of the evidence, and was grossly excessive.”
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