Friday, April 22, 2011

Sony investigating PlayStation Network outage (AP)

Sony investigating PlayStation Network outage (AP)

Sony investigating PlayStation Network outage (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 08:41 PM PDT

AP - Sony Corp. is investigating the outage of its PlayStation Network, a system that links gamers in live play worldwide.

Samsung files lawsuits against Apple (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab, left, is displayed with at an advertising board, at the headquarters of South Korean mobile carrier KT in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 22, 2011. South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. says it sued Apple Inc. for patent rights violations, only days after Apple sued Samsung for the same reason.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said it is suing Apple Inc. for patent rights violations, only days after Apple sued Samsung for the same reason.

The New York Times' Cascade: Data Visualization for Tweets [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT

Mashable - The research and development department of The New York Times has recently been pondering the life cycle of the paper's news stories in social media -- specifically, on Twitter. Cascade is a project that visually represents what happens when readers tweet about articles.

Anonymous May Have Taken Out PlayStation Network (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT

NewsFactor - If you've been trying without success to access the PlayStation Network, you're not alone. The online gaming network has been unavailable to 70 million PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable registered users since Thursday.

T-Mobile Merger Will Fix Bad Service, AT&T Says (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:06 PM PDT

NewsFactor - As regulators scrutinize the impact of AT&T becoming the nation's biggest wireless provider, the carrier is telling regulators the $39 billion deal won't hurt competition. It also says its purchase of T-Mobile will lead to better service and wider adoption of high-speed broadband Internet access -- a priority for the Federal Communications Commission.

Android App Quick Picks (PC World)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 06:00 PM PDT

PC World - Looking for some new Android apps to download? Here are two Android games to check out, and one that we recommend you skip.

AT&T Adds More iPhone Customers Than Verizon (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless activated 2.2 million CDMA iPhones during the handset's first eight weeks of availability on the wireless carrier's network. But only 22 percent of the iPhone activations through the end of March represented new Verizon customers, the company's executives told investors during a conference call Thursday.

Chuck fans turn to twitter to save the show (Digital Trends)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 07:30 PM PDT

Digital Trends - NBC‘s spy-nerd-next-door series Chuck is once again on the bubble between renewal and cancellation. This time the show’s fanshave decided to shift gears and use the power of social media in their mission to get Chuck picked up for it’s fifth season. This week, the fans have begun a twitter campaign in an effort to become more visible to the show’s advertisers.

More Proof DVDs Are a Dying Medium (PC World)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:05 PM PDT

PC World - While Hollywood pushes Blu-ray as the next-generation entertainment format of choice, new research suggests that it may be wasting its time peddling the optical disc format. In a research note to clients, BTIG Research analyst Richard Greenfield notes that Google searches for rental services such as Redbox and (especially) Netflix have skyrocketed and searches for DVDs have flat-lined.

Pepto Bismol Throws Pinata-Smashing Fiesta on YouTube for Cinco de Mayo (Mashable)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:32 PM PDT

Mashable - Targeting the victims of the next big hangover-inducing holiday, Pepto Bismol has introduced a YouTube app for Cinco de Mayo.

HBO Go likely to pave the way for more TV on your iPad or iPhone (Appolicious)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Soon iPhone, iPad and Android device users will be able to watch HBO shows and movies, and that's pretty good: "Pret-ty… pret-ty… pretty good," as Larry David might say in Curb Your Enthusiasm, one of HBO's television series.

Comment of the Day: Of Course Apple and Google Track Us (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:33 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - So it turns out Apple and Google aren't just tracking the locations of iPhone and Droid users--they're also saving the data, with an eye towards building "massive databases capable of pinpointing people's locations via their cellphones," according to the Wall Street Journal. Commenter AP, for one, took the news in stride.

Apple's cloud-based iTunes gets record labels' blessing (Digital Trends)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:15 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Google may be interested in partnering with established streaming service Spotify, but Apple may have just one-upped any progress it was making with its cloud-based music application. CNET is reporting that Apple has officially signed an agreement with Warner Music Group, giving its coming product rights to the label’s entire music library.

iPhone's 'iTracking' Spurs Questions from Congress (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Should Apple's previously unknown recording of location data on the iPhone be described as LocationGate? Maybe, since Congress is now asking questions.

IBM Tailors BPM for Small Business (PC World)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 11:10 AM PDT

PC World - IBM has customized its new BPM (business process management) software to help small and midsized organizations set up their own automated workflows just like big businesses do.

Sun Gone Wild: NASA Releases Highlight Reel of Solar Flares [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Mashable - Look what the sun's been up to over the past year. This spectacular highlight reel of videos shot by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) commemorates the year anniversary of when NASA revealed the first images taken by the spacecraft.

Upgrade Your Life: Gadget secret powers (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Yahoo! News - Our gadgets these days have superpowers. But they also have secret powers: Things you didn't know they could do. This week on Upgrade Your Life, Yahoo! News' Becky Worley shows us some hidden features, plus surprising tricks that you can …
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