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- No Wikipedia? What if the Internet went down? (AP)
- Protest exposes Silicon Valley-Hollywood rivalry (AP)
- EBay reports higher 4Q earnings, revenue (AP)
- 5 insanely thin and light laptops that are coming soon (Yahoo! News)
- Did the oldest tree east of the Mississippi spontaneously combust? (Yahoo! News)
- Summer Coding: U.S. CTO Wants You to Get Tech Skills This Year (Mashable)
- Huffington Post preps online streaming network (Reuters)
- A Q&A on contested Internet anti-piracy bills (AP)
- Nintendo bringing free game demos to 3DS eShop (Digital Trends)
- Sony Ericsson seen improving in Sony hands (Reuters)
- Mark Zuckerberg speaks out against SOPA, rediscovers Twitter (Digital Trends)
- Leaked info points to 11 new Sony smartphones for 2012 (Digital Trends)
- The iPhone could be just one killer app away from beating Android (Appolicious)
- Zynga expands with acquisition of four mobile game companies (Digital Trends)
- YouTube plots 'Your Film Festival' for users (AP)
- Ask the Cheesemonger iPhone app provides an overpriced cheese education (Appolicious)
- McAfee software bug could turn customers' PCs into spam servers (Reuters)
- IBM achieves breakthrough in data storage technology, creates world's smallest storage device (Digital Trends)
| No Wikipedia? What if the Internet went down? (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:24 PM PST
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| Protest exposes Silicon Valley-Hollywood rivalry (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:39 PM PST
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| EBay reports higher 4Q earnings, revenue (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST
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| 5 insanely thin and light laptops that are coming soon (Yahoo! News) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:11 PM PST Yahoo! News - There's a whole new wave of gadgets right around the corner that you might not have even known you needed â€" until now, of course. Meet the ultrabook, a class of super-slim, considerably powerful notebook computers that are cut from … |
| Did the oldest tree east of the Mississippi spontaneously combust? (Yahoo! News) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:10 PM PST Yahoo! News - "The Big Tree," the oldest tree east of the Mississippi, was reduced to little more than a pile of ash this week. But unlike most forest fires, this tree burned from the inside out, leaving Florida officials struggling to explain … |
| Summer Coding: U.S. CTO Wants You to Get Tech Skills This Year (Mashable) Posted: 17 Jan 2012 05:09 PM PST Mashable - Missed out on that New Year's resolution to learn a programming language -- the goal that 300,000 people signed up for, including New York Mayor Bloomberg? Too busy with school to make it happen? You'll get another, even easier shot at that goal this summer. Codecademy, the brand-new entity behind that plan, has announced "Code Summer +" -- a condensed version of its curriculum, starting this May. The announcement was part of an event with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra. |
| Huffington Post preps online streaming network (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:05 PM PST Reuters - The Huffington Post is launching its own 24-hour live cable news network for the web, TheWrap has confirmed. |
| A Q&A on contested Internet anti-piracy bills (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:01 PM PST AP - Online piracy costs U.S. copyright owners and producers billions of dollars every year, but legislation in Congress to block foreign Internet thieves and swindlers has met strong resistance from high-tech companies, spotlighted by Wikipedia's protest blackout on Wednesday, warning of a threat to Internet freedom. |
| Nintendo bringing free game demos to 3DS eShop (Digital Trends) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:43 PM PST Digital Trends - Launching nearly ten months after the Nintendo 3DS hit North American shores, Nintendo is rolling out support for demos that can be downloaded through the Nintendo eShop. As of January 19, Nintendo 3DS owners can download a trial version of Capcom’s Resident Evil: Revelations, a title that’s launching in North America in approximately three weeks. During the following week, 3DS owners will be able to check out Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Other demos included on the docket are Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D and Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins, however no date has been announced on the availability of either demo. |
| Sony Ericsson seen improving in Sony hands (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:13 PM PST Reuters - Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson will deliver its final quarterly report as a joint venture on Thursday, before pinning its hopes on the consumer clout of its new sole owner Sony Corp to claw its way back into the top tier. |
| Mark Zuckerberg speaks out against SOPA, rediscovers Twitter (Digital Trends) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:10 PM PST Digital Trends - Mentioned within a public Facebook status update on his personal account, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg spoke out against both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) Internet piracy bills. Within the post, Zuckerberg states “The Internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can’t let poorly thought out laws get in the way of the Internet’s development. Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the Internet.†Zuckerberg went on to encourage his 10.9 million subscribers to contact their local congressmen and advocate pro-Internet views on the subject of SOPA and PIPA. |
| Leaked info points to 11 new Sony smartphones for 2012 (Digital Trends) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:19 PM PST Digital Trends - Information has come to light suggesting that electronics giant Sony will be releasing around 11 smartphones this year, all running Android. |
| The iPhone could be just one killer app away from beating Android (Appolicious) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 11:51 AM PST Appolicious - Through the course of writing about mobile apps and their platforms, a lot of numbers get published that suggest who is beating whom in terms of market share between Apple's iOS platform and Google's Android operating system. The back and forth is important because things like market leadership and penetration are the macro view of the app story. The more people using iOS or Android, the more apps get made for them, and the more money invested in making those platforms better in order to keep business working. But the constant back-and-forth can get a little tedious. |
| Zynga expands with acquisition of four mobile game companies (Digital Trends) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:49 PM PST Digital Trends - Zynga, maker of hit games such as FarmVille and Words With Friends, told Reuters on Wednesday that it has bought four mobile game companies in recent months. |
| YouTube plots 'Your Film Festival' for users (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 09:10 PM PST
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| Ask the Cheesemonger iPhone app provides an overpriced cheese education (Appolicious) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:30 AM PST Appolicious - Billed as a free app, Ask the Cheesemonger for iPhone and iPod Touch is anything but. You'll get a paltry glimpse of the app's content before being prompted to upgrade to the full version of the cheese-filled directory, but is it worth shelling out extra cash? For its regular price of $2.99, my vote is "no." |
| McAfee software bug could turn customers' PCs into spam servers (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 09:03 PM PST Reuters - Anti-virus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers' PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam. |
| Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:10 PM PST Digital Trends - There has been some pretty neat stuff coming out of the IBM camp as of late. Earlier this week we got a glimpse of the company’s plans to further develop battery technology in electric cars. Now it looks like another research and development division at IBM is hard at work pushing the envelope, and expanding computer storage space on an atomic level. |
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