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Stephen Colbert shows iPad at the Grammys

February 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Apple tonight took advantage of the Grammy Awards to surprise the audience with an appearance by an iPad (viewable below). Taking action on Stephen Colbert's mock demand for an iPad on his show, Apple gave the host an iPad for his presentation of the "Song of the Year" award.

www.electronista.com

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 5 2010

February 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Here we go again with another SlashGear Week in Review. This was an important and busy week in the tech world with a much anticipated announcement by Apple in the middle of the week. There was some cool stuff unveiled early in the week too though.

www.slashgear.com

Upcoming MSI Wind Box DE220 Nettop PC

February 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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The guy over at Liliputing has recently uploaded some pictures of MSI’s upcoming nettop PC ‘Wind Box DE220′.

www.techfresh.net/upcoming-msi-wind-box-de220

Amazon cedes to Macmillan with Apple looming

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Amazon in an unusual weekend update revealed that it has accepted Macmillian's pricing terms for e-books on the Kindle store.

www.electronista.com

ExoPC Slate 8.9-inch Windows 7-powered Tablet

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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The ExoPC Slate is a new tablet PC that looks like the Apple iPad. Priced at $599, the gadget is powered a 8.9-inch multitouch display with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, Windows 7 OS, a 2GB of DDR2 memory, a 32GB SSD with SD card expansion and a 4 hour battery life with the included…

www.techfresh.net/exopc-slate-8-9-inch-window

Samsung NB30 Intel Pine Trail Netbook

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Samsung release a new netbook called Samsung NB30 powered by Intel Pine Trail processor and now it’s available for pre-order. It has Intel Atom N450 (1.66 GHz) processor, integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphic, 1GB of memory, and 160GB of HDD.

www.elitezoom.com

Google opts out of Google Docs and Sites support in IE6

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Section: Web, Web Apps, Web Browsers, Websites, Google Recently, Google has decided to stop offering key functions of their Google Docs and Sites services for Internet Explorer 6 browsers. The only browsers that can work with Google Docs and Sites include Mozilla Firefox 3.0+, Internet...

www.gadgetell.com

All about EPUB, the ebook standard for Apple’s iBookstore

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Filed under: Odds and ends, BooksOverlooked in much of the hype about the iPad announcement earlier in the week was a comment by Steve Jobs in the Keynote presentation where he mentioned that the iBooks app for iPad would take advantage of the popular EPUB format for electronic books.

Man charged for selling hacked Comcast modems, faces up to 20 years in prison, $250,000 fine

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Section: Business News Sure, the thought of testing your skills at hacking a modem to get free internet access is kind of interesting, but trying to get some cash out of it is something I wouldn’t have done.

www.gadgetell.com

Google Street View lawsuit allowed to continue but Google shouldn’t be worried

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Section: Web, Google The lawsuit filed against Google by a Pennsylvania couple was reinstated by an appeals court, but their demands for $25,000 in damages plus punitive damages are unlikely to be heard and their claims of mental anguish and invasion of privacy were thrown out.

www.gadgetell.com

Firefox Mobile launches for N900

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Mozilla this weekend slipped out its first completed version of Firefox Mobile. The new version works with Nokia's Maemo 5-based devices and is primarily intended for the N900.

www.electronista.com

BigShot Kit teaches kids to build a digital camera, how it works

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Remember electronics and chemistry kits you had as kids? Well, there’s new technology coming out all the time and the folks at Columbia University’s Computer Vision Lab have developed an educational kit that is bit more specific – a digital camera kit.

www.gizmosforgeeks.com

LEGO Diffraction Grating Projector

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I have never seen a project made with a Diffraction Grating before, but this LEGO Diffraction Grating Projector project has a great looking effect. It’s designed by Carl who was featured here before for his RGV Laser System.

hackedgadgets.com

Amazon halts sales of Macmillan books over ebook price dispute

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks Amazon has yanked all books published by Macmillan in response to a pricing dispute. Macmillan is demanding the site raise the price of ebooks to $15, a $5 increase over the current $9.99 price.

www.gadgetell.com

Amazon fighting with publishers over pricing

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Apparently all is not well in e-book land. In an unusual move, publisher Macmillan took out an ad in the Publishers Marketplace magazine protesting the tactics being used by Amazon regarding pricing.

www.crunchgear.com

Readability Bookmarklet for Web Reading

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

While cleaning up some old bookmarks today, I ran across a company that was acquired by Twitter which lead me to one of the owners Twitter’s feed.

www.gizmosforgeeks.com

Steve Jobs at Apple Town Hall meeting: Harsh words for Google, Adobe

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Filed under: Other Events, Internet Tools, Steve JobsSteve Jobs recently held a Town Hall meeting for Apple employees, and according to Wired, he had some very choice words for both Google and Adobe.

Join us for a TUAW Talkcast tonight at 10pm Eastern

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Filed under: TUAW Business, AppleOur talkcast returns to the virtual airwaves this evening as usual, bringing your chance to get in on the discussion with us. This week’s topic?

The store is DOWN

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Filed under: Other Events In the course of Apple Events, there comes a time as FCC approvals draw near, and announcements hang in the balance, that the store goes down and a great hush goes through the land.

Pro Bowl

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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While I am excited to be watching it this evening, I really can’t say I like the idea of the Pro Bowl now being before the Super Bowl. Seems like an odd decision for those who supposedly understand the game to make. But…what do I know. All I do is watch.

www.megatechnews.com

Jobs calls Adobe lazy, calls Google on the their “bullshit”

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Ahh Steve. You can always be depended on to serve up a healthy dose of crazy. It’s just fortunate that people put up with your own special brand of crazy that no other CEO could put up with.

www.crunchgear.com

More town hall: next iPhone is an A+ update, beats Android

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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More details have emerged from the post-iPad Apple town hall meeting hosted by Steve Jobs. In addition to setting up Android as a main rival, Jobs promised “aggressive updates” to the iPhone that would beat Android. He also teased that the next iPhone would be an “A+” update….

www.electronista.com

Material Xperience 2010: Endless Materials, Eight Lectures and One Award

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

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This week, Rotterdam Ahoy hosted the Material Xperience 2010 event from 27-29 January 2010. During three days exhibitors showcased their latest materials, supported by inspiring lectures (see all lecturers here) and ceremony for the Daylight Award 2010 which promotes good use of daylight in…

Firefox Mobile 1.0 makes its debut on the Nokia N900 Maemo platform

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Web, Web Browsers Earlier this month, release candidates of Firefox Mobile for Nokia N900 started to show up, now Firefox Mobile 1.0 has finally arrived!

www.gadgetell.com

Firefox Mobile 1.0 makes its debut on the Nokia N900 Maemo platform

January 31st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Web, Web Browsers Earlier this month, release candidates of Firefox Mobile for Nokia N900 started to show up, now Firefox Mobile 1.0 has finally arrived!

www.gadgetell.com

Protection One’s eSecure lets you control your home alarm system from your iPhone

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Home security comes to the iPhone from security company, Protection One. eSecure is a Web-based home security system that also features an iPhone app. The Web app lets you monitor in real-time your cameras at home as well as adjust your home alarm system.

www.gizmosforgeeks.com

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