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Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome

February 8, 2010

Technology - International Herald Tribune / By JOHN TIERNEY

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Apple Job Posting Suggests Video Recording Coming to Future iPad Models

February 9, 2010

MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

A new job posting on Apple's site suggests that the company is preparing to add still and video camera capabilities to its iPad tablet device in the future.

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Current MacBook Pro Models Deleted From Best Buy's Inventory System? Updates Imminent?

February 9, 2010

MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Yesterday, a poster in our forums claiming to be a Best Buy employee reported that the company's internal inventory system had been updated to show that all MacBook Pro models had been "deleted", ...

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Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat

February 9, 2010

New York Times / By JENNA WORTHAM

Foursquare, the hip social network whose software is on the phones of many young urbanites, is branching out.

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Verizon Adds Location-Enabled Mobile Broadband Cars and USB Modems for Businesses

February 9, 2010

MobileTechReview

Verizon Wireless today announced that businesses can now use select Mobile Broadband PC cards and USB modems with a variety of third-party Location Based Services (LBS) applications for navigation, ...

Sony TransferJet devices coming soon

February 9, 2010

bit-tech.net main feed

Devices implementing Sony's TransferJet short-range wireless technology are already available in Japan, and are coming to Western shores some time in the spring.

Apple releases Aperture 3 photo editing software, with location and facial awareness features

February 9, 2010

Tech Digest / geraldlynch

Apple have announced the launch of Aperture 3, the latest version of their popular photo editing and archiving software.

IACI Q4 Beats; Stock Gains

February 9, 2010

BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Barron's Online / Eric Savitz

IAC/Interactive (IACI), the Barry Diller-piloted Internet conglomerate, this morning posted Q4 results that beat Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $367.

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Must-have features for Twitter-killing

February 8, 2010

Scripting News

In October 2009, after 2.

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Apotheker ‘He Did What Was Best’ for SAP Amid Slump (Update1)

February 9, 2010

Business Week

SAP AG Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker, who resigned unexpectedly this week after the board decided not to renew his contract, told employees that he did what was best for the company during a ...

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Pandora open-source handheld is go

February 9, 2010

CrunchGear / Devin Coldewey

For quite a while now, I’ve been following the progress of the Pandora, an open-source handheld for music, movies, and games.

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Rumor: MacBook Pro refresh imminent, SKUs dropped from Best Buy systems

February 9, 2010

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) / Michael Rose

Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Macbook Pro Update: Commenters point out that our tipster pulled the Best Buy inventory screen image from this thread on the MacRumors forums (he did provide independent ...

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Apple Releases Aperture 3 With Faces and Places Tagging Features

February 9, 2010

MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

Apple today announced the release of Aperture 3, adding over 200 new features to the company's professional photo editing and management application.

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Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract

February 9, 2010

USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories

Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone ...

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Why Google won’t give Twitter or Facebook a buzz cut tomorrow

February 9, 2010

Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger / Robert Scoble

OK, I’ve given you the reasons why Google will be successful this time, but why won’t what they announce tomorrow give Twitter or Facebook a buzz cut?

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Zagat Books A Table With Foursquare; Restaurant Maven Reaches For Mobile App's Cool Factor

February 9, 2010

paidContent.org / David Kaplan

Location-based social net Foursquare is on a roll when it comes to netting high-profile media partnerships. The latest is restaurant reviews guide Zagat, the NYT reports.

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The social failings of Google

February 9, 2010

Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger / Robert Scoble

Orkut. Used it? I did back in 2002, but since then? No one I know uses it. Jaiku. Used it? I did back in 2006, but since then? No one I know uses it. Dodgeball. Used it?

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The ISS gets its own HD video tour

February 9, 2010

CrunchGear / Matt Burns

Sit back, relax, and enjoy this extensive HD video tour of International Space Station. You better enjoy the ISS while you can.

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Lian Li “spider” case seen creeping around Taiwan

February 9, 2010

CrunchGear / Dave Freeman

Beware the coming of the spider! This strange creature was seen in a back alley, eating cats, small dogs, and any memory chips it happens to find.

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EA: Rock Band deal with Viacom only through March 2010

February 8, 2010

Xbox 360 Fanboy / JC Fletcher

If you're wondering where Rock Band 3 is, a year and a half after Rock Band 2 and five months after the launch of The Beatles: Rock Band, it seems EA isn't sure it's going to get to publish it.

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Panasonic No. 1 in global patent applications in 2009, US takes top spot in country ranking

February 9, 2010

CrunchGear / Serkan Toto

It lost the top spot in 2008, but in 2009, Panasonic submitted the most international patent applications (according to a preliminary report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization ...

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Apple's share of U.S. smartphone market grows to 25% - study

February 9, 2010

AppleInsider

A strong holiday quarter helped to grow Apple's share of the U.S. smartphone market by 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, giving the iPhone a 25.

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Apple Store is down worldwide

February 9, 2010

CrunchGear / Serkan Toto

The Apple Store went down (globally) a short while ago. And we all know what that means: They are adding new stuff, or at least updated stuff. Could this be refreshed MacBook Pros, for example?

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February 9, 2010

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Qwest seen as likely takeover target, analysts say totaltele.com Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract usatoday.com Three firms battle for LTE patent pool fiercewireless.

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Trinity Mirror Buying GMG Regional Media For £44.8 Million

February 9, 2010

paidContent.org / Robert Andrews

Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) still sees value in local newspapers, even if Guardian Media Group doesn’t. It’s buying GMG Regional Media - with its 32 newspapers and websites - for £44.

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Rusbridger: 'iPad Could Produce Significant Revenue Streams'

February 9, 2010

paidContent.org / Robert Andrews

It’s not exactly a great leap from publishing an iPhone app to offering one on the soon-to-be-released iPad - not only will the former will run on the latter; the skillset for developing the ...

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Daily Crunch: Pac Directions Edition

February 9, 2010

CrunchGear / Bryce Durbin

Lian Li “spider” case seen creeping around Taiwan Heat powered arcade mugs The red TomTom EASE is probably meant to be a Valentine’s Day gift because it’s red

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Barnes & Noble's Nook Heads To (Most) Stores

February 9, 2010

paidContent.org / Staci D. Kramer

When Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced its Nook e-reader in October, the ability to pursue a dual in-store and online sales strategy appeared to be one of the clear advantages it might have ...

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BioShock 2 review

February 9, 2010

DigitalBattle / James

The original BioShock, released back in 2007, is arguably one of the most atmospheric games ever made, and also, one of the most original.

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Apple job posting hints at video option for iPads

February 9, 2010

CrunchGear / Dave Freeman

It's crazy how the slightest little hint of something starts all the rampant speculation about Apple's product development.

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Redpoint Closes A New $400 Million Fund

February 9, 2010

paidContent.org / Joseph Tartakoff

Redpoint Ventures, the VC firm that has backed a long list of digital media companies, including in recent months ad provider Impact Radius and video search engine Clicker, has closed a new $400 ...

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News Corp. Got $12.5 Million In Flixster Stock For Rotten Tomatoes

February 9, 2010

paidContent.org / Joseph Tartakoff

News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) received $12.5 million in Flixster stock when it sold its Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews site to the startup last month, according to an SEC filing.

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Free Realms nets 8 million players

February 9, 2010

DigitalBattle / Jeff Baker

If you’re one of our loyal readers you may remember that back in April of last year, Sony brought their free to play MMORPG, Free Realms, out of beta.

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Today on Our Other Blogs

February 9, 2010

DigitalBattle / Paul

Gigabyte M1405 Docking Notebook BenQ V2220 LCD Monitor Pocket Metabolism Checker The Rambler Gas Scooter

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Today on DigitalBattle.com

February 9, 2010

DigitalBattle / Paul

LucasArts announces LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars New Medal of Honor before September Dead Space 2, Dragon Age II coming in 2011 Molyneux: Fable 3 details at X10 LA Noire coming in September?

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LucasArts announces LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

February 9, 2010

DigitalBattle / Jeff Baker

I must say, I was a bit skeptical about the LEGO Star Wars series before I was actually able to get my hands on it. Once I was, I realized the game was actually pretty damn fun.

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New Medal of Honor before September

February 9, 2010

DigitalBattle / Jeff Baker

Gamers who have been around since the late 90s have undoubtedly heard of Medal of Honor. It’s a Call of Duty-esque FPS set in a variety of time zones including WW2.

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Dead Space 2, Dragon Age II coming in 2011

February 8, 2010

DigitalBattle / Jeff Baker

Dead Space fans waiting for a sequel will be happy to hear that EA has just dated the game for a 2011 release.

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Adobe

February 9, 2010

NetworkWorld.com Community -

Apologies are all well and good. The most important thing is that fix!

Apple’s Store Goes Down, Twitterers Speculate

February 9, 2010

WebProNews Feed / Jeremy Muncy

Sometimes when the Apple store goes down it’s nothing, while other times new products are added once the store finally comes back online.

Samsung to unveil Bada phone on Valentine's Day?

February 9, 2010

Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks

Samsung has released a teaser page saying it will unveil a brand new handset at the Mobile World Congress show on February 14th.

Ksplice debuts zero downtime service for Linux

February 9, 2010

InfoWorld / admin

Ksplice Tuesday officially launched its no-reboot patching service for Linux servers. The Cambridge, Mass.

Closed Captions & 5.1 Audio Coming to Netflix

February 9, 2010

Zatz Not Funny! / Dave Zatz

CNET got a look at Netflix’s 2010 roadmap… And we can expect both 5.1 surround sound and closed captioning from their streaming service in 2010.

The deep and savage road: Ars reviews Dante's Inferno

February 9, 2010

Ars Technica / bkuchera@arstechnica.com (Ben Kuchera)

Can you image your soul laid bare, every sin and broken promise shown in grim detail to the one you love above all others?

Please Email This Article; Researchers Say You’ll Feel Better

February 9, 2010

Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim / Andy Beal

If fear, scandal, sex, and humor sell newspapers, it stands to reason that those topics would make for the most popular articles on news sites and blogs. Right?

Club3D reveals Radeon HD 5550 and 5570 cards

February 9, 2010

DV Hardware

Club3D introduced its Radeon HD 5500 series graphics cards, which feature the ATI Redwood Pro GPUs.

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