IOS Beta Shows Voice Recognition, Hearing Aid SoftwareMobiledia - - 6 minutes ago Apple's new iOS 5 may expand speech recognition and include a hearing aid mode, according to developers, showing the company continues to add functionality and improve the device as its fall release date ... Apple updates iOS 5 developer tools TG Daily It's a hacker's world, we just live in itInfoWorld - - 52 minutes ago This year's DefCon and Black Hat conferences show that hacking has gone mainstream. But some digital deviants still need to get spanked By Robert X. Cringely | InfoWorld Dear Sony: Sure, you lost 100 million user accounts, suffered a weeks-long outage, ... Vegas in August: Ground Zero for Hackers of All Kinds International Business Times Kids learn how to hack at DefCon CBS News Agreements not yet in place for Apple to launch cloud movie serviceApple Insider - - 1 hour ago Apple is not prepared to launch its in-the-works cloud-based movie streaming and re-downloading service, as licensing agreements with a number of major Hollywood studios have reportedly not yet been secured. iTunes Replay for Movies Stalled? TechCrunch Comcast Offers $10 a Month Internet Option For Low-Income FamiliesPCWorld - - 2 hours ago The new plan--dubbed Internet Essentials--will be available in September in the 39 states Comcast operates in. By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Comcast's regular Internet service offers start at $30 per month and go up to $200 per month. Windows Phone 7 sales falling fastTG Daily - - 53 minutes ago Since the launch of Microsoft's new mobile operating system, sales of WP7-powered devices have fallen 38%. That's not exactly what you want to see when you launch a new product or line of products, but with Windows Phone 7, things are a bit tricky. Windows Phones Down 38% Since '7' Launch InformationWeek Apple Prepping Sub-$1000 iMac for EducationPC Magazine - - 45 minutes ago Just in time for the back-to-school season, Apple is reportedly prepping a stripped-down, sub-$1000 iMac for education users. 9to5Mac this weekend reported that later this month, Apple will release an iMac with a starting price tag ... Apple launches $999 iMac for education VentureBeat FBI launches Child ID appTG Daily - - 33 minutes ago The FBI has launched its official Child ID app, which allows parents to electronically store photos and critical information about their children in case they go missing. FBI Launches iPhone App To Find Missing Children InformationWeek Diana Nyad began her Cuba-to-Florida swim at 7:45 pm ETCNN - - 1 hour ago Editor's note: CNN alone will be in the support boats with Diana Nyad on her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. @MattCNN will be Tweeting live. US swimmer braves sharks Sydney Morning Herald Will Google+ Force Linkedin To Buy 'The Wall Street Journal'?Mediapost.com - 1 hour ago by Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, 45 seconds ago This past month, a couple of articles chronicled the diverging strategies and fates of the two traditional portals, AOL and Yahoo. Who Will Have More Users: Google+, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn? International Business Times Smugglers use zip line and slingshot to sneak iPads into Hong KongEngadget - - 1 hour ago By Terrence O'Brien posted Aug 8th 2011 10:33AM Chinese smugglers turned to a rather low-tech method for getting a pile of decidedly high-tech iPads and iPhones across the border to Shenzhen, in a scheme to make money off of regional tax differences. Spam King Sanford Wallace Indicted for Facebook SpamPCWorld - - Aug 4, 2011 Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009. HP lowers Touchpad price in US to undercut the Ipad 2Inquirer - - 1 hour ago FLOGGER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP has slashed the price of its Touchpad in the US as it tries to compete against Apple's Ipad 2. HP launched its first WebOS tablet a month ago amid much fanfare and while the hardware specifications ... HP's TouchPad let down by 'ho-hum' hardware The Australian HP Cuts TouchPad Price A Month After Launch InformationWeek Apple Opens iCloud to DevelopersPCWorld - - 2 hours ago People enrolled in Apple's Developer Program can now transfer their MobileMe accounts to its hyped, yet-to-be-released iCloud service. iCloud Drops MobileMe's Mac OS X Sync Settings Features Gotta Be Mobile Battlefield 3 is not coming to Steam, but EA has a real reasonArs Technica - - 28 minutes ago Gamers have been worried for some time about their ability to buy Battlefield 3 from Steam, and EA has now provided an official statement on the matter: until Valve changes its policies, the game won't ... EA Announces BATTLEFIELD 3 Will Not be Sold on Steam The Daily BLAM NASA's Surviving Rover On Mars To Reach "Spirit Point" At Endeavour CraterInternational Business Times - 2 hours ago NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will revisit the rim of Endeavour crater on Mars, where its rover twin Spirit finished its 6-year-long mission in May. Surviving NASA rover nears rim of Martian crater Newsday (subscription) 20 Years Ago Today: The First Website Is PublishedWired News - - Aug 6, 2011 It was August 6, 1991, at a CERN facility in the Swiss Alps, when 36-year-old physicist Tim Berners-Lee published the first-ever website. Panasonic, Samsung prepping 3D glasses standardCNET - - 50 minutes ago Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, and XpanD announced the "Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative" today, saying that they will collaborate on a new standard for 3D active glasses that uses radio frequency and "multiple types of infrared system protocols. CE Companies Seek Standardized 3D Glasses Home Media Magazine Active 3D TV systems: A single standard for glasses ConsumerReports.org New app delivers personalized contentReuters - - 49 minutes ago A dedicated iPad station is seen in front of an iPhone at the Apple store in New York May 23, 2011. By Natasha Baker TORONTO, August 8 (Reuters Life! A 'magazine that reads you' London Free Press LulzSec Hackers Leak Police DataComplex.com - - 1 hour ago Following the arrest of one of LulzSec's chief hackers, AntiSec hackers made a show of solidarity by leaking 10 gigs of data from 50 police departments nationwide. Pierre Cardin outs a fashionable tablet computerBusiness Insider - 1 hour ago While tablet computers are being slaughtered mercilessly by Apple's iPad which basically re-invented this category ; none of its competitors can claim to be better on any of the fronts that the iPad competes on. |
Monday, August 8, 2011
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