Open source to shape cloud computing, but not dominate it
Open source has a role to play in cloud computing, but it’s likely not to be the vanquisher of old, proprietary dominance.
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Net neutrality gets a boost from the feds
The Obama administration includes the FCC’s Net neutrality principles as conditions for some of the funds it will allocate as part of the economic stimulus package.
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Twittering from the tractor: smartphones sprout on the farm (John D. Sutter/CNN)
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Twittering from the tractor: smartphones sprout on the farm — (CNN) — As he rolls across the wheat fields of his Nebraska farm, Steve Tucker often has his hands not on the wheel of his tractor, but on a smartphone. — He sometimes posts a dozen messages per day on Twitter …
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Update - Apple Pulls BeautyMeter App With Nude 15-Year-Old (KRAPPS)
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Update - Apple Pulls BeautyMeter App With Nude 15-Year-Old — Yesterday’s BeautyMeter article resulted in quite the firestorm. Media outlets such as Fox News, Wired, Gizmodo, DownloadSqaud and others, carried the “Nude 15-Year-Old Pictures” story … as well as social media activity from Digg, Twitter and more.
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D-Link’s Xtreme N DIR-685 storage router hands-on and impressions
Somehow or another, D-Link managed to combine a NAS, digital photo frame, secondary display and 802.11n router into a single device, and when the Xtreme N DIR-685 Storage Router was announced way back at CES this year, we were certainly interested to see how such a conglomerate would go over. At long last, the do-it-all wireless router is finally making its way out to the public at large, and with an MSRP of $299.99 (sans any internal HDD space), it’s definitely one of the pricier routers out there. We’ve taken this strikingly unique device into our lairs for a few days of testing, and if you’re interested in seeing if this bad boy is worth the price of admission, you’ll need to follow us past the break.
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Social Networks Complicate Relations Between Bosses and Employees - Government Technology
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Social Networks Complicate Relations Between Bosses and Employees
Government Technology Web 2.0 - social networking, in particular - is changing the way we communicate. Now we can share our inner monologs with the world. For good or ill, … Survey: Social Networks Not So Hot In The Workplace (And No One Cares) Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security Facebook Dangers: Parents Cannot Patrol The Social Networking World |
One More Thing: The New Facebook iPhone App Will Allow Video Uploads (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)
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One More Thing: The New Facebook iPhone App Will Allow Video Uploads — Yesterday, we wrote about what Facebook was planning for the next major release of its iPhone app, version 3.0. The big update will contain 15 new features, probably none bigger than the addition of event management to the app, finally.
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Microsoft: Bing needs to improve when news breaks
For several minutes following reports that Michael Jackson had been rushed to the hospital last week, Microsoft’s Bing search engine buried news results for searches on his name.
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TracFone offers $45 unlimited plan
TracFone’s new StraightTalk service delivers 30MB of data plus unlimited calling and messaging for $45 per month.
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PSPgo packs a 480MHz processor, probably not crossing 333MHz mark
Officially, Sony’s PSPgo is only clocking in at 333MHz like the rest of its brothers and sisters, but as the gang at Sony Insider found out in the FCC filing, the internal processor actually maxes out at 480MHz. What that means for gamers is probably nothing in the near future, since the firmware’ll underclock it to standard speeds and we’ve seen absolutely no sign Sony’s interested in releasing software exclusively for the UMD-less iteration at this point. Of course, the opportunity to capitalize on the upped hardware is gonna be there, and we still remember a noticeable difference in the technical quality of games released after Sony bumped its original PSP’s clockspeed from 266MHz to its max 333MHz, but for now, it’s just something to keep in the back of your mind.
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Report: Guilty verdict overturned in MySpace suicide case
Lori Drew allegedly used a fake MySpace profile to harass a teenager to the point of suicide, but judge says prosecutors can’t use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act against her.
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New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts (Akshay Patil/The Official Google Blog)
Akshay Patil / The Official Google Blog:
New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts — Ever since the new Google Blog Search homepage launched, we’ve been fielding requests for a myriad of different features. Today we’re happy to announce the launch of our most requested feature: RSS and Atom feeds.
Two out of three Internet users around the world visit social networks - InternetRetailer.com
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Two out of three Internet users around the world visit social networks
InternetRetailer.com US consumers have taken enthusiastically to social networks, but not nearly so much as those in Russia and several other countries, according to new data … Russian social network site users are 'world's most active' Russians Are the Most Active Social Networking Users Facebook is … Russia top for social networking engagement |
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AptHost Unveils Web 2.0 Design and Improves Hosting Services - webhostdir.com
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AptHost Unveils Web 2.0 Design and Improves Hosting Services
webhostdir.com AptHost Communications USA Inc. (www.apthost.com/), a leading provider of shared, reseller, vps and dedicated web hosting services has announced earlier … |
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Engadget Podcast 153 - 07.03.2009: Independence Day edition
It’s your holiday weekend America — how are you going to spend it? We’ll tell you how: by listening to Engadget Podcast 153 over, and over, and over. What better way to utilize your extra day off and barbecue-packed good times than by putting Josh, Paul, and Nilay on repeat for you (and your friends’) enjoyment? Check out the ‘cast this week as the boys explore the ups and downs of the Olympus E-P1, Dell’s MID plans, and field a handful of questions from our handsome, intelligent, and just basically awesome listeners. You won’t be disappointed.
Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
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00:02:10 - Olympus E-P1 hands-on, test shots, and mini-review
00:10:26 - Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 gets officially detailed, priced for US market
00:14:22 - Wii MotionPlus impressions: it works, but so far the games aren’t worth the fuss
00:24:45 - Dell working on iPod touch-esque Android MID, says WSJ
00:32:08 - Android 1.5 gets official SDK for native development
00:38:10 - Video: Mobinnova élan sporting a custom Tegra UI
00:47:30 - Video: NVIDIA Tegra’s GPU gets busy with HD video and full-screen Flash — Intel 945GSE shrugs, kicks dirt
00:47:30 - Verizon BlackBerry Tour unboxing
00:50:17 - BlackBerry Tour hands-on, wild sibling confrontation with Curve and Bold
00:53:00 - RIM CEO: “SurePress is here to stay”
00:57:00 - 13-year-old trades iPod for Walkman, reports on mysterious ancient artifact
01:04:55 - iPhone 3GS review
01:07:15 - Palm Pre review
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