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Archive for July, 2010

New iPhone back in black

31 Jul 2010

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CNET Networks)
The back of the iPhone might be turning black with the arrival of the 3G model.

As Lawrence Peter might say, it’s deja vu all over again as we await the arrival of the 3G iPhone. Engadget has the latest, claiming they’ve been in touch with a tester who says Apple plans to ditch [...]

Vator.tv gets a centralized, Twitter-like news fee

30 Jul 2010

Vator now lets companies post status updates that other users can respond to. The service also tracks changes companies have made to profiles.
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CNET Networks)
One thing that’s missing, and something Francisco tells me is planned in a future release, is a way to take this stream of information elsewhere. For the time being the only place [...]

Home automation system, YouTube nab burglars

30 Jul 2010

After the police failed to turn up any leads, Thompson posted the video on YouTube a week later with the title “Burglars Caught in Fort Wayne.” It now appears to be deleted. Detective Everett D. White of the Fort Wayne Police Department’s Neighborhood Response Team–who was off-duty and at home–happened to notice it.

Thompson and Officer [...]

Slide adds CBS, Comcast, Time Warner to its friend

30 Jul 2010

The video service, called FunSpace Channels, will reportedly include shows from CBS, Comcast’s E! Entertainment channel, NBC, Time Warner’s Warner Bros., and other media companies. Slide will recommend videos based on how often they are forwarded by others. Slide will either sell ads against the videos, or take a cut of the ads sold by [...]

Cheating husband caught on Google Street View

30 Jul 2010

One can only hope for some form of reconciliation in the sad Google Street View divorce. At the very least, wouldn’t it be nice if Google picked up the legal bills? Or if the company offered to pay for counseling? On the other hand, will the poor husband threaten to sue Google?
Whatever will they pick [...]

Power outage at Hynix’s fab. Now all eyes on chip

30 Jul 2010

“The market’s just too darn oversupplied–still,” he told me.
This hasn’t been the best of times for the DRAM market. For months, the market’s been unable to digest a surplus of DRAMs and NAND flash and prices have predictably trended down. But Handy doesn’t expect any major impact.

“A power loss, no matter how brief, [...]

AMD tears up server road map to push stability

29 Jul 2010

The question now is whether or not any further road map revisions are in store for AMD’s PC processor lineup. For some time, AMD had planned to introduce its “accelerated computing” initative, formerly known as the Fusion project, in 2009 in its notebook lineup.

AMD has dramatically revised its future road map for server processors, adding [...]

Small is beautiful for green-tech newbies

29 Jul 2010

“The continued emphasis on renewable energy and economic development from the incoming (Bush) administration may put additional support in place to accelerate our efforts,” Fritzemeier said.

Les Fritzemeier heads up a tiny solar-energy start-up that most people have never heard of, Wakonda Technologies. But rather than worry about being steamrolled by the sliding economy, he [...]

Microsoft, Telefonica dial up Live Messenger VoIP

29 Jul 2010

Telefonica, the largest telecommunications provider in Latin America, announced on Friday that it has officially been chosen by Microsoft to provide voice over Internet Protocol services to Windows Live Messenger customers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela.

Rates are slightly higher in Canada and the United Kingdom–$0.055 and $0.023 per minute, [...]

What’s in the future for Funny or Die

29 Jul 2010

Glover, who became CEO earlier this year, spoke with CNET News.com about the HBO deal and plans for the site.
Cross-media distribution with us and HBO is anticipated. Clearly, Funny or Die the Web site and HBO.com are players in all of this.
How is traffic to Funny or Die going? I know there was the [...]