1. Popular iPhone movie app flops on BlackBerry 11 hours ago   permalink

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Flixster's Movies app just isn't up to snuff on BlackBerry.

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Www.wilshipley.com IPhone App Store: Let the Market Decide   —  Call me a proponent of free markets, but I think Apple needs to have a clearly-documented policy for approving submissions to the iPhone App Store, and it should be: PC World Latest :    IPhone Superguide Comes to the App Store, Eventually Macworld :    IPhone Superguide comes to App Store

Ilinca Nita / Unwired View Google Mobile App now offered through Best Buy stores   —  Google and Best Buy have announced a new partnership that will make Google Mobile App available in Best Buy Mobile stores across the US. In consequence, users who have a Windows Mobile, BlackBerry or Symbian S60 smartphone can visit a Best Buy store and “get some help installing the app or to see a live demo [...] Ubergizmo :    Best Buy To Help You With Google App Jessica Dolcourt / Crave Popular iPhone movie app flops on BlackBerry   —  Flixster's Movies app just isn't up to snuff on BlackBerry. Originally posted at The Download Blog Macnn IPhone hits 17% smartphone share, passed by BlackBerry   —  Apple gained market share in the summer but slipped in the face of tougher competition, according to new IDC data. The iPhone's share of smartphones grew from 16.6 percent to 17.1 percent during the quarter but was overtaken by Research in Motion's record BlackBerry sales, which pushed it above Apple from 14.6 percent to 19 percent. The reversal ... Ubergizmo White BlackBerry 8900 From AT&T?   —  We’re not sure whether you can still call it a BlackBerry or not, seeing that it’s partly white, but we’ll just go with the flow here. A leaked picture shows a white colored BlackBerry Curve 8900 being offered by AT&T. It might be down to personal taste, but it’s nice to see that the keyboard is still the traditional ... Megan Berry / Mashable! 5 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Wine Lovers   —  Megan Berry is an evangelist for Mobclix , the industry’s largest mobile ad exchange, working on social media and marketing. She also blogs at The Huffington Post and the Mobclix blog . You can follow her on Twitter as @meganberry , or through the @Mobclix handle. Unsure about mixing your iPhone with wine? 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This means that you can read at home on the Kindle itself, but when you find yourself in a long queue at the store, you can keep [...] Dave Caolo / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) Squarespace hosting/CMS service launches iPhone app   —  Filed under: Software , Blogging , Internet Tools , iPhone , App Store After a long wait, Squarespace customers finally have an iPhone app of their own. Squarespace is a hosted blogging/CMS service that competes with the likes of WordPress.com and Typepad . Having used all three, I can say that interacting with Squarespace (posting, changing ... John Herrman / Gizmodo This Week's Best iPhone Apps   —  In this week's never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Airplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation, cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more! The Best Chorus : Hey, Apple, when people start ... 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2. CNET News Daily Podcast: Skype, eBay move forward 16 hours ago   permalink

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EBay settles with Skype founders, and will sell its controlling interest in the Internet telephony company.

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About.skype.com EBay Inc. and Silver Lake Investor Group Settle Skype Litigation with Joltid Limited   —  SAN JOSE – November 6, 2009 – eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) today announced that the investor group led by Silver Lake, which had previously entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Skype from the company, has reached a settlement agreement with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. that gives Skype ownership over all ... Om Malik / GigaOM :    My Thoughts on the Skype Settlement: Winners & Losers Scorecard Ryan Tate / Gawker :    Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling Joseph Tartakoff / PaidContent :    PaidContent Quick Hits Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch :    The Skype Suit Is Settled-Now Business Can Get On

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%   —  eBay has just announced that it has reached a settlement with the founders of Skype , clearing the way for the sale of the Internet communication company to a consortium formed by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners , Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Index Ventures , a historical investor in Skype, is not ... Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com :    Skype Saga: Let’s Kiss and Make Up, Until Next Time You Hear From our Lawyers Ryan Tate / Gawker :    Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders   —  (AP) -- EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion. PC World Latest EBay Reaches Deal With Skype Founders, Your Gabbing Is Safe   —  Skype users can breathe easier, now that one of technology's greatest business blunders has been fixed. The outside chance of a Skype service disruption has gone away. Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent Updated: EBay Confirms Deal With Skype Cofounders; They Get 14 Percent Stake In Spinoff   —  As expected , eBay ( NSDQ: EBAY ) announced a deal today between the Skype investor group and Joltid, the owner of the code that runs Skype. Joltid and Skype cofounders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will get 14 percent of the new Skype in exchange for granting Skype ownership of the software previously licensed from Joltid and ending all ... Mike Sachoff / Top News EBay And Skype Settle Litigation   —  eBay said Friday that the investor group led by Silver Lake has reached a settlement agreement with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. that gives Skype ownership over all software licensed from Joltid and ends all litigation against the investor group and eBay at the closing of the acquisition. As part of the settlement agreement, Joltid and Skype ... ABC News EBay Settles Suit With Skype Founders   —  EBay: Investors buying majority of Skype settle suit with Skype's founders. By Brad Stone / Bits Lessons From the War Over Skype   —  The dust has settled, the ink on the deal has dried, and one of the biggest sideshows in Silicon Valley this year appears to be over. The litigation between eBay, the buyers of Skype and its original founders has been dropped, and the deal, which values Skype at $2.7 billion, should close sometime soon. Podcast / Between the Lines Skype's legal drama finally ends; Time to start innovating   —  The Skype legal drama has finally come to a close and now, finally, executives can focus on innovating to make the product better and more competitive in this changing communications environment. Mike / Searchnewz Google's Conflicting Push to Move Beyond Search   —  As Google has looked to increase revenues and move beyond being "just a search engine" they have put themselves at the top of the food chain in multiple categories. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, etc. ;) If you search for books their book search is the result in natural search and... Google Brand-Jacking in AdWords Ads? ... PC World Latest Skype's Legal Storm Clears up   —  Skype's cofounders have reached an agreement to withdraw their legal challenges against eBay and Skype's future majority owners. MarketWatch.com EBay, investor group settle Skype litigation   —  EBay says it has settled with the founders of its Skype Internet-telephony business, facilitating the unit’s sale to an investor group. Ed / SFGate EBay, investors reach deal with Skype founders   —  EBay Inc. said Friday that the investor group buying a majority stake in Skype has reached an agreement with the founders of the online calling service, clearing the way for the deal to proceed. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sold Skype to eBay in 2005 but... Janus Friis - EBay - Skype - Niklas Zennström - Auctions Silicon.com EBay's Skype sale gets green light   —  eBay has announced today that the sale of its controlling stake in VoIP service Skype will go ahead, following the settlement of litigation over the proposed transaction. The settlement restructures the deal with an investor group led by Silver Lake and puts an end to a dispute with software maker Joltid over the licensing of software that ... Yahoo! News EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders   —  AP - EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion. The Seattle Times EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders   —  EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion. Ben Parr / Mashable! DONE DEAL: eBay Settles Skype Lawsuit, Founders Return   —  After a saga that simply defied explanation, the eBay/Skype lawsuit has finally been settled. The founders of Skype have returned to their creation. A recap of the story: eBay bought Skype for $2.6 billion back in 2005. Skype’s founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, got off with a nice sum, but haven’t been satisfied with eBay&# ... Kara Swisher / BoomTown All Is Forgiven: "It's a Clean Slate," Says Andreessen About Lawsuit-Mad Skype Co-Founders   —  Silicon Valley legend and now VC Marc Andreessen was making the interview rounds after the settlement between the litigation-addled co-founders of Skype and all the various people they were suing was announced this morning. In an interview with BoomTown, when asked about the aggressive legal tactics of Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis that ... Techchron / SFGate It's Official: Skype founders settle, join investor group   —  EBay Inc. said today that the investor group buying a majority stake in Skype has reached a settlement agreement with the founders of the online calling service, clearing the way for the deal to... Mike Masnick / Techdirt Retailers Still Want New Laws Blaming eBay For Shoplifting; Law Enforcement Isn't So Sure   —  A group of brick-and-mortar retailers have been pushing for years to pass laws that put liability on online sites, like eBay, if stolen goods are sold through the sites. This really has nothing to do with preventing theft from their stores, as they claim. Instead, it's really an effort to attack online competitors and second-hand sellers to try ... Macworld Skype's legal storm clears up   —  Skype's cofounders have reached an agreement to withdraw their legal challenges against eBay and Skype's future majority owners. EWeek EBay, Skype Settle IP Suits with Joltid, sans Index Ventures   —  EBay settles lawsuits with Joltid and Joost in a $1.9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of investors to acquire the majority of the company. 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3. Reporters' Roundtable 9: The business of app stores 12 hours ago   permalink

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This week on the Roundtable: the App Store revolution. Something funny has happened to software. While the model we all grew up with for the distribution of software was mostly to buy it through retail channels or other resellers, or maybe direct from manufacturers, another model emerged and has proven successful by Apple: the App Store. In this ...

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4. Video: A new workout for the Wii 7 hours ago   permalink

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Ubisoft's upcoming fitness game, YourShape, promises an experience a step up from Wii Fit. In the process, can it help revitalize the Nintendo console?

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5. HTC Droid Eris photos 17 hours ago   permalink

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The HTC Droid Eris is similar to the HTC Hero, but it's more rectangular and it lacks the protruding "chin." Also, it has a darker color.

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Mark Hachman / Gearlog These Were the Droids Techies Were Looking For   —  Officially, the Friday launch of the Droid and the Droid Eris went swimmingly, backed up by anecdotal reports from the stores themselves. While it may take a day or two to truly assess how the launch went, a small poll of stores in Northern California, a tech haven, proved that Verizon had a hit on its hands. "It's going great," Heidi Flato, a ... Tricia Duryee / MocoNews :    The Android Wrap: The Skinny On Droid Lines; Reviews Galore; The Small Print On Pricing

James Kendrick / JkOnTheRun HTC Netbook on the Way?   —  HTC is the phone maker these days, from the HTC Hero to the HD2. They have both Windows Mobile and Android covered in style with the Sense interface. I’ve used a bunch of phones on both platforms, and including the Motorola Droid I’m currently evaluating, after using an HTC phone with Sense, they all are [...] Paul Miller / Engadget HTC Hero / Eris mega faceoff on video   —  Now that we've got the DROID Eris in the mix, we're up to our ears in HTC Hero -derivative devices. We decided to sit the whole crew (GSM, Sprint and Verizon editions) down for a little modeling session, and we're finding ourselves reticent to pick a favorite. There are really plusses and minuses to each of them, but any way you lean it's a ... Macnn Moto Droid goes on sale in NYC   —  As promised, Verizon tonight launched the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris at its primary retail store on 34th Street in New York City. The midnight opening is the first official launch in the country but follows numerous reports from those who have visited Best Buy and Walmart stores and successfully obtained the phone ahead of its official ... Macworld Review: HTC Hero smartphone   —  Although it has some quirks, the variety of features and the high customizability that the Hero smartphone offers is hard to beat. Kyle VanHemert / Gizmodo Gadget Deals of the Day: Futuristic Friday Edition   —  Embrace the technology of tomorrow by capturing a Motorola Droid for $150 or an HTC Droid Eris for $70. Just don't let the Halo 3 Mongoose distract you from the incredible offer for free downloads of six top Mac apps . Top Deals: • Motorola Droid for $149.99 plus free shipping (normally $199.99). • HTC Droid Eris for $69.99 with free ... Richard Adhikari / TechNewsWorld Verizon Launches a Droid of a Different Color   —  Amid the frenzy Friday surrounding the launch of Verizon Wireless's Motorola Droid smartphone, another Verizon Android handset also made its debut -- the HTC Droid Eris. The Eris is essentially a slightly modified version of the HTC Hero, a phone Sprint started selling last month. The one-two punch powered by the Droid and Droid Eris mark the ... Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report Motorola DROID / DROID Eris now available in stores, online   —  Alright, fellas. It has been one heck of a journey, but today, the Motorola DROID and HTC DROID Eris are finally on sale to the general public. From what we’re hearing, stock levels are insanely high so it doesn’t look… Electronista HTC Touch2 coming to Rogers?   —  Canadian carrier Rogers could be the first in North America to pick up a version of the HTC Touch2, according to sources familiar with its plans. The Windows Mobile 6.5 phone is reportedly coming onboard in one or more colors that aren't normally picked for the phone; blue and red are both being considered as choices. While not confirmed at this ... Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless Verizon launches Droid to few lines, but much excitement   —  Verizon Wireless launches its first two Android phones this morning, and though the launch was not greeted with the same crowds and lines that accompanied previous iPhone launches, customers said they were excited about the devices, especially the Motorola Droid. The carrier, which also launched the HTC Droid Eris, has made no secret in its ...

6. Palin to keep low-profile on Wisconsin trip 14 hours ago   permalink

Politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

(CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to deliver remarks at a Wisconsin Right to Life event Friday evening, one of the few speeches the former Republican presidential nominee will have given since she resigned the governorship last summer.

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Edit / All Ideas to Profits Conference encourages innovation in Wisconsin   —  Inventors seeking ways to move their product ideas forward toward commercialization found a wealth of information and resources at the eighth annual Wisconsin Innovation Service Center 2009 Ideas to Profits Conference. While five Inventors Showcase and Competition contestants received prizes of research services, prototype development and legal ...

7. Downloads 14 hours ago   permalink

Cnettv.cnet.com

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8. Opera Mobile 10 beta browser: First Look video 17 hours ago   permalink

Jessica Dolcourt / Webware.com

Even if you don't have a Nokia, Samsung, or Sony Ericsson phone, you can preview the latest Opera Mobile browser for smartphones. Originally posted at The Download Blog

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Richard Lawler / Engadget Boxee shows off its new look at Beta Unveiling jam December 7   —  We won't cancel our trips to Vegas just yet, but Boxee is planning on giving users an early peek at its new beta release -- with all new UI, queue, navigation and search features -- December 7 at the Music hall of Williamsburg. Beta Unveiling visitors will be the first to get their hands on the new version and see new applications being launched ...

Tom / Eurogamer Video: Battlefield Bad Company 2 PS3 Beta trailer   —  View this video on EGTV Techworld.com News Opera, Mozilla and Google respond to Microsoft browser ballot   —  Web rivals bemoan lack of competition Microsoft has proposed that Windows operating systems should show users a ballot screen inviting them to choose a Web browser from among the most popular ones when they first attempt to access the Internet. Consumer organisations and the company's rivals generally approve of the idea, but believe the way ... EWeek Microsoft Will Be Challenged By Google, Opera, Mozilla on EU Settlement   —  Microsoft and the European Commission may be close to a deal on packaging Internet Explorer 8 with Windows 7, with Redmond agreeing to offer users an automatic ballot screen from which they can choose a rival browser. Such an agreement would alleviate the Commissions antitrust concerns, but Google, Opera and Mozilla plan on asking the regulatory ...

9. Going rogue? Palin bans gadgets, reporters from speech 14 hours ago   permalink

CNET

The former Alaska governor joins a tradition of controversial politicians stoking up more press criticism by attempting to avoid it in the first place.

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10. Mobile: Still waiting to see what sticks 11 hours ago   permalink

CNET

As businesses try to capitalize on the growing mobile software market, open source can offer a way to encourage adoption and build products in the image of the prospective buyer.

11. Fever Pitch: It’s Droid Day, Enjoy The Moment. 1 day ago   permalink

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

If you are a tech lover, there is nothing quite like the launch day of a much hyped new gadget. Expectations run high. And since those expectations are rarely satisfied once you have the special little device in hand, it's a moment to savor. In the hours before you own it, that device is perfect in every way. It will make you happier, a better ...

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Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear :   Does anyone in tech pay attention to unemployment numbers? Hard to buy that new gizmo when you don’t have a job, right? Tricia Duryee / MocoNews :   The Android Wrap: The Skinny On Droid Lines; Reviews Galore; The Small Print On Pricing Sinead Carew / MediaFile :   Not the Droid you’re looking for? Brinke / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs :   Friday's FSJ News Wrap

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Tim Stevens / Engadget Verizon confirms DROID tethering cost, will ask subscribers to double-down on their data plan   —  Just a few days ago Verizon made the less-than-shocking confirmation that DROID tethering was coming, but wouldn't say how much it would cost. Now that the hardest of hardcore fans are already waiting in line, disconnected from the world at large, the company is unleashing the bad news: it'll be $30. That doubles the cost of the required data ... PC World Latest :    Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You Kevin C. Tofel / JkOnTheRun :    Droid Tethering Details — Double-Down of Price and Bandwidth

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch Google Pushes Droid With Rare Ad On Homepage   —  Do you see something strange in this screenshot of Google's homepage today? No, not Bert and Ernie (it's Sesame Street's 40th birthday). It's that ad for the Verizon Droid right there under the search box (today is also Droid Day ). Although, the juxtaposition does make it seem like Bert and Ernie are trying to get you to buy a Droid. Google's ... Rosa Golijan / Gizmodo :    Google Promotes Droid Day With Rare Homepage Ad

TechBlog First look: Motorola's Droid on Verizon   —  When it comes to reviewing new smartphones, I've got a real problem. I'm an iPhone owner, and one who has come to believe, as I've written before, that Apple's smartphone is the most important piece of personal technology released in this decade . When looking at competing products, for me the bar is set very, very high. But after spending an ... Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch My Not-So-Epic Quest To Find The Elusive Verizon Droid Line   —  Today is Droid day — an event that I, like many tech bloggers, have been looking forward to for quite some time. Unlike some people, I wasn't graced with a test Droid last week, so I was forced to go out and get one the old fashioned way: by getting to the store as early as possible, before the precious devices sold out. And while I was ... Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid Round 2   —  My inbox is in pain. Almost immediately after I hit the publish button on last week’s iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid Smartphone Showdown, a torrential blast of comments and questions has been barraging just about every communication inlet I’ve got. Phone calls. Twitter DMs. Lots, and lots, and lots of emails. Across the board, it [...] Latimesblogs.latimes.com Motorola's Droid review: It's the best phone on Verizon   —  We're getting this out of the way now: Motorola's Droid is the best Google phone on the market. Maybe that's not saying a whole lot. The Droid's only competitors in the U.S. are T-Mobile's 1-year-old G1, its chubby younger brother the MyTouch 3G and HTC's Droid Eris, a $99 Verizon Wireless phone that comes out Friday - Barb Dybwad / Mashable! :    Verizon Droid Meta-Review: “A Killer Phone” MarketingVOX :    Industry Buzz & Snippets: Www.engadgetmobile.com DROID mania sweeps the nation, so to speak   —  It appears that last night's midnight opening in Manhattan went off like gangbusters, but the situation across the country is a little more subdued this morning with seemingly short lines and easy access to DROIDs at every location we've visited. We won't put out a number, but we can confirm that several Engadget editors have taken the plunge ... Tricia Duryee / MocoNews :    The Android Wrap: The Skinny On Droid Lines; Reviews Galore; The Small Print On Pricing Mike Dano / FierceWireless :    Waiting in line for the Droid? The launch in pictures Jeremy Muncy / Top News Apple Fans Respond To The "Droid Does" Advertising Campaign   —  The Motorola Droid advertising campaign is in full swing, and I'm sure by now you've seen the commercials, if not you can see the commercial below . Basically, the campaign is all about taking digs at the iPhone while showing Motorola's support for the Android OS. If you're un-familiar with the Droid, it's the first Android-based smartphone that ... Innovation Droid launch party could be cut short by arrival of new iPhone   —  Droid launch day is here, and it couldn't come soon enough. For weeks, we've been digging through the waves of buzz surrounding the Android 2.0 Droid – the iDon't commercials, the photo leaks, the Droid Eris, the official list of specs, a massive Droid launch event in New York City, ... Chris Ziegler / Engadget PSA: Sears charging $50 less for new DROID activations than Verizon   —  If you walk into a Verizon store today and pick up a DROID , you'll be out $300 (before tax) out of pocket, then you'll twiddle your thumbs for a few weeks while you wait for some mysterious PO box in Texas to send you your $100 rebate on a debit card. Wouldn't you rather just pay $200 upfront? Or better yet, $150? Sears -- which, we have to ... Priya Ganapati / Wired Verizon to Offer Tethering For Motorola Droid   —  Verizon Wireless is set to inaugurate tethering on the newly released Motorola Droid phone next year — at a price. Most consumers will have to pay an additional $30 a month to use the feature. “Tethering will not be available at launch, but it is scheduled,” says Brenda Raney, spokesperson for Verizon Wireless. Tethering allows ... Scott Webster / Crave Droid does multitouch, Milestone does it better   —  The Droid does support pinch and zoom multitouch, but it's not a feature that users can access. Originally posted at Android Atlas PC World Latest Droid Lures Shoppers to Verizon Stores   —  Hoping to buy a new Motorola Droid smartphone, more than 20 people waited in line in 40-degree weather for the 7 a.m. opening of a Boston-area Verizon Wireless store. Digg.com Five Things to Like About the Droid   —  The Droid is a fierce phone. Motorola's newest smartphone has a number of features that match and even best its biggest competitor, Apple's iPhone. Digg.com Droid Launch: Is This The Start of The Android Revolution?   —  The Motorola Droid hits the shelves today, ready for the Android-hungry masses. The question everyone wants to know is, is this the start of a revolution in the mobile space? Today Verizon's Droid: 10 Apps to Get You Started   —  So, you've got your spiffy new Motorola Droid phone from Verizon. Now what? Try these 10 top-notch Android apps to get started. Macnn Droid sees short launch lines   —  (Updated with additional lineup details) Early reports have suggested relatively small lineups for the Droid at Verizon stores. Visitors to most stores have seen lines of several people or less, with others seeing no lineups even with later early opening 8AM openings. The midnight opening at Verizon's 34th Street Manhattan store has also been ... Paul Hartsock / TechNewsWorld Droid Lurches to Life   —  Today is the day of the Droid. The Motorola smartphone touches down today in what's shaping up to be one of the biggest handset launches in recent memory. Of course Verizon is going all-in as far as advertising is concerned, but there's more to the Droid's story than a marketing campaign. Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts Time to play with the Droid   —  [From Winston] Sammy I had time today to play with the Droid and my first thoughts are not good. It lacks user-friendliness. The keyboard well that's good but the design is ugly, there is too much going on. It's slim and light don't get me wrong but it's no eye candy. Can the Droid save Motorola? I don't think so. Electronista Verizon's Droid tethering plans to match iPhone's   —  Verizon late Thursday confirmed that it would add tethering to the Motorola Droid but clarified its plans. Contradicting a prior statement, it now says tethering when ready will cost $30 in addition to the phone's existing voice and data plans. It will also have a 5GB bandwidth cap before overage fees begin, though the tethering rate will be ... Renay San Miguel / TechNewsWorld Droid: Enjoyed   —  If I had my way, I would encourage Verizon Wireless to invest in both hologram technology and more "Star Wars" film rights. That would allow the carrier to hire an Alec Guinness lookalike who could pop up in 3-D visions in Verizon stores across the country, wave his hand over racks full of Motorola's new smartphone, and in full Obi-Wan Kenobi ... Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts Droid envy   —  [From G Tuck] Sammy I have Droid envy, looking forward to getting one actually, I'm going to wait for the crowds to die down and then I'm going get one. I think it's a real competitor to the iPhone and will probably turn out to be the dominant player in the smartphone wars. I'll let you know how I get on when I get one Sammy. Have a great weekend. Barb Dybwad / Mashable! Droid Does: An Ad on Google’s Homepage   —  In addition to celebrating Muppets today, Google appears to be loudly and proudly celebrating something else on its home page. With the Verizon Droid launch hot and heavily underway today, the search giant is according the highly-regarded Android phone a place of honor on Google.com today. Although it’s not unprecedented — they’ ... Romenesko WSJ story on Detroit Free Press "wrong on several levels," say editors   —  Memo to Detroit Free Press staffers from the paper's top editors Folks, We do not talk to advertisers about what's in our news stories. We don't defer to them. When appropriate, we do take advantage of chances to bring news content together with advertising on a common-sense basis -- which we've always done. Think sports season previews, big ... Electronista Verizon dismisses lack of Droid queues, calls lines "flashy"   —  The absence of long lines at most Verizon stores for the Motorola Droid is a positive sign, company spokesman David Samberg claimed today. According to the representative, Verizon believes early queues as "not really the goal" and that they are "flashy" more than a sign of actual built-up demand. The carrier would prefer to see a regular flow ... James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits Droid   —  The newest Droid ad is just ridiculous - stealth bombers dropping droids across the country like bombs? Is that seriously Verizon's message, that the only way middle America will use the Droid is if they bomb us with it? Technorati Tags: android , verizon Bizjournals Technology:General News Motorola’s Droid phone hits stores   —  Motorola Inc.’s latest foray into the mobile market, the Droid, hits stores Friday morning featuring the new platform developed by Google Inc. Bizjournals Technology:General News Local shoppers line up for new Droid   —  Locals in need of a new smartphone flocked to Verizon Wireless stores Friday to buy the new Droid smartphone by Motorola. Post / Wash Post Technology Fast Forward: Verizon's Droid takes on Apple's iPhone   —  Please don't call the Droid an "iPhone killer." Verizon Wireless's new Motorola smartphone , running Google's Android open-source software , won't drive Apple's device from the market. (Besides, labeling anything an iPod or iPhone killer usually seems to ensure its quick demise.) NEWS / Gadgetell So Hot Right Now: Top 10 Gadgetell posts for the week of   —  Section: Haven’t caught all of the Gadgetell news this week? Here’s your chance to catch up on this week’s top 10 articles! Walmart’s $298 pre-Black Friday laptop is real, and not all that bad ” Yesterday, fellow Gadgetell writer JG told us about Walmart’s pre-Black Friday sale and one of the items up for sale is ... Matt McGee / Search Engine Land Google’s Home Page Promotes Motorola / Verizon Droid Phone   —  Google really wants you to buy a Motorola Droid, the hot new phone that just hit stores today. In fact, Google is so enamored that it’s advertising the Droid on its homepage: “The Droid is on sale now. Learn more.” Clicking the “learn more” link leads to this “mobile partners” page that touts the Google ... 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12. NYC subway maps in your pocket with Google Maps for mobile 16 hours ago   permalink

Ryan Pollock / Google Mobile Blog

Hey New Yorkers — looking for somewhere to celebrate the Yankees' 27th World Series title? It's now easier than ever to carry a NYC subway map in your pocket. A few weeks ago we announced the Layers feature on Google Maps for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian S60. Today we added a layer that overlays NYC subway routes on a map. We hope ...

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Chris Crum / Top News Duplicate Content on Google, Bing & Yahoo   —  Duplicate content is a common occurrence on the web and in many cases can hurt search engine rankings. While the search engines may not always technically penalize webmasters for duplicate content, there are still a lot of ways it can hurt. WebProNews is covering the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) East in New York, where representatives from the ... Mike / Searchnewz Google Social Search: An Early Review   —  Now that Google has launched its Social Search, where do we stand? Is it a brave new world of search? Is the sky falling? Well, thats what were going to find out " SOSG Style. Of course. For starters, if you havent already, you can join at google.com/experimental - Next lets get past the basics with a quick review. Over at the Google blog the ... Mike / Searchnewz Google Wins Over the City of Angels   —  Google went a long way toward answering the naysayers of their Google Apps offering. How you ask? 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Google released a feature Thursday that lets users see and control data that the Web giant has collected about them. Called Google Dashboard, the service provides an online summary of a user's Google files -- Gmail, Google Docs, Picasa photos ... Search Engine Watch Blog PRSA 2009 International Conference Features Two Online Marketing Heroes   —  I'll by flying to San Diego this weekend to speak at the PRSA 2009 International Conference next week. Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Online Marketing and a member of the SES Advisory Board , will also be speaking at the annual Public Relations Society of America event. Odden is speaking on Monday, November 9, at 10:15 a.m. about "Help Google Find ... Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe Mobile Premier Awards opens its competition   —  Each year we happily promote the Mobile Premier Awards because we think they are among the best initiatives for mobile startups, especially in Europe. 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Below is a video that Frank made back in February that shows how the feature works and ... PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath   —  Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history. Google Earth Blog Links: Milwaukee and Indianpolis 3D buildings, Fraps 3.0 released   —  New 3D Buildings in Milwaukee and Indianapolis: Google continues to add more 3D buildings to Google, having just released Milwaukee, WI and Indianapolis, IN, along with thousands of user-generated buildings. As with past releases, I would expect that most of the user-generated buildings were from people using the Building Maker tool . (via @3DWH ) Barry / Search Engine Roundtable Google Keeps Banning AdWords Advertisers   —  Back in late September, Google began mass banning AdWords advertisers. 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ClickZ News Blog Yes, That Is an Ad on Google's Homepage   —  How invested is Google in the success of Droid, the most hyped device yet to be built using its Android operating system? So much so that it's willing to sully that holy of holies -- its homepage -- with an ad promoting the smartphone. The ad appears directly below the search field, as you can see in the screenshot above. It points to a landing ... TechSpot Google touts privacy and transparency with Dashboard   —  Looking to alleviate growing concerns from privacy advocates around the globe, Google has launched a new service that's designed to show its users how much the search giant knows about their individual online activities. Dubbed Dashboard, the service provides information about the several Google products the account-holder might use, from which ... Alden DeSoto / Google Analytics Blog New Free Google Analytics API Dashboard Application   —  If you manage many Google Analytics profiles, it can be difficult to stay on top of all your top line metrics across accounts -until now. Trakkboard is a free , easy to use desktop application that allows analysts to create dashboards that pull data across different Google Analytics logins and different Google Analytics profiles to display top ... Joel West / LXer Linux News Has Google Become a Good Open Source Citizen?   —  With its open source release Thursday of its Closure JavaScript tools, Google (GOOG) is starting to suggest that it may eventually become a good open source citizen. The newly released tools include a JavaScript compiler, a very broad JavaScript class library, and Java/JavaScript-friendly templates. All are released under the Apache 2.0 license, ... 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13. Twitter, Facebook, Last.FM and Xbox 360 Family Settings 20 hours ago   permalink

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As some of you might be aware, those under the age of 18 are not able to access Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm in our public preview . I want to you let you know that this will remain the case when it launches to the world soon. We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use Family Settings to customize which of ...

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Don Reisinger / Crave :   Sorry, kids: No social networking on the Xbox 360

Barb Dybwad / Mashable! :   Teens Don’t Tweet

Mike Fahey / Kotaku :   360 Facebook, Twitter, And Last.FM Will Be Accessible To Teens

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14. Microsoft Sites Captures Largest Share of Time Spent Online Worldwide 19 hours ago   permalink

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ComScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of online engagement at the top worldwide properties based on data from its comScore World Metrix service. The study found that Microsoft Sites captured nearly 15 percent of time spent online worldwide in September, making it the most engaging global ...

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Richard Lawler / Engadget Microsoft emancipates Digital Cable Tuners with second Media Center update today   —  Scant hours after the SDV tuning, DRM-relaxing firmware update for Vista and Windows 7 Digital Cable Tuner users became available, Missing Remote let us know Microsoft has come through on the other half of its CEDIA promise by pushing the Digital Cable Advisor to Media Center Extras galleries everywhere. This half should enable all Windows 7 PCs ... Paul Miller / Engadget Microsoft messes with 'natural' user interface, featuring eye tracking, voice control and wild body gestures   —  While today's Windows might not look completely out of place next to a Windows of yore, Microsoft Research certainly has some wild ideas for how to progress computer interaction. In a talk during Microsoft's college tour, Craig Mundle has been touting his research wares, including some pretty reasonable advances like auto completion of common ... Mike Sachoff / Top News Windows 7 Sales Outperform Vista Launch   —  Initial sales of Microsoft's Windows 7 software outperformed those of Vista's first few days on the U.S. market, according to the latest analysis from The NPD Group. Windows 7 software unit sales in the U.S. were 234 percent higher than Vista's first few days of sales. A combination of early discounts on pre-sales and a lack of promotional ... Teching It Easy Moving from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM   —  Over 8 million people tested Windows 7 when it was in development and I am sure many of you are still running the Windows 7 Release Candidate which expires in March 2010. You might have be running the RC in a production setup because of how stable and impressive the software is, especially for a pre-release product. At the same time, you are ... Steven Bink / Bink.nu Rivals call for changes to anti-trust settlement on IE 'ballot screen'   —  Opera, Mozilla and other browser developers are calling for Microsoft to tweak its antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission in a bid to restore fair competition to the internet browser market. Their concerns about the settlement are echoed by ECIS, a trade group representing Oracle, IBM, Red Hat and others, as well as by consumer ... Ubergizmo Microsoft demonstrates glass interface   —  Microsoft chief research officer Craig Mundie recently demonstrated an extremely interesting concept that could be part of a future computing interface during his college tour. While this concept supports the use of pens for precise input, the transparent glass display is also more than capable of recognizing voices and detecting touch-free ... TechFlash Retail experts: Microsoft store strategy smart, not shameful   —  If not for the Windows logo outside, people walking through the glass entryways at Microsoft's new retail stores might be surprised to find Windows PCs, not Macs, on the large cedar tables inside. Techworld.com News Microsoft left Windows 7 open to hackers, says Sophos   —  'Neutered' UAC misses 7 of 8 trojans Microsoft's decision to reduce the number of annoying security messages that Windows 7 delivers when users install software makes the new operating system more vulnerable to malware infection than Vista, a researcher said today. Pierrc / TechNet Blogs Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation   —  Voici un tout nouveau produit qui vient compléter la gamme Windows Serveur pour les PME et TPE. Disponible uniquement en licence OEM (Preload, ROK, COEM …). Il s’agit dune version de Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard avec certaines limitations: Mémoire (8GB max) Processeur (uniquement un Socket x64) Nombre d’utilisateurs (15 users WorkGroup/ Editor / PRO Microsoft wants to expand Yahoo deal worldwide   —  Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says his company's search engine partnership with Yahoo won't be limited to the US but would be introduced around the world, once it gets regulatory approval. Joey deVilla / Global Nerdy First a Django Guy and Now a Microsoft Guy: “Thank You, Rails”   —  Platform wars are like monkey knife fights: amusing at first, but regrettable and messy in the end. You don’t see this very often, and it’s a shame: Jacob Kaplan-Moss, co-creator of Django, the Python-based MVC web application framework, wrote a great article titled Thank You, Rails. From the article’s opening paragraph: It’s fashionable, F-Secure Antivirus Research Team (mailto:weblog\ / F-Secure Antivirus Research Greetings from AVAR 2009!   —  One thing that I have always found fascinating about Japan is definitely its rich and unique culture. However, there is just one other thing — vending machines. You not only find them everywhere, you can buy all sorts of things, including adult movies, from them (except for a security product, but that's probably just a matter of time). ... Dave Rosenberg / CNET News Microsoft's weak cloud privacy position   —  Company's cloud privacy position paper leaves much to be desired. Microsoft needs to lead its customers to the cloud and not continually lag behind. Originally posted at Software, Interrupted TechFlash Auction offers chance to spend a day with Microsoft's Xbox team   —  How much would you pay to spend a day with Microsoft's Xbox 360 development team? In this case, it's not a hypothetical question. A charity auction for the nonprofit Childhaven organization in Seattle is offering people the opportunity to bid on eBay for the right to spend a day with the team in Redmond. Electronista Microsoft demos transparent, touchless interface   —  Microsoft chief research officer Craig Mundie as part of his college tour this week demonstrated a unique concept for a future computing interface that would in many cases go without any touch input. Although it would support pens for precise input, the transparent glass display would also recognize voices and detect touch-free gestures, much as ... Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!   —  It was one of the most sought after applications on the Internet until it was leaked earlier today. And now that it's out there—and it is all over the place, easily findable by anyone able to use a search engine—we can all move on with our lives. Yes, Microsoft COFEE, the law enforcement tool that mystified so many of us (including ... Tom Warren / Neowin.net Bing aiming to win this Christmas   —  The holiday season is nearly upon us and Microsoft has signaled it wants to be the search engine for Christmas this year. A new commercial, released earlier this week and spotted first by the folks at LiveSide, highlights the familiar "search overload syndrome" that Microsoft referred to in its first Bing commercials in June when Bing officially ... PC World Latest Microsoft Battles on in Mobile, Search and the Cloud   —  As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading... Noreply / Open Microsoft's Biological Implants   —  Microsoft's up to its old tricks of offering pretty baubles to the innocent with The Microsoft Biology Foundation : The bioinformatics community has developed a strong tradition of open development, code sharing, and cross-platform support, and a number of language-specific bioinformatics toolkits are now available. These toolkits serve as ... Bill Lindner / Infopackets.com Win7 Spinoffs to Boost Global Economy: Report   —  Microsoft says that not only will they benefit from sales of its new Windows 7 operating system (OS), but the local economy could benefit from it too. Microsoft hired research firm IDC Corp to conduct a study on the ripple affect of Windows 7 which launched on October 22nd this year. Estimates from the IDC study found that American companies ... PC World Latest Microsoft Seeks to Leverage Midmarket ERP   —  Microsoft can't boast the ERP (enterprise resource planning) application revenue earned by giants SAP and Oracle, nor equal their breadth of technological... Digg.com The Search Market Created Microsoft's Worst Enemy   —  Microsoft has earned a reputation for tenacity when entering markets created by innovative startups. But search is where Microsoft's doggedness has failed to pay off, not only from a revenue perspective but from failing to fend off a competitor who threatens Microsoft's core markets as well. Mark Wilson / Gizmodo Microsoft Confirms Improved Xbox 360 Warranty Seal   —  In an email exchange earlier today, Microsoft indirectly admitted that Xbox 360s are receiving an updated tamper-resistant warranty sticker. From the company: "We continually work on the security of our devices, including updates to the tamper seal. Beyond that, we have no further comment." They also added that Steve Ballmer has always been a ... Matthew Hopson / Neowin.net Rivals challenge Microsoft browser settlement   —  Three rivals of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser are seeking last minute changes to a proposal, that would see new users of Windows presented with a ballot screen of the top five browsers. Rivals believe that the current ballot screen proposal still gives Internet Explorer an unfair advantage. After a complaint from the makers of the ... Bobbie Johnson / Technology news Windows 7 sales outpace Vista   —  Early sales of Windows 7 suggest that shoppers are switching to Microsoft's new operating system in their droves, shrugging off the cloud cast by its predecessor, Windows Vista. Analysis of sales figures by research firm NPD Group suggested that sales of Windows 7 in the United States were 234% higher than when Vista launched in January 2007. " ... Admin / Infoworld News Windows Mobile 7: Microsoft's last chance?   —  When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some ... Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends Microsoft Wants Yahoo to Use Bing Globally   —  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has implied that Redmond's pending search deal with Yahoo will be global in scope, rather than just covering the United States. Paulenglis / TechNet Blogs Microsoft Online Services at TechEd Europe   —  TechEd Europe kicks off Monday, Nov. 9 at the Messe Berlin Convention Center in Berlin, Germany. More than 5,600 IT Pros and Developers are expected to attend, and the event is sold out. The Microsoft Online Services team is partnering with the Windows Azure group to deliver conference sessions in the Cloud Computing and Online Services virtual ... OSNews Click-to-Run: 'Streaming' Microsoft Office 2010?   —  Click-to-Run is a new technology Microsoft are introducing to allow you to test out Office 2010 quickly and easily, by literally streaming the app to your computer from the Internet into a virtualised space. OSNews Microsoft Shows Off Another 'Minority Report' UI Concept   —  Whether you like Microsoft or not, the Redmond giant does have one thing going for it: the company's research division. Working together with several universities and other institutions, Microsoft Research works on the soft and hardware of the future, ranging from research operating systems to insanely cool things like what Microsoft's chief ... F-Secure Antivirus Research Team (mailto:weblog\ / F-Secure Antivirus Research MS Post-Patch Update   —  Microsoft has just released an update for their MS09-054 patch. Note — It is critical not to install this update if the system has not installed the previous MS09-054 patch, as the updated one could break Internet Explorer. Some customers were reported to have browsing-related errors after installing said patch. A fix is available via ... LXer Linux News Novell and Microsoft file summary judgment motions in WordPerfect antitrust case - Updated   —  Novell and Microsoft have each filed summary judgment motions in the antitrust litigation about WordPerfect that Novell brought against Microsoft. In addition, we find out what happened regarding the Bill Gates deposition. And neither party can find certain documents that might be in the Comes collection. I wonder if you can? Holovaty.com EveryBlock acquisition and me   —  I'm excited to announce some huge news. EveryBlock , the project I've led for the last two years, has been acquired by MSNBC.com . The main details are at the EveryBlock blog , but I wanted to mention a few other things here on my personal site, to try to anticipate questions. First, this has no impact whatsoever on my involvement with Django . ... Steven / Library Stuff Google, Microsoft Urged to Limit Search Data Storage   —  Bloomberg – “Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. must limit the amount of time they keep Internet- search records after failing to justify keeping the information beyond six months, European Union officials probing possible breaches of EU privacy laws said.” Editors / Gadgetopia Microsoft's New Open Source CMS   —  Microsoft's Not So Secret New Open Source CMS : Very interesting. Microsoft has a secret, although it's not completely secret. They are getting ready to offer a new open source content management application code named Orchard. The project, which will be discussed at next week's TechEd Europe, is a "new effort to produce free, open source, ...

15. Netflix instant streaming demoed on PlayStation 3 17 hours ago   permalink

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Aw, suki suki now! Those Netflix instant streaming discs that started floating out to anxious PS3 owners yesterday are obviously splashing down, with YouTube user (and avid Engadget reader) otimus posting up a stellar walkthrough showing everything in action. We've got to admit -- the whole thing looks exceptionally sleek, but given the PS3's ...

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Alexander Grundner / EHomeUpgrade :   Video Demo: Netflix Instant Streaming on a Sony PlayStation 3

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Joseph Tartakoff / PaidContent Netflix Wants 50 Percent Discount Under Release Delay Scenario   —  The studios have put the screws to Redbox and Netflix ( NSDQ: NFLX ) in order to get them to take new releases at a later date. Redbox has sued all the big studios —but Netflix is taking a different tack. During the company’s most recent earnings call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said acknowledged the impact that cheap rentals were ...

Mikek / Hacking NetFlix Netflix PS3 Streaming Disc Review   —  Update: I added a short video review of streaming on the PS3. The Netflix streaming discs arrived today for the first 100,000 customers that requested it (get yours at ), and I spent a bit of time playing with the disc. Until they release an update sometime next year, you'll have to put the disc in every time you wan to ... Coupons / Chris Pirillo PacSun Coupons   —  For the next three weeks PacSun is having their Sale on Sale: Additional 30% Off Already Discounted Items with some great deals including: 30% off On the Byas Men’s Burnout Crew Tee, only $6.99 30% off On the Byas Men’s Tri-Blend Hoodie, only $13.99 30% off Volcom Men’s Tag Script Crew Pullover, only $20.99 30% off Women’ ... Clarkezone on Zone How to: Apply User saved encoding presets via PowerShell and Expression Encoder 3   —  At work today Oscar called me up asking how to apply a user preset with the PowerShell Convert-Media module that we shipped in the Encoder SDK. As a side note he reported that he uses the module a lot and apparently it works just great over PowerShell Remoting allowing him to easily do remote encoding from machine to machine. Pretty cool! Oscar.. Patrick Smith / PaidContent Brody Rejoins AOL To Head Paid Services In Finance Re-Org; Gilt CEO Lyne Added To Post-Spin Board   —  Ned Brody is re-joining AOL ( NYSE: TWX ) as EVP of paid services, leaving his role as founder and CEO of ARPUinc . He’ll be picking up where he left off in his former role at AOL as SVP of the company’s Premium Services unit—while there, he developed several new paid services and an API-driven billing system and the company ... TED TEDIndia Session 7: The Power of Stories   —  Abhay Deol at TEDIndia, Session 7, "Power of Stories," November 6, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson Beginning the last session of the day, Lakshmi Pratury takes the stage and explains that this theme was chosen because she believes that stories are extremely powerful. She says that the TEDIndia team wanted to share ... Tim Conneally / Betanews Video: Netflix on PlayStation 3   —  By Tim Conneally , Betanews As a PlayStation 3 owner, I did not have the luxury of Netflix Instant streaming through my video game console until today. Now, with the aid of Blu-ray's BD-Live and a free Netflix disc which must remain loaded in the PS3, I now have access to an experience similar to the one Xbox Live Gold subscribers had on their ... Brian Crecente / Kotaku NetFlix In Action on the Playstation 3   —  This week Netflix started mailing out the disc needed for Playstation 3 owners to use the movie and television streaming service on their consoles. Here's a quick look at how the service works on the console once you get the disc. For now, you'll have to pop the disc in to access the Netflix service from the Movie section of your PS3's cross ... JC Fletcher / Joystiq First footage of Netflix on PS3   —  Tipster Otis got the Netflix PS3 streaming disc in the mail today and set immediately to work capturing it, providing the first look at what we'll all be checking out later today. After the break, you can see (but not hear -- there's no sound in the recording) what the PS3 Netflix interface looks like. Unfortunately, the early report of the ... Brent Archer / BloggingStocks Netflix recent insider selling tops $2.2M   —  Filed under: Bad news , Insiders , Netflix, Inc. 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As you can see, the PS2 version looks a little, I don't know, warmer, but the ... Andrew Yoon / Joystiq PSP Go owners make Final Fantasy VII the top PSN seller for October   —  Three PSP titles appear on the PSN bestsellers list for October. It makes sense, considering the launch of the all-digital PSP Go . Surprisingly, the much-anticipated Gran Turismo PSP didn't top the charts. Instead, PSone classic Final Fantasy VII took the lead once again , undoubtedly boosted by nostalgic RPG players wanting to relive Cloud ... Calvin / Pinoy Tech Blog Sony Ericsson introduces three new exciting phones to the market   —  In conjunction with Sony Ericsson unveiled three new and exciting mobile phones in the market today that are geared towards consumers looking for mobile entertainment for their phone. I like the way SE decided to give names to its phones instead of calling them by their model number. 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A pair of gamers who claim their PS3s were bricked by recent firmware updates have filed a lawsuit against Sony. As reported by Gamespot the plaintiffs, who live in the US, claim the 3.0 and 3.01 updates mucked up their consoles, causing loss of controller use, Blu-ray drive malfunction and general bricking. Sony ... Tom / Eurogamer News: Battlefield BC 2 PS3 beta confirmed   —  This month. Details and video inside. DICE has confirmed that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will enjoy a one-month beta test, on PS3 only, starting on November 19th. It's exactly as was leaked then pulled by GameStop earlier this week. The beta will be open to anyone who pre-orders the game. The beta will feature one map, a new one, called Arica ...

16. Intel replicates 'bricked SSD' bug, pledges fix 20 hours ago   permalink

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Intel has once again promised a fix for the glitchy firmware update tool it released for its 34nm solid-state drives last month. But it still can't say when the new version will arrive.

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PC World Latest :   Intel Promises SSD Firmware Fix

Rosa Golijan / Gizmodo :   Intel Swears That It's Gonna Stop Its Firmware From Bricking Any More SSDs

The Tech Report :   Intel working on fix for latest SSD firmware issue TechSpot :   Intel finds X25-M firmware bug

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Vladislav Savov / Engadget Intel finds SSD firmware bug, calls in the exterminators   —  Amid Intel's recent catalog of problems is a pretty significant firmware update for the X25-M SSDs , which went rogue and started bricking drives for the sheer bloody-minded enjoyment of it. After promptly pulling the software, the chip giant set straight to work -- or so we presume -- and has today finally managed to replicate the fatal ...

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17. "bild.de" und "welt.de" wollen iPhone aussperren 14 hours ago   permalink

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(05.11.2009) Mit der Einführung kostenpflichtiger iPhone-Apps zur mobilen Nutzung von "Bild" und "Welt" sollen iPhone-Nutzer keine Zugriffsmöglichkeit mehr auf die normalen Webangebote bekommen. Eine gewagte Strategie

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Markus Goebel / TechCrunch Europe :   Europe’s biggest newspaper decides the iPhone browser isn’t welcome

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The Tao of Mac IPhone 3GS   —  This is an update to an item originally published on Tuesday, 30 June 2009. This page is another link dump regarding the 3GS iPhone refresh. Some of the material from the 3G page has been moved over as appropriate. Date Link Notes 2009 Nov 03 Vodafone promises “iPhone surprises” – ElectricPig.tv I’m not telling . iPhone: Big in China The ...

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Made from Walnut, Cherry, or Bamboo, each case features a soft, scratch-resistant lining, steel pin reinforced corners for added strength, a durable UV and moisture-resistant clear coat, and offers access to the screen and home button, iPhone sensors, ... Paul Biba / TeleRead 1% of entire US population reading a book on the iPhone   —  That’s what the latest research report by Flurry says. From August 2008 to August 2009, ,ore games were released than any other category. However, in September this seemed to change and in October one in every five new apps was a book. Flurry feels that Apple is positioned to take market share from [...] Rick Broida / The Download Blog Doom, Command & Conquer revived for iPhone   —  I love the '90s. And I love these classic games from the '90s. But do I love them on my iPhone? To be honest, not as much as one might think. 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18. After Five Years on the Web, Firefox Preps for the Next Round 12 hours ago   permalink

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Vladimir Vukićević was working at the Mozilla office when Firefox was first released into the wild. “All of our servers melted instantly,” Vukićević says. “We spent an hour trying to get the downloads back up.”

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19. Dell Mini 3iX passes the FCC, AT&T 3G included 1 day ago   permalink

Ilinca Nita / Unwired View

Michael Dell has recently confirmed that his company would launch an Android smartphone in the US via AT&T in early 2010 – and it looks like that smartphone is exactly the Dell Mini 3iX that we saw a few days ago in Brazil. The FCC has just approved the Mini 3iX (850/1900 GSM and UMTS bands [...]

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Vladislav Savov / Engadget :   Dell Mini 3iX shows up at FCC, with WiFi and 3G in tow

Kevin C. Tofel / JkOnTheRun :   Dell Mini 3iX Phone Clears FCC with AT&T 3G Frequencies

Robert Nelson / Gadgetell :   Dell Mini 3iX makes the required FCC appearance, AT&T 3G support and Wi-Fi get confirmed Electronista :   Dell Mini 3iX shows at FCC with US 3G Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report :   3G and Wi-Fi toting Dell Mini 3iX party it up with the FCC

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20. Myka ION HD Player Is the First To Deliver Both Hulu and Boxee 17 hours ago   permalink

Sean Fallon / Gizmodo

You may remember Myka from their BitTorrent player , but now they are bringing Hulu, Boxee and NVIDIA ION graphics to the table with the Myka ION . Apparently, Myka goes beyond Hulu and Boxee allowing you to run other full PC applications like XBMC and "browse to any web site and play video content directly onto your TV." Thre is no mention of ...

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