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October 14, 2008
08:08 Supersonic bizjets could have windowless flight decks(The Register)
October 1, 2008
21:20 Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA(Slashdot)
21:18 MobaTalk is like HD Video Twitter(Mashable)
21:16 Laptop Makers Shy Away From Multitouch Technology(Wired)
20:52 Surveillance of Skype Messages Found in China(NYTimes.com)
19:59 Hackers penetrate South Korean missle manufacturer(The Register)
19:56 IE and Firefox surrender market share in September(TG Daily)
18:54 Fujitsu, Western Digital in talks on hard drives(Reuters)
18:52 Motorola Confirms Android Phone, Crosses Fingers(Gizmodo)
16:32 HP's 18-inch entertainment notebook launches(electronista)
16:04 Emails show Weiss rigged Wikipedia's naked shorts(The Register)
15:56 Is political debate driving people to Twitter and changing its nature?(VentureBeat)
15:36 AMD demos Mobility Radeon HD 4000 chip(electronista)
15:33 Apparent Steve Fossett belongings found(CNN)
15:31 IBM's Cell Chip Gets Another Home: TV(GigaOM)
13:27 Best Buy gets antitrust approval to buy Napster(Reuters)
12:49 Common staff mistakes can lead to data leaks(InfoWorld)
12:23 Jimmy Wales meets with China's 'net censors about Wikipedia-blocking(Boing Boing)
12:19 Free version of Hyper-V now available(InfoWorld)
11:43 Apple Drops iPhone Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)(Mac Rumors)
11:40 SpringSource launches Java app server(InfoWorld)
11:38 WD ships next-gen "green" Caviar drives(electronista)
11:37 Mac presence on web up nearly 5 percent in September(AppleInsider)
11:34 Expanding the Cloud: Microsoft Windows Server on Amazon EC2(All Things Distributed)
11:32 Why new iPods won't recharge on some speaker systems(9 to 5 Mac)
11:30 Apple files motion to dismiss Psystar 'monopoly' lawsuit(9 to 5 Mac)
11:28 Portable, Lens-less Medical Scanner Uses Digicam Sensors to Spot Infections on the Cheap(Gizmodo)
11:25 NEC readies pro 19-inch, 24-inch LCDs(electronista)
11:24 Kevin Mitnick detained, released after Colombia trip(CNET)
11:19 Where Are All The RDF-based Semantic Web Apps?(ReadWriteWeb)
11:17 Behind the Design: 5 Stories of Great Inspiration(Smashing Magazine)
11:15 HP Buys LeftHand Networks to Boost Storage Chops(GigaOM)
11:10 C# In-Depth(Slashdot)
11:07 Facebook's former top lawyer joins start-up Evri(CNET)
09:35 iPhone finally gets Notes support from IBM(InfoWorld)
09:34 GameStop to buy Micromania for $700 mln(Reuters)
09:33 Mzinga Builds White Label Social Networks for Companies (Video)(Mashable)
09:32 Good News, Startups: You're Not Screwed(Silicon Alley Insider)
09:31 eMusic CEO David Pakman Headed To Venrock(Silicon Alley Insider)
09:29 Motorola's MOTOACTV W450 reaches T-Mobile(electronista)
09:25 New Denial-of-Service Attack Is a Killer(Slashdot)
09:13 IBM delivers baby SAN(The Register)
09:10 HP takes on MacBook with dv3500t(electronista)
08:55 Samsung NC10 netbook priced at £299 ($532)(Engadget)
08:47 Bills Introduced To Protect Laptops At Border Searches(Techdirt)
08:45 Apple ramping up LED-lit display production?(electronista)
08:45 Hack Apple TV With a Thumb Drive, Set It Free(Wired)
08:43 Note-taking app Evernote gets an API(CNET)
06:19 Will the downturn accelerate cloud computing?(InfoWorld)
06:14 Gnip 2.0 Launches, With A Business Model(TechCrunch)
06:09 Palin Had Another Private E-Mail Account, Company Says(The Washington Post)
06:06 StumbleUpon 2.0: Good-bye, software toolbar(CNET)
06:04 Podcaster Version 1.1 Available on iPhone App Black Market(Gizmodo)
06:03 MPAA spokeslawyers insist that they not be identified by name in reports from press-conference(Boing Boing)
06:00 Netflix To Open API and Databases To The Public(Gizmodo)
05:56 Europe Leads Global Broadband Growth Again(GigaOM)
05:51 Microsoft ships red wireless Xbox 360 controller for the holidays(Engadget)
05:49 House bill standardizing broadband nears approval(electronista)
05:48 Sony unveils DSC-T500 digital camera with 720p HD video-recording(DigiTimes)
September 30, 2008
20:22 Even Light Users Would Look For Alternatives If Their ISP Uses Broadband Caps(Techdirt)
20:17 Apple to unleash first builds of Snow Leopard since WWDC(AppleInsider)
19:51 Survey Says...Cable Sucks(GigaOM)
19:49 Western Digital's 4TB ShareSpace NAS gets introduced and reviewed(Engadget)
19:47 Electronic Arts pulls plug on Tiberium game(Los Angeles Times)
19:46 Yes, Facebook Will Soon Be Bigger Than MySpace Domestically(allfacebook)
19:45 Sony said to be hanging onto Cell processor for PlayStation 4(Engadget)
19:43 How start-ups can navigate through the falling dominoes of the economic crisis(VentureBeat)
19:42 Elvis has left the border: ePassport faking guide unleashed(The Register)
19:40 Hitachi demonstrates 15mm 37-inch LCD TV at CEATEC(Engadget)
19:39 Apple condemns FileVaulters to seventh circle of Safari hell(The Register)
19:36 'Orphan Works' Copyright Law Dies Quiet Death(Wired)
19:34 T-Mobile's 3G Network Comes Alive in San Francisco(GigaOM)
19:32 EA Waiting to Release Android Games Until It Can Charge for Them(Gizmodo)
19:29 Cox Disconnects Alleged Pirates from the Internet(TorrentFreak)
19:26 Google stock plunges more than 93% in "erroneous trading"(TG Daily)
17:27 Tootsville Launches a New Virtual World for Children and Tweens(Mashable)
17:26 For your Christmas wish list: LaCie's ridiculously expensive 30" LED LCD(TG Daily)
17:23 At what price will Oracle start sniffing around Red Hat again?(CNET)
17:07 Andreessen joins eBay board(ZDNet: Between the Lines)
17:05 Sprint to drop PC-based music downloads(electronista)
17:02 Fujifilm's Real 3-D Camera Is Just the Beginning(Wired)
16:29 Is the Enterprise Ready for Microblogging Tools like Twitter?(Mashable)
16:28 HealthiNation brings in $7.5M to produce online health videos(VentureBeat)
16:27 In-Game Ads Coming To Guitar Hero, Other Activision Games(Silicon Alley Insider)
16:23 JVC shows first SDHC-only Everio HD cameras(electronista)
16:22 Apple Threatens to Close iTunes Store Over Possible Royalty Hikes(Mac Rumors)
16:20 Dell intros five new mid-range network printers(electronista)
16:17 HD DVD sales apparently still going strong(Engadget)
16:15 Senate Wants To Send US Copyright Cops To Foreign Countries(Techdirt)
16:13 Adobe Flash player for iPhone due 'soon' if Apple approves(AppleInsider)
16:02 Apple executives awarded $122 million in stock grants(AppleInsider)
15:59 Scalability Worst Practices(High Scalability)
13:08 Toshiba 'Super Charge' Laptop Batteries Hit 90% in 10 Minutes, Age Well(Gizmodo)
09:08 Tech Bubble 1.0 Stars: Where Are They Now?(Silicon Alley Insider)
09:06 Researchers develop bug-blocking chip monitor(InfoWorld)
09:01 Web 2.0: Unprecedented data liabilities for users and businesses(ZDNet: Between the Lines)
08:59 Germans gives peeking Google one in the eye(The Register)
05:35 Nokia's CTO steps down for "personal reasons"(Engadget)
05:31 Corsair unveils 64GB portable USB flash drive(electronista)
05:30 AMD launches $40 graphics cards assault against Nvidia(TG Daily)
September 29, 2008
21:08 Cause or coincidence? Politicians who supported bailout got more money from banking interest groups(VentureBeat)
20:59 Attention developers: Your SESSIONIDs are showing(The Register)
20:52 How the collapse of the U.S. economy will affect consumer tech(TG Daily)
18:43 13 Gmail Extensions for Firefox 3(Mashable)
18:41 Ukrainian Startup MP3Count Springs Up To Sell Music For Pennies(TechCrunch)
18:39 New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record(Slashdot)
18:33 How start-ups can survive(CNET)
18:28 Samsung intros H.264 vidcam with new noise reduction(electronista)
18:25 The Modern Newsroom Looks Like a Little RSS Reader(ReadWriteWeb)
18:19 Fujitsu tablet PC to offer 1920x1200 screen, 3G(electronista)
13:46 today Fujitsu-Siemens quietly intros Stylistic ST6012 tablet PC(Engadget)
18:16 The 25 Most Influential People on the Web(BusinessWeek)
18:10 iRiver announces pricing, launch date for SPINN(electronista)
18:08 NASA extends Phoenix mission as snow falls on Mars(Reuters)
18:07 New US law would force satellite, HD radio link(electronista)
18:06 Savvis helps ISVs become SaaS providers(InfoWorld)
18:04 Nerd Fight! Novell Engineer Blasts Ubuntu for not Helping Linux(WebMonkey)
15:22 Google AdSense Login Goes Down For Many Publishers(Search Engine Roundtable)
15:19 Mattel says it will appeal Scrabulous ruling(Los Angeles Times)
15:17 ARM, Samsung, more plan 28nm mobile chips(electronista)
15:13 Sony's BDP-S350 Blu-ray Player Officially $300 and BD-Live Capable(Gizmodo)
15:11 QuickBooks 2009 to handle 100 currencies(CNET)
15:10 Oracle pushes compression as cheaper database scale-up method(InfoWorld)
15:09 Plasmon takeover talks fail(The Register)
15:05 Cybersecurity holes exposed in Los Alamos nuke lab(The Register)
15:04 Microsoft seeks to reclaim Norway's "lost generation" with free software(CNET)
15:02 Tech stocks hit hard as House defeats bailout plan(TG Daily)
15:00 Nvidia expands physics support with huge WHQL driver update(TG Daily)
14:57 Private Rockets Could Boost Military, Too(Wired)
12:22 today Space Visionaries Prove Naysayers Wrong- Again(Wired)
13:59 How to Know if You Should Fire Your Social Media Consultant(Mashable)
13:55 Zimbra's ubiquity play with ISPs(CNET)
13:54 Could the New Criterion Collection Website Take HD Streaming to the Next Level?(Gizmodo)
13:51 Hubble telescope fails, NASA may delay shuttle(CNN)
13:44 Google Breaks $400...And Still Not Cheap(Silicon Alley Insider)
13:24 YouTube streamlines its video uploader, bumps size limits(CNET)
12:46 US Congress debates cellphone cancer risk(The Register)
12:35 Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman
12:28 eMusic CEO David Pakman Out(Silicon Alley Insider)
12:26 Sun puts Xeon, Sparc T2+ chips in Netra rack servers(The Register)
12:25 eBayed VPN kit hands over access to council network(The Register)
12:19 Win Mobile 7 now delayed to 2010?(electronista)
12:18 Open source is not an easy solution, as Adobe discovers(CNET)
11:55 Canadian Olympic Committee Tries To Trademark Lyric From National Anthem(Techdirt)
11:52 IBM Wants Patent On Finding Areas Lacking Patents(Slashdot)
11:51 Why Ringside Networks Failed(GigaOM)
11:42 Analysts: Google Maps wins, rivals 'stagnate'(CNET)
11:41 Apple's iPhone 3G Sales Tally Now 6 Million?(Silicon Alley Insider)
11:33 DXG and Geotate team on geotagging video camera(Engadget)
11:32 Nokia gives corporate email the push(The Register)
11:30 Facebook hires D.C. lawyer as general counsel(CNET)
09:36 today Facebook Hires General Counsel(allfacebook)
11:22 Executive moves: Rob Bearden heads to SpringSource(CNET)
11:21 Watch Out: Digital TV Transition Starts ... Now(ZDNet: Between the Lines)
11:20 Apple shares tumble on downgrades from investment banks(AppleInsider)
10:35 today Apple: Is it really recession proof?(ZDNet: Between the Lines)
10:31 today Apple Plunges After Downgrades: Slowing Demand, Crappy Economy(Silicon Alley Insider)
11:18 Samsung's 8-megapixel Pixon gets official, ships in mid-October(Engadget)
11:16 Meizu iPhone clone to ship in December?(electronista)
11:15 Security risks rise as smartphones become smarter(InfoWorld)
11:14 Visible Measures Lands Metrics Deal With MTV(TechCrunch)
10:50 Ballmer on mobile: Apple will lose and we will win because 'we're separatists'(CNET)
10:49 Xohm WiMAX Launches: Limited Service, No Bandwidth Caps(GigaOM)
10:47 today Update: Sprint launches Xohm WiMax network in Baltimore(InfoWorld)
06:57 today Sprint goes live with XOHM WiMAX service in downtown Baltimore(Engadget)
10:46 Yahoo! Search Marketing Raises Minimum Credit Card Amount to $250(Search Engine Roundtable)
10:44 Intellectual property bill passes in the House(CNET)
10:42 Visual Studio 2010 to come with 'black box'(CNET)
09:08 today Microsoft to push life-cycle collaboration in newest Visual Studio(InfoWorld)
10:39 ON Networks Announces Multi-Platform Video Distribution Deal(TechCrunch)
10:38 VCs (And Startups) Won't Be Immune To The Credit Crunch(TechCrunch)
10:37 MoD prays RAF disk thieves aren't data savvy(The Register)
10:34 iPhone Coasters Convert Any Table into a Jobsonian Device(Gizmodo)
10:32 SimpleTech adds 1.5TB Pro, 3TB Duo Pro drives(electronista)
10:30 Lawson Software CEO: Proprietary software is "like cocaine"(CNET)
10:29 Mozilla posts Firefox 3.0.3 update (with a new bug)(TG Daily)
08:25 today Firefox update fixes international character password glitch(The Register)
10:11 Semiconductor industry can learn from financial industry melt-down, says Penn(DigiTimes)
09:57 LG set to release WWAN-enabled X110 Momo netbook(Engadget)
09:55 Asus Eee PC 901 to gain HSUPA, HSDPA next month(Register Hardware)
09:54 What Oracle didn't say at OpenWorld(CNET)
09:52 Apple faces iTunes test case in Norway(Yahoo News)
09:50 Georgia Negotiates With Internet Movie Pirates(TorrentFreak)
09:37 Local Australian City Councils Abandon Use Of Google Earth To Monitor Building Permits, Unregistered Pets(Search Engine Land)
09:34 NETGEAR ships green 802.11n routers(electronista)
09:33 'Watchmen' director Zack Snyder signs 3-game deal with Electronic Arts(Los Angeles Times)
09:13 iriver's Mplayer: now in soul-invading "eyes" version(Engadget)
09:12 Becoming a Famous Programmer(Slashdot)
09:10 Report: Big Media Growth Slowest Since 2001. And That Was Last Year...(Silicon Alley Insider)
08:55 Archos 5 unboxing and hands-on(Engadget)
08:54 Google Toolbar 5 For Firefox Adds Features(Search Engine Land)
08:53 US Cellular readying its own iPhone rival(electronista)
08:52 UK spooks poke Facebook for new spies(The Register)
08:49 Microsoft and Nokia Adopt OSS JQuery Framework(Slashdot)
08:26 eBay Increases Ad Spend with Google AdWords(Search Engine Roundtable)
07:43 Is The Mob Using Your Facebook Profile Against You?(Techdirt)
07:42 Enterprises overpay for antivirus software(InfoWorld)
07:39 Virgin Galactic spaceliner-piggyback craft delayed(The Register)
07:38 Toris promise to kill off kids database(The Register)
07:37 An Early Google Android Winner: Video Software Company PacketVideo(Silicon Alley Insider)