Here are my news picks for the week…
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite debuts in the App Store
Windows 7 Release Candidate Drops May 5
Chrysler’s Peapod EV lets iPod double as ignition key
Cheap Blu-ray players will hit U.S. store shelves
Dilbert Takes on Cellphone Rebates In Epic Battle With Rebaterus [Comic]
This is not how you’re suppose to wardrive
2009 is an Android year declares Google’s Schmidt
Do You Have a Google Profile?
Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles
SMS messages could be used to hijack a phone
MySpace Fires Employee After Data Breach
The Palm Pre is already in mass production
Kadoink Seized By Creditors
New Get a Mac ads after “Laptop Hunters”
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Lobby Groups Launch Full Assault For Canadian DMCA
Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate arrives
Windows Mobile 6.5 takes personalization to the next level with themes and Titanium plugins
What’s up, bot? Google tries new Captcha method
Celebrities Take Over Twitter
Apple Comments on Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads
Apple Is Approaching a Defining Moment
Windows 7 RC coming May 5 for public consumption, out now for MSDN / TechNet subscribers
How many paper cups do you trash in a day?
Apple tops PC customer satisfaction survey
Piracy causes nightmares for Stardock’s Demigod
BBC explains DRM restrictions on HD broadcasts
Let your friends crash on these CTRL-ALT-DEL Pillows
Windows Mobile 6.5 coming soon?
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Windows enthusiast Cullen creates “Cophenhagen” user experience concept video
The Pirate Bay verdict: guilty, with jail time
A warning against premature adoption of cloud computing
Job cuts to happen at Sony Ericsson
Hilco / Gordon Brothers acquires Polaroid brand, assets and dignity
iPhone beta OS cracks before release
Microsoft Family Safety Filter Blocks Google
LEGO Boombox looks sweet, still can’t make your kid’s music sound good
Simplify Media- Legally Share Your Music Library with Up To 30 Friends
A Few New Functions Spotted in iPhone 3.0 Beta [Unconfirmed]
Vonage now charges 29% in fees (at least for me)
4 Reasons Apple Should Deliver the iPhone to Verizon
Microsoft targets Barmy Army with Silverlight
Windows Mobile 6.5 to officially “launch” on May 11
If You Become a Yahoo Engineer, You Too Can Have 7 Monitors on Your Desk [Yahoo]
Verizon’s subsidized HP Mini 1000 leaks out
Report: Hulu planning iPhone app
Stone Neo 101 drops into the netbook pond, doesn’t cause a ripple
Tweetie for Mac looks fantastic!
Nintendo sells 435,000 units in the US in first week
AT&T iPhone Exclusivity Expires in 2010, AT&T Asking for Extension?
Samsung, Dell bring SSD encryption solutions
Photo Sharing feature in Live Messenger: Kill it dead
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
This DSi Can Take Itself Apart, Thank You Very Much [Teardowns
4400 Radioshacks Now Accepting Old Gadget Trade-Ins [Retail]
“Apple Tax” Report Backfires On Microsoft
ZuneHD specs leaked, supposedly confirmed by Microsoft
Sun begs IBM to come back and talk
German iTunes Store adds movie purchases, rentals
Mac OS X 10.5.7 update appears to be nearing release
Apple patent shows front-facing camera: Hello, video calls
Genius sues Activision and 7 Studios over Scratch game delay
Iomega opens sub-£2k box of storage tricks
Pirate Bay server becomes museum artefact
Apple, your Mighty Mouse sucks. Please fix it.
Ning hits 1 million social networks
Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones
WSJ’s Free iPhone App Is Already Better than the NYT App [Apps]
The Gadgeteer’s ZuneHD Rumor Mill Roundup
DivX 7 video software released for Mac
Apple growth turns negative as worldwide PC shipments plunge
Lose Your Amazon Account and Your Kindle Dies
They’re gone! After outcry, Time Warner uncaps the tubes
Apple and AT&T: Should the Exclusive Deal End?
Are Skype’s founders going to buy back the company from eBay?
SlingPlayer banned from App Store?
Google: We’d love to supply ads for Twitter
It begins: Palm Pre trickles out to accessory manufacturers
Light Up with Windows 7 Libraries
Apple: A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want
YouTube launching premium section with movies, TV shows
Apple market share drops slightly in the past year
Chrome update offers tab micromanagement options
Verizon Sues Dastardly Californian Fiber-Optic Cable Slicers [Crime]
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Virgin Media switches to Gmail
Apple Offering 8 GB RAM Kits for 2.93 GHz and 2.66 GHz 15″ MacBook Pros
Nirvanix Adds $5M to Keep Data in the Cloud
US company steps in with three new displays for mini-DP Macs (Updated x2)
eBay to spin off Skype in 2010
Eee PC hacked into a digital picture frame
DIGG: (Yet) Another DiggBar Update
OWC Releases Plug & Play Desktop Hardware Raid Solution
Google finally lets Blogger users earn money with AdSense ads
Reports: Mac OS 10.5.7 release imminent
ZuneHD details “confirmed”
CNN acquires leading Twitter account
Microsoft to allow on-campus pub after all
eBay buying stake in Gmarket; Yahoo selling its
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
OTA feature updates for Windows Mobile in the works
OQO could be hurting
app4mac Intros Jump, Projector Productivity Apps
Twitter is at least a dress rehearsal
Google official announces Android OS 1.5
Apple isn’t making your next iPhone, these guys are
Microsoft ends mainstream XP, Office 2003 support
Better Place experiments with WPF & Windows XP for in-car electronic console
Next-gen iPhone shows 15+ parts supply vendors
Reporter drives the Chevy Volt (almost)
Libraries Under the Hood
Ubuntu 9.04 due April 23, includes native ARM port
10 Of The Most Annoying Vista Irritations Solved
Coming Soon, Yet Another Re-Org at Yahoo
Vista Post-SP2 Is the Safest OS On the Planet
iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 is out
Google search referer changes
Apple posts third iPhone OS 3.0 beta with minor API changes
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Bluetooth 3.0 specs revealed April 21, 480Mbps
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Microsoft: have it your way on IE 8
iPhone Jailbreaking Still Going Strong
YouTube bypasses Korean law by ‘blocking’ uploads and comments
Kwiry- Another Web Service Shutters Its Virtual Doors
Palm’s “Touchstone” induction charger to cost $70?
HP MediaSmart now streams to iPhone, iPod
Burn ISO Images Natively in Windows 7
Sony to sell PSP game without UMD copy?
German Wikileaks Suspension Not Related To Police Raid