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RSS Weekly Digest – #4

April 29th, 2009 by kteck | Comments Off | Filed in RSS Digest

Here are my news picks for the week…

Sorry for them being late but i had a busy start of week.

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

The story of the PlayStation
SlingPlayer for iPhone getting closer to release?
Apple may hear Verizon now
Google makes their own Digg, lets users pop stories
Will Oracle kill MySQL? Who cares?
Skype Cuts Prices On SkypeOut Service
Qualcomm, Broadcom reach $891 million settlement
Essential Tips to Get the Best from iTunes
Virus begins to attack PCs
First Android Netbook will cost $250?
Flip Video Ultra HD makes its unofficial debut, gets unboxed
Apple loses patent suit, will have to pay $19M
NVIDIA’s GT300 specs outed — is this the cGPU we’ve been waiting for?
FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats
Windows 7 – Gold – As Early as July?
Download Wall-E for just $62,000 Now!
Billionth iPhone App is a Freebie!
Review – Twitter Desktop Clients for Mac, Dual Review
Chalk Drawing Depicts Epic Browser War (With A Touch of Conan) [Browser War]

Saturday, April 25th, 2009yep

Steve Jobs On The Value Of Stock Options
German book publishers want Rapidshare blocked
Former AOL Exec Mike Jones To Become No. 2 At MySpace
Video: Recording analog audio to a floppy disk
New Snow Leopard beta build includes screen recording capabilities, a certain je ne sais quoi
Windows 7 reveals XP mode AKA the IT guy’s wet dream
21 Eye Catchy Collection Of Free Textures
Samsung plays catch-up with 32GB P3
Why AT&T Wants To Keep the iPhone Away From Verizon
Windows 7 Release Candidate 1’s Best Surprise New Features
Conficker virus begins to attack computers
Somniloquy external networking card lets PCS “sleep talk” essential connectivity functions
Microsoft training video reveals older prototype of Windows 7 “superbar”
Bugs Aside – Ubuntu 9.04 Is Pretty Slick

Friday, April 24th, 2009

It’s official: Windows 7 Release candidate available for download May 5th
No, This Dancing Building’s Bricks Are Not Falling Like Tetris [Art]
Hollywood attacks RealDVD in court
Model 2+ production seen as “unlikely,” says OQO exec
Coming Soon: Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC
Analysis: App Store now $1 million a day business, cloud mobile apps the next big thing
Windows 7 RC build 7100 leaked
Windows 7 Release Candidate Update
Microsoft axes Live Search Product Upload
Apple Loses Patent Lawsuit from Opti Inc on “Predictive Snooping”
Internet Explorer 8 Security
Irish reject e-voting, go back to paper
Microsoft Surface First-Run Experience
Geocities to close after 15 years of aesthetic “awesomeness”
Android-Based G1 Phone Sells One Million Units
News: Bump is billionth app downloaded, 13-year-old wins prizes

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Apple Questioned Again About a Mac Netbook
Jaunty Jackalope hops onto scene with GNOME 2.26, new features
Consuming the Contents of Windows 7 Libraries
iPhone OS devices continue to dominate mobile traffic

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

iSuppli: Kindle 2 costs twice as much to buy as it does to make
Apple iPhone & iPod Touch sales pass 37 million
Steve Riley on Windows 7 Security
Apple with “No Plans” to Change AT&T iPhone Exclusivity and Other Notes
Pixelpipe adds drag-and-drop uploading to Firefox
Make your own solid state drive with a CF card
Second Life gives users ability to filter Mature, X-rated content
Apple WWDC rumors: MacBook speed bumps, pro application upgrades (but where’s the netbook?)
Congress wants new probe into P2P file-sharing snafus
The EagleTec USB Nano flash drive: it doesn’t get much smaller
Panasonic makes school runs more cinematic with its in-dash Blu-ray player
OLPC waves goodbye to AMD for new XO laptop, adopts VIA chip
Face recognition comes to Flickr
MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and Pro Apps to See Updates at WWDC?

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

iTunes Price Hikes Hurt Some Track Rankings
Amazon Video on Demand goes high definition
Apple preparing to release new Snow Leopard beta build
From Mingebag To Gmod Activist
DiggBar Changes Live Today
Why Time Capsule Is Doomed to Suck
Rumor smash: Windows 7 will keep 6.1 versioning
Sony Pictures is on YouTube, Hulu, but not Joost anymore
Nvidia gives developers OpenCL driver and SDK support
Bluetooth “high speed” technology becomes official with 3.0 spec
GamePark Wiz app store coming this summer
VMware’s Cloud OS Is Compelling, But Closed
Google joins effort for 3D Web standard with new plugin, API
Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications at Once
End to End Trust and Windows 7
The iPhone app that ran the Boston Marathon
Xbox 360 ‘Game Of The Year’ bundle ships in May
A Peek Inside Windows 8: Coming in 2011 [Windows 8]
LEGO Rock Band officially announced, coming just in time for the holidays
Study: Illegal music downloaders buy 10 times as much legal music as non-illegal downloaders
Google links students, projects in Summer of Code
Windows 7 could change our perception of PCs
More Details of iPhone OS 3.0 ‘Voice Control’ Emerge
Gmail can now suggest recipients for you
AT&T plans to double its 3G network capacity
Google serves up brace of slightly skewed search tools
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone. What’s the deal?
Video: Sharp’s Mebius LCD trackpad
Fujitsu’s 10.1-inch LOOX M netbook looks good, positively average
OLED displays coming to half of all mobile phones in the next five years

Monday, April 20th, 2009

PSP firmware updated to v5.50
The ESA are fans of Pirate Bay decision
Jonathan DiCarlo: Do We Still Need Bookmarks?
Apple Launches Movie Downloads in German iTunes Store
Windows 7 security enhancements
Blu-ray in every home? Backers aim for $99 players
Windows 7 Starter Won’t Open Any Doors for Android or Linux
ISP Download Caps Not Dead, But Ought to Be
Windows 7 Security: Helping Enable the Mobile Workforce
Google tweaks Chrome with new tabs management features
Windows 7: A New Approach to Securing Today’s Enterprise
Skype coming to the DSi?
$400 Xbox 360 Elite Games of the Year bundle with Halo 3 and Fable 2 gets official
Tweetie for Mac now available
MSI intros the touchscreen Wind Top all-in-one US mod
Adobe brings Flash to the TV screen
Atempo Digital Archive Adds Full Mac OS X Support
The Pirate Bay loads cannon with official appeal
Play Garry’s Mod before you die!
Windows 7 Starter Edition headed for a netbook near you
Engadget’s take on the new mophie Juice Pack Air
Toshiba 10-inch Dynabook UX’s got talent
More Apple Netbook Rumors Pinpoint Foxconn as Manufacturer
Next Generation iPhone to Support HD Video and Apple TV-Like Behavior?
Oracle reels in Sun Microsystems with $7.4bn buy

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RSS Digest Combo – #63,#64,#65

March 5th, 2009 by kteck | Comments Off | Filed in RSS Digest

Another late set of posts..

Here are the links for:

Monday, March 2nd 2009

BenQ GP1 (P1) LED pocket projector hands-on
MSI Wind NetTop CD130 eyes-on
PDFVue brings PDF viewing, editing to the browser
Microsoft may let Windows 7 users turn browser off
iPhone burninates itself
First look: Kindle for iPhone

Observations, Complaints, Quibbles, and Suggestions Regarding the Safari 4 Public Beta Released One Week Ago, Roughly in Order of Importance
Tesla offers Roadster to Canadians
Why Google won’t Remove that Page you don’t like
Login items are exactly that
Kindle books, meet iPhone readers
Inside the new iMac
ASUS rolls out HD-minded Eee Box 206
Windows 7 gets down to business
Video of the super thin ASUS 1008HA netbook
The new Mac mini gets splayed open
Asus laptop concept replaces keyboard with second screen

LG X110 finally reaching US soil before July
Comparing Kindle 2 with Kindle’s iPhone app
ZillionTV: Oh Jeez, Hulu and Roku Done Had Themselves a Baby [Set Top Boxes]
Sony plays catch up with hackers, mulling over PSP ‘virtual console’
Dell plays with virtual data centers

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009

Amazon Kindle Now Also an iPhone App [Kindle]
iPhone has 66 percent of mobile browser share
Stand-alone Google Tasks makes an appearance
New Social Features Make Their Debut on Zune.net
Google boss backs subsidized Linuxbooks
Photos: Eee PC Touch at CeBit 2009
Core i7-packin’ Clevo D900F gaming laptop hands-off
MacBook Air users reporting repair issues with broken hinges
Eee Keyboard priced and dated, somewhat
On this day in 1985…
So, how about those Apple Mac Mini updates?
One last thing: Apple sneaks out the num-pad-less keyboard
Google doles out $6.3 million in bonuses
Oh, one more thing: MacBook Pro gets a bump in speed
Apple overhauls iMacs, 24-inch models more affordable
Apple’s new AirPort Extreme with simultaneous WiFi mode
Apple polishes its desktop line
Apple debuts two new Mac Pros
Open Source Usability — Joomla! Vs. WordPress
Back up media files
The Problem With Sony, In a Picture [Sony]

Wednesday, March 4th 2009

Buy an iPhone game and donate to charity
Three Windows 7 features I haven’t a clue about; One: Windows Vault
HP to execs: Bye-bye to plane perks
Apple releases Battery Update 1.4 for all MacBook models
Intel Inside Becomes Intel Everywhere
Acer K10 pocket projector finally lands in the UK
March 24th update to hit Mac Pro, Airport Extreme, Time Capsule, AND Mini?
Information Technology, 50 years ago
Touch Book from Always Innovating harbors removable tablet, netbook pricepoint
iPhones and iPods Banned at Gates’ Home [Apple Vs Microsoft]
Microsoft Expands Online Business Services Trial To 19 More Countries, Signs GlaxoSmithKline
AppleCare not covering MacBook Air hinge problem
Initial reactions to my Kindle 2
Safari Loses Ground to IE in February, iPhone Dominates
T-Mobile rolls unlimited $49 loyalty plan nationwide to their most loyal subjects
BlackBerry Bold sales suspended in Japan
20 Useful PHP Components & Tutorials for Everyday Project
Apple Event on March 24th? Other Products Maybe Sooner?
Phishers automate attacks using ‘Google hacking’

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RSS Digest – #46

February 14th, 2009 by kteck | Comments Off | Filed in RSS Digest

Here are the links for: Thursday, February 12th 2009…

Rumor: Panasonic to buy part of Leica?
Micro Innovations’s bamboo lineup might just save the world… from generic computer peripherals
Microsoft gets serious about retail stores with exec hire
YouTube Hopes To Boost Revenue With Video Downloads
PointUI 2 Gives Touchscreen Windows Mobile Phones a New Lease on Life [Windows Mobile]
Former EMI Boss: Fight Against Illicit P2P is “Useless”
Authors irked by text-to-speech on Kindle 2
Midway files for bankruptcy
Enabling Multi-Touch in the Windows 7 Beta
SmartQ 5 touchscreen PMP / MID promises WiFi, Bluetooth
Leaked Photos of Next Generation iPhone?
Unix Lovers to Party Like It’s 1234567890
Sources: Windows 7 moving toward 2009 release
Telefónica in Spain to get a slightly sightlier HTC Dream
Google pulling plug on radio advertising service
Symbian Secures Big Backers in Mobile OS War
First decent Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots leak out
Palm OS: I remember when
When Are Mac Hardware Updates Coming?
Microsoft to offer free Windows 7 upgrade for Vista computers purchased after July 1
The Right Way to Install Windows [Windows]
Lego camcorder spotted, great for kids 8 to 80 (sorry Grandpa)

Apple prepping iTunes Replay on-demand streaming service?
The race to kill the MacBook Air is on
Apple White MacBook Early 2009
Google Buys … A Paper Mill?
Palm Pre Spec Sheet Confirms Tethering, But At What Cost? [Palm]
Pioneer officially leaving the TV biz by March 2010, focusing on audio

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