Here are my news picks for the week…

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

CrunchPad Leak Roundup
Apple updates iPod Shuffle ‘VoiceOver’ software
Some More Thoughts On The DiggBar
Eavesdropping On Google Voice and Skype
AnyDVD HD adds more BD+ support
Associated Press chairman “mad as hell” at new media
10 tweaks to make Windows 7 even better
Report: Conficker worm bites University of Utah
Use apt-p2p To Improve Ubuntu 9.04 Upgrade

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

New in Gmail Labs: Inserting images
Sweden Sees Boom In Legal Downloading
Microsoft fined over alleged price fixing of Office
Songwriter claims Google ‘exploited’ him
Apple Offers Another Fleeting Glimpse At The App Store’s All-Time Leaders
HTC Fiesta is “an Android phone,” so says Bluetooth SIG
Heat blamed for iPhone Wi-Fi problems
Best Buy strikes again: WD hard drive switched out for 8-year-old Maxtor, no refund given
Spam Replacing Postal Junk Mail?
Shock: iTunes price increase hurts songs’ chart positions
Steve Jobs still involved in ‘key aspects’ of running Apple, testing out that iTablet you so desire?
Humanity’s Fate
6 Half-Truths About the Cloud
Steam powered iPod charger made from LEGOS
A WINE Release Worth A Toast
Steve Jobs Still Involved in Apple, Still Expected to Return in June

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Why Engadget Is Blocking the DiggBar
Less obscure Microsoft Office 14 64-bit evidence
Windows Live Hotmail Service Disruption Locks Out Users
Cable-cutting vandals disconnect Silicon Valley
RIM picks up ex-Apple and Microsoft design guru
Huge Apple Purchase Sparks 32GB iPhone Rumors
Apple gives prizes as tally nears 1 billion Apps served
Apple retiring .Mac HomePage and .Mac Groups on July 7
When Will Apple Hit 1 Billion App Downloads?
MacHeist 3 Charity Breakdown
iTunes 8.1 Kindly Suggests You Get New iPod Shuffle By Scrambling Old Shuffle’s Brains [IPod Shuffle]
Apple Launches ‘1 Billion App Countdown’ Promotion
Public outcry led to taser policy change
Make your glossy iMac screen matte
Microsoft ordered to pay $388M in patent infringement suit
Apple Turns on Push Notification Services for Developer Testing

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Microsoft Remains on Offensive with ‘Apple Tax’ Report and Latest Laptop Ad
Apple bullish on iPhone refresh sales
Nintendo DSi Sells 600,000 in Opening Weekend
CompUSA Comes Back From the Dead
Leaked pics of the CrunchPad make it look dangerously close to availability
Review: SanDisk slotRadio
Openmoko Phone Not Dead After All
AT&T uses Twitter during service outage
Apple announces end of .Mac HomePage
Qualcomm developing FLO TV accessories for iPhone OS 3.0, other smartphones
In Depth: 10 Reasons why we’ll see an iPhone This June
YouTube, Universal to launch ‘Vevo’ music video site
Yahoo adds Delicious data to search partnership
Apple makes giant NAND flash memory order
iTunes isn’t the only online music store that has variable pricing
Legacy Locker
Intel talks Moorestown, new Atoms; Larrabee may drop this year
French “3 strikes” law suffers shocking defeat
Eye-Fi’s 4GB WiFi SDHC cards start to ship out
AP orders affiliate to pull embedded YouTube vids
Apple sued over iPhone, MacBook multi-touch tech
Microsoft Order To Pay $388 Million In Patent Case
Apple Admits White MacBook’s Notorious Crack Problem

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Now what could Apple want with 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips?
Unconfirmed: Apple Orders 100 Million 8Gb Chips for New Handhelds [Rumor]
Amazon, Wal-Mart, raise MP3 download prices
Unbelievably Detailed Wall-E PC Case Mod [Mods]
Microsoft Ordered to Pay $388 Million for Patent Infringement [Lawsuits]
Table Layouts vs. Div Layouts: From Hell to… Hell?
Video: HY Research’s Beagle Board-based MID
Fake Virus Warnings Are Ploy for Cash
Intel aims for 2-second boot time with Moblin Linux platform
For Some App Developers Palm & Nokia Are No-Gos
Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload
Arcade Classic Galaga Comes to the iPhone in a Remix Version
Google Voice on the iPhone coming soon
Apple accused of touch screen patent infringement
Nvidia gives CUDA a profiler and hardware debugger
CFLs Causing Utility Woes
Sims creator Will Wright leaves E
Google updates Gmail, Calendar for iPhone
Google My Stuff May Rise From The Dead
Is Microsoft Back to Its Old Tricks?
Why the CAPTCHA Approach Is Doomed
News: Yahoo! launches Messenger app for iPhone, iPod touch
Sun’s VirtualBox
Quicklook – Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter
AP is fighting last century’s battle
Apple reveals first set of sessions for WWDC 2009

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Google Adds All-Important Java Support To App Engine
News: NPD: iTunes still #1 in music downloads, Amazon grows
Will Apple pretend iPhone video recording requires the new iPhone?
iTunes Variable Pricing Live, More Countries Supported
iTunes Store now infected with variable pricing, Amazon still $0.99
Three-tiered iTunes pricing due Tuesday

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro
Microsoft: New Zune hardware coming this year
Intel launches new chip logos, rating system
Google Voice App Comes to iPhone and iPod Touch Soon [Google Voice]
Understanding Windows 7 Libraries
Video: 128GB SSD slotted into Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9
FriendFeed Is In Danger Of Becoming The Coolest App No One Uses
ShoveBox for Mac and iPhone
FriendFeed lifestreaming goes real-time for better and worse
Video: Acer Aspire One D250 gets unboxed
Windows 7 will allow downgrades too
2TB Time Capsule in the works?
Rumors suggest slew of new iPhone features
Myk Melez: The Extension Bootcamp Tutorial
Full-length Sony films headed to YouTube?
Next iPhone to make you a film editor?
Apple keeps SD rental hits coming with nearly 300 new titles
T-Mobile to use Google Android OS for home devices
Review: Pogoplug makes any USB drive a NAS
Mozilla reveals roadmap for Firefox 3.6, scheduled for 2010
News: Apple planning to bring camera to iPod touch?
iPhone OS 3.0 beta suggests 802.11n, video publishing coming
Microsoft, Lionhead settle alleged homophobia suit
Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes appear
Stanza eBook Reader for iPhone Updated
HP extends Windows XP supply until April 2010
Giant Lego Nintendo DSi Timelapse Construction Video [Nintendo]
MediaDefender Buys MediaSentry For $136,000 (Not $20M)

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Here are the links for: Tuesday, January 20th 2009…

“Shining” phone steals a little Agora magic
“Solve a problem with Windows 7 beta” actually works?
10 Free DNS and IP Lookup Tools – or DNSstuff.com Alternatives
13 Free Web Apps To Simplify The Designer’s Work life
9 Ways Twitter Can Help in the Real World
AMD Cuts Prices in Response to Intel Pricing Drops
Analysts: iPhone Outselling Android Nearly 6-to-1
Apple Hit with Permissions Law Suit
Apple stops requiring serial numbers for boxed iWork ‘09
Belkingate – as new evidence turns up, the company keeps mum
CBS’s ‘Worst Week’ Mistakes iPod for iPhone, Sends Nerdier Viewers into Convulsions [Goofs]
Converting video with GPU acceleration tested
Desktop integrated graphics shoot-out
Don’t fall for the next generation of Phishers!
Google expands and disbands
Google Gdrive Is The Real Deal?
Got $200? Then buy a matte screen for your 15-inch MacBook Pro!
Ha ha ha… Psystar
Hardwood and Leather MacBook Case Is Maybe Not So Practical [Laptops]
How the Downandup Worm works
How to Find the Best Computer Mouse
How to Get Tons of Mac Software for Free: MacHeist
Intel cuts quad-core chip prices by 40 percent
LG shows off plasma TV with one billion-to-one contrast ratio
Logitech is in financial trouble, mass layoffs imminent
New OS X research warns of stealthier Mac attacks
Phoenix Technologies HyperSpace instant-on OS coming to ASUS
Plantronics laying off 18% of employees, now!
Polaroid fans want their instant film
Retromodo: A Modern Day Unboxing of a 1984 Atari Touch Tablet [Retromodo]
RIM opens the BlackBerry Application storefront, says it’s going to shake up “Music 2.0″RIM opens the BlackBerry Application storefront, says it’s going to shake up “Music 2.0″
Sega America Lays Off Staff
Sony’s VAIO P spotted for sale in Hong Kong, price tag spotted too
Swedish file sharers’ privacy in jeopardy
Video demo: Eee PC Touch UI
Video: Cooler Master replaces car starter with PSU, it works
Video: OQO model 2+ MID gets unboxed, previewed
What’s New in Windows 7: The Taskbar!
Whose notebook is it anyway?
Wiimote and skateboard hacked into a controller, Gator not impressed
Windows 7 – A View From Across The Sea
Windows 7 install roundup
Windows Mobile 6.5 reportedly will include MobileMe competitor (that works)
WTF? Has Firefox been failing for you under OS X?

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Here are the links for: Sunday, January 18th 2009…

10 Really Cool Google Chrome Hacks
30 Beautiful and Creative Examples of Vibrant Web Designs
50 iPhone Apps with Icons That Don’t Suck
Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One 103 in photos
Belkin replies to Mechanical Turk shilling
Beta Is Dead
Boy, 8, becomes youngest IT professional
CherryPal calls its Bing netbook a nettop, can’t win for losing
Chumby gets retrofitted into retro telephone, will soon make collect
CircuitCity.com morphs into an info page
Does piracy actually matter?
Epidermis Theme Manager
Former Employees Talk About Google
Get Your Paws On the Myka BitTorrent Box in ‘Four to Six Weeks’ [BitTorrent]
GoDaddy hit by a DDoS attack
iPod touch 2G redsn0w Video Shows Jailbreak in Action [Apple]
Lycos Kills Jubii While They’re At It
Lycos To Shutter Lycos Mail, Tripod On February 15
Man Loses $150,000 To Nigerian Scam
PSP phone shot down by Sony
Recession strikes PC sales
Seagate Flooded With Failing Drive Complaints
Seagate Provides Firmware Update For Failing Hard Drives
Steve Wozniak Speaks About Steve Jobs’ Health Issues (Video)
The Top 10 fonts of 2008
Top 10 Steve Jobs Quotes Of All Time
Viliv uncovers gorgeous X70 Atom Communication MID
What’s New in Windows 7: Window Management
Which is Better: A Microsoft or Logitech Mouse?
Why Google Employees Quit
Wii Homebrew Hack Turns Wiimote Into a Casual Carpenter’s Level [Wii]
Wikipedia Beefs Up for Multimedia
Windows 7 Beta takes another crown, besting Vista in SSD performance
Windows 7’s Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista’s
WowWee’s Lightstar flying blade reviewed: a cheap thrill

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Here are the links for: Friday, January 9th 2009…

Windows 7 beta downloads halted temporarily
Will it blend? CES Edition
White Dell Adamo pictures leak out
VIA shows off Nano-powered Dr. Mobile Freestyle Mini
Ultimate Ears adds in MetroFi 170 / 220 headphones
The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES This Year [Pranks
Smartparts introduces four new new digiframes from 2.4- to 19-
Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7
Report: Gmail about one-third as expensive as hosted email
Pegatron and Freescale team for low-power, ultra-cheap netbooks
Palm's Pre boxed
'Palm Pre' Smartphone Announced: WebOS, Wireless Charging, App
Palm Pre May Be Priced at $399 on Sprint [Rumor]
Palm CEO says Europe gets Pre in the first half, too
Palm Announces Killer New Phone
Opinion: The $169 Mac Box Set and Apple’s motives
New SD Card Spec Supports 2TB Capacities
New Multi-Core iPhone with Firmware 3.0?
Microsoft’s servers feeling the heat re: Windows 7 beta
Lenovo, Dell and TDK layoff thousands, bum out thousands more
In a Nutshell: Palm Pre vs. iPhone vs. G1 [Palm Pre]
HP’s USB 2.0 Docking Station adds in DisplayLink technology
HP’s Firebird with VoodooDNA 802 / 803 now available starting at
How NOT To Design A Logo
Hands-on with the OQO 2+ MID
Hands-on the iRiver WAVE HOME multimedia thingie
Hands on with the Novatel Wireless MiFi
Google Releases Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta
Google Gets A New Favicon, Again. It’s Uh.. Colorful
Fake iPhone Nano appears
Exclusive hands-on with Asus’ prototype Eee Keyboard
Dell’s XPS 625 reviewed already, found worthy
Dell’s ultra-thin Adamo laptop set free
Dell USB Digital TV Tuner announced for Inspiron Mini family
Dell launches Inspiron Mini 10
CES 2009: JVC revealed their first Blu-ray player
Best iPhone App Ever award winners announced
AMD announces ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4000 series graphics chips

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Here are the links for: Wednesday, January 7th 2009…

Windows 7 Pubilic Beta Becomes True, Gonna Try It?
Wendy’s is giving out free stuff like Xboxes, cars, laptops and HDTVs
Wear your video camera
Twitter: 2009 is the year it gets big, and gets integrated
Toshiba showing off 56-inch Cell-based 4k x 2k HDTV, prototype MIDs
TiVo updates their search functionality, calls it Search
The nerdiest SuperSpeed USB 3.0 details yet
The amazing vanishing Mac desktop machine
Sony shows off GPS packing 1080p camcorders
Sony gets official with VAIO P: world’s lightest 8-inch netbook
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone demoed on video, coming in Q1
SanDisk releases 2GB Rock Band 2 SD card for all your downloadable content
Samsung has the world’s first Blu-ray home theater sound bar
Samsung announces the MBP200 pico projector
Retrospect, portable storage headline Iomega booth
Redfly pushes back, offers PC functionality and something else that is mysterious
REDFLY goes Android.. sort of
Palm’s new website devoid of dedicated PDAs
OQO officially launches Gobi / OLED-equipped model 2+, we get hands-on
NVIDIA offers up GeForce 3D Vision, takes WoW players further
Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition taken out behind the woodshed, shot
New SDXC storage card has up to 2 TB storage
Netgear announces another set-top box
Microsoft Tag: Microsoft’s own 2D barcode
Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st [Microsoft]
Logic Wireless’ Logic Bolt makes luminous appearance at CES
Linksys announces Wireless Home Audio System, another wireless audio toy for rich people
LG’s GD910 007-Approved Watch Phone To Start Production This Year [Ces 2009]
LaCie Releases 2big Quadra External Hard Drive Line
JVC finally brings its Blu-ray products to America
iWork ‘09 Includes iWork.com, Costs $79 + Subscription
How Many Mac Users Use Microsoft Office?
Hardware that supports iPhoto ’09’s geotagging
Federal Trade Commission To Scrutinize DRM
Eye-Fi SD Cards Offering Direct to YouTube Uploading [Ces 2009]
Eviant introduces 4.3-, 7- and 19-inch digital televisions at CES
EMTEC’s sub-$400 10-inch Gdium netbook gets specced
EMC Issues Beta of Retrospect 8.0 Backup Software
EGM magazine is no more, 1UP staff slashed
Digital guru Clay Shirky’s media forecast and predictions for 2009
BUG Labs throws down five new BUGmodules, including pico-projector and 3G radio
Asus reveals 512 GB SSD, keyboard computer and other prototypes at CES
ASUS looking into Android for Eee Phone and Eee PC
Apple wants 30 cents per song to upgrade your iTunes library
Another year, another round of Olympus cameras, one of which has
And now the PS3 gets its own Resident Evil 5 bundle
Acer adds DisplayLink multimedia dock to 22-inch P224W monitor
Accell introduces their USB 2.0 to VGA Adapter at CES
32-Bit Vs. 64-Bit Windows
21 Free Apps For Mac OS X That Are Absolutely Useful

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