RSS Digest for Thursday, June 25th, 2009:

Photofast CR-7200 CompactFlash Adapter Runs Four microSDs In RAID [Storage]
ASUS G60 gaming laptop rolls out, gets examined
Apple sued for 30¢ $5
Michael Jackson dies of cardiac arrest
U.K. Employs ‘Naughty Boys’ to Battle Other Hackers
Microsoft to bridge earth and Windows Azure
Obama fills FCC seats
Xbox 360: 1 vs 100 available to Silver Xbox Live members this weekend
Mozilla IT: Mozilla Scheduled Downtime – 06/25/2009, 7pm PDT (0200 – 0600 06/26/2009 UTC)
What PC makers are paying for Windows 7
TPB denied retrial, decision final
Australian ‘Net filter to block video games, too
National Handshake Day? More Like National Barricade Yourself In Your House And Don’t Go Outside Day
Generate a .lib from a DLL with Visual Studio | Code Retard
Students create portable IED-detection system
Ballmer says offline media is dead, keeps mum on Microsoft’s offline software
AT&T’s iPhone App Brings Remote DVR Scheduling To U-Verse Customers [IPhone Apps]
NoPorn: Apple removes “Hottest Girls” from the App Store
The Twitter Cycle: Curiosity, Abandonment, Addiction. Global Visitors Hit 37 Million.
WWIII With USB [USB]
Consumers still not sold on Blu-ray
Creating worthless copyright “consensus”: Canada’s case study
Putting the Outlook 2010 HTML issue in perspective
Microsoft announces Win 7 pricing, special pre-order price
Benjamin Smedberg: Help needed: Firefox crashing on AMD K6 and other old processors
Stoned wallabies responsible for crop circles
Water-cooled Aquasar supercomputer does math, heats dorm rooms
SSD Video Camera
35,000-year-old Flute Is First Instrument Ever [Music]
Apocalypse Not: Behind the Swine Flu Hysteria
Kayak to Bing: Stop Copying Us!

-Matt A. Tobin of Binary Outcast

Tags: Apple, Asus, Azure, Ballmer, Beta, Browser, Firefox, Hackers, iPhone, LED, Microsoft, Mobile, Mozilla, Obama, OEM, Photofast, Samsung, SSD, Twitter, UK, Windows 7, Xbox 360

Due to internet connectivity issues here is the slightly belated RSS Digest for Saturday. June 20th, 2009:

Best Handset For Freedom?
Interview with Das Bo Schitt
Robert Accettura: Things You’ll Love About Firefox 3.5
RIAA needs to be disbanded, says Moby
Giant Cowboys Stadium LED wall caught playing Xbox 360 during downtime Update: Video!
Linux’s Hardware Support Better Than Windows?
Why Macs look like Porsche’s
Phone Unlock! v3.0
Muggers Caught When Their Crime Was Captured by Google Street View [Crime]
ASUS Eee PC 1005HA up for pre-order on Amazon
Dell has 15% off numerous game consoles: Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PSP 3000, Nintendo DS
Lies, Damn Lies, and Battery-Life Statistics
Samsung shows off new flexible, OLED passport
Microsoft confirms Nvidia ‘Tegra’ chip for Zune HD
AT&T says tethering won’t cost $55
Believe it or not, this is an actual Halo desktop
Video: Obama is the first nerd president
United States Sneaks Into Top 20 List of Household Broadband Use (at Number 20) [USA! USA!]
Avoiding Latency in the Cloud
Typing In an E-Mail Address, and Giving Up Your Friends’ Too
Palm Pre Nears 700,000 App Downloads in Less Than Two Weeks [App Catalog]
Live-blogging at MSM
Pwnage Tool for iPhone OS 3.0 now live, ultrasn0w still on standby
Spunky Sputnik LED Lamp
Erik Naggum, R.I.P.
Sonos CR200 controller outed by the FCC
Why video can transform the Wikipedia experience
A Good Guide to Social Marketing
Liberal Party of Canada Comes Out In Support of Net Neutrality
Report: Steve Jobs had liver transplant
Free Mimobot of the Week: Darth Maul!
UxStyle Core Beta bits now available
Snuff Lures Tobacco Fiends With Whiff of Exotic History

- Matt A. Tobin of Binary Outcast

Tags: Apple, Asus, AT&t, Canada, Cloud, Dell, eee, email, Firefox, Google, Halo, handset, Hardware, iPhone, iPod, LED, Liberal, Linux, Mac, Mimobot, Mozilla, nerd, Net Neutrality, Nvidia, Obama, OLED, Palm, pre, RIAA, Snuff, Sonos, Steve Jobs, Tabacco, UxStyle, wikipedia, WIndows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune

RSS Digest for Friday, June 19th, 2009:

Zune HD has a Tegra processor, confirms official Zune podcast
Some iPhone activations delayed up to 2 days
Affordable Austin: No Longer a Tech Mecca
Palm webOS 1.0.3 update now available
8 Gadgets For Meddling Bastards [Tgif]
10 hidden features in iPhone OS 3.0
Microsoft extends XP downgrade option for OEMs to 2011
Paul Rouget: Madrid Mozilla Technologies Course: Hack and learn
Hello! There Are More Than Just iPhones In This Universe! [Smartphones]
ACLU Sues DHS Over Unlawful Searches and Detention
Developing for the Windows 7 Taskbar – Application ID – Part 2
Sony CEO Stringer: It’s the Network, Stupid
Finally, a way to simultaneously mount all your favorite gadgets in the car
Activision leaving PS3, PSP? Doubtful, but threat remains
iFixit tears down the 3G S
John Biggs, major Internet media figure, gets his iPhone 3G S
Dell Vostro 1220 leaks out, looks as cool as it sounds
Viliv X70 preorder deals announced by Dynamism
Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy Buy It’s NESessary [Gaming]
Competitive US wireless market? New FCC may give new answer
Activision to drop Sony PS3, PSP support?
Attack On a Significant Flaw In Apache Released
Colbert takes swipe at Microsoft, Project Natal
Amazon code release irrelevant, Kindle is still closed
Will Google Wave reshape enterprise IT?
I Want This Now [Robots]
Samsung’s SMX-C14 camcorder now beautifying stores in Korea
GearDeal: The Kramer classic artwork – .49
Is it Even Summer Yet?
Yahoo! sells off Contests.com for a surprising low price
Xbox 360 Arcade now shipping with 512MB memory
Pixar Grants Girl’s Dying Wish With Home Viewing of ‘Up’
How Science Fiction Writers Can Help, or Hurt, Homeland Security
June 19, 1964: ‘Twilight Zone’ Fades Into Twilight Zone

- Matt A. Tobin of Binary Outcast

Tags: ACLU, Activision, amazon, Apache, Apple, Dell, FCC, Google, Homeland Security, iPhone, Kramer, Microsoft, Mozilla, NES, Nintendo, OEM, Palm, Pixar, PS3, PSP, Robots, Samsung, Sony, Summer, Twilight Zone, Viliv, WIndows, Windows 7, Xbox 360, XP, yahoo, Zune

Here are the links for: Saturday, January 3nd 2009…

17″ Unibody MacBook Pro with Non-Removable Extended-Life Battery?
Open Source Victories of 2008
Seven Most Influential GNU/Linux Distributions
PlayStation 2 still the most played console
Shrouded Macworld banners ready for Tuesday
Phishing Scam Spreading on Twitter
Power Twitter For Firefox: Inline Media, Integrated Search And A Lot More
Windows 7 build 7000 already outperforming Vista and XP in “real-world” tasks
Gadget Deals of the Day: HDTVs, Free DTV Converter [Dealzmodo]
More 10-inch Acer Aspire One rumors trickle out
microsoft’s sagging browser business
Apple’s Patent for iPhone-Compatible Gloves: Forgotten, Thankfully [Apple]
Softbank’s iPhone 1seg tuner / battery charger gets unboxed
Western Digital WD TV, tagline contest update
Craigsphone brings Craigslist to the iPhone
I’ll Be Moving to 64-Bit Computing
XIM 2 Xbox 360 mod ready for pre-order, you aren’t ready to pony up
Guy spends $4000 for pair of custom ‘Back to the Future’ sneakers
Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in
Mac at 25
Ainol serves up 4.3-inch V6000HDB portable media player
Moscone Center gearing up for Macworld
Running Android On Netbooks
Microsoft Offers ‘Fix it’ Site To Fix Problems
JournalSpace Drama: All Data Lost Without Backup, Company Deadpooled
Washing machine hacked to tweet when the load’s done: @maytag, you listening?
EMC Acquires SourceLabs, And With It Open Source Documentation Project SWiK
The evolution of Windows Media Center
The Google Linux desktop has arrived
Y2K8 Zune quirk really a Freescale bug?
CD sales fell 20 percent in 2008

Tags: 2008, 64 bit, Acer, Android, Apple, Aspire One, Back to the Future, Backup, Battery, cd, charger, console, craigslist, deadpool, Deal, Divx, Fix, Freescale, Gadget, Gloves, Google, iPhone, Linux, Mac, MacBook Pro, MacWorld, market share, Media, Media Center, Microsoft, Netbook, Open Source, PayStation, phishing, Player, sales, tweet, Twitter, Vista, Windows 7, Xbox 360

Here are the links for: Thursday, January 1st 2009…

Moving towards OSX
Meizu opens flagship store in Shenzhen
Speaker mod turns iPods into shells of their former selves
Games as an alternative Linux desktop strategy | The Open Road – CNET News
IE Market Share Drops Below 70%
Twitter warning: your account data is being sold
Steve Jobs’ Macworld Keynotes, 1998-2008
iSteam iPhone Steam Simulation App is Amazingly Cool [IPhone Apps]
The “back to reality” CES and MacWorld
The First Church of Scoble
Predictions for 2009?
12 Reasons Why PC Gaming Is Better
iMovie to Receive Update and Move Online?
WTF hangover edition: Mom inserts CC into Wii
‘World’s biggest’ software pirates jailed
TUAW: Mac Mini rumors getting stronger
How to unlock your 3G iPhone
Book details how Sony paid for Xbox 360 dev, let Microsoft borrow its car, acted like a doormat
Gizmodo’s Most Popular Hits of 2008 [Best Of Gizmodo]
YouTube – Chito on Mac Myths
browser market share for december and for 2008
20 Useful USB Gadgets That Don’t Suck
Welcome to 2009: Google’s Marissa Mayer to call it quits?
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows 7 Beta: Notes and Observations
Watch Ballmer do Ballmer things live from CES 2009
The Best Lego Stories of 2008 [Lego]

Tags: 2009, Ballmer, Browser, CES, data, Google, Internet Explorer, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod, Keynote, Lego, Linux, Mac Mini, Mac Myths, Mac OS X, MacWorld, market share, Microsoft, PC Games, Pirate, Sony, Speaker, Steve Jobs, Twitter, usb, Wii, Windows 7, Xbox 360