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Twitter Begins Lists Rollout
Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:01 PM EDT (TechCrunch)
Twitter has just rolled out its new Lists feature to a huge portion of its user base right now. The feature allows you to group users you follow together and then lets you share those for others to also follow.
Boy said to have floated off in balloon found safe
Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:22 PM EDT (Times Herald-Record)
Thank goodness for that.
Google to launch online electronic book store
Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:19 AM EDT (Reuters)
Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a Web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.
Microsoft Says It Has Recovered Lost Sidekick Data
Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:18 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Microsoft said early Thursday that it has been able to recover the personal data lost on many of T-Mobile USA's Sidekick users.
Some Apple Time Capsules Locking Up For Good
Tue Oct 6, 2009 11:06 PM EDT
Seems like Apple's perfect backup solution that 'just works' is going a little too far. Users on Apple forums report their Time Capsule deciding to seal its contents shut forever - the power supply dies and the unit is unable to be switched back on.
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How internet surveillance helped nab suspected terrorist Zazi
Seeded on Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:12 PM EDT (ZDNET)
The indictment of suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi, who is charged with acquiring and preparing bombs similar to the ones deployed in the 2005 London subway attacks, rides substantially on Zazi's Internet surfing habits.
Indonesian Terror Mastermind Noordin Top Killed in Police Raid
Seeded on Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:23 AM EDT (BBC News)
Indonesia's most-wanted Islamist militant, Noordin Mohamed Top, has been killed during a raid in central Java, say police.
The $150 Edge-of-Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget
Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:24 PM EDT (Wired News)
excerpt: "" The two students (from MIT, of course) put together a low-budget rig to fly a camera high enough to photograph the curvature of the Earth.
Cable: Let us lock down your TV (we'll offer movies sooner)
Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:51 AM EDT (Ars Technica)
Top reps from Time Warner Cable and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association have met with the FCC to back the MPAA's bid for selectable output control.
How Motorola, Palm and HTC Could Beat Apple
Seeded on Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT (PC Magazine)
The iPhone is seriously lacking in social skills. Is Motorola's new Cliq handset the answer?
Have anti-Obama protesters crossed the line?
Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:13 PM EDT
The New York times reported on the 12th of September tens of thousands of protesters converging on the Capitol to demonstrate against US President Barack Obama's health care reform.
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Body Found Assumed to Be Missing Yale Bride Annie Le
Seeded on Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:58 PM EDT (ABC News)
Investigators searching for missing Yale graduate student Annie Le found what they believe to be her remains in the walls of a Yale laboratory, police said tonight.
No Beatles on iTunes tomorrow
Seeded on Wed Sep 9, 2009 7:11 PM EDT (CNET Australia)
Today, as the various sound systems in the room are reminding us, is unofficially Beatles Day: 09/09/09.
A World Without Apple?
Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 10:38 PM EDT (PC Magazine)
Imagine there's no Apple. Over here in the US, it's hard to do. But in technologically advanced, mobile-crazy South Korea, there's more iRiver than iPhone—no iPhones at all, no Apple stores, and far, far fewer iPods on the Seoul subway than I've seen in New York.
Poll. Do you honestly think that Barack Hussein Obama is evil?
Mon Sep 7, 2009 4:44 AM EDT
There have been many posts on Newsvine lately that tap dance around this issue. They complain about Barack's birth certificate and his alleged "death panels" and is he a socialist or a communist or a fascist.
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Britains Oldest Working Computer Roars to Life
Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 10:23 PM EDT (Wired News)
The oldest original working computer in the U.K., which has been in storage for nearly 30 years, is getting restored to its former glory.
The Importance of Correct Punctuation on Newsvine
Sun Sep 6, 2009 1:20 PM EDT
In my experience, a good percentage of the acrimony on Newsvine results from situations where a poster's intentions are either misunderstood, or mischaracterized.
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Google Algorithm Predicts When Species Will Go '404, Not Found'
Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 8:03 AM EDT (Wired News)
Biologists have figured out the most efficient way to destroy an ecosystem — and it's based on the Google search algorithm.
Big cable to FCC: don't define broadband by its actual speed
Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 12:08 PM EDT (Ars Technica)
Cable companies don't want the FCC to define broadband based on the actual performance of their networks. AT&T wants the definition restricted to a "minimal set of applications" that doesn't explicitly mention video or audio. Others want a definition based on what it can deliver.
Facebook scam leads woman to wire $4K
Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 11:26 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
A Missouri woman was tricked into wiring about $4,000 to someone in England after receiving faked messages from a friend on Facebook asking for help, police said Wednesday.
MacBook Pro vs. the PC competition
Seeded on Wed Sep 2, 2009 7:05 AM EDT (CNET Australia)
Mac or PC? The war rages on. We've thrown the most recent 13-inch MacBook Pro and the closest PC to a Mac we've seen, the Asus U80V, into the ring for an all out brawl.
Snow Leopard's Security Features Woefully Inadequate, Experts Say
Wed Sep 2, 2009 1:28 AM EDT
According to ChannelWeb, security experts and researchers are criticising Mac's new Snow Leopard OS for its woefully inadequate security features. For the sake of maintaining Mac vs. PC equilibrium, let's get a typical opinion from both sides. Maccies
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Apple's Animal Farm
Seeded on Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:35 PM EDT (CNN)
I'm sorry, Microsoft. On behalf of Silicon Valley, I'm sorry.
Is Snow Leopard just a cheap Windows 7 knockoff?
Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:54 AM EDT (InfoWorld)
After reading Mac OSX Snow Leopard's features , I agree with this techie - it's a cheap Windows 7 knock-off.
Are These the First Images of Google Chrome OS?
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:09 AM EDT (Download Squad)
Do the images really show the early stages of Google's enigmatic OS, or are they just the work of a clever and industrious techie?
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Microsoft Says It Has Recovered Lost Sidekick DataMicrosoft said early Thursday that it has been able to recover the personal data lost on many of T-Mobile USA's Sidekick users.
- Thousands of Americans Admit Secret Bank Accounts as IRS Deadline Nears - ABC News
"We've been seeing a continuing surge of voluntary disclosure," said IRS Deputy Commissioner Barry Shott, who oversees international tax compliance.
- Dyson unveils a cool blade-free fan. with video
At first glance, James Dyson's latest invention looks like a powerful HD antenna or perhaps a small portal into another world. But in fact, the device, which carries the vaunting title of Dyson Air Multiplier, is something much more common: a fan.
- Dyson launches the bladeless electric fan
Wow, a very very interesting new fan technology. Hopefully this will bring a major revolution in airflow tech.
- Major bug in Snow Leopard deletes all user data
Reports have been cropping up on the Apple Support forums that users have been losing all their data due to a nasty bug in Snow Leopard, Apple's latest Operating System. Many users are reporting that all settings are being reset and most data is gone, according to iTWire.
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