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| Great Australian Firewall may be optional
May 26, 2009 at 8:09 pm
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|   The Australian government may be backing away from plans of enforcing its proposed internet filtering regime with legislation. Aussie communication minister Stephen Conroy told a Senate estimates committee Tuesday that the Great Australian Firewall could materialize as a voluntary industry code, rather than a new law.  Everyone wants more Twitter followers. It's kind of the name of the game. But if you see some tweets in your stream that proclaim: "OMG I just got over 1000 followers today from http://twittercut.  New search engine Topsy, which has been in stealth development for three years, launches, well, now. Before Google, search engines like AltaVista determined relevance based on how well a web page matched the query.  As a relatively recent convert to Vista, I've discovered one tiny but invaluable time-saver: The OS remembers different views for different folders. Suppose, for example, you configure a folder full of photos to show thumbnails.  LaCie is outing a few new wares today, and despite your best wishes, they ain't hard drives. Up first, we've got the Core4 and Core7 USB hubs, both of which are modeled after the Sam Hecht-designed LaCie Little Disk.  We just caught sight of Hanwha's Duo laptop stylus a couple of months ago, but it's not the only device out there that promises to turn any old laptop into a pen-accommodating tablet PC...
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| iPhone luring more customers to AT&T than ever - report
May 26, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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|  Long considered a lure for carriers, Apple's iPhone is now believed to be attracting a full third of those switching providers towards AT&T -- the highest ever percentage of converts since the iPhone was released. Of the 13 percent of ChangeWave's panel looking to leave existing cellular providers within the next half year, 33 percent say they will move to AT&T when the time comes versus 24 percent headed towards Verizon.  For those readers old enough to have a stack of VHS tapes collecting dust in their living room, Roxio on Tuesday launched a new hardware and software bundle for the Mac...  Many American travelers use calling cards for getting in touch with loved ones from abroad, but if you prefer to carry a cellphone and you're planning a trip abroad this summer, you need to know whether or not your cell will work where you're going.  Apple will introduce a new version of its iPod nano with a wider screen and built-in camera later this year after first introducing three new iPhone models distinguished by their network hardware, according to a new report.
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| Ubuntu brings Google Android apps to netbooks
May 26, 2009 at 7:55 pm
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| Canonical has unveiled the first fruits of a project that could put applications for Google's Android on a netbook sooner than the search giant can deliver itself. Ubuntu's chief sponsor has demonstrated an execution environment that lets applications built to fit the screen, power, and hardware of an Android smartphone on an Ubuntu-powered PC.  Ebay has a problem: It's viewed as a quirky second-hand bazaar. That has stunted the company's growth, as shoppers in search of instant bargains bypass eBay in favor of Amazon or Google.  Just as he did with the Google rumor before it, Twitter founder Biz Stone ended speculation that Twitter had its own TV show in the works by leaving the door open to a range of TV land possibilities for the microblogging service.  Well, here's a wild new spin on the Android for netbooks debate: Canonical, commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is creating an Android execution environment that would allow Android apps to run on Ubuntu and other desktop-style Linux distros...  Within the next few days, Microsoft is expected to unveil its latest attempt at trying to be a player in the world of web search. After it has failed to get live.com any traction against Google...  Twenty-seven local search marketers from the U.S., Canada, and Europe have shared their opinions and insights in the second edition of the Local Search Ranking Factors.
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| Topsy Search Launches: ReTweets Are The New Currency Of The Web
May 26, 2009 at 7:51 pm
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|  New search engine Topsy, which has been in stealth development for three years, launches, well, now. Before Google, search engines like AltaVista determined relevance based on how well a web page matched the query. Then came Google, which views the web as a network of documents.  Microsoft's planning to relaunch its Live search engine under the name "Bing," a recent report suggests. Bing will debut with a massive ad campaign costing upward of $100 million...  Microsoft is expected to launch its new search engine this week and AdAge reports this morning that it will ride a huge wave of new advertising to promote it. The company has long offered Live Search...  Omgili, which we reviewed in 2007 as a top alt search engine, has focused on culling results from the weird corners of the web: Forums, boards, discussion groups - basically, anywhere you'd find purely or mostly subjective information.  I've switched my primary web search engine from Google to Yahoo—not because Yahoo's better, but because Google already has enough of my personal information. Let me adjust my tinfoil hat and explain.
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| Warning: Twittercut Worm Plays On Your Desire For More Followers
May 26, 2009 at 7:42 pm
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| Everyone wants more Twitter followers. It's kind of the name of the game. But if you see some tweets in your stream that proclaim: "OMG I just got over 1000 followers today from http://twittercut.com" - don't be fooled, it's a scam. The link takes you to a site that requests your Twitter login and pass. It then sends out this tweet to all your followers - a typical worm.  Move over Pandora, the Pope's got an iPhone app. Released last week, the app, called H2Onews, is part of a Catholic news wire project (same name) sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.  FaceoffIM is a chat client developed specifically for Facebook Chat users to stay connected to their online friends without a web browser and Facebook's suspiciously social interface.  One of the side effects of Twitter's 140-character limitation is that users are coming up with their own microsyntax and abbreviated Twitter grammar to make their Tweets more expressive.  There are plenty of ways to share images and videos on Twitter. But if you're looking to share other types of files with your Twitter friends, then the new service FileTwt will definitely come in handy.
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| Hantech Siso Tablo laptop stylus gets reviewed
May 26, 2009 at 7:38 pm
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|  We just caught sight of Hanwha's Duo laptop stylus a couple of months ago, but it's not the only device out there that promises to turn any old laptop into a pen-accommodating tablet PC, and the folks at SlashGear have now gotten their hands on one of its competitors: the Hantech Siso Tablo. Like the Duo, this one consists of a pen and a Wii-like sensor that sits atop your laptop screen (up to 15.4-inch only), which detects the location of the pen and lets you do everything from drawing and handwriting recognition to controlling the cursor.  How much would you spend to pull a faux ollie? How about $120? That'll be the damage due according to GameStop where Tony Hawk's Ride game with skateboard peripheral lists for $119.  Artist Jorge Colombo took about an hour to fingerpaint an intricate Times Square scene on his iPhone using Brushes, a $4.99 iPhone drawing app. Now, it's the June 1st cover for The New Yorker.  If you're craving an ultra-sensitive tablet computer, but you're not willing to wait for the rumored Apple tablet to materialize, you could always build your own version.
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| LaCie intros Core4 and Core7 USB hubs, various HDD bags
May 26, 2009 at 7:38 pm
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| LaCie is outing a few new wares today, and despite your best wishes, they ain't hard drives. Up first, we've got the Core4 and Core7 USB hubs, both of which are modeled after the Sam Hecht-designed LaCie Little Disk. As the model names indicate, the Core4 includes four USB ports and a built-in mini-USB cable, while the Core7 packs six USB sockets as well as a built-in extractable mini-USB cable. Both devices are shipping now in Warm Gray, Blue and Orange for $9.99 and $19.99 in order of mention.  The Gadget: HP's LX195, their stripped-to-the-core (but Apple Time Machine capable) implementation of the Windows Home Server, which comes with a 640GB internal drive, but can only be expanded via the four USB ports in the back.  You know the dilemma all too well -- you need a cigarette outlet to charge up your PND, yet a spare USB socket would totally come in handy for juicing up that DAP whilst crossing the country in a '74 Chevelle.  Have you got that USB 3.0 cable on your hope chest, just killing time until your SuperSpeed dreams become a reality? Well, that day is almost at hand: NEC has just announced details for the first USB 3.
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| Use 'Date Modified' Sorting to Simplify File Selection
May 26, 2009 at 7:29 pm
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|  As a relatively recent convert to Vista, I've discovered one tiny but invaluable time-saver: The OS remembers different views for different folders. Suppose, for example, you configure a folder full of photos to show thumbnails. Vista will remember that setting the next time you open the folder. Meanwhile, a folder containing MP3s might have the regular old Details view, but with the files sorted by artist.  The second annual golf tournament at D7 kicked off today on the greens of the Four Seasons Resort Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California. Overcast weather did nothing...  A few weeks ago, we heard that Yahoo was readying a Portuguese-only Twitter clone under the name Yahoo Meme. Today, we finally got our invitation to try this new service...  What has 32.1 million users, a $255 million valuation, an unscripted TV series and no revenue stream to speak of? Twitter, whose founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone will be interviewed on stage at D: All Things Digital tonight.
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| Need A Witty "App For That" Phrase? There's An App For That.
May 26, 2009 at 7:27 pm
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|  I'm a big fan of coming up with ridiculous "App For That" headlines. You know, the kind that mock Apple's iPhone App Store commercials that basically proclaim there's an app for everything you could ever possibly want to do. So it brings me great pleasure today to report that the next time I need one of those headlines: There's an app for that.  We've been hearing a lot lately about Apple's alleged plans to add an iPhone-like camera to its next-generation iPods, and now iLounge has posted its rendition of what the 5th generation iPod might look like.  With WWDC just around the corner, iPhone rumors continue to spike as expected. This time, word is that there will be a few variants to Apple's smartphone; six, to be exact. Move over Pandora, the Pope's got an iPhone app. Released last week, the app, called H2Onews, is part of a Catholic news wire project (same name) sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
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| Water utility auditor resigns, transfers $9m offshore
May 26, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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| California and federal officials are searching for a former employee of a large water utility who is suspected of trying to transfer more than $9m to an offshore account after quitting the company. Abdirahman Ismail Abdi made the brazen transfers on April 27, just hours after resigning from the California Water Services Company, according to documents filed in federal court in Northern California. The following morning, he allegedly put his wife and two small children on a plane bound for Frankfort, Germany, and then tried to deposit a $25,000 check that was stolen from his former employer. I'm a big fan of coming up with ridiculous "App For That" headlines. You know, the kind that mock Apple's iPhone App Store commercials that basically proclaim there's an app for everything you could ever possibly want to do.  Got a need to view Microsoft Outlook Express 4, 5, or 6 e-mail without having access to Outlook Express? Want to view Windows Vista Mail and Windows Live mail message databases? You'll want MiTeC Mail Viewer. Ebay has a problem: It's viewed as a quirky second-hand bazaar. That has stunted the company's growth, as shoppers in search of instant bargains bypass eBay in favor of Amazon or Google.  A few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. The idea is that while traditional online advertising models work for some sites...
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| Apple counts $1bn for mystery data center
May 26, 2009 at 7:19 pm
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| Apple is prepping a new US data center that may cost as much as $1bn, which would nearly double what Google typically spends on the mega data centers backing its web-based applications and services. Based on its price, the new server farm would dwarf the former WorldCom/MCI data center it bought in Newark, California back in 2006. Naturally, Apple must keep up with the growth of iTunes and the iPhone App Store and other online services, but a $1bn investment makes you wonder what else the famously-secretive company is up to.  Google's Android is about to beat Apple's iPhone in a legal introduction to China. (Emphasis on legal. You've been able to buy both phones in practically every retailer in the country forever.  Oh look, another set of Palm Pre / webOS emulator videos care of TheInvisibleMan of PalmPreForum.org. This time we get a new two-part Q&A session and a glance at the calendar...  AT&T has been keeping quiet on its plans to adopt the Google Android platform so far. But with rumors that Verizon might steal its iPhone exclusivity and several high-end handset manufacturers already set to deliver Android phones...
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| Ashton Kutcher Threatens to Stop Tweeting Over Twitter TV
May 26, 2009 at 7:11 pm
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|   "It's all fun and games until somebody gets stalked." That's the last message posted to TwitterTwitter reviews by its most followed user – Ashton Kutcher, aka @aplusk – nearly 24 hours ago. What the actor is referring to is the "Twitter TV Show" that really isn't, and the implications it might have for the service.
 For a service that is all about concise messaging, it's humorous how the manner in which Twitter writes its blog posts is anything but. For the second time in as many days, we have yet another post today about the supposed Twitter TV show. Just as he did with the Google rumor before it, Twitter founder Biz Stone ended speculation that Twitter had its own TV show in the works by leaving the door open to a range of TV land possibilities for the microblogging service.  There have already been more tech IPOs in 2009 than in 2008 [WSJ]TechCrunch still says Last.fm gave away user-data. Last.fm still denies it. [PaidContent]Google exec says YouTube costs are lower and its revenues are higher than Hulu's.
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| Can eBay rebrand itself as the Web's Wal-Mart?
May 26, 2009 at 7:08 pm
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|  Ebay has a problem: It's viewed as a quirky second-hand bazaar. That has stunted the company's growth, as shoppers in search of instant bargains bypass eBay in favor of Amazon or Google. eBay's Buy It Now button, in theory, lets shoppers instantly consummate a purchase. In practice, the Buy It Now button often looks like Click Here to Pay Too Much. Just as he did with the Google rumor before it, Twitter founder Biz Stone ended speculation that Twitter had its own TV show in the works by leaving the door open to a range of TV land possibilities for the microblogging service.  Yahoo continues to develop a new home page, and today has shared a sneak-peek at the latest design that's being tested internally. The "My Favorites" column on the left side of the page seems to be where the big changes are happening. Within the next few days, Microsoft is expected to unveil its latest attempt at trying to be a player in the world of web search. After it has failed to get live.com any traction against Google... Twenty-seven local search marketers from the U.S., Canada, and Europe have shared their opinions and insights in the second edition of the Local Search Ranking Factors.
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| Mac News Briefs: Berbie Software Releases Trail Runner 2.0
May 26, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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| On Tuesday, Berbie Software released Trail Runner 2.0, an update to its route-planning and journaling software designed to work with Garmin GPS or Nike+ devices. The new version incorporates a number of additions, including a new routing service based on the openStreetMap trail network, automatic loading of elevation data from over the Net, a rewritten route editor for routes based on the personal track network, and improved route exchange with running portal GPSies.com, including hiking, running, and biking filters. There's also a new route management tool.  Author Joe Kissell has been informing and entertaining Mac users for years through his books, TidBITS columns and Macworld articles. He's recently finished a pair of books...  Welcome back to Mac 101, our occasional series of tips for new and novice Mac users. Over the past 25 years, icons may have become ubiquitous almost to the point of fading into the visual background; still...  Updated with NPD Group estimates for Apple's April Mac shipments. Apple (AAPL) could face its second straight quarter of year-over-year declines in its Mac business. (And only its second negative quarter since 2003.
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| iRiver P35 headed to the US this fall
May 26, 2009 at 6:54 pm
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|  It certainly doesn't seem to have been in a rush to bring it to these shores, but iriver has now finally announced (in teaser form) that its P35 PMP will indeed be getting an official US release... this fall.  New iPhone rumors out today come very close to confirming the existence of a 32GB iPhone, and even resurrect the possibility of a $99 iPhone from Apple. We're less than two weeks away from Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference from June 8-12...  Acer's been largely mum about its new Apisre Timeline laptop since its initial unveiling back in early April, but now it looks like the company's getting ready to roll out the portable to the customer base at large...  What a wild ride this thing has had. Originally announced back in November of 2007, the PSP Extended Life Battery Kit promised to provide right around 20 percent more battery life in exchange for $45 and an additional bulge.
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| Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All.
May 26, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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| A few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. The idea is that while traditional online advertising models work for some sites, others are better suited for custom-tailored approaches - and that's what Contenture can offer. Today, it has launched its service is giving TechCrunch readers a special deal.  Online advertising server software maker OpenX Technologies today announced a $10.4 million third round of venture funding, bringing total investment in the company to nearly $31 million since mid-2007.  Despite all the gloom and doom Gawker Media head Nick Denton said was coming back in November, so far things haven't turned out that badly. Not that things are great, but the sky hasn't fallen on online advertising.  Huge ad agency Ogilvy and executive creative director Fran Luckin created these three ads for History Channel to run in South Africa. Certainly thought-provoking, possibly inflammatory...  Online video advertising is on the rise, in part due to the premium content available on services like HuluHulu reviews, but also because retailers are shifting their marketing dollars towards social media.
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| Read Outlook Express E-Mail...Without Running Outlook Express
May 26, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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| Got a need to view Microsoft Outlook Express 4, 5, or 6 e-mail without having access to Outlook Express? Want to view Windows Vista Mail and Windows Live mail message databases? You'll want MiTeC Mail Viewer. This free program lets you view those message stores, as well as message stores in any standalone .EML files, used by some e-mail programs.  The Free Software Foundation has settled its lawsuit against hardware vendor Cisco over GPL infringement. Under the terms of the settlement, Cisco will appoint an employee to manage the company's license compliance practices.  The long-burning question on the DisplayLink scene (you know, with its DisplayLink bars and coffee shops, and the annual DisplayLink parade) has been: "When will Linux users be able to get in on some of that video-via-USB action?" Well...  Court-ordered source code reviews of the software that is used to power a breathalyzer found bugs and significant technical deficiencies. The results raise serious questions...
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| VMware to Buy $20 Million Stake in Terremark
May 26, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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| VMware is buying a 5 percent stake in Terremark, a close partner that provides collocation and managed infrastructure services using VMware's virtualization software, Terremark said on Tuesday. VMware has agreed to buy 4 million Terremark shares at US$5 per share, a $0.20 premium on Terremark's closing share price Tuesday. The investment is valued at $20 million, the company said.  UTVi, the Indian business news channel part of the media conglom UTV, is in advanced talks with Bloomberg LP for a strategic partnership, according to a person familiar with the talks.  Daimler, the German auto maker known for its ownership of Mercedes-Benz, has acquired a nearly 10 percent stake in Tesla Motors, the anointed electric car company to watch.  Silicon Valley electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors got another shot in the arm today from German auto giant Daimler, which took a 10 percent stake in the company and...
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| Negotiate Your Salary with the Help of the White Lie
May 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm
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|   Last week we talked about how to answer an interviewer who asks what your current salary is, and the floodgates opened with strong opinions and extremely helpful advice from Lifehacker readers. Here's what you had to say:
Well, here's a wild new spin on the Android for netbooks debate: Canonical, commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is creating an Android execution environment that would allow Android apps to run on Ubuntu and other desktop-style Linux distros...  Ordinarily, we'd join the giggles over the New York Times naming Jen Preston "Social Media Editor." But after seeing Bloomberg LP and the Wall Street Journal's draconian rules for how its employees can and cannot use Twitter...  Working in public relations in the gaming world is a terrible job. If gamers know your name, it's probably because you messed up, sometimes in spectacular fashion. We...  The Archos 2 ain't much to write home about, and in reality, it ain't too revolutionary compared to simplistic DAPs that emerged years back. The reason for its existence? To get portable music into shallow pockets.
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| OpenX Closes $10 Million Round
May 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm
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|  It didn't really need the money, but OpenX today announced a $10 million third round of funding. DAG Ventures led the round, and existing investors Mangrove Capital, Accel Partners, Index Ventures, First Round Capital and former AOL CEO Jon Miller, the company's chairman, all chipped in a second time. Well, here's a wild new spin on the Android for netbooks debate: Canonical, commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is creating an Android execution environment that would allow Android apps to run on Ubuntu and other desktop-style Linux distros...  The odds are good you've never heard of OpenX. But the company makes the open-source ad servers that are behind more than 150,000 web sites. Its software serves more than 3 billion ads a month into those web sites.  We've talked about online ad server OpenX quite a bit in the past, and for good reason. The company, formerly known as Openads, is led by former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller... Online advertising server software maker OpenX Technologies today announced a $10.4 million third round of venture funding, bringing total investment in the company to nearly $31 million since mid-2007.  Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and co-chairman of the board Brian Kelly sold off almost $60M worth of the company's stock last week. Kotick, who had sold a big chunk in March, filed to sell 1.
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| Acer Aspire Timeline out of the box and loving life
May 26, 2009 at 2:28 pm
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|  While it's always a fun rush to see an unopened box in a Canadian store room, we're much more excited about what's inside the box, and friendly tipster James somehow managed to buy himself an Acer Aspire Timeline 5810TZ-4657 in Iowa about a week ago. For a scant $598 he got a 15-inch display, DVD drive, Intel U2700 1.3GHz processor and 3GB of RAM -- which makes most similarly specced "thin and lights" seem a little silly in comparison. He says he's gotten around 7 hours of battery on max power saving mode,  We just got a tip that those "events" on June 5th, the night before the Palm Pre release date, might not actually allow you to walk home with an early Pre. Sort of. According to our tipster...  Warning, I haven't personally transmogrified my Wii into a spindle-free digital data bucket (without holes, Dear Liza, Dear Liza) but it's one heck of a bold little hack if it works.  Another challenger enters the ultrathin notebook arena. This time it's NEC, prepping its lightest and daintiest edition of the UltraLite line, the Type VS. Its thickness ranges from 15.  This one's been on the books since September of 2007. Now it looks like the first retail product based on Intel's Canmore System on Chip (SoC), aka the CE 3100, will...
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| First Look: Sanyo VPC-WH1 Waterproof HD Camcorder
May 26, 2009 at 2:20 pm
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| Summer is almost here, and you know what that means--fun in the sun and a camcorder to record those memories. And with high definition video now mainstream, it's time to consider investing in a new HD camcorder. In this video, I take a first look at Sanyo's new VPC-WH1 HD camcorder. This waterproof device shoots 720p video at 30 frames per second. You can take it underwater up to 10 feet deep. I'll look at the construction of the VPC-WH1, and then show some video shot with the camcorder.  After my 1991 VW Vanagon camper ran out of gas late at night in the winter of 1994, and I had to walk four miles in bitterly cold weather to get enough fuel to start it up and drive back to the gas station...  The BlackBerry is the corporate smartphone standard, yet the iPhone has captured the public's imagination. Does the BlackBerry deserve to remain the business standard? Is the iPhone all flash and no substance? See how these two mobile 2.  If Macworld isn't on its last legs after Apple's withdrawal from the event, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is clearly hoping it will be soon. The group...
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| Rambus pitches XDR2 for future memory
May 26, 2009 at 2:16 pm
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|  Hot on the heels of the US Federal Trade Commission's decision two weeks ago to drop a seven-year antitrust lawsuit against Rambus, the memory chip designer is pitching its bag of technology tricks, collectively known as XDR2, as the future of main memory and graphics memory for PCs and servers. If you are a cynic, you might be thinking that all the talk today about the technologies that Rambus is rolling into XDR2 main memory - you can read a detailed white paper outlining the whole XDR2 enchilada here - is really more about laying the groundwork for future lawsuits should PC and server makers and their memory suppliers decide to nick a few ideas here and there to goose DDR memory subsystems on their future machines...  The Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS) in Sapporo/Japan, one of Asia's most important web industry events, is a wrap, and we were there to witness a total of 12 startups presenting at the launch pad.  I am currently in Sapporo/Japan, attending the Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS) [this and many of the following links are in Japanese], a two-day event that takes place twice a year.  After a month of deliberations, we're proud to announce the Startup 2009 Top 10. These 10 emerging online companies have survived three rounds of scrutiny from our panel...  The big chip news this morning is about a 7-year-old company coming out with a completely new technology that it believes has the potential to replace the type of memory used to store data in phones, MP3 players and solid-state hard drives.
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| Psystar files for bankruptcy, anonymous creditors to be outed
May 26, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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|  We have mixed feelings about the news that Psystar is going under. On the one hand, it's wonderful having somebody attempt to create powerful, expandable Macs for cheap, on the other hand the company has been generally abrasive to the grassroots hacker community its work is based on, and pretty bombastic when it comes to Apple and "the law." But hey, everybody needs to make a profit, even companies being sued into oblivion by Apple, and the news of Psystar filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection has interesting legal implications.  Interesting turn of events in the Apple-Psystar spat. The unauthorized Mac clone maker has filed for bankruptcy. Seems Psystar's acrimonious legal battle with Apple and the souring economy have had a deleterious effect on its finances. Author Joe Kissell has been informing and entertaining Mac users for years through his books, TidBITS columns and Macworld articles. He's recently finished a pair of books...  Twitter's management seems to have mixed feelings about advertising - but here's some anecdotal evidence that those text ads it has been running lately are worth something.
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| US lawmakers renew fight for legal online gambling
May 26, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| Lawmakers have renewed their efforts to legalize some forms of online gambling with a bill that would roll back a ban on internet betting that was passed in 2006, when Republicans controlled congress. The legislation was introduced earlier this month by US Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts. It would permit the Treasury Department to license and regulate online gambling sites that serve American customers. Unlike a similar bill introduced in 2007 that never made it out of committee, HR 2267 would prohibit betting on sporting events.  Reform groups say they want the government to expand the scope and power of the V-Chip, especially when it comes to commercials. The Federal Communications Commissions' Notice of Inquiry on content blocking and filtering devices is done...  As Mike mentioned in the news roundup yesterday, word is going around that the corporate overlords at Apple are planning to build a massive server farm in the state of North Carolina within the next decade or so.  In this economy, cutting your costs is a sure way to save your sanity. Keeping your finances under control doesn't have to be complicated. These simple money-saving tips--for locating cheap tickets and drinks...
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| Flatten Folder Structure via AppleScript
May 26, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| Have you ever wanted to flatten a given folder's structure? Flattening a folder means moving all the files from their various subfolders into one parent folder. You may want to do this to ease archiving, or to rearrange files that are stored in subfolders on a daily basis into a monthly wrap-up folder, for instance.  Amazon has introduced a new method to move large amounts of data to and from its Amazon S3 cloud storage. The method is decidedly low-tech—it involves shipping the data through the mail on an external device.  With that May launch window closing fast, it looks like Nokia might get Ovi Store in under the proverbial wire: it just went live on Vodafone in Australia, which was soon followed by other carriers, and then Ireland and Singapore.  The high-profile success of services such as Salesforce.com and Amazon Web Services has led many businesses to undertake cloud computing initiatives. Moving to "the cloud...  We've seen NVIDIA's Ion placed within a nettop, a motherboard, and now (at long last), a laptop. Yep, the machine you're inevitably peering at above (Lenovo's S12) is both the company's first 12.  The combination of Twitter and real-time video is nirvana for the socialite. What else more would you want than to be able to sit there and tweet videos of yourself in rapid fire, all day long? Now TwitVid.
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| Clone-maker Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
May 26, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| It's a case of bad news, slightly-less-bad news for Psystar, the Mac clone-maker. According to The Mac Observer, the Miami-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this past weekend. The documents for the court case, unearthed by ZDNet, show Psystar blaming the economic climate for its current financial plight, saying that its suppliers raised prices, forcing Psystar to operate at "diminutive profit... We have mixed feelings about the news that Psystar is going under. On the one hand, it's wonderful having somebody attempt to create powerful, expandable Macs for cheap... Interesting turn of events in the Apple-Psystar spat. The unauthorized Mac clone maker has filed for bankruptcy. Seems Psystar's acrimonious legal battle with Apple and the souring economy have had a deleterious effect on its finances.  In the fight for the right to party sell unauthorized Mac clones, there may be a victor declared sooner rather than later -- if not legally, then fiscally. Psystar, which has been playing with fire for quite some time...
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| EU Moves Step Closer to Blanket Terms for Net Music Sales
May 26, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| Selling music legally online in Europe got a whole lot easier Tuesday, when French royalties-collecting agency SACEM agreed in principle to relinquish its tight grip on the handling of royalties for artists based in France. Online music retailers such as Apple's iTunes store are unable to offer music on standard terms across the 27-nation European Union, mainly because collecting societies including SACEM have traditionally operated independently of each other. We have mixed feelings about the news that Psystar is going under. On the one hand, it's wonderful having somebody attempt to create powerful, expandable Macs for cheap... While it's always a fun rush to see an unopened box in a Canadian store room, we're much more excited about what's inside the box, and friendly tipster James somehow...  We've covered Windows 7 from rumor to release candidate, which you can currently download and install for free. Now, it's enchilada time: Here's everything of value that we learned about Win 7, packed in a complete, easy-to-read guide.  I've fiddled with the beta version a few times before, but I'm happy the Vienna, Austria-based startup is now ready to release its eponymous service, Play.fm, publicly so I can finally tell you about it, too.
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| Psyonara, Redux
May 26, 2009 at 1:51 pm
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| Interesting turn of events in the Apple-Psystar spat. The unauthorized Mac clone maker has filed for bankruptcy. Seems Psystar's acrimonious legal battle with Apple and the souring economy have had a deleterious effect on its finances. "Due to the weakened economy, Debtor has had no alternative but to commence these Chapter 11 proceedings," Psystar explained in its Chapter 11 filing. "Debtor sales have been greatly affected by the decrease in consumer spending. The financial crisis has also caused creditors to tighten up their terms and become more demanding for immediate payment. In the fight for the right to party sell unauthorized Mac clones, there may be a victor declared sooner rather than later -- if not legally, then fiscally. Psystar, which has been playing with fire for quite some time...  Yesterday, we reported that Walt Mossberg had startled breakfast guests at the Four Seasons Carlsbad by using some PG language in a G-rated family dining room. Today at breakfast, Walt was reportedly quieter and cleaner.  Behavioral ad targeter NebuAd, whose beta tests with Charter Communications (NSDQ: CHTR) last spring sparked a class action lawsuit and helped lead to Congressional investigations of the online ad industry...
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| SEOs Dissect How To Rank In Local Search
May 26, 2009 at 1:47 pm
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|  Twenty-seven local search marketers from the U.S., Canada, and Europe have shared their opinions and insights in the second edition of the Local Search Ranking Factors. Organized by David Mihm, it's a project that aims to help local businesses understand how Google and Yahoo rank local businesses. David sent out a questionnaire listing 49 possible factors that affect local search rankings, and invited the participants (disclaimer: I'm one of them) to rank each factor on a scale ranging from "very important for ranking well" to "can hurt your ranking/lead to penalty...  At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona, Canonical has unveiled a prototype Android execution environment that will allow Android applications to run on the Ubuntu Linux distribution.  There's one big Web 2.0 question we'll never know the answer to: Could YouTube have survived on its own? There are a handful of industry-changing Web 2.0 names including MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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| Zeebo lands in Brazil, inspires revolutionary fervor in the hearts of gamers worldwide
May 26, 2009 at 1:45 pm
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|  According to UOL Tecnologia, Tectoy's Zeebo game console is on sale now in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with availability to spread across the Brazilian countryside later this year. As expected, the system is going for a MSRP of R$499 (that's about $299) and ships with three games in memory: FIFA 2009, Need For Speed Carbon, and Brain Training, all in Portuguese...  ASUS is doing what it can to bump up its gaming cred a few notches with its Republic of Gamers (ROG) OC Station. The bay-mounted overclock assistant lets you tweak parameters on the fly...  Ah, a childhood favorite revisited. Years back, our hearts were taken by the one and only Robo Catcher, and now it seems the famed toy snatching game has seen a revamping that features JR Robotics' RB2000 as the main grabber.  Microsoft really, really wants to convince you that in the high stakes world of multiple displays, SideShow is the only way to go. To that end, the company has put together...
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| Obama tap new NASA boss
May 26, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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| After weeks of speculation about who will become NASA's new boss, US President Barack Obama has named four-time shuttle astronaut and retired Marine major general Charles Bolden as his nominee for the post. 
According to UOL Tecnologia, Tectoy's Zeebo game console is on sale now in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with availability to spread across the Brazilian countryside later this year. After my 1991 VW Vanagon camper ran out of gas late at night in the winter of 1994, and I had to walk four miles in bitterly cold weather to get enough fuel to start it up and drive back to the gas station...  Japan's NTT said yesterday that it would spend more than 10 billion yen ($105 million) to buy the owner of a 21,000-kilometer undersea cable delivering web traffic between the U. |
| Road trip! AAA Discounts for iPhone
May 26, 2009 at 1:33 pm
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|  After my 1991 VW Vanagon camper ran out of gas late at night in the winter of 1994, and I had to walk four miles in bitterly cold weather to get enough fuel to start it up and drive back to the gas station, I decided to join the American Automobile Association (AAA). Since then, my AAA membership has provided jump-starts when a battery is dead and sent a locksmith when I locked my keys inside a car. The BlackBerry is the corporate smartphone standard, yet the iPhone has captured the public's imagination. Does the BlackBerry deserve to remain the business standard? Is the iPhone all flash and no substance? See how these two mobile 2.  Apple (AAPL) has $29 billion of cash, no debt, a 36 percent gross margin and it's on the cusp of another iPhone ugrade cycle. Little wonder, then, that analysts are raising their target prices on the company's stock.  The numbers – published today by eMarketer – show that iPhone users are far more likely to recall mobile ads than users of other types of handsets. For example, on ads running on mobile websites, 28.
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| DIY Magnetic Fridge Pen
May 26, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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|  If you've got a grocery list that lives on your refrigerator but never seem to have a pen nearby, reader Jay details how he made his own magnetic Bics on the cheap and easy. This isn't the first time we've seen a method for magnetizing a Bic (in fact, these appear to be the same basic methods), but it's a great and simple idea worth re-visiting. If a basic Bic isn't your preference, we've also highlighted a similar but tweaked method for magnetizing your fridge pen that might be more your style.  If cappuccinos, lattes, and other espresso drinks are a big part of your disposable spending, you might enjoy roasting, tamping, and brewing your own beans at the perfect temperature.  When machines behave deadly, they are forced to spend eternity tortured by robots like these 10 monstrosities. SimMan 3G: Intended as an instructional aid for aspiring doctors...  Tired of speakers that stand out on your bookshelf? Solve the problem by sacrificing a few books to turn an old pair of speakers into some that will fit right in next to your copy of Upgrade Your Life.  A clever DIY-er wanted to add some semblance of projector capability to his iPhone, without -- you know -- actually adding a projector to his phone. He chose instead to use the phone in tandem with a 5 x 7 laser matrix...
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| Variable Pricing Gets Really Variable
May 26, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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| Back in April, Apple made good on its promise to sell only DRM-free music on the iTunes Store. As part of that switch, the company also adopted a tiered pricing structure for individual tracks: 69 cents (US), 99 cents, or $1.29. So it struck me as odd on Tuesday when the band Phish released "Time Turns Elastic," a single from its upcoming album, exclusively on iTunes for the non-standard price of $1.99.  After being introduced to the world late last month, we've heard little else about HP's lower-end MediaSmart Server LX195... until now, obviously. This little media streamer made its way into the HotHardware labs for a little Q&A...  This was supposed to be a glorious day for mobile phone giant Nokia. The Finnish company got out-innovated by Apple a couple of years ago with the introduction and subsequent success of the iPhone and the iTunes App Store...  A well tagged MP3 collection makes everything from organization to playback easier. Keep reading for a closer look at your fellow readers' favorite tools for cleaning up their MP3 tags in this week's Hive Five.
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| Visualize Your FriendFeed Stats with FeedStats
May 26, 2009 at 1:22 pm
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|   Today, the folks over at Microblink have launched a new application which allows you to visualize your FriendFeed data or the data belonging to your friends...
 Windows only: Free application TimeLeft is a Swiss Army knife of time-related utilities, including reminders, countdowns, timers, stopwatches, auction watches, and more. FaceoffIM is a chat client developed specifically for Facebook Chat users to stay connected to their online friends without a web browser and Facebook's suspiciously social interface. There are plenty of ways to share images and videos on Twitter. But if you're looking to share other types of files with your Twitter friends, then the new service FileTwt will definitely come in handy.  It has been a week and almost every few hours, I am getting messages from my Facebook acquaintances with links to some phishing sites. These are not even very sophisticated messages, instead random links to utterly evil sites such as atreps.
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| NYTimes Appoints First Social Media Editor
May 26, 2009 at 1:22 pm
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|  Jennifer Preston has been appointed the first Social Media Editor of the New York Times. It has come to this; the flagship institution of traditional journalism now has an editor level position dedicated to new media. Little is known about Preston's personal use of social media, she's either using aliases or is remarkably quiet around the web, and details are still forthcoming about the new position she'll fill. The Times has done a remarkable job of engaging with social media so far, though, and we have high hopes for this new post.  Apple may have a downer on netbooks, but that won't stop it releasing a 7-10in tablet in the coming months, one analyst has forecast. It's some way off, though. Piper...  Streamy is downright awesome. When our own Leena Rao wrote a review following their launch two months ago, she nailed it when she wrote it was essentially a ‘personalized...  Insufficient bandwidth has the potential to limit the cloud because it can take a long time to send large files over thin pipes. Amazon Web Services now addresses this problem with a new data delivery service called AWS Import/Export...  How quickly they grow. Remember when Twitter was just a little pipsqueek, with less than 10 million monthly unique visitors to its site worldwide? That was back in February, 2009.
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| Sprint stores no longer offering Palm Pres one night early?
May 26, 2009 at 1:17 pm
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|  We just got a tip that those "events" on June 5th, the night before the Palm Pre release date, might not actually allow you to walk home with an early Pre. Sort of. According to our tipster, Sprint and Palm are worried about the allocation of units for launch day (where have we heard this before?) and don't want to deplete the stock the night before. Warning, I haven't personally transmogrified my Wii into a spindle-free digital data bucket (without holes, Dear Liza, Dear Liza) but it's one heck of a bold little hack if it works.  Warm up that last aftermarket inkjet cartridge you've been milking for the past two years: we've got a leaked copy of the Palm Pre Gesture Guide, a handy little brochure that's sure to make you a professional app-switcher in minutes.  Usually, Sundays don't get too crazy at Engadget -- after all, even super-nerds need to rest. That wasn't the case yesterday, however, as we found ourselves knee-deep in a handful of seriously sweet smartphone leaks.
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| Google Testing More Inline Images In Web Search Results
May 26, 2009 at 1:15 pm
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|  Blogstorm is reporting noticing Google testing showing several images within the search results for a search on personal development books, in the UK. This is unique in that there are 9 images under a search result's title and above the description. Here is a screen capture, furnished by Blogstorm: In addition, it shows "17 images" in the snippet information, which shows Google understands that there are indeed a total of 17 images. The images on that landing page do seem significant to the rest of the page. I imagine that Google is thinking this page is more about image search than web search. Omgili, which we reviewed in 2007 as a top alt search engine, has focused on culling results from the weird corners of the web: Forums, boards, discussion groups - basically, anywhere you'd find purely or mostly subjective information.  Google has upgraded its Chrome 2.0 Web browser from being in test mode (beta) to its final version ready for download and general use. With this latest update, compared to early beta 2. I've switched my primary web search engine from Google to Yahoo—not because Yahoo's better, but because Google already has enough of my personal information. Let me adjust my tinfoil hat and explain.  Ever reading a blog or online news article and want to print it out, but don't want the sidebar and other graphics to waste your ink? A lot of sites (ahem, like us - we're...
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| Japan's NTT Snaps Up Undersea Cable Co.
May 26, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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|  Japan's NTT said yesterday that it would spend more than 10 billion yen ($105 million) to buy the owner of a 21,000-kilometer undersea cable delivering web traffic between the U.S. and Japan. NTT said it would buy Pacific Crossing Ltd.  Here's a scoop from Silicon Alley Insider, published Saturday morning: "Gawker Media announced last night that it acquired BloodCopy.com. It's a blog about vampires. Really.  If you're like us, you thought the Wall Street Journal's Twitter rules for employees were ridiculous. Remember 'Business and pleasure should not be mixed' ? Well, wait till you see Bloomberg's rules, obtained by Gawker.  Metrics firm Nielsen calculates the Web traffic numbers it reports to the public by closely following the activity of a subset of users and then extrapolating them to the size of the general population.  Samsung currently ships two Blu-ray players with Wi-Fi dongles, but LG's $400 BD390 is first with real integrated Wi-Fi. It's probably the best all-around Blu-ray player there is at the moment, and it's getting better.
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| Nokia Ovi Store Launch Is A Complete Disaster
May 26, 2009 at 7:24 am
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| This was supposed to be a glorious day for mobile phone giant Nokia. The Finnish company got out-innovated by Apple a couple of years ago with the introduction and subsequent success of the iPhone and the iTunes App Store, and has been desperately trying to catch up with Cupertino's disruptive initiatives ever since by launching a couple of new devices on one hand, and consolidating its software & services business on the other hand.  Nokia's very own centralized application marketplace, dubbed Ovi Store, today officially made its way to the public arena as we expected. It will have to stand up and fight against other notable mobile content stores such as Apple's App Store...  We've just gotten word that Nokia has officially flipped the switch on the Ovi Store everywhere, which means you lucky Aussies, Irish, and Singaporeans just lost your coveted exclusivity. With that May launch window closing fast, it looks like Nokia might get Ovi Store in under the proverbial wire: it just went live on Vodafone in Australia, which was soon followed by other carriers, and then Ireland and Singapore.  On Wednesday, the GAO released a report suggesting that project delays and cost overruns could degrade the performance of the GPS system. Given that this is one defense system that nearly everyone uses...
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| NEC's VersaPro UltraLite Type VS is thicker but lighter than Air
May 26, 2009 at 7:17 am
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| Another challenger enters the ultrathin notebook arena. This time it's NEC, prepping its lightest and daintiest edition of the UltraLite line, the Type VS. Its thickness ranges from 15.8mm to 29.9mm, comparing unfavorably to the 19.4mm MacBook Air or the 16.51mm Adamo. But, its 725g weight (about a pound and a half) definitely undercuts the competition, and its three USB slots, Ethernet port, and SD card reader give reasonable connectivity without external adapters. Its 10.6-inch screen has a resolution of 1208 x 768, the CPU is Intel's 1.  The New York Times panics about a scary new trend: NYT: American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008. This was supposed to be a glorious day for mobile phone giant Nokia. The Finnish company got out-innovated by Apple a couple of years ago with the introduction and subsequent success of the iPhone and the iTunes App Store...  Seriously, Ajay here would be downright ashamed. His Universal Serial Bus has found some seriously awesome uses over the years, sure, but the latest torrent of USB-equipped garbage is looking to do more harm than good to the venerable connector.  Looks like we've got a new record holder for world's thinnest LCD, as LG pegs its new 42- and 47-inch models at only 5.9mm thick. Apparently lacking an iPhone for the accepted measurement of thinness...
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| Windows Vista SP2 is live, ready to download
May 26, 2009 at 7:07 am
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|  Face it: in between waiting for Windows 7 to launch and tweaking the XP build on your newly purchased netbook, there's this little thing called Windows Vista that needs to be maintained...
 If BoomTown were to hazard a guess, I would assume Yahoo would, if it could–in the end–sell itself off to Microsoft. That's just my opinion, of course, but–after...  AdAge reports that Microsoft has budgeted up to $100 million to advertise Bing, its yet-unlaunched search engine, on TV, on radio, online and in print. The Bing campaign is so big that ad agency JWT has hired additional creative staff...  How slow are government agencies at adopting new technologies? So slow that the U.S. Army is planning a major upgrade of its information systems - to Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Vista OS.  Microsoft, acknowledging its weakness in the web search market, plans a major ad campaign and rebrand for its Live Search product this Spring, essentially mounting an ad war against GoogleGoogle reviews and Yahoo.
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| Anix sold to American giant
May 26, 2009 at 7:04 am
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| Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), the enormous American computer services group, is buying the British enterprise IT Anix for £31.5m ($50m) in cash. ACS is merging Anix with its UK business and gains about 150 employees and operations in Bristol, London and Manchester, and data centers in London and Manchester. Anix turned over £44.7m ($71m) in the year to October 2008.  Cosmetics giant L'Oréal is 0-5 in its legal cases against eBay (EBAY) over the counterfeit perfumes and face creams listed on the auction site. Today the High Court...  Statue of Liberty? Striking, but a bit demure. Trenchcoat-clad Stalin statue in Gori, Georgia? Iconic, but disheartening. Giant RX-78-2 Gundam statue at Shiokaze Park in Tokyo, Japan? Unquestionably badass.  This one's pretty straightforward: IAC's Ask.com search engine has struggled for years to gain traction against the likes of Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO) without success.
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| Uh Oh: Texting Turns You Into A Dumb, Tense Zombie With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
May 26, 2009 at 7:02 am
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|  The New York Times panics about a scary new trend: NYT: American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008... — almost 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier. The phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists, who say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation.  In case you weren't already convinced of a certain model of Nokia 1100's hackability by the exponential surge in its aftermarket value, fraud investigation firm Ultrascan...  Microsoft has opened up access to its free mobile backup service called My Phone, previously only available as an invite-only beta. The service lets you backup the contents of your mobile phone to a password protected web site; unfortunately...  Microsoft on Tuesday will open the beta for its My Phone Windows Mobile backup service to anyone who wants to try it out. The company has also disclosed some forthcoming features for the service...  Go 'n get it! Microsoft's My Phone service is now ready for all Windows Mobile users to test. The beta service syncs any Windows Mobile 6+ phone to Microsoft's 200MB per person cloud.
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| Search + Display Advertising = Reduced Cost Per Acquisition
May 26, 2009 at 7:00 am
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| There have been numerous reports published over the years by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft that attempt to prove how the use of display advertising, when combined with search, can increase your overall campaign performance. A recent report published by iProspect, Search Engine Marketing and Online Display Integration Study was featured in an article for MediaPost titled Study Confirms Display Ads, Paid Search Work in Concert... Google's Android is about to beat Apple's iPhone in a legal introduction to China. (Emphasis on legal. You've been able to buy both phones in practically every retailer in the country forever. Oh look, another set of Palm Pre / webOS emulator videos care of TheInvisibleMan of PalmPreForum.org. This time we get a new two-part Q&A session and a glance at the calendar...  There are a slew of social media aggregation sites willing, waiting, and wanting to pull your updates, videos, photos, links, music, "shares," "likes," and other content from all around the web.  Others at Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have more technologically complicated jobs, but David Eun, has one of the most difficult as VP of strategic partnerships: make YouTube profitable.
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| Nork nuke quite a lot less powerful than Hiroshima
May 26, 2009 at 6:50 am
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| Early reports of North Korea detonating a "Hiroshima sized" nuclear weapon over the weekend appear to have been - erm - overblown, with seismic data indicating an explosion less than half as powerful. The Guardian and other media have widely reported an estimate by the Russian defence ministry that the explosion in North Korea, at shortly before 2am UK time yesterday had been of 10 to 20 kiloton magnitude. The "Little Boy" A-bomb which wrecked Hiroshima in 1945 was in this class. The New York Times panics about a scary new trend: NYT: American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008. This was supposed to be a glorious day for mobile phone giant Nokia. The Finnish company got out-innovated by Apple a couple of years ago with the introduction and subsequent success of the iPhone and the iTunes App Store... Another challenger enters the ultrathin notebook arena. This time it's NEC, prepping its lightest and daintiest edition of the UltraLite line, the Type VS. Its thickness ranges from 15.
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| Google's Android Finally Beats Apple's iPhone At Something
May 26, 2009 at 6:44 am
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| Google's Android is about to beat Apple's iPhone in a legal introduction to China. (Emphasis on legal. You've been able to buy both phones in practically every retailer in the country forever.) It will only cost $775. FT: Google’s Android mobile phone operating system is set to make its legal debut in China in June when China Mobile launches specially adapted handsets. The Taiwan-based handset manufacturer HTC said China Mobile would start selling a customised version of the HTC Magic, a handset based on Google’s Android operating system, through its stores. Oh look, another set of Palm Pre / webOS emulator videos care of TheInvisibleMan of PalmPreForum.org. This time we get a new two-part Q&A session and a glance at the calendar... AT&T has been keeping quiet on its plans to adopt the Google Android platform so far. But with rumors that Verizon might steal its iPhone exclusivity and several high-end handset manufacturers already set to deliver Android phones...  AT&T's been extraordinarily coy about its Android plans, right up through our interview with Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega back in February -- but rest assured, the carrier does plan to get in the game...
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| BT static IP customers get nothing but static
May 26, 2009 at 6:41 am
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| BT Business broadband customers using static IP addresses have been booted offline this morning by an unidentified fault. According to BT's status page, the problems were noticed at 9.51am and are ongoing, with engineers investigating. There's no word on the extent of the outage. Static IP addresses are an essential feature of most business broadband packages, allowing secure remote working.  Wireless networks today are faster, more secure, and more reliable than their predecessors. But to some extent Wi-Fi is a victim of its own success: Search for a Wi-Fi hotspot these days, and you may find a dozen networks competing for the same 2.  Bionic Commando has a name with a large following, but linear gameplay, weak weapons, and brain-dead enemies sink what should be a soaring experience. The bionic arm provides some thrills, but that's the extent of the enjoyment to be had.  Microsoft's Silverlight product is most directly a competitor of Adobe Flash. But that's not who they're calling out in some data they sent our way today. Instead, the...  What's bad for Google is now bad for the whole Internet. Information Week: The service disruption at Google on Thursday morning caused a 5% drop in Internet traffic, underscoring...
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| Patients gain right to scrub e-records from NHS database
May 26, 2009 at 6:39 am
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| NHS patients will be given the ability to scrub electronic records of their treatments and medical conditions from a proposed national medical database. The concession to patient privacy and data protection follows negotiations between health service officials and data protection watchdogs at the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), The Guardian reports. Patients - who already had the right to opt out of the scheme - now have the right to have their medical records deleted instead of simply masked once they are put onto the system. | | | 
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