Midway studios not acquired by WB to shut down within 60 days
July 2, 2009
Joystiq / Ben Gilbert
It appears as though recent reports were incorrect, as Midway confirmed to Joystiq this morning that the studios not picked up by Warner Bros.
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iPhone Monitors Temperature: Might Save Overheating, Won’t Help Global Warming
July 2, 2009
jkOnTheRun / Kevin C. Tofel
Earlier in the week, we mentioned reports of Palm Pre hardware issues, but now it seems to be Apple’s turn to take some heat.
LG aims for #2 spot by 2012, plans new “Black label” iPhone competitor, Prada III phone and extreme premium brand
July 2, 2009
Unwired View / Staska
LG has made some pretty impressive strides in a cellphone market during these last few years.
Self-regulatory principles for behavioral advertising
July 2, 2009
Google Public Policy Blog / Google Public Policy Blog (noreply@blogger.com)
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Online Media Daily: Marketers Call For Twitter To Filter Content For Pornography, Spam
July 3, 2009
MediaPost | Online Media News / Laurie Sullivan
Nude and explicit photographs have become more common on Twitter.
U.S. Joins Whistleblower Suit Alleging SAIC Rigged Contract
July 3, 2009
Washington Post / Amit R. Paley
SAIC, one of the Pentagon's largest contractors, conspired with federal officials to rig a $3.
FIFA 10 offers brief glimpse of footy-filled gameplay
July 3, 2009
PSP Fanboy / David Hinkle
EA Sports is ramping up the hype machine for its very crucial FIFA franchise, as it has issued out a new teaser trailer for the latest installment, FIFA 10.
IPhone 3G S owners bemoan its battery life
July 3, 2009
L.A. Times - Business
Buyers are finding that the device has trouble making it through a workday without a rest stop at the electrical outlet.
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Streamline Photo Sharing on Multiple Social Networks
July 2, 2009
Web Worker Daily / Doriano "Paisano" Carta
Here are a couple of ways to be more efficient when it comes to sharing your photos online from events. Like most web workers, you’re probably on many different social networks.
Apple patching nasty iPhone SMS vulnerability
July 2, 2009
Engadget / Darren Murph
Given the hype surrounding Apple's iPhone, we're actually surprised that we haven't seen more holes to plug over the years.
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Pre-Order Goodies
July 2, 2009
PlayStation.Blog / Cristian Cardona
Hi all, We know a lot of you Ratchet & Clank fans are looking forward to the return of everyone’s favorite intergalactic duo this fall in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time.
Psystar Exits Bankruptcy, Launches New Xeon-Based Systems Running OS X
July 2, 2009
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Psystar, manufacturer of unauthorized Mac clones currently involved in a legal battle with Apple, reports that it has exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is again prepared to take on Apple.
Leaked AT&T memo: Apple iPhone 3GS generated ‘best ever sales day’
July 2, 2009
MacDailyNews
Multiple sources have provided MacDailyNews with an internal AT&T; memo that highlights...
Apple warns of summer overheating for iPhone 3G & 3GS owners
July 2, 2009
Neowin.net / Main / Tom Warren
Apple has issued a warning to iPhone customers regarding iPhone 3G and 3GS devices overheating.
One More Thing: The New Facebook iPhone App Will Allow Video Uploads
July 2, 2009
TechCrunch / MG Siegler
Yesterday, we wrote about what Facebook was planning for the next major release of its iPhone app, version 3.0.
Where Did the Missing Palm Pre App Go? [jkOnTheRun]
July 2, 2009
GigaOM Network / Kevin C. Tofel
Like I do every day, I hit up the App Catalog on my Palm Pre this morning.
Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting
July 2, 2009
TechCrunch / MG Siegler
A little over two hours ago, a Google employee posted a note in this Google Groups thread indicating that Google App Engine was "seeing elevated Datastore latency and error-rates, as well as elevated ...
The 88 song recorded on iPhone and released in iTunes Store
July 2, 2009
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) / Casey Johnston
Filed under: Multimedia, Odds and ends, iPhoneRemember that time you were on tour with The B-52's and had a great idea for a song, but there was no recording equipment to be found?
Apple developing "active packaging" for iPods and iPhones
July 2, 2009
AppleInsider
Known for thinking outside the box, electronics maker Apple Inc.
Evidence of Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack [jkOnTheRun]
July 2, 2009
GigaOM Network / Kevin C. Tofel
When Microsoft announced the pricing of Windows 7, it created a fair bit of commentary here and elsewhere. Debate raged on the prices being high, low or just right, but one common thread was found.
Dunkin' Run lets you live in the future, Dunkin' Donuts style
July 2, 2009
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) / Mike Schramm
Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, Freeware, iPhone, App StoreEver wanted to order a bunch of coffee and doughnuts along with your friends online, and then go and pick them up in the store?
AMD preps RS880 integrated graphics
July 2, 2009
The Inquirer
Sylvie Barak the inquirer Resistance is futile
What’s Hot on the GigaOM Network? [jkOnTheRun]
July 3, 2009
GigaOM Network / James Kendrick
It’s time to share the wealth of knowledge that is the GigaOM Network.
Why I Don’t Hide That I Work At Home [WebWorkerDaily]
July 2, 2009
GigaOM Network / Nancy Nally
Web workers, especially those of us who are self-employed, will sometimes encounter people who, it seems, take us less seriously because we don’t have a corporate cube to work in.
Psystar Returns From the Dead, Offers New Apple Knock-Off [TheAppleBlog]
July 2, 2009
GigaOM Network / Darrell Etherington
If you thought bankruptcy would keep the industrious folks at Psystar from making any more Mac clones, you were sorely mistaken.
Wimbledon takes tennis high-tech
July 2, 2009
Christian Science Monitor | Sci/Tech
Venus Williams handed Dinara Safina a crushing defeat, while sister Serena bested Elena Dementieva in a close match at Wimbledon's women's semi-finals Thursday afternoon, setting up another ...
App Store Rejections: Apple rejects iKaraoke app, patent filed published for a karaoke player
July 2, 2009
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) / Michael Jones
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Bad Apple, Apple, iPhone, iPod touchAs if the waters surrounding the App Store approval process weren't murky enough, one developer has just hit an unprecedented wall.
More iPhone App Controversy with Alleged Underaged Nudity
July 2, 2009
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Wired reports on the latest high profile app removal from the App Store related to nudity. This time, a free app called BeautyMeter was removed due to an inappropriate image of a nude minor.
iLaugh, therefore I exist
July 2, 2009
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) / Steven Sande
Filed under: Humor, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touchJokes are relative. What's hysterically funny for one person may not even crack a smile on another person's face.
Apple patching serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone
July 2, 2009
Macworld: The Mac Product Experts / Sumner Lemon
Apple is patching a serious SMS vulnerability in the iPhone, a security researcher said.
Pesky Psystar to emerge from Chapter 11 with new Mac offering
July 2, 2009
AppleInsider
Battered, bankrupt, and thought to be wobbling on its last leg, Psystar this week proved that it can still turn heads when it announced that it will soon emerge from Chapter 11 bearing its fastest Mac ...
Lips DLC schedule for July 2009
July 2, 2009
Xbox 360 Fanboy / Alexander Sliwinski
You like big butts and you can not lie, so sing it with other brothas when the track drops this July.
Apple rumored not to renew contract with NVIDIA for graphics chips
July 2, 2009
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) / Casey Johnston
Filed under: Hardware, Apple The relationship between Apple and NVIDIA, the manufacturer of the graphics chips in most Macs for quite some time now, appears to be souring at an exponential rate.
Illegal Downloads, Meet Suspicious Stock Sales: The Pirate Bay Story Gets Even Murkier [MediaMemo]
July 2, 2009
All Things Digital / Peter Kafka
The more I hear about the supposed plan for an Internet cafe company to buy the world's best-known illegal file-sharing site, the more I think that the whole thing is a farce.
Test Out Instant-On 1080p Streaming Now
July 2, 2009
Gear Live / Andru Edwards
As we all know Zune Marketplace is coming to the Xbox 360.
iPhone 3GS Launch AT&T’s “Best-Ever Sales Day” [Internal Memo]
July 2, 2009
Digital Daily / John Paczkowski
It took Apple and AT&T 74 days to sell the first million iPhones back in 2007. This year it took just three. No wonder AT&T is crowing about first-day sales.
Apple looks towards fingerprint-based multi-touch controls
July 2, 2009
AppleInsider
Filings from Apple over the past two years reveal that the company is constantly looking to improve upon the ways in which customers interact with its multi-touch devices, the latest of which ...
Skype iPhone App Lacks Push Notifications
July 2, 2009
AppScout / Jamie Lendino
Skype may have just released version 1.1 of its iPhone app, but the eBay-owned company can't catch a break with cell phones.
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Printed batteries to be rolling out before year’s end
July 3, 2009
CrunchGear / Devin Coldewey
Some German researchers have conjured up a kind of battery that's less than a millimeter thin and is made by the reactive layers onto each other like a silk screen.
PlayStation 3 slim model gets a manufacturing contract
July 3, 2009
Geek.com / Blake Ellison
Reports from Taiwanese publication UDN suggest that Sony has signed agreements to produce redesigned “Slim” PlayStation 3 consoles for delivery in July.
WordPress iPhone Plugins: Admin and Theme
July 3, 2009
The Marketing Technology Blog / doug@douglaskarr.com (Douglas A Karr)
Since updating my blog and putting WordPress on Amazon S3, I’ve been able to remove caching plugins. The caching plugins performed poorly in comparison to pushing all my images to S3.
Scorecard 2.0 for iPhone Now Available
July 3, 2009
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Scorecard 2.0 for the iPhone is finally available. The approval process for iPhone apps seems to have been delayed - badly - due to WWDC, so we're glad it's finally approved.
Smartphone Speed Tests: Which New Phone is Best for Type A Users?
July 3, 2009
PC World: Latest Technology News
Can't stand to wait for your phone to deliver e-mail and other functions? We put the iPhone 3G S, Nokia's N97 and the Palm Pre to the stopwatch to see which is the fastest.
Facebook 3.0 for iPhone Adds Events and Photo Albums, But No Push (Yet)
July 3, 2009
Gizmodo / matt buchanan
Here's what Facebook for iPhone 3.0 looks like—pretty nice. Besides the new giant button home screen, you'll be able to actually RSVP to events and create new photo albums.
Just How Successful is the iPhone App Store? (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
July 3, 2009
Yahoo! Finance: AAPL News
Hackintosh maker rises from the dead
July 3, 2009
The Register: Sci/Tech News for the World
'When life gives you apples, make applesauce' Psystar, the Florida-based Hackintosher that's been giving Apple fits for over a year, refuses to die.…Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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