TorrentFreak
Earlier this week the music industry, headed by the IFPI, gave Norway’s largest Internet provider an ultimatum; block access to The Pirate Bay within 14 days or we will take you to court.ISPs have criticized IFPI’s move, and Pirate Bay’s spokesman Peter Sunde said that “the crazy people behind IFPI s (Read More)
Scobleizer
When I sat down at the beginning of the Palm Pre announcement press conference I was expecting to watch the death of a company. Palm? Give me a break. It would NEVER do anything interesting and Nokia, Microsoft, RIM, and expecially Apple were about to kick it into the deathbin of history.I was wrong. WAY WAY WAY wrong.Palm (Read More)
: Ok, I'm in. I wants. Very happy I didn't cave last year and get a Centro to update my Treo 700. This thing is slick, I hope they can deliver on time at an affordable pricepoint.
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
Google Mobile uses undocumented techniques that are supposed to be off-limits to iPhone developers in order to make its verbal search feature work with an iPhone sensor. (Read More)
Submitted by Netxm
from blog:
Sorry if it sounds like I'm drinking the Google Kool-Aid here, but I switched from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome as my default browser for the very reason Google's executives said we should: speed. News.com Poll Why switch to Chrome? What would it take to get you to switch to Chrome? If there's (Read More)
: Hmm...an interesting read, but I still do prefer Firefox (for now). While Chrome does have many advantages over Firefox, it is not enough for me to transfer my blogoholic habits over to the other side of the fence.
Delicious hotlist
A team of ex-Googlers, with backing from Y Combinator, the Friendfeed founders and others, have created what might be both the ugliest and most useful group productivity app we’ve seen. Etherpad, a new product from Appjet, launches this morning, and you must try it out.It’s comparable to Google Docs or a wiki, but it’s far (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider
Founded in 1982 and at times so rich with ads its issues reached as many as 600 pages, Ziff Davis's PC Magazine will issue its last print edition this January, thereafter becoming an online-only publication. Ziff Davis, which recently exited bankruptcy will lay of seven print production employees.Gadget and PC shoppers stay (Read More)
: This is a sign of the times. The action is all online these days. I am sure we will see plenty of other print publications follow suit in the next couple of years
: I used to get both this and a sister publication called PC Direct. They were full of ads, but many of them were useful, even if it did make the magazines rather weighty!
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
By Daniel J. Pritchett of SharingAtWork.com (FriendFeed/Twitter)The FriendFeed social network is a powerful resource. With it you can connect to some brilliant people and learn new things as they learn them. Converse with interesting people around the world around similar interests. Stream together separate news sources (Read More)
: "The FriendFeed social network is a powerful resource. With it you can connect to some brilliant people and learn new things as they learn them. Converse with interesting people around the world around similar interests. Stream together separate news sources into a single place and then kick off some great discussions about them. Read on for fifteen ways that other users are making FriendFeed a more valuable tool for all of us."
ReadWriteWeb
VMware Brings Virtualization To Mobile PhonesVMware, a company known for their virtualization software for the desktop and datacenter, recently announced their plans to bring that software to mobile phones through their new VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP). The software is built on technology the company acquired (Read More)
: Could your Twitter password have been harvested? Is it the same password you use for other applications such as Gmail etc? I've changed mine - and I'd recommend you change yours.
It could be scaremongering, but it's worth thinking about!
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
Yeah, I'm Twittering to You! As we celebrate Twitter passing the One Billion Tweet mark, I want to ask you a question. Do you use the service to PUSH (send out links) or PULL (monitor and converse)? Last night I had a face-to-face conversation with a Twitter power user. He is an entrepreneur who maintains several acco (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
So far we're pretty smitten with Google's Chrome. It's certainly not without its faults, but for version 1.0 of a browser it's pretty sharp. We've compiled a list of 10 things we'd really like to see added or tweaked. Some come from other browsers, and some are just improvements on some of the existing features. Google, we (Read More)
Alexander van Elsas's Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior
Few people seem to realize or care about the dangers social media brings to our lives. Our online habits are changing rapidly from a closed, private behavior towards an open and sharing culture. While this brings us lots of good, it seems to me we are still very naive about its possible dangers.Let me provide you five dange (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg
from YouTube:
View on the panel "The Rise & Rise of Distributed Media" - Please, don't blame it on me. But i'm really impressed by women walking in these shoes. (Read More)
: @jasongoldberg Is that Suranga Chandratillake, from Blinkx? It is hard to tell(short clip)If it is, it would be great to hear what he has to say. Enjoy, this was a great idea!
: @jasongoldberg Is that Suranga Chandratillake, from Blinkx? It is hard to tell(short clip)If it is, it would be great to hear what he has to say. Enjoy, this was a great idea!
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)The quest for finding new content to read is neverending. Gone are the days of visiting numerous websites to get the latest news. Increased RSS adoption, both for publishers and consumers has significantly enhanced the discovery and distribution process. Content i (Read More)