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Have an XBox 360? Have Netflix? Good, then you get tons of movies for free! Joystiq reports:We heard the rumblings ... Netflix is coming to home consoles. But which platform? Microsoft raised its hand today at its E3 keynote and said "us!" Xbox 360 will be getting Netflix's on-demand programming later this year. Xbox Liv (Read More)
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At a press conference held in Nanchong, China about the success of anti-gun campaign, three news reporters were shot. A police office was holding up a homebrew gun when it accidentally fired. From the BBC News:A reporter needed surgery for injuries to his ankle, crotch and chest, after being hit by what appeared to be pebbl (Read More)
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A few weeks ago, several blogs reported that I had removed a number of my own posts from public view. I took those posts down more than a year ago for personal reasons that weren’t (and still aren't) appropriate to discuss in public. I didn't announce that I had taken the posts down when it happened because I didn't think I (Read More)
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Looking closely at the top 30 countries, a few European countries have grown more than ten percent over the last four weeks (France, Spain, Germany, Italy), with France having the most number of users (approx. 2.5 million). Skyrock remains the largest social network in France. Norway saw a decline but is still home to more (Read More)
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Neat trick: Amazon just made one of my iPhone apps crash -- Twinkle, the Twitter app by Tapulous. Not on purpose, of course. But still, a reminder to companies that relying on third-party "cloud" hosting services -- even from giant, normally excellent Amazon -- has its drawbacks.What happened? Sometime this morning, Amazon' (Read More)
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ReadWriteWeb
Windows Live Mesh is Microsoft's software+services data synchronization platform. Because of its complex nature, most people assume that file synchronization is all there is to Live Mesh, but in reality, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Microsoft has big plans for the service and syncing files between computers and the c (Read More)
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: For those of us outside the US, access is somewhat possible, though there is a waiting list atm, also:
"International Customers
With Live Mesh open to anyone in the US, our international friends can join in the fun early as well - with one caveat: you must be willing to change your Windows operating system region and language setting to EN-US. Once you do this you will be able to immediately sign in to Live Mesh with a valid Windows Live ID. Please be aware that this may cause other applications that specifically require your native country region and language settings to encounter problems."
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Mocha VNC provides access to a VNC Server. Using your iPhone, you can connect to a Windows PC or Mac OS X and see the files, programs and resources exactly as you would if you were sitting at your desk, just on a smaller screen. (Read More)
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According to the latest data from mobile advertising marketplace AdMob, the mobile web has grown by over 100% in the last 12 months. AdMob's data also shows a 20% increase since May alone. Ad impressions on Apple's iPhone and iPod touch grew by 32% in June, making it the 9th most popular mobile device for online browsing in (Read More)
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TechCrunch
Seesmic (note that Michael Arrington is an investor) CEO Loic Le Meur asked readers what they would do if they were the CEO of the company to encourage daily use by users. Responses flooded in via Seesmic videos, blog comments, Twitter and Friendfeed, and ranged from derisive quips to multi-paragraph business plans. But for (Read More)
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When traveling to a new city, what do you usually do first to find cool places to go to? Usually, you ask your friends.Mobissimo, a travel search engine, launches their social network MobiFriends today as an on-site widget. Mobissimo searches 180 travel sites in over 30 countries, to offer users the lowest fare possible. (Read More)
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: It would be nice to be able to quickly ask your twitter buddies or facebook friends for restaurant recommendations in city you are traveling to, and then have a service that remembers that for future use by you our your network.