L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Thing Labs in their San Francisco office. Chris Wetherell, middle left, and Jason Shellen, middle right. Credit: Mark Milian / Los Angeles TimesThe mad scientists at Thing Labs have a very impressive track record.On the sixth floor of a trendy building in San Francisco's recently renovated Mint Plaza, four former Google emp (Read More)
Engadget:
Seriously, how awesome have the past few hours been? Engadget turns the design stakes up to 11, Google finally dishes the dirt on Chrome OS, and now you can even download the forthcoming software to have a fiddle with yourself. It's completely free, though you'll need VMWare running atop a Windows, Linux or OS X installati (Read More)
All about Microsoft:
I'm not one of those ready to write Windows an RIP certificate now that Google has finally taken (some of) the wraps off its Chrome OS. In fact, after reading through industry watchers' questions and Google's answers about it, I'm thinking that Chrome OS may not look quite so appealing by the time it rolls out in late 2010. (Read More)
PreCentral.net:
The Google Mobile team has announced a completely new Google News offering for the webOS, Android, and iPhone platforms that matches the experience that has been available to Blackbery, Windows Mobile and S60 users for some time now. The new version "displays more stories, sources, and images while keeping a familiar look (Read More)
AppScout:
Google today announced that it has remade the mobile version of its News page for owners of iPhone, Android, and Palm webOS handsets. The new page joins existing versions for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Symbian handsets. The update page "provides the same richness and personalization on your phone as Google News provid (Read More)
AppScout:
Sony is taking yet another shot at Apple's music dominance. The company yesterday announced that it look to launch its own online storefront stocking music, books, apps, and movies. No release date for the store--tentatively named Sony Online Service--has been announced. Sony, which shut down its Connect Music Service last (Read More)
AppScout:
Google has an important ally in its newly revealed Chrome OS. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu--one of the more user-friendly versions of Linux around--has agreed to contribute engineering to the project, under contract. In a post on the company's blog, Canonical's VP of OEM services assured that, while there are certa (Read More)
AppScout:
If you can make friends with a local cheese maker or find a spice shop in your neighborhood, I recommend doing so. But if specialty shops that suit your champagne tastes aren't available, you might like Gourmet Library. .The site is a new social network plus Web service that brings people who love food together with the foo (Read More)
I Will Teach You To Be Rich:
I’m always on the lookout for “hidden gems,” or people who are doing remarkable work that the whole world hasn’t caught on to, yet. Today, I asked my friend Cal Newport to illustrate how he completely dominates as a post-doc at MIT, author of multiple books, and popular blogger. How does he do it all?Cal writes one of the b (Read More)
Submitted by Morgan
from Google Reader:
The Disney Channel traditionally has avoided exposing its target audience of young viewers to the wiles and ways of those crafty advertisers looking to hook the novice viewers with advertising messages designed by marketing teams at big-name agencies, choosing instead to promote its own programming or allow brands generic “ (Read More)
Submitted by Badgergravling
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It’s an accepted fact that we love an underdog in this country. Overdogs don’t even get a look in. From “Eddie” The Eagle Edwards to his conjoined grandsons Jedward, we have a soft spot for the tryers, doomed to failure. We celebrate the unlikely hero, the well-intentioned but hapless. Given this predilection, it’s a wonde (Read More)
Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
The Enterprise Cloud Summit panel at the Interop Conference yesterday discussed some of the challenges and concerns of large enterprises and government agencies in moving their applications to the cloud. While there are some regulatory and compliance concerns for some applications, it isn’t an all or nothing proposition. Mo (Read More)
Submitted by Jgmize
from Google Reader:
When I look over the PyCon 2010 talk list, I'd like to be at about half of them (a physical impossibility, until I master self-multiplexing). Still, these are the ones that I'll move heaven and earth to be at. What about you - what are your favorites?Extending Java Applications with Jython I'm hopeful that this can really (Read More)
Submitted by Chrisnixon
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The Scottish Football Association needs a revolution. It is time for an outbreak of democracy to ensure that the president and the board are voted into office by fans and clubs alike, instead of time-serving their way through to positions of ultimate power.Those standing for office should have to provide CVs and a business (Read More)
Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace:
As we’ve mentioned a number of times previously, Bioshock 2 will feature multiplayer. A new video of that mode has been released unto the internet today, and we’ve posted it below for your delectation. As you might expect, it demonstrates a number of the in-game powers, the barks of your freakish gene-splicing characters, t (Read More)