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• News Corp. Takes A Bath On MySpace Sale - San Francisco Chronicle
• Cisco Plans to Offer Cius Tablet Computer at the End of July - BusinessWeek
• TwitPic Founder Tweets About Being Detained for Public Nudity - PC Magazine
• Stars aligning on combined Lion, MacBook Air launch in mid-July - Ars Technica
• Thunderbolt RAID dramatically faster than FireWire 800 - Macworld

News Corp. Takes A Bath On MySpace Sale - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT USA Today News Corp. Takes A Bath On MySpace Sale San Francisco Chronicle News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) finally unloaded its floundering MySpace web property today and the price is rather shocking - $35 million. The company paid $580 million for MySpace in 2005, and was hoping to fetch around $100 million for the social ... News Corp. Sells MySpace for a Mere $35 MillionABC News MySpace finally sold for some $35 millionChristian Science Monitor Specific Media Buys MySpace for a Rumored $35 MillionPC Magazine San Jose Mercury News -PCWorld -Wall Street Journal all 933 news articles »

Cisco Plans to Offer Cius Tablet Computer at the End of July - BusinessWeek Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:07 PM PDT CNET Cisco Plans to Offer Cius Tablet Computer at the End of July BusinessWeek June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of networking equipment, will begin selling its new Cius tablet computer to businesses at the end of July, hoping corporate users will drive adoption. ... Cius is about giving control back to IT, Cisco saysComputerworld How Does Cisco Expect To Sell Big Companies A $750 Android Tablet? (CSCO)San Francisco Chronicle Cisco Plans to Offer Its Cius Tablet Computer at the End of JulyBloomberg Network World -PCWorld -CNET all 62 news articles »

TwitPic Founder Tweets About Being Detained for Public Nudity - PC Magazine Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT The Stir (blog) TwitPic Founder Tweets About Being Detained for Public Nudity PC Magazine On Tuesday night Twitpic founder Noah Everett tweeted to his 2.8 million followers that he was arrested for public nudity. But was he really? In his first tweet at 2am ET, the Charleston, South Carolina resident wrote, ... Twitpic founder arrested on Daniel Island?Live 5 News TwitPic Founder Tweets Picture of 'Public Nudity Arrest'Fox News Founder of Twitpic tweets pic from naked arrestJalopnik msnbc.com -Mashable -Computerworld New Zealand all 34 news articles »

Stars aligning on combined Lion, MacBook Air launch in mid-July - Ars Technica Posted: 29 Jun 2011 01:40 PM PDT International Business Times Stars aligning on combined Lion, MacBook Air launch in mid-July Ars Technica The stars are aligning for a mid-July launch of both Mac OS X Lion and updated MacBook Airs, if the rumor mill is to be believed. Three sources across two different sites seem to have similar ... Supply of Apple's white MacBook severely constrained ahead of Lion debutApple Insider Next MacBook Air could ship July 19: reportmsnbc.com Apple's white MacBook supply tightening ahead of new OS debutInternational Business Times tuaw.com -PC Magazine -Macgasm all 103 news articles »

Thunderbolt RAID dramatically faster than FireWire 800 - Macworld Posted: 29 Jun 2011 12:01 PM PDT CNET Thunderbolt RAID dramatically faster than FireWire 800 Macworld The wait for Thunderbolt-ready peripherals is over. Four months after the debut of Thunderbolt in Apple's revamped MacBook Pro lineup, storage devices that support Intel's new interconnect technology have finally ... Thunderbolt drive support for troubleshootingCNET (blog) Why the ability to boot from Thunderbolt on a Mac is hugeGigaOm Promise and Apple Ship First Thunderbolt DevicesPC Magazine Apple Insider -The Mac Observer -Mac Rumors all 65 news articles »

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• Did LulzSec Change the Hacking Game, or Just Get Lucky? - PC Magazine
• Supreme Court ruling means 'business as usual' for gamemakers - Washington Post
• Your next job: Mobile app developer? - Computerworld
• Small asteroid swings harmlessly past Earth - Sacramento Bee
• Office 365 Vs. Google Apps: Top 10 Enterprise Concerns - InformationWeek
• Survey: Ereaders Outpace Tablets in US Adoption - PC Magazine
• Genomes could help save Tasmanian devils - msnbc.com
• Acoustic cloak to hide ships from sonar - msnbc.com
• Apple supply chain points to "iPhone 4S" in Sept., iPad 3 prototype in early 2012 - Apple Insider
• Rumor: Apple Moving from Samsung to TSMC for A6 Chips - PC Magazine

Did LulzSec Change the Hacking Game, or Just Get Lucky? - PC Magazine Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:32 PM PDT The Guardian Did LulzSec Change the Hacking Game, or Just Get Lucky? PC Magazine LulzSec ended its 50-day hacking spree on Saturday night with one final data leak and a call for continued anti-government activity. The group certainly garnered a number of headlines, but what did they accomplish? ... Anonymous IRC Twitter Reaches 100k Followers After LulzSec QuitsInternational Business Times LulzSec Passes Hacking Torch To AnonymousCRN LulzSec Dissolution Won't Reduce Threat of High-Profile Cyber-AttackseWeek Top Tech News -InformationWeek -SC Magazine US all 1,146 news articles »

Supreme Court ruling means 'business as usual' for gamemakers - Washington Post Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:08 PM PDT USA Today Supreme Court ruling means 'business as usual' for gamemakers Washington Post By AP, LOS ANGELES — The game seems to be over for those seeking to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to children after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government doesn't have the authority to "restrict the ideas to which children ... Supreme Court: Matching funds in Arizona election law violate free speechChristian Science Monitor Court Ruling Means 'Business as Usual' for GamersABC News Supreme Court strikes down California violent video game lawPunch Jump International Business Times -USA Today -CNN all 2,145 news articles »

Your next job: Mobile app developer? - Computerworld Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:29 AM PDT PR Web (press release) Your next job: Mobile app developer? Computerworld With companies scrambling to build mobile apps, there's a gold rush on for developers willing to retool their technical skills and adopt a new design mind-set. By Beth Stackpole Computerworld - As market demand surges for apps to run on iOS, ... As Mobile Devices Multiply, Some Colleges Turn Away From Building Campus AppsChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) The truth about Android task killers and why you don't need themPhoneDog Looking for Highly Rated Apps for Your Summer Vacation?Appmodo Coldwater Daily Reporter -San Francisco Chronicle (press release) -Huffington Post (blog) all 31 news articles »

Small asteroid swings harmlessly past Earth - Sacramento Bee Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:06 PM PDT ABC News Small asteroid swings harmlessly past Earth Sacramento Bee AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES -- Whew, that was close. An asteroid the size of a tour bus streaked harmlessly past Earth on Monday, passing within 7600 miles. Discovered only last week, the relatively small space rock made a hairpin ... Bus-Sized Asteroid Passes Earth, Visible Again TuesdayNBC Los Angeles Bus-Sized Asteroid Barely Misses Hitting EarthABC News Asteroids Come, Asteroids (Hopefully) Go: Detecting Near-Earth ObjectsNational Journal National Geographic -The Mac Observer -Science News all 659 news articles »

Office 365 Vs. Google Apps: Top 10 Enterprise Concerns - InformationWeek Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:31 PM PDT ABC News Office 365 Vs. Google Apps: Top 10 Enterprise Concerns InformationWeek Doug Henschen 06/27/2011 Is Microsoft Office 365 ready to rumble with the ease of use and lower cost of archrival Google Apps? Consider this point-by-point comparison for enterprises. The stakes could hardly be higher for Office 365, ... Microsoft Readies Office 365 as Google Preps for BattleeWeek What Happens To All Those Customers Who Trusted Microsoft's LAST Online ...San Francisco Chronicle Office 365: Analyst Explains Limitations and NuancesRedmondmag.com Internet Evolution -The Seattle Times -CRN all 56 news articles »

Survey: Ereaders Outpace Tablets in US Adoption - PC Magazine Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:05 PM PDT International Business Times Survey: Ereaders Outpace Tablets in US Adoption PC Magazine The increase in US adults who own ereaders is outpacing the growth of tablet owners, according to a new phone survey by the Pew Internet Project. Adults who owned ereaders like Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook doubled from 6 ... E-Reader Use Doubles in Six Months, Tablets Grow at Slower PacePCWorld Study: 12 percent of US households own e-readerSeattle Post Intelligencer Hispanic Audience Turning Up On E-Readers, TabletsMediapost.com Pew Research Center -eWeek all 161 news articles »

Genomes could help save Tasmanian devils - msnbc.com Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:12 PM PDT msnbc.com Genomes could help save Tasmanian devils msnbc.com Zoo keeper and breeder Tim Faulkner holds a Tasmanian devil — an endangered marsupial found in the wild in the Australian island-state of Tasmania. By Wynne Parry The genetic code for two Tasmanian devils named Spirit and Cedric may help preserve a ... Scientists make advance in keeping Tasmanian devils aliveUSA Today Genome plan for Tasmanian devilBBC News Gene analysis drives effort to save Tasmanian devilsAFP Penn State Live -Scientific American (blog) -Science AAAS all 28 news articles »

Acoustic cloak to hide ships from sonar - msnbc.com Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:18 PM PDT Fox News Acoustic cloak to hide ships from sonar msnbc.com Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society, from quarks to Hubble and Mars. Served up by Alan Boyle, msnbc.com science editor. E-mail Alan, or connect via Facebook or Twitter. By Nidhi Subbaraman A new design for sound cloaking brings us one ... Acoustic Invisibility Cloak Makes Objects UnhearableFox News This Acoustic Cloaking Device Makes Objects Invisible To SONARBusiness Insider Acoustic Cloaking Device Could Make Ships Invisible to SonarPC Magazine Huffington Post -Walyou all 8 news articles »

Apple supply chain points to "iPhone 4S" in Sept., iPad 3 prototype in early 2012 - Apple Insider Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:29 PM PDT PhoneDog (blog) Apple supply chain points to "iPhone 4S" in Sept., iPad 3 prototype in early 2012 Apple Insider By Slash Lane A second investment research firm on Monday cited sources in Taiwan as indicating that Apple's fifth-generation iPhone will hit the market early in the third quarter and also did its part to pour cold water on rumors of an iPad 3 launch ... 4G LTE iPhone 5 x 4 in the fall: case for Verizon, Sprint, AT&T-MobileBeatweek Magazine AT&T's Leaked Roadmap Gives Clues About LTE iPadPadGadget LulzSec closes up shop, leaks 4G LTE iPhone and iPad testing infoDVICE ZDNet (blog) -Prepaid Reviews (blog) -9 to 5 Mac all 38 news articles »

Rumor: Apple Moving from Samsung to TSMC for A6 Chips - PC Magazine Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:24 PM PDT TFTS (blog) Rumor: Apple Moving from Samsung to TSMC for A6 Chips PC Magazine Apple could be dumping Samsung in favor of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the production of its next-generation A6 processors for iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices, according to a Merrill Lynch analyst. ... Apple ditching Samsung for chip production next yearBetaNews Apple Sues Samsung in S. KoreaZacks.com Apple ditches Samsung, moves A6 processor production to TSMC for iOS 6 devices?Unwired View ITProPortal -VentureBeat -Engadget all 36 news articles »

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• Why Did Lulzsec Quit? One Member: "Boredom" - PC Magazine
• The incredible journey of NASA spacecraft Dawn - Los Angeles Times
• First 4G Android Tablet With Netflix Launches on Outdated OS - Wired News
• Is Mozilla's Firefox 5 a More Stable Browser Than Its Predecessor? - PCWorld
• Beautiful Photos of 300 New Species Discovered in Philippines - International Business Times
• Why Nokia picked Microsoft: Windows Phone 7's 20000 apps and counting - BetaNews

Why Did Lulzsec Quit? One Member: "Boredom" - PC Magazine Posted: 26 Jun 2011 12:24 PM PDT Sydney Morning Herald Why Did Lulzsec Quit? One Member: "Boredom" PC Magazine Speculation has been flying back and forth since the shadowy hacker group Lulzsec announced that it was hanging up its keyboards and sailing the waters of easily obtainable (read: hackable) personal information no more. ... Inside LulzSec: Chatroom logs shine a light on the secretive hackersThe Guardian LulzSec calls it quits after 50 days of 'mayhem'Computerworld LulzSec Disbands: What Did It Really Accomplish in 50 Days?International Business Times USA Today -Gamut News -TG Daily all 890 news articles »

The incredible journey of NASA spacecraft Dawn - Los Angeles Times Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:13 PM PDT Fox News The incredible journey of NASA spacecraft Dawn Los Angeles Times NASA spacecraft Dawn, the largest probe ever launched by the agency, is slowly approaching protoplanet Vesta, where it will spend a year in exploratory orbit before moving on to Ceres. An artist's conception of the Dawn spacecraft, with dwarf planet ... NASA's Dawn satellite has reached the asteroid belt. First stop: Vesta.Christian Science Monitor Belated light on planetary dawnSydney Morning Herald NASA briefing details Dawn's Vesta visitUSA Today Voice of America -Pasadena Star-News -Kansas City infoZine all 65 news articles »

First 4G Android Tablet With Netflix Launches on Outdated OS - Wired News Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:41 AM PDT Gulf Times First 4G Android Tablet With Netflix Launches on Outdated OS Wired News HTC's Evo View is the first tablet to run on Sprint's 4G network, and the first to run the Netflix app. Photo: HTC. It's a big day of firsts for Sprint. The carrier launched its first Android tablet on Friday compatible with the new 4G ... HTC EVO 3D: The First Glasses-Free 3D Smartphone in the USBusiness Insider Sprint HTC EVO 3D: What do you think?IntoMobile HTC Evo 3D Redefines Mobile Entertainment, 4.5 out of 5 Stars First Day OutVideo Gaming Pros Punch Jump -PopHerald.com -TimesWireService all 22 news articles »

Is Mozilla's Firefox 5 a More Stable Browser Than Its Predecessor? - PCWorld Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:03 PM PDT Social Barrel Is Mozilla's Firefox 5 a More Stable Browser Than Its Predecessor? PCWorld This week's release of the Firefox 5 browser came shockingly fast for Mozilla. Firefox 4 came out of beta barely 3 months ago--the previous numbered release, Firefox 3, was released way back in 2008. ... Thunderbird 5 leapfrogs into the worldMyBroadband Microsoft Leaps to Exploit Mozilla Firefox Comments About BusinesseseWeek Mozilla and Firefox 5: Upgrade or Die!TechNewsWorld ConceivablyTech -Hard OCP -ZDNet UK all 10 news articles »

Beautiful Photos of 300 New Species Discovered in Philippines - International Business Times Posted: 26 Jun 2011 09:52 AM PDT Mongabay.com Beautiful Photos of 300 New Species Discovered in Philippines International Business Times Researchers from the California Academy of Sciences believe they have identified 300 new species during a biological expedition that focused on the Island of Luzon, Philippines, according to the organization's news release. These new species include ... Recommended: Biological gems found in Philippinesmsnbc.com Luzon: Expedition discovers 300 species on islandSan Francisco Chronicle More than 300 new species discovered in the PhilippinesScience Daily (press release) Inquirer.net all 13 news articles »

Why Nokia picked Microsoft: Windows Phone 7's 20000 apps and counting - BetaNews Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:34 PM PDT Techtree.com Why Nokia picked Microsoft: Windows Phone 7's 20000 apps and counting BetaNews That number might not seem like much compared to the gazillion apps at Android Market or Apple's App Store, but those 20000 apps answer a question on many techies' lips this week: Why didn't Nokia pick ... Nokia Sea Ray LeakedTechtree.com Nokia's Windows Phone Efforts Bode Well for Both CompaniesSeeking Alpha Nokia's Stephen Elop is still over MeeGo, even if the N9 is a hitEngadget Inquirer.net -Gizmodo -PopHerald.com all 17 news articles »

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