1. New Software Update for Nexus One phones 11 hours ago permalinkStarting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including:
5. Enterprise Microblogging Startup Yammer Raises $10 Million 1 minute ago permalinkEnterprise microblogging startup Yammer has raised $10 million in a second round of funding led by Emergence Capital; serial angel investor Ron Conway, along with existing investors Charles River Ventures and Goldcrest Investments also participated in the round. Essentially a Twitter for businesses, Yammer lets co-workers communicate with each ...
6. Courts Move To Ban Juror Use of Net, Social Sites 2 hours ago permalinkCoondoggie passes along a NetworkWorld report on the pronouncement of a judicial conference committee recommending that trial judges specifically instruct jurors not to use any electronic communications devices or sites during trial and deliberations. Here's the committee report (PDF). "If you think you're going to use your spanking new iPhone to ...
7. Geneva Preview: 2011 Kia Sportage gets stylish new duds 1 hour ago permalinkFiled under: Geneva Motor Show , Crossover , Kia 2011 Kia Sportage - Click above for high-res image gallery When Kia introduced the original Sportage in North America in the early 1990s, the best thing it had going for it was a low-ball price. There was nothing particularly compelling about the way it looked or drove, though it was at least ...
8. Obama has yet to fill empty seats at civil liberties watchdog committee 3 hours ago permalinkIt's been a year and Obama has yet to fill the empty seats on the government's main civil liberties oversight committee: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was recommended initially by the bipartisan September 11 commission as an institutional voice for privacy inside the intelligence community. Its charter was to recommend ways to ...
9. News Corp. Returns To Profit; Newspapers/Info Segment Rose Nearly 30 Percent 1 hour ago permalinkNews Corp earnings were up across the board, as the company swung to a profit of $254 million ($0.10) in Q4, reversing $6.4 billion loss. The company said this reflected double-digit growth at its “majority business segments.” Even the newspaper/information segment was up, gaining 29.5 percent over last year’s period. While the ...
10. Letterblocks: Alphabet blocks with a twist 13 minutes ago permalinkDesign collective The Design Office has created kids' blocks that feature fragments of letters, allowing children to form their own characters using multiple blocks. Children of a young age play with small wooden blocks to learn the alphabet. Letters lead to words that lead into sentences and so on. Our oversized kraft boxes reintroduce the ... 11. $25 DEADWOOD For 24 Hours!! MTM!! LOST!! X-MEN!! IRON MAN!! BATMAN!! BSG!! PARTY DOWN!! McBEAL!! HercVault!! 15 minutes ago permalinkMary traded up to a one-bedroom, wondered if a man was leaving the priesthood for her, became a Big Sister, fell for the guy from “That Girl,” and attended a D.C. press junket with Lou. Ted auditioned to host a game show in New York, married Georgette, found himself in marriage counseling, adopted Robbie Rist and endured a tax audit. Murray ... 12. AN AIN’T IT COOL EXCLUSIVE!! Meet The Season-Three Key Art For BREAKING BAD!! 24 minutes ago permalinkI’m told this will appear nowhere else until Feb. 8, when it goes up in Times Square. It will replace the current billboard; that billboard makes less sense since the White House asked that the Obama ad be removed: 13. Gowalla Prepares To Roll Out On BlackBerry 37 minutes ago permalinkThe check-in arms race continues to heat up. Foursquare has been working fast to secure its place on not only the iPhone, but also Android , Palm Pre, BlackBerry, and most recently, Windows Mobile . But rival Gowalla is working hard to get onto the other platforms as well. Recently, they launched a version that works on Android phones through ... 14. Game Industry Vets On DRM 40 minutes ago permalinkAn anonymous reader points out an article at SavyGamer in which several game industry veterans were polled for their opinions on DRM. Cliff Harris of Positech Games said he didn't think his decision to stop using DRM significantly affected piracy of his games, accepting it as an unavoidable fact. "Maybe a few of the more honest people now buy the ... 15. Hasselblad creates 40 megapixel H4D-40 medium format camera, wants $20k for it 2 hours ago permalinkTough though it may be to believe, Hasselblad's 39 megapixel H3D II actually came out in 2007. Yeah, last decade. In other words, it's about time we saw a true successor hit the market, and with PMA just about ready to get going in Anaheim, the bold and beautiful H4D-40 is making its grand entrance. Boasting a 40 megapixel sensor, this medium ...
16. Stephen Colbert: Blippy Is More Exciting Than Going Through Old Receipts 1 hour ago permalinkNormally, it takes quite a bit of time before a startup gets any sort of mainstream spotlight. That's not the case with Blippy . Tonight, the controversial social credit card data aggregator was featured on Comedy Central's Colbert Report . As you might imagine, host Stephen Colbert ripped into the service's ability to show everyday purchases at ... 17. HP EliteBook 8540w Mobile Workstation 1 hour ago permalinkWindows XP Professional (available through downgrade rights from Genuine Windows® 7 Professional) Windows XP Professional (available through downgrade rights from Genuine Windows® 7 Professional)
18. Cheese and Sake, A Delicious Pairing 1 hour ago permalinkSake and cheese? It sounds a bit off doesn't it? In the U.S. sake is generally sipped warm from tiny porcelain cups at sushi joints. But what if we've got it all horribly wrong? What if sake should be treated with the same respect we give to fine wines, what if it should be poured into glasses that allow its aromas to gather, its color and legs ... 19. Typepad Threatens Takedown of Herald Justice League Unlimited Exposé 1 hour ago permalinkAt issue is the Herald's exposé of the JLU, a group which has run a multi-year surveillance program on members of the Second Life community and compiled 1700 pages of files on other players - files containing often false and potentially libelous information.
20. The Vyrus 987 C3 4V: the world's most powerful production motorcycle 9 hours ago permalinkThe name Vyrus may not be familiar to motorcycle enthusiasts when they begin reading this article, but by the end of it, there’s every chance it will be at the top of their list of “dream bikes.” The small Rimini-based Italian company is currently best known for producing the Bimota Tesi 2D, but the company's new, top-of-the- ...
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