1. No. of Chinese netizens reaches 450 million  permalink

No. of Chinese netizens reaches 450 million
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2. UTorrent & BitTorrent Hit 100 Million Monthly Users  permalink

UTorrent & BitTorrent Hit 100 Million Monthly Users
Ernesto / TorrentFreak

UTorrent's parent company BitTorrent Inc. just announced that the BitTorrent Mainline client and uTorrent combined have hit the milestone of 100 million monthly users. On an average day 20 million users from over 220 countries fire up one of the two BitTorrent clients. If that's not enough, the company also reports that 400,000 new clients are ...

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UTorrent & BitTorrent Hit 100 Million Monthly Users Transmission BitTorrent Client Has a Native iPhone App   —  For many Mac users Transmission is the BitTorrent client of choice. Unfortunately, managing Transmission's BitTorrent downloads on the iPhone or iPad can only be done through a web-interface. This annoyance is now resolved thanks to iControlbits, the first and only native iPhone app for the Transmission client that apparently escaped the prying ...

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UTorrent & BitTorrent Hit 100 Million Monthly Users Top 10 Most Shared Movies on BitTorrent   —  The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Little Fockers' tops the chart this week, followed by 'TRON: Legacy'. 'Death Race 2' completes the top three.

3. Would You Buy Toshiba's Glasses-Free 3-D Laptops?  permalink

Would You Buy Toshiba's Glasses-Free 3-D Laptops?
Austin Carr / Fast Company

Will 3-D succeed? The technology has always been hindered by the viewing experience's central component, 3-D glasses, which have been awkward and annoying to wear ever since the flimsy red-and-blue framed spectacles of yore. But with 3-D tech creating a blockbuster boom in Hollywood, everyone involved in the industry--from Sony to 50 Cent --is ...

4. Australian Planes Rush Aid to Flooded Areas  permalink

Australian Planes Rush Aid to Flooded Areas
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MELBOURNE, Australia — The death toll from severe flooding in northeastern Australia rose to at least nine on Monday as authorities airlifted supplies to communities facing raging waters that were expected to swell further over the next two days.

5. The NJ News Co-op  permalink

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine

Please take a look at — and rate and comment on! — a proposal I helped draft for the Knight News Challenge proposing a co-op to support the emerging local news ecosystem in otherwise-deprived New Jersey. The idea is that the scattered, independent members of that ecosystem need help to (1) curate and share the best [...]

6. J.P. Morgan: Global E-Commerce Revenue To Grow By 19 Percent In 2011 To $680B  permalink

J.P. Morgan: Global E-Commerce Revenue To Grow By 19 Percent In 2011 To $680B
Leena Rao / TechCrunch

With e-commerce spending performing well over the past holiday season, retailers are hoping this trend will continue into 2011. J.P. Morgan senior analyst Imran Kahn has released his annual report forecasting trends for the New Year that includes a number of positive projections for the e-commerce industry. The report forecasts that e-commerce ...

7. Adding to Tensions, Afghan Panel to Reassess Fall Votes  permalink

Adding to Tensions, Afghan Panel to Reassess Fall Votes
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A five-judge panel set up last week by Afghanistan’s Supreme Court said Monday that it would issue rulings within two weeks on hundreds of complaints of election abuse in September’s national vote, in time for President Hamid Karzai to keep his promise to seat a new Parliament by Jan. 20.

8. Iran May Drop Stoning Sentence  permalink

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TEHRAN — Iranian authorities could block the sentence of death by stoning handed down to an Iranian woman convicted of adultery, a senior judicial official said on Sunday.

9. Innovation Agents: Robert Wolfe, Co-Founder of Crowdrise  permalink

Innovation Agents: Robert Wolfe, Co-Founder of Crowdrise
Lydia Dishman / Fast Company

With co-founders Edward Norton, Shauna Roberson, and his brother Jeffro, Wolfe is on a mission to put the fun back in fundraising. When he was 21, Robert Wolfe started Moosejaw, an outdoor apparel store, based on one principle: fun. Now, 18 years later, Wolfe and the co-founders of Crowdrise are basing an entire fundraising platform on that very ...

10. LCD TV shipments expected to slow in 2011  permalink

LCD TV shipments expected to slow in 2011
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LCD TV shipments will rise this year, but that growth won't be as high as it has been over the past few years, market research firm DisplaySearch predicts.

11. Siemens Invests in Expanding Wind Power, Despite Risks  permalink

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FRANKFURT — A reader of the annual report of Siemens, the German engineering giant, could easily get the idea that the company is investing in wind energy because management wants to save the planet.

12. In Russia, Sign of Disagreement Over Arrest of Protesters  permalink

In Russia, Sign of Disagreement Over Arrest of Protesters
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MOSCOW — Members of Russia’s opposition picketed government buildings here on Monday, denouncing a Moscow court’s decision to jail, for up to 15 days, several leaders of their movement who took part in an antigovernment rally.

13. От первого лица  permalink

От первого лица
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Только что удалось переговорить с Борисом Немцовым. Как известно, он был задержан 31-го декабря, а сегодня - арестован за сопротивление сотрудникам милиции. Скажу сразу - я считаю, что власть им�

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14. Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer  permalink

Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch

While plenty of people predicted that the iPad would kill the Kindle when it first came out ( including us ), that turned out to be wrong. Very wrong. The Kindle went on to become the best selling product in Amazon's history over the holidays, selling an estimated 8 million units last year. The Kindle is a very different device which appeals to ...

15. Austin Ventures  permalink

Austin Ventures
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Austin Ventures has worked with talented entrepreneurs to build valuable companies for nearly twenty-five years. With $3.9 billion under management, AV is the most active venture capital and growth equity firm in Texas. With an investment focus on business services and supply chain, financial services, media and information services, software and ...

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16. API Growth Doubles in 2010, Social and Mobile Are Trends  permalink

API Growth Doubles in 2010, Social and Mobile Are Trends
Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb

Was 2010 the year of the API? Some have claimed this each of the last five years, with the next always eclipsing the previous. There were 1,019 new APIs added to our API directory in 2010, two times the number added in 2009. Greater trends on the web are being played out, as social APIs were the most popular and the influence of mobile is clear.

17. App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry  permalink

App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry
MG Siegler / TechCrunch

There has already been plenty of data out there suggesting that Apple had a monster holiday season. We'll know for sure in a few weeks when they announced their earnings. For now though, we have to go by what third-party developers are seeing when it comes to app download numbers. And one company, Flixster , has given us some key details of how ...

18. DealBook  permalink

DealBook
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Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.

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19. GE and Intel team-up on home health tech  permalink

GE and Intel team-up on home health tech
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GE and Intel Corporation are joining together to market and develop home-based health technologies designed for seniors and patients with chronic conditions. GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt and Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini announced the alliance today, along with an investment of more than $250 million over the next five years for ...

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20. Vanns.com: Samsung LN46C600 46in 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV $798 shipped  permalink

Vanns.com: Samsung LN46C600 46in 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV $798 shipped
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Vanns.com: Samsung LN46C600 46in 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV $798 shipped LN46C600   —  Featuring a full 1080p HD picture, 120Hz motion processing, and a Wide Color Enhancer, the Samsung LN46C600 gives you a picture worth talking about. Add in DLNA compatibility with Samsung's AllShare capabilities, and efficiency that exceeds ENERGY STAR specifications, and you've got an affordable HDTV worth shouting about.