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2. UTorrent & BitTorrent Hit 100 Million Monthly Users 59 minutes ago permalinkUTorrent'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 ...
3. Would You Buy Toshiba's Glasses-Free 3-D Laptops? 14 minutes ago permalinkWill 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 35 minutes ago permalinkMELBOURNE, 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 40 minutes ago permalinkPlease 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 40 minutes ago permalinkWith 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 44 minutes ago permalinkKABUL, 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 50 minutes ago permalinkTEHRAN — 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 51 minutes ago permalinkWith 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 1 hour ago permalinkLCD 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 1 hour ago permalinkFRANKFURT — 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 1 hour ago permalinkMOSCOW — 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 1 hour ago permalinkТолько 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�
14. Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer 1 hour ago permalinkWhile 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 1 hour ago permalinkAustin 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 ...
16. API Growth Doubles in 2010, Social and Mobile Are Trends 1 hour ago permalinkWas 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 2 hours ago permalinkThere 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 16 hours ago permalinkGoldman 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.
19. GE and Intel team-up on home health tech 2 hours ago permalinkGE 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 ...
20. Vanns.com: Samsung LN46C600 46in 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV $798 shipped 4 hours ago permalink
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