1. New Software Update for Nexus One phones  permalink

New Software Update for Nexus One phones
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Starting 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:

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Google’s Chrome OS: Why It’s Not a Layup Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch   —  Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.

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Google’s Chrome OS: Why It’s Not a Layup Nexus One update fixes 3G problem, adds limited multitouch   —  Google has started pushing out an update for the Nexus One that will fix a 3G connectivity problem that has plagued some users and adds limited support for multitouch. After receiving over 1,500 messages in a support forum from people complaining about trouble connecting to 3G, Google said last week that it had identified the problem and would ...

2. Apple's Good for Nothing iPad  permalink

Apple's Good for Nothing iPad
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Apple's iPad—what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Say it again. Actually, those are the lyrics to the song "War," but they also apply to the iPad, methinks. I'll tell you why.

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Apple's Good for Nothing iPad Rumor: Apple Has Another Tablet In The Works. More Like A Mac Than An iPhone.   —  In the movie Contact, when revealing to main character Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) that there is actually a second space travel machine that was being built at the same time as the first one, but in secret, S.R. Hadden (John Hurt) says, “why build one when you can have two at twice the price?” Apple, it seems, may have the same line ...

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Apple's iPad May Include Built-In Camera, Suggest Reports   —  Apple's iPad, its upcoming tablet PC, may contain a built-in camera, at least according to an Apple product repair company that posted photos of an alleged iPad frame with a space for a camera module. Other sources have posted photos from the device's Jan. 27 launch event showing what could be a camera hole on an iPad held by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

3. Senators Warned of Terrorist Attack on U.S. by July  permalink

Senators Warned of Terrorist Attack on U.S. by July
MARK MAZZETTI / NYT

America’s top intelligence official said he was “highly certain” that Al Qaeda or one of its affiliates would attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months.

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Senators Warned of Terrorist Attack on U.S. by July Intel chief: Al-Qaida likely to attempt attack   —  AP - Al-Qaida can be expected to attempt an attack on the United States in the next three to six months, senior U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Tuesday.

4. 2010 Vyrus 987 C3 4V, The Most Powerful Production Motorcycle in the World  permalink

2010 Vyrus 987 C3 4V, The Most Powerful Production Motorcycle in the World
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Vyrus 987 C3 4V - Click above for high-res image gallery Generally speaking, though there are a number of different classes of motorcycles in the world, there are a few universal truths that span all makes and models. Chief amongst these similarities is the fact that the bike's rider always grips a handlebar that's attached directly to the front ...

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2010 Vyrus 987 C3 4V, The Most Powerful Production Motorcycle in the World The Vyrus 987 C3 4V: the world's most powerful production motorcycle   —  The 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- ...

5. Apple Demands Removal Of USB Sharing Feature In Stanza iPhone App  permalink

Apple Demands Removal Of USB Sharing Feature In Stanza iPhone App
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Like many people, I have the Stanza app installed on my iPhone. Made by Lexycle (acquired by Amazon last year), Stanza is a free app for iPhone and iPod Touch that serves as a gateway to a library of more than 100,000 ebooks for easy reading on the go.

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Apple May Address iPhone File Frustrations IPhones Vulnerable to New Remote Attack   —  There are several flaws in the way that the iPhone handles digital certificates which could lead to an attacker being able to create his own trusted certificate and entice users into downloading malicious files onto their iPhones. The attack is the end result of a number of different problems with the way that the iPhone handles over-the-air ...

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Apple May Address iPhone File Frustrations IPhone OS 3.1.3 Update Brings Jailbreak Woes   —  Apple released version 3.1.3 of the iPhone operating system (OS) on Tuesday, much to jailbreakers dismay. The update, which is available now via iTunes, fixes a number of known bugs, patches known security issues, and improves various iPhone features. However, despite the good news for the majority of regular iPhone owners, the upgrade has posed ...

6. Airplane bomb suspect said cooperating with U.S.  permalink

Airplane bomb suspect said cooperating with U.S.
Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day has provided "useful, actionable" intelligence to U.S. authorities after the FBI flew his relatives to the United States to urge him to cooperate, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

7. Some News Outlets Ready to Try Charging Online Readers  permalink

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A new Steven Brill endeavor enables news outlets to charge their online readers. The tattered news industry may be ready to give it a whirl.

8. ‘Avatar’ Bolsters News Corp.’s Earnings  permalink

TIM ARANGO / NYT

Buoyed by “Avatar,” the highest-grossing movie to date, News Corporation’s adjusted second-quarter earnings were 25 cents a share, a nickel above the average expectations of analysts.

9. Tech Specs  permalink

Tech Specs
Www.apple.com

The Keyboard Dock combines a dock for charging your iPad with a full-size keyboard. The dock has a rear 30-pin connector, which lets you connect to an electrical outlet using the USB Power Adapter, sync to your computer, and use accessories like the Camera Connection Kit. An audio jack lets you connect to a stereo or powered speakers.

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10. Seven Nikon Coolpix Cameras Prepare for Launch  permalink

Seven Nikon Coolpix Cameras Prepare for Launch
PCWorld Latest

A 26x megazoom, two high-zoom pocket cameras, a sub-$200 touchscreen model, and three more Coolpix cameras are among Nikon's point-and-shoot announcements for 2010.

11. Senator seeks information on tech firms in China  permalink

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AP - A top Senate Democrat is asking 30 leading technology, Internet and communications companies to provide detailed descriptions of their operations and human rights practices in China.

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China Internet Network Information Center accepted as a Mozilla root CA   —  Those who are concerned about the security of Mozilla's SSL certificate validation might want to take a look at this bugzilla entry. It seems that, at the end of October, Mozilla approved the addition of the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) as a root certification authority, meaning that Firefox will accept CNNIC-signed ...

12. Defense officials say lift military ban on gays  permalink

Defense officials say lift military ban on gays
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AP - It's time to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history, the nation's top defense officials declared Tuesday, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff proclaiming that service members should not be forced to "lie about who they are."

13. Obama Says LV Word Again  permalink

Obama Says LV Word Again
Walkenbach / The J-Walk Blog

It happened again: Lawmakers upset over Obama's 2nd anti-Vegas remark . The president said: "When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices." It caused a minor ...

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Obama Says LV Word Again Lawmakers upset over Obama's 2nd anti-Vegas remark   —  President Barack Obama smiles after his at a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (Jim Cole - AP) President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (Jim Cole - AP)

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Obama Says LV Word Again Obama pushes jobs plan, but still warns on deficit   —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pitched job-creation plans to recession-weary Americans on Tuesday while his advisers urged Congress to take further measures to rein in the record budget deficit.

14. Toyota U.S. sales reel from crisis; GM, Ford surge  permalink

Toyota U.S. sales reel from crisis; GM, Ford surge
Reuters

DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp sales dropped 16 percent in January as the automaker reeled from a massive recall and rivals Ford Motor Co and General Motors Corp surged past it in the U.S. market.

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9158298 story   —  Cyclocommuter writes with an excerpt from a brief WSJ story on increasing electronic control of car components: "The gas pedal system used Toyota Motor Co.'s recall crisis was born from a movement in the auto industry to rely more on electronics to carry out a vehicle's most critical functions. The intricacy of such systems, which replace hoses ...

15. Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, BMW and Infiniti Modifications from Wald International  permalink

Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, BMW and Infiniti Modifications from Wald International
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One at a time, fellas. That's how most aftermarket tuners approach their projects. But not Wald International . The Japanese tuning house is launching a new line of modifications for some of the most eminently desirable luxury sedans and "four door coupes" on the market, all at once. Included in the line-up are none other than the Porsche ...

16. Outsourcing of App Development Projects Is on the Decline  permalink

EWeek

Though application development is the single largest category in outsourcing, data center operations, help desk, disaster recovery, website and e-commerce systems and desktop support have gained significant ground. - What is the most popular area of IT outsourcing? According to one study, it is and has been application development for the past 3 ...

17. Russian Billionaire Will Give His Money To Charity  permalink

Russian Billionaire Will Give His Money To Charity
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Warren Buffett isn't the only generous billionaire in the world. Businessweek reports that Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin has said that he will plans to leave almost all of his estimated $2.1 billion fortune to charity within the next decade. Unlike Buffett, Potanin is a bit younger, just 49. He has three children. His assets include 25 ...

18. Advances In Church Attendance Monitoring  permalink

Advances In Church Attendance Monitoring
Walkenbach / The J-Walk Blog

In Poland: Priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance . A Polish priest has installed an electronic reader in his church for schoolchildren to leave their fingerprints in order to monitor their attendance at mass, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on Friday. The pupils will mark their fingerprints every time they go to church over three years ...

19. Beatles Discovered  permalink

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1,000 years in the future, the legacy of John, Paul, Greg, and Scottie remains. Comments | Posted in Humor

20. Street Scenes of Munich:  permalink

Street Scenes of Munich:
Omis.me

Earlier this month I was invited to conduct an on stage interview with Jason Kilar, chief executive officer of Huluthe DLD conference in Munich. It gave me a chance to visit the city, walk around in bitter cold and look around what is arguably one of the cleanest and quietest cities in the world.

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