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<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malicious apps removed from Android Market]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Google has removed from the officialAndroid Market about two dozen apps found to contain malware that can compromise data, mobile security firm Lookout is warning. Between 30,000 and 120,000 Android devices may have been affected, Lookout said. &quot;This weekend, multiple applications available in the official Android Market were found to contain malware that can compromise a significant amount of personal data,&quot; the company said in a blog post late last night. &quot;Likely created by the same developers who brought DroidDream to market back in March, more than 25 applications were found to be infected with a stripped down version of DroidDream we're calling 'Droid Dream Light' (DDLight).&quot;Google removed 58 malicious apps from the market in March and remotely removed the apps from the devices they'd been downloaded to. Google representatives did not immediately respond to e-mails seeking comment early today. The problem was reported to Lookout by a developer who found that modified versions of his app and another developer's app were being distributed in the Android Market. Lookout confirmed that malicious code was inserted into the apps and identified markers that linked the code with DroidDream samples.&quot;We discovered 24 additional apps re-packaged and re-distributed with the malicious payload across a total of 4 different developer accounts,&quot; Lookout said. Apps containing DDLight have been available for download from the official Android Market. Anyone who has downloaded the apps listed below may be affected. If you have downloaded these apps, contact support@mylookout.com for help in removing them. The list of infected applications includes: Magic Photo Studio &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Sexy Girls: Hot Japanese &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Sexy Legs &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'HOT Girls 4 &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Beauty Breasts &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Sex Sound &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Sex Sound: Japanese &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'HOT Girls 1 &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'HOT Girls 2 &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'HOT Girls 3 Mango Studio &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Floating Image Free &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'System Monitor &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Super StopWatch and Timer &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'System Info Manager E.T. Team &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Call End Vibrate BeeGoo &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Quick Photo Grid &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Delete Contacts &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Quick Uninstaller &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Contact Master &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Brightness Settings &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Volume Manager &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Super Photo Enhance &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Super Color Flashlight &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Paint Master Because malicious components of DDLight are invoked on receipt of a android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE intent (for example, an incoming voice call), DDLight is not dependent on manual launch of the installed application to trigger its behavior, Lookout said. &quot;The broadcast receiver immediately launches the .lightdd.CoreService which contacts remote servers and supplies the IMEI, IMSI, Model, SDK Version and information about installed packages,&quot; the company said. &quot;It appears that the DDLight is also capable of downloading and prompting installation of new packages, though unlike its predecessors it is not capable of doing so without user intervention.&quot; Lookout users are already protected. According to Lookout, all Android users should: &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Download apps only from trusted sources and reputable app markets. Examine the developer name, reviews, and star ratings. &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Always check the permissions that an app requests. Make sure the permissions an app requests match the app's features. &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Be alert for abnormal behavior on your phone that could signal an infection, such as unusual SMS or network activity. &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Use a mobile security app that scans every app you download.          Share     Print   E-mail            Elinor Mills  Follow @elinormills   E-mail Elinor Mills   E-mail Elinor Mills If you have a question or comment for Elinor Mills, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to avoid sharing personal info online]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 07:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=how-to-avoid-sharing-personal-info-online</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy--unless you're dealing with someone you can't trust. The sad fact is, you can't trust anyone on the Web. Just ask the millions of people who signed up for Sony'sPlayStation Network and who now must protect against possible hack attacks on their bank accounts and other private data lost due the recent data breach. CNET News reporter Erica Ogg explains the company's response to its customers in her Circuit Breaker blog. Sony claims the credit card information was encrypted and did not include the cards' security codes' the company also encrypted PSN users' passwords, but Sony still recommends that its PSN customers take precautions as an added level of safety. Unfortunately, there's not much you can do to protect your personal information once you've volunteered it to some organization's Web servers. The key is to ensure whatever data you provide can't come back to haunt you.Limiting the damage of a data breach You might think the loss of your credit card number would be the most serious threat, but many analysts consider a hacked e-mail address and other lost personal information more dangerous in the long run. The Electronic Funds Transfer Act limits the damage of a lost credit card to $50 if the business is notified within two business days after you realize the number has been stolen and to $500 if it is notified within 60 business days. The limit applies only to credit cards, not to ATM/debit cards. So be sure to use only credit cards when making online purchases. It's even safer to use a temporary credit card number for Web buys. Most major banks offer their customers temporary numbers that charge back to the account without disclosing the actual numbers. The temporary numbers expire after 30 days or some other relatively short period. Bank of America's ShopSafe service is available to any of the company's online banking customers. Likewise, Discover Card lets you create a secure online account number. Note that the temporary numbers can't be used when purchasing event tickets or other times when the card itself will need to be presented. Last September, PayPal discontinued its PayPal Plug-in for Internet Explorer andFirefox that automatically generated temporary account numbers. PayPal's purchase protection is described on the service's Security &amp; Protection page.Use throwaway e-mail addresses, alter egos E-mail addresses are golden to malicious hackers because they offer nearly unfettered access to your attention. Even cautious people can sometimes be tricked by an authentic-looking message from what appears to be a trusted source. And once a hacker has induced you to click a bogus link, your machine and the information it holds belongs to them. Gmail lets you create a temporary e-mail address simply by typing a plus sign after your sign-in name and then whatever identifying text you choose, such as &quot;myaccount+sonypsn@gmail.com&quot;. Of course, this isn't much protection against someone figuring out your real e-mail account name. A better solution is to create an entirely new Gmail account to use only when signing up for Web services and then redirect mail sent to that account to your everyday account. To do so, open the mail settings for the temporary account, click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab, choose &quot;Forward a copy if incoming mail to,&quot; and enter the address you wish to send the mail to.Create a temporary Gmail account for use when registering with a Web service and then forward mail from there to your primary account.(Credit:screenshot by Dennis O&amp;39'Reilly/CNET) You can create a filter that automatically sends the mail from that account to a separate folder (or label, in Gmail-speak). If the account is ever compromised, simply stop using it and undo the forwarding. Another approach is to use a temporary e-mail address generated by a service such as Guerillamail.com, 10 Minute Mail, or Mailinator. All three services generate throwaway e-mail addresses automatically that last long enough for you to receive a confirmation e-mail from the service you're signing up for. No registration or password is required. On Guerillamail.com and 10 Minute Mail, the address disappears in an hour or 10 minutes, respectively (you can ask 10 Minute Mail for an extra 10 minutes). Mailinator lets you access the account indefinitely, but since it is accessed without a password, anybody who knows the account name can get in.Generate a temporary e-mail address generated automatically by the 10 Minute Mail site when signing up for a Web service.(Credit:screenshot by Dennis O&amp;39'Reilly/CNET) In addition to your credit card number and e-mail address, Web services may require--or at least request--other personal information. Unless the company will be shipping something to you, there's no need to give out your street or mailing address. You may need to use your real name to verify it's the same as appears on the credit card you're using, but you should be able to leave all other fields in the service's sign-up form blank, or if some entry is required, create an alter-ego. For example, when a service requires that I fill in my birth date, I use the earliest date it allows, such as January 1, 1905. I get a big kick out of seeing the geriatric-aid ads this generates. Be careful not to violate the company's terms of service when you complete registration forms with less-than-honest information. Still, I avoid sharing any personal information with a site unless the company needs to know it. Apart from a name, credit card number, and e-mail address (and maybe shipping address), there's really not much more any site needs to know, is there<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google excises Gears from Chrome]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-excises-gears-from-chrome</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today&amp;39's Chrome logoStandards groups are unwieldy and slow-moving. But when it comes to expanding what browsers can do, they turned out to be a faster way for Google to bring a handful of features to the Web than its Gears plug-in.So it comes as no surprise that Google, after letting the Gears project spin down over the last year and a half, is removing the software altogether from its Chrome browser.&quot;It's finally time to say goodbye to Gears,&quot; said Gears team member Aaron Boodman in a blog post. &quot;There will be no new Gears releases, and newer browsers such asFirefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9 will not be supported. We will also be removing Gears from Chrome in Chrome 12.&quot;Google launched Gears with much fanfare as an open-source project in 2007. The headline feature was the ability to get Web applications to work offline--in other words, when the network connection was down--and the star examples were Google Docs and Gmail.But only a few other Web developers, such as Zoho, WordPress, and iStockphoto, dabbled with Gears, and Google decided instead to focus on bringing Gears features to Web browsers through standards rather than its own plug-in.One thing is very different about the browser landscape now compared to 2007: Google has a browser. When Gears was introduced, a plug-in for others' browsers was about the best Google could do to advance the Web programming state of the art. Now, with Chrome, it's got its own vehicle to bring new Web features to market. Chrome accounts for about 10 percent of browser usage worldwide today, making it a much more effective vehicle for advancing the Web than Gears ever was--in particular because browser rivals also are adding many features found in Gears.When it comes to offline support, the key idea is a mechanism to let the browser store data. Several of these are available or nearly so, including HTML5's Application Cache. Another important one that's catching on is IndexedDB. Mozilla and Microsoft, the top two browser makers, endorsed IndexedDB, and the technology prevailed over a rival called Web SQL Database.Technologies such as these will likely be the way Google restores offline access to Google Docs, a feature it promised would arrive &quot;early in 2011.&quot;The writing has been on the wall for Gears since Google announced its preference for HTML5 standards over Gears in December 2009. But its influence lives on in more ways than just offline data storage.Boodman pointed to a handful of features demonstrated with Gears that have made their way into Web standards:&amp;149' Web Workers, which lets a browser run multiple JavaScript tasks at once, including background tasks, letting developers keep a Web application user interface responsive and taking advantage of multicore processors.&amp;149' The File interface, which adds better file-handling features to browsers, for example letting people upload a video in separate pieces called blobs so a 500-megabyte file transfer won't be derailed by a flaky network.&amp;149' Geolocation lets the browser--once given a user's permission--tell a Web application the physical location of that user. That can help locate the person on a map, for example.&amp;149' Notifications let Web applications produce the sorts of pop-ups so widely used by e-mail, instant messaging, and other communication software.These standards are in varying stages of implementation in Web browsers right now, but all of them look to have solid support among browser makers. In the end, Gears was probably more of a success than a failure.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clearwire CEO William Morrow resigns]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Clearwire, which is building a nationwide WiMax network in the U.S., announced today that John Stanton will serve as interim CEO, replacing William Morrow, who resigned from the position and the company's board of directors.Stanton is currently Clearwire's chairman of the board. Stanton is well-known in the wireless world having served as CEO of Western Wireless, which was acquired by Alltel in 2005 and is now part of Verizon Wireless. And he worked at VoiceStream Wireless, which was sold to Deutsche Telekom to form T-Mobile USA.In addition to Morrow, Chief Commercial Officer Mike Sievert and Chief Information Officer Kevin Hart are leaving the company. Sievert formerly worked at Microsoft and AT&amp;T Wireless. Clearwire said it will promote its chief financial officer, Erik Prusch, to chief operating officer. And Hope Cochran, senior vice president and treasurer, will be promoted to CFO.The company said that Morrow resigned due to &quot;personal reasons,&quot; but it would not elaborate. He is expected to continue to serve as an adviser to Clearwire as it looks for a permanent CEO. &quot;I would like to commend Bill for his tremendous leadership in building the first U.S. 4G network, adding more than 5 million subscribers, and raising funds in a challenging economic environment,&quot; Stanton, said in a press release. &quot;Bill built a strong leadership team which enables us to promote Erik Prusch and Hope Cochran to new roles. Together, the entire management team at Clearwire remains focused on delivering value to its customers and shareholders.&quot;Clearwire partnered with Sprint Nextel and a few other companies in 2008 to build a nationwide 4G WiMax network. Sprint Nextel resells the service to its customers as a &quot;4G&quot; wireless service. Cable companies Comcast and Time Warner Cable are also investors in Clearwire, and they also resell the WiMax service. Intel and Google have invested in the company as well. Clearwire has been burning through cash as it builds the nationwide network, and in November it said it needed more investment to make it through 2011. The company tightened its belt and laid off workers. Despite growing revenue and increasing subscribers, Clearwire reported last month that fourth-quarter losses widened as expenses ballooned. The company has been considering selling some excess spectrum to raise more cash. It's also been rumored that the company could be sold to another wireless carrier, such as T-Mobile USA.The company has also been in a dispute with its key partner Sprint over wholesale pricing. In the press release today, Clearwire said the management shake-up is &quot;not expected to impact the company's progress on an agreement with Sprint to resolve wholesale pricing disputes. Clearwire believes that an agreement with Sprint is imminent.&quot;Clearwire's network is available to more than 120 million people in more than 60 markets. And even though it's been growing its subscriber base, it's facing stiff competition from other network providers, such as Verizon Wireless, which launched its LTE-based 4G wireless network in December. The competition is only expected to intensify as AT&amp;T and T-Mobile USA continue to upgrade their networks to HSPA+, a technology that these carriers claim provides similar speeds to Clearwire's WiMax service. AT&amp;T is also expected to launch its LTE network this summer, which will increase network speeds even more.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Call for Apple CEO succession plan gains support]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=call-for-apple-ceo-succession-plan-gains-support</guid>
<description><![CDATA[CEO Steve Jobs at an Apple event last October to introduce Mac OS X Lion.(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)An influential investor advisory group has added its support to an Apple shareholder proposal that calls on the company to disclose a succession plan for CEO Steve Jobs.Jobs announced last month that he was taking a indefinite medical leave from company--his third in recent years--and handing over day-to-day responsibility to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who filled in for Jobs while he was on medical leaves in 2004 and 2009. However, concern over Jobs' current health condition and shareholder complaints about a lack of information from the company regarding his condition have led to demands that Apple reveal an executive succession plan.Institutional Shareholder Services has endorsed a proposal for such a plan offered by the Central Laborers' Pension Fund, an Apple investor that holds about 11,500 shares, or about a thousandth of 1 percent of outstanding shares. The proposal calls for Apple's board of directors to report each year on the state of its succession plan.In ISS' analysis, which was announced today by the Laborers' International Union of North America--another supporter of a public succession plan, the proxy voting service said:All companies should have succession planning policies and succession plans in place, and boards should periodically review and update them. ISS believes that shareholders would benefit by having a report on the company's succession plans disclosed annually. Such a report would enable shareholders to judge the board on its readiness and willingness to meet the demands of succession planning based on the circumstances at that time.Apple shareholders will likely get a chance to vote on the proposal at the next shareholder meeting on February 23, the labor union said in a statement today.Apple representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Apple's board of directors said in regulatory filings in January that it has recommended shareholders vote against the proposal. Apple said it already has established a succession plan and disclosing it publicly would only hurt the company's ability to retain and recruit top executive talent.In January 2009, Jobs said that he was suffering from a hormone imbalance that was impeding his body's ability to absorb certain proteins. In April of that year, Jobs underwent liver transplant surgery and returned to work by early July. In August 2004, Jobs underwent successful surgery to treat a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which sidelined him until September of that year.  While Cook filled in as Apple's chief executive on both occasions and demonstrated an ability to execute on Jobs' big-picture plans already in place, what makes investors nervous is the thought of an Apple without Jobs--its founder, visionary, and public face.&quot;There's a lot of indication that Apple is set up for the future,&quot; DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim previously told CNET's Erica Ogg. &quot;They have a lot of talented personalities. The problem is that all these talented people report to one of the most charismatic and influential guys in technology.&quot;Besides Cook, that group includes Phil Schiller, the head of marketing, who hones Apple's sales pitch' CFO Peter Oppenheimer who manages Apple's bottom line' Jobs' design guru, Jonathan Ive' the senior vice president of Apple's vast retail operation, Ron Johnson' and the men who head up hardware engineering (Bob Mansfield) and software engineering, (Bertrand Serlet).<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[News Corp. mulls sale, spinoff of MySpace]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=news-corp--mulls-sale-spinoff-of-myspace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[News Corp. revealed today that it's exploring the possibility of selling or spinning off MySpace, just a day after the troubled social-networking site announced heavy layoffs.During an announcement that confirmed many rumors, MySpace CEO Mike Jones briefed employees today on company options during a companywide meeting, spokeswoman Rosabel Tao told Bloomberg. &quot;News Corp. is assessing a number of possibilities including a sale, a merger, and a spinout [spinoff],&quot; Tao said. &quot;The process has just started.&quot; On Tuesday, Jones announced a &quot;significant organizational restructuring that will result in a 47 percent staff reduction across all divisions globally and impact about 500 employees.&quot; News Corp. bought MySpace in 2005 for $580 million as part of its purchase of Intermix. But the former social-networking sensation has fallen on hard times lately, losing more and more ground to Facebook until it finally underwent a massive redesign that left it focusing on pop culture media-sharing for young users rather than attempting to be a universally appealing social network. However, in the face of News Corp.'s public frustration with MySpace, those efforts were not expected to result in a major turnaround capable of saving the site. News Corp. revealed in November that quarterly revenue at MySpace was down $70 million compared with the same period the year before. During the earnings call at the time, Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey called out MySpace's poor performance and said &quot;current losses are not acceptable or sustainable.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Microsoft bringing Windows to ARM chips]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-microsoft-bringing-windows-to-arm-chips</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At CES next month, Microsoft will reportedly unveil a full-featured version of Windows that runs on ARM processors--a big departure from the x86 architecture. Bloomberg, which broke the news this afternoon, reported that sources familiar with Microsoft's plans said this version of Windows will continue to work on x86 processors, but that it should improve battery performance on devices like tablets and other devices that use ARM processors.Additional confirmation of Microsoft's plans came from The Wall Street Journal, which added that this new version will not be available for another two years. CNET heard similar reports from a source who added that Microsoft plans to detail this version of Windows at an invite-only press event several hours ahead of its CES keynote.Microsoft declined to comment.Rumors kicked up earlier this month about Microsoft previewing an early version of Windows 8 at the company's CES keynote speech, scheduled for January 5. The New York Times had also reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would be demonstrating a Samsung-madeiPad competitor with a slideout keyboard. Little else is known about the company's keynote plans.Microsoft already has a version of Windows called CE that runs on ARM, however it's been designed for embedded systems. This version is also able to run on x86, Hitachi SuperH, and MIPS. Additionally, there's a version called Windows Embedded Compact 7 that's been built for tablets and other small devices. However, that does not quite match up feature-to-feature with a full-fledged version of the desktop OS, which this new version is said to do. Microsoft first introduced Windows EC7 as a public technology preview back in June.ARM has remained the dominant architecture in small electronics devices like cell phones, both for its processing power and power efficiency--two things that have led to faster electronics with longer battery lives. PC makers like Dell have even dabbled with including ARM processors within PCs, as a way to provide instant-on capability for users who don't mind using Linux to do things like check e-mail or fire up a quick Web page versus doing a full boot into Windows. Much of this was in response to some of x86's shortcomings. Despite Intel pushing down things like power consumption, while boosting chip speed and the number of cores in product like the company's Atom chips, battery life did not see the same kind of massive gains.But as far as its move to traditional personal computers, ARM has not gotten there quite yet. In the last year or so there has been a big movement in that direction with products like Apple's iPad, which utilizes an ARM processor and blurs the line between traditional computers and standalone entertainment devices--so much so that some of its features are headed to Apple's Mac OS. There's also Google's Android, which runs on ARM and is in the beginnings of making its move toward the tablet form factor. Worth a mention too is the nascent Chrome OS, which is largely being built to be CPU-agnostic.Also, despite Microsoft's ambitions to get small and powerful tablets into the hands of users several years ago, projects have fizzled due to a combination of high prices, bulky designs, slow performance, and poor power consumption. This was especially true of a range of products dubbed the Ultramobile PC category, which ended up being the precursor to Netbooks (which now face problems of their own).Will ARM be able to fix all these things and bring beefier versions of Windows into places it could not go before We should have a much clearer picture in about two weeks. See also: Windows on ARM chips: Intel impactUpdated at 10:16 p.m. PDT with additional information about the timing of the announcement, and an additional source.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple drops Mac Mini price outside the U.S.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-drops-mac-mini-price-outside-the-u-s-</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mac Mini(Credit:Apple)Apple has quietly dropped the price of itsMac Mini in several countries. However, the desktop's U.S. price has remain unchanged.The Apple Store Europe today is showing a price decrease of 100 euros ($140) to 699 euros to 729 euros for the basic model (depending on the country) or 999 euros to 1,029 euros for the higher-end version. In the U.K., Apple has dropped the price by 50 pounds ($80) to 599 pounds and 879 pounds.Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment on why it dropped the prices in Europe or whether it will do the same in the U.S.Apple unveiled the new Mac Minis back in June. The first option, which includes a 2.4GHz processor, a 320GB drive, and Mac OS X, is designed for basic home use, and sells for $699 in the U.S. Apple also offers a Mac Mini with a 2.66GHz processor, dual 500GB drives, and Mac OS X Server, which the company says is designed for workgroups or small businesses. That product sells for $999.(Via Engadget)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DOE loan chief: Where we&'ll invest in 2011]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[As the Department of Energy moves forward to disperse loan guarantees to grow cutting-edge cleantech, its focus will shift from the maturing sectors of solar and wind to less-developed areas like biofuels and carbon capture.Loan guarantees promise that the government will cover a company&amp;'s debt obligation in the event of a default. Getting one allows companies to seek better financing term, and it&amp;'s a powerful endorsement to emerging technologies. VentureBeat spoke to Jonathan Silver (pictured, bottom right), a former venture capitalist who&amp;'s now executive director of the Department of Energy&amp;'s loan programs office, a $70 billion investment program in alternative energy.Yesterday, it closed on a $400 million loan guarantee to Abound Solar, which will use the money to expand manufacturing capacity for its low-cost, thin-film solar panels. Despite reports that China&amp;'s competitive pricing has undercut Silicon Valley solar panel startups, Silver argues that America has a fighting chance, especially with technologies like Abound Solar&amp;'s, which makes thin-film cadmium telluride panels for large solar arrays that promises to be low-cost.&amp;''The Chinese have focused much more on polysilicon and multicrystalline silicon. Thin-film is a much, much easier and simpler process and I think demonstrates American capacity to compete on a global level,&amp;'' Silver said.And what of Solyndra&amp;'s troubles The solar panel maker received a $535 million DOE loan guarantee, but recently closed its first factory, though Silver says it was always intended to close.&amp;''I will agree that it wasn&amp;'t ready to close quite as soon as it did. Some right sizing and restructuring was necessary to ensure the successful growth of the company,&amp;'' Silver said. &amp;''Manufacturing of any kind is always challenging in this country, but if we&amp;'re going to have a successful cleantech sector, we&amp;'ve got to have manufacturing capacity.&amp;''Looking forward, Silver likened the DOE loan program to a &amp;''shadow bank,&amp;'' saying that it invests in areas that the private sector has ignored or lacks the confidence to invest in. For example, the DOE will do less with onshore wind now that it has become relatively robust.&amp;''I think you&amp;'ll see us do large complex wind transactions, but not as active as we were in the smaller onshore wind efforts because the capital markets now support those,&amp;'' Silver said. &amp;''We are trying to identify potentially transformative technologies which can grow to scale and do important things for the country, but also demonstrate to private capital markets that these projects are indeed viable,&amp;'' Silver said.He also named other sectors the DOE will do more to support in the future:Thermal storage &amp;8211' Ice Energy, are you listening Thermal energy storage systems store thermal energy generated from sources like solar. Or, in hot startup Ice Energy&amp;'s case, makes ice at night, when energy demand is lower and electricity rates are cheaper. During peak usage times in the day, it releases the cold materials to help cool buildings. Silver calls this area &amp;''critically important to the US.&amp;''Biofuels and biomass &amp;8212' Many biofuels startups have yet to get to commercial-scale production, which is the focus of the DOE loan program. &amp;''That&amp;'s still an area that remains relatively nascent without a lot of the growth patterns that wind and solar has.&amp;''Battery and storage technologies &amp;8212' Silver didn&amp;'t elaborate, but given its previous investments in Fisker and Tesla and the coming rollout of electric vehicles by GM and Ford, battery technology is important as automakers and researchers try to pare down the cost of batteries &amp;8212' the government has about $18 billion to $20 billion for guarantees and investments in clean car technologies, Silver said. Finding ways to store energy off the grid is also a scientific holy grail of sorts in the cleantech community &amp;8212' it would be a game-changer, as CMEA&amp;'s Maurice Gunderson has said.Clean coal and carbon capture &amp;8212' Silver said there are several billion dollars set aside for advanced fossil fuels, clean coal and carbon sequestration technologies, which look to capture carbon from CO2-emitting sites like coal-burning plants.[Image via Flickr/DRB2]Next Story: Buy your tickets for the Crunchies Previous Story: How to protect your company in a WikiLeaks worldPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: biofuels, biomass, carbon capture, cleantech investing, DOE loan guarantees, Solar, thin film solarCompanies: Abound Solar, CMEA, DOE, Fisker, ford, GM, Ice Energy, Solyndra, TeslaPeople: Jonathan Silver, Maurice Gunderson          Tags: biofuels, biomass, carbon capture, cleantech investing, DOE loan guarantees, Solar, thin film solarCompanies: Abound Solar, CMEA, DOE, Fisker, ford, GM, Ice Energy, Solyndra, TeslaPeople: Jonathan Silver, Maurice GundersonIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Raid The MiniBar: Meebo Gets Into The Site Check-In Game. But Don&'t Call It A&nbsp'Game.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[With the rise of Foursquare, the &amp;''check-in&amp;'' has become fairly commonplace. With the launch of Places, Facebook will only make it more so. It shouldn&amp;'t be surprising that we&amp;'re seeing dozens of other startups spring up to do check-ins for FILL-IN-THE-BLANK. Media check-ins were a pretty obvious extension. But now we&amp;'re seeing a number of companies pop up that are doing check-ins for websites. A couple of these, Badgeville and OneTrueFan, launched in September at TechCrunch Disrupt. Now they&amp;'re about to get some very big competition: Meebo.Specifically, on Tuesday, Meebo is launching a new browser extension, the Meebo MiniBar, in alpha. This extension, which will be available for Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, will allow people to check-in to the websites they&amp;'re browsing on the fly. And this extension is just the first step. Once it&amp;'s fully up and running, Meebo plans to add the functionality to their popular toolbar. A toolbar which spans some 8,000 partner websites and reaches 180 million unique users a month already.So why is Meebo getting into this game &amp;''I kind of think sharing is a little bit tapped out,&amp;''&amp;nbsp'Meebo Co-founder and CEO Seth Sternberg told us when we sat down with him last week to get a preview of the new feature. He notes that plenty of people are getting hesitant&amp;nbsp'to share things on Facebook and Twitter because they&amp;'re afraid someone else already has and they&amp;'ll be considered uncool or out of date. There&amp;'s a real anxiety there. So instead, he hopes this Meebo MiniBar (and eventually the Meebo Bar itself) removes this sharing stigma. You should be able to show off what you&amp;'re really reading around on the web and not worry if someone else has already shared it.Sternberg also notes that user testing has told them that a lot of people are interested to know what websites their friends are actually visiting. &amp;''My friends know about cooler websites than I do,&amp;'' is how he puts it. And he says that Twitter today seems to be more about rap stars, while Facebook is for your actual friends, but not&amp;nbsp'necessarily&amp;nbsp'for content discovery amongst your friends.Having said that, obviously the Meebo MiniBar will have options to share your check-ins to Twitter and Facebook. But Sternberg is quick to say that this won&amp;'t be on by default. Instead, the more interesting discovery mechanism may exist in the extension itself, as there is a Feed button that shows you when friends discover and check-in to new sites.When you check-in to a site with the Meebo MiniBar, you&amp;'ll check into the site itself, not a specific page (even if you&amp;'re on one). So if you were to check-in while reading this article, for example, you would check-in to TechCrunch. You will be able to add a specific page though by clicking the &amp;''Attach this page&amp;'' button after you check-in. But that&amp;'s optional. As is commenting.This basic approach seems like a smart play. It reminds me a bit of MyBlogLog before their&amp;nbsp'acquisition&amp;nbsp'by Yahoo. Of course on big difference is that the Meebo MiniBar won&amp;'t show that you&amp;'ve visited a site unless you&amp;nbsp'explicitly&amp;nbsp'check-in.By checking-in to sites you love enough, you can also earn VIP status. But Sternberg wants to make it clear that this isn&amp;'t about creating a game mechanic a4&quot; there is no mayor system, like on Foursquare or some of the site check-in rivals mentioned above. This VIP system is just a way to show your affinity towards certain sites you actually visit. And eventually, this VIP status could be used by the site itself to rewards its most loyal readers.But those type of partner discussions and potential APIs are down the road. For now, Meebo just wants to get an alpha version of the product out there, and that&amp;'s why they made the MiniBar. Sternberg notes that it&amp;'s one of the few extensions that doesn&amp;'t install any software on your system a4&quot; everything loaded comes from Meebo.com itself. Their work with the Meebo Bar has allowed them to create this type of micro-footprint tool. And Sternberg says that the experience will still be&amp;nbsp'instantaneous. You visit a site, you hit the check-in button, and you&amp;'re done.And this MiniBar still offers much of the functionality of the larger bar. For example, you can chat with your online friends from across the web in it.Another new feature Meebo is launching to facilitate all of this are Meebo profile pages. This keeps track of your check-in activity across the web. This also allows you to visit other websites and see what other users have been there.Again, look for the extension to launch on Tuesday. And be sure to check-in to TechCrunch.CrunchBase InformationmeeboInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon Buys A Lot of Diapers.com For $540&nbsp'Million]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=amazon-buys-a-lot-of-diapers-com-for-540nbspmillion</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[First shoes, now diapers. Amazon is reportedly about to announce on Monday the acquisition of Quidsi, the New Jersey-based ecommerce company behind Diapers.com, Soap.com, and, most recently, BeautyBar.com.  Fortune&amp;'s Dan Primack, who broke the story from a maternity ward in Boston where his daughter was just born (no joke), puts the price of the all-cash deal at $540 million.  A year ago, Amazon bought online shoe retailer Zappos for $1.2 billion. Founded by Vinit Bharara and Marc Lore, Quidsi has raised a total of $78.5 million.  Its most recent funding was a $20 million debt round last April from investors including Accel, Besssemer, MentorTech, and New Enterprise Associates.Diapers.com is the company&amp;'s flagship brand, with an estimated $300-million revenue run rate this year.  Soap.com just launched in June, and BeautyBar.com launched last week.  So the vast majority of revenues is still coming from Diapers.com, which would value the deal at less than 2X revenues.  Feeling threatened, Amazon recently started undercutting Diapers.com on price, a strategy which may have helped convince them to sell.If the deal goes through, it would just go to show that you can still build an ecommerce startup if you go after the right niche. But it would also prove that if you get big enough, Amazon will notice and either buy you or try to squash you.CrunchBase InformationQuidsiAmazonDiapers.comSoap.comInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It&'s Kinda Rough For MySpace Over on&nbsp'Quora]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=itrsquos-kinda-rough-for-myspace-over-onnbspquora</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A simple question on Quora yields some fascinating comments: &amp;''Is MySpace likely to recover&amp;''  Google VP Corporate Development David Lawee left a brief and sarcastic &amp;''Is this a real question&amp;'' response. Which is noteworthy because Google is a major advertising partner to MySpace. Generally speaking, partners are nice to each other in public, but not here.Investor Chris Fralic says &amp;''Define recover.&amp;''The top answer though is from Sean Moriarty, the former CEO of TicketMaster, who says &amp;''Precipitous decline in user base, organizational turmoil, weak technology platform, fierce competition, and media conglomerate ownership make likelihood of recovery low.&amp;''  And one of the people who up-voted Moriarty&amp;'s comment on October 6 is David Bard, the Senior Interaction Design Strategist at MySpace. He&amp;'s likely one of the key guys on the front line of Futura, MySpace&amp;'s last push for relevance. And he apparently agrees that the &amp;''likelihood of recovery low.&amp;''At least MySpace has one thing going for it &amp;8211' senior employees who are willing to speak their mind, whether it&amp;'s sharing internal data with us or upvoting comments on Quora. Most Yahoo&amp;'ers always waited until after they&amp;'d left to really unload on their former employer.CrunchBase InformationMySpaceInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The MySpace Redesign Is Almost Herea4a4Some&nbsp'Details]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Han007</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[MySpace is preparing to roll out its long-awaited redesign, perhaps as early as tomorrow, at least for new users.  It&amp;'s not going to be pretty.  Well, actually, it is quite prettya4&quot;I&amp;'ve seen screenshotsa4&quot;but that still might not be enough to help stem the diminishing appeal of the social network.  MySpace tried to brief us on the new design under embargo, which we don&amp;'t do, so we declined the briefing.  Nevertheless, we keep getting snippets of information from various sources.  So let me describe it for you. The design will feature the new MySpace logo at the top, and center around discovering and sharing mediaa4&quot;music, photos, and videos.  When you log in, a big status bar will prompt you to &amp;''Share something!&amp;''  That can be a status message, a link, a photo, or a video. As with MySpace now, there is an emphasis on sharing music, videos, and games.  By sharing this media, you become a social filter and a tastemaker for your friends.  People with a lot of friends can become social promoters of music and other media, and the new design seems to be set up to highlight and reward those people. The new MySpace is a lot cleaner and more organized than it is now.  Instead of a linear activity stream, the new design is broken up more into tiles, or at least that is one view.  A stream of what your friends are sharing is one of the tiles, but there are also tiles for videos, celebrities and musicians you are following, and photo-heavy advertisements.  The tiles remind me of the look now popular in iPad apps like Pulse and Flipboard.There is definitely a realtime theme going on as well.  You can toggle between what is &amp;''most relevant&amp;'' to you and &amp;''live&amp;'' updates.  Another live notifications box at the top shows upcoming events and messages.  If you are not logged in, the new homepage will show a rolling counter of things people are sharing, as well as tiles for promoted albums, TV show, celebrities, and trending items people are discovering.Overall, this is appears to be improvement to the current design.  But will it be enough to bring people back to MySpace or bring new people in  If all your friends are on Facebook, they are not going to be sharing their music with you on MySpace.  By focusing on media sharing and curation, maybe it can find it&amp;'s place again in the social network pecking order.CrunchBase InformationMySpaceInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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