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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft turns searches into Web albums]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Montage turns your Web searches into rich news albums.(Credit:Microsoft)A new Web app from Microsoft can bring life to your Web searches by using them to build customizable news-oriented Web albums.Demoed at Le Web conference last week, Microsoft's Montage can take virtually any topic or keyword that you enter and create a Web page filled with articles and photographs grabbed from news sites, Twitter, YouTube, and a variety of other sources. You can customize your page with different layouts and change each section of the page to point to specific sources of information. When you're done, you can save your page and publish it or share it with other people.To get started with Montage, just type a word or phrase in the Create field, such as Steve Jobs. In response, the app creates a page pulling together the latest news stores and photos of the Apple chief. You can accept the default layout or try different layouts to play with the rows and columns. After you accept the layout you like, you can customize each specific section or widget on the page by removing it, tweaking its own layout, or changing the news source.Montage lets you pick content from several sources, including news stories, RSS Feeds, Twitter timelines, images, and YouTube videos. You can even add your own text to a section. Each section then links to the original news source so you can read the full story. The content in each section can remain static by pointing to specific news stores or change dynamically by pointing to Twitter feeds.Once you've finished designing your page, you can save it to your own &quot;My Montage&quot; page, publish it to the public Montage gallery, and share it via Facebook or Twitter. You can also search for and browse pages created by other people at the gallery.Montage was designed at Microsoft's Fuse Labs, a new initiative launched last year to focus on social computing projects.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google's Chrome Web Store open for business]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=googles-chrome-web-store-open-for-business</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=googles-chrome-web-store-open-for-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google&amp;39's Chrome Web Store offers a variety of apps for download.Google's Chrome Web Store opened for business today, providing a centralized online marketplace for downloading Web apps for the Chrome operating system and the Chrome browser.  The marketplace, similar to Google's Android Market and Apple'siPhone App Store, is designed for Chrome 8, which was released last week. It offers apps, as well as extensions and themes, for customizing the browser.  Amazon said it is offering its Windowshop app, a stripped-down version of Amazon.com, on the marketplace. There also is an NPR news app, Facebook Photo Zoom, a New York Times app, and lots of games. The check-out process is integrated with Google Checkout.The Chrome Web Store, which was expected to launch in October, was demonstrated at a Google event in San Francisco earlier today. The marketplace is only available in the U.S., but will expand to other countries early next year. &quot;The Chrome Web Store itself can be accessed using any browser. Currently only users of Google Chrome are able to install an app from the Chrome Web Store, which adds a shortcut on the Chrome browser's new tab page,&quot; a Google spokesperson said in a statement. &quot;The protocols for describing and installing apps are all open-sourced and are free to be implemented by other browsers.&quot; Updated 2:26 p.m. PTto correct that you do not need the Google Chrome operating system to use the store, 2:07 p.m. PTwith Google comment, and 1:10 p.m. PTwith more details.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple, Android 'most desired' smartphone systems]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-android-most-desired-smartphone-systems</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-android-most-desired-smartphone-systems</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It should come as no surprise that Apple and Android are the two &quot;most desired&quot; smartphone systems, according to a new Nielsen survey of mobile phone users. But the results vary a bit based on the people who were surveyed.Among current smartphone owners questioned by Nielsen, the survey results out today show that 35 percent are looking to buy aniPhone as their next device, while 28 percent plan to go for an Android phone. But among those who currently own a feature phone and want to upgrade to a smartphone, 25 percent are eyeing an iPhone and 28 percent will likely opt for an Android device.(Credit:Nielsen)To define the difference: smartphones run a third-party operating system, such as Apple's iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia's Symbian, and they support third-party mobile apps. Feature phones use a proprietary OS, are typically unable to run third-party apps, and usually have other limitations.Among age groups, the iPhone proved slightly more desirable than an Android phone to people 18-24, 25-34, and especially those 55 and older, according to Nielsen. Those 35-54 preferred an Android device as their next phone by a slight margin. And by gender, women favor the iPhone as their next purchase, while men are more interested in Android.Smartphone owners were more decisive than feature phone users about their next device in terms of operating system. Among those who presently use a feature phone, 25 percent said they were &quot;not sure&quot; what their next phone would be, compared with only 13 percent of smartphone users who were equally uncertain. People 55 and older were also less certain than younger users over which mobile OS they'd want for their next phone.Overall, 29.7 percent of all U.S. mobile subscribers use smartphones, compared with 70.3 percent who still have feature phones. The most common smartphones platforms in the U.S. are the iPhone's iOS and the BlackBerry OS, each with 27 percent of the market, while Android now holds a 22 percent share, according to Nielsen's data.(Credit:Nielsen)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NHL GameCenter Live arrives on PS3, Boxee, Roku]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nhl-gamecenter-live-arrives-on-ps3-boxee-roku</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nhl-gamecenter-live-arrives-on-ps3-boxee-roku</guid>
<description><![CDATA[GameCenter Live running on the PlayStation 3.(Credit:NHL)National Hockey League fans now have three more ways to watch their favorite teams play live.The NHL announced today that its game-streaming service, GameCenter Live, has made its way to thePlayStation 3, Boxee, and Roku set-top boxes.GameCenter Live allows customers to watch 40 out-of-market NHL games live in HD each week. The app offers the ability to watch entire games up to 48 hours after they were played. In addition, GameCenter Live provides access to over 500 classic games from the NHL Vault.The PlayStation 3 version of GameCenter Live is available for download on the PlayStation Network for $9.99. PlayStation Plus subscribers can download the app for free. After downloading the app, customers will need to have a GameCenter Live subscription, which costs $169.GameCenter Live's launch on the PlayStation 3 comes on the heels of Microsoft updating Xbox Live with access to ESPN content. That offering will provide more than 3,500 live and on-demand sporting events in HD each year toXbox Live Gold subscribers.Roku owners and Boxee users who access GameCenter Live won't need to pay extra to access the app, but they will need to have the $169 GameCenter Live subscription to watch games.The NHL's streaming service is joining a few other sporting organizations already available on those products. Roku offers Major League Baseball games and UFC fights on its service. Boxee includes access to live MLB games.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ep. 103: 4G hits NYC' secret urban USB ports' ESPN woes' and Kinect impressions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[YouTube, AdMob founders step down]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=youtube-admob-founders-step-down</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Omar Hamoui(Credit:AdMob)YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley and AdMob founder and head Omar Hamoui are leaving their positions at the Google-acquired companies, according to reports.Hurley told reporters at the F.ounders international Web conference in Dublin that he was in the process of transitioning out of his role at YouTube and that he would become an advisor to the video-sharing site and work on other projects at Google. (The Guardian has audio here.) Salar Kamangar, who's been the de facto head at YouTube for the past two years, will officially step into Hurley's role, according to The Wall Street Journal.Chad HurleyAdMob's Hamoui is leaving Google &quot;for personal reasons,&quot; the company told the Journal. Google didn't say who would replace Hamoui at AdMob.Google acquired AdMob, a mobile-advertising leader, in May for $750 million, after a Federal Trade Commission investigation.The search giant acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion in stock.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Western Digital intros WD TV Live Hub]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=western-digital-intros-wd-tv-live-hub</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=western-digital-intros-wd-tv-live-hub</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The WD TV Live Hub from Western Digital.(Credit:Western Digital)Western Digital is trying to build upon the success of its WD TV Live Plus with the launch of the WD TV Live Hub, a set-top box that delivers even more functionality for entertainment seekers.The WD TV Live Hub comes with a built-in 1TB hard drive, allowing customers to store all kinds of video and audio content on the device. In fact, Western Digital said the product includes support for 1080p video formats, .mkv, .mp4, and .mov. In addition, video, music, or photos stored on the device can be streamed to any DLNA/UPnP-compatible products, including the Xbox 360 andPlayStation 3. Western Digital also said that the content can be streamed to theiPad,iPhone, and Android-based smartphones with the help of third-party applications. The WD TV Live Hub boasts user interface configuration options that allow users to change screen backgrounds or themes. The device comes with two USB ports that let users transfer content from cameras, external hard drives, or other products to the WD TV Live Hub. But the set-top box doesn't solely cater to those who want to watch their own content. The device also includes support for Netflix streaming, YouTube, Flickr, and Pandora. It's the only product in Western Digital's line of set-top boxes to feature Blockbuster On Demand. The WD TV Live Hub also includes Facebook integration, allowing users to upload photos or videos, as well as change their status and view their news feeds. The WD TV Live Hub is a definite step up over the WD TV Live Plus, which lacks the 1TB hard drive and the ability to stream content throughout the home. But like the WD TV Live Plus, the WD TV Live Hub lacks Wi-Fi. WD TV Live Hub owners will be forced to connect to the Web via Ethernet or buy an accessory to connect to a Wi-Fi network. It's unfortunate. And it's a glaring omission in a field with several devices, including the Apple TV and Logitech Revue, that do come with Wi-Fi built in. The WD TV Live Hub is available now and retails for $200. CNET will be going hands-on with the set-top box next week. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google: We collected e-mails, passwords]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-we-collected-e-mails-passwords</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-we-collected-e-mails-passwords</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google admits to collecting passwords, e-mails, and URLs.(Credit:CNET Asia)Google collected e-mails, passwords, and URLs while the company was snapping images for its Street View service, it admitted in a blog post today.&quot;In some instances, entire e-mails and URLs were captured, as well as passwords,&quot; Google's senior vice president of engineering and research, Alan Eustace, wrote in a blog post today. However, Eustace was quick to point out that &quot;most of the data is fragmentary,&quot; and the company will delete the information &quot;as soon as possible.&quot;Google's admission that it collected passwords and e-mails adds further detail to the comments it made back in May when it first announced it had been collecting data from Wi-Fi networks. At the time, the company said that it inadvertently collected &quot;publicly broadcast SSID information and MAC addresses using our Street Viewcars.&quot;Eustace acknowledged in today's blog post that at the time of the original announcement, Google had not &quot;analyzed in detail the data we had mistakenly collected, so we did not know for sure what the disks contained.&quot;However, several government regulators have. In fact, the Canadian government revealed findings this week that matched much of what Google admitted to today. The government found that a password and username &quot;were included in an e-mail message that a person was sharing with others.&quot; In addition, the government's privacy officials found 678 phone numbers, 787 e-mail headers, and &quot;at least five&quot; complete e-mail messages.Although the Canadian government said that Google's data collection broke the law, Jennifer Stoddart, the country's privacy commissioner, closed the investigation, saying that it was the &quot;result of a careless error.&quot;Canada wasn't alone. Earlier this year, French privacy officials who analyzed Google's data also said that passwords and e-mails were collected by Google. But U.K. watchdogs said back in July that they had not found &quot;meaningful personal details&quot; in the data they analyzed.Regardless, Google seems committed to ensuring it doesn't suffer a similar embarrassment in the future.The company said that its director of privacy, Alma Whitten, will help &quot;build effective privacy controls&quot; into Google products and practices. In addition, the company will initiate a new &quot;information security awareness program&quot; in December that will require all employees to be trained on the importance of privacy and security.Finally, Google will require all project leaders to have a &quot;privacy design document&quot; that will detail how user data is kept private in a particular product. The company said those documents will be reviewed by the project leaders' managers, as well as the company's internal audit team.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Week in review: Call of Duty Black Ops shows games can beat movies]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s our roundup of the week&amp;'s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:Review: Call of Duty Black Ops shows games can beat the drama and action of movies &amp;8212' The continuous improvement of this game series shows something that fans have long known. Video games are as good at telling stories and conveying artistic themes as movies, books, or music.Applea4a4s Wozniak calls Android the winner in smartphone race &amp;8212' Oh Woz, we love it when you shoot from the hip.Can the internet bring down the TSAa4a4s new enhanced pat-down search, also known as a4Atouch my junka4 &amp;8212' Would-be traveler John Tyner has become a cause clbre on the internet because he refused to subject himself to what he considered to be invasive body searching at the San Diego airport.Steve Perlman shows off OnLivea4a4s disruptive MicroConsole (video) &amp;8212' We talked to OnLive&amp;'s chief executive about its games-on-demand system.Google investor John Doerr: Zynga is our best company ever &amp;8212' Doerr, the legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist, gave high praise to Zynga, the leading social game company, saying it was one of the best investments his firm had ever madeAnd here are five more articles we think are important, thought-provoking, fun, or all of the above:Battle for your texts: Facebook Messages vs. Kik mobile chat &amp;8212' Now that wea4a4ve seen Facebook&amp;'s new messaging service, ita4a4s clearly not the threat to email we previously thought. But the new messaging service could pose a problem for the hot mobile chat startup Kik, which wea4a4ve covered extensively.Confirmed: Accel sold Facebook shares at $34B valuation &amp;8212' Looks like it isna4a4t just employees who are cashing out on their Facebook shares.Microsoft and Cisco throw down the gauntlet for living room teleconferencing &amp;8212' Ciscoa4a4s Umi teleconferencing camera for home living room use and the Microsoft Kinect motion controller have more in common than you might think.Why Texas may be a better electric car state than California &amp;8212' When power plant heavyweight NRG Energy announced that it would invest $10 million in the rollout of the nationa4a4s first privately-finance electric vehicle charging network, it also revealed that the city it would debut in would be a4 Houston, Texas. Um, whatDevelopers: Get ready for your closeup in VentureBeata4a4s Mobile App Spotlight &amp;8212' Are you an app developer with a creation thata4a4s ready for the klieg lights VentureBeat has partnered with Intel to provide a new showcase for your mobile app: VentureBeata4a4s Mobile App Spotlight.Previous Story: Entrepreneur Corner: Dissecting a VCa4a4s no and 5 ways to ruin an exitPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Call of Duty Black Ops, Cisco Umi, Facebook Messenger, iPhone, Microsoft KinectCompanies: Accel Partners, Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Kik, Microsoft, NRG EnergyPeople: John Tyner, Steve Wozniak          Tags: Android, Call of Duty Black Ops, Cisco Umi, Facebook Messenger, iPhone, Microsoft KinectCompanies: Accel Partners, Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Kik, Microsoft, NRG EnergyPeople: John Tyner, Steve WozniakAnthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.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[One lone dude awaits iPad 2 at Apple&'s SXSW store]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rossie</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple likely expected a bigger crowd forming at its South by Southwest 2011 popup store in downtown Austin today.As of 8AM Central this morning, only one man stood faithfully in line for the iPad 2: &amp;''Sweet&amp;'' John Muehlbauer, an event planner at Austin-based Revolving Events. According to his Twitter feed, he&amp;'s been waiting in line by himself since 6:30AM Central.VentureBeat executive editor Owen Thomas spoke to Muehlbauer this morning: &amp;''Honestly, I thought there would be more people here,&amp;'' he said. &amp;''But now I&amp;'m committed.&amp;'' The Apple popup store, which was put together to attract attendees of the South by Southwest Interactive festival running today and tomorrow, will open at 5PM Central.Plans for the store came together quickly this week, according to the Austin-American Statesman. An Apple representative contacted an Austin real estate firm on Monday to confirm the location. Apple already has permanent stores in Southwest and North Austin, but not in Downtown Austin.Of course, Muehlbauer won&amp;'t be the only person waiting in line for long. But you can bet the technology press will be paying keen attention to lines for the iPad 2, since huge crowds didn&amp;'t appear for the Verizon iPhone&amp;'s launch.Update: Muehlbauer tells us that three other people have joined him in line.Next Story: Japan&amp;'s 8.9 quake puts cloud data at risk, stresses mobile services Previous Story: How the Angry Birds deal could lead to mobile gaming nirvanaPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iPad 2, sxsw, SXSW 2011, tabletsCompanies: ApplePeople: John Muehlbauer          Tags: iPad 2, sxsw, SXSW 2011, tabletsCompanies: ApplePeople: John MuehlbauerDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat 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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