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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Governator trailer spins Schwarzenegger as a superhero]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=the-governator-trailer-spins-schwarzenegger-as-a-superhero</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=the-governator-trailer-spins-schwarzenegger-as-a-superhero</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Governator zooming around on his custom motorcycle. Hopefully it wasn&amp;39't paid for by the California government.(Credit:Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET)Arnold Schwarzenegger: a man, myth, and a soon to be animated legendStan Lee, the brilliant mind behind many famous Marvel superheroes, has unveiled the first facepalming trailer for a new animated series called &quot;The Governator.&quot; The three-minute video shows off a souped up '90s throwback cartoon TV show that features ol' Arnie at the end of his eight-year term of governor of California. After resigning, he declares &quot;I won't be back&quot; and fades away from the public eye--until robots overrun the world. In true Stan Lee fashion, the main protagonist has a secret' Arnold isn't just standing by silently during the chaos. He has a secret command center within his California mansion that houses a hodgepodge team of young teen techies, super suits and vehicles to fight crime and stop the robot invasion. Or, in other words, a 63-year-old Austrian Batman that keeps young people locked in his basement.The Governator has some special powers too, including: an electronic &quot;Fly Spy&quot; with a mini-cam that tracks through his &quot;G Shades&quot;' &quot;Bubble Trouble&quot; (bubblegum), that splats to form a secret identity face mask' &quot;Speak Sprays&quot; (disguised as breath freshener) that let him speak a foreign language. Rosetta Stone in a spray bottle Sign me up!The trailer also reveals Arnold rolling on a heavily modified motorcycle that has some sort of purple lightning around the wheels while an overplayed Black Eyed Peas song blares in the background. Commence cringing. &quot;Governator&quot; is due for 2012, coincidentally the same time as the Mayan apocalypse.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Walgreens to host EV charging stations]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=walgreens-to-host-ev-charging-stations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The eVgo Network&amp;39's initial launch in 2011 includes EV charging stations in the Houston area along highways and in high-traffic shopping and business districts.(Credit:eVgo)The Walgreens pharmacy chain will offer rapid-charging EV stations at 18 Houston-area stores next year, through a partnership with power utility NRG Energy.NRG's eVgo Network(pronounced ee-vee-go), one of the first commercial electric-vehicle-charging networks to launch in the U.S., will initially consist of over 100 charging stations and cost NRG about $10 million in infrastructure investment.The eVgo Network will be rolled out in early 2011 throughout Houston and Harris County, Texas, and include two types of facilities, as well as two types of EV charging stations.The eVgo network will be an integration of both Level 2 chargers, which generally take four hours to recharge an EV to full capacity, and DC rapid chargers, which can charge an EV in about 30 minutes.NRG plans to install 50 eVgo &quot;Freedom Stations,&quot; which will be open 24/7 and located in areas like shopping and business parking lots, as well as stops along major highways. They will have either Level 2 or DC rapid chargers.The eVgo Network will also include &quot;convenience stations,&quot; which will be hosted by retailers in their parking lots and remain open for the duration of the retailers' business hours. Those stations will consist of DC rapid chargers and offer an option to recharge for 30 miles of range in 10 minutes. In addition to the Walgreens launch, some Best Buy, HEB grocery stores, and Spec's liquor stores will also offer the DC rapid chargers.NRG will also offer a &quot;home-and-away&quot; subscription service that will give customers unlimited access to any of the network's public stations, in addition to having a Level 2 fast-charging station installed at their home. The network charging stations will be supplied by AeroVironment, which will also manage the integrated communications, data analysis, and maintenance. AeroVironment is known for its rapid-charging stations and already has a deal in place with Think in the U.S. Using AeroVironment's rapid-charging staions, a Think City EV can recharge from zero to 80 percent capacity in 15 minutes, according to the company.NRG's subscription service, which includes the cost of the home-charging station and its installation, will cost between $49 and $89 per month for a three-year contract, according to NRG.That's $1,764 to $3,204 over three years. While it may be the perfect solution for EV owners who travel long distances and need the security of a free EV network, others might want to look into other options. Some EV owners may qualify for one of the many free or reduced-rate municipal or federal programs making EV charging stations available for first-time EV owners.The first 4,400 buyers of the Chevy Volt, for example, are being offered free home charging stations and installation in exchange for participation in a government research project that collects the station's usage data.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is enterprise energy management the new CRM]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=is-enterprise-energy-management-the-new-crm</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Corporations crunch a lot of numbers on a lot of things but businesses, just like consumers, don't have a very good grasp on energy spending. Software start-up ENXSuite today is releasing an updated version of its energy management software, one of many companies trying to bring stricter accounting to costs related to natural resources, including water, waste, and greenhouse gas emissions.ENXSuite, which has some 24 announced customers, competes with start-ups Hara Software, which launched last year, and C3, a still stealthy company with Tom Siebel and Condoleezza Rice on its board. Companies in more specialized areas, such as building management or demand response, are trying to bring better control over natural resources.ENXSuite's software is designed for understanding energy consumption and managing efficiency or sustainability projects.The activity reflects how spending on energy is typically not well-understood or actively managed by big organizations, said Beatriz Infante, the CEO of ENXSuite, a former Oracle executive who joined the company in June.&quot;We've been managing energy at the facility level. But at the corporate level, there hasn't been a system of record of how you're spending and how you're managing electricity or the gas bill,&quot; she said. &quot;An important component is being the system of record.&quot;The company's software enables businesspeople, either financial executives or sustainability officers, to track usage of electricity, gas, water, waste, or greenhouse gases. Once that data is collected, people can create models to make decisions on energy efficiency initiatives.For example, a company could compare the payback period of investing in data center virtualization versus an efficient lighting program. Then, companies or municipalities can monitor the progress of these projects and even tie the results to employees' compensation, Infante said.Version 6 of the application can now automatically get energy usage data from utilities. ENXSuite partnered with data providers which get data on electricity and gas usage, which is fed into the ENXSuite application, Infante said. &quot;At large enterprises, a big integration challenge is how you get the data. Think back to before sales force automation, when everybody used spreadsheets,&quot; she said.Large enterprise software companies are already moving into the energy and sustainability management business. SAP bought a software start-up that tracked energy and carbon emissions last year, which is now part of its sustainability dashboard product. ENXSuite was originally named Carbonetworks and focused on managing corporate carbon reduction programs. Infante said that the company is now focused on energy and other natural resources because they are direct costs. Even though an economy-wide cap on carbon emissions won't be put in place in the near future, companies do need to deal with EPA regulations and the rising cost of energy, she said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[iPhone users are girls (and other truths)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=iphone-users-are-girls-and-other-truths</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=iphone-users-are-girls-and-other-truths</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Smartphones exist so that people can feel something.Our inner lives, after all, are so numbing that we are forced to rely on our outer vestments to speak to us and to others. While our stripes--single slim, red Prada, or three jagged Adidas, depending on your bent--can be shown by our clothes, it's our smartphones that speak by their very public presence at all times of day and night.Please, then, peruse this artistic depiction of the image parameters of smartphone users and wonder whether you see yourself and your own feelings. This creation is the work of C-Section Comics, and it offers a giddily sobering view of the emotional schizophrenia surrounding each phone.(Credit:C-Section Comics)Some will, no doubt, make appointments with their intimate surgeons on learning that, of the three main smartphone types, only the typicaliPhone user is, well, feminine. Typical iPhone users apparently not only see themselves as girls, but are seen by those beholden to other smartphones as girls too.Apparently, BlackBerry users imagine iPhone users to be very small girls indeed. On the other hand, iPhone users see BlackBerry users as an aging entity not entirely dissimilar to a cross between Cary Grant and John McCain.The typical Android user apparently thinks he's Einstein. (No girl would EVER think she was Einstein.) However, while an iPhone user considers an Android user to be a mere goofy little nerd with all the muscles of mussels, the BlackBerry user isn't quite so complimentary. BlackBerry users think of Android users as pizza delivery boys.I know you will already have your own feelings, your own images in your head. So please enjoy and express yourselves. Oh, and try ordering a pizza and see who comes to the door.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mac App Store opens doors to developers]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=mac-app-store-opens-doors-to-developers</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=mac-app-store-opens-doors-to-developers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple has begun accepting submissions of software for sale through its soon-to-be-launched Mac App Store.(Credit:Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)You can't download anything from Apple's upcomingMac App Store, but as of late yesterday, those with software to sell through it can start uploading.&quot;The Mac App Store will be opening soon. You can get ready by submitting your apps for review now,&quot; an e-mail Apple sent to developers said. Interested developers should check Apple's developer center for details about related issues such as obtaining a certificate to distribute the software, it said.Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs announced the Mac App Store two weeks ago, saying it would open for submissions in November and for sales by January 28. It parallels in some ways the App Store that's proven successful in bringing software to users of theiPhone andiPad--including the revenue split through which Apple takes 30 percent.The Mac App Store has the potential to dramatically transform software distribution--and not just for Apple's computers.The App Store for iOS devices has proved successful as a vehicle for letting customers browse and discover applications and for developers who want a way to sell something like casual games. It's not hard for software companies such as Adobe Systems or Microsoft to publicize their wares, but particularly with the Mac's smaller customer base compared to Windows, it's a different story for a small developer with something like a $5 game or $15 utility to get noticed.In the bigger picture, the Mac App Store could help catalyze the shift to digital distribution. The installation CD or DVD already is on the endangered species list for software installation, but the Mac App Store is designed to make installation easier as well as liberated from physical media.That includes easier updates as well as the initial installation, helping make software a more fluid, ever-changing product. With the Internet, security holes need to be patched as soon as possible, and the lower the barriers to updating, the better.App stores, at least in Apple's case, can keep track of purchase rights to help restore a computer from backup or move to a new machine. That means there's a potentially convenience benefit to the customer to sticking with one big app store rather than several smaller ones. And that means the app stores that secure some measure of dominance also can benefit from a continuous, potentially lucrative relationship with customers.Of course, there are plenty of complications, too: Do rights transfer from one machine to another Does the buyer get the right to use software on more than one machine, a situation that's increasingly common as people access Web applications from multiple machines and mobile devices In Apple's case, the answer to those questions is yes, but there are still unknowns, such as how a developer charges for an upgrade.Another matter, of course, is that app stores have rules governing what may be distributed through them. There's been plenty of complaining about how Apple has run the App Store for iOS devices, but Apple relented somewhat on its constraints, and arguably there's value to having a collection that's curated to be free of some of the dreck of the software world.How this all shakes out in the real world, beyond the various mobile app stores already in operation, remains to be seen. But with the Mac App Store getting started--and with another potential heavyweight in Google's imminent Chrome Web Store--these matters will soon be real, not just theoretical. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar-panel maker Solyndra to lay off workers]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=solar-panel-maker-solyndra-to-lay-off-workers</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=solar-panel-maker-solyndra-to-lay-off-workers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In May, President Obama visited Solyndra&amp;39's Fab 2 plant in Fremont, Calif. The plant was originally intended to run concurrently with its Fab 1 plant and expand production capability, but now the older Fab 1 plant is closing.(Credit:Solyndra)Thin-film solar-panel maker Solyndra will announce today it plans to close its Fab 1 plant in Fremont, Calif., The New York Times has reported.The closing will result in 40 Solyndra employees being laid off. Another 150 subcontractors will not have their current work contracts renewed, according to the report.But the news follows the opening of Solyndra's state-of-the-art Fab 2 plant near its original Fremont plant just weeks ago, which was built in part with a $535 million federal loan guarantee from the Department of Energy.The Fab 2 plant, when fully operational, is capable of producing 500-megawatts worth of thin-film solar panels per year and employing about 1,000 people.Solyndra makes thin-film flexible solar cells from CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, and selenide), not traditional photovoltaic cells made with silicon. Thin-film solar cells are typically less efficient than silicon solar cells, but because they have also been traditionally cheaper to install they maintained a competitive edge in the solar marketplace.But a changing thin-film solar market, as well as a significant drop in the cost of traditional silicon solar cells, has changed that dynamic.Solyndra has raised a total of $970 million in financing, and received another $573 million in the form of a loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, money that was appropriated in the Energy Act of 2005. The Department of Energy and the White House has held Solyndra up as a prime example of U.S. green-tech manufacturing innovation, investment, and job creation. President Obama made his &quot;We've got to go back to making things&quot; speech in May from the Fab 2 plant during a visit. Concurrent with Solyndra's funding and ramp-up to production, several thin-film solar manufacturers in China have also been ramping up manufacturing in large part because of the Chinese government's well-documented push to invest in green tech.Chinese thin-film solar manufacturer Suntech, for example, has announced several tech partnerships it says have improved the efficiency of its thin-film solar cells, as well as increased production volume resulting in significantly lower costs for its products.In April PricewaterhouseCoopers, Solyndra's auditor, said the company was in debt at a rate that was unsustainable and needed to make significant adjustments if it was to be profitable long-term. In July the company canceled its planned IPO and announced that Solyndra founding CEO Chris Gronet would be stepping down to be replaced by Brian Harrison.The decrease in cost to install conventional PVs, combined with this recent introduction of cheaper thin-film solar products from China, has been closing the competitive gap. Solyndra's high-tech Fab 2 plant will reduce production costs compared to its old facility, Harrison told The New York Times.&quot;Fab 2 is much more efficient and cost-effective than our existing facility,&quot; he said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook introduces single sign-on for mobile apps, services]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-introduces-single-sign-on-for-mobile-apps-services</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-introduces-single-sign-on-for-mobile-apps-services</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg addresses the media and analysts today in Palo Alto.(Credit:Photo by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)PALO ALTO, CA--Let's get it over with. There is no Facebook phone. Mark Zuckerberg made that abundantly clear with a firm denial at a Facebook mobile event today at company headquarters in Palo Alto. But Facebook did announce a single sign-on. Single sign-on is roughly an extension of (and replacement for) services like Facebook Connect, connecting you to third-party social apps and services. If you're already logged on to Facebook on your mobile phone, you'll be able to sign in to other apps using your Facebook credentials.Groupon's Mihir Shah, vice president and general manager of mobile, demonstrated single sign-on on Groupon's mobile app, a service that offers people in certain cities local deals. Like clockwork, he signed in using his Facebook credentials. Zynga also showed off a poker app that worked the same way.Other single sign-on partners include Yelp, Flixster, Loopt, BooYah, and Scvngr.While it appears like a simple measure, single sign-on may dramatically reduce the amount of typing and tapping you do on a mobile phone. However, Facebook will need to address how it will keep malicious apps from delivering dangerous payloads to unsuspecting users through single sign-on. The company will likewise have to contend with users who would prefer to keep Facebook in the dark about their individual comings and goings on partner sites and apps.Stay tuned for more news and analysis throughout the day, and check out our live blog for even more details.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Turkey lifts two-year ban on YouTube]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=turkey-lifts-two-year-ban-on-youtube</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=turkey-lifts-two-year-ban-on-youtube</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Turkey's ban on YouTube has ended two years after the government cut off access because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder.The ban was lifted after the offending videos were removed, according to Transport Minister Binali Yildirim, who is in charge of Internet issues. &quot;The ban has been removed,&quot; Yildirim said on Turkish TV news channel NTV, according to various media reports. &quot;But we didn't get here easily, we have been through a lot in the process. I hope that they have also learned from this experience and the same thing will not happen again. YouTube will hopefully carry out its organization in Turkey within the limits of law in the future.&quot;YouTube said it was aware that access to its site had been restored and was investigating the circumstances.&quot;We've received reports that some users in Turkey are once again able to access YouTube...We want to be clear that a third party, not YouTube, have apparently removed some of the videos that have caused the blocking of YouTube in Turkey using our automated copyright complaint process,&quot; YouTube said in a statement sent to Reuters. &quot;We are investigating whether this action is valid in accordance with our copyright policy.&quot;The ban was imposed in May 2008 after complaints that videos insulting to Turkey founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk were being hosted on the popular video-sharing site. It is a crime in Turkey to insult the country's founders or institutions.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cutting out carriers is tough, even for Apple]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=cutting-out-carriers-is-tough-even-for-apple</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:CBS Interactive)Apple has made it plenty clear it would like to control everything about your experience using theiPhone.But does that include somehow excluding the carrier from the process GigaOm reported today Apple has been working with Gemalto to create a special SIM card that would allow iPhone buyers in Europe to get their phone from an Apple Store or online and then activate them via the App Store. The report says that this is Apple's attempt at &quot;cutting out the carriers.&quot;  The SIM card, of course, is a central part of any GSM phone. It holds not only your phone number but also your identity as a subscriber. When you make a call, your SIM card identifies you as a subscriber to the carrier. Even if GigaOm's sources are right--and we haven't confirmed that--it would be impossible for Apple to completely cut wireless carriers out of the equation of using a cell phone short of Steve Jobs opting to build out its own wireless network. And that's highly unlikely.  The big question here is whether the carriers would get on board with Gemalto's concept. To activate a phone, Gemalto would need to remotely access the carrier's network and activation software. Currently carriers have such relationships with third-party retailers like Radio Shack, so the concept isn't improbable. On the other hand, if the carriers don't go along with it and Gemalto is somehow able to do it anyway, then that would be a big deal. Also, if Gemalto could make a single SIM transferable between carriers, we'd also be impressed. Currently, if you switch an unlocked phone from T-Mobile to AT&amp;T, AT&amp;T can't take your T-Mobile SIM and just overwrite it with new information. So, yes, the prospect of a Gemalto-made SIM card certainly is interesting, but we don't see it as doing &quot;an end-run&quot; around the carriers. And we don't agree in the least with the notion that such a move would be &quot;carrier-crippling.&quot; Here's why: GigaOm makes the case that the new SIM would enable Apple to sell the iPhone without carrier involvement. We'll concede that, but it's not a new concept. Currently, you can buy and activate an iPhone in the Apple store without ever setting foot in an AT&amp;T location. Google tried this same tack, admittedly unsuccessfully, with theNexus One. Sure, the Gemalto SIM would separate the carrier from the activation process even further, but you're still doing business with the carrier at the end of the day. You're still paying a carrier for the wireless service, you're still depending on the carrier to get service, and, for most people we guess, you're still signing a contract. In other words, you're not cutting out the carrier at all. Carrier choice would be a nice thing, particularly in this AT&amp;T-dominated market, but that wouldn't come as the result of a new kind of SIM card either. In many other countries, multiple carriers offer the iPhone in the same markets. And when consumers visit an Apple store on those places, they can activate the phone as they wish. So no, we don't see why that's significant either. So how about the unlocked iPhone angle Again, that would be interesting but not game changing. Though we don't have such freedom in the United States, unlocked iPhones are quite common abroad. Our friends in Canada, for example, have enjoyed them since last summer, and U.K. customers can buy them as well. Yes, they can pick carriers at will, but even unlocked iPhone users have to sign on with a carrier if they want to make a call.  And on the service side, though the new SIM would regulate the carrier to the role of a &quot;dumb pipe,&quot; that's not a novel concept either. Remember that AT&amp;T already plays that role for Apple in the United States. Its only role is to provide you with a network. What's more, AT&amp;T doesn't cram the iPhone with AT&amp;T-branded applications as it does on other handsets. Apple was given free rein with the iPhone from the start. So we don't see how the Gemalto SIM would really make the iPhone purchasing process that different. If customers were able to activate their handsets through a downloaded iTunes app--as the GigaOm report predicts--that would be pretty convenient, but the carrier still will have its hands in your pocket. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sibblingz takes CrowdStar&'s It Girl game to all the hot platforms]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=sibblingz-takes-crowdstarrsquos-it-girl-game-to-all-the-hot-platforms</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sibblingz, a startup founded to take a hot game and make it available on a raft of mobile and social platforms, is living up to that promise. It&amp;'s taking It Girl, a popular Facebook game created by sister company CrowdStar, to Android, iPad, iPhone, and others.It Girl is a popular role-playing game with 4.6 million users. CrowdStar launched it a couple of months ago. The cool thing is that Sibblingz has integrated Facebook&amp;'s Single Sign On login system &amp;8212' announced yesterday &amp;8212' into its platform. Now you can sign into Facebook just once and then automatically log into the It Girl app on mobile devices such as Android phones and the iPhone. You can get an email notification from the game. For instance, a friend can send you a challenge via the Facebook app. Then you can tap on the email on your phone and initialize the app. Then you get into the game without having to sign in and then respond to whoever sent you the message.The system essentially lets you dive right into a game whenever someone offers you a challenge, said Peter Relan, chairman of YouWeb as well as chairman of both Sibblingz and CrowdStar. YouWeb is Relan&amp;'s incubator which has funded by Sibblingz and CrowdStar, which are both based in Burlingame, Calif.It Girl is a social game for Facebook fashionistas. You can challenge other players to &amp;''outfit duels&amp;'' and invite friends to join &amp;''cliques.&amp;'' Sibblingz previously took CrowdStar&amp;'s Happy Island Facebook game and got it to run on the iPhone and iPad. The Sibblingz platform uses Facebook Connect so that you can invite your Facebook friends to join the game on mobile platforms. Thanks to Sibblingz, the fun never stops for It Girl players. Relan said that the Sibblingz platform can work for a wide variety of games, helping the developers out by quickly and easily adding new platforms. And the players will be able to play the same game across a bunch of platforms.a4AWith Sibblingz, It Girl will be joining a select few social titles that are truly multi-device gaming experiences,&amp;'' said Ben Savage, chief executive of Sibblingz.Sibblingz has 12 employees and it has raised $500,000 from YouWeb.Next Story: Screw the thermostat! InThrMa brings building climate to the Web Previous Story: Cleantech VCs are thinking smallPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Facebook Single Sign On, It GirlCompanies: Crowdstar, Sibblingz, YouWebPeople: Ben Savage, Peter Relan          Tags: Facebook Single Sign On, It GirlCompanies: Crowdstar, Sibblingz, YouWebPeople: Ben Savage, Peter RelanDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.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[T-Mobile Rips-Off An Apple Ad To Rip The iPhone&8230' For Being On AT&amp'T&'s&nbsp'Network]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Well this is interesting. And smart.Obviously, commercials that call-out rivals are nothing new. But a new commercial from T-Mobile that the companya4sput on YouTube yesterday does it in an unconventional way.Specifically, the commercial is for T-Mobile&amp;'s new myTouch 4G device. It&amp;'s an Android device that is an iPhone competitor. But rather than rip the iPhone directly, they instead rip the fact that the iPhone 4 is only available on AT&amp;amp'T&amp;'s sub-par network. And they do so by making a parody of Apple&amp;'s famous &amp;''I&amp;'m A Mac&amp;'' commercials.&amp;''Who&amp;'s your friend,&amp;'' the female myTouch 4G asks. &amp;''Oh, it&amp;'s the old AT&amp;amp'T network,&amp;'' the iPhone 4 man replies. The iPhone 4 man is sharply dressed young guy a4&quot; who happens to have an overweight, bald, lame businessman on his back. He sort of seems like he&amp;'s drunk too. Yeah, that would be AT&amp;amp'T.In other words, T-Mobile is conceding that the iPhone 4 is an attractive device that is sexy to a lot of users. But they&amp;'re saying that you shouldn&amp;'t buy one because it comes handcuffed to a crappy network.Of course, it&amp;'s looking like this ad will only be applicable for another few weeks. But, we&amp;'re now in the all-important holiday buying season. So the ad is a very smart play, even short term.Or, to think of it another way, &amp;''T-Mobile is practically begging to carry the iPhone,&amp;'' Daring Fireball&amp;'s John Gruber writes.CrunchBase InformationT-MobileiPhone 4Information provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Netgear introduces a swarm of new devices to connect TVs to the web]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[During the holidays, about half of all TVs sold are likely to be web-connected. That calls for a reboot in home networking technology and it&amp;'s why Netgear is launching 13 new products today for consumers and small businesses.The products include three new product families and a new service, all aimed at creating a new generation of devices to hook TVs up to the web and store growing collections of movies and videos.&amp;''We&amp;'ve connected consumers to the web via iPads and iPhones,&amp;'' said Patrick Lo, chief executive of Netgear, in an interview. &amp;''Now it&amp;'s time to connect the TV.&amp;''The idea is that TVs are getting smarter and the devices that connect to them have to connect is smart ways without confusing users.San Jose, Calif.-based Netgear is a publicly traded company with the No. 1 market share in retail home networking in Western markets. It also has the top market share for certain kinds of switches used in small businesses. Its products span the security, data backup, switching, and wireless networking markets. The company sells products by the millions as web-savvy consumers learn to use its products to download or stream video and then store it or play it back on a variety of electronic displays around the home.Lo (pictured) said that the design philosophy behind all of the products is to simplify networking so that consumers can just plug it in and make it work. Networking devices used to be a bear to install, even for techies. Now the products are more consumer friendly, but the problems are getting more complex as users connect their different devices together and to the internet.This year&amp;'s TV models combine web connectivity and stereoscopic 3D. One of Netgear&amp;'s new products &amp;8212' the 3DHD Wireless Home Theater Networking Kit &amp;8212' lets you stream high-quality 1080p high-definition video throughout the home without wires. You can use this device when you want to watch a movie in a bedroom and still view it in 3D.Netgear also has a number of home network storage devices for recording digital video under its ReadyNAS brand name. The new ReadyNAS devices serve both consumers and small businesses. All of the devices use a combination of cloud and local technologies. The company previously refreshed its line-up in July and is expanding it further now.Netgear is also introducing a network management software to centrally manage a bunch of networked storage devices, and it will also provide free on-site replacement for many of its business products. Rivals include D-Link, Western Digital and Seagate.Netgear has also become a licensee for Roku. It will make a set-top box that uses Roku&amp;'s movie-streaming technology.Next Story: Hsieh: Corporate culture should be a top priority Previous Story: Japan&amp;'s DeNA claims it makes 30 times more per user than Facebook, 15 times more than ZyngaPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: NetgearPeople: Patrick Lo          Companies: NetgearPeople: Patrick LoDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.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[Dell picks up security firm SecureWorks to slow migration to the public cloud]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Dell announced today that it will acquire network security firm SecureWorks. This is another acquisition aimed at preventing its smaller and mid-sized business customers from migrating to public cloud providers like Amazon.SecureWorks gives users with a number of tools to help manage security threats and control access to local networks. The service includes email encryption, and SecureWorks provides a degree of consulting for its customers. The entire security suite is deployed on in-house servers.Most of Della4a4s business is in providing companies with private, in-house cloud servers that run multiple computers.Dell has said before that itdoesn&amp;'t feel threatened by the public cloud a4&quot; a bunch of services that offload heavy-duty computing to remote servers and stream the results through the Internet. Dell brought in around $1.8 billion last quarter off sales of its servers. Della4a4s Data Center Solutions is the third-largest distributor of servers using chips from Intel and AMD.But companies buying Dell&amp;'s servers have to bear the costs of keeping those private cloud servers up and running. That isna4a4t the case with public cloud servers from companies like Amazon and Rackspace. Dell&amp;'s strategy lately has been to reduce those upkeep headaches and keep companies interested in the private cloud. It recently acquired Compellent, which provides some software to help companies store and access their data more efficiently on private cloud servers, as part of that strategy.Dell&amp;'s largest customers, like OnLive and Microsoft, are probably going to stick with the private cloud because it is faster. Dell still needs to bring in some new incentives for smaller and mid-sized businesses that are flocking to public cloud services because they are typically cheaper. One way to do that is to draw attention to the notion that public cloud services aren&amp;'t as secure as private servers because the information has to be transmitted across the Internet.This is the second big acquisition in a few months for Dell. SecureWorks raked in about $120 million in revenue last year and has around 1,500 customers running its software. The financial details of the deal weren&amp;'t disclosed, but it probably wasn&amp;'t cheap with that kind of revenue.Security firms are another big acquisition target. SecureWorksacquired VeriSign and DNS Limited, other security providers, last year. Intel also dropped $7.7 billion to buy McAfee, one of the largest providers of computer security software, last year.Atlanta, Ga.-based SecureWorks was founded in 1999 and has around 700 employees. It has raised $31.5 million in funding.Next Story: Ikea&amp;'s war on Edison&amp;'s light bulb Previous Story: Confessions of a Hashable addictPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, public cloud, securityCompanies: Dell, SecureWorks          Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, public cloud, securityCompanies: Dell, SecureWorksMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.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[Lazy Hackers Unite: Firesheep Boasts +104,000 Downloads In  24&nbsp'Hours]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Well, that was fast.In roughly 24 hours, Firesheep has been downloaded more than 104,000 times, as would-be-hackers a4&quot; or the merely curiousa4&quot; downloaded  the Firefox extension to test the exploit.As we reported on Sunday night, Eric Butler&amp;'s Firesheep allows users on a public Wi-Fi network to effectively spy on others, by giving Firesheep users access to sensitive information (via cookies) that lets them log into their victim&amp;'s accounts on unsecured sites. The Firesheep extension is wired to identify a few dozen popular sites that are vulnerable to attack on public networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr and Yelp.On Monday night we got a chance to catch up with Butler, who has been pretty overwhelmed by the attention. Although he opened Pandora&amp;'s box expecting to spark controversy and discussion, he repeatedly asserts that his aim was fundamentally altruistic. Butler argues that this HTTP vulnerability was being exploited by moderately sophisticated hackers, and therefore, by making it dead simple to the average joe it would raise awareness and compel sites to raise the bar on security:Firesheep was written over the course of a few months in spare time but really boils down to a few weeks of work. I originally thought of the idea three or four years ago, but didn&amp;'t start working on it until this year.I went back and forth trying to predict what the reaction might be. Initially before Firesheep was completed I thought there might be moderate interest, but then after doing more research found a lot of one-off articles discussing this same issue that were essentially ignored. I certainly never expected Firesheep to be the 10 trending search on Google in the US. I&amp;'ve received a ton of great messages from people who are happy that this issue has finally received widespread attention, so after day one I&amp;'m happy with the result.The attack that Firesheep demonstrates is easy to do using tools that have been available for years. Criminals already knew this, and I reject the notion that something like Firesheep turns otherwise innocent people evil.Butler says he will release a new blog post in the next few hours that will help users protect themselvesa4&quot; apparently, he says, since the launch there has been significant misinformation floating on the web. We will update this post when it goes live. In the meantime, if you&amp;'re curious to learn more about the extension (without actually downloading it) Butler recommends this YouTube video:(Image: Flickr/nettsu) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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