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<title><![CDATA[iPhone 5 rumor roundup]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Will the iPhone 5 resemble its predecessor, the iPhone 4(Credit:Josh Miller)In a big change from the previous three events, Apple's 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference didn't reveal newiPhone hardware. Sure, attendees got details of iOS 5 at the June 6 keynote address, but true iPhone fans also left the session without any hint of what a new handset might offer or when it would arrive.With Apple devices in particular, the rumor mill tends to kick into high gear in the absence of any official announcement. And that's certainly been the case with the iPhone 5. The first gossip started to trickle in even as the iPhone 4 went on sale last year, but in the last few weeks that trickle has become a flood. Some of the rumors contradict each other--one camp suggests a minor update with an iPhone 4S, while another predicts a big update with an iPhone 5--but disagreement, after all, often is what the rumor mill is all about. And since conflicting information can be hard to track, we offer this handy timeline of iPhone 5 rumor so far in 2011. We'll add to it as we go along, and please let us know if we've left any juicy tidbits out.June 22, 2011Bloomberg reports that the new iPhone will have a faster A5 processor, an 8-megapixel camera, and support for iOS 5. The new handset will sport a design similar to the iPhone 4's and will be released in September to coincide with iOS 5's debut. On a related note, Bloomberg's sources also repeats a rumor that Apple is developing a cheaper iPhone for developing countries.June 21The Boy Genius Report predicts that Apple will announce the fully-revamped iPhone 5 in early August with a release date later in the month. If true, that timing would bend from tradition given that Apple usually holds aniPod-themed event in September. Photos of a band new tapered or &quot;tear drop&quot; design also resurface that day.May 23Taiwian's DigiTimes suggests that the iPhone 5 will have a curved glass screen on par with the Samsung Nexus S's &quot;Contour&quot; design. DigiTimes also says that Apple has bought 200 or 300 glass-cutting machines to be used by glass makers.May 19While speaking at the Reuters Global Technology Summit, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo says that Big Red will carry the next iPhone and that it will &quot;operate in as many countries as AT&amp;T's global iPhone.&quot; Shammo's comments also suggest that the device won't have LTE.May 18DigiTimes chimes in on the iPhone 4S side with a report that Apple will release an upgraded, but not redesigned handset in September.May 13Jefferies &amp; Company analyst Peter Misek says the next iPhone will show only incremental changes and will lack support for 4G LTE networks. Besides a few cosmetic tweaks, he predicts better cameras, an A5 dual-core processor, and support for HSPA+ networks. Though he says the new device could land at all four major U.S. carriers beginning in September, Misek likens the upgrade to what we saw from the iPhone 3G to the 3GS.April 19Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that the device will get an A5 processor and a much-improved 8-megapixel rear camera and that it will be released in Ocotber or November. Reuters takes a different track with a report that Apple will begin productionof the phone in July for a September release. April 13DigitTimes writes that part suppliers in Taiwan still don't know Apple's needs for the handset. What's more, the outlet also says that production of iPhone 4 displays is still going strong.April 11AppleInsider quotes an Avian Securities note to investors, which suggests that production will start in September. According to the note, the latest information is &quot;consistent with other findings the organization has heard in recent months.&quot; What's more, another rumor mentions that Apple is taking time finding enough part suppliers.April 7A new Apple patent application depicts a screen that's built into the area surrounding the traditional touch screen. This could free up space on the main display, and open up new directions for developers.March 28A Japanese blog reports that because Apple is behind schedule on securing parts the iPhone 5 launch could be pushed to Ocotber. The blog also says is deciding whether to change the back of the iPhone from glass to metal.March 22China Times claims the iPhone 5 will have a slightly larger screen, a Near Field Communications (NFC) chip, an A5 processor, and a tweaked antenna design to address attenuation. The release data is only set as &quot;later this year.&quot;The same day, The New York Times confirms that future iPhones will have an NFC ship.March 14The Independent says that NFC won't make it in the new phone. Instead, the newspaper says, Apple plans to introduce its own mobile payment system next year. March 11Reseller iDealsChina posts a &quot;mold engineering&quot; drawing that vendors use to develop iPhone accessories. The drawing shows a handset with a iPhone 4-like design but with the larger display.March 9In a deep dive of the new iOS 4.3 code Apple developers found signs that Apple may add an A4 dual-core processor in the next iPhone version. That would put the handset on par with theiPad 2's processing power. March 7Design is the focus of this rumor, which suggests that Apple will ditch the glass backing on the iPhone 4 for a metal, revamp the antenna, and add tapered ends.  February 28iDealsChina posts a photo of an iPhone 5 front bezel that shows a larger display. February 15The A5 chip rumor is raised again when DigiTimes reports that Apple is outsourcing the production of the processor, which will be based on the ARM Cortex A9 design. February 14Speculation builds that the new handset will offer a 4-inch, &quot;edge-to-edge&quot; display. The reports suggest that the move would be a direct response to the display design of many Andorid devices.  We also hear that the iPhone 5 could offer a slide-out keyboard or that it could just offer longer battery life and a better camera.  January 14An anonymous Apple source told the Boy Genius Report that both the iPad 2 and the next-generation iPhone would lose their home buttons in favor of gesture-based commands that would be part of iOS 4.3. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[From grad school to plugging in to Google's cloud]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 07:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>duoutras</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Editor's note: This is the second story in an ongoing series profiling college graduates throughout the United States as they hunt for technology jobs. Check out CNET's special report, &quot;Wanted: A job in tech,&quot; for a story tomorrow on an overachiever who gets her top pick of tech giants to work for.Ben Wheeler at MIT&amp;39's Sloan business school, where he has studied for the last two years.(Credit:Martin LaMonica/CNET)CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Ben Wheeler knows a lot about chip manufacturing and is captivated by the idea of the smart grid. Somehow, cultivating those interests at graduate school positioned him for a job pushing the limits of cloud computing at Google. Two years ago, Wheeler had a good gig at a cutting-edge IBM chip manufacturing plant in New York, where he worked on systems to optimize factory output. But after about four years, the 31-year-old felt the need to &quot;grow his career and solve bigger problems.&quot; That itch for something else led him to a graduate business school search. But he quickly found that most programs lacked the technical depth and focus on hands-on operations experience that Wheeler, who received an undergrad degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, craved. Then he stumbled onto a specialized program called Leaders for Global Operations that combines coursework from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Engineering and the MIT Sloan School of Management. When he found that, it was like &quot;tunnel vision,&quot; because it offered a way to focus on operations and manufacturing while digging deep into an engineering curriculum.He applied to only one graduate school and was one of about 50 participants accepted every year into the program, where tuition is largely paid for by corporate sponsors. The icing on the cake was that MIT had created an energy and sustainability track that combines classes from different pockets of the university, giving Wheeler a way to delve into energy. &quot;It's like being in Silicon Valley in the 1990s for energy here now. There are some amazing professors...Even Obama came here to talk about energy research.&quot;Grid to cloud Even though his experience is with chip manufacturing, Wheeler had a clear vision of how his skills could be transferred to the electricity grid and other parts of the computer industry. Manufacturing is all about optimizing the process, ensuring smooth coordination among different aspects of a factory operation and outside suppliers for efficiency. That's true for the electricity grid and, as he expects to find, for cloud computing.When you connect electric vehicles to the grid, grid operators need to optimize the flow of energy to avoid maxing out the grid during peak times. And with his high-tech background, Wheeler could easily imagine how electric vehicles could be networked and managed as an energy source on the grid, supplementing centralized power generation. With his interest in energy and environmental sustainability, Wheeler tested the waters for jobs in utilities andgreen-tech companies in Silicon Valley. But Google was able to offer him a position a full year before he'll actually be starting in the fall. That, plus the fact that he sees Google as a good employer, made it an easy choice. The operations skills and technical knowledge transfer to Google cleanly, he said. Rather than optimizing the grid, he'll be an operations program manager tuning Google data centers to deliver computing like a utility, which includes optimal energy efficiency.&quot;Google on the back end has huge data centers and cloud infrastructure that's pretty complicated, so there are a lot of operational challenges you need to solve to get it to scale,&quot; Wheeler said. &quot;Cloud computing is a lot like a utility in that you need to forecast demand and match it with supply--it's very parallel to electricity. It's a cool problem to look at.&quot;It helps that Wheeler is already a heavy user of Google's Internet services, even some of the more obscure ones. When he was locked out of his Beacon Hill apartment on a recent Friday afternoon hours before hosting a barbeque, he found his girlfriend shopping in Macy's using the Google Latitude location service.Checking SlashdotGraduating from a prestigious university like MIT certainly helped when it came to job hunting. But one of the benefits of attending some universities is the rich network of alumni who can open doors for students, which exactly how he landed at Google: a Google employee and MIT business school graduate alerted students that Google was looking for expertise in operations. Setting himself up for what looks like a primo job at Google wasn't easy on the academic side. Though the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program at Sloan is two years, students start in the summer doing the engineering portion of the curriculum and then take up the business school classes with other Sloan students in the fall. Wheeler said the work has been &quot;intense&quot; but because he's passionate about the field, he's enjoyed it.The program brings together like-minded people so that everyone knows everyone and there's a supportive atmosphere. While he walked me around the Sloan campus, Wheeler ran into many people he knew who said hello, both students and administrators. Bonding was helped by a multicity tour the students take to see different factories, everything from Boeing's plane manufacturing to Amazon's distribution center to Detroit auto factories.Another advantage is that both Wheeler's graduate and undergraduate programs included internships, which helped him create a relationship with a potential employer. He spent eight months last year at an aerospace contractor in Los Angeles working on decision support software. While there, Wheeler, a native of upstate New York, got a taste of the California lifestyle and took up surfing. In fact, he sold his surfboards and furniture to a fellow student who is also subletting his LA apartment andcar.All his gear will be waiting for him when he arrives there this summer. Then he'll drive north with his girlfriend to San Francisco where they plan to find a place. He'll take one of the shuttles Google makes available down to Mountain View in Silicon Valley.As a technology fan who is more apt to check Slashdot and CNET than his stock portfolio or sports scores, Wheeler should fit into Google's engineering-oriented culture. Working in cloud computing gives him assurances that he'll be working in a field that's poised to grow. Grad school can be a tough move to make when you're already employed. But Wheeler has no regrets: &quot;It was the best move I ever made,&quot; he said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Ford unveils the all-electric Focus]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>duoutras</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Alan Mulally shows enthusiasm for the Focus Electric by kissing the hood.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)Ford Focus Electric (photos) LAS VEGAS--Ford choseCES 2011 as the venue to introduce its all-electric Focus. Thecar, based on the 2012 Focus model being introduced this year, is actually Ford's second electric vehicle, as it has already begun delivering electric versions of its Transit Connect utility vehicle.Ford has been reluctant to state a range figure for the electric Focus, as it is still undergoing EPA testing, but a spokesman told us it would go up to 100 miles. The car uses a 23 kilowatt-hour liquid cooled lithium-ion battery pack and has a top speed of 84 mph. What differentiates it from other electric cars on or coming to market is that recharge time from empty to full should take from 3 to 4 hours when plugged into a 240 volt source, half the charge time of the Nissan Leaf. Ford achieved this figure by including a more robust onboard charger.Ford will also make available a 240 volt charging station, with installation through Best Buy. This station is designed with two components, one hard-wired bracket and the charging unit, which plugs into the bracket. This arrangement allows flexibility, letting the Focus Electric owner take the charging unit to a new garage, only needing to purchase a new bracket.Along with a version of Ford's MyFord Touch dashboard interface designed specifically for electric vehicles, there is also an app called MyFord Mobile that lets owners set charging times and remotely unlock the doors, among other functions. The dashboard includes a screen that shows an increasing amount of butterflies as the car is driven more efficiently, much like the tree display in the Nissan Leaf.The Ford Focus Electric becomes available in November of 2011, where it will compete with the Nissan Leaf and the Mitsubishi iMiev.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Samsung's bendable cell phone screen]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Now that&amp;39's what we call flexible.(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)LAS VEGAS--&quot;Flexible&quot; isn't something you think you needed in a cell phone screen, but CES is all about concepts and future applications in addition to big-name product releases.That's why we were excited to see prototypes of two Samsung displays. One is a malleable screen you can actually bend in a wave or arc. The 4.5-inch screen has an impressive WVGA (800x480 pixel) resolution that you can curve. It's also paper-thin, less than 0.3m thick. We may have been a bit drastic with our photo shoot (see image above,) but there is a case for curved screens on devices. Samsung is claiming that this iteration of the flexible AMOLED screen has a resolution four times clearer than its previous bendable model. It can withstand up to 400-450 degrees during manufacturing, 50-100 degrees past previous screens' typical melting point.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks' Assange granted bail in London]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>duoutras</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=wikileaks-assange-granted-bail-in-london</guid>
<description><![CDATA[WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was granted bail today by a London judge, but prosecutors said they will appeal the decision.In a media-mobbed hearing today, a U.K. judge decided to release Assange on bail of 200,000 pounds, or about $317,000, on the condition that he surrender his passport, wear an electronic tracker, provide a U.K. address, and report to police daily.U.K. prosecutors, acting on behalf of the Swedish government, told the court that they will file a formal appeal within 48 hours. This follows some confusion about whether an appeal will take place, with an ABC News correspondent posting a note on Twitter saying no appeal would happen.Even if the appeal fails, it may take a few days for the money to be raised. Mark Stephens, an attorney at the London-based FSI law firm who is representing Assange, said, according to the U.K. Guardian: &quot;The problem is that 200,000 [pounds] can't be paid in by check because checks take seven days to clear. We have to go around to find money in cash. Until this court is in possession of 200,000 [pounds], an innocent man stays in jail.&quot;Today's developments are the newest twists in a high-profile story that combines the Swedish case with Assange's central role in releasing information about U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and thousands of often-secret diplomatic cables.Assange was arrested last week in London by police acting on behalf of Swedish authorities that accused him of one count of unlawful coercion, two counts of sexual molestation, and one count of rape, all alleged to have been committed in August 2010, according to British police. Sweden is seeking his extradition' Assange has denied the charges.The situation has produced a polarized reaction. WikiLeaks critics say the organization's actions harm U.S. security and undermine a legitimate need for diplomats to communicate confidentially. Supporters say WikiLeaks has helped shine necessary light on many countries' true motivations and behavior.A CNET legal analysis shows that Assange could be vulnerable to prosecution under the U.S. Espionage Act, which has previously been applied extraterritorially to a German citizen, even though he holds an Australian passport. An attorney for Assange said a grand jury is being formed in in Alexandria, Va., a possible mechanism for bringing such charges.Also today:&amp;149' Activist filmmaker Michael Moore said he will contribute $20,000 toward Assange's bail. &quot;I am publicly offering the assistance of my Web site, my servers, my domain names, and anything else I can do to keep WikiLeaks alive and thriving, as it continues its work to expose the crimes that were concocted in secret and carried out in our name and with our tax dollars,&quot; Moore said.&amp;149' The Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller and Mike Klein, the group's co-founders, denounced calls for the &quot;persecution of Julian Assange&quot; but stopped short of an outright endorsement of WikiLeaks' approach. &quot;Some secrets about ongoing military operations and security activities should not be revealed to the public,&quot; they wrote. &quot;Some debates over public policy can and should be done behind closed doors to allow for confidential negotiations, as long as there is public review.&quot;&amp;149' Assange has been barred from receiving correspondence while in jail, according to a BBC report.&amp;149' Rep.-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) has said, according to a radio interview posted on YouTube by ThinkProgress, that U.S. media outlets (and presumably blogs) writing about WikiLeaks should be muzzled: &quot;Here is an individual that is not an American citizen, first and foremost, for whatever reason, you know, gotten his hands on classified American material and put it out there in the public domain. And I think that we also should be censoring the American news agencies which enabled him to be able to do this and then also supporting him and applauding him for the efforts. So that's kind of aiding and abetting of a serious crime. Because of the fact that he's a foreign citizen, this is espionage.&quot;&amp;149' Columbia University's journalism school faculty is telling President Obama that prosecuting anyone involved in WikiLeaks &quot;will set a dangerous precedent for reporters in any publication or medium, potentially chilling investigative journalism and other First Amendment-protected activity.&quot;&amp;149' The invaluable Steven Aftergood notes that nobody seems to have any idea how many government employees and contractors hold security clearances. His ballpark estimate is 2.5 million.And this evening:&amp;149' The Washington Post is running a simple but provocative cartoon titled &quot;Prosecuting WikiLeaks.&quot;&amp;149' Twitter-ing is allowed in the London court, according to chief magistrate Howard Riddle. Not all judges are that enlightened.&amp;149' The Air Force is blocking personnel from visiting the Web sites of the New York Times and other publications that have reproduced some of the classified WikiLeaks cables, the Wall Street Journal reports. (CNET was the first to report last week that some federal government installations were blocking access to WikiLeaks and its mirrors.)&amp;149' FoxNews.com is running an odd opinion article by psychiatrist Keith Ablow titled &quot;Inside the Mind of Julian Assange.&quot; Representative excerpt: &quot;Lots of secrets may have marred Julian Assange's development.&quot;&amp;149' Arbor Networks has an intelligent description of the attempted denial of service attacks swirling around l'affaire Wikileaks. &quot;Most of the attacks over the last week were both relatively small and unsophisticated,&quot; it says. &quot;In short, other than than intense media scrutiny, the attacks were unremarkable.&quot;Last updated at 11 p.m. PT with information about the status of the appeal and additional news. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forecast: iPad share of Net traffic to double in a year]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>duoutras</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[How's this for a prediction By the end of 2011, theiPad will generate more than 2 percent of all North American Web traffic.  That's according to Chitika, which has been tracking iPad adoption rates on its ad network (3 billion ads served monthly across more than 100,000 sites) for some time now. (Credit:Apple) As of this month, the iPad accounts for 0.83 percent of all traffic on Chitika's network, research director Daniel Ruby tells me. And at current growth rates, which have been steady since the device's launch, it should hit 2.3 percent by the end of next year. To get that metric, Ruby took the past two months' data trends for iPad growth relative to the full network's traffic and, after accounting for spikes and dips, built out a growth line for the next 12 months. And while Chitika has taken some flak in the past for inaccuracies with its iPad sales counter, Ruby says he's confident about this particular projection because he's predicting a metric Chitika can directly measure. Said Ruby, &quot;For the sake of perspective, the iPad is already on par with Linux in terms of Internet usage market share [in North America] and is on pace to more than double its presence by the end of 2011.&quot; Story Copyright (c) 2010 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Black Friday cell phone deals]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>duoutras</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The HTC Droid Incredible is just one of many smartphones on sale for Black Friday.(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)Black Friday brings some amazing deals on tech gadgets, including cell phones and smartphones. However, there's a lot to sort through, so to help make it easier, we've rounded up some of the hottest deals on handsets below. Some of these promotions are happening now or extend beyond Black Friday, so you don't have to fight the crowds in order to take advantage of the sale. Happy shopping and enjoy the holiday!Through November 29, Amazon is offering a selection of Android phones from Verizon, Sprint, and AT&amp;amp'T for just a penny. Models include the HTC Droid Incredible, Motorola Droid X, Samsung Captivate, HTC Aria, and Samsung Intercept.AT&amp;amp'T will have a deal of the day from November 26 to November 29. For example, on November 28, four of the carrier's messaging phones--LG Vu Plus, Pantech Link, Pantech Pursuit, and Sharp FX--will be free. On November 29, you can get the HTC Aria, RIM BlackBerry Curve 3G, Motorola Flipout, Motorola Bravo, and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 for a penny with a new contract.T-Mobile is having a buy one get one free deal on featured smartphones and affordable Android phones for new and existing customers signing up for a two-year family plan. The offers includes some of the latest smartphones, such as the T-Mobile G2, T-Mobile MyTouch 4G, HTC HD7, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and runs through January 18.U.S. Cellular cut prices on the LG Apex, Samsung Acclaim, Samsung Mesmerize, and HTC Desire, and is giving $150 credit off future bills to anyone who adds a smartphone line. Cricket Wireless reduced the price of several of its handsets. The Cricket MSGM8 II is now $49.99, the Huawei Ascend is $99.99, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8530 is $199.99, and the Cricket Crosswave is $124.99. Cricket does not require annual contracts, but several of these handsets do require mail-in rebates to get the advertised price.Verizon just announced a Black Friday promotion where customers who purchase select smartphones on November 26 will receive a Jawbone Icon Bluetooth headset (retails for $99.99) for free.Sprint hasn't announced any Black Friday deals yet, but you can find a number of the company's handsets on sale at other retailers. For example, you can get the RIM BlackBerry Style for $69.99 at Best Buy (a savings of $30). Radio Shack is having a Web-only sale on the HTC Evo 4G and Samsung Epic 4G where new Sprint customers can get the 4G devices for $149.99 and $199.99, respectively.Great deals can also be found at Costco, Target, and Wal-Mart, among others. Just to give you an idea of some of the sales: Costco is offering the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide for a penny (originally $129.99) , and Target has the Samsung Continuum for $79.99 (originally $199.99). <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hulu&'s (Brief) Identity Crisis&8230' And Who Is Scott&nbsp'Gibson]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>duoutras</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In the last twenty minutes we&amp;'ve gotten a slew of tips that indicate that something is off at popular video streaming portal Hulu. According to our tipsters, and numerous reports on Twitter, Hulu users are logging onto the site to find that their playlist queues have been replaced with another user&amp;'s.That&amp;'s strange in and of itself, but, in a bizarre twist, the majority of these reports seem to indicate that the same mysterious user profiles keep popping up in place of their own. I&amp;'ve seen at least ten reports of Scott Gibson' Joel Nesbit&amp;'s account is similarly pervasive.We&amp;'ve reached out to Hulu to ask what the problem is. Clearly there&amp;'s some serious glitching going on' hopefully users are simply seeing a few test accounts.a4sObviously Hulu&amp;'s content isn&amp;'t as private as, say, Facebook or Google&amp;'s. But it&amp;'s still unnerving to log in and see someone else&amp;'s name.Update: Here&amp;'s a statement from a Hulu spokesperson:The bug was the result of an incorrect cache header sent to Hulua4a4s CDN, and was identified and fixed within 5 minutes. No more than 14 users may have been affected. We deeply regret the error, and have taken precautions to ensure this will not happen again.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Motorola pushes for 1M Xoom Android tablet shipments in first quarter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The tablet war is heating up.  Fresh from revealing its Xoom tablet at CES, Motorola has ordered 700,000 to 800,000 units for the first quarter of 2011, as reported by DigiTimes today.According to the report, this could mean Motorola anticipates orders up to one million units in the quarter.  Now that Apple has cemented the category of the tablet devices with its wildly popular iPad, other manufacturers have been busy coming up with their own devices for that niche.Motorola&amp;'s Xoom is an Android 3.0 device, a 10.1-inch tablet that runs on Verizon&amp;'s 4G LTE network. The Xoom looks pretty slick, and it has a few hardware features that the iPad doesn&amp;'t have, such as front and rear-facing cameras, and HDMI and USB ports.While the prospect of shipping one million Xooms may seem like a lot of shifted units, the figure does not pose a threat to the iPad, which sold one million units in 28 days. There are estimates that Apple has shipped as many as 14.5 million iPads in 2010&amp;8211'selling 90 percent of those&amp;8211'and will surely continue dominating the tablet category as the company is coming out with the iPad 2 this year.  But tablets in general are selling like hotcakes: Forrester Research has already revised its estimate for total tablet sales in the US for 2010, raising the figure from 3.5 million to 10.7 million.This year, Forrester expects tablet sales to hit 24.1 million units in the US. For now, it seems like most of those will be iPads, but Android-powered devices are going to give Apple a run for its money.Next Story: What&amp;'s online influence really worth For Klout, $8.5M Previous Story: AOL&amp;'s new editor comes from Foxnews.comPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, iPad, tablets, XoomCompanies: Apple, motorola          Tags: Android, iPad, tablets, XoomCompanies: Apple, motorolaVentureBeat 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[a4AFlipboard for sportsa4 startup Hitpost comes to the Web (invites)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[San Francisco startup Hitpost is bringing a new approach to following your favorite sports and teams. Cofounder and chief executive Aaron Krane said investors call it a4AFlipboard for sports,a4 comparing it to the popular iPad newsreading app. Today, the company is launching its website in a private beta test.(If you know all about the site already and just want to get an invite, skip to the last paragraph of this post.)Hitpost already announced its iPhone and Android applications, but Krane said the website should provide a complementary experience. The mobile apps create a way to check Hitpost when youa4a4re on-the-go or in front of the TV, and more importantly, they&amp;'re a tool for users to upload their own photos and comments. Hitpost on the Web, on the other hand, is really a pure consumption experience, say if you&amp;'re in the office and want to check on the latest scores.The concept seems to be catching on with early testers, who spend an average of 18 minutes on the site, Krane said. Thata4a4s a really high number &amp;8212' for example, ita4a4s twice the engagement of ESPN.com, according to measurement service Alexa.Whata4a4s keeping those users around For one thing, Hitpost doesna4a4t look like any other sports site Ia4a4ve seen. It has a slick design (which is, yes, reminiscent of Flipboard) that loads quickly and is dominated by good-looking photos. As Krane put it, a4AText is boring.a4And the sport and team pages are constantly updated with new content. Right now, a lot of that comes from the RSS feeds of other sports publications, but as the mobile apps roll out (they should be available soon, assuming they dona4a4t hit speed bumps in the Apple approval process), more and more content should come from users.The company has raised a little more than $500,000 from Khosla Ventures, RRE Ventures, and angels including Keith Rabois, Shervin Pishevar, and Naval Ravikant.If you want to check out the site, you can visit this URL to get the invite for VentureBeat readers. The URL will only be available until midnight tonight, January 12, so after that youa4a4ll have to find a friend on Hitpost to invite you, or sign up for the waiting list. The Hitpost site will probably open to the public in a few months, Krane said.Next Story: Who&amp;'s afraid of young startups An increasing number of venture capitalists Previous Story: 8 trends to watch after cleantech&amp;'s blockbuster $243 billion yearPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'                        Anthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site 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[Salesforce launching Chatter.com, an enterprise-style Facebook, early next year]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Oh how the tables have turned.Salesforce announced that it is launching an enterprise-style social networking service like Facebook that, at first glance, looks quite similar to Yammer. It made the announcement at the Dreamforce 2010 conference today.Salesforce has already been feeling a lot of pressure from Yammer, which recently secured a massive $25 million funding round as a vote of confidence for its Facebook-for-enterprises style offering. The company has around 1.5 million corporate users, and around 80 percent of the largest companies in the world on the Fortune 500 list have deployed the service. More than 100,000 companies total use the service in 136 countries.To compete initially with Yammer and make a splash in the collaboration space, the company launched Chatter, a micro-blogging service. The service quickly picked up around 60,000 customers, and its biggest customer, Dell, has around 100,000 active users. The rest of its paying clients have around 5,000 active users, according to a presentation at today&amp;'s conference.But Salesforce was recently forced to turn the service loose on the freemium revenue model to compete with players like Yammer, which let companies try the service before they pay for it. Originally, Chatter was only available for Salesforce users. Other users had to pay $15 per user per month for the service. Yammer and some other collaboration services were free to try and would let users upgrade, which made it hard to justify jumping in and paying for Chatter off the bat.Chatter.com is free for everyone to try, much like Yammer. From there, Chatter.com users can upgrade to Chatter pro, the traditional service that costs $15 per user per month. They can also upgrade to Salesforce&amp;'s other customer relationship management (CRM) software products.Chatter is already available on the iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry. It&amp;'s a pretty slick application and does its job effectively. Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, said the application would be available on Android in the first quarter next year. Chatter.com should launch in February next year, according to Benioff. But it seems that Salesforce might be a bit late to the game on this one, with Yammer already dominating the space.Next Story: Apple&amp;'s iPad 2 set to ship February, launch April Previous Story: Spotify CEO: Still no date on U.S. launchPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Chatter, cloud computing, collaboration, customer relationship management softwareCompanies: salesforce, YammerPeople: Marc Benioff          Tags: Chatter, cloud computing, collaboration, customer relationship management softwareCompanies: salesforce, YammerPeople: Marc BenioffMatthew 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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