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<title><![CDATA[Free Amazon App of the Day - 5/16/11]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 07:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Amazon App of the Day - 5/16/11(Credit:Amazon)For today only, Monkey Preschool Lunchbox is available, for free, at the Amazon Appstore. A few of the dads here at CNET swear by this game for their young ones, on their iPads, but lest we forget that some of you Android users are parents too, why not share the love I've watched one of my godchildren play this game on my HTC Incredible, and found myself wanting to get into the action as she passed each level. I get entertained when they're entertained, so it's a win-win.Monkey Preschool Lunchbox will teach your child the basic fundamentals of cognition through various mini-games consisting of memorization, counting, colors, letters, puzzle-solving, shape identification, and spot the difference. Encouragement is provided by the animated monkey on the screen through way of somersaults, and rewards come in the form of cartoon stickers the child can collect for their sticker board.Free Amazon App of the Day - 5/16/11 The game does not track statistics, nor does it get progressively harder based upon how quickly and/or easily your child goes through the levels.Monkey Preschool Lunchbox will be free until 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT, so download now and get your toddler learning!<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar concentrator graces university rooftop]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hilfemedizin</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Santa Clara U. has installed 60 rooftop solar collectors.(Credit:Chromasun )If concentrating sunlight works for utility-scale solar power plants, how about for heating and cooling a single buildingSanta Clara University, which sits in the heart of Silicon Valley, said yesterday that it has started using 60 rooftop solar collectors atop its student center to concentrate sunlight to generate heat, a technique typically used only for large-scale solar systems.The solar collectors were developed by start-up Chromasun, which was formed to adapt solar concentrators for commercial rooftops. By heating water to as high as 400 degrees, the solar thermal system can be used for both hot water and to fuel air conditioners for commercial buildings.The collectors use optics to concentrate sunlight 25 times, allowing them to heat water to 200 degrees. Santa Clara University, which installed the collectors for student center dining services, estimates it will reduce the building's natural gas heating load by 70 percent and offset 34 tons of carbon dioxide per year.The collectors concentrate sunlight 25 times.(Credit:Chromasun)With a California solar rebate program, the return on the initial investment is six years. The university will pay a fixed price for energy from the collectors under a 10-year lease and then own them afterward. The components were manufactured in nearby San Jose.&quot;The [collector] is visually stunning, is ideal for commercial-scale solar heating andcooling applications, and has an ingenious mounting system that ensures even large-scale systems go in quickly and easily,&quot; Justin Weil, the president of SunWater Solar, a solar thermal installation company, said yesterday in a statement.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An open-source geek-out, Latin American style]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 90 percent of open-source installs at the Flisol event were done on laptops or Netbooks.(Credit:Johanna DeBiase)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina--Last week, I touched down in Buenos Aires with my Ubuntu-powered Netbook in tow and started making calls and sending e-mails to get a handle on the tech scene in this New York-size Metropolis. That is, of course, a difficult thing to pin down, but through sweet serendipity, one phrase did seem to come up over and over again--&quot;open source.&quot;A few years back, Argentina's government looked at mandating the use of all open-source software in its offices, largely to save on software costs.  But the open-source gestalt also fits well with Argentina's independent streak--whether it's the lasting legend of the altruistic gaucho cowboy, rough and rugged while looking out for his fellow man, or the smell of fresh croissants in the air and certain continental flair that make Buenos Aires share more in common with Paris than Caracas, Venezuela.  In fairness, it should be noted that Venezuela actually followed through with mandating open-source software for its government, but Argentina's love of software libre may go even deeper. By mid-decade surveys indicated nearly half of businesses here were using Linux.  With more than a third of Argentina's population centered in Greater Buenos Aires, the city is today home to a thriving open-source community that appears to make the country a leader of open source in Latin America. A quick supporting metric:Firefox 4 has been downloaded in Argentina close to a million times already, according to Mozilla figures, which is several times more per capita than the adoption rate in neighboring Brazil, with its much-lauded emerging economy.I contacted Guillermo Movia, who works with Mozilla Argentina, and he pointed me to the University of Buenos Aires, one of nearly three dozen sites in Argentina--and many more across Latin America--where Flisol, or the Festival of Latin American Free Software Installation, took place last Saturday, April 9, or 9 de Abril.&quot;It's the diffusion of a philosophy about free technology and free thinking and sharing as a kind of cultural consciousness.&quot;--Hernan Saltiel, Fliso organizerThe daylong open-source geek-out took place upstairs in part of the university's business school not far from the center of Buenos Aires. The building's heavy wooden doors and ancient stone floors presented the same dignified facade as one might find within the gates of Columbia or Yale. But the energy of the Flisol event was a better match to the buzz outside, across Avenida Cordoba, where a stream of students, tourists, and commuters flowed out of stores and subway stations into a crowded park speckled with the pink autumn flowers of ceiba trees. As I was led up to a talk on Linux by a prominent journalist (whose strong Castillian dialect I could scarcely understand), one Flisol organizer told me in a hushed tone that they were &quot;hoping to show the business minds that run this place that there is a whole other world out there.&quot;  While Linux has already proven its worth in the business sector, the people who attend this event, and others like CafeConf--Buenos Aires' open-source conference, whose attendance has swelled from the hundreds to the thousands in recent years--are out to push open-source as a movement, not just a cost-cutting measure.Downstairs, it was pretty easy to get immersed in that mindset, with rooms full of mostly youngish Argentinians, laptops in hand, engaged in an open-source orgy. The vast majority of attendees brought their devices get to injected with Ubuntu, but Debian was also popular, another organizer, Hernan Saltiel, told me.Saltiel wore an OpenSolaris T-shirt and a goatee' he speaks fluent English--people here know him as &quot;Hecsa.&quot;Watching the open-source grass grow...(Credit:Johanna DeBiase)&quot;I've been in this community 15 years,&quot; he said, adding that Argentina has seen a recent upswing in interest in open source. &quot;Android promoted it a lot. Because people say 'what is this' and you say it's based on the Linux kernel' and they say, 'What is Linux' and then, 'What is open source'&quot;Saltiel says open source isn't only growing in Argentina's cosmopolitan capital. He noted that there are at least five organized communities in each of the country's states, including some of the more far-flung Andean areas. There are radio shows that focus on open-source topics, two open-source magazines, and even open-source job fairs here.Back in one of the install rooms, two young men sat anxiously staring at an older laptop screen, watching rapt what would otherwise seem like painfully slow status updates.&quot;49 percent installation completed...&quot;&quot;49 percent installation completed...&quot;&quot;49 percent installation completed...&quot;&quot;49 percent installation completed...&quot;Hundreds of these installs took place between here and another Flisol site in suburban Buenos Aires, strengthening the open-source army by that many more systems. As Saltiel puts it, &quot;It's the diffusion of a philosophy about free technology and free thinking and sharing as a kind of cultural consciousness.&quot;Flisol organizer Hernan Saltiel (right) bubbles over with enthusiasm for everything open source.(Credit:Johanna DeBiase)Of course, it's not all Bohemian. There's plenty of &quot;damn the man&quot; sentiment to go around, too, but that's not to say Argentina isn't pragmatic about its approach to software, either. Saltiel works as a project manager for Verizon, after all.In fact, the most obvious theme at the Flisol event and in my limited talks with porte&amp;241'os (natives of Buenos Aires), had nothing to do with free software, or really with software at all. Instead, it was clear that Argentina's emerging open-source boom is more about community and connections, with like-minded enthusiasts scattered across Buenos Aires' disparate neighborhoods and regions, and even the disparate countries of the entire Latin American sphere. In the end, while this country sometimes seems cut off--by the Andes, by the Atlantic, and by its massive Portuguese-speaking neighbor to the north--it is increasingly connected to the rest of the world by bits of code.Related story:Singing the South American 'CDMA blues'Correction, 5:53 p.m. PT:to indicate Hernan Saltiel's correct last name. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conn., Google reach agreement over Wi-Fi data]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Google and the state of Connecticut have reached an agreement that won't force a courtroom showdown over Google's Wi-Fi spying scandal.Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen(Credit:State of Connecticut,Office of the Attorney General) Last year former Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (now representing the state in the U.S. Senate) started an investigation of Google over its admission that its Street View cars had collected so-called &quot;payload data,&quot; including e-mails and passwords, during the years it mapped the country's streets. In December Blumenthal issued a civil investigative demand that would have compelled Google to turn that data over to Connecticut, but Google protested the order and the two parties reached a settlement over that dispute, the attorney general's office announced today. &quot;The stipulation will allow Google and the state of Connecticut, and the 40-state coalition it is leading, to begin negotiations to resolve the data collection issue without going to court to enforce the Civil Investigative Demand, equivalent to a subpoena, issued in December on behalf of the state,&quot; current Attorney General George Jepsen said in a statement (PDF) released by his office. As part of the settlement, Google confirmed that it had collected private information during its Street View project, although that's something it admitted long ago. The settlement means that Google and the attorneys general led by Connecticut will likely hammer out another agreement regarding the data, which Google has resisted turning over to government authorities in the U.S. The company has repeatedly apologized for the Street View program but that hasn't deterred countries around the world from attempting to punish Google as well as a class-action lawsuit pending in California.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung said to be prepping iPod Touch rival]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hilfemedizin</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Samsung is planning to unveil aniPod Touch competitor at CES, a new report claims.According to Samsung Hub blog, a device called the Galaxy Player will be unveiled next month, featuring a 4-inch LCD display, 1GHz processor, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The device will boast Android 2.2 and feature 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB versions, claims the blog--which is not affiliated with Samsung in any way. In addition, the device will reportedly come with a front-facing camera for video conferencing.In the same vein as the iPod Touch in relation toiPhone, the Galaxy Player will offer many of the features consumers find in Galaxy S smartphones, but lack the ability to place calls using a respective carrier's network.Samsung did not immediately respond to request for comment.Samsung undoubtedly hopes to build upon the success of its Galaxy S smartphones with the Galaxy Player. The company announced earlier this month that it shipped 3 million Galaxy S handsets just three months after hitting the 1-million-unit-sales mark. The company has also shipped more than 1 million Galaxy Tab tablets.Be sure to follow our CES coverage to find out more about the Galaxy Player and all else that happens at the show as it happens.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Address Book Wars Continue: Facebook Contact-Scraping Chrome Extension Taken&nbsp'Down]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is just getting silly. Yesterday, we reported on a new Chrome extension created by a developer that allowed you to scrape your Facebook contact information. Called a4AFacebook Doesna4a4t Own My Friends,a4 the extension provided a workaround to import your friends contact information on Facebook into Gmail and CSV files. As we noted in our post, the extension was taken down shortly after our story went up. The exporter is still down, and it&amp;'s unclear who has actually taken the exporter down, but the implications are clear. The only companies that will provide these technologies are Facebook and Google, and this will probably involve a peace treaty of some sort.So what got us to this dark place where ten minutes after the workaround was posted on TechCrunch, it was taken down Nearly a month ago, Google began blocking Facebook API access to download Google contacts. Facebook hacked its way around that, and Google subsequently issued a statement that they were a4Adisappointeda4. Facebook Platform engineer Mike Vernal then responded in the comments of one of our blog posts about the slap fight, defending Facebook&amp;'s policy and calling it &amp;''consistent&amp;''.A few weeks ago, Google started posting a warning to users who tried to import their Gmail contact to Facebook, effectively saying that your contacts information will be effectively trapped inside Facebook without the ability to re-export the data. It seemed that the message was somehow blocked because the &amp;''warning&amp;'' subsequently disappeared when you tried to export your Gmail data.Then last week, Facebook started removing the Gmail option from the list of third party email providers on  a4AFind Friends.a4 The Gmail option was also removed on Facebook-owned FriendFeed.What&amp;'s so confusing about this back and forth, passive-aggressive brouhaha is that it&amp;'s unclear which company is initiating each action. Both companies have remained fairly tight-lipped about the issue.The key part of all this is reciprocitya4&quot;Google feels that since they are providing the ability to export Gmail contact data to Facebook, Facebook should allow Gmail users to do the same.The thing is that reciprocity is an issue that affects relationships between major countries. Whether it be over tariffs, law enforcement or immigration policies, countries and states deal with reciprocity daily. Often times, agreements area4sfinally made through treaties.For now, this rigmarole has continued for nearly two months-is it time for a peace treaty between Google and FacebookCrunchBase InformationGoogleFacebookInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[All Chrome OS Notebooks To Ship With Cellular Modems And (Some) Free Data&nbsp'Access]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s some big news from today&amp;'s giant Chrome event: every Chrome OS netbook will ship with a cellular modem, and they will include some free data access from Verizon.Users will get 100MB of free data access every month free for two years. And if you want to go beyond that you can without getting a contract a4&quot;a4sunlimited &amp;8216'day passes&amp;' will be $9.99, and you can also buy data in chunks.Of course, these netbooks will also ship with WiFi access.  Most people will be able to conserve their limited free data for emergencies and lightweight data access like email.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[iPhone 5 part shows bigger display, iPad 2 available next week]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We reported a few weeks ago that the iPhone 5 would likely feature a 4-inch screen, an upgrade over its predecessors&amp;' 3.5-inch displays, and now we have our first glimpse as to what that larger display may look like thanks to a Chinese Apple part reseller.And in other Apple news, there&amp;'s a good chance that the iPad 2 will be readily available for consumers next week, as opposed to the April ship date many are expecting, AppleInsider reports.First the supposed iPhone 5 part: the reseller iDealsChina has found a photo (above) of what looks to be a digitizer screen panel resembling the iPhone 4&amp;'s, except it features much more screen space. In exchange for the increased screen size, the part shows significantly less bezel space on the sides of the display (the screen practically touches the side of the phone), as well as less space between the screen and the home button and top ear piece. To get a sense of the screen differences, check out the mockup image below.At this point, it&amp;'s pretty clear that the iPhone 5 will feature a larger display' the only question is, how will it fit into Apple&amp;'s iPhone design. There are also rumblings that Apple is considering removing the iPhone and iPad&amp;'s home button altogether, which would make room for larger screens without significantly increasing the size of the devices.As for the iPad 2 availability rumor, I would take it with an even larger helping of salt. AppleInsider&amp;'s sources say that Apple is preparing its operating segments for functions that resemble a large-scale consumer product roll out. With Apple hosting an iPad 2 press event next Thursday, the news seems to point to the iPad successor actually being available next week. But given that Apple reportedly started manufacturing iPad 2&amp;'s earlier this month, it seems unlikely that it would be ready to ship out units to customers so quickly.Via 9to5Mac, mockup via PiotrekNext Story: Will Microsoft conquer free-to-play games with Age of Empires Online (video) Previous Story: Frog Design&amp;'s Jan Chipchase on how the poor can least afford bad designPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iOS, iPad 2, iPhone 5, smartphones, tabletsCompanies: Apple          Tags: iOS, iPad 2, iPhone 5, smartphones, tabletsCompanies: AppleDevindra 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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