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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Custom-fitted bikinis from 3D printers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>inxemiol</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Continuum Fashion)Tailoring clothes could be the next big thing for 3D printers, as designers have found a way to &quot;print&quot; custom swimwear. Jenna Fizel and Mary Haung of Continuum Fashion used nylon discs of varying sizes connected by springs to create bikinis that &quot;flow&quot; around the contours of the body. You can currently order &quot;printed&quot; swimwear through Shapeways' online store. While bikini sizes are limited, the founders are working on a system that lets customers send in body scans and get their clothing &quot;printed&quot; according to their body shape. (Source: Crave Asia via Dezeen)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon unleashes Kindle 3G With Special Offers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 07:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>inxemiol</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Amazon is now selling an ad-supported version of the Kindle 3G for $164.(Credit:Amazon)Amazon's response to Barnes &amp; Noble launching the new Nook Counter with a new ad-supported version of the Kindle 3G for $164.The new model, like its $114 Wi-Fi-only counterpart, is called the Kindle 3G With Special Offers. It costs $25 less than the standard Kindle 3G.Here's a link to Amazon's press release, but it's really just the $114 model with 3G plus Wi-Fi.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon cloud outage derails Reddit, Quora]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>inxemiol</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Reddit was hampered by the AWS outage.(Credit:screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)A partial failure at Amazon Web Services' cloud-computing infrastructure brought down some Internet operations today, including the Web sites of Quora and Reddit.The outage struck the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service at Amazon's northern Virginia site, which handles AWS operations for the U.S. East Coast. The problems began at 1:41 a.m. PT, according to Amazon's AWS status dashboard, with delays and errors when connecting to servers over a network.A long list of customers has come to rely on Amazon EC2, which provides servers on a pay-as-you-go basis that lets customers ramp or down according to varying computing needs.Amazon said on the dashboard it was making progress in resolving the problems but as of 9 a.m. PT was still having troubles.Amazon offered this status update at 8:54 a.m. with a more detailed explanation but not a very optimistic tone. The problem started with a &quot;networking event&quot; that led to problems with how data is mirrored:We'd like to provide additional color on what were working on right now (please note that we always know more and understand issues better after we fully recover and dive deep into the post mortem). A networking event early this morning triggered a large amount of re-mirroring of EBS [Elastic Block Storage] volumes in US-EAST-1. This re-mirroring created a shortage of capacity in one of the US-EAST-1 Availability Zones, which impacted new EBS volume creation as well as the pace with which we could re-mirror and recover affected EBS volumes. Additionally, one of our internal control planes for EBS has become inundated such that it's difficult to create new EBS volumes and EBS backed instances. We are working as quickly as possible to add capacity to that one Availability Zone to speed up the re-mirroring, and working to restore the control plane issue. We're starting to see progress on these efforts, but are not there yet. We will continue to provide updates when we have them.The problems affected AWS customers:&quot;We'll be back shortly, we hope. Sorry, it sucks for us too,&quot; a note on the Web site of Quora, a site that lets people ask and answer questions. &quot;We'd point fingers, but we wouldn't be where we are today without EC2.&quot;And Reddit, a popular discussion site among the tech set, said, &quot;Amazon is currently experiencing a degradation.&quot;Today's outage also impaired Amazon's relational database service on the East Coast and its Elastic Beanstalk for automatically deploying, managing, and monitoring services. Most other services, such as the widely used Simple Storage Service (S3), appeared unaffected.Cloud computing takes many forms, but AWS' nuts-and-bolts ingredients are among the biggest successes of the idea. AWS services can be grafted on to a company's internal operations to provide extra computing capacity or to handle one particular operation such as data storage, or it can be the foundation of an entire Internet operation.When a cloud-computing provider has trouble, of course, it raises worries about the dangers of outsourcing operations to another company. But the full judgment about the merits of cloud computing must also factor in the reliability, expense, and adaptability of in-house operations, too.Updated 9:18 a.m. PTwith some explanation from Amazon about what went wrong.Quora was hurt by Amazon Web Services&amp;39' EC2 problems today.(Credit:screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Answers to rework look, reputation tools]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>inxemiol</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-answers-to-rework-look-reputation-tools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft this weekend plans to roll out a redesign of its Answers site, which gives users a place to seek unofficial tech support on Microsoft products and services.As part of the redesign, Microsoft says it's now easier to find answers through both an improved search tool and a new layout that puts its various product directories in a clearer order.Along with the new look, Microsoft is also overhauling the site's reputation system, which is how its members are rewarded for answering other users' questions. The new one awards authoring answers, as well as marking other people's answers as helpful. Microsoft says the existing user reputation system, which had made use of points that went towards an aggregate rating (in the form of medals), will be no more.Even though that point and medal system is going away, other existing ratings information about the posts is not, according to a Microsoft representative with whom CNET spoke. &quot;To ensure a smooth transition, we will be migrating existing users and the existing information about their posts (those marked as answered and helpful posts) to the new reputation system so that users who have provided helpful posts in the past will already have some reputation in the new system,&quot; the representative said. In other words, some longtime users with a high rating may be chagrined to find their insignia gone, but their answers will continue to get highlighted on pages, and their profiles will reflect that information.A shot of the Microsoft Answers redesign, which will take place this weekend. (Credit:Microsoft)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Falcon Northwest responds to Mach V power button concerns]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>inxemiol</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=falcon-northwest-responds-to-mach-v-power-button-concerns</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We posted a review of the latest iteration of Falcon Northwest's Mach V gaming desktop last night, and in it we documented an issue we came across with the stability of the power button hardware.In response to our concerns, Falcon looked into the problem. The photos below, according to Falcon Northwest CEO Kelt Reeves, say you don't need to worry if you're thinking of buying a Mach V.We'll refer you to the review for the full details of the problem, but the short of it is that when we pushed the power button to turn our review unit on, the button collapsed into the case. Due to the case's construction, reseating the button involved an irritating, multi-step process in which we had to remove three of the four exterior case panels.As illustrated by the photos below (if you squint, anyway), it seems the button instability was due to a preproduction version of the case, where the power button's supporting bracket was .001 inches too thick, which resulted in an insecure retaining tab.According to Falcon Northwest, the preproduction version of the Mach V&amp;39's new case uses a metal bracket with a thicker insert for the power button housing.(Credit:Falcon Northwest)The production version of the power button bracket has finer tooling, and should hold the power button in place more effectively.(Credit:Falcon Northwest)We have only Falcon Northwest's word that these pictures explain the issue, and that the thicker clip went out only in preproduction review units and not the final systems that went out to customers. To the company's credit, it's been trustworthy throughout the seven-plus years this editor has reviewed its products, so we're not inclined to doubt its word. If you have the financial wherewithal to order a Mach V and have any issues similar to those we described, please let us know and we'll update accordingly.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Zendesk&'s iPad app makes customer support child&'s play]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>inxemiol</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=how-zendeskrsquos-ipad-app-makes-customer-support-childrsquos-play</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zendesk operates a Web-based help desk service that lets companies track customer complaints across most of the web. It&amp;'s one of a number of startups that are trying to bring the ideas behind consumer-facing technology like Twitter and Facebook to the enterprise space. And today it&amp;'s launching a mobile version of its app for the iPad.The Zendesk iPad app feels a whole lot like Twitter and Facebook. Customer-support workers can quickly browse active tickets and flag specific tickets they need to access later. They can jump into active threads and respond to customers and other employees or respond to employees specifically within a thread.The whole interface is streamlined like most micro-blogging applications to make it easy to manage.The idea is to help customer support employees do their job at home or sitting in bed, said Zendesk chief executive Mikkel Svane. Or anywhere else, for that matter, now that tablet computers have basically turned every employee into a field operative, he said.Svane said he only gets his iPad back  after his two daughters are done playing games and have gone to bed. Then he gets straight to work. &amp;''It&amp;'s kind of crazy a4&quot; your productivity machine is also a kid&amp;'s toy,&amp;'' he said. &amp;''It just makes it so much easier because you aren&amp;'t tied to a desk or a computer.&amp;''Zendesk already has an iPhone app, but the company decided to build the iPad app from scratch, Svane said. iPhone users have downloaded Zendesk&amp;'s mobile application around 80,000 times, he said.The iPad is quietly becoming a supergiant in the enterprise space a4&quot; around 80 of the largest companies in the world on the Fortune 100 list have either deployed an application on the iPad or are testing one. It was a natural next step to develop an application for the tablet, Svane said.Zendesk is part of a number of new-age venture-backed enterprise startups that are bringing consumer tech to the enterprise.The companyrecently closed its third round of fundraising worth $19 million. It also closed a $6 million fundraising round in August 2009. Yammer, another startup in that generation, recently announced afunding round worth a whopping $25 million. Huddleraised an extra $10.2 million in its second round of funding earlier this year in May.Next Story: Qualys debuts its next-generation security-as-a-service Previous Story: Cooliris&amp;' new LiveShare app refocuses on photo-sharingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Customer support, enterprise, iOS, iPad, iPhone operating system, tabletCompanies: zendeskPeople: Mikkel Svane          Tags: Android, Customer support, enterprise, iOS, iPad, iPhone operating system, tabletCompanies: zendeskPeople: Mikkel SvaneMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. 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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