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<title><![CDATA[Researcher's strong signal on cell phone risk (Q&A)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Devra Davis(Credit:Environmental Health Trust)Throughout my seven years of reviewing cell phones and covering the wireless industry for CNET, the issue of a possible link between cell phones and brain cancer has surfaced every few months. And as my colleague Marguerite Reardon explains in her comprehensive feature, the debate isn't going away anytime soon. Indeed, research abounds on the subject, and there are plenty of voices on both sides. Some say there's nothing to worry about, and others recommend proceeding with care.One voice on the cautionary side is Dr. Devra Davis, the author of the 2010 book &quot;Disconnect: The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide it and How to Protect Your Family.&quot; An epidemiologist and environmental health researcher, Davis is a founding director of the toxicology and environmental studies board of the National Academy of Sciences and founder of the Environmental Health Trust. Davis argues that cell phone use can have very real effects on health, and that cancer is only part of the story. A few months ago, I interviewed Dr. Davis after reading her book. Though I can tell you a lot about cell phones, I'm not a scientist, and frankly, I wasn't very good at science in school. Yet, I approached the subject with a genuine curiosity, and I was glad to see that Davis breaks down her arguments in a manner that's easy to follow. The material is accessible and digestible, even if it's a bit scattered in places. And though the book's title is over the top, Davis takes a more measured tone inside. She's no alarmist, but she forcefully advocates that more research is needed. And while she does use a cell phone regularly, she also suggests that cell phone users take small steps to reduce radio frequency (RF) energy.Q: What is the one thing that you want readers to take away from your bookDavis: If we fail to pay attention to experimental evidence, we're treating people as subjects in an experiment with no controls. And if we say that we'll accept that cell phone radiation is harmful only when we have enough sick or dead people, then we're dooming three generations to illness.The chapter that I think is most important is the one that discusses the effects on male reproductive health. A phone in a pocket may be linked to lower sperm count. This is not a confirmed association, but I've talked to several urologists who have begun to advise men that they should not keep the phone in their pocket if they're concerned about libido or impotence. That's not to say that they're the cause of impotence' like everything else in health, it's multifactorial and there can be multiple explanations.How did you first become interested in this issueDavis: About six years ago my grandson was born. I saw the incredible enthusiasm he had toward a cell phone, and I began to wonder about its safety. Later, I worked for Dr. Ronald Herbermann at the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh. I was stunned by what I found. In your opinion, what is the most significant study on cell phone radiationDavis: I think that there is no single study that is &quot;the most significant,&quot; and this is due to the fact that each study uses a particular approach, methodology, or &quot;angle&quot; to ask a biological question. However, there are several studies, that when taken together, all found that the nonionizing radiation that cell phones produce causes biological perturbations in live organisms.[Editor's note: Shortly after this interview, researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that in healthy volunteer participants, cell phone exposure was associated with increased metabolism of glucose in the region of the brain closest to the antenna. At the time, Davis told CNET that the &quot;stunning&quot; study demonstrated that &quot;cell phone use affects brain activity&quot; and that it &quot;was as close as you can get to a biopsy on a living brain.&quot;]You wrote that the incidence of brain tumors is increasing in Americans aged 20 to 40. Couldn't there be other contributing stimuli beyond cell phonesDavis: There's almost no environmental cause that we know, that causes an increase [of brain cancer] in the population within 10 years--not tobacco, not asbestos, not vinyl chloride. The fact that some studies have found a double or more increase in brain tumors of highly exposed users of cell phones I think is very worrisome.But you understand that some people will debate that finding, correctDavis: I understand that science can make mistakes. But I don't want to see people die. If you hold it to the standard of human proof alone, we don't have the full story yet. But if you do what I think we should do as a modern civilization, then we should rely on the full panoply of science. Sperm exposed to cell phone radiation die three times faster. This can't be a good thing. When do we decide that a correlation indicates causationDavis: That decision is not merely a scientific decision of rules of inference and deduction, but ultimately a policy decision. Think about the history of tobacco, asbestos, and hormone replacement therapy. Can anyone seriously suggest that we acted appropriately when discussing the danger in those cases In fact, only after overwhelming evidence of human tragedy mounted was action finally taken. And we are paying the price today for failing to take precautionary policies in the form of avoidable deaths around the world.You recommend that consumers limit their exposure by using headsets, for example, and that they not carry their phone for long periods close to the body. Those steps won't always be practical for some users, so what else would you like to see happenDavis: I'm confident that we can design our way out of this problem. We can better design phones to reduce radiation exposure, and there are ways for consumers to check their phone's signal. For example, there's a Tawkon app that lets users see when their phone has a weak signal.Why should users care when their phone has a low signalDavis: People don't know those things. They don't realize that when the signal is weak, the phone puts out more of a signal to reach a tower and therefore puts out more radiation. &quot;The CTIA keeps saying what they've said since 1993, which is that studies conclusively show that there's nothing to worry about. Well, let me tell you something: They do not conclusively show that. The few independent studies that are out there indicate that there's a problem. Most of the other studies have been sponsored by industry.&quot;But radiation radio frequency is everywhere. We use cordless phones, baby monitors, and Wi-Fi, so we can never really get away from it. Can cell phones be the only point of concernDavis: No, the world is full of radiation. It's not that radiation is bad. But we need to understand it better and be more sensible about what kind of exposure we put ourselves through.With cell phones in particular, we need to think twice about using them as an electronic pacifier for children. Children have thinner skulls that are more susceptible to radiation penetration. So if you let a child play with a phone, keep it disconnected [from Wi-Fi and the cellular network] so it's not putting out radiation. There are some simple common-sense things we can do.Consider also that baby monitors use the same 2.4GHz frequency as many cell phones. So if you're going to use one, put it a good distance from the baby. And put the [Wi-Fi] router away from your sleeping area and your baby's room. Why is it bothersome that the current standards used to test cell phones were developed in the 1990sDavis: Those standards applied to the early analog phones, when few people talked for long, and [they] relied on a test mannequin that stood more than 6 feet tall, weighed 220 pounds, and had an 11-pound head. Most users are smaller and talk much more now than was presumed at the time. Also, specific standards have never been developed for the young brain or toddlers. The fact is that we are flying blind with respect to such technologies. We know that the brains of infants and children grow rapidly, but never in the past did they encounter the stimulation they now get from cell phones. What the long term impact of this may be remains a matter of speculation and concern, particularly given the ubiquity of the exposures. In user manuals, most cell phone manufacturers include <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia ditches plans for X7 smartphone on AT&T]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nokia has canceled the U.S. release of a new smartphone that was supposed to be exclusive to AT&amp;T, CNET has confirmed.The Wall Street Journal first reported the news today, but a source close to the situation, who didn't want to be named, confirmed Nokia had pulled the plug on the launch of the new smartphone on AT&amp;T's network. A leaked image of the Nokia X7 from CNET U.K.(Credit:CNET U.K.)The X7 smartphone hasn't been officially announced yet, but details of the device have been leaked online.The X7, which is still expected to launch outside the U.S. on other carriers, is a touch-screen smartphone designed for mobile gaming that is expected to sport the Symbian 3 software. It's expected to sport an 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash on the back of the device and come with four external speakers. Nokia was expected to announce the new phone with AT&amp;T next month in conjunction with the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The X7 would have marked the first smartphone that Nokia launched exclusively on a U.S. carrier since the company's new CEO Stephen Elop took over in September. Elop, a veteran of Microsoft, replaced Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who had spent 30 years with Nokia.An AT&amp;T representative declined to comment on the situation. And Nokia issued this statement via a spokesman:&quot;We do not comment on market rumor and speculation, or ongoing discussions with our operator partners about what plans we may have together in this market. That said, it is well publicized that we are working hard to regain leadership in the U.S. market and we are in active discussions with our operator partners on that strategy. We look forward to bringing meaningful solutions to market together with our operator partners and when we have something to announce, we will do so.&quot;It's not clear why Nokia decided to cancel the U.S. launch of the new smartphone. Nokia has struggled to gain market share in the U.S. market, especially in the fast growing smartphone market. And it has steadily been losing worldwide market share to competitors such as Apple, Research In Motion, and now a slew of competitors selling phones running theGoogle Android operating system.Nokia still had about 32.7 percent of the worldwide smartphone market in the third quarter of 2010, according to market research firm IDC, but this is down from 38.3 percent a year ago. Meanwhile, competitors, such as Apple, Samsung and HTC have all gained market share worldwide.In the U.S., Nokia doesn't even rank in the top five for smartphone makers. For years, the company, which is based in Finland, has talked about the need to break into the U.S. market. One of its biggest problems is finding a U.S. carrier to help subsidize the cost of its devices. Nokia launched the N8 in 2009, but it did not launch the phone with a carrier partner. Instead, consumers can buy the phone at the full retail price of $469. The fact that is has lacked a key carrier partner in the U.S. has hampered sales. This is why a deal with a U.S. carrier is crucial to Nokia's success. And since Nokia only makes phones for GSM networks, AT&amp;T is the biggest potential partner in the U.S. market. So why would Nokia cancel the sale of the X7 on AT&amp;TThe Wall Street Journal's source claims that Nokia canceled the launch of the new smartphone because it didn't feel that AT&amp;T would provide enough of a subsidy to consumers buying the device. U.S. consumers have come to rely on massive carrier subsidies to help defray the cost of owning sophisticated smartphones. Consumers generally expect to pay between $150 and $200 for the latest and greatest smartphones in exchange for signing a two-year contract with the carrier. But the true retail value of these phones is much more than the $200 most people are willing to pay. For example, AT&amp;T sells the 16GBiPhone 4 for $199 with a two-year contract. And it sells the phone for $599 without the contract. That's a subsidy of $400 per device. But CNET's source implied that there could be another reason Nokia doesn't want to launch this particular phone in the U.S.--a lack of confidence in its operating system. The company has already announced plans to move toward the MeeGo operating system on future smartphones. The Symbian 3 software is an update to an operating system that has been a part of Nokia's cell phone family for years. Unlike its competitors, Nokia has resisted embracing other mobile operating systems, such as the fast growing Android.Instead, the company announced last summer a strategy to use a completely different operating system called MeeGo for advanced smartphones and other devices. MeeGo was born in 2010 from the combination of two other Linux efforts: Nokia's Maemo effort and Intel's Moblin. The MeeGo OS is expected to power a range of devices, including pocketable mobile computers, Netbooks,tablets, connected TVs, and in-vehicle infotainment systems.But development of the software has been delayed. Initially, Nokia hinted that the software would be available in 2010. But in October, Elop suggested on an earnings call that MeeGo wouldn't be available until 2011. While Nokia has said it will also keep developing for and including Symbian on certain devices, the operating system does appear to be fading from importance. Even other companies using the Symbian OS seem to phasing it out of new products in lieu of Android. Sony Ericsson is the only major cell phone maker using Symbian other than Nokia. And like its cell phone competitors, such as Motorola, HTC, LG, and Samsung, Sony Ericsson is starting to use Android on its newest smartphones. In fact, the company's Xperia X10 runs Android, and it's expected the new Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone will also run Android.What does all this mean for Nokia and its decision to not launch the Symbian-based X7 in the U.S. on AT&amp;T It's very likely the company is reassessing its U.S. smartphone strategy. Perhaps the company is reevaluating whether it should spend the effort and money to market a product that is using a somewhat outdated platform. Elop has only been at Nokia's helm a few short months, and he has yet to detail his plans for the U.S. market. The Wall Street Journal suggests Nokia might divulge more of its U.S. smartphone strategy on its upcoming quarterly conference call scheduled for January 27. So stay tuned for more on this story as Nokia makes its plans public.Updated 4:46 p.m. PT: This story has been updated with confirmation from CNET sources as well as with additional background information information. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows 8 on ARM, but don't hold your breath]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lasirzi3</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[All signs point to the next version of Windows running on ARM, the emerging global silicon standard for smartphones and tablets. But don't get too excited--it won't happen until 2012 at the earliest and just as likely not until 2013. Unless Windows 7 tablets like the Archos 9 take the world by storm--not likely--consumers will have to wait for Windows 8.(Credit:CNET Reviews)For now, let's call the next major release from Redmond Windows 8--though I'm hearing that Microsoft will call it something else. More importantly, I'm also hearing that Windows 8 isn't due until the fourth quarter of 2012, at the earliest. So that means tablets running Windows 8 won't appear until 2013. Microsoft could do something in the interim with a technology such as a future version of Windows CE but that's not the Windows we all know and love. A lot can happen in two years and a lot of that on tablets and smart devices running on Google's and Apple's operating systems--not Windows. &quot;Time after time in the high tech industry you see these companies that are successful in one market can't make the leap into the next phase because they're so busy serving their installed base,&quot; said Linley Gwennap of the Linley Group, a chip consulting firm. Granted, that installed base is still the envy of the tech world: both Microsoft and Intel have a plum position serving a global computer market measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars. But that doesn't mean both of those companies are going to lead the next computing revolution, or even evolution. Many consumers look at theiPad and see a device that represents the future of personal computing. While they don't know--or care--that it runs on a power-frugal ARM processor and slimmed-down version of Apple's OS X, both of those technologies are the foundation for its appeal. And that future began last April when the iPad was released. &quot;Apple is one of those companies that is really good at bringing out the next product that obsoletes their previous products,&quot; Gwennap said. That is a crucial point. Apple is bold enough to entertain the possibility of ultimately cannibalizing its own MacBook product line (it's not hard to imagine next-generation iPads that increasingly impinge on the feature set of the MacBook Air) with the iPad because it knows it has to create new markets to be successful. Not to rain too much on the Windows-on-ARM parade, but Windows on other platforms--such as outside of Intel's x86--has not fared well, either. Full-featured versions of Windows--what used to be called Windows NT--ran on PowerPC, MIPS, and Alpha processors. However, support for all three platforms was phased out. While certainly ARM holds more promise for Microsoft than DEC's Alpha technology ever did, it doesn't mean that Windows will necessarily be successful on ARM. And that chance for success gets dimmer every month that Microsoft doesn't bring out a fully optimized version of Windows for tablets. So, the prospect of Windows 8 in 2012 will stick out as a symbol of WinTel's complacency. And how much bigger does Apple (which President Obama cited today in a news conference as an American success story) need to get before it begins to eclipse both of those companies, combined We should know by 2012. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Create virtual work spaces with Google Shared Spaces]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lasirzi3</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A new tool from Google Labs promises to help users quickly collaborate with other people through the same online calendars, maps, games, and other virtual work spaces that they create.Google's new Shared Spaces tool, rolled out yesterday, offers a collection of 50 different gadgets formerly developed for the late Google Wave. By generating a work space using one of the gadgets, a user can create lists, design polls, brainstorm ideas, and even play Sudoku when in need of a break. A user can then share and collaborate in each work space with another person.To create a work space, a user simply browses to the Shared Spaces page and chooses one of the many gadgets, such as the Carpool Gadget, which enables people to collaborate on the times and locations for a carpool. Next, a user clicks on the option to Create a Space. The first time out they'll be prompted to log in using their account from Google, Yahoo, or Twitter.(Credit:Google)Users can then customize their work space by selecting various options. When finished, they can share their creation with another person via e-mail, Google Wave, or Twitter. That person can then modify any of the options in the work space, as they view it separately or together. Users can also chat with each other as they collectively update the work space.Shared Spaces sounds like a cool idea, so I decided to try out the service today. As a big Sudoku buff, I especially enjoyed playing Sudoku online with another person. But I did find several bugs and quirks in the tool.It doesn't seem to work in Internet Explorer. When I tried to create a space inIE 8, I got no response. I was, however, able to create spaces inFirefox and Chrome. When I initially tried to sign in, Shared Spaces wouldn't grant me access using my Google account or my Yahoo account, continually dumping me back to the sign-in screen. I was able to sign only by using my Twitter account. Also, some gadgets didn't display or update properly. I contacted Google about these glitches. A company representative responded by e-mail, saying she doesn't have further details about Shares Spaces. I then asked whether another person could get back to me to respond to the bugs I found, but I haven't heard back.Since Shared Spaces is a fresh Google Labs project, some bugs here and there are to be expected. If Google can fix some of the many rough edges, the tool may find a niche beyond just an interesting experiment and hopefully have a bit more staying power than Google Wave.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hitachi's hard drives join the 3TB club]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hitachi&amp;39's chart of requirements for operating system to support 3TB hard drives.(Credit:Hitachi)Only a few companies have storage solutions based on 3TB internal hard drives: Seagate's BlackArmor NAS server' Western Digital's Caviar Green' and now it's Hitachi's turn.&amp;nbsp'The new 3TB hard drive from Hitachi.(Credit:Hitachi) The company announced today its new lineup of 3TB storage solutions for both general users and OEMs. The first is the Hitachi Deskstar internal hard-drive kit, which is similar to that of WD's Caviar Green. The kit includes a 3TB Deskstar 7K3000 hard drive, mounting screws, step-by-step instructions, and software that allows 32- and 64-bit operating systems to take advantage of the full 3TB of storage. The reason the software is necessary is because most computers are limited by the legacy motherboard and file system standards and therefore can handle hard drives of 2.19TB or less. Note, however, that the software allows for computers with BIOS-based motherboards to use 3TB hard drives only as secondary hard drives. Only computers with the new EFI-based motherboards are able to use a 3TB, or larger, hard drive as its main (boot) hard drive.The new 3TB Deskstar 7k3000 is available now and slated to cost $250. It's also available in a 2TB version. Both versions comes with 64MB of cache memory, spin at 7,200rpm, and support the latest 6Gbps SATA interface. These drives are available for both general consumers and Hitachi's OEM partners. For the latter, the drive also comes with a 1.5TB version. The company's second 3TB solution is the Hitachi XL desktop external hard drive, which, unfortunately, supports only USB 2.0 connectivity. The drive is slated to cost $250. It also comes with 2TB and 1TB versions, costing $70 and $100, respectively.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FCC documents reveal entry-level HTC Paradise bound for AT&T]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[HTC Paradise(Credit:FCC)An entry-level HTC handset with AT&amp;T markings has been spotted in recent certification documents for the Federal Communications Comission. The device, known as the HTC Paradise, features a four-row sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2-megapixel camera, an optical joystick, and the usual support for an FM radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. According to the FCC papers, the phone is equipped to handle AT&amp;T's 3G bands. Though it should offer HTC Sense, the actual version of Android remains to be seen.In the pictures associated with the filing, you can see traces of HTC's later designs. The metal ring around the camera reminds me of the EVO 4G and Droid Incredible, and the front ear piece looks similar to the Desire HD. Even the sliding mechanism on the back takes a page directly out of the MyTouch 3G Slide's book. Inside, however, I don't see anything in here that would stand out against the ever-growing crop of Android phones. Without knowing the processor and memory, I would wager that this ends up with a very low price tag, possibly free. In fact, it would not surprise me much if this phone just gets scrapped altogether. PhoneScoop thinks that this may already be the case, being that we have yet to hear about the Paradise on any front. Then again, AT&amp;T currently lacks a sliding QWERTY handset in its lineup.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell: The public cloud doesn&'t scare us!]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Dell makes a good chunk of change off selling servers. The Texas-based company raked in $1.8 billion off server sales in the last quarter alone a4&quot; which was up 20 percent from $1.5 billion the same quarter a year earlier.But with the emergence of companies like Rackspace and Amazon&amp;'s EC2 cloud services, there&amp;'s a diminishing need for companies to purchase servers to perform all the data crunching they need. They can offload it to public cloud servers that have the computing firepower to handle it.Dell&amp;'s response to the public cloud It isn&amp;'t going to affect their server sales at all, said Roy Guillen, general manager of Dell&amp;'s Data Center Solutions.Most businesses a4&quot; whether they are large or small a4&quot; are still going to elect to purchase Dell servers and keep them in-house because they will be able to access the data more quickly. There are also a number of security concerns when shipping data off to cloud servers that many companies have, Guillen said. Some IT firms simply can&amp;'t meet security compliance requirements that companies have, so the public cloud isn&amp;'t an option.Those security concerns are mostly a myth, said Jason Hoffman, founder and chief technology officer of cloud computing provider Joyent. His company purchases servers from Dell, and the public cloud infrastructure they offer is immune to security threats like rootkits. But most major companies will probably still always have security standards that will prevent them from moving their business into the public cloud.Dell&amp;'s server business is already booming. If you split Dell&amp;'s Data Center Solutions off from the main company, it would count for the third-largest distributor of x86 architecture servers, or those with chips from Intel and AMD. Dell&amp;'s top 20 customers a4&quot; including Microsoft and cloud video game company OnLive a4&quot; regularly purchase tens of thousands of server nodes from the company.But cloud computing is growing just about as quickly as everything else, and is a lot more cost efficient for many businesses. Amazon recently began offering graphics processing as part of their cloud computing products. The limits of cloud computing when compared to in-house data servers are starting to quickly disappearing. And as the public cloud options for developers continue to grow, it seems like the public cloud could be more of a threat than Dell realizes.For now, at least, their strategy is pretty clear a4&quot; see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.Next Story: Scvngr won&amp;'t be outdone, gets its own major drink distributor Previous Story: Sony Ericsson says no to Windows Phone 7 and tabletsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: cloud computing, hybrid cloud, private cloud, public cloudCompanies: Amazon, Dell, Joyent, RackspacePeople: Jason Hoffman, Roy Guillen          Tags: cloud computing, hybrid cloud, private cloud, public cloudCompanies: Amazon, Dell, Joyent, RackspacePeople: Jason Hoffman, Roy GuillenVentureBeat 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[Verizon considers charging for 4G wireless based on speed]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Verizon is considering charging users based on the speed of their wireless data connection as well as the amount of data they consume every month, the Wall Street Journal reports.We can blame the carrier&amp;'s LTE 4G network for the move. Verizon is aiming to roll out its 4G network in 38 cities across the US by the end of the year, and it&amp;'s currently in the process of working out how to charge for the service. Since its LTE network can deliver speeds between 1 and 12 megabits per second, the carrier could easily implement a tiered pricing structure based on speed like home broadband plans, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo told the paper.&amp;''If you want to pay for less speed, you&amp;'ll pay for less speed and consume more, or you can pay for high speed and consume less,&amp;'' Shammo said.The pricing scheme would be a significant change for wireless plans, which usually focus on the amount of data you use. It&amp;'s tough to introduce tiered speed pricing on 3G connections, since there isn&amp;'t much bandwidth to carve up (3G connections are typically around 1.5 to 3Mbps), and it&amp;'s difficult for carriers to offer consistent 3G speeds.But with Verizon&amp;'s 4G network topping out around 12Mbps, the carrier could conceivably offer a 3 or 6Mbps plan &amp;8212' which for most people would still appear to be faster than 3G.The tiered pricing wouldn&amp;'t mean the end of unlimited data plans, according to Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg. &amp;''We need to get into it, figure out what the customer thinks is fair, and go from there,&amp;'' he said.Seidenberg expects data users on Verizon&amp;'s network to grow from today&amp;'s 23 percent to 75 percent over the next three to four years. He went on to say that it wouldn&amp;'t surprise him if 30 percent of users are using more than 1 gigabyte of data a month by 2016 or 2017. Personally, I think he&amp;'s aiming a bit low.I wouldn&amp;'t be surprised to see other carriers following suit when they get their 4G plans figured out. Not every customer will need the full speed offered by 4G networks, so just like home broadband, a cheaper option could be better for the consumer and keep unnecessary load off of the wireless network.Next Story: Google&amp;'s idea of the perfect ad (video) Previous Story: Steve Perlman shows off OnLive&amp;'s disruptive MicroConsole  (video)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 3G, 4G, cellular, LTE, tieredCompanies: Verizon          Tags: 3G, 4G, cellular, LTE, tieredCompanies: VerizonDevindra 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.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[Google launches local business-recommendation engine Hotpot]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lasirzi3</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-launches-local-business-recommendation-engine-hotpot</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google today announced on its blog the release of Hotpot, a recommendation engine for local businesses based on you and your friends&amp;' ratings. Hotpot is an addition to the company&amp;'s Google&amp;'s Places initiative, a campaign to get local business owners to claim theirvenues, verify information and engage with customers.Hotpot is a pretty simple concept, but when connected with a business directory of more than 50 million places, it can be a powerful consumer tool. Users sign-in and are prompted to search for a general theme and establish their location. The default search is &amp;''restaurants&amp;'', and Google did a decent job of finding me without me having to put in my exact location. For accurate results, take the time to enter your town' otherwise, you may end up with results that are 50 miles away.The real recommendation part of the feature comes from users proactively rating businesses they&amp;'ve patronized. Ratings are on a 5 star system &amp;8212' 5 stars being excellent and 1 star being terrible. As a user rates places, Google&amp;'s Hotpot determines other places the person may be interested in visiting. For example, if I rate an Italian restaurant very high, the tool may suggest other Italian restaurants.If you decide to share your ratings with friends, you can then see places they recommend. The idea is that if someone is your &amp;''friend&amp;'', then they may like similar food, clothes, etc. Google gives the example of visiting a foreign town and being able to look up ratings left by a friend who&amp;'s a local.Hotpot is a pretty simple recommendation engine, but when coupled withGoogle and its consumer reach it could be a fairly popular resource. The tool appears to combine the best of two worlds: Yelp and its reviews and Foursquare&amp;'s sharing of someone&amp;'s location.Several other companies already have similar offerings on the market, including SoGeo, a service that collects and analyzes location data for users, which recently unveiled Whatser, a free mobile application that suggests where to go based on places that you like and that your friends like. Foursquare may also be testing a new recommendation feature for its popular mobile check-in application based on the large amount of data it has on the businesses its users frequent.Google has also created a Hotpot rating application so that users can quickly and easily rate and find friends while on their phones. The company also upgraded Google Maps on Android to allow users to input and view ratings on the go.Next Story: Beatles songs to sell on iTunes for $1.29 each Previous Story: The many definitions of a VCa4a4s &amp;''no&amp;'' a4&quot; Part OnePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: location, location-based, location-based service, rate, ratings, recommendation engine, recommendations, reviewsCompanies: Foursquare, Google, Hotpot, Yelp          Tags: location, location-based, location-based service, rate, ratings, recommendation engine, recommendations, reviewsCompanies: Foursquare, Google, Hotpot, YelpCody Barbierri is a social and digital media consultant. He works for Piehead and blogs about social media at Social Tab. (None of his posts are about clients or their competitors.) Reach him at Cody@venturebeat.com. You can also follow Cody 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[Video ad startup YuMe goes mobile]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lasirzi3</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=video-ad-startup-yume-goes-mobile</guid>
<description><![CDATA[YuMe, a well-funded video advertising startup, announced today that ita4a4s bringing its technology to the mobile world.Specifically, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company said ita4a4s releasing two new mobile ad units, Mobile Connect and Mobile Billboard, as well as software development kits that will allow the creators of iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch apps to integrate YuMea4a4s ACE for Publishers ad platform. The ads can run as full-screen video, and they include buttons that can direct users to things like an advertiser&amp;'s Facebook Page or a downloadable coupon.Nowadays, It seems like every ad company in the world is emailing me about its mobile ad units. For example, a company called mDialog announced last week that ita4a4s introducing new interactive features to its video iPad ads. And of course Apple has launched its own iAd program.When I asked YuMe co-founder and president Jayant Kadambi what makes his ads different, he said ita4a4s less about specific features and more about the cross-platform advertising that YuMe can offer. Now YuMe&amp;'s 600 video publishers can also run high-quality ads on mobile devices. And advertisers can come to YuMe to purchase ad space on a website, a mobile app, and on Internet-connected TV properties. Those advertisers can build mobile-specific ads, but if they dona4a4t want to do that, YuMe will also resize a single ad to fit different screens.a4AI think everybody&amp;'s come at it from a vertical, niche-y standpoint,a4 Kadambi said. a4AIt&amp;'s about the video. It&amp;'s not about the format of the video.a4YuMe has raised $46 million from Menlo Ventures, Accel Partners, BV Capital, DAG Ventures and Khosla Ventures.Next Story: 5 reasons start-ups are entering a golden age Previous Story: DataPop gets $1.7M to help marketers create the ads consumers wantPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, mobile advertisingCompanies: YuMePeople: Jayant Kadambi          Tags: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, mobile advertisingCompanies: YuMePeople: Jayant KadambiAnthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Event startup Punchbowl acquires rival Socializr]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=event-startup-punchbowl-acquires-rival-socializr</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lasirzi3</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=event-startup-punchbowl-acquires-rival-socializr</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you&amp;'re throwing a party, there are a ton of different services for sending online invites &amp;8212' probably more than can survive over the long-term. But in a few months there will be one less, because Punchbowl just announced that it&amp;'s purchasing Socializr.Punchbowl was previously known as MyPunchbowl but changed its name after successfully purchasing the punchbowl.com website. Rather than just being another invitation site, the Framingham, Mass. company tries to stand out by offering a range of party-planning features, including gift registries, potluck planners, and a new &amp;''Digital Invitation Studio&amp;''. Punchbowl says it has more than 1 million registered users (although that doesn&amp;'t necessarily say anything about the site&amp;'s current popularity).&amp;''[Users] can expect that the best features from Socializr will be included in Punchbowl in the future,&amp;'' said Punchbowl chief executive Matt Douglas. &amp;''Our plan is to carefully transition users from Socializr to Punchbowl over the next three-to-six months. We&amp;'re going to be very careful to listen to Socializr users and make sure we help them easily transition to Punchbowl.&amp;''Which &amp;''best features from Socializr&amp;'' is Douglas talking about Well, the acquisition press release singles out the site&amp;'s &amp;''ease of use and social media integration,&amp;'' which makes sense since Socializr was founded by Jonathan Abrams, who also founded Friendster. Socializr&amp;'s integration with sites like Facebook is something we&amp;'ve highlighted at VentureBeat too.The terms of the deal were not disclosed. It&amp;'s unlikely that there was much cash involved, since neither company has raised a huge amount of funding. Socializr raised $2.25 million from Rembrand Venture Partners and various angel investors, while Punchbowl raised less than $3.1 million.Next Story: SoGeo unveils location-recommendation app Whatser Previous Story: SunPower beats 3Q earnings expectations, rides global solar wavePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: evites, online invitationsCompanies: Mypunchbowl, Punchbowl, Rembrandt Venture Partners, Socializr          Tags: evites, online invitationsCompanies: Mypunchbowl, Punchbowl, Rembrandt Venture Partners, SocializrAnthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LED headlights give your electric car an extra six miles]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lasirzi3</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=led-headlights-give-your-electric-car-an-extra-six-miles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Your electric car can go six miles further on its battery if you use LED headlights.That&amp;'s the conclusion drawn by an automotive engineer with Osram Sylvania, according to Autoblog Green. Electric and electric-hybrid car ranges are impacted by external factors like temperature, whether you&amp;'re running the air conditioning or heater and how often you brake.Alleviating range concerns of electric car owners and prospective buyers is a big issue in spurring electric vehicle adoptions. Companies like Ecotality, NRG Energy and Coulomb are rolling out public and private electric car chargers across the nation. The partially-electric Chevrolet Volt comes with a digital meter on its console that turns green the &amp;''greener&amp;'' you drive &amp;8212' that is, the less you brake or accelerate hard.Because LEDs are more energy efficient, replacing traditional headlights with LEDS would go a long way for plug-in hybrids like the Toyota Plug-In Prius 2012, with just 13 miles of range, or the Chevrolet Volt, with 25 to 50 miles (both cars switch to hybrid or gas mode after exhausting the battery). The average all-electric car gets about 100 miles of range.LEDs are already an option in some cars, like the Toyota Prius (a non-electric hybrid).[Image via Flickr/Dr. Keats]Next Story: Another boost for CIGS solar: Intel leads $25M round for Sulfurcell Previous Story: RIM&amp;'s BlackBerry Balance software to help users manage work and personal dataPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: Chevrolet, Coulomb, ECOtality, NRG Energy, Osram Sylvania, Toyota          Companies: Chevrolet, Coulomb, ECOtality, NRG Energy, Osram Sylvania, ToyotaIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name). 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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