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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft readying own Windows 8 tablet]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-readying-own-windows-8-tablet</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sleniouminori</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Windows 8 on a tablet.(Credit:Rafe Needleman/CNET)Microsoft may be thinking of hitting the market with its own Windows 8-brandedtablet by the end of 2012, according to sources cited by Taiwan's DigiTimes.If the rumor eventually holds true, the company would create the tablet by partnering with Texas Instruments and various Taiwanese equipment manufacturers to supply the hardware.In response to CNET's request for comment on the matter, a Microsoft spokesperson said that &quot;we have nothing more to share at this time.&quot;The new tablet reportedly would borrow Microsoft's branding strategies from such products as the hugely successfulXbox 360, the lacklusterZune media player, and the very short-lived Kin smartphone.  Microsoft would move forward on the tablet using a &quot;low profile&quot; and would still work with other vendors to roll out their own Windows 8 tablets, according to the report. Though other vendors may be a bit miffed that Microsoft would launch its own branded tablet, the DigiTimes sources say that's not likely to have any impact on the folks in Redmod over the short term. The computing giant has already stirred up some complaints. Last week, Acer's president and CEO criticized Microsoft for placing &quot;troublesome&quot; restrictions on Windows 8 tablet makers by limiting how many of them can receive chips from Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments, and the other companies providing processors for the new tablets. Microsoft demoed its Windows 8 for tablets at last week's D9 conference, though tablets based on the new OS are not likely to start shipping until next year. Updated 8:55am PST with comment from Microsoft. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Apple floats $4.5 million for iCloud domain]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-apple-floats-4-5-million-for-icloud-domain</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sleniouminori</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A cloud-based music service wouldn't be anything without a name. And Apple might have found a suitable choice.The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has acquired domain name iCloud.com from Sweden-based &quot;hybrid cloud computing&quot; provider Xcerion, GigaOm is reporting, citing an anonymous &quot;tipster.&quot; The publication's source says Apple paid $4.5 million for the domain name.Neither Xcerion nor Apple has confirmed a sale, and it's worth noting that the site's Whois data shows that Xcerion still owns the domain. However, Xcerion used to operate its cloud-based storage service on iCloud.com but, earlier this month, moved it over to CloudMe.com.Speculation abounds that Apple is nearing the launch of a cloud-based music service that would allow people to store their music libraries on the Web for access anywhere they can connect to the Internet. Last month, Amazon.com launched its own digital music locker, allowing folks to store their tracks on the Web. The Amazon service also lets people store video and e-books. However, the service launched without licensing content from record labels, potentially putting it at a disadvantage when compared with services that have licensed content and can thus deliver a more well-rounded, feature-rich offering.Last week, reports surfaced that Apple had signed a deal with Warner Music Group to license that label's content for its online service. Google, by contrast, may be partnering with streaming-music service Spotify to power its own cloud-based music platform.Neither Apple nor Xcerion immediately responded to CNET's request for comment.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA MoonBuggy race swept by Puerto Ricans]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nasa-moonbuggy-race-swept-by-puerto-ricans</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sleniouminori</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nasa-moonbuggy-race-swept-by-puerto-ricans</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Puerto Rican moonbuggy team in action.(Credit:NASA/MSFC)The space shuttle program may be drawing to a close, but a little bit to the south of the Kennedy Space Center, some young Puerto Ricans could represent our greatest hope for the future of the space program.Teams from the island territory swept the top honors in NASA's 18th annual Great Moonbuggy Race held over the weekend. Teams representing Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, took the top two places in the high school division, and the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao won its second straight title in the college division. NASA describes the competition as challenging &quot;students around the world to build and race lightweight, human-powered buggies--demonstrating the same innovation and can-do spirit that put the first Apollo-era lunar rover on the moon four decades ago.&quot; Check out this footage:The Puerto Rico delegation brought its A-game to the space engineering geekfest held at the U.S. Space &amp; Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., besting more than 70 teams from 22 states, Canada, Germany, India, and Russia. Teodoro Aguilar Mora racer Isadora Matta also added glory to injury, receiving an award of special recognition for emerging bloody and bruised from one of the weekend's more spectacular crashes. Put simply, the Puerto Ricans are nuts for moonbuggy racing--the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao is the only school to enter a buggy in every race since the beginning in 1994.High school teams from Jupiter, Fla., and college entries from the University of Utah, Ohio State, and the University of Alabama-Huntsville were also among the top finishers. Best moonbuggy design awards went to Jupiter High School and Rhode Island School of Design, which documented some of the process of creating the vehicle online--as far as I can tell, the custom paint job seems to be a critical element.Student racers from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City tied for third place in the college division of the Great Moonbuggy Race held over the weekend.(Credit:NASA/MSFC)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New API a harbinger of future Quora apps]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=new-api-a-harbinger-of-future-quora-apps</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sleniouminori</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=new-api-a-harbinger-of-future-quora-apps</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Quora&amp;39's new API helps with projects such as Andrew Brown&amp;39's Chrome extension for showing Quora notifications.(Credit:Quora/Andrew Brown)Quora, an increasingly popular question-and-answer site with a social networking angle, has released an application programming interface that opens the door for third-party software to use the service.The API, announced Friday, has very limited features and is only an alpha release that the company doesn't promise will remain stable. But it's an important milestone nevertheless for the company as it charts a course through the complexities of building a business on today's Net.That's because an API, if rich enough, means people using a service don't necessarily have to use that services' Web site. For example, Twitter's API is powerful enough that many people employ software such as TweetDeck or Seesmic to use the short-message service. That helped Twitter grow fast into something of a utility on the Net and saved the company money on Web servers that show pages to visitors. But it also means the company can't as easily choose one obvious Web business model, showing online advertisements--and Quora's subject-specific discussions could be a nice match for targeted advertising.Of course, a full Quora API doesn't preclude a Web ad business model. Enabling third-party use of the service could accelerate its growth, and if the site is still compelling enough to use directly, a stronger advertising business could follow. And fast growth is important for the site: Facebook, the social network where millions already spend a lot of time online, has a question and answer service of its own.So far, there's not enough of an API to bypass Quora's Web site. According to a post by Quora engineer Edmond Lau, the API exposes information about the number of people a Quora user follows, how many people follow that user, and how many inbox messages and notifications the Quora user has. So there's not enough at present to build a full-fledged Quora app that would have let people do things like publish and answer questions, follow new people, and vote on the merits of a various answers.That's enough to help out programmers, though. Lau specifically pointed out Andrew Brown's Chrome extension and Jason Wiener's Firefox extension as applications that would be able to use the API.Those programmers were happy with the move. &quot;Awesome work Edmond! Thanks again for the help,&quot; Wiener said in a response to Lau's post. And Brown said, &quot;This is a great step forward for the developers community (and soon the Quora developers community). I'm excited to see what other products come from this.&quot;It's important that Quora began adding an API, but it's not a big suprise. &quot;When there are enough users and content on Quora that an API would be really useful, we'll almost certainly add one,&quot; said Quora employee Charlie Cheever in a Quora question in December 2009.&quot;For right now, we'll probably focus on the Web interface since that's how we think most people will use the product, at least to start. Another reason we probably won't do an API for a little while is that the interface into the product is changing frequently in big ways right now,&quot; he said, &quot;and APIs that aren't stable are hard to use effectively.&quot;Via Read Write Web<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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