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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple signs up for WebGL graphics in iAds]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-signs-up-for-webgl-graphics-in-iads</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has declared WebGL too risky to use, but it turns out Apple is an ally of the 3D Web graphics technology.Apple hasn't said whether it plans to ship WebGL, though nightly builds of the WebKit open-source browser on whichSafari is based include support. But an Apple employee said this week it will be an option on iOS 5--for iAds only.&quot;WebGL will not be publicly available in iOS 5. It will only be available to iAd developers,&quot; said Apple's Chris Marrin on a WebGL mailing list.That's right--all you folks who relished the absence of intrusive Flash ads on your iPhones and iPads, brace yourself for animated 3D graphics based on WebGL. WebGL can be good for 2D animations such as &quot;sprites&quot; that move around the screen, too.It's not clear if WebGL will arrive in Safari for personal computers, although that seems like a likely possibility now, or if Apple plans to make it available later for mobile Web programming in general.Apple's support, however limited, gives some support to a technology under attack. Security firm Context Information Security has raised concerns that are being addressed, but a bigger blow to WebGL came yesterday from Microsoft.&quot;We believe that WebGL will likely become an ongoing source of hard-to-fix vulnerabilities,&quot; Microsoft said. &quot;In its current form, WebGL is not a technology Microsoft can endorse from a security perspective.&quot;Another notable voice chimed in today: John Carmack, founder and technical director of Id Software of Doom and Quake fame.&quot;I agree with Microsoft's assessment that WebGL is a severe security risk. The gfx [graphics] driver culture is not the culture of security,&quot; Carmack said in a tweet today. &quot;They are orthogonal technologies, but NaCl is much, much easier to make secure than WebGL, even though it sounds scarier,&quot; he added.NaCl is Native Client, a technology under development from Google that lets downloadable native apps run at high speed in an environment Web apps run It should be noted, too, that Google is building 3D into Native Client, too.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acer CEO resigns over stance on future]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=acer-ceo-resigns-over-stance-on-future</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The CEO of computer maker Acer has stepped down after disagreeing with the company's board of directors over the future of the company, Acer said in a statement today.Gianfranco Lanci, former CEO of Acer(Credit:Acer)Gianfranco Lanci, who had been chief executive at Acer since 2008, disagreed with the board over the company's ongoing strategy, according to the statement from the Taiwan-based company.&quot;On the company's future development, Lanci held different views from a majority of the board members and could not reach a consensus following several months' of dialogue,&quot; the statement read.&quot; [Both sides] placed different levels of importance on scale, growth, customer value creation, brand position enhancement, resource allocation and methods of implementation.&quot; JT Wang, chairman of the board of directors, will take over as CEO until a permanent replacement can be found. &quot;The personal computer remains the core of our business,&quot; Wang said in a statement. &quot;We have built up a strong foundation and will continue to expand within, especially in the commercial PC segment. In addition, we are stepping into the new mobile device market, where we will invest cautiously and aim to become one of the leading players.&quot;Wang's statement may offer some insight into the disagreement Lanci had with the rest of the board. Lanci has been a strong proponent of Acer delving more aggressively into the mobile market with handsets andtablets. Tablets in particular represent a product category with high-growth potential. Companies such as Samsung, Motorola, and Apple are already in the market with products of their own. Acer also introduced its first tablet PCs last month. The company is expected to launch several new models later this year.Acer recently reported that sales had fallen 10 percent in the first quarter of 2011. Analysts had expected the company's sale to drop only 3 percent, according to the BBC. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Android 'smartphone satellite' aims for space]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=android-smartphone-satellite-aims-for-space</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Androids in orbit, man.(Credit:Matt Hickey/CNET)British researchers plan to launch an android into orbit--not the C-3PO and R2-D2 kind, but an Android smartphone. It's not the first attempt to launch an Android phone into space, but it's the first that's aiming to make a smartphone the brain for an orbital satellite.The STRaND-1 (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator) is being made from advanced and off-the-shelf components by Surrey Satellite Technology, a spinoff of the University of Surrey, and the university's Surrey Space Centre. The project has a few stated goals.  The first is to see if a smartphone can function in the hostile environment that is space. It will live in a protective case, and a computer on the satellite will put the phone through a number of tests to determine which components (sensors, video cameras, GPS systems, Wi-Fi radios, and so on) do and don't work in orbit.If enough parts of the handset pass muster, the custom software will be tested next. If that works as planned, the smartphone will be used to operate parts of the satellite. The phone's cellular radio won't be used, as there are no cell towers in space (yet). Instead, the team will communicate with the phone using the satellite radio technology already in place. That said, some of the phone's other systems--processor, RAM, storage, and camera, just to name a few--will be used.A camera will likely be outfitted so the controllers on the ground can see the screen. This will allow the scienticians to control the phone with their own custom software packages. The ability to load custom software payloads and its open-source nature is the reason why Android was chosen as the first phone OS for the stars.The satellite will rely on its own GPS, guidance, and thrusters, but will use the phone as a backup to the main computer. Then, if all goes well, it will take over as the main &quot;brain&quot; and control the satellite's functions.&quot;If a smartphone can be proved to work in space, it opens up lots of new technologies to a multitude of people and companies for space who usually can't afford it. It's a real game-changer for the industry,&quot; said Chris Bridges, STRaND-1's lead researcher.  If all works out, the research could lead to reduced costs and sizes of future satellites, which to some is backward thinking. While in the past, technology for the space program has lead to innovations in consumer technology, this is just the opposite. And that is why it's cool.Smartphone makers, of course, have been in a race for years trying to cram more and more advanced technology into smaller and smaller handsets. Smartphones are essentially pocket-sized computers, though fairly advanced. The latest batches have gigahertz-and-faster processors, which make them more powerful than some laptops people were buying just a few years ago.Couple that with the massive amounts of flash storage, cameras, GPS receivers, radios, and USB ports, in addition to the ability to run advanced software, and suddenly they become attractive alternatives to the custom computers most satellites use as a brain.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AMD more upbeat about chances in tablet market]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=amd-more-upbeat-about-chances-in-tablet-market</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=amd-more-upbeat-about-chances-in-tablet-market</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices executives made relatively upbeat statements abouttablets and seemed to go beyond previous comments by former CEO Dirk Meyer, who was ousted earlier this month. AMD posted fourth-quarter earnings today of 14 cents a share (non-GAAP basis), higher than the 11 cents per share that analysts had expected. Net income fell to $375 million, or 50 cents a share, from a year earlier when it reported net income of $1.18 billion, or $1.52 a share. Revenue was $1.65 billion, flat compared with the previous year. During the company's earnings conference call this afternoon, executives were asked by analysts about the tablet market. Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager at AMD, said the chip supplier sees opportunities for its new &quot;Brazos&quot; processor design, which is being used today in small laptops and Netbooks from companies like Hewlett-Packard and Sony. That's a departure from the vision of Meyer, who had downplayed the market. &quot;I've been in the PC industry 20 plus years and we've really struggled to get into the living room, and it's clear that tablets are finding their way into the living room,&quot; Bergman said. He continued. &quot;As consumers start to utilize these tablets, they start to demand a better end-user experience, which invariably means processing power, incredible graphics, incredible video,&quot; he said, referring to AMD's strengths. &quot;And already we're seeing a number of design win opportunities for us with Brazos today, and certainly as we develop new products in that category, we'll account for those new trends and market opportunities.&quot; Interim CEO Thomas Seifert chimed in, too. &quot;Look at the product roadmap and what we have been delivering with Brazos shows us that if we continue to develop products with ever lower power consumption and at the same time delivering superior graphics and processing performance, then we can address applications that are outside of [current] market segments.&quot; When asked about cannibalization from tablets, Bergman said: &quot;As we talk with our OEM partners, we don't see a deterioration of the market in a major way in the notebook area. And any cannibalization is built into estimates.&quot; Bergman also took a shot at Intel's Sandy Bridge processor, which integrates new Intel graphics technology. &quot;Prior toCES [Consumer Electronics Show] there were claims of discrete [high] level graphics performance...as real benchmarks were run on real applications, it [Sandy Bridge] fell well short of what we would offer in discrete graphics capabilities,&quot; he said. And Seifert commented on AMD's server market struggles. &quot;We were disappointed with our performance in that segment in the fourth quarter. This is one of the areas where we see significant room for improvement,&quot; he said. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's Mac App Store to launch January 6]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apples-mac-app-store-to-launch-january-6</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Mac App Store was unveiled at an Apple event in October.(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)Apple will be launching its anticipatedMac App Store on January 6.The store will be available in 90 countries at launch, and like its mobile counterpart, it will feature access to both paid and free apps across several categories, including education, productivity, and games, among others, Apple announced today. Users will be able to download the Mac App Store through Software Update.The Mac App Store experience will be familiar to those who currently have iOS-based devices such as theiPhone. The marketplace's users will be able to get information about apps prior to downloading them, as well as see customer ratings and reviews. Updates to apps users have installed will be available through the Mac App Store, Apple said.&quot;The App Store revolutionized mobile apps,&quot; said Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement. &quot;We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun.&quot; Developers who choose to offer paid apps will be able to keep 70 percent of the revenue generated from their programs, while Apple will take the remaining 30 percent. In addition, those who offer free apps will not be charged by Apple to offer their programs in the Mac App Store.Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment on how many apps would be available in its marketplace at launch.The Mac App Store's January 6 launch date is perhaps a bit ahead of schedule. When Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the Mac App Store in October, he indicated that it would be available to Mac OS X users within 90 days, prompting some to believe the store would launch at the end of January.The Mac App Store will only be available to Mac OS X Snow Leopard users at launch. It will also come with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, which is expected to be released next summer.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A hack on Big Mac]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=a-hack-on-big-mac</guid>
<description><![CDATA[McDonald's has disclosed that one of its customer databases was hacked but insists that no financial information was stolen in the breach.The fast food chain reported yesterday that the hacker was able to grab e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, and other customer information of people who signed up online for special promotions. In a statement e-mailed to CNET, the company said that no credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, or other sensitive financial data were compromised.McDonald's said it was informed of the breach by one of its business partners, Arc Worldwide, which had collected customer information related to certain McDonald's Web sites and promotions. A database storing that information and maintained by a third-party database management provider was hit by the breach. McDonald's said that it is working with Arc and the third-party company to understand how security was bypassed and that it has been notifying customers affected about the breach via e-mail.&quot;The incident has resulted in an investigation by law enforcement authorities,&quot; McDonald's said in its statement. &quot;Arc and McDonald's are cooperating with the appropriate authorities as we work to protect our valued customers. We have attempted to notify all of our active subscribers, who voluntarily provided information in connection with the websites and promotions involved in this incident.&quot;Though no financial details apparently were stolen, the perpetrators do have e-mail addresses and other personal information. As a result, McDonald's is urging people who signed up for online promotions to be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from the company asking for personal or financial information by e-mail. Customers who receive such messages are advised to contact McDonald's directly.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to spot a bad Android tablet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=how-to-spot-a-bad-android-tablet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Maylong M-150 Android tablet is barely worth its weight in plastic.(Credit:Donald Bell/CNET) Cheap Android tablet seem to be popping up in the oddest places these days. While holiday shopping over the weekend I randomly came across budget-priced ($100-$200) Android tablets at Kohls, Bed, Bath &amp; Beyond, Target, and even Toys 'R' Us. I understand the appeal. TheiPad is going bonanzas, but it's priced out of reach for most people. Android smartphones like the Motorola Droid franchise have been heavily promoted on TV, extolling the virtues of the OS and it'siPhone-killing &quot;does&quot; philosophy. Throw in our existing love affair with e-book readers, and you've got yourself a perfect storm for cheap Android tablet demand.There's just one problem--many of these tablets just plain suck. At best, they give Android a bad name (I've got your back, Android fanboys). Consumers go in expecting the app-devouring, lightening-fast interface they see on TV, and often end up with a slow, clunky slab, running a hobbled app store filled with junk. Sure, maybe you could root it, hack it, overclock it--but your typical Kohls or Bed, Bath &amp; Beyond shopper just isn't up for it. They want an iPad on aniPod Shuffle budget, and the results are almost always disappointing.Still, even the most tech-savvy among us can be fooled. All it takes is an eye-popping spec sheet, a suspiciously low price, and a moment of weakness, and suddenly you're ordering the Maylong M-150 from Walgreens. I should know, because we did the same thing. Fortunately, you can learn from our mistakes and painful lessons learned. Using the infamous $99 Walgreens tablet as our example, here's a slideshow walking you through many of the telltale signs of a Android tablet disaster.Tips for Android tablet shopping (photos)  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google to delete U.K. Street View Wi-Fi data]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-to-delete-u-k--street-view-wi-fi-data</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Google Street View car cruises by a protest near the company&amp;39's campus in Mountain View, Calif., in August.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)Google has been given the go-ahead by the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office to delete the data it collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks as part of its Street View operation.Over the past year, the search and advertising giant has drawn criticism from privacy campaigners and has come under investigation by national data protection authorities for the harvesting of data, which may have included passwords and login details. Street Viewcars obtained and stored information from home and other Wi-Fi networks while driving around neighborhoods taking images for Google Maps.&quot;I welcome the fact that the Wi-Fi payload data that should never have been collected in the first place can, at last, be deleted,&quot; Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said in a statement Friday.Google said it intends to erase the data as soon as possible. It told ZDNet UK that it is not subject to any outstanding legal proceedings in the U.K. over the data harvesting.Read more of &quot;Google gets OK to delete Street View Wi-Fi data&quot; at ZDNet UK.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LCD vs. e-ink: The eyestrain debate]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=lcd-vs--e-ink-the-eyestrain-debate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eye on e-reader displays: straining for an answer.(Credit:webfreebies4u.com)As most people know by now, Barnes &amp; Noble is releasing a new Nook Color e-reader in a few weeks, and that e-reader's color screen is an LCD. As soon as the company announced that its new e-reader had an LCD and not some sort of more exotic screen technology, some readers cried foul. In fact, the first comment out of the gate on our Barnes &amp; Noble unveils Nook Color post was about eyestrain.&quot;It's very neat-looking, and the price point seems aggressive enough to make an impact for sure. That being said, is eyestrain an issue I thought the benefit of e-ink was a combination of ease of reading, outdoor or well-lit reading, and battery life...&quot;A little farther down, another commenter wrote: &quot;LCD technology for an eReader is going backwards for me. It's not that reading on an LCD is so horrible for me, but rather reading on an e-Ink display is so much more pleasing to my eyes.&quot;Other readers came down more favorably on the side of LCD, saying they stare at a computer screen all day and it doesn't bother them. However you look at it, though, the Nook Color hasn't even hit stores yet and the debate over eyestrain is already raging. We got some of this when theiPad came out, but the discussion is more amped up because Barnes &amp; Noble is calling the Nook Color the &quot;reader's tablet,&quot; whereas the iPad hasn't been marketed first and foremost as an e-reader.When we asked William Lynch, Barnes &amp; Noble's CEO, about the potential for eyestrain with Nook Color screen, he said the company had done extensive research on displays and discovered that eyestrain with LCDs was not the huge issue many people were making it out to be. Furthermore, the company is also using a high-resolution next-generation panel from LG that's backlit with LED. Now, it's not that I don't take Mr. Lynch at his word, but I thought I'd put in a call to an impartial third-party who might be able to shed some light on the issue. So I dialed up my ophthalmologist, Dr. Mark Hornfeld, who has a practice in Manhattan. I said, hey, Mark (yes, I call him by his first name), do any of your patients talk about reading with the iPad, Nook, and Kindle Are people concerned about eyestrain when using these new e-readers What's the dealWell, he said that a lot of his patients did talk about using the new e-readers. However, the problem, he said, is that when a lot of people hit 40, their near vision starts to diminish, which is why people need reading glasses. Your eye starts to lose its natural ability to accommodate for distance. The muscles in your eye can't bend the lens as well as they once did because your lens gets harder with age--and it becomes harder to bend. So you end up holding a book or an object a little farther back to compensate. For a lot of people, this starts to happen at 40 or 41 and just gets progressively worse, then levels off when you're between 50 and 52.A backlit or nonbacklit display doesn't make a difference, Hornfeld says. And if you're reading a bright screen in the dark, your eyes will adjust. Your pupil gets large in the dark, so when you turn on a brightly lit display, it may bother your eyes at first, but they'll compensate. It's like when you wake up in the morning, open the shades, and are blinded by the light at first. But then you get used to it.Hornfeld notes that when you read or watch a movie, you simply don't blink as much, so you're eyes can get dry--especially if you're already prone to having an underlying dry-eye problem. (A New York Times article earlier this year also made a similar point about not enough moisture because of lack of blinking).Hornfeld says that today's LCD screens aren't going to give you eyestrain. That said, some people simply like the way e-ink appears on the page, and some prefer how the iPad displays text. It's an aesthetic issue more than anything else. In other words, you can simply be averse to one screen or another--but that doesn't mean it will give you eyestrain. Personally, I read on an iPad as well as on e-ink devices like the Kindle and Nook. I actually have the opposite problem from what Hornfeld says happens to people at 40: my far vision is getting worse, whereas my near vision remains just fine. I haven't noted any difference in eyestrain from when I read on the iPad or when I read on the Kindle or Nook for long periods. Yes, the battery life is worse on an LCD device like the Nook Color than an e-ink Nook Wi-Fi or 3G. But my eyes feel about the same regardless of whether I'm using an iPad or the Kindle. The delayed flash of a e-ink page turn and sometimes ghosting of letters or images on e-ink e-readers didn't bother me as much as it does some people I know, though the latest generation e-ink readers (Kindle, Sony) have a new &quot;Pearl&quot; screen that helps remedy these little, nagging flaws. Do I like the look of the text on one device over another Sure, I much prefer using an e-ink device outdoors in sunlight. Given the choice indoors, I don't have a real preference' they both look pretty good to me, and I even don't mind reading on myiPhone 3GS oriPod Touch 4G (the Retina Display seems quite good for reading, I just wish it was on my iPad). Now I can't tell you yet how reading with the Nook Color will be because I haven't spent any time reading with the new device. But from the looks of it, the screen seems just fine. Yes, it's a fingerprint magnet like the iPad's screen (what touch screen isn't), and yes, you'll get some reflections even though Barnes &amp; Noble has put a special laminate on the glass to cut down on glare and improve off-axis viewing. Of course, what I think is appealing aesthetically and what someone else thinks is appealing aesthetically are two different matters. I happen to feel comfortable reading on an e-ink or LCD device, but others will have their own preference. At the end of the day, for better or worse, everybody's eyes are different, and there are many reasons for eyestrain, most of them not related to screen technology. Heck, my eyes sometime bother me after reading a paper book after a while. What do you guys think <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Android&'s App Store For Pornography, MiKandi, Adds Support For Paid&nbsp'Applications]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Yes, as Steve Jobs likes to point out, Android has at least one third-party App Store that is dedicated to pornography and other &amp;8216'adult&amp;' content. No, it doesn&amp;'t have anything to do with Google a4&quot;a4sit&amp;'s made by a company called MiKandi (NSFW). And while it draws plenty of snickering and sneers from the Apple faithful, it capitalizes on a fact of life: a lot of people watch porn. And some of them are willing to pay for it.Today, MiKandi has released a new version of its adult app store. The company says that it&amp;'s been rebuilt from the ground up, and it also includes one major new feature: support for paid applications. Previously MiKandi apps have been free' now developers will be able to generate revenue through a channel other than advertising.Instead of selling applications individually (and conducting a different transaction for each app) MiKandi is selling a virtual currency that can be used to purchase premium apps. This means that charges can be consolidated under one innocuous-sounding item on a credit card statement, and it also lets MiKandi take advantage of an &amp;8216'Offers&amp;' system similar to the ones have been so successful on Facebook. At this point there are no Offers available, but MiKandi says they are coming soon.Yes, I&amp;'m sure some of you are shaking your heads, but remember that there are plenty of premium porn sites on the web, and their ubiquity seems to indicate that they&amp;'re making money. Combine that with the impulsive buying mentality driven by the iPhone&amp;'s App Store and Android Market, and it&amp;'s not hard to imagine that some of these apps could do pretty well for themselves. And MiKandi has 300,000 installs so far, which isn&amp;'t anything to scoff at.If you are eager to give the new MiKandi for a spin, you&amp;'ll need to install it from their website (it isn&amp;'t in Android Market for obvious reasons). You can get an idea of what the store looks like in the video below, which does not contain nudity but may still be considered NSFW. CrunchBase InformationMiKandiInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesla cofounder raises $5 million for Wrightspeed]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Wrightspeed announced today it has raised $5 million in first-round financing from a private investor.The company was founded by one of Tesla&amp;'s cofounders Ian Wright. So far, Wrightspeed has probably been best known for is X1 prototype, which the company calls the &amp;''world&amp;'s fastest street-legal electric vehicle.&amp;'' The X1 was created to demonstrate that electric drive can still deliver the &amp;''extreme performance&amp;'' of a sports car.The company plans to use the funds to develop an extended-range hybrid electric drive system that it would market to extreme-performance sports cars and medium to heavy-duty trucks.Next Story: Trooval raises $1.6M to help timeshare companies predict who will make a purchase Previous Story: Neustar beefs up its location data by acquiring QuovaPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, electric vehiclesCompanies: Tesla, WrightspeedPeople: Ian Wright          Tags: electric cars, electric vehiclesCompanies: Tesla, WrightspeedPeople: Ian WrightIris 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).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[Amazon lures newspapers and magazines to Kindle with 70% revenue share]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Amazon  announced today that qualifying newspaper and magazine publishers will  soon be able to earn 70-percent from sales on the Kindle store.The  new revenue sharing plan, which will take effect on December 1, is  clearly a bid to get more periodicals onto Kindle devices. To coincide  with the news, Amazon also announced a beta version of its Kindle  Publishing for Periodicals utility, which will help publishers easily  bring more newspaper and magazine content to the Kindle store.To  qualify for the new revenue sharing plan, publishers will need to make  sure their titles are readable on all Kindle devices and apps (including  those on the iPhone, iPad and Android phones), and that customers can  read the titles across all territories where the publisher has rights. For  titles sent over the Kindlea4a4s Whispernet wireless network, delivery  costs will be split between the publisher and Amazon.The  revenue sharing terms are the same that newspaper and magazine apps  receive from the iTunes App Store for the iPhone and iPad, and they also  match Applea4a4s rumored plans for an iTunes newspaper subscription  service.Previous Story: Vipshop grabs $20M to expand flash sales site in ChinaPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: ebooks, ereader, kindle, magazines, newspapers, WhispernetCompanies: Amazon, Apple          Tags: ebooks, ereader, kindle, magazines, newspapers, WhispernetCompanies: Amazon, 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.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[Amazon Defends Sale Of Pedophile How-To&nbsp'Guide]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=amazon-defends-sale-of-pedophile-how-tonbspguide</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier today we reported that Amazon is selling a book titled The Pedophile&amp;'s Guide to Love and Pleasure. The book itself is a disgrace &amp;8211' a how-to guide for pedophiles. It includes, among other things, tips on how to get away with it and how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases by purchasing condom-like products for children too small to use actual condoms. Regardless, Amazon will not remove the book from its store, and has told us &amp;''Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable.  Amazon does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts, however, we do support the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions.&amp;'' It remains available for sale and download.Sample text (not safe for humans): and:and that&amp;'s just from the first few pages. No one here could stomach reading any more.Amazon&amp;'s own policies prohibit content that includes &amp;''offensive material,&amp;'' as well as content that &amp;''may lead to the production of an illegal item or illegal activity.&amp;'' I think any reasonable person would argue that this fails both tests.We are very much in favor of free speech. But like Facebook&amp;'s obsession with Holocaust denial, that doesn&amp;'t mean Amazon has to condone something so clearly disgusting, and profit from it.I, for one, will not buy anything from Amazon until this and any similar titles are removed from their store. If you agree, comment below.CrunchBase InformationAmazonAmazon KindleInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Linden Lab gets second new CEO of the year for Second Life]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Linden Lab, creator of the Second Life virtual world, has hired Rod Humble as its new chief executive.Humble is a veteran of Electronic Arts, where he served as executive vice president for the EA Play label and ran The Sims business. He has an impressive background in games, but Second Life has a lot of problems to overcome.The company is fighting to hang on to users for its deep and engaging virtual world, where users can explore a huge virtual society, at a time when many users are instead turning to casual games on Facebook and other social networks.Second Life&amp;'s appeal is that it allows users to create just about anything in the virtual world. They can, for instance, design virtual shoes and sell them to other users, known as Residents. The users can cash out that revenue as well, allowing Second Life to build a bridge from the virtual economy to the real economy. The virtual land mass of Second Life is so big now that it would be twice the size of Hong Kong in the real world.Humble replaces Philip Rosedale, the founder of Second Life, who took the CEO position on an interim basis after Mark Kingdon resigned in June. Rosedale gave up the CEO position in October, leaving San Francisco-based Linden Lab without a CEO for a time. Second Life had reported user and transaction growth in the first quarter, but it cut 30 percent of its staff and eliminated an enterprise team in June.Humble has spent more than 20 years in game development and worked on more than 200 games. Most recently as the head of the EA Play Label, he supervised the best-selling PC game franchise of all time, The Sims. Before joining EA, he was vice president of product development at Sony Online Entertainment.&amp;''Rod is a great new leader for Linden Lab,&amp;'' said Rosedale, in a statement. &amp;''Second Life has become a consistently large and profitable business with a thriving virtual economy built together with its passionate Resident community. This has always been a big, long-term vision, it is still early and there is enormous opportunity for growth.&amp;''In a statement, Humble (pictured) said, &amp;''I have a long-standing interest in how the boundaries of society and economics change as communications evolve in new ways. Second Life is unique: it sits at the intersection of virtual worlds, avatars, and human contact.&amp;''Rosedale founded Linden Lab in 1999. The company says its revenues exceed $75 million and it has been profitable, excluding restructuring and non-cash stock compensation expenses, for each of the last three years. It has 220 employees. In the third quarter, the company said 750,000 Residents spent more than 105 million hours within Second Life and exchanged $150 million worth of Linden dollars in the economy.Based on those numbers, Second Life is doing better than a lot of virtual worlds. Rivals that have shut down include Vivaty, There.com, and Metaplace.Next Story: Secret Santa success caps banner year for Reddit Previous Story: Google lets users bill Android app purchases to their AT&amp;038'T accountsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Second Life, virtual worldCompanies: Linden LabPeople: Mark Kingdon, Philip Rosedale, Rod Humble          Tags: Second Life, virtual worldCompanies: Linden LabPeople: Mark Kingdon, Philip Rosedale, Rod HumbleDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.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[Online network helps home cooks sell their extra portions - Springwise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cooking for one or two has always been a challenge, since most recipes are designed to generate four or more servings. Aiming to help minimize waste while earning home cooks a little extra cash, Super Marmite is a social network that enables cooks with too much food to sell their extra servings.Now in beta, French Super Marmite a4&quot; referring to the French word for cooking pot, not the ubiquitous yeast spread a4&quot; is similar in many ways to BookofCooks, the US-based online marketplace for home-cooked meals. Both provide an alternative to restaurants and fast food and give sellsumers a way to be rewarded for their cooking efforts. Specifically, cooks with a meal planned or in the works simply list them on the Super Marmite site, specifying their location, when the meal will be ready and any per-serving fee they''d like to be paid. The location-based service then makes it easy for hungry consumers to find meals of interest not far from where they live. If interested, they can order some of those meals by signing in through Facebook or a Super Marmite account. Once they''ve sampled a cook''s efforts, buyers can review them on the site. Super Marmite is now free for both cooks and consumers. Apps for iPhone and BlackBerry are reportedly coming soon.Super Marmite currently focuses on meal preparation in France, but it seems safe to assume the concept could work well in any urban area. One to partner with or emulate near you...Website: www.super-marmite.comContact: blog.super-marmite.com/contact/Spotted by: Irene Festa <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On the GreenBeat: First Solar forecast beats expectations, Bridgelux to move into residential LEDs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s some of the latest action we&amp;'re following on the GreenBeat today:First Solar posts strong forecast, sells Arizona plant to NRG &amp;8211' The top solar panel maker and low-cost leader forecast 2011 profits above Wall Street&amp;'s expectations, Reuters reports. It also sold its 290-megawatt Agua Caliente plant to power company NRG Energy for $800 million. First Solar executives said they will continue to beat competitors in cost by around 30 percent, and will spend $1.1 billion to nearly double its production capacity from 1.4 gigawatts to 2.7 gigawatts, Earth2Tech writes.EnergyHub looks to raise $12 million &amp;8211' The home energy management company has already closed over $7 million of that amount, according to a filing reported on by Earth2Tech. It is planning a consumer product launch in 2011 after experiencing some delays. The company has also appointed a new director to its board, David Brewster, president of top demand response firm EnerNOC.Bridgelux to offer home lighting &amp;8212' The commercial lighting LED company plans to expand into selling LED components to light bulb makers for the residential market, Greentech media reports. It&amp;'s an attractive market for LEDs because no retrofits are needed to install LED lightbulbs into homes, and prices are steadily dropping, CEO Bill Watkins says, and retailers like Ikea are very interested in carrying LED bulbs.Sungevity raises $15 million &amp;8212' The residential solar financing company plans to use the money to expand to the Northeast. Sungevity uses a model that, like SolarCity and SunRun, leases solar systems to residents for little to no money down, then charges them for the cost of power generated. In Sungevity&amp;'s case, it uses an Internet-based model that crunches satellite images and other Internet-based data to give potential customers quotes within 24 hours, and allows them to handle the paperwork electronically.Next Story: Coming soon &amp;8230' a green laptop that runs on water Previous Story: Spoken Communications gets $4M for call center voice recognitionPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: cadmium telluride, home energy management, LEDs, Solar, solar leasing, thin film solarCompanies: BridgeLux, EnergyHub, First Solar, NRG Energy, Sungevity          Tags: cadmium telluride, home energy management, LEDs, Solar, solar leasing, thin film solarCompanies: BridgeLux, EnergyHub, First Solar, NRG Energy, SungevityIris 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).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[RSS Is Dead, But Reeder For Mac Makes It A Beautiful Corpse&nbsp'[Preview]]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rss-is-dead-but-reeder-for-mac-makes-it-a-beautiful-corpsenbsppreview</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For a long time after the launch of the iPhone, despite thousands of apps for just about everything you can imagine, there was no killer RSS reader app. That changed when the 2.0 version of Reeder arrived earlier this year. It&amp;'s so good that I often prefer using it to reading feeds in Google Reader, long my go-to RSS reader. And the iPad version is even better. And now it&amp;'s about ready to launch in beta for the Mac.While the blog Macstories did a preview back in September when the software was in early alpha, it has come a long way since then. And developer Silvio Rizzi has given me permission to do a short preview of what you can expect when the beta hits (sometime in the next couple of weeks, he hopes). I&amp;'ve been using the app for months now, and it&amp;'s finally feeling rock-solid. And it has completely replaced Google Reader for me.Of course, users of Reeder on the other platforms will know that it is built on top of Google Reader. You log in with your Google credentials and all of your feeds (and starred items) are transfered over. But Reeder makes the experience look roughly a million times better.The app uses a 3-pane view similar to the iPad version of the app. In the left pane, you&amp;'ll find your feed folders a4&quot; but they don&amp;'t look like folders, they look like bundled icons. Hitting the arrow in the lower left square on this bundle will drop down individual feed items. Or you can click on the bundle to read all of the items in there. (You can also drag this left panel out to make it larger, and this will give you a more&amp;nbsp'traditional&amp;nbsp'folder/drop-down view.)The second pane contains the feed of stories by a particular site (or bundled folder of sites). This area shows you the title of the post as well as a short preview of the content. There&amp;'s also a check-box at the bottom to mark all items as read (or you simply hit &amp;''A&amp;'').The third (right) pane is where the content is actually shown. Again, with all the proper Mac styling, it just looks a lot nicer than Google Reader does in the browser. And here you can easily do things like star, share, make a note (tied to Google Reader), send to Instapaper (or Delicious, Pinboard, etc), and post to Twitter. The last bit opens a nice little tweet box that allows you to easily insert the title of what you&amp;'re reading and/or a link. This third pane can also be used to view the items as they appear on the web itself a4&quot; and it&amp;'s actually a pretty nice way to browse. Or you can hit the &amp;''B&amp;'' button and open any item in Chrome.There are at least a couple dozen other subtle great things about the app. For example, the dock icon can be made to show you the unread count on the side of its filing box (instead of an ugly red badge that almost all other apps use).And because it uses Google Reader as the backend, everything stays in sync between your various devices. And with Reeder for Mac, all read items can be kept locally on your machine so you can easily reference them later. The one thing missing, sadly, is search. You&amp;'ll have to open Google Reader for that.Rizzi notes that he&amp;'s just working on feed subscription management now and then the app should be good to go. When it is, you&amp;'ll likely be able to find it here. I&amp;'ll be interested to see if Rizzi also makes the final version available in the Mac App Store. It seems like a natural fit.Will this beautiful app be enough to save the doomed RSS reader method of consuming news Long-term, no. But it does make it a great-looking corpse. CrunchBase InformationReederInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Steve Perlman shows off OnLive&'s disruptive MicroConsole  (video)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Steve Perlman, chief executive of instant-play game company OnLive, is also chief pitch man for the company&amp;'s games-on-demand service. Today, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is announcing it is taking pre-orders for its $99 MicroConsole and wireless controller. With it, you can play high-end games on low-end hardware.OnLive has been working on its server-based technology for more than eight years and has a team of 200 people. It has raised a considerable amount of money for the task from investors such as Warner Bros. and British Telecommunications. Its latest round of funding gave OnLive a valuation of $1.1 billion.In June, the company launched its OnLive service on the PC. The MicroConsole is an adapter that, with a wireless controller, allows a player to play OnLive&amp;'s 35 approved games on a flat-panel TV. That will directly challenge the more expensive game consoles from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. More games are coming, but Perlman is able to show in this video that the system boots up and gets you into a game in around 15 seconds. The games can be played in 1080p resolution at 60 frames per second, as long as you have a broadband connection speed of 5 megabits a second for a 40-inch TV.Our video chat with Perlman is below.Next Story: Verizon considers charging for 4G wireless based on speed Previous Story: OnLive starts pre-sales for MicroConsole aimed at eliminating game consolesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: MicroConsoleCompanies: Microsoft, nintendo, OnLive, SonyPeople: Steve Perlman          Tags: MicroConsoleCompanies: Microsoft, nintendo, OnLive, SonyPeople: Steve PerlmanDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.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[TV Shack ICE Seizure Proves You Can Run But You Can&'t&nbsp'Hide]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Back in July we wrote about bootleg film site TVShack.net rapidly moving offshore to the Australian-located TVShack.cc address in order to escape ICE&amp;'s shutdown of about nine sites. We took bets on when the feds would eventually shut down the new site, and lo and behold five months later the domain is seized in a takedown of about 80 or so other copyright infringing sites.While assigned to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory, the .cc top level domain is controlled by the US based Verisign and therefore was always at risk of a takedown. Moving to a new domain may buy the ICE targeted sites some time, but as TVShack.cc seizure proves, it&amp;'s not clear what exactly is safe.There seems to be some confusion surrounding whether a TLD registrar like Verisign or Afilias or ICANN is the ultimate decider in whether to comply with an ICE takedown request. The Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde has even proposed an ICANN independent DND alternative (.p2p) to circument the non-profit&amp;'s legislation.However, while global DNS coordinator ICANN is US based, ita4scannot technically force a foreign registrar to do anything. Any international ICE cooperation is going to be done with the blessing of the country the registrar is based in, even though it&amp;'s likely most will comply with US Homeland Security.You can follow up to the minute list ofa4sdomain seizures here.CrunchBase InformationTV ShackInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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