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<title><![CDATA[Facebook, Google eye Skype deal]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 07:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Facebook and Google are reportedly pondering either an acquisition of Skype or a joint venture and strategically the two buyers couldn't be more different.Reuters reports that Facebook and Google are pondering some sort of deal with Skype, which delayed an IPO. Talks are very early so it's unclear what will happen if anything.But let's zoom out a bit. If you have been following Skype's corporate strategy of late, it's clear the company is making a lot of nice business-to-business moves. Skype has a channel, key partnerships and an entry to small businesses as well as large ones.Read more at  Facebook, Google eye Skype deal: Consumer vs. corporate tug of war. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Genachowski's Net neutrality proposal is best]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sharmeen</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Jorge Bauermeister's bio below.For those heavily engaged in the Internet regulation battle that has been raging over the past year, the next two weeks will be a nail-biting period. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski recently announced what seems to be a sensible compromise on the issue of Net neutrality, which will work to govern how the Internet pipes are managed. Genachowski's proposal appears to meet all interested parties in the middle by ensuring the continuation of an open Internet and also providing an environment that enables the growth of the Internet and communications sector to continue at a rapid pace. Continued growth, naturally, is essential to enabling new technologies and services to meet consumer demand and needs.But instead of plaudits, the chairman is stuck in a tug-of-war between the long-standing proponents of Net neutrality and those skeptical of new regulations and any unintended consequences they may cause. Splits in the commission, which will vote yea or nay this month, mirror the outside fight.I have been a supporter of light-touch approaches to any sort of Internet regulation, often citing the negative fallout that could result from heavier rules--particularly the approach of reclassifying Internet services under the Title II framework that has governed telephone services since the 1934 Telecommunications Act. Luckily, the Title II approach appears to have been taken off the table, given the recent announcement of the chairman's framework, which maintains rules under the current Title I approach. Why compromise is good--and where extreme policy goes wrongAs for those who want tough neutrality rules on wireless broadband, I'd advise one to be careful what you wish for. The smartphone revolution has created dramatic new demand for wireless capacity, which is already bumping up against the limits of current technology. Wireless networks simply can't handle as much data as wired networks and, therefore, the wireless infrastructure and management of mobile networks require a different approach than wired and fixed broadband. We are just at the beginning of a high-growth wireless revolution. Overregulation will stunt its growth, and Genachowski's plan takes into account that reality, leaving room for continued growth while also doing enough to ensure consumer protections on mobile networks. Advocates of heavy-handed regulation are pressing FCC commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn to work for rules that would prevent network operators from offering premium, or &quot;prioritized,&quot; services. They say operators might use prioritization to favor their own content service over another company. But Genachowski's proposal addressed that fear with a nondiscrimination rule.What opponents of differentiated services are asking for is, simply put, to allow certain content companies to skip paying more for the cost of using more bandwidth within the Internet backbone, as they congest a network operated by another company.Barring such services would prevent valuable innovation. Imagine that you are part of a company whose sole business offering is videoconferencing, and one of your clients has an important videoconference with a potential client overseas. What would happen if the videoconference stalls midway through the meeting Your client would look unprofessional, and so would your company. Bottom line: you lose your business. Likewise, what if a doctor were guiding a surgery via videoconference, and it stalled midway through the operation to accommodate someone five blocks away downloading a TV program Can anyone justify that occurring Companies that rely on quality of service must be able to deliver on that, and they are willing to pay for this, as they should be, just as any business would pay for an essential service to its bottom line. What about on a personal, consumer level, which may apply to &quot;usage-based pricing&quot; Should a neighbor of mine who streams data-heavy programs all day long pay more for the pipe space he uses I am only getting online for two hours each night to send e-mails and watch a TV show or two. Should I pay the same amount to subsidize my neighbor's much more robust use The same principle can be applied to mobile data. AT&amp;T says it now has 7 million customers on one of the usage-based mobile plans it launched a few months ago. To my astonishment, people often overlook the fact that service providers are businesses as well--and that businesses are responsible for building out the bulk of our Internet today. Everyone agrees that private investment is crucial to the Internet infrastructure, in terms of building new networks and upgrading platforms. After all, it was this private investment that has enabled all of us to have broadband service in our homes, offices, and on phones. This has not come cheaply. Over the past two years, Internet service providers collectively invested $120 billion. Their investments are essential to driving our slow economy, creating jobs, and improving our Internet experience, from access to networking opportunities to platform availability. What opponents of differentiated services are asking for is, simply put, to allow certain content companies to skip paying more for the cost of using more bandwidth within the Internet backbone, as they congest a network operated by another company. They have the guts to argue that they spend the same billions of dollars as providers such as Verizon Communications without returns. Possible outcomes and current state of playRepublican Commissioners Robert McDowell and Meredith Baker have stated publicly that they plan to vote against the chairman's proposal. We can assume that the chairman will vote in favor of his own proposal, leaving the majority votes required to pass the order up to Democratic commissioners Clyburn and Copps, both long-standing supporters of Net neutrality. While Commissioner Clyburn has been relatively silent on the proposed order, the compromise sounds as if it doesn't go far enough for Commissioner Copps, who says he is committed to a more invasive proposal to reclassify Internet services as telecommunications services under the 1934 Title II framework. Copps recently remarked during a speech at Columbia University that he is looking for stronger rules over wireless networks, as well as banning prioritization of services--ideas long pursued by groups such as Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the Open Internet Coalition, which favor more extreme government regulation over the flourishing telecommunications sector. Their calls for regulation mirror those of content delivery services, such as providers of streaming video, that depend on more bandwidth from ISP pipes to meet their users' heavy data demands. So what if the vote passes 3-2 Consumer groups and the companies that continue to invest billions of dollars annually to build out the Internet networks from which we currently benefit should be pleased. In the end, consumers win with this plan in part because the proposal protects an open Internet while ensuring the continued investment Americans need to meet their technological demands. At least in the short term, passing a new rule would enable the commission to move its focus from Net neutrality to the National Broadband Plan, which was created to achieve universal broadband in this country. Even if the rule is challenged in court or on Capitol Hill, it would take the issue off the FCC agenda until those other bodies act.What if the vote doesn't pass, and Commissioner Copps holds out for the wish of total overhaul of our Internet policy framework This is a no-win situation, one in which even &quot;public-interest groups&quot; lose. Recent court rulings suggest that the commission lacks the legal authority for Copps' desire to reclassify Internet services under Title II, which would apply to the Internet the same micromanagement rules drafted more than 70 years ago for the old-fashioned monopoly phone system. If the FCC even attempts this path, it will be met with lawsuits to kingdom come. Additionally, with the House shifting to Republican hands, Congress would likely move to strip the FCC of any authority to move on Net neutrality rules. Thus, the best bet for the continued protection of a free and open Internet is through Chairman Genachowski's Net neutrality order. With this, everyone wins something in the end. Isn't that the way most progress results in the American political systemIn conclusionThe bottom line is that the Net neutrality order up for vote would be a consumer win, as it: Protects an open Internet and prevents against discrimination of content.Enables reasonable network management to protect consumers against privacy and cybersecurity concerns, as well as support the business of providing and consuming if more robust online experiences, in terms of performance and capacity demands. Supports continued innovation and investment in communications technologies, facilitating broadband access improvements and network upgrades, as well as adding related American jobs.We must look past the smoke and mirrors of the doomsday hypothetical's being thrown around by extreme proponents of reclassification of the Internet. The &quot;what if&quot; and &quot;imagine this&quot; scenarios are doing nothing but harming a best resolution of this complex issue, which lies in compromise. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paper plane launched into space]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sharmeen</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
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<description><![CDATA[We tend to think of paper planes as small things, thrown in class in order to get 7-year-olds through the crushing boredom of, say, arithmetic.But you might not have guessed that some adventurous sort would, one day, try to build a paper plane with a three-foot wingspan. If you did, I feel sure that it would not have crossed your mind, as it did that of three British amateurs, to build a paper plane with a three-foot wingspan and send it into space.John Oates, one of the threesome, cheerily told the BBC: &quot;I knew we'd be able to get some stuff into space.&quot; However, he admitted that he was more than a little stunned to track the plane, find it when it returned to Earth 100 miles from where it started and even locate the payload with the camera equipment.Recently a man and his 7-year-old son sent an iPhone into space with an HD camera.But the chances of sending something made of paper up there, on a helium balloon that detached itself leaving the plane to soar free, and seeing it return seem rather less sure.The experiment took place over Spain and, according to the Daily Mail, the paper plane, called Vulture 1, went 17 miles high and cost a mere 8,000 British pounds (roughly $12,000) to launch. Well, it was entirely made out of paper straws that were covered in paper.The PARIS (Paper Aircraft Release Into Space) Team have posted pictures from the flight to Flickr. You will be astounded to hear that the three men are all a little technologically inclined and discussed their project on the tech site The Register.I cannot currently confirm that their next project is to send a spaceship made of chewing gum and chopsticks to Mars. But it would surely undercut any NASA project by quite a few dollars.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Imeem Founders Raise $5M From Andreessen Horowitz For Social Photo App&nbsp'Picplz]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mixed Media Labs, the developers of social photo sharing service Picplz, has just raised $5 million in new funding from Andreessen Horowitz. Marc Andreessen will be joining the startup&amp;'s board of directorsDeveloped by Imeem execs Dalton Caldwell and Bryan Berg, Picplz aims to be a dead simple way for users to share the photos they take on the phone on the web. Pictures taken with picplz are synced to your profile on picplz.com and tagged with your location and place. And you can post directly from the app to Facebook, Twitter, and can also check-in to Foursquare when you take a picture. The app also allows you to follow other users&amp;' photo streams, similar to the Twitter model.The startup initially launched an Android app in May and then rolled out an iPhone version in August. Between the two apps, Picplz has seen over 100,000 downloads. PicPlz most recently rolled out updated apps with the ability to add special affects to pictures, a new UI and improved photo upload speeds. Caldwell notes that the funding will be used to expand the scope of what the startup is doing in terms of monetization and new products.  It&amp;'s unclear what the details are at the moment, but we&amp;'ll keep you updated on any new developments.CrunchBase InformationpicplzInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gillmor Gang 11.25.10&nbsp'(TCTV)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Gillmor Gang almost didn&amp;'t happen today, as technical problems tormented the hastily assembled pre-holiday hoedown. Will Kinect save Microsoft No, says Robert Scoble. Will Facebook and Apple destroy our freedom as they capture our identities and lock us behind a pay wall of our own choosing Yes, says identity leader Dick Hardt. Gillmor had other ideas, but spent much of his time below decks trying to wrangle Kevin Marks&amp;' up and down Skype connection. This is a long show, about as long as it takes to set up Apple TV and the new iOS version 4.2 on a chain of iDevices, but in the end something about it works. Enjoy while you&amp;'re waiting for the turkey to cook, and a Happy Thanksgiving from the Gang.CrunchBase InformationSteve GillmorRobert ScobleDick HardtJohn TaschekKevin MarksInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung hearts Android: Ships 3M Galaxy S phones in US, announces dual-display Continuum]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Samsung&amp;'s Galaxy S selling spree continues, as the company announces it has shipped 3 million of the Android phones to the US since they first went on sale in July, Reuters reports.The company&amp;'s US numbers are a significant portion of its total 7 million Galaxy S phones shipped worldwide. Sales are moving so briskly that the company wishes it had more supply, according to Samsung chief marketing officer Paul Golden. Supply shortages of the company&amp;'s 4-inch AMOLED display are believed to be the current bottleneck cause. Golden says the company is working on ramping up its screen production.Samsung is definitely going to need to produce more screens if it expects to reach its projected sales of 10 million phones by the end of the year.The company is also rolling out even more phones that use the AMOLED screens. Last night, Samsung unveiled its Continuum phone for Verizon &amp;8212' which is most notable for the dedicated ticker display below its main screen. Previous glimpses at the phone led us to believe it had two separate screens, but Samsung revealed that the Continuum sports the same 4-inch display as the rest of the Galaxy S family. The display&amp;'s top 3.4 inches are dedicated to the main phone screen, while the bottom 1.6 inches offer ticker updates for stocks, texts and the like.It&amp;'s certainly a creative use of screen space, but it&amp;'s unclear if consumers will want to pay the same price as the rest of the Galaxy S family for less usable screen area. The Continuum will be available on Verizon November 11th for $200 with a two-year contract (and after a $100 mail-in rebate). Internally it sports the same hardware as the rest of the Galaxy S clan, including a 1-gigahertz Hummingbird processor, 5 megapixel camera, and Android 2.1. Hopefully, Samsung will offer an update to the more recent Android 2.2 release soon.Next Story: AMD ships its first Fusion microprocessor-graphics combo chips Previous Story: &amp;''LinkedIn&amp;'' of cleantech investing OnGreen raises $1.4 millionPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: AMOLED, Android, Continuum, Galaxy S, smartphonesCompanies: Google, Samsung, VerizonPeople: Paul Golden          Tags: AMOLED, Android, Continuum, Galaxy S, smartphonesCompanies: Google, Samsung, VerizonPeople: Paul GoldenDevindra 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[Oodle Widens Its Social Reach On Facebook&nbsp'Marketplace]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sharmeen</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[When Oodle started out six years ago as a classifieds search engine, it&amp;'s focus was all around search and bringing together the best classified ads from all over the web.  Today, it still does that, but increasingly it is moving more and more towards social classifieds.  &amp;''We are 100 percent committed to social,&amp;'' CEO Craig Donato tells me.  Oodle already powers the Facebook Marketplace, perhaps the largest business app on the social network.  Of the company&amp;'s 14 million total users a month, 6 million are on Facebook.  And tonight it plans to roll out a slew of new social features.In addition to seeing what items for sale your friends are listing on Facebook, you can also see items from friends of friends, and from people who belong to the same networks.  (Some of these group buying features come from its recent acquisition of Grouply).  You can now also post items just to your friends, and you have the option to lend items or give them away.  Donato recently posted that he was looking for a car for his foster daughter.  A friend from grad school saw the request and just gave her his old car that he was going to try to sell.Adding real identities and tapping into your social networks changes the nature of many of these transactions.  Donato explains how Oodle is different than other forms of social commerce: &amp;''The majority of social commerce is getting recommendations from friends about what to buy.  What we are doing is differenta4&quot;who you are buying from matters as much as what you are buying.&amp;''Every listing is tied to a real Facebook identity, and the listings pages are redesigned to better show who that person is and how you are connected.  Email communications similarly will display summarized profile information and pictures of common friends.Oodle is facing increasing competition from younger startups such as Yardsellr to become the eBay of social, but with Facebook Marketplace Oodle has the scale to become the default for social classifieds.  How does Oodle plan to make money off of social classifieds where there are no listing fees  Off of businesses, of course.  Oodle charges small businesses for premium services such as reporting and linking listings to their Facebook pages  Whereas the Web and e-commerce has helped to &amp;''has really dehumanized local transactions,&amp;'' Donato believes that social classifieds will help reverse that trend because they usually result in a face-to-face transaction where reputations matter more than on the web.  He also believes that getting rid of anonymity helps to eliminate bad behavior such as scams or people simply not holding up their end of the bargain.CrunchBase InformationOodleInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEC takes aim at venture capital rules in 2011]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New rules from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a revised reading on which private fund managers must register as investment advisers will have a &amp;''profound&amp;'' effect on traditional venture capital funds in 2011, a lawyer who specializes in VC litigation told me this week.Both of those pressures could finally cause a dreaded pop in what many investors are calling a venture capital bubble in Silicon Valley, as valuations for startups has skyrocketed and marquee-name companies have reaped massive pre-IPO fundings.The new regulations come under the aegis of the recently passed Dodd-Frank Act and will reexamine the registration requirements set down by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.Those prospects have many VC firms, both large and small, visibly nervous, said Rob Fore, a partner in the Silicon Valley office of financial law firm Goodwin Procter.&amp;''I was surprised that the SEC would require that funds that qualify under Venture Capital Fund exception to file rather detailed reports about themselves and the funds that they advise and which would be publicly available on the SEC&amp;'s website,&amp;'' said Fore.Under the new rules, even firms which are exempt from registration under the proposed rules will be still required to file periodic reports with the SEC and be subject to examination by the SEC.&amp;''Moreover, I believe we were all surprised that the SEC made its position clear that these advisers that are exempt from registration would still be subject to examination by the SEC,&amp;'' added Fore, because even those sort of compliance requirements will be potentially &amp;''burdensome and costly&amp;'' to venture capital funds.Still, with the SEC still actively soliciting commentary on the rules from VC participants, there is a possibility that venture capitalists may see a loosening or revamping of the new standards along the lines of what Wall Street&amp;'s banking lobbies have been able to finagle.&amp;''I expect that industry organizations and firms will submit substantive comments responding to SEC questions set forth in the release and that the final rules may be modified to address some concerns raised by the public comments,&amp;'' Fore said.The SEC is also looking at new legislation that could affect &amp;''super angel&amp;'' investors.Previous Story: Facebook owned the Internet in 2010PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Venture CapitalCompanies: Goodwin procter, Securities and Exchange commissionPeople: rob fore          Tags: Venture CapitalCompanies: Goodwin procter, Securities and Exchange commissionPeople: rob foreRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting.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[Nvidia&'s Tegra 2 aims to power a new generation of super phones and tablets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nvidia announced that a number of companies are using its Tegra 2 mobile chip in their power-efficient and graphics-rich mobile devices known as super phones.Not all companies that will be using Tegra 2 have made announcements yet. But those who have include LG, which will use it in a new Optimus 2X smartphone, and car makers Tesla and BMW, which will use Tegra 2 in car computers. Those design wins are key to Nvidia, which wants to expand from PC graphics into mobile computing chips.If it can charge ahead into mobile computing with Tegra 2, Nvidia can escape the squeeze on its graphics chip business in the PC market. For consumers, this means that users will be able to enjoy mobile devices with outstanding graphics and video.Tegra 2 is a dual-core chip, or one with two computing brains based on the ARM chip architecture. It competes with lots of rival chips from Intel, Broadcom, Marvell, and others. But Nvidia contends Tegra 2 is the only chip that can play console-quality games on a mobile device.Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia, made the announcement at the company&amp;'s press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show, the tech extravaganza being held in Las Vegas this week. He described LG&amp;'s Tegra 2 smartphone as &amp;''the world&amp;'s first Tegra super phone,&amp;'' meaning it will be both a computing and communications tool.In a demo of the phone, Huang (right) showed how he could plug it into a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable and display the phone&amp;'s image on a big screen. He proceeded to play the Android version of Angry Birds on the Optiumus 2X. He also showed 1080p high-definition video playing on the phone and the big screen. Huang also showed Flash animations running on the Optimus 2X.The mobile market is critical to Nvidia, since the company is being squeezed in the PC market by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, which are trying to subsume the graphics chip into the microprocessor itself.Huang said that this CES is as unique as the one in 1995, when Microsoft announced Windows 95 and turned the PC into a multimedia machine with gaming and internet access. Now, mobile computing is starting to drive.Nvidia also said that its Tegra 2 processor will be used in the new Motorola smartphone, the Atrix 4G.Next Story: Will Nvidia&amp;'s new high-performance ARM chip run Windows Previous Story: Five payment trends to watch in 2011PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: CES, CES 2011, Consumer Electronics ShowCompanies: advanced micro devices, Intel, Lg, NvidiaPeople: Jen Hsun Huang          Tags: CES, CES 2011, Consumer Electronics ShowCompanies: advanced micro devices, Intel, Lg, NvidiaPeople: Jen Hsun HuangDean 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[Playboy to strut its stuff on the iPad &8212' uncensored]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite Apple&amp;'s history of putting Church Lady restrictions on app content, Playboy has announced that it&amp;'s bringing every issue of the magazine ever published to the iPad. So rejoice, fans of woman-shaped manikins and terrible cartoon jokes.It&amp;'s not yet clear whether Apple has eased its restrictions on app content (which, as written, would ban Playboy&amp;'s content) or the mag would be made available via the Web.It&amp;'s &amp;''possible that the Playboy issues could come to iPad with Web-based access through the device&amp;'s Safari browser,&amp;'' notes Katie Marshal of AppleInsider. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner himself made the announcement via Twitter. But, says Marshal, &amp;''Hefner&amp;'s posts made no mention of the App Store, or potential approval from Apple.&amp;''Last week, Playboy announced that it would go private in a deal valuing the once-mighty publisher at $207 million.Next Story: Website transparency is critical when sites FAIL Previous Story: 4info says its mobile ad business is explodingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: content, iPadCompanies: Apple, PlayboyPeople: high hefner          Tags: content, iPadCompanies: Apple, PlayboyPeople: high hefnerVentureBeat 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[GM exec: Chill, Volts won&'t bring down the grid]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As electric cars move towards the smart grid, there&amp;'s been a lot of worry about the cars overstraining the grid. But at least for now, GM and PG&amp;amp'E are united on the answer: Not a problem, guys.GM is making the upcoming Chevrolet Volt, an electric plug-in of sorts that runs on a combination of gas and electric power. The company&amp;'s general manager of advanced technology Byron Shaw spoke at GreenBeat 2010 today, alongside Saul Zambrano, director at PG&amp;amp'E. The key to a smooth transition of plugging increasing numbers of electric cars to the grid, they said, are smart grid communications. (The Volt and the all-electric Nissan Leaf will begin selling this December.)You just need a car charger that can communicate back to the utility, which can then manage load, Shaw said.&amp;''If there&amp;'s a brownout situation impending we can stagger-charge all the Volts, so you won&amp;'t get a secondary evening peak. The Volts are not going to bring down the grid,&amp;'' Shaw said.The company predicts charging a Volt from empty to full will cost around $1.20 a night, Shaw said.Zambrano added that dynamic pricing &amp;8212' where customers can read from home what the price to charge at various times are.What&amp;'s more, most car charging will happen in off-peak hours, Shaw said. People will charge at night or while they&amp;'re at work.&amp;''Cars they&amp;'re like cats. They sleep 22 hours a day,&amp;'' Shaw said. &amp;''It will be all off-peak and pretty much zero lifestyle impact.&amp;''Next Story: Venture titan John Doerr: Cleantecha4a4s a4ANetscape momenta4 coming next year Previous Story: Facebook friends the environment &amp;8230' or does itPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, GreenBeat, GreenBeat 2010, Leaf, VoltCompanies: Chevrolet, Nissan, PG&amp;amp'EPeople: Byron Shaw, Saul Zambrano          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, GreenBeat, GreenBeat 2010, Leaf, VoltCompanies: Chevrolet, Nissan, PG&amp;amp'EPeople: Byron Shaw, Saul ZambranoIris 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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