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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: New Roomba, Scooba models get to work]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Floor bots: The new Roomba 760 (back) for vacuuming and Scooba 230 (front) for scrubbing. (Credit:Tim Hornyak/CNET)LAS VEGAS--iRobot demoed its updated line of robot floor cleaners at CES 2011, showing off a more powerful Roomba vacuum bot and a much more compact Scooba floor scrubber. Roomba hoovered some crushed Cheerios, while Scooba got to work on a coffee-stained tile floor. Both robots go on sale this spring. They're similar to their predecessors, but have important differences. Both updates have the iAdapt cleaning tech, a sensor and software system that monitors the floor more than 60 times per second and chooses from dozens of robot behaviors to get the job done, the company says. I played around with the Scooba 350 last year, and wasn't crazy about its bulk, which proved a bit of a pain when emptying the cleaning fluid tanks. At only 6.5 inches across and 3.5 inches tall, the new Scooba 230 has a much smaller footprint, making maintenance easier, and it can be grabbed with one hand. The new size, however, is mainly designed to allow the robot to get into tight corners around toilets, which was never a delightful chore anyway. The 230 can scrub up to 150 square feet of sealed hardwood, tile, or linoleum floors, and has edge-detect sensors to keep it away from stairs and drop-offs while working. The company says it can neutralize up to 97 percent of common household bacteria. A neat feature is how the reservoirs work: An active reservoir system separates the cleaning solution from the dirty water. The active reservoir shrinks as more cleaning fluid is put down on the floor, allowing it to suck up more dirty water. iRobot says this eliminates dirty water from the cleaning area so the robot isn't just moving dirt around like a mop can. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft launches Xbox Live Rewards program]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hyipmonitoring</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-launches-xbox-live-rewards-program</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has unveiled its new Rewards program for Xbox Live.(Credit:Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET)Microsoft has officially launched its freeXbox Live Rewards program to give users recognition for their &quot;time and dedication&quot; to Xbox Live.Upon joining the program, gamers will earn Microsoft Points--Xbox Live's currency--by simply using the service. Those who renew their Xbox Live Gold membership for one year, for example, will earn 200 Microsoft Points. Activating and using Netflix on Xbox Live nets users 100 Microsoft Points. According to Microsoft, users will also receive Points for purchasing &quot;select Xbox Live Marketplace content,&quot; but the company didn't say which content applies and how many Points users can earn.According to Larry Hryb, better known as Major Nelson, Microsoft's Xbox Live director of programming, users will also be able to earn points playing games on Xbox Live.Microsoft said that the Rewards program is available to those with a free Xbox Live membership, but Gold Members have more opportunities to earn Points.As users continue to rack up Microsoft Points (they're limited to 15,000 Points earned during a 12-month period), they can use them to buy &quot;content and other cool gear&quot; in the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft said.Microsoft's decision to launch a rewards program comes on the heels of Sony announcing a similar offering back in October.The freePlayStation Rewards program offers users the chance to earn prizes by playing games, buying content on the PlayStation Network, and performing other activities. However, rather than earn points, Sony's option places gamers into three reward tiers--Select, Pro, and Legendary--based on their activity. The higher a user gets in those tiers, the better the rewards.PlayStation Rewards is currently available by invite only to PlayStation Plus and Gamer Advisory Panel members. Sony said when it announced the program that it plans on making it available to the entire PlayStation community next spring.The Xbox Live Rewards service is available to all Xbox Live users &quot;in the U.S. and U.K. only,&quot; Major Nelson reported on his blog.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows Home Server to lose drive pooling]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hyipmonitoring</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The next version of Windows Home Server, codenamed &amp;34'Vail&amp;34' will lose a popular feature that let users pool together storage drives.(Credit:Microsoft)In the world of software, features come and go, though most of the time it's in the direction of growth.Such has been the story of Windows Home Server--that is, up until now. Microsoft has announced that the next major version of the software, codenamed &quot;Vail,&quot; will do away with what has arguably been one of the most user-friendly features: the drive extender.This feature would let users take multiple hard drives of various sizes--like the ones that people might have left from old computers, or something they got at a Black Friday sale--and let them pool those drives together to add to a total amount of storage. The feature could be a lifesaver for people who wanted to expand the storage on a computer without having to mess with special third-party software, or complicated back-up solutions.According to a post on the Windows Home Server blog, the feature will be removed from beta versions of WHS, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials beginning early next year. The reasoning for the change was that hard drive size has increased to the point where 1-terabyte-or-higher hard drives can be had on the cheap, and are readily available at the time users are buying new hardware they wish to turn into home servers:&quot;Since customers looking to buy Windows Home Server solutions from OEMs will now have the ability to include larger drives, this will reduce the need for Drive Extender functionality,&quot; Michael Leworthy, Micosoft's Windows Server senior technical product manager, said in the post.Leworthy also noted that the decision had been driven by customers.&quot;When weighing up the future direction of storage in the consumer and SMB market, the team felt the Drive Extender technology was not meeting our customer needs,&quot; he said. Shortly after writing that post, which was met with some 140 (mostly angry) user comments, Leworthy followed up, saying that the decision had been &quot;incredibly hard,&quot; but that it was necessary given the development of Home Server alongside the company's Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials products. &quot;For Windows Home Server users, these areas may not seem as important. However, as our development for these products is very closely tied, a decision like this affects all three,&quot; Leworthy said. A possible reason for the removal of the feature going forward could be tied to past difficulties with drive pooling being the culprit of data corruption. In some cases, this could lead to files that were stored on multidrive home servers being unreadable after they had been transferred there. Earlier versions of WHS had this problem, though Microsoft patched it back in 2008.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comedy Central, MTV now blocking Google TV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=comedy-central-mtv-now-blocking-google-tv</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Matthew Moskovciak/CNET)The Google TV platform was already struggling after Hulu and every major TV network started blocking its devices from streaming video, and now things are getting worse.  Viacom properties, including Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon, are now also blocking Google TV, with users receiving a message that the content &quot;is unavailable for your device.&quot; The loss of Viacom content is a major blow to Google TV, as shows like &quot;The Daily Show&quot; and &quot;The Colbert Report&quot; were some of the few high-quality TV shows that allowed streaming. The last we checked, &quot;Conan&quot; is still available, but there's no guarantee TBS won't begin blocking Google TV too.We felt Google TV had a lot of potential when we reviewed the first wave of products, but it's going to be difficult for the platform to get any traction if major content providers continue to block Google TV devices.(Via GTVHub via Engadget)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask Maggie: Will Verizon kill its unlimited smartphone data plan]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What good is a smartphone without decent data service Indeed, accessing the Internet and all those Web-based apps is the only reason most people even want a smartphone.But what if your service provider starts capping your data service and charging you for how many megabytes of data you use every month For some consumers, the thought is absolute heresy. In this week's Ask Maggie column, I try to quell one reader's concern that Verizon Wireless will abandon its unlimited data plan once theiPhone arrives.I also advise another reader to consider an Android device other than the Motorola Cliq. And I provide some suggestions for a cheap prepaid smartphone data plan.Ask Maggie is a weekly advice column that answers readers' wireless and broadband questions. If you've got a question, please send me an e-mail at maggie dot reardon at cbs dot com. And please put &quot;Ask Maggie&quot; in the subject header.Will Verizon abandon unlimited data Dear Maggie,I was a Verizon Wireless customer who switched to AT&amp;T when the iPhone came out the first time. I love my iPhone, but hate the AT&amp;T network. I'm looking forward to switching back to Verizon once it's available on that network. I've read reports that Verizon is planning to adopt a tiered pricing plan like AT&amp;T's. I love my unlimited data plan and I'm not willing to give it up. So my question to you is what do you think is going to happen Will Verizon do what AT&amp;T has done and put a cap on the data plan If so, I'm not sure what I should do.Thanks,Sam Dear Sam,First of all I must disclose that I don't have a crystal ball. I can't see the future, which means I can't say for sure what Verizon Wireless will do. Lucky for you, Verizon has neither announced the iPhone, nor has it talked details of its pricing plan yet, so you have some time to think through your options.But just to ease your worry, my prediction is that Verizon will not eliminate its unlimited data plan as AT&amp;T has done. Here are a few reasons why I believe this. And I'll go through each one for you.For one, consumers don't like usage-based billing. A recent survey by the Wall Street equity research firm Sanford Bernstein found that 40 percent of smartphone users are unhappy about the idea of usage-based billing. Furthermore, the survey found that people are actually willing to pay more for unlimited plans, even if they do not necessarily need them. For instance, the average monthly data usage among all smartphone users is about 300MB. AT&amp;T's top tier of service is capped at 2GB.What this means is that most smartphone customers don't even come close to exceeding their monthly limit, and yet they are more comfortable paying a higher flat rate for the peace of mind that they will not exceed the cap and be charged overage fees.Another reason I don't think Verizon will mimic AT&amp;T's data plan is because executives have pretty much said that they won't. Based on public statements about pricing, Verizon executives seem to get that consumers don't want to give up all-you-can-eat data plans. Still, Verizon knows it must do something to curb data consumption on its network or risk falling into the same problems that AT&amp;T has had. This is why the company is experimenting with a low-end data service that offers 150MB of data per month for $15.Both Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg and COO Lowell McAdam have publicly said that usage-based pricing is coming to Verizon when it launches its 4G wireless network. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal this week, Verizon execs said that consumers who want faster service on 4G will have to pay for it. But Seidenberg also was careful to say that this does not mean the death of the unlimited data plan.The problem that wireless carriers face right now is that demand is outpacing upgrades to network infrastructure. In other words, they can't get their networks upgraded quickly enough or get enough spectrum freed up to keep up with the exponential growth in usage over time. But more importantly, they can't afford these upgrades. Flat-rate unlimited pricing reduces how much revenue carriers make on each bit of data traversing their networks. In other words, the more data you use on an unlimited data plan, the less money AT&amp;T and Verizon are making from that service on a per-bit basis. So they need to be able to find a balance in which they can charge customers who use more of the network's resources more money for access to those resources.Of course, this is very unpopular with consumers, who have gotten used to all-you-can-eat Internet data buffets. But lucky for Verizon, American consumers are happy to pay a premium for all-you-can-eat. The recent Sanford Bernstein survey I mentioned suggests consumers are willing to overpay for unlimited plans, even when they don't need them. And if they can't get an unlimited plan, they're willing to switch carriers and phones to get one (with the exception of the iPhone).This is likely why AT&amp;T grandfathered existing iPhone and other smartphone customers into the unlimited plans. But because AT&amp;T was so desperate to alleviate congestion on its network, it was unable to continue offering a marked-up unlimited plan to consumers going forward.Verizon is in a different situation. Its network isn't yet feeling the crunch that AT&amp;T's network has been feeling. This may change after the iPhone is introduced if millions of iPhone users, such as yourself, decide to switch to Verizon. However, Verizon has been feeling out how these demands will affect its network with the Android phones it now offers. And so far the network has held up. So my prediction is that Verizon will offer a few tiers of service that may appeal to cost-conscious customers. But I think it will also continue to offer an unlimited plan. The only caveat is that Verizon may not offer the unlimited plan at $30 a month. My guess is that it will keep unlimited data for those who really want it, but it will price the service high to encourage people to select a service with a limit. If my prediction comes true, then we'll have to see how much people are truly willing to pay for the peace of mind that comes with unlimited plans.Android adviceDear Maggie,I am considering the purchase of a Motorola Cliq XT phone that uses the Wal-Mart family network on T-Mobile. The Android operating system is version 1.5. Are operating system upgrades offered through T-Mobile or are they only available through a proprietary Wal-Mart network Is it easier to kill unwanted apps with this older version of the operating systemThanks for your help,DonDear Don,The upgrade will come from the wireless operator, which in this case is T-Mobile USA. Wal-Mart is simply the reseller. T-Mobile and Motorola recently announced they'd soon make available Android 2.1 Eclair for the year-old Cliq phones. The company has already posted a support page to help guide customers through the upgrade process.Scott Webster, who blogs about Android for CNET, noted in a blog post last month that the new upgrade to the Cliq is coming late, and it enables features that many other Android users have taken for granted. &quot;For example, they're just now getting speech-to-text, turn-by-turn navigation, voice search, resizable widgets, seven home screens, and a connected music player. Meanwhile, most of the Android community has enjoyed these features for nearly a full year,&quot; he said in his blog posted last month.Webster also mentioned that 2.1 Android OS will likely be the last upgrade for the Cliq. So if you're considering an Android phone, you may want to look at a different Android phone given that this one is already outdated and has little hope of ever becoming as robust as some newer Android devices.As for disabling certain apps on your phone, this should not be a problem with either the older 1.5 version of Android OS on the device or the newer 2.1 version of software for the Cliq. You should be able to disable certain apps easily with a task killer that is found in the Android Market, such as Advanced Task Killer. These apps allow you to easily turn off a bunch of apps at once and leave the ones you liked running. Prepaid smartphonesDear Maggie,I read your column dated May 19th with its review of prepaid plans.I have been a T-Mobile prepaid per-minute plan user for several years. Needless to say, I am a low minute user. I carry a Palm PDA as a second device for data, calendaring and e-mail using Wi-Fi to sync to Outlook.But now I'd like to consolidate my devices, and I'd really like a smartphone. The problem is that I want a prepaid plan with few voice minutes and lots of data and access to Wi-Fi. This would be the perfect device and/or plan for me and I think many other people.Do you have a suggestion for us low-volume talkers, who do not need cell phone network add-onsThanks,Mike Dear Mike,Your best bet is to get Virgin Mobile's $35 BlackBerry Curve prepaid plan. With this plan you get unlimited data and messaging with only 300 voice minutes. Boost, Cricket, and MetroPCS also offer reasonable prepaid options, as I explained in the story you referenced. These companies offer other types of smartphones with unlimited voice and data for $60 a month. Even though you don't need all those voice minutes, you can't beat the price. You could also stick with T-Mobile USA, which offers a $60-a-month plan with 500 voice minutes and unlimited data. If you aren't using many voice minutes, then the 500 cap shouldn't be a problem.Verizon Wireless also just recently started offering prepaid wireless data for smarpthones. But it's expensive. The 3G prepaid data package is $30 a month for unlimited data usage. But the 450-minute voice plan, which also comes with an unlimited texting package, that must be purchased with it costs $65 a month. This makes your total monthly service cost about $95 a month.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Windows Embedded Compact 7 should be Microsofta4a4s anti-iPad strategy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hyipmonitoring</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ita4a4s just like Microsoft to have a perfectly good tablet solution and do nothing with it.The company yesterday released Windows Embedded Compact 7 &amp;8212' the successor to Windows CE for consumer electronics &amp;8212' to the public as a free 180-day trial. Microsoft says that it will be used to power devices like phones (Windows Phone 7 is based on Windows CE), GPS units, and in-car computers. It could also potentially be used for tablets in the future, but Microsoft has shown little interest in that possibility so far.Instead, Microsoft is still trying to pursue Windows 7 as a legitimate tablet operating system, which has wrought failed devices like HPa4a4s Slate. Rumors are also floating around that the company will be positioning Windows 8 as its flagship tablet offering. But Windows 8 wona4a4t be released until 2012 at the earliest, which leaves this year completely open for competitors like Google, RIM, and HP to grab a slice of the tablet market from Apple.If Microsoft wants to compete in the tablet arena and take on the iPad, it needs a powerful-yet-lightweight mobile operating system. Windows Embedded Compact 7 is clearly its best option. So why is the company once again trying to convince us that a desktop operating system like Windows 8 can magically turn into a tablet-optimized platformNow Microsoft could conceivably have some master plan in mind for Windows 8 on tablets. But history doesna4a4t inspire much hope. The company tried to convince us that Windows XP was a tablet operating system for years, and when that failed it ignored the tablet market altogether. Microsoft&amp;'s many failures with bringing Windows to tablets proved that desktop interfaces are meant for the keyboard and mouse, not multitouch interaction.Given that Windows Phone 7 is based on Windows CEa4a4s kernel (the heart of every operating system), Microsoft should have wised up and pursued the same strategy for tablets. Windows Phone 7 impressed me with its speed and gorgeous interface, and therea4a4s no reason why Microsoft cana4a4t translate that experience to tablets. Rumors say that it may try to place similar slick design elements atop Windows 8 for tablets, but if thata4a4s the case, why burden tablets with a full-blown desktop OSWindows Embedded Compact 7 is the closest thing Microsoft has to Applea4a4s iOS, which powers the iPad, and Googlea4a4s Android mobile OS. The OS brings with it support for Adobe Flash 10.1, Microsoft Silverlight, and a new mobile version of Internet 8, among other improvements over Windows CE. Basically, it seems perfectly positioned to power tablets.Unfortunately for us, the closest Microsoft has gotten to bringing the OS to tablets was via a prototype at Computex last year. Asus had also mentioned that it intended to use Windows Embedded Compact 7 in a tablet last year, but it later chose to go with Android. Since then, wea4a4ve heard little about other manufacturers volunteering to use the OS in their tablets.Wea4a4re only a few hours away from the iPad 2a4a4s announcement, and ita4a4s becoming increasingly clear that Microsoft is the only company among its peers without a clear tablet strategy. RIM, a traditionally enterprise-focused company that would likely have trouble finding a4Asexya4 in the dictionary, managed to blow me away with its slick BlackBerry PlayBook. Even HP has managed to deliver something compelling with its WebOS-powered TouchPad.Ia4a4m not sure what it will take for Microsoft to realize that nobody wants to run Windows 7 or Windows 8 on a tablet. But the company will likely realize soon that it will need to come up with some sort of solid tablet strategy. And when it does, it will become abundantly clear that Windows Embedded Compact 7 is its best option to take on the iPad.Via ZDNet, EngadgetPrevious Story: HTML5-compatible videos jump from 10% to 63% in the past yearPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, BlackBerry PlayBook, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, tablets, TouchPad, webOS, Windows Embedded Compact 7Companies: Apple, Google, HP, Microsoft, RIM          Tags: Android, BlackBerry PlayBook, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, tablets, TouchPad, webOS, Windows Embedded Compact 7Companies: Apple, Google, HP, Microsoft, RIMDevindra 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. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Egypt restores Internet access amid continued Mubarak protests]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Egyptian government has restored Internet service to the country after an unprecedented nationwide Internet shutdown that lasted almost a week, the Internet security firm Renesys confirms.The  communications shutdown, which began on January 27, was meant to make  it more difficult for protesters to organize. But it didna4a4t stop an  estimated 250,000 citizens from gathering in Cairo yesterday to call for  the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubaraka4a4s rule, which has lasted  for three decades. Smaller protests also sprung up in other major Egyptian  cities like Alexandria.By  restoring Internet access, the Egyptian government may be hoping to  stabilize the turmoil the country is currently facing. Yesterday  President Mubarak announced that he wouldna4a4t seek re-election later this  year. But anti-Mubarak protesters are fed up and want him out of the  country as soon as possible.The government first blocked social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook on January 25 &amp;8212' services that have become increasingly important to activists over the last few years. During Irana4a4s protests in 2009, Twitter became one of the most widely used tools for protesters. Twitter cofounder Biz Stone responded to Egypta4a4s Internet block last week, declaring a4AThe tweets must flow!a4 Google ended up launching a speak-to-tweet service last week to help Egyptians be heard (you can listen to recordings at the Speak2Tweet Twitter account).Photo via Al Jazeera EnglishNext Story: Ning adds lots of knobs and dials to prettify its custom social networks Previous Story: Flash game developers flock to Android (survey)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: activism, Egypt, protestsCompanies: Google, TwitterPeople: Hosni Mubarak          Tags: activism, Egypt, protestsCompanies: Google, TwitterPeople: Hosni MubarakDevindra 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. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LTE 4G phones for Verizon on the horizon from HTC, Samsung, Motorola]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The first wave of smartphones for Verizon&amp;'s LTE 4G network will include entries from HTC, Motorola and Samsung, judging from the rash of early hardware photos hitting gadget sites over the past few days.We&amp;'ve known for some time that Android manufacturers were working on LTE 4G phones, but the photos in the wild tell us that they&amp;'re closer to release than we&amp;'ve previously thought. Manufacturers are most likely gearing up to finalize their hardware to show off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in two weeks.In fact, it&amp;'s pretty certain that HTC will show off its Verizon LTE phone at CES, and that it will be the first manufacturer to do so. A few days ago, the company launched a site which teases that it will be &amp;''the first to 4G, again&amp;'' &amp;8212' a reference to the Evo 4G and G2, the first 4G phones on Sprint and T-Mobile respectively. Prior to that, several gadget sites received leaked photos of the company&amp;'s upcoming &amp;''Mecha&amp;'' device, which may land on Verizon as the &amp;''Incredible HD.&amp;''A few days ago, Samsung&amp;'s LTE 4G entry was leaked to Gizmodo, and the Wall Street Journal reported that Motorola was officially working on a LTE phone for Verizon (not that there was ever any connection).Verizon launched its supposedly super-fast LTE 4G network on December 5, but at the moment only a few 4G USB modems can take advantage of it. Obviously, the carrier needs 4G handsets as soon as possible to compete with flagship models from Sprint and T-Mobile.AT&amp;038'T is still mum on its LTE 4G network, and Sprint&amp;'s WiMAX 4G network (a competing standard to LTE) has been online for a few years. T-Mobile has dubbed its HSPA+ network 4G, even though AT&amp;038'T currently regards that technology as a stop-gap between 3G and 4G.Image via GizmodoNext Story: Solve Media makes Captchas easier on your eyes with video ads Previous Story: Could Kodak&amp;'s patents threaten photo-sharing sitesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 3G, 4G, HSPA, LTE, smartphones, WiMaxCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, HTC, motorola, Samsung, sprint, T Mobile, Verizon          Tags: 3G, 4G, HSPA, LTE, smartphones, WiMaxCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, HTC, motorola, Samsung, sprint, T Mobile, VerizonDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Badgeville Investors Now Betting $2.5 Million That You&'ll Want To Check In To&nbsp'Websites]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[TechCrunch Disrupt Audience Choice winner Badgeville announces a $2.5 million Series A round today in order to apply its badge-based game mechanics across the web. a4sInvestors in the round include eBay COO Maynard Webb, Palantir founder Joe Lonsdale, Pejman Nozad and Zain Khan from Felix Investments and senior executives from Paypal, Chegg, Shopping.com, Drugstore.com and Warner Music.a4s Publishers who use Badgeville can set up an account, offer defined rewards and track visitor behavior with realtime analytics. Badgeville works for any company that has a community on its site: Anyone from gaming to education, to retail and more can use the service to reward people for checking into a site, taking tests or simply browsing through products. Virtually anything can correspond to a badge reward.Since their launch at TechCrunch Disrupt, the startup has had over 1500 companies inquire for information and has signed up dozens of partners including Comcast Sports, Philly.com, The Next Web, Blackbook and us. Founders Kris Duggan and Wedge Martin expect over $1 million dollars in bookings in 2010 (within their first four months of launching) and ascribe the influx of interest in Badgeville to the current hybird trend of &amp;''social + gaming + loyalty + analytics for the web,&amp;'' a space shared by OneTrueFan and Big Door.Says Duggan, &amp;''Everybody realizes that they want what Foursquare and Farmville have. In the future, virtually every serious web brand will have techniques from social gaming to engage users. We&amp;'re the company to do that.&amp;''The startup plans on using the financing to increase staffing, further product engineering and supporting its large scale clients. Duggan tells me they plan on expanding their Palo Alto offices from 10 employees to 20-30 in the next 12 months and are, like everybody else, hiring.CrunchBase InformationBadgevilleInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[iPad 2 teardown shows the winners and losers among Apple&'s suppliers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As soon as the Apple iPad 2 went on sale today, the teardown crew at iFixit got their hands on a machine and tore it apart. In a 23-step process, they took the iPad 2 apart piece by piece to reveal Apple&amp;'s design on a granular level.The teardown reveals the components inside the tablet computer and who made them. The information is instructive because Apple&amp;'s suppliers could generate a lot of sales providing parts for the iPad 2, which is likely to sell in the tens of millions of units. Getting a peak inside the iPad 2 is like looking inside an engineering marvel, where everything has its place and it&amp;'s packed as tightly as possible to save on space and costs.Broadcom is one of the clear winners, since it has several chips in the device. They include a Broadcom BCM5973KFBG microcontroller for the touchscreen, a Broadcom capacitive touchscreen controller, and a Broadcom combo chip that handles Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and FM tuner functions. That&amp;'s the same chip as used in the iPad and iPhone 4.The device has some previously known components. It has a 1-gigahertz dual core Apple-designed A5 ARM-based processor. That chip is most likely fabricated by Samsung, but the teardown doesn&amp;'t reveal who made the chip. The A5 processor has manufacturing dates of late January and mid-February, which means that production was gearing up at the last possible minute. The chip has a built-in graphics system from Imagination Technologies.Of course, companies such as Intel, Nvidia, Marvell and more would love to be inside this machine. But no such luck this time around.It also has 512 megabytes of LPDDR2 random access memory, or the main memory that stores data when the machine is running programs. It has a 9.7-inch LED backlit multitouch display and a couple of cameras. It has a mono sound speaker, not stereo.The lithium ion polymer battery is a 3.8 volt 25-watt-hour unit which gives the machine its 10-hour operational battery life. This particular device has Toshiba NAND flash memory that has 16 gigabytes of storage. Other models have 32 or 64 gigabytes of flash. It also has a Dialog Semi power management chip and a Texas Instruments touchscreen line driver. There is also a Cirrus audio codec.STMicroelectronics makes both the accelerometer and the gyroscope chips that enable you to control the machine by tilting it in different directions. As for ease of repair, iFixit rates the machine at 4 out of 10.Previous Story: Sweet revenge Sean Parker may be bidding for Warner Music GroupPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: A5 processor, flash memory, random access memory, Wi-FiCompanies: Apple, Broadcom, iFixit, St Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, Toshiba          Tags: A5 processor, flash memory, random access memory, Wi-FiCompanies: Apple, Broadcom, iFixit, St Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, ToshibaDean 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. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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