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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IBM connects dots for smarter buildings]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>meligansofil</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[To IBM, buildings are just another source of data its computers can crunch and make sense of.The computing giant today at an event in New York is unveiling its Intelligent Building Management software, which collects and analyzes information to improve energy efficiency and maintenance. It's part of IBM's smarter planet initiative to use technology and its business consulting group to tackle big social problems. Many commercial buildings are already have building management systems that use sensors to communicate information with a central computer. For example, heating and cooling equipment and offices can monitor temperature, humidity, light levels, and the vibration of air handlers.IBM developed software to pore over that data and provide useful guidance to building managers or higher-level executives. Its software will work with building management systems from Johnson Controls and Schneider Electric and put it into a data warehouse, which will generate reports, explained IBM vice president of smart buildings Dave Bartlett. &quot;Adding this real-time monitoring of everything that's happening in a building or a portfolio of buildings lets you determine the best and worst performing,&quot; he said. &quot;So you are tactically using software and analytics to do real-time building and energy optimization.&quot;By analyzing how efficiently a cooling system is working, the system could determine, for example, that a motor on ventilation equipment needs replacing. The software could work for a single building, but it's best designed for multiple locations where the analytical algorithms can ferret out less obvious problems, Bartlett said. Originally, IBM expected that the energy savings would be the primary reason that building operators would use the software. IBM estimates that some companies could cut their energy usage by up to 40 percent with the software. For example, it tested the software in its Rochester, Minnesota facilities, where an environmental initiative had already led to significant cuts in energy use. Using the analysis shaved another 8 percent off their energy bill after six months, Bartlett said.In trials with early customers, IBM found having a data analysis dashboard for building equipment made the maintenance scheduling more efficient, Bartlett said. Having a better idea when equipment needs to be tuned or replaced lets building managers combine trips and get away from reacting to problems, such as building occupants complain about indoor temperature, he said. Companies could cut maintenance costs by 10 percent to 30 percent, he said.A screen shot from IBM&amp;39's Intelligent Building Manager software for tracking energy use.(Credit:IBM)Having networked buildings management systems and more interest in energy efficiency has led dozens of tech companies to move into commercial building efficiency, including IBM, Cisco Systems, and many start-ups. IBM is targeting medium-size and large businesses that already have building management systems installed. Buildings consume about 40 percent all energy worldwide, and it's generally easy to measure the return on investments from efficiency programs. Large commercial and industrial customers are seen as good customers because of the money savings. Also, a number of companies have corporate sustainability initiative to track and reduce their environmental footprint.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung UND8000 TV review: Nearly naked picture lacks uniformity]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>meligansofil</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The 0.2-inch bezel around the UND8000&amp;39's picture seems to vanish when the TV is turned on.(Credit:Sarah Tew/CNET) The Samsung UND8000 LED-based LCD TV shows the company's considerable technological know-how brought to bear on a simple design goal: to make the &quot;TV&quot; itself disappear to as large an extent as possible when turned on, leaving nothing but the picture. Seen in person, the design is a spectacular success that will command attention and be worth the exceedingly high price to some buyers with cash to burn. And despite its compact dimensions the UND8000 also manages to squeeze in more features than just about any TV we've ever reviewed. Other buyers, however, will have a hard time overlooking its principal picture-quality flaw. Its screen lacks the brightness and color uniformity required for peak performance, apparently a casualty of that awesome design. At base the UND8000 represents a simple choice between a quality picture and the best design and features. We think that buyers who can afford this TV shouldn't have to make that choice, but for now they do.Read the full review of the Samsung UND8000 series.Samsung UND8000 series (photos) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[preGame 45: iPad 2 gaming roundup]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>meligansofil</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[LA authorities seize more than $10M in fake iPods and iPhones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>meligansofil</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles authorities seized more than $10 million in counterfeit iPods, iPhones and other goods from a very sophisticated warehouse in downtown LA.The Los Angeles Port Police say that the operation was well-funded and the counterfeits looked very authentic. It shows the importance of digital authentication of devices. And it means that tech companies have to use technology to stay one step ahead of counterfeiters.Anyone who bought the fake goods would discover that they were counterfeit when they tried, and failed, to hook up with iTunes, Ron Boyd, head of the port police, told the Los Angeles Times.The fakes included iPhone look-alikes and clones of older models of iPods and iPod Nanos. There were also fake PlayStation Portables, or PSPgos, as you can see in the picture of the fake goods.The older technologies are easier to clone, but it&amp;'s still a little shocking to see that goods like these were mass-produced in factories. The goods were shipped from Asia in pieces and were being reassembled in the warehouse. That was part of a scheme to disguise the counterfeiting.The police found the warehouse as part of a stolen-cargo investigation that led them to several locations in December and January in the Los Angeles area. Police arrested Los Angeles residents Bahram Zahab, 45, and his brother Edward Zahab, 40. Apple declined comment.[photo credit: Los Angeles Times]Next Story: Kyoceraa4a4s Echo phone brings dual-screens and a4ASimul-Taskinga4 to Sprint Previous Story: The battle for Internet movies: Apple vs. WalmartPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: counterfeit goodsCompanies: ApplePeople: Ron Boyd          Tags: counterfeit goodsCompanies: ApplePeople: Ron BoydDean 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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<title><![CDATA[Apple stock dips on news of Steve Jobs&' medical leave]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple stock fell as much as 4 percent this morning as investors absorbed news of Steve Jobs&amp;' latest leave of absence for medical reasons.Apple said Monday in a statement that Jobs, the iconic chief executive of Apple was leaving again for an unspecified time on a medical leave. Chief operating officer Tim Cook is running the company&amp;'s day-to-day operations in the meantime. Jobs has taken leave for health reasons three times in the last several years.The stock is currently at $337.43 a share, down $11.05 a share, or 3.17 percent. Apple will also be reporting earnings after the markets close today.Analysts are expecting revenue to come in at $24.38 billion, up 55 percent from a year ago. Earnings per share are expected to be $5.38 a share, compared to Apple&amp;'s own guidance of $4.80 a share and revenue of $23 billion.The analysts are expecting the number of iPhones sold in the quarter to hit around 15.6 million, with 17.75 million iPods sold, 4.08 Macs sold, and 6.15 iPads sold, according to Fortune magazine.In August 2004, Jobs underwent surgery for a rare form of pancreatic  cancer and returned to work after a month. In January 2009, Jobs took a  six-month medical leave for what the public and Apple investors later  learned was a liver transplant.Next Story: Stoke scores $17M to help carriers deliver better mobile broadband Previous Story: Software bug testing on the go: uTest heads to the iPhone, iPadPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: ApplePeople: Steve Jobs          Companies: ApplePeople: Steve JobsDean 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[Full Details On Facebook&'s Overhauled Profile&nbsp'Pages]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Later tonight, 60 Minutes will be broadcasting an interview with Facebook CEOa4sMark Zuckerberg and VP Product Chris Cox, where they&amp;'ll debut a new Profile Page in front of millions of viewers. It&amp;'s a big deal given how core profiles are to the social network, and we&amp;'ve got the full rundown on what&amp;'s new and what&amp;'s changing. Read on.There are two big themes to the revamped design: a bigger emphasis on keeping things visually interesting, and streamlining the design to make it easier to find information people actually care about. Facebook Product Manager Peter Deng explains that on the old profiles, some of the most popular features and information has been a pain to find a4&quot;a4sthe &amp;8216'View more photos&amp;' link, for example, is immensely popular, but it&amp;'s been nestled between far less important links for years.So it makes sense that first things you&amp;'ll notice on the new profile pages involve major layout changes. Your vital stats a4&quot; birthday, employer, current city, and the all-important relationship status a4&quot;a4sare now featured at the top of the page. A photo stream appears just below it, showcasing a handful of the photographs you&amp;'ve most recently been tagged in (you can choose to &amp;8216'hide&amp;' a photo that you don&amp;'t want to have in your stream, so there&amp;'s some flexibility with what shows up here).Tab navigation is now taking place directly below the profile photo, which makes profiles look more similar to Place pages a4&quot; we reported that this was coming back in October. Most of these tabs are self-explanatory: clicking &amp;8216'Questions&amp;' will bring up that application, the photos tab brings up your photo albums and albums you&amp;'ve been tagged in (now with infinite scroll!) and so on.The biggest change to these tab apps involves &amp;8216'Info&amp;'. This now looks totally different a4&quot; the dozens of text links representing your Interests have been converted to images whenever possible, giving you a more visual overview of the person.Fortunately, you don&amp;'t have to tell the world you&amp;'re an avid fan of cheesy rock band The Darkness as soon as they hit your profile page a4&quot;a4syou get to manually sort which interests will appear as images, and which are hidden (though still accessible) under the &amp;8216'more&amp;' tab.Other changes to the Info tab include the addition of new categories that you can add interests to, including Philosophy and Sports.  And you now bettera4sdescribe your workplace activities by adding Projects a4&quot; you can also tag other friends who you&amp;'ve either worked with or done an activity with, the same way you would with photo tags.The &amp;8216'Friends&amp;' tab has also gotten an overhaul. Click it, and you&amp;'ll now see a more attractive grid of your friends&amp;' faces alongside a search box.Moving down the profile page, you&amp;'ll see the last big change: you can now feature friend lists on your profile. This comes with some default lists a4&quot;a4syou&amp;'ll see your Significant Other highlighted here (if you have one), and any family members you have on Facebook. But you can also create custom lists of your own that you want to show off to other users. This will inevitably lead to the creation of &amp;8216'Top Friends&amp;' lists, which users have wanted for ages, and will doubtless be the cause of plenty of teenage angst.Some other smaller changes: Messages and Pokes are now more prominently featured toward the top of the page. And there&amp;'s a link to your &amp;8216'friendship page&amp;8216' featured on the right side of the screen as well (this feature was recently released, and was harder to find).Another very important change involves how Facebook is approaching the roll-out of the new profiles. The new version will be showcased during tonight&amp;'s 60 Minutes episode, but unlike most of Facebook&amp;'s previous feature releases, users are not being forced to start using the revamped site immediately. Instead, Facebook is taking a similar approach to the one Twitter used for &amp;8216'New Twitter&amp;': it&amp;'s letting people opt in.Facebook will be asking users if they&amp;'d like to upgrade to the new profile page, but they won&amp;'t have to do it now if they don&amp;'t want to. The company isn&amp;'t saying how much time will pass before everyone will be forced to make the switch (they say it will likely be on the order of weeks, but that other factors could affect that). One thing to note: if you do upgrade, you can&amp;'t go back to the old version, so tread lightly if this sort of thinga4sgenuinelya4supsets you.The second interesting thing about the rollout is the new &amp;8216'wizard&amp;' that users will see immediately after activating their new profiles. Using some nifty popup and fade effects, Facebook will walk you through a handful of steps highlighting the major changes to profile a4&quot;a4sthe new photo stream, menu layout, and so on. The process only takes a minute or two to complete, but it&amp;'s definitely a big improvement over some of Facebook&amp;'s past rollouts.Both of these features are obviously intended to help reduce user confusion a4&quot;a4swhich is important given that profile pages haven&amp;'t changed much in years. And it may help Facebook avoid some of the inevitable backlash that it gets every time it changes anything on the site.I&amp;'ve haven&amp;'t had much time to play with the new profile, but my initial impression is favorable. Yes, I&amp;'m sure there will be plenty of griping from people who don&amp;'t like the &amp;8216'vital stats&amp;' area (which you can&amp;'t rearrange), and those vain users among us (myself included, obviously) now have to spend time making sure they look good in the five images in their photo streams. But once everyone gets over their aversion to change, I think they&amp;'ll come to like the new profile pages just fine.Oh, and you can now activate the new profile right here.CrunchBase InformationFacebookInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gawker&'s Nick Denton writes an obituary for old-school blogging]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Founder Nick Denton has been talking about Gawker Mediaa4a4s move away from the standard blog format for a while now. Today he published a long post explaining the thinking behind the changes. You might even call the post a manifesto, if it wasna4a4t so clinical.The basic idea behind the redesign &amp;8212' a layout with big images highlighting the daya4a4s most important stories, while the old-fashioned, reverse-chronological news stream runs along the side  &amp;8212' is no surprise. In fact, it has been viewable on a test website for months. And ita4a4s pretty obvious that this gives Gawkera4a4s blogs (including Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and of course Gawker itself) a way to highlight their hottest stories, rather than whatever is newest.To explain the change, Denton offered an example from Gizmodoa4a4s biggest story, when it ran photos of the then-secret iPhone 4 (which Gizmodo purchased from someone who found the phone in a bar):In order to keep video of the iPhone prototype at the top of the reverse chronological flow, Gizmodo actually stopped publishing for several hours. How ridiculous! In any sane medium, a story as powerful as that, one which was drawing more than 90% of the site&amp;'s traffic, would be given commensurate real estate' and it wouldn&amp;'t require a hack to keep the item prominent. Hence the splash story' now we can finally create front pages that match the visual impact of a tabloid wood or magazine cover' and we can leave them up as long as they&amp;'re generating interest.(Wea4a4ve never had a story quite as insanely popular as the iPhone 4 post, but we struggle with similar issues at VentureBeat around our own scoops, which is why we&amp;'ve added our own box of highlighted stories.)Denton is big on the importance of scoops, but at the same time he acknowledges the necessity of running smaller stories that comment on or just point to coverage elsewhere. Those stories will be de-emphasized in the new layout, and Denton hints that he might restructure Gawkera4a4s editorial staff to reflect the division between different kinds of bloggers: a4Athe curator or editor' and the producer or scoopmonger.a4Beyond the magazine-style layout, Denton said Gawkera4a4s sites will emulate TV and offer more regularly scheduled programming. For example, he said Lifehacker could designate a specific time on a specific day as its personal finance slot, and readers can reliably return to the site at that time to find new articles on that topic. That also creates more opportunities for advertisers &amp;8212' who might want to be the &amp;''exclusive&amp;'' sponsor of a certain channel or type of programming, while also avoiding the more salacious Gawker content that they might not want to be associated with.Denton&amp;'s post prompted caustic responses from his former employees. Former Gawker writer Alex Pareene pointed out that Dentona4a4s blog post is exactly the kind of story that Denton would discourage from his writers: a4Along, wordy, and of interest only to a niche audience.a4 And former Gawker editor Choire Sicha (who co-founded his own site, The Awl) dismissed Dentona4a4s strategy as a4Apanic writers &amp;amp' have no ad sales dept.a4Next Story: How&amp;'s your beta test going Ask users with Prefinery Previous Story: Return of the Celtic Tiger: Can renewables refuel the Irish economyPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: bloggingCompanies: Gawker MediaPeople: Nick Denton          Tags: bloggingCompanies: Gawker MediaPeople: Nick DentonAnthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google-backed satellite provider O3b raises $1.2B to bring the world online]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Google-backed Internet satellite company O3b Networks has raised $1.2 billion in what is says is its final funding round before it launches its a4Aconstellationa4 of fiber-quality satellites to bring the developing world online.The Channel Island-based company&amp;'s name comes from a4Athe other three billion,a4 referring to the number of people in the world who currently do not have regular Internet access.The three-year-old startup has thus far been focused on building easy-to-use global satellite-based Internet technology for Internet service providers and telecom companies attempting to push into rapidly emerging markets.It will theoretically be able to reach these markets when others couldn&amp;'t because O3b&amp;'s satellites will be placed in orbit 8,000 kilometers from the Earth, four times closer to the planet than regular geostationary satellites.Google has poured money into the company at every rounda4&quot;primarily because that satellite proximity should give provide low-latency, fiber-quality access to approximately 70 per cent of the worlda4a4s population with fiber quality Internet connectivity.The company said it plans to launch its first commercial service during the first half of 2013, following the launch of the first eight satellites by Arianespace with a Soyuz launcher from French Guiana.O3b already has around 10 customers who have signed deals valued at $500 million to $600 million to use its infrastructure, the company told the Wall Street Journal.Previous Story: OPower raises $50 million from Kleiner, Accel &amp;8212' cash it says it doesn&amp;'t needPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: deal, Venture CapitalCompanies: Africa Development Bank, Allen &amp;amp' Company, arianspace, Deutsche Entwicklungsgesellschaft, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Google, HSBC Principal Investments, Liberty Global, Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. International Finance Corp., north bridge venture partners, o3b, Satya Capital, SES, Societe de Promotion et de Participation pour la Cooperation Economique, Sofina, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund          Tags: deal, Venture CapitalCompanies: Africa Development Bank, Allen &amp;amp' Company, arianspace, Deutsche Entwicklungsgesellschaft, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Google, HSBC Principal Investments, Liberty Global, Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. International Finance Corp., north bridge venture partners, o3b, Satya Capital, SES, Societe de Promotion et de Participation pour la Cooperation Economique, Sofina, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure FundRiley 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[Google Wave to ride again as open source Apache project]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Open source programmers who have been working to keep Google Wave alive hit a significant milestone today by submitting their open source Wave code to the Apache Software Foundation, The Register reports.After a rocky launch and apparent difficulties in convincing users to try it out, Google announced that ended development on its much-hyped Wave collaboration tool back in August. Google Maps and Wave creator Lars Rasmussen has since joined Facebook.Most well-known for the popular Apache web server, the Apache Foundation is home to nearly 100 open source projects. The Google Wave team previously announced that it was working on open sourcing the defunct service by  combining the Wave server and client into something called a4AWave in a Box.a4 Programmers from Novell and elsewhere joined in on the open source  Wave initiative at the Google Wave Protocol site, and from there they submitted their work to the Apache Software Foundation.The code is currently an incubator project at the foundation, which the Register describes as a4Aa phase ASF projects pass through  before becoming full-fledged projects.a4 There the foundation delves into  the legal requirements of the code and builds a community around the  project. By bringing the Wave project to Apache, the project will be  able to attract even more contributors in a better controlled environment.The submission document for the project points out that the code submitted  to Apache is a combination of mature code from Wave proper, and immature  integration code from Wave in a Box. The document says it a4Ais quickly becoming highly  functional and is already in a very a4demoablea4a4 state.a4 The first Wave Protocol Summit was recently held in San Francisco and was attended by developers from several countries, companies and organizations.Unlike fellow VentureBeat writer Anthony Ha, I didna4a4t take too much joy in Wavea4a4s demise. Ia4a4ve been using Wave in small collaborative groups since it was released (mainly to prepare my technology podcast with my co-hosts), and Ia4a4ve yet to find a better tool for collaborating  among a few people. I can certainly see why Google dumped the project  though &amp;8212' nobody was ever very clear about what it could be used for, in  particular Google itself. At least now Wave has the chance to live on as something anybody can deploy &amp;8212' which was exactly what Google wanted from the beginning anyway.Next Story: Windows Phone 7 hits the ground running with 15,000 app developers Previous Story: As its CEO steps down, whata4a4s happening at RockYouPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Apache, Google Wave, Open source, Wave, Wave in a BoxCompanies: Apache Software Foundation, Google          Tags: Apache, Google Wave, Open source, Wave, Wave in a BoxCompanies: Apache Software Foundation, GoogleDevindra 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[Pay with your phone: AT&038'T, Verizon, T-Mobile announce Isis mobile commerce network]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We&amp;'ve previously reported that AT&amp;amp'T, Verizon, and T-Mobile were gearing up to have your cellphone replace your credit card &amp;8212' now it&amp;'s official. The companies today announced the Isis mobile commerce network, which uses near-field communication (NFC) technology to let you make purchases with your phone.The news seems fitting, since just yesterday Google CEO Eric Schmidt showed off a prototype Nexus S Android phone with NFC technology built-in. The carriers say the technology will be launching over the next 18 months in &amp;''key geographic markets&amp;'' &amp;8212' which I read as major cities.The network will offer even more than mobile payments and will go towards offering a personalized shopping experience, according to Isis CEO Michael Abbott, who previously spent a decade at GE Capital. a4AWe plan to create a mobile wallet that ultimately eliminates the need for consumers to carry cash, credit and debit cards, reward cards, coupons, tickets and transit passes,a4 he said in a press release.By next year, NFC technology will likely find its way into most high-end phones. It&amp;'s telling that it was the first thing Eric Schmidt showed off with his Nexus S, and there have long been rumors about Apple trying to put NFC tech in the next-generation iPhone.The three carriers collectively have over 200 million customers in the US. In one fell swoop, they&amp;'ll soon make NFC transactions a possibility for nearly two-thirds of the US.Via BGR, photo via Ed YourdonDona4a4t miss VentureBeata4a4s first live webinar a4&quot;a4ADemystifying the Business Clouda4 a4&quot; on Nov. 17 at 11 am Pacific Time. Join VentureBeat Founder &amp;amp' Editor-in-Chief Matt Marshall and Huddle Co-Founder Andy McLoughlin for an in-depth discussion about migrating core business processes to the cloud.Sign up for free now. This webinar is part of a series co-hosted byHuddle, an innovative online-collaboration startup based in the UK and San Francisco.Next Story: Clarian&amp;'s box o&amp;' solar rides on Kleiner Perkins love to nab GE win Previous Story: PapayaMobile releases tools to help developers create Android mobile gamesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: cellphones, ecommerce, near field communications, NFCCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, Isis, T Mobile, VerizonPeople: Michael Abott          Tags: cellphones, ecommerce, near field communications, NFCCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, Isis, T Mobile, VerizonPeople: Michael AbottDevindra 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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