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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's iPad 2 rumored to have USB port]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Apple)With the bulk of the holiday shopping buzz dying down, rumors of Apple's newiPad 2 have sprung to life. The most recent rumor, courtesy of the Mobile Review blog editor-in-chief Eldar Murtazin, says the iPad 2 will include a USB port.The tweet, discovered by AppleInsider, reads: &quot;Talked with colleague which working with some ODM vendors connected with Apple. He is research guy. According to his sources iPad2 will have usb port.&quot;AppleInsider reports that Murtazin is a trusted insider with good sources and the news of the integrated USB could be the result of a European device-maker pact that decided micro-USB ports should be standard device charging ports. Apple, of course, uses the 30-pin dock connector for its mobile devices, including the iPad.Including an integrated USB port would also quickly make obsolete the USB adapter kit provided by Apple for the iPad. Currently, the USB adapter only supports importing photos from digital cameras, though some other peripheral devices have been said to work. There is no word whether an integrated USB port would offer greater functionality. In the meantime, expect rumors to keep flowing from various sources as the new iPad gets closer to be announced and released.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google search results warn of compromised sites]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Google&amp;39's new warning in search results lets you click on the warning label to get more information about the risk associated with the site, or ignore the warning and click the result to go straight to the site.(Credit:Google)Google has been warning Web surfers about sites that appear to be hosting malware in search results for years. Now, the company is adding a warning in search results when the site appears to be compromised but may not be actually downloading malware to visitors' computers. Starting today, Google search users should start seeing a new hyperlink warning that says &quot;This site may be compromised,&quot; adjacent to some results if Google's system has detected something on the site that would indicate that it has been hacked or otherwise compromised. Clicking on the warning link leads to a Help Center article with more information.  &quot;If a site has been hacked, it typically means that a third party has taken control of the site without the owner's permission,&quot; the article says. &quot;Hackers may change the content of a page, add new links on a page, or add new pages to the site. The intent can include phishing (tricking users into sharing personal and credit card information) or spamming (violating search engine quality guidelines to rank pages more highly than they should rank).&quot;Web surfers can also just click on the result to go directly to the site.  Google first started putting warnings next to results in late 2006, but focused on sites that were hosting or actively serving malware. Those warnings say &quot;This site may harm your computer,&quot; and clicking on the result itself takes you to another page that provides more information.  The new warning is designed to focus on Web sites that may not be actively infecting computers, but that may be compromised and conducting other types of attacks, such as spam or phishing.  Along with warning Web searchers, Google tries to notify Web masters when they detect that their site may be compromised via messages in the Google Webmaster tools console, Google said. &quot;Of course, we also understand that Webmasters may be concerned that these notices are impacting their traffic from search,&quot; Google says in a post on the Webmaster Central blog today. &quot;Rest assured, once the problem has been fixed, the warning label will be automatically removed from our search results, usually in a matter of days. You can also request a review of your site to accelerate removal of the notice.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell Adamo--a MacBook Air alternative with 3G]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The aluminum-clad Dell Adamo 13 isn't a MacBook Air. But it's close enough to warrant another look at the ultraslim laptop and its integrated 3G option. The Dell Adamo 13 is about as thin as a 13-inch laptop gets. (Credit:Brooke Crothers)First, let's get the price comparison out of the way. The 13.4-inch Dell Adamo has come way down in price since it was announced in March 2009. The ultraslim laptop now sells for $999 with a 128GB solid-state drive, 2GB of memory, Intel GS45 integrated graphics, and a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 ultra-low-voltage (10-watt) processor. It weighs in at just under 4 pounds. The recently announced 13.3-inch MacBook Air sells for $1,299 with a 128GB solid-state drive, 2GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics, and an Intel 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo SL9400 (17-watt) processor. It weighs 2.9 pounds. I use both an Air (the previous generation Air with the 1.86GHz SL9400 processor and Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics) and the Adamo. Enough has been said by me and others about the merits of the Air, so I won't repeat those plaudits here. That said, the Adamo is a slick, well-conceived, high-quality machine with a few features that make the Air seem, let's say, less perfect. One thing I have always liked about the Adamo is that it has no screws. You won't find a single screw on the outside of the main aluminum enclosure (not including the aluminum screen enclosure, which has two screws). That's a nice design touch. The Adamo also packs eSATA and Ethernet connectors--not available on the Air. And the slightly larger 13.4-inch screen seems to be brighter and have a bit better contrast than the Air's. The Dell-Ericsson WWAN (3G) PCI Express Mini Card.(Credit:Brooke Crothers)But the most important point of departure from the Air is the availability of integrated 3G (see photo). When I'm traveling, a laptop quickly becomes little more than a worthless slab of aluminum (or plastic) if I can't get Internet access. And good Wi-Fi Internet access isn't always easy to come by. (This is one of the reasons I have gravitated more and more to myiPad 3G. And, along these lines, despite the obvious economics of a Verizon MiFi or smartphone WiFi hotspot, I still like the convenience and performance of built-in 3G.) So, I ordered the AT&amp;T 3G card from Dell, aka, the &quot;Dell Wireless 5530 (Tri-band HSDPA 7.2/HSUPA 2.0 and GPS) PCI Express Mini Card,&quot; ($159.99 at Dell's Web site) and installed it. Using a utility knife (the blade wrapped in a thin layer of tape, to make sure it doesn't scratch the Adamo), it's simply a matter of sliding three metal ears (Look Ma, no screws!): one on the front, two on either side. The bottom is released and the motherboard in all its well-ordered glory exposed. (See complete iFixit teardown here). The card is initialized using the Dell Mobile Broadband Manager, after you have registered the SIM card with AT&amp;T. And that's another nice feature. The SIM card slot is on the outside, a very convenient feature that is not on other Dell laptops like the Latitude E4200 (the E4200 puts it inside the laptop). Inside the Adamo: the 3G card goes in the open WWAN slot. And that&amp;39's where it resides now.(Credit:Brooke Crothers)So far, connection speeds have been excellent. Pages load quickly and rival any Wi-Fi connection at Starbucks. In fact, the AT&amp;T 3G connection is speedier than my iPad's AT&amp;T 3G. But that may also be a function of the overall system: Let's face it, a dual-core Intel laptop is faster--in some cases, a lot faster--than an iPad. Dell's Adamo is almost a bargain at $999 (withWindows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit) considering the quality of construction and all of the features Dell packs into a 0.65-inch thin laptop. And certainly is worthy of consideration vis-a-vis the MacBook Air if you want to stay in the Windows-only camp. Updated at 11:50 p.m. PST: adding discussion about Verizon MiFi and smartphones with Wi-Fi hotspots versus 3G built into the laptop.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Security firms blast Microsoft for free antivirus offer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Security Essentials is being offered as a free download via the Microsoft Update service.(Credit:Microsoft)Two security software makers are complaining about Microsoft using its update service to deliver its free antivirus software to Windows users who don't have such protection on their computers.  No, it's not 1998. And we're talking about allowing customers to choose whether they want the software, rather than bundling a particular browser--say Internet Explorer--on Windows.  Microsoft began making its Security Essentials software available to customers through its Microsoft Update service as an optional download on November 1 for U.S. customers and October 19 for U.K. customers. It offers the download only to customers who do not have an antivirus solution that is detectable by Microsoft's Action Center. &quot;Despite the broad availability of anti-malware software, we still find that many consumer and small business PCs remain unprotected,&quot; the company said in a statement to CNET on Monday. By offering the free antivirus download, &quot;we make it easy for those who want and know they need protection, but for whatever reason have not gotten around to installing it. Now they can download the software when they perform their other system updates without having to search the Web or make a special trip to the store.&quot;  Who can argue with a company offering people a free download of security software if they want it Trend Micro and Panda Security, that's who. Executives from both companies claim the move is anticompetitive because Microsoft is leveraging its update service that downloads software to millions of Windows computers to plant its own antivirus software on systems.  &quot;This will end up in action taken, especially in Europe,&quot; Panda Chief Executive Juan Santana told CNET in an interview on Friday afternoon. He stopped short of saying that Panda would lodge an official complaint. &quot;We will monitor the situation,&quot; he said.  &quot;Commercializing Windows Update to distribute other software applications raises significant questions about unfair competition,&quot; Carol Carpenter, general manager of the consumer and small business group at Trend Micro, told Computerworld late last week. &quot;Windows Update is a de facto extension of Windows, so to begin delivering software tied to updates has us concerned,&quot; she said. &quot;Windows Update is not a choice for users, and we believe it should not be used this way.&quot;  Reached for comment today, Trend Micro spokesman Alan Wallace told CNET that the company had no further comment beyond what was already reported. &quot;There is still sensitivity to that issue in Europe even if there isn't in the U.S. If it looks like they're using that solution to bundle in essentially a security program that competes with other players, then there are concerns.&quot;--Gartner analyst John Pescatore Beyond the anticompetition concerns, Panda Security has other gripes. For instance, Pedro Bustamante, a senior research adviser at Panda, said Microsoft Security Essentials is insufficient protection compared with other free antivirus products that offer multiple layers of security such as Web filtering and behavior blocking. And from a global overall security perspective, Microsoft's plan is flawed because it will only get installed on computers with a valid license to run Windows and will thus leave millions of unlicensed computers unprotected, he wrote in a blog post today.  In addition, the move will create a &quot;monoculture&quot; with millions of computers running the same antivirus software. That means malicious hackers can infect all those machines if they are able to bypass only one antivirus program instead of having to get past multiple programs, Bustamante said.  &quot;In summary, while it's commendable that Microsoft is trying to protect users, offering only 'their' basic MSE antivirus provides neither sufficient protection against today's threats nor does it solve the malware problem of millions upon millions of pirated PCs who will continue spreading viruses. In fact, it can easily achieve the contrary by making it easier for hackers to infect users,&quot; Bustamante wrote. &quot;Microsoft should offer the complete portfolio of more advanced and secure alternatives of free antivirus products and time-limited versions of paid security suites, allowing users to choose any of them from the Optional Windows/Microsoft Update.&quot;  Several analysts dismissed Bustamante's arguments, as well as the antitrust concerns and said Microsoft's plan was a good thing for Internet security overall and offering any security protection was better than offering none at all.  &quot;I think the vendors are simply complaining because Microsoft is the dominant vendor on PCs in the world,&quot; said Don Retallack, research vice president for systems management and security at Directions on Microsoft. &quot;Other security vendors do offer a wider range of tools that go far beyond what Security Essentials provides...so I think there is still a place for other vendors and they're not being squeezed out.&quot;  &quot;Microsoft is not bundling (its antivirus software) with the operating system. That's where the line typically is drawn with antitrust issues,&quot; said Neil McDonald, a vice president and fellow at Gartner market research firm. &quot;You could make an argument that it's in the best interest of consumers and the rest of the world to have more people protecting their machines. That's a good thing.&quot;  However, a colleague of his had a different take on the matter. Given Microsoft's history fighting antitrust claims, the company would be wise to avoid leveraging its Windows dominance to increase the market share for its other software or avoid even the mere appearance of doing so, said Gartner analyst John Pescatore.  &quot;There is still sensitivity to that issue in Europe even if there isn't in the U.S. If it looks like they're using that solution to bundle in essentially a security program that competes with other players, then there are concerns,&quot; he said in an interview. &quot;They still have huge competitive advantage.&quot;  Pescatore suggested that Microsoft add other antivirus software to its list of options for its update service. &quot;They would be better off making sure they are helping people install any security software that's out there,&quot; he said. &quot;I'm sure Panda and Trend Micro would be happy to participate.&quot;  A Microsoft spokeswoman did not immediately have comment to that suggestion or to the antitrust concerns. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Next iPhone to enable remote computing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cult of Mac says an NFC-equipped iPhone could transfer home desktop data and settings to a remote Mac.(Credit:Tom Krazit/CNET)Could the NFC chips rumored to be inside a futureiPhone be used for more than just mobile paymentsThat's what a source tells Apple blog Cult of Mac. The unnamed source asserts that Apple is researching ways to use near-field communication (NFC) for enabling remote computing.According to Cult ofMac, here's how it would work:If users wave a NFC-equipped iPhone at a NFC Mac (they need to be in close proximity to interact), the Mac will load all their applications, settings and data. It will be as though they are sitting at their own machine at home or work. When the user leaves, and the NFC-equipped iPhone is out of range, the host machine returns to its previous state. Essentially, the Mac would use NFC to authenticate with the phone. A user's bookmarks, address book, passwords, preferences, and settings would be stored on the phone so that when they sat down to any Mac it functioned as if they were using their home computer. As soon as the connection was lost between the Mac and the iPhone--as in, by moving the devices farther than half a foot away from each other--the Mac's original settings would be restored.Cult of Mac's source cautions that this is still very much in the research phase. But it does line up with previous rumors and an actual Apple hire this summer.In August it was first rumored that Apple had placed a large order for NFC chips from NXP Semiconductor. Those chips allow data to be sent wirelessly over very short distances, around 4 inches. It sends data from a chip inside a device like an iPhone, to a payment terminal, or another device.Apple's subsequent hire of an expert in mobile payments led to assumptions that it was that use the company had in mind. But while mobile payments is an obvious application of NFC, it's not the only one. It could also be used to transfer data between devices very near each other, say an iPhone and an NFC-equipped Mac.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows Phone 7 hits the ground running with 15,000 app developers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft announced it now has 15,000 developers creating applications for its mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, with around 3,000 applications available today.It&amp;'s a good sign for the infant mobile operating system that had around 13,000 developers earlier this month. A 15 percent bounce in a few weeks isn&amp;'t too bad, given that it&amp;'s going up against powerhouses like Google&amp;'s Android mobile operating system and the iPhone/iPad operating system, iOS.Windows Phone 7 finally brought Microsoft&amp;'s mobile operating systems into an age that is dominated by apps. The Apple App Store already has around 300,000 of them, and the Android Marketplace has around 100,000. Instead of the operating system being core to the experience of a phone, like Windows Mobile&amp;'s traditional strategy, it has since become just a springboard for the user experience that applications can deliver.Clearing several orders of magnitude to catch up to the rest of the smartphone market might seem daunting at first. But it&amp;'s also worth noting that Windows Phone 7 has a few cards up its sleeve that the iPhone and Android operating systems don&amp;'t have. Namely, it can connect with Microsoft&amp;'s Xbox Live online gaming service and promises to beat the pants off its competitors in that sector. With more than 25 million Xbox Live users, Microsoft and its partners can effectively create the phone of choice for hardcore video gamers.Microsoft is also able to integrate its incredibly popular Office applications pretty seamlessly into a mobile interface. Android and the iPhone operating system don&amp;'t have immediate access to the well-known document editing office application. The closest thing is DataViz&amp;'s Documents to Go. But that company was acquired by Research in Motion, which quickly killed support for the budding WebOS mobile operating system. So the future of that document editing application isn&amp;'t clear on competing platforms. That means Windows Phone 7 is in a good position to make a play on the enterprise market if developers can jump on board with apps that integrate with Office.Numbers clearly aren&amp;'t everything in this game. But after seeing the number of developers ramp up for Windows Phone 7,  Microsoft employees are probably throwing each other a few fist bumps.Next Story: Delicious founder raises $3M to put a4Athe useful back in social softwarea4 Previous Story: Google Wave to ride again as open source Apache projectPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Android Marketplace, App Store, Apple iPhone, iOS, iPhone, iPhone operating system, windmo7, Windows Mobile 7, Windows Phone 7Companies: Android, Apple, DataViz, Microsoft, RIM          Tags: Android, Android Marketplace, App Store, Apple iPhone, iOS, iPhone, iPhone operating system, windmo7, Windows Mobile 7, Windows Phone 7Companies: Android, Apple, DataViz, Microsoft, RIMMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.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[E-recruiter RealMatch scores $4.7M in funding and a Monster CEO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[E-recruiting company RealMatch scored two major coups Monday, swooping up $4.7 million in second round venture capital funding, and a new CEO who was previously a senior vice president at rival Monster.com.The Israeli recruitment ad network has made a name for itself by only charging employers if they find candidates they like on the site. Otherwise, employers can list jobs for free across a platform that includes close to 2,000 partners reaching over 40 million job seekers per month, with 60,000 positions listed on average.Employers then have seven days to decide if they want to purchase the results of the &amp;''recruitment search&amp;'' and begin pursuing specific candidates.RealMatch ranks job seekers via a set of algorithms that determine a candidatea4a4s suitability for a given job by processing their resume, then assigning them to one of three categories: great matches, good matches or basic matches. It also offers candidates anImprove Your Matchability function that helps them tailor their listing more appropriately by asking a series of specific questions about their past job experience, titles, goals, etc.It has long aimed to create a job search service that is based more on the way dating sites match people a4&quot; i.e. through multiple compatibility levels &amp;8212' than traditional, general job listing sites that only post job details and contact information.The four-year-old company has said this a4Ano-riska4 business model was a great lure for its new round of financing from Carmel Ventures and for snapping up former Monster exec Marcel Legrand, who has been with RealMatcha4a4s competitor since 1991. While at Monster, Legrand held senior positions in everything from product development to strategy and corporate development.This Series B funding round was led by New Jersey-based Carmel Ventures with additional help from existing RealMatch German investors Baytech Ventures. As part of the deal, Carmel partner Ronen Nir will now join RealMatcha4a4s board of directors.&amp;''We have been followingRealMatch&amp;'s progress for more than two years, and were highly impressed with the innovation of both technology and business model,&amp;'' said Nir. &amp;''The company has managed to grow and create significant traction and revenue growth. With the addition of Marcel Legrand,RealMatchhas the necessary expertise, track record and passion that is required for the next phase of growth and for completely transforming the $10B market of the recruiting industry.&amp;''Next Story: Microsoft sells 1 million Kinect motion controllers in 10 days Previous Story: You&amp;'ve got mail &amp;8212' still How AOL failed to catch FacebookPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: e-recruiting, Private Equity, startup, Venture CapitalCompanies: Monster.com, RealMatchPeople: marcel legrand, ronen nir          Tags: e-recruiting, Private Equity, startup, Venture CapitalCompanies: Monster.com, RealMatchPeople: marcel legrand, ronen nirRiley 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[On the GreenBeat: GE chooses ZigBee over WiFi, Deepwater proposes massive Atlantic wind farm]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Herea4a4s some of the latest action wea4a4re following on the GreenBeat today:GE likes ZigBee best for smart appliances &amp;8212' GE released a white paper yesterday that declared ZigBee-based communications are best for home area networks. GE has already adopted the technology for its own smart appliances, Greentech Media notes. The paper also evaluated WiFi, Bluetooth and power line carrier-based communications.Deepwater Wind proposes 1,000-megawatt wind farm &amp;8212' The ambitious project would cover 270 square miles and be located between Rhode Island and Long Island in New York, the New York Times reports. The farm would be connected to grids in New England and could allow for cheaper electricity to flow into the pricier New York markets.First Solar to tap Indian market &amp;8212' The company announced yesterday a deal to ship 15 megawatts by March to the state of Gujarat, Earth2Tech reports. The Indian government has a national goal to install 20 gigawatts of solar by 2022 and also has plans to institute solar subsidies.Texas building up wind energy &amp;8211' Texas regulators have budgeted $4.93 billion for wind transmission line projects in selected Competitive Renewable Energy Zones, awarding the bulk of projects to Dallas utility Oncor (about 850 miles&amp;' worth), Greentech media writes. But regulators also blocked planned wind lines from crossing the Palo Duro Canyon, meaning that wind energy will cost more and have to travel further to get to ratepayers, the Wall Street Journal reports.Next Story: Justin.tv claims &amp;''frame reinsertion&amp;'' will cross the quality gap in mobile live video streaming Previous Story: Sprint: 4G tablet coming in 2011, 80% of CIOs want tabletsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: bluetooth, INdia, smart applicants, Smart Grid, Solar, Texas, transmission lines, WiFi, wind, ZigBeeCompanies: Deepwater Wind, First Solar, GE, Oncor          Tags: bluetooth, INdia, smart applicants, Smart Grid, Solar, Texas, transmission lines, WiFi, wind, ZigBeeCompanies: Deepwater Wind, First Solar, GE, OncorIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Defense Of Chrome&nbsp'OS]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Looking over the tech news today, you&amp;'d think Chrome OS is dead. Nevermind that it hasn&amp;'t even officially launched yet. Dead.Early reviews for the Cr-48, the prototype device (which Google has no plans to officially release) running Chrome OS, have ranged from mediocre to poor. And Paul Buchheit, the man often credited with creating Gmail for Google back in the day, kicked up the firestorm this morning when he predicted that Chrome OS would be &amp;''killed&amp;'' next year in favor of Android.So that&amp;'s it, right Not so fast.Before I begin, remember that I&amp;'m the person who wrote perhaps one of the most scathing long reviews of the Cr-48 and the initial build of Chrome OS. Simply put: neither that device nor the OS are anywhere near where they need to be if Google wants to release these devices to the public. But we knew that would be the case. And Google had to as well. It&amp;'s a little bit odd just how many Cr-48s they&amp;'re sending out, but they really seem to believe that third-party developers will help solve some of their woes.I don&amp;'t know about that. But I do know that at its core, Chrome OS remains a good idea. And it seems like one that ties directly to Google&amp;'s entire essence. If they put the resources necessary into it, and give it time, I do think it has a good chance to succeed.Of course, both of those are pretty big &amp;''ifs&amp;''. One issue is that Google, like every other large tech company before it, seems to be spreading itself too thin. Despite some spin to the contrary, the company still essentially makes all of its money from one thing: search advertising. Other revenue sources are starting to emerge, but the actual potential of those businesses is still a bit cloudy a4&quot; namely because there is a lot of competition in places like display advertising, local, and mobile.Google may not win all of those spaces. Hell, they may not win any of them. That doesn&amp;'t mean they won&amp;'t be money-makers, but if they don&amp;'t win in the same way they&amp;'ve won search and search advertising, none of those businesses will be anywhere near the size of the core business. And that makes Google vulnerable.But this concern isn&amp;'t stopping Google from pushing full steam ahead on dozens of projects ranging from books to self-driving cars. You could argue that all of that stuff is eventually in Google&amp;'s interest both from a product and business perspective, but no one, including Google, knows for sure. And because they&amp;'re dividing their awesome engineering talent between all of these various projects, they&amp;'re making it hard to nail any single project a4&quot; such as Chrome OS.My sense is that it&amp;'s becoming an empire divided. Sort of like Microsoft. There&amp;'s just too much going on, and too many people who aren&amp;'t on the same page a4&quot; or even know what&amp;'s going on in other areas of the company. That doesn&amp;'t seem to be the case right now at the smaller tech companies like Facebook and Twitter. And perhaps that&amp;'s part of the reason why Google is losing talent to those places. Talent like Chrome OS&amp;'s chief architect.But back to Chrome OS. While there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical, there&amp;'s also plenty of reason to believe in it. Again, fundamentally, it seems to be the closest product to what Google is at its core. That is, the web.Android is not that. Android is a company Google smartly acquired when they realized that the mobile web was not going to be good enough, fast enough for the smartphone revolution. There needed to be native applications. It will probably go down as the smartest acquisition Google ever made.But saying that Android will kill Chrome OS is myopic. Right now, apps are all the rage. But again, that&amp;'s because web technologies are not yet where they need to be. Apple found this out at first when they asked developers to create web apps and not native applications for the original iPhone. A year later, they had to open up native development. But the original idea was web apps.And there&amp;'s a pretty solid chance that this will still be the future. The web governing bodies move too slowly, but they do move. And eventually mobile web apps should be on par with their native counterparts. And if that&amp;'s the case, developers will have a huge incentive to develop once for one unified platform, rather than three or four different ones.We&amp;'ve already seen this happening on the web at large. Web apps are eating into traditional desktop apps for this very reason (along with others like ease of distribution, etc). Mobile is just a newer and different beast. One that has to be tamed natively first.It seems as if all of this is cyclical. Native apps are the rage on mobile now. Walled gardens are hot because they make it easier to nail user experience a4&quot; especially on the limited dimensions that mobile devices offer. But open will come charging back. I don&amp;'t know when. But I know it will.And that&amp;'s likely to be the web. Again.And the web is Chrome OS. In following up on his earlier post, Buchheit noted his surprise that an OS with roughly &amp;''zero users&amp;'' had so many fans. But that&amp;'s not really the case. Chrome OS already has millions of users a4&quot; because Chrome OS is just Chrome. Say what you will about the OS, but that&amp;'s what it is. It&amp;'s Chrome with a few little bells and whistles to make it so that you don&amp;'t need all the bloat that Windows has forced down our throats over the years.In many ways, Chrome OS is the anti-OS. And that&amp;'s refreshing. It&amp;'s not where it needs to be yet, but when and if it gets there, it could be really, really great. Imagine a computer that boots in two seconds. Imagine one that lasts for an entire day on a single charge. Imagine one that costs less than $100. It could change the world.Just think about what you use your computer for these days. There&amp;'s a very good chance that it&amp;'s mainly to use the web. I&amp;'m at a cafe right now. Looking around, every single screen has a web browser open. That&amp;'s important. That&amp;'s why Chrome OS was created.Again, as I said in my Cr-48 review, unlike Google CEO Eric Schmidt, I don&amp;'t believe we yet live in a world fully ready for Chrome OS. So the key is for Google to keep the dream alive long enough for us to get there. That could mean several years of backlash and questions as to why they continue to work on it when Android is exploding. But the answer is because Chrome OS a4&quot; at least the concept behind it a4&quot; will eventually win. And when the time is right for that to occur, Google will be in prime position to really hit Microsoft where it hurts a4&quot; in the wallet.It&amp;'s a nuclear bomb that has been dropped, but could take years to explode.That&amp;'s not a popular concept in today&amp;'s instant gratification world. Especially for a publicly traded company that has to answer to shareholders. But if Googlea4sdoes kill Chrome OS next year, mark my words, someone else will create it down the road. And Google, in full Microsoft-mode by that point with Android, will scramble to copy it. And they will lose.[photo: flickr/andy z]CrunchBase InformationGoogle Chrome OSInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Word Lens iPhone app combines instant text translation with augmented reality]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought you&amp;'ve seen everything mobile apps have to offer, along comes an entry like Word Lens that makes you feel like you&amp;'re in the future. The app instantly translates Spanish into English (and vice versa) whenever you point your iPhone&amp;'s camera on text.Translation apps aren&amp;'t anything new, but what&amp;'s amazing about Word Lens is that it translates text in real-time &amp;8212' there&amp;'s no need to take a photo and wait for the translation to process. Instead, the app offers an augmented reality (AR) experience by laying its translated text over a video feed from your iPhone&amp;'s camera.This means that you can point your phone at a menu or sign in Spanish, and the app will instantly translate it into English text on your iPhone&amp;'s screen. The app also doesn&amp;'t require an internet connection to work, so you can use it even when you don&amp;'t have reception.Word Lens is developed by Quest Visual, and the app itself is free. Inside the app, you pay $4.99 for translation dictionaries (only Spanish to English, and English to Spanish are available right now). The app doesn&amp;'t come bundled with any dictionaries, so it will effectively cost you $4.99 to start using it. With its in-app purchasing model, Word Lens could easily add support for other translation dictionaries.Judging from the amount of buzz Word Lens is generating online this morning, I think Quest Visual has a hit on its hands. It&amp;'s also notable as a genuinely useful implementation of augmented reality, even more so than Yelp&amp;'s Monocle feature. Instead of being flooded with AR data, as many AR apps tend to do, Word Lens simply offers another way to view what&amp;'s directly in front of you.You can view a demonstration of the app below to see just how innovative it is.Next Story: Surprise, surprise: Apple&amp;'s iPad expected to dominate tablets into 2012 Previous Story: Xerox creates a cool &amp;''smart document&amp;'' touchscreen displayPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: apps, augmented reality, iPhone, translation, Word LensCompanies: Quest Visual, Yelp          Tags: apps, augmented reality, iPhone, translation, Word LensCompanies: Quest Visual, YelpDevindra 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[On the GreenBeat: Coda CEO steps down, Fisker plans to raise up to $150 million before IPO]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Here are the top cleantech stories we&amp;'re following on the GreenBeat today:Coda CEO Kevin Czinger has stepped down by &amp;''mutual consent,&amp;'' according to a company statement. Co-chairman Steve Heller will serve as interim CEO until a replacement has been found. It looks like bad timing for the electric car company, which is about to release its first and heftily-priced sedan.Hybrid startup Fisker plans to raise $75 &amp;8211' $150 million ahead of a planned IPO, Autoblog Green reports. The company is currently marketing its sporty plug-in hybrid Karma (pictured) and says it will begin producing the Nina plug-in sedan out of an old GM factory in Delaware.In the U.S., GM may be focusing all its hype on its electric hybrid Chevy Volt, but it&amp;'s also busy building electric cars for the rest of the world. The company is currently working on a prototype for the end of this year of an electric minicar in Shanghai called the New Sail EV, Green Car Reports writes. GM also recently announced plans to move forth with its $13 billion IPO.Siemens is close to signing a contract to supply a Chinese city with electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, Bloomberg reports.Clean energy consulting company Nexant completed a $50 million financing round, netting an additional $7 million from previously disclosed sums. Its investors include Symphony Technology Group, TeleSoft, Oak Investment Partners, Intel Capital and Beacon.Honda is currently testing out an African grass called miscanthus for fueling a power station at one of the company&amp;'s car factories in England, the WSJ writes. Add that to the list of weird feedstocks that can be turned into fuel.Next Story: Flyers get an early Christmas present from Google:free in-flight Wi-Fi Previous Story: Xbox Live Extras features go live on Windows Phone 7PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, hybrids, Karma, Nina, VoltCompanies: beacon, Chevrolet, Coda, Fisker, GM, Honda, Intel Capital, Nexant, Oak INvestment Partners, siemens, Symphony Technology Group, TeleSoftPeople: Kevin Czinger, Steve Heller          Tags: electric cars, hybrids, Karma, Nina, VoltCompanies: beacon, Chevrolet, Coda, Fisker, GM, Honda, Intel Capital, Nexant, Oak INvestment Partners, siemens, Symphony Technology Group, TeleSoftPeople: Kevin Czinger, Steve HellerIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is it downhill for the chip industry now Wall Street thinks so (video)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The chip industry is starting to hit the skids, and the dramatic growth it saw in 2010 is likely to be a cyclical peak. In 2011 and 2012, growth is likely to stall, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).Ross Seymore, director of semiconductor research at Deutsche Bank, said that chip stocks have likely hit a peak along with the industry&amp;'s great sales, which are up about 32.8 percent this year, since stocks typically trade ahead of the actual fortunes of chip companies. He gave the remarks at the annual dinner for the SIA, the chip industry&amp;'s trade group.&amp;''Unfortunately, what you all call a great year, Wall Street calls a peak,&amp;'' Seymore said.The third quarter was definitely weaker than expected, and the fourth quarter will probably be so as well. Bears started calling the peak of the current chip cycle as much as a year ago &amp;8212' way too early from Seymore&amp;'s view. The industry typically goes through a few years of growth followed by a year or so of contraction. But Seymore said he is optimistic that the coming downturn will be a light one. That means Wall Street will eventually bid the stocks upward.&amp;''It will probably be more of a pause than a correction,&amp;'' Seymore said.Next Story: So long RIM: Dell to dump 25K BlackBerrys' Bank of America, Citigroup look to iPhone Previous Story: In wake of Republican victory, chip trade group&amp;'s new chief shows his political agenda (video)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: semiconductorsCompanies: Deutsche Bank, Semiconductor Industry Association, SIAPeople: Ross Seymore          Tags: semiconductorsCompanies: Deutsche Bank, Semiconductor Industry Association, SIAPeople: Ross SeymoreDean 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[Kongregate takes another crack at launching online arcade on Android]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It&amp;'s round two in the Google versus Kongregate mobile arcade match a4&quot;and hopefully there will be less drama this time around.Flash game portal Kongregate has released a new version of its mobile arcade application on the Android Marketplace after its first application was abruptly pulled, in a move more characteristic of Apple, for violating the terms of service.The latest version of the application explicitly uses the web browser to run each game a4&quot; the application basically launches an instance of the webkit browser and shows an address and progress bar. The games that are downloaded are only stored in the cache of the web browser instead of on the phone. So the game is technically not downloaded directly to the phone a4&quot; a sore point that caused Google to pull the application from the marketplace.The initial version of Kongregate downloaded the flash games onto the phone&amp;'s cache and it wasn&amp;'t immediately apparent that the game was played in a web browser (although that&amp;'s how the application actually worked.) That prompted Google to abruptly pull the application from the Android Marketplace for violating its terms of service a4&quot; specifically the non-compete clause. Google gave Kongregate a good bit of feedback about why the application was pulled, but communication dropped off after the search giant made it clear it wasn&amp;'t willing to budge and re-instate the application.While the Android Marketplace has traditionally been a more open development launchpad for app makers, Google&amp;'s slap at Kongregate seems characteristic of Apple&amp;'s more closed operating environment. Google wasn&amp;'t in contact with Kongregate for nearly a full day after the site first tried to appeal the app&amp;'s removal and wouldn&amp;'t give specific reasons why the application violated the terms of service, despite the highly technical nature of the infraction, said Kongregate CEO Jim Greer.&amp;''We told them that (the games ran in a browser), and they circled back up internally and said that despite the fact it was in a browser they felt it was still over the line,&amp;'' he said. &amp;''It&amp;'s their terms of service, so there wasn&amp;'t much point in continuing to argue with that.&amp;''Sounds awfully similar to a line we&amp;'ve heard on another app store, doesn&amp;'t itGoogle basically said the application behaved like an app store within the app store by downloading games onto the phone&amp;'s cache, which would potentially pull revenue away from Google&amp;'s Marketplace. Kongregate would be allowed to sell each game individually as an app' it just couldn&amp;'t serve as a place to download them. The original Kongregate application that downloaded games to the phone&amp;'s cache is still available on Kongregate&amp;'s website, but the site might pull it down if that&amp;'s what it takes to keep an application on the Android Marketplace, Greer said.The initial Kongregate application had around 30,000 downloads and had a 4.61 out of 5 rating on the Android Marketplace before Google pulled it. Since then, Kongregate has redesigned the app to Google&amp;'s liking. After around five days of programming the team was able to turn it around and launch the new one, which is currently live on the Android Marketplace.VentureBeat has contacted Google for more details about the launch and the fate of Kongregate&amp;'s latest version. Stay tuned for updates.Next Story: Superstar Marc Bodnick leaving Yelp, Facebook investor Elevation Partners Previous Story: Did Facebook just hint at its answer to GrouponPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Android Marketplace, Google Android, mobile gamesCompanies: GameStop, Google, KongregatePeople: Jim Greer          Tags: Android, Android Marketplace, Google Android, mobile gamesCompanies: GameStop, Google, KongregatePeople: Jim GreerMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. 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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