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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrome 11 wants to hear you speak]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>EtternaEtta</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Be careful venting your frustrations with modern technology when using the latest version of Google Chrome, released today. Chrome 11 (download for Windows | Mac | Linux) comes with the ability to convert your speech to text, which could prove to be a big boon to people who have difficulty with keyboards as well as providing on the go translations when used with Google Translate.Chrome now can convert your speech to HTML. This can be tested most easily on the Google Translate site. Note that it works only for English at the moment.(Credit:Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)The new feature, based in HTML5, requires a microphone icon embedded in the Web page. Click the icon and then speak into your computer's mike. The input records as text, and the browser automatically inserts the text into the available form field.You can test this by going to Google Translate and clicking the microphone icon in the lower right corner of the text field. At the time of writing, the microphone and voice-to-HTML feature appears to work only with English.While the feature is interesting to include in a browser, it's hardly a random decision on Google's part. By including a speech-to-text feature, the Chrome OS instantly provides a modicum of accessibility for users who have difficulty with keyboards. When the browser is the operating system, being able to speak to the computer and have the computer know how to interpret that speech is a quick way to ensure a broader appeal.Other changes in Chrome 11 include the introduction of hardware accelerated 3D CSS, bug fixes in cloud print, a security update to the built-in version of Adobe Flash, and user agent string changes introduced to bring Chrome in line with user agent changes made in Firefox 4. The jump from Chrome 11 beta to stable also includes 25 security changes, including 15 marked as high risk. These fixes cover potential risks such as URL bar spoofing during navigation errors, and numerous instances of stale pointers in PDF forms, sandboxing, and drop-down list handling.Google has been moving forward with its less stable versions of Chrome too. It recently bumped Google Chrome Canary version 13 (Windows download only), the first version of Chrome to reach that milestone. Chrome Canary 13 doesn't appear to have any features different from Chrome dev 12 at this time.Google Chrome dev 12.0.742.9 (download for Windows | Mac | Linux) includes tweaks to the Sync interface, introduces a new version of the V8 JavaScript engine, and has been offering a still-in-development feature that lets users select multiple tabs at once. There's also an experimental &quot;new tab&quot; page, which users can activate through the about:flags configuration screen, and a multiple profile option for having different user profiles under the same Windows log-in. Currently, this is available only on the Windows version of Chrome dev, though like speech-to-HTML it has bigger implications for Chrome OS.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Netherlands tests automated-energy homes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>megatwitter</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=netherlands-tests-automated-energy-homes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Diagram of how the pilot home energy systems works, with written explanations in Dutch(Credit:Enexis)Two new housing developments in Breda, the Netherlands, will serve as a two-year pilot project to see whether a home decked out in smart-energy tech with access to multiple energy sources, not just the electric grid, is the answer to energy savings.Through a partnership with Netherlands grid operator Enexis, power company Greenchoice, and housing developer Heja, more than 300 homes have been built incorporating the latest energy-saving technologies. The pilot program, called Jouw Energie Moment (Your Energy Moment), could determine how people in the Netherlands choose to handle home energy management and building design going forward.The Meulenspie development consists of 57 energy-neutral homes, while the Easy Street development consists of 246 apartments. Prices for the Meulenspie homes start at 205,000 euros ($297,000) for a small two-bedroom home and go up to 569,000 euros ($823,000) for the largest four-bedroom. Prices for Easy Street begin at 139,000 euros ($201,000) for a one-bedroom apartment with balcony, and go to 195,000 euros ($282,000) for the largest two-bedroom corner apartments. Both the houses and apartments include solar panels, smart appliances, smart metering, and an interactive computer monitoring system. Some have the option of a charging station for an electriccar.Only the smart appliances in this case can communicate with more than just a smart grid, informing it of peak and off-peak usage hours. They're connected to solar panels on the roof of the apartment buildings and homes, as well as the grid, and are alerted when the sun is shining and electricity being generated from the solar panels is readily available.The home energy system gives people more options because they can choose to run specific appliances during off-peak hours, which is often at night, and others during sun-peak hours.The system gives people options for choosing things like the cheapest energy of the day, or the most sustainable option of the day, down to each appliance, and they can change-up their choices day by day. The pilot program will then track how people actively manage the choices, including whether they choose to let the home manage its energy use autonomously from a set of given preferences.Many companies, governments, and analysts have been touting the benefits to be gained from integration of multiple energy sources. This project takes that theory down to the micro level. Instead of just the electricity company drawing from multiple sources, the Breda homes can draw from the most efficient source at hand at any given time.The aim of the project is not to test smart-appliance and smart-grid technology' that's already been proven to work in various projects. It's to test how people choose to use it and whether a home decked out in all of the latest smart-energy tech and multi-source energy options will save energy long-term, according to Enexis.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan reels from earthquake, nuclear crisis (roundup)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>emarkex</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A magnitude 9.0 quake and aftershocks bring devastation to Japan, send tsunamis racing across the Pacific, and pose a grave danger to several nuclear power plants.U.S. military aids Japan in wake of disaster (photos) View the full galleryT-Hawk MAV, helicopter drones join Japan effortThe robot response to the Fukushima crisis becomes increasingly multinational as France and the U.S. send more machines to Japan. (Posted in Crave by Tim Hornyak)April 6, 2011 7:08 PM PTWhere are the robots in Japan's nuclear crisisThey're coming from America, not Japan. iRobot sends in PackBots and Warriors to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. &amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Power line for Japan reactor could come Saturday&amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Overheating, radiation troubles mount at Japan reactors&amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Japan issues radiation warning after 3rd explosion(Posted in Crave by Tim Hornyak)March 19, 2011 4:28 PM PTFAQ: What are the health concerns in Japan's nuclear crisisThe greatest danger from radiation is to plant workers who are trying to prevent a large-scale release of radioactive material, which would affect the immediate area.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Japan radiation fears grow&amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Report reveals U.S. nuclear plant safety issues(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)March 16, 2011 10:25 AM PTPoll: Do nuclear power plants scare youThe crisis in Japan has made some reconsider the safety of nuclear power--or give it more thought than they ever had. How do you feel (Posted in Crave by Tim Hornyak)March 18, 2011 4:43 PM PTBefore and after the Japanese tsunami (photos) View the full galleryHow to avoid disaster-related Internet scamsOfficials warn of scams in the wake of the disasters in Japan. Here's how to avoid them.(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)March 17, 2011 10:34 AM PTHow quake is disrupting supply of batteries, LCD displaysYou can't sell notebook PCs without lithium ion batteries, and it turns out many of the companies making batteries or parts for them are in areas of Japan affected by the quake. It's also hard to make LCD screens amid rolling blackouts.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Key Japan-made iPad 2 parts in focus(Posted in Business Tech by Arik Hesseldahl)March 16, 2011 4:56 PM PTEngineering technologies for earthquake safetyvideo Today we're talking about engineering for earthquakes, and how what we know about geology affects how buildings and other structures are designed for different locations. Our guests: a structural engineer and a geologist from the USGS.(Posted in Reporters' Roundtable by Rafe Needleman)March 18, 2011 4:18 PM PTU.S. military blocks sites to free space for quake reliefAmazon, YouTube, 11 other sites popular with military personnel are blocked from the .mil computer system in effort to reserve bandwidth for use in quake recovery efforts.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Google digitizing lists of Japan shelter dwellers&amp;149'&amp;nbsp'Apple to delay iPad 2 sales in Japan(Posted in Business Tech by Brooke Crothers)March 15, 2011 5:29 PM PTFrom Tokyo to Calif., radiation tracking gets crowdsourcedA relative dearth of official information on radiation levels relating to the intensifying nuclear crisis in Japan is leading some to turn to crowdsourced options.(Posted in Cutting Edge by Eric Mack)March 15, 2011, 11:40 AM PT<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Has Google learned Microsoft's antitrust lessons]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rsneddonde</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[For anyone who followed Microsoft's testy battles with competition regulators 10 years ago, Google's current antitrust problems may provoke more than a modest sense of deja vu. Google dominates the Internet search advertising business and has allegedly used that hegemony to thwart rivals in adjacent markets. Regulators in the United States and Europe are looking into claims by smaller niche search companies, such as 1plusV, which runs the Ejustice.fr site in France and MyTriggers.com in Columbus, Ohio, that Google is manually altering search results, demoting where rivals show up in its ranking, making it harder for customers to find their services. Google points out that its algorithms naturally push those sites down in rankings because those search engines offer little more than links to other sites, created solely to generate revenue as a middleman. Dial back to 1998: The centerpiece of the Justice Department's case against Microsoft was the company's illegally leveraging its Windows monopoly to give its Internet Explorer browser an unfair advantage over Netscape's Navigator. When consumers booted up a Windows PC, Internet Explorer, included as part of the operating system, was automatically the default browser, giving users less reason to seek out alternatives. There are even similarities in the defense that Google offers for its actions and Microsoft once did. Google is also being called to task for giving away services that other companies charge for, such as its Android mobile phone operating system or its Google Docs word processing service. For consumers, it's hard to beat free, something Google senior competition counsel Dana Wagner noted in a blog post two years ago. &quot;When a company provides products for free on a stand-alone basis, however, it's not requiring anyone to buy anything. It may take business away from other companies trying to charge users for similar products, but that's hardly an antitrust issue,&quot; Wagner wrote.In Microsoft's case, the courts ruled that giving away Internet Explorer was a predatory tactic that helped maintain its Windows monopoly. While no one has said giving away the Android OS for free is verboten, or even alleged that it violates antitrust laws, there's little question that free--coupled with quality--has had a major impact on the smartphone market. A new IDC report expects Android to grab the lead in the global smartphone operating system market by the end of 2011 with a 39.5 percent share, climbing to 45.4 percent by 2015.In the next few days, the Justice Department is likely to wrap up its inquiry into Google's proposed $700 million bid to acquire airline flight and ticket information provider ITA Software. AllThingsD reports that the eight-month review is likely to conclude with regulators approving the deal, albeit with conditions requiring Google to honor existing agreements with partners, some of whom are Google rivals. Regulators have already tripped up Google's attempt to partner with Yahoo in the advertising search business over antitrust concerns.And just last week, concerns about market power put the kibosh on Google's ambitious attempt to digitize every book ever published. A federal judge rejected a settlement the company reached with publishers, in part, on the grounds that it would have been anticompetitive to Google's tech rivals. A handful of rivals, including Amazon and Microsoft, opposed the settlement.Skirmishes over search None of the parallels with the Microsoft case is lost on antitrust watchers. Silicon Valley lawyer Gary Reback, a Microsoft nemesis during its antitrust battle, has turned his attention to Google. The similarities to the Google's tactics and its response to criticism virtually mirror Microsoft's strategy and defense. &quot;If you were to bore down, you'd find the practices are identical,&quot; said Reback, who is representing a collection of start-ups, such as the British price comparison site Foundem, trying to compete with Google in niche search markets.In its defense, Google suggests that it'd be wrong to define the market it's in as merely search advertising. According to eMarketer, Google tallied 71.4 percent of total U.S. search advertising spending in 2010. Google, rather, says it competes with print advertisers, television advertisers, and a host of others. Defined that way, Google is hardly dominant.And while Google dominates the Web search business, switching is easy, the company says. Web surfers can simply type www.bing.com. Or they can search for airfare at Travelocity, health care information at WebMD, job postings at Simply Hired. &quot;For us, competition is literally one click away,&quot; says Google spokesman Adam Kovacevich. &quot;While Microsoft's behavior in the 90s was driven by a desire to cripple competitors and lock in users, our only goal in search is to give users the most useful answers possible--while also giving them the freedom to leave any time.&quot;What's more, Google faces new rivals all the time. Facebook now accounts for more user time than Google. If it were to put a search bar into its service as was rumored, though dispelled, last week, Google could see a significant chunk of its search business siphoned away.Related links&amp;149' Study: Antitrust concerns kill Yahoo-Google ad deal&amp;149' Court rejects Google Books settlement&amp;149' Google: Oops, we spied on your Wi-FiBut even those arguments ring familiar to those who watched the Microsoft case. Just consider Microsoft's argument, one the court rejected, that the market Windows is in needed to be defined more broadly that merely PC operating systems. One Microsoft expert witness, Richard Schmalensee, the then-dean of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testified that Windows competitors included anything that might be a platform on which other software programs could run, including handheld computers, Web browsers, and the Java programming language. U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson reject that logic, defining the market far more narrowly as Intel-compatible PC operating system, and ruling that Windows was a monopoly. Reback, who represented Netscape and was a catalyst for the Microsoft case, says it established precedent that relates to the Google's tactics. &quot;It's galling to me,&quot; Reback said of Google's defense. &quot;It's not that they're well-worn arguments. They were rejected.&quot; Just as with Microsoft, Google is facing antitrust allegations on multiple fronts. Claims by niche search rivals in France, Ohio, and elsewhere have triggered lawsuits, which in turn have sparked investigations. The European Commission began its probe of Google late last year, examining questions about the company's ability to restrict advertisers from taking their business to search rivals. In the United States, a coterie of state attorneys general are also contemplating taking some sort of legal action to curb alleged abuses. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that Google may find itself in the crosshairs of Ohio, Wisconsin, and Texas regulators.Scrutiny from Capitol Hill At the federal level, lawmakers are beginning to circle as well. In early March, Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-Wis.) put Google on notice. Kohl chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Right, which announced its agenda for the 112th Congress in early March, saying it will &quot;closely examine allegations raised by e-commerce Web sites that compete with Google that they are being treated unfairly in search ranking, and in their ability to purchase search advertising.&quot; And Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who led a multistate probe of Google's collection of data about people's online activities from unsecured Wi-Fi networks with its Street View cars as Connecticut's attorney general, has urged for hearings examining Google's competitive tactics. Microsoft watchers will recall that Blumenthal was one of lead state attorneys general pursuing antitrust claims against the software giant a decade ago.&quot;It's not that they're well-worn arguments. They were rejected.&quot;--Gary Reback, Silicon Valley lawyerOne federal agency that hasn't shown much interest yet into Google's business practices is the antitrust division of the Justice Department, the biggest thorn in Microsoft's side during its antitrust battles. When President Obama named Christine Varney to lead the division, there was much discussion that she'd target Google, in part because she noted to a gathering sponsored by the American Antitrust Institute that Google &quot;has acquired a monopoly in Internet online advertising.&quot;But rather than investigate Google, the Obama administration has held it up as a paragon of innovation. In the 2011 state of the union address, Obama called out Google as a great innovator. &quot;What we can do--what America does better than anyone else--is spark the creativity and imagination of our people. We're the nation that putcars in driveways and computers in offices' the nation of Edison and the Wright brothers' of Google and Facebook,&quot; Obama said. Speculation emerged two weeks ago that Obama is close to nominating Google's departing chief executive, Eric Schmidt, as his next Commerce Secretary.Reback believes Obama's admiration of Google might discourage trustbusters from probing the company. &quot;It's problematic, even unnerving, that the president continues to call out the company for innovation when the government should be conducting an investigation,&quot; Reback said.Reback isn't alone in his fight. Competitors are feeding regulators allegations of Google's misdeeds, just as they did against Microsoft. A decade ago, Microsoft rivals such as Sun Microsystems and RealNetworks met privately with trustbusters to help lay out their case. Just last year, one of Google's competitors acknowledged meeting with regulators in the United States and Europe to discuss Google and posted concerns about the benefits Google derives from so-called network effects, the idea that the value of its search business grows as more people use it. &quot;Both search and online advertising are increasingly controlled by a single firm, Google,&quot; the rival posted in a blog. &quot;That can be a problem because Google's business is helped along by significant network effects (just like the PC operating system business). Search engine algorithms 'learn' by observing how users interact with search results. Google's algorithms learn less common search terms better than others because many more people are conducting searches on these terms on Google.&quot;The rival that posted that item: Microsoft. The blog was written by Microsoft vice president and deputy general counsel Dave Heiner, one of the company's lawyers who waged war with the Justice Department.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple, Nokia, others targeted in camera patent suit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>phitipkahh</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit filed last week in Texas by a group named Imperium Holdings claims that Apple along with Kyocera, LG, Motorola Mobility, Nokia, Research in Motion (RIM), and Sony-Ericsson are infringing on five patents related to the cameras and imaging equipment found in phones and other mobile devices.The suit, which was reported Friday by Patently Apple, picks on five patents in particular:Patent 6,271,884: Image flicker reduction with fluorescent lighting.Patent 6,838,651: High sensitivity snap shot CMOS image sensor. Patent 6,838,715: CMOS image sensor arrangement with reduced pixel light shadowing. Patent 7,064,768: Bad pixel correction while preserving features. Patent 7,109,535: Semiconductor device for isolating a photodiode to reduce junction leakage. As noted by Patently Apple, the mix of patents are actually owned by two different companies: 6,271,884, which deals with image flicker reduction, is owned by Conexant System of Newport Beach, Calif., while the remaining four have the assignee listed as ESS Technology, based in Fremont, Calif. The earliest of those was filed in 1999, with the most recent being in 2005.This is just the latest in a long list of patent suits against Apple, though the second in the last year or so to center on imaging. One filed against Apple in January 2010 by Kodak took aim at image previewing, and the capability to process images at different resolutions. Apple ended up counter-suing the company just three months later.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why the FCC might ignore Congress' will on wireless]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>OliviaPearl</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Fred Campbell's bio below.Although it's running late, the Federal Communications Commission is on the brink of releasing its yearly report to Congress on the state of competition in the mobile wireless market. For nearly a decade, the FCC has found the wireless market in the United States to be effectively competitive.Last year, however, the FCC shocked the industry by refusing to even make a finding regarding competition in the mobile wireless market. The FCC instead said that &quot;because no single definition of effective competition&quot; would be adequate, it would only provide raw market data. But federal law requires the Commission to say &quot;whether or not there is effective competition.&quot; This unambiguous phrase mandates a determination one way or the other. So why did the FCC ignore the will of Congress and say nothing at allMy fear is that the agency wants to impose new and heavy-handed regulations on the mobile industry. The FCC telegraphed its intent in the last mobile wireless report. Rather than analyze competition, it said that it should instead provide &quot;data that can form the basis for inquiries into whether policy levers could produce superior outcomes.&quot; In other words, it believes that its regulations can produce better results than competitive markets. That's why the FCC has recently imposed Net neutrality regulations on mobile wireless providers (without a finding of market failure) and has proposed a host of other intrusive regulatory requirements. This new agenda includes proposals to regulate wholesaling arrangements &quot;to ensure competition in...mobile broadband services,&quot; make it more difficult to renew radio licenses, and collect quarterly information regarding service quality and pricing.These types of regulations aren't typically applied to competitive markets. Federal law presumes that competitive markets will be lightly regulated. By refusing to make a competitive finding, the FCC avoids this presumption and opens the door for additional regulation. If I'm right, the Commission will again avoid making any competitive finding in order to pursue an aggressive regulatory agenda.If the Commission were to make a determination, the facts would compel a finding that the mobile wireless market is effectively competitive. The FCC's data shows that, between the release of the 2008 report and the last report in May 2010, the mobile market became even more competitive in critical areas. The percentage of population covered by five providers increased from 64.9 percent to 73.8 percent. An entirely new competitor, LightSquared, announced its plans to enter the mobile broadband market. The four nationwide providers launched 67 new smartphones. Apple's App Store went from having only 900 applications to over 100,000. And the annual Cellular Consumer Price Index decreased by 0.2 percent compared to a 3.8 percent increase in the overall Consumer Price Index. Increased coverage, new entry, market innovation, and lower prices are all signs of effective competition.In light of this evidence, it's ironic that this very same Commission has repeatedly issued orders during the past year finding the video cable market to be effectively competitive. The FCC has deemed cable markets to be effectively competitive when only three providers serve the market (that is, the cable company plus two competitors) and at least two providers serve more than 15 percent of subscribers--even when the cable company has more than 70 percent market share. The mobile wireless industry easily surpasses these metrics. Over 90 percent of the population is covered by at least four mobile wireless providers, and the two largest mobile wireless providers together have only 60 percent market share.Given its comfort in finding cable competitive under these circumstances, the FCC should have no difficulty finding that the mobile wireless market is effectively competitive.Yet last year the FCC avoided making any finding at all. The Commission must have some motive for ducking Congress, the evidence, and its own precedent by failing to make a competitive finding in the mobile wireless context. The only sensible explanation is the FCC's desire to increase its regulation of the mobile wireless industry. The FCC has historically avoided extensive regulation of the mobile wireless industry because effective competition is better at protecting consumers than bureaucratic regulation. If the FCC makes no competitive finding at all this year, this regulatory constraint no longer applies. That's why the Commission recently imposed Net neutrality regulations on mobile wireless providers. It's also why I think the FCC will again shirk its congressional mandate to make a competitive finding in the mobile context.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's appropriate to cry over new glucose monitor]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>naomigemmn</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[With some 26 million Americans living with diabetes (8.3 percent of the U.S. population), according to the American Diabetes Association, a lot of research is going into how to make blood glucose monitoring more effective and affordable.The device features screen-printed electrical leads (A), an insulating layer (B), a silicone fluidics piece (C), a sensing well covering the three electrode system (D), and an absorbent sampling material (E).(Credit:Diabetes Technology Society)Researchers at Arizona State University and the Mayo Clinic are partnering up to develop a monitor that enables people to dab their tear ducts instead of prick their fingers--which could be a big deal for those who currently draw blood as many as a dozen times a day to monitor their blood glucose levels.&quot;The problem with current self-monitoring blood glucose technologies is not so much the sensor, it's the painful finger prick,&quot; Jeffrey LaBelle, a bioengineer and chief designer, said in a news release. &quot;This new technology might encourage patients to check their blood sugars more often, which could lead to better control of their diabetes by a simple touch to the eye.&quot;The team reported on the first stage of their research on the sensor in Diabetes Science and Technology in March 2010, and quickly sparked interest from Arizona-based nonprofit BioAccel, which works to speed up the process of bringing biomedical technologies to the marketplace.Using funding from BioAccel, the team is now compiling data to apply for human clinical trials of the device, but major challenges remain, including accuracy, efficiency, speed of performing the test, reproducible results, and of course making sure the test sample does not evaporate before it can be read.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter suffers brief downtime, elevated error rates]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>laziparac</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=twitter-suffers-brief-downtime-elevated-error-rates</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Twitter)Twitter experienced downtime and elevated error rates for less than an hour today following the rollout of a setting that beefs up security by default. Even with the timing of the opt-in HTTPS feature, neither the cause of the problem, nor how widespread it was, has yet been revealed by the company. A note on Twitter's status blog simply notes that the company is aware of the problem and taking steps to fix it. The Hyptertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) mode, encrypts the username, password, and any personal data, keeping it from being useful if intercepted by thieves. It comes standard on the mobileiPhone version of Twitter, though not on m.Twitter.com just yet. The new option, found in Twitter's general settings enables users to force the service to always use HTTPS. Update at 3:25 p.m.: Twitter says the problem has been fully sorted out. &quot;This issue is resolved, access to all features for all users is restored,&quot; the company said on its status blog.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lexar ships 128GB SDXC memory card]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Inaddyarcap</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=lexar-ships-128gb-sdxc-memory-card</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lexar&amp;39's new Professional 133x SDXC memory card.(Credit:Lexar)If Lexar's recently reviewed 128GB Echo MX thumbdrive makes you wonder when you'll have something like the same capacity for your camera, the answer is here. Lexar announced today that it is now shipping the first 128GB Professional Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) memory card.First announced at CES 2011, the new SDXC memory card comes in two capacities, 128GB and 64GB, and offers speeds of up to 133x (about 20MBps). This means the new card enables you to take multiple hi-def photos continuously or record extended-length 1080p HD videos without having to stop and swap the memory card. The Lexar Professional 133x SDXC memory card includes the latest version of the company's Image Rescue software, which helps recover lost or deleted photo and video files. Lexar claims that the card has been tested to ensure performance, reliability, and compatibility with more than 800 existing digital devices. It also works with any SDXC-enabled devices such as card readers.The Lexar Professional SDXC card comes with a limited lifetime warranty. The card is available now and costs $200 for the 64GB version and $330 for the 128GB version. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Balloons float real-life 'Up' house near LA]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>barbarastone</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=balloons-float-real-life-up-house-near-la</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:National Geographic)Ever wished real life could be more like a Pixar movie It was for a little while on Saturday, as a team of awesomizers managed to successfully lift a house into the air, &quot;Up&quot; style, using a cluster of brightly colored balloons. The adorable 2,000-pound, 16x16-foot yellow house took to the skies with the aid of 300 weather balloons that grow to 8 feet tall when inflated. From top to bottom, the entire aircraft measured 10 stories high and reached an altitude of 10,000 feet. It flew for about an hour at dawn from a private airfield east of Los Angeles. Oh, and there were people (of the non-animated variety) aboard.  The floating feat sets a world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted, according to the National Geographic Channel. It filmed the flight as part of a new series called &quot;How Hard Can It Be&quot; that's set to debut in the fall.  And if you're wondering how hard it can be to set a balloon-supported house aloft, well, &quot;it was pretty hard,&quot; Paul Carson, the show's host, notes in the behind-the-scenes video below. &quot;It was very difficult actually.&quot; Volunteers in California&amp;39's High Desert prepare the house for liftoff Saturday. (Credit:National Geographic)A view of the 300 balloons from the inside of the little house. (Credit:National Geographic) Pixar's 10th animated feature focuses on the fate of 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen, his house, and a wayward 8-year-old who happens by one day. Launched into the sky together by a cluster of balloons tied to the roof of Fredricksen's house, the two set off on what could safely be called a high-flying adventure. It took the National Geographic team of scientists, engineers, and balloon pilots two weeks to pull off their version of the &quot;Up&quot; house--from the initial assignment through planning, building, and rigging the house and setting it aloft in the clear skies to cheers down below. Carson picks &quot;incredulity&quot; to describe the dominant feeling among the crew as the house made its way skyward. As for us, &quot;grinning like dopes&quot; would about cover it. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kiss Controller: Smooch your way to high scores]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=kiss-controller-smooch-your-way-to-high-scores</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Elina</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=kiss-controller-smooch-your-way-to-high-scores</guid>
<description><![CDATA[PDA for geeky gamers.(Credit:Hye Yeon Nam)&amp;60'bragging&amp;62'My girlfriend often tells me I'm a great kisser &amp;60'/bragging&amp;62', and now those skills could help me become a gaming Casanova.Artist (and Georgia Tech Ph.D. candidate) Hye Yeon Nam and Sam Mendenhall have created the Kiss Controller, a project that uses snogging motions to control a bowling video game. Setup is relatively easy' one lovebird straps on a headset with sensor receivers, and the other attaches a magnet on their tongue using Fixodent. I can just imagine the odd stare I'll get at the drugstore buying a value size tube of denture adhesive.To play, the person with the magnet on his or her tongue uses mouth muscles to guide the direction and speed of the bowling ball. As you can see in the video below, centering the ball is a rather tongue-tying experience, while speed is determined by how fast you kiss. Unfortunately, my style of kissing is a little slower and more tender, so I'll have to wait for Romantic Kiss Controller.The Kiss Controller's primary goal is to elicit the &quot;emotional experience of a kinetic act while users play the game rather than control games with their body.&quot; The controller has &quot;not been proposed to the video game industry,&quot; but it has gotten a lot of attention in the tech world lately. Sadly, a girl (or guy) is not included with the game.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When ER doc consults iPad, don't panic]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=when-er-doc-consults-ipad-dont-panic</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosgo5tlin</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=when-er-doc-consults-ipad-dont-panic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Screenshot by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore/CNET)Nobody likes a conversation interrupted by the mobile-device grab, that increasingly familiar maneuver by which someone betrays a total lack of interest in said conversation and searches for whatever else might be going on in the world instead.But when your physician gets device-happy in the middle of your next doctor's visit, even in the ER, chances are it's for a good cause, such as looking up the latest on your condition in a reference guide.Rosen and Barkin's best-selling 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult has, for years, been a six-pound, 1,300-page clinical reference tome designed to support urgent care providers. Now, Unbound Medicine is releasing the new-and-improved fourth edition for mobile devices (including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, etc.) in a &quot;proven, rapid-access format.&quot;At $99.95, the price tag is heftier than it is for the paper product (at the time of this posting the hardcover is $81.64 on Amazon), but it features not only the guide's 600-plus urgent care topics and updated protocols and treatment guideline, but also personalized &quot;favorites&quot; (perhaps not the best word) for symptoms and conditions a user might encounter more frequently.For those with a little extra cash ($159.95), Unbound Medicine is also offering up the Emergency Central package, which includes not just the 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult but also the Diagnosaurus DDx (1,000-plus quick-reference diagnoses), Davis's Drug Guide (almost 2,000 monographs covering 5,000 trade and generic drugs), and the Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests (including more than 350 laboratory, imaging, and microbiology test monographs). The package also includes a year of online access to MEDLINE Journals.There are already several emergency room reference guides and glossaries for mobile devices (Emergency Room Glossary, iTriage, Medical Reference, etc.), but Rosen and Barkin's gold-standard 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult raises the bar.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Steve Jobs came close to knighthood]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-steve-jobs-came-close-to-knighthood</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ivelislviv</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-steve-jobs-came-close-to-knighthood</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If nothing else, waiters and store clerks will still refer to Steve Jobs as &amp;34'sir.&amp;34'(Credit:CBS Interactive)Apple CEO Steve Jobs was close to gaining knighthood in the U.K., only to see the opportunity derailed at the last minute, The Telegraph reported today.Citing an unnamed, former Labor Party member of Parliament, the Telegraph said that Jobs had made his way through the final stages of knighthood in 2009. His chances of becoming knighted were nicked, however, when he turned down an invitation to speak before the Labor Party. Gordon Brown, who was the U.K.'s prime minister at the time, viewed the response unfavorably and personally blocked Jobs' path to knighthood, the Telegraph's source said.According to the Parliament member, Jobs' name was brought up for knighthood for Apple's ability &quot;to create stunning consumer products because it has always taken design as the key component of everything it has produced.&quot; The Parliament member added that &quot;no other CEO has consistently shown such commitment.&quot;Jobs, who apparently knew of the knighthood proceedings in 2009, according to the Telegraph's source, wouldn't have been the first tech exec to be knighted. In 2005, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates earned honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.Becoming a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is considered one of the highest honors bestowed upon an individual. Those who receive the rank can use the title &quot;Sir&quot; or &quot;Dame.&quot;But alas, Sir Steve Jobs just wasn't in the cards.The U.K. Prime Minister's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Windows Phone arriving on Verizon in March]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-windows-phone-arriving-on-verizon-in-march</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>parmansufvishvaa</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-windows-phone-arriving-on-verizon-in-march</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Windows Phones could be arriving on Verizon's network as soon as next month.Citing sources familiar with the matter, blog WinRumors is reporting that Verizon could have its firstWindows Phone 7 devices available to customers on March 20 and plans to announce the launch date for an HTC-made device early next week. The report follows on the heels of yesterday's news that Sprint would be bringing the HTC Arrive, its first Windows Phone 7 handset, to consumers on the same day. That handset will ship with Microsoft's first major update to its mobile operating system preinstalled. That's the one that brings features like copy and paste, improved Marketplace search, and faster load times for some applications. WinRumors says the HTC 7 Trophy, which is the phone launching on Verizon, will also have that newer software version. Microsoft declined to comment on the rumor. A Verizon representative said simply that the company had announced its plans to support Windows Phone 7 in 2011, but that it had not set a date for a device launch.Back in January, Microsoft had pledged to bring Windows Phone 7 devices to CDMA carriers like Sprint and Verizon &quot;in the first half&quot; of 2011. A launch on both carriers before the end of March would signal Microsoft had been conservative about its original estimates. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Coming soon: Wave your hand to control your phone]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=coming-soon-wave-your-hand-to-control-your-phone</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>uckrianudapper</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=coming-soon-wave-your-hand-to-control-your-phone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Extreme Reality&amp;39's touchless gesture interface software runs on a bulky TI system for developing mobile phones, but it&amp;39'll arrive on real-world models later this year.(Credit:Stephen Shankland/CNET)BARCELONA, Spain--Here's another reason besides video chat that you might want a front-facing camera on your next mobile phone: controlling it by waving your arm or moving your hand.This type of touchless gesture interface is coming to mobile phones from top-tier handset makers this year, promised Ofer Sadka, chief technology officer of a start-up called Extreme Reality based in Herzeliya, Israel, that's commercializing the technology.In the Texas Instruments booth at the Mobile World Congress show here, he demonstrated two variations of the gesticulation-sensitive interface being used to flip through a photo gallery. One used close-range hand gestures, including rotating a fist to zoom in and out.  The other was from several feet away--it's got an 8-meter range--and used more sweeping arm motions, an experience more akin to Microsoft's Kinect game controller.The touchless interface could be useful for controlling devices in acar, Sadka said, where a driver might for example not want to have to focus specifically on hitting the right button.Sadka demonstrated the technology on an Android-powered, bulky TI hardware development system, but said it'll work on conventional phones, too.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Webbox keyboard puts a browser on your TV]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=webbox-keyboard-puts-a-browser-on-your-tv</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>astraboy1985</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=webbox-keyboard-puts-a-browser-on-your-tv</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Vodafone)If you're anything like us, you start to sweat if you're ever more than a few feet away from a Web browser. Vodafone knows your pain--and it wants to stick a browser in your television. Using a keyboard. Wait, a what! It's called the Webbox (not Web box, Webbox, like lummox) and it works like this: The little keyboard (pictured above) plugs into your TV via RCA connectors, and there's space for a Vodafone SIM card inside the keyboard itself. Vodafone hopes this odd device will give people in developing countries an opportunity to get online in places where Web connections aren't ten a penny. Plug the whole shebang in, fire up your TV, and you'll be able to cruise the World Wide Web in an Opera Mini 5.1 browser. You'll also be able to send SMS and e-mail messages, and there'll be some media services packed in too, including an FM radio, a photo gallery tool and some form of music player. Read more of &quot;Vodafone Webbox keyboard puts a Web browser on your telly&quot; at Crave UK. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Office Web Apps to go worldwide in March]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=office-web-apps-to-go-worldwide-in-march</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pooja01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=office-web-apps-to-go-worldwide-in-march</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft says that by next month, users worldwide will be able to get their hands on the free, online version of its Office suite.In a post on the Office Blog earlier this week, the company said that it had expanded Office Web Apps availability in 150 new countries including Mexico, India, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, and that by next month it will hit &quot;all remaining markets in Central and South America.&quot; The free service, which contains Web-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, was launched by Microsoft in June of last year. Microsoft says that 30 million people are now using it. Besides creating documents through the Office component of Windows Live, Office Web Apps exist on Facebook through Docs.com, as well as with some recent integration that use the hosted productivity tools to open up attachments. That same functionality is also built into Hotmail, where it was seeing 500 percent growth (month by month) in use, according to stats Microsoft released late last year. Office Web Apps is just the latest in a series of Microsoft's Web properties to vie for the important &quot;worldwide&quot; moniker. The last one was Windows Live Messenger, which this week expanded its Facebook chat connector to all markets. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft responds to Google's copycat claims, again]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-responds-to-googles-copycat-claims-again</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>James01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-responds-to-googles-copycat-claims-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Following yesterday's fracas over whether Microsoft was culling search results from rival Google, Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's senior VP of its Online Services Division, has weighed in, reiterating that Google's claims are false.&quot;We do not copy results from any of our competitors. Period. Full stop,&quot; Mehdi said in a post on Bing's community blog titled &quot;Setting the record straight.&quot; &quot;We have some of the best minds in the world at work on search quality and relevance, and for a competitor to accuse any one of these people of such activity is just insulting,&quot; Mehdi said.Mehdi went on to mirror some of the statements made by Harry Shum, Microsoft's head of core search development, during the company's Farsight event. Shum had discussed allegations on stage with Google's head of Web spam, Matt Cutts' Mehdi outlined how Bing made use of anonymous click stream data, along with &quot;more than a thousand inputs&quot; to create Bing's ranking algorithm.Mehdi said that Google's plan to check whether Bing was looking at that click stream data was &quot;rigged to manipulate Bing search results,&quot; and called Google's honeypot attack &quot;click fraud.&quot; He then compared Google's efforts to the the methods used by spammers to create fraudulent search result pages.&quot;What does all this cloak and dagger click fraud prove Nothing anyone in the industry doesn't already know,&quot; Mehdi said. &quot;As we have said before and again in this post, we use click stream optionally provided by consumers in an anonymous fashion as one of 1,000 signals to try and determine whether a site might make sense to be in our index.&quot;Mehdi closed up the post by saying that the company would continue to focus on innovating the product, though added a jab about the timing of Google's honeypot discovery, saying it was directly related to some of Microsoft's recent improvements to Bing, which were &quot;so big and noticeable that we are told Google took notice and began to worry,&quot; Mehdi said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conn., Google reach agreement over Wi-Fi data]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=conn--google-reach-agreement-over-wi-fi-data</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hilfemedizin</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=conn--google-reach-agreement-over-wi-fi-data</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google and the state of Connecticut have reached an agreement that won't force a courtroom showdown over Google's Wi-Fi spying scandal.Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen(Credit:State of Connecticut,Office of the Attorney General) Last year former Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (now representing the state in the U.S. Senate) started an investigation of Google over its admission that its Street View cars had collected so-called &quot;payload data,&quot; including e-mails and passwords, during the years it mapped the country's streets. In December Blumenthal issued a civil investigative demand that would have compelled Google to turn that data over to Connecticut, but Google protested the order and the two parties reached a settlement over that dispute, the attorney general's office announced today. &quot;The stipulation will allow Google and the state of Connecticut, and the 40-state coalition it is leading, to begin negotiations to resolve the data collection issue without going to court to enforce the Civil Investigative Demand, equivalent to a subpoena, issued in December on behalf of the state,&quot; current Attorney General George Jepsen said in a statement (PDF) released by his office. As part of the settlement, Google confirmed that it had collected private information during its Street View project, although that's something it admitted long ago. The settlement means that Google and the attorneys general led by Connecticut will likely hammer out another agreement regarding the data, which Google has resisted turning over to government authorities in the U.S. The company has repeatedly apologized for the Street View program but that hasn't deterred countries around the world from attempting to punish Google as well as a class-action lawsuit pending in California.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Huawei sues Motorola over sale to Nokia]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>paulklilla</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=huawei-sues-motorola-over-sale-to-nokia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is suing Motorola, claiming the American company will illegally transfer its trade secrets in the proposed sale of its wireless business unit to Nokia Siemens. Huawei filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Illinois. The company seeks to stop Motorola employees and information associated with Motorola's UMTS and GSM equipment businesses from being transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks. Motorola announced in July 2010 that it plans to sell its entire wireless infrastructure business, which includes products it sells for 3G wireless networks, in a deal that is worth about $1.2 billion.Huawei argues in its complaint that the transfer of Motorola assets to Nokia Siemens would cause &quot;the massive disclosure of Huawei's confidential information to NSN, with irreparable harm to Huawei.&quot; Specifically, the company argues that a large number of Motorola employees, who will be transferred as part of the deal to Nokia Siemens, have direct knowledge of Huawei's confidential information. Neither Motorola nor Nokia Siemens have responded to the lawsuit yet. Motorola has been reselling Huawei radio access gear for GSM and UMTS wireless networks since 2000. As part of this relationship, Motorola employees have been trained to sell and troubleshoot Huawei's wireless products. Nokia Siemens also makes and sells GSM and UMTS gear that competes directly with Huawei's equipment.&quot;The entire intent of filing the injunction is to prevent our intellectual property from being handed over to one of our competitors on a silver platter,&quot; said Bill Plummer, a vice president of external affairs for Huawei. Plummer said that Huawei has tried to negotiate with Motorola since the deal was announced, but so far Motorola has not provided assurances to Huawei that its intellectual property will be protected once the deal is complete.This is the first time that Chinese-based Huawei has initiated legal proceedings against a U.S. company. However, Huawei has been the target of lawsuits by others. Several years ago, Cisco Systems sued the company for infringing on its patents for IP network equipment. The suit was eventually settled. In June, Motorola sued Huawei for supposedly stealing its trade secrets as part of a corporate espionage case. The legal action follows a suit from 2008 in which Motorola sued five former employees for sharing information with IP networking firm Lemko, headquartered in Schaumberg, Ill., where Motorola is also located. Lemko has a reseller agreement with Huawei.Congressional leaders have also tried to block the sale of Huawei's telecommunications products to U.S. wireless operators over security concerns. But Huawei representatives say the company respects intellectual property and is simply defending its own trade secrets with this lawsuit.&quot;As a global technology leader with a rich IP and patent portfolio, Huawei respects the rights of intellectual property holders and is equally committed to the protection of its own innovations and intellectual property,&quot; the company said in an e-mail statement. Nearly half of Huawei's 100,000 plus employees are engaged in research and development and Huawei allocates an average of 10 percent of all revenues to research and development annually. By the end of 2010, Huawei had applied for 49,040 essential patents on a global basis.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sony Ericsson eyes fresh Android start in 2011]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=sony-ericsson-eyes-fresh-android-start-in-2011</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>josie21</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=sony-ericsson-eyes-fresh-android-start-in-2011</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The fresh start begins for Sony Ericsson with the Xperia Arc(Credit:Kent German/CNET)Like many of you, I've watched the rumors of a PlayStation Phone spread across the Internet over the last few weeks. After a so-so 2010 for Sony Ericsson, this is exactly the type of device that could cement Sony Ericsson as a top Android contender. That is, if they get it right. Ask any Android enthusiast about last year's Xperia X10 and you'll likely hear gripes about how badly the company missed the boat. Once expected to be one of the premier Android phones on the market, the Xperia X10 arrived with muted fanfare. Though eventually it was successful at a couple of carriers around the world, it never took off in the United States, even though it landed at AT&amp;T.  What was the primary reason for this missed opportunity Outdated software, of course. Even with its 1GHz processor, 4-inch screen, and 8.1-megapixel camera, the phone was hampered by Android 1.6. That inability to run many of today's better applications turned many potential consumers away. And even now, as some Android handsets are getting 2.2 or even 2.3, Sony Ericsson is just pushing Android 2.1 out to various regions. Thankfully, however, the future looks much brighter.As of right now, thePlayStation should come branded under the Xperia umbrella, possibly carrying the Xperia Play moniker. Although branding it specifically as the PlayStation Phone could be a better move, it will be easier for the company to fold it into the Sony Ericsson portfolio. What's more, listing it with the Xperia name ties it to its other efforts, notably the new Xperia Arc. Ironically, the Xperia Arc was the only Android 2.3 phone I could find on the floor ofCES. Not only does it offer sexy hardware, but also it's running the absolute latest version of Android. Speaking with various members of the Sony Ericsson team, I found them to be very optimistic about it and other unannounced devices. I got the sense that they knew 2011 would be a mulligan of sorts, allowing for a fresh start.Pocket-Lint recently spent time talking with Sony Ericsson and found that company reps were brutally honest about their early efforts. As it turns out, they underestimated the value users would place on Android, and not necessarily the hardware. After starting with the X10 all the way back in 2008, they realized over the next two years that the industry would move much more quickly than anticipated. As Steve Walker, current global head of marketing, advises, the company learned &quot;a huge amount last year&quot; and plan to apply these lessons moving forward. What's more, Sony Ericsson can continue to focus on beautiful and powerful hardware. Even with its antiquated software, you'd be hard-pressed to deny the sexiness of the X10. And as we see with the Xperia Arc, the company plans to continue with the sleek, sophisticated-looking devices.Recently uncovered information suggests the company has also filed for trademarks and Web domains under Xperia Neo and Xperia Duo. Not counting the rumored PlayStation Phone, we may soon be treated to a few announcements at next month's Mobile World Congress. As Sony Ericsson tells it, there will be &quot;many&quot; devices be unveiled over the course of the next year. I'm willing to forgive Sony Ericsson for the false start, are you<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Tiwi from Inthinc prevents texting while driving (podcast)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-tiwi-from-inthinc-prevents-texting-while-driving-podcast</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mariedelexz</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-tiwi-from-inthinc-prevents-texting-while-driving-podcast</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Device attaches to windshield and connects to car&amp;39's electrical system(Credit:Inthinc)A 2009 study (PDF)  from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that truck drivers who were texting were 23 times more at risk of a &quot;crash or near crash event&quot; than &quot;nondistracted driving.&quot; As reported by CNET's Jennifer Guevin, the study also found that &quot;texting took a driver's focus away from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds--enough time...to travel the length of a football field at 55 mph.&quot; Teenage drivers are especially vulnerable. In addition to being less experienced drivers, they are more likely to text than adults. A Federal Communications Commission consumer advisory on texting while driving quotes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as reporting that driver distraction was the cause of 16 percent of all fatal crashes in 2008, resulting in 5,800 fatalities and 515,000 injuries. The American Automobile Association says that &quot;taking your eyes off of the road for two seconds doubles your risk of getting into a crash.&quot;Inthinc, a Salt Lake City company, was at the Consumer Electronics Show with a solution for parents and companies whose employees have company issued phones. The product, which is called Tiwi and costs $299 plus a $29.95 monthly subscription fee, can disable a cell phone for calling or texting, according to CEO Todd Follmer. It can also report the person's speed, whether they're engaged in aggressive driving, and even if they're using their seat belt. Parents or employers can check in via an Internet portal. Inthinc CEO Todd Follmer(Credit:Inthinc) To learn more, I spoke with CEO Todd Follmer at the Showstoppers press event atCES 2011.Listen now:Download today's podcastSubscribe now:  iTunes (audio) |  RSS (audio)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Chevy Volt to have wireless charging mats]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-chevy-volt-to-have-wireless-charging-mats</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sufmanmar1s36</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-chevy-volt-to-have-wireless-charging-mats</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The wireless charging Powermat is due in the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, and in other GM brand cars by mid-2012.(Credit:GM)Universal chargers for portable electronics will someday seem quaint when wireless charging technology becomes ubiquitous, and that may happen soonest in yourcar.General Motors has partnered with Powermat to incorporate its wireless charging mats into car interiors, both companies announced from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today.Starting with the Chevy Volt, drivers and passengers will be able to lay things like phones and MP3 players on the center console and have them wirelessly charge while they're sitting there.GM said consumers will be able to get the tech for the 2011 Chevy Volt, and that it will be available for other Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac brand cars by mid-2012.As part of the development deal, the automaker's venture capital subsidiary, GM Ventures, has invested $5 million in Powermat--no small matter in a very competitive environment. Several companies including Fujitsu, Palm, Pure Energy Solutions, ElectroHub, Green Plug and WiiPower have been introducing wireless charging technology using tiny portable mats for a single device, desktop mats for multiple devices, and wireless rechargeable batteries. All of them have had varied ways of dealing with the issue of compatibility.Wireless charging mats generally work by first using a receiver somewhere on a portable device that magnetically connects it to a charge point on a mat that is plugged in to an electricity source. Once fully charged that receiver sends a signal to the mat, which then halts further electricity from passing through to the device. In addition to the convenience of no wires, charging mats offer an energy-efficient alternative to chargers, which often continue to suck down electricity even after a device is fully charged. Many companies use receivers that snap on to the device to be charged, while others offer special rechargeable batteries that act as receivers to us in existing devices.Powermat tackles the universality issue by offering a receiver case or a flat back panel receiver that snaps on to the device, depending on the type of device to be charged. Currently, the company makes snap-on receivers for products made by Apple, Research In Motion, HTC, Motorola, and Nintendo.Powermat already sells a desktop charging mat and a folding portable charging mat. It's also developing something it calls the Powermat Netbook which is capable of charging a Netbook, as well as multiple portable devices at once.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple support company sues customer for complaining]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yeroppy</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-support-company-sues-customer-for-complaining</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Returning to my inbox after the New Year's break, I found it full of Greeks bearing rifts.The national press, the tech blogosphere, even normal, ordinary human beings on Twitter are railing against Systemgraph, a support company officially approved by Apple to be its reseller and authorized service provider.Dimitris Papadimitriadis, a physician in Greece, was apparently having a little trouble with his iMac, so he took it to Systemgraph in order to enjoy its authorized servicing skills.According to the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, Papadimitriadis discovered dark patches on the screen of his machine. As Papadimitriadis describes the story, Systemgraph recommended an interior and exterior cleaning, as well as a replacement of the LCD panel. However, when he came back to pick up his computer, he felt it was in an even worse state.There were, allegedly, now spots of moisture behind the screen and the LCD panel wasn't, according to Papamitriadis, fixed either. Systemgraph allegedly offered to perform another service, although Papadimitriadis felt he had lost confidence in Systemgraph's servicing abilities.So, in his words (translated by Yahoo): &quot;I insisted that such computer ceases to be credible and relied on Article 540 of the Civil Code and section 5 of Act 2251, pursuant to which I have legal right to ask for a refund or replacement with my new PC under warranty.&quot;(Credit:Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)He claims Systemgraph refused because the iMac wasn't bought there. Papadimitriadis insisted he had followed the procedures set out at Apple.com. And he says he took his case to the consumer ombudsman, although that is a lengthy process. Clearly, there wasn't going to be accord here. But it was what transpired next that has captured Greece's imagination.Papadimitriadis posted his story on a forum, something that seems to have upset Systemgraph. For the company has sued him for 200,000 euros (about $267,000), claiming he damaged its reputation. His post, as translated by Google, does not seem to offer harsh or emotive language. The most anyone who has reported on the case claims is that Papadimitriadis described Systemgraph as &quot;dodgy.&quot;However, there were clearly human emotions involved here. Systemgraph reportedly claims that Papdimitriadis was &quot;rude and aggressive.&quot; And yet there is reportedly to be a court hearing on January 19. The company reportedly claims in its complaint that, given that the issue has spread to the Web, this is &quot;an organised attempt to slander and insult&quot; its very fine name.This will be, I am told by Greek correspondents, the first time a Greek company has taken a customer to court for something written online.Papadimitriadis is currently enjoying huge sympathy on Twitter, where the Systemgraph is extremely active with mentions of the Streisand Effect. One poster, Marq Riley, even offered: &quot;In defense of Systemgraph, their feelings were very hurt. 200,000 Euros is a bargain considering how hurt their feelings were.&quot;Yet one can hardly imagine that this would have happened had the friction not been exacerbated even more than that between the fans at your average Greek basketball game.Perhaps Systemgraph believes that it will somehow manage to clean its already tarnished reputation slightly better than Papadimitriadis claims it cleaned his iMac, with the help of a kindly judge. However, hasn't the damage largely been done If the company succeeds in squeezing 200,000 euros from Papadimitriadis, will people rush to have their iMacs serviced there Or will they avoid Systemgraph just in case one of its no doubt talented service personnel is having a very bad dayAnd what if you're Apple Do you enjoy the spectacle of one of your authorized servicing companies attempting to sue one of its customers out of its last stethoscope Or might you suggest that, given that your company ethos is all about delighting its customers no matter what, you don't want to be associated with such a leaden-headed course of legal actionI have contacted Apple to hear their perspective on matters and will update, should I hear from them.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Apple ups iPhone shipment target]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>liesourse</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-apple-ups-iphone-shipment-target</guid>
<description><![CDATA[DigiTimes says Apple is looking to ship 5-6 million CDMA iPhones next quarter.(Credit:Kent German/CNET)Apple reportedly expects to ship 20 million to 21 million iPhones around the world next quarter, with almost 25 percent of them CDMA phones.At least, that's the latest from the folks at DigiTimes. Citing the usual sources from Taiwan-based component suppliers, DigiTimes says Apple bumped its first-quarter 2011 shipment goal to the 20 million to 21 million range from 19 million units previously, telling its component suppliers to get ready to fill that new target.If true, that'll be a healthy jump from the 15.5 million units that will have shipped during the fourth quarter, according to estimates indicated by the sources. For the full year, the sources say Apple will have shipped 47 million iPhones around the world.But the juiciest bit of information unveiled by DigiTimes focuses specifically on CDMA phones.For the first quarter, Apple is eyeing a shipment target of 5 million to 6 million CDMA iPhones. Verizon's network runs on CDMA. The sources say all those phones will ship to North America and Asia Pacific during the first quarter, adding fuel to the fire behind reports calling for Verizon to get theiPhone next quarter.We e-mailed Apple for confirmation/comment about the DigiTimes report, but the company did not immediately respond. We'll update this story if we hear anything back.Hitting markets outside North America and Asia Pacific, Apple has also increased its first-quarter shipment goal of WCDMA iPhones to 14 million to 15 million, up from 13 million, according to the sources cited by DigiTimes.Though rumors of a Verizon iPhone have persisted for a couple of years, more news sources and analysts have chimed in lately trying to give some credence to those claims. In October, the Wall Street Journal said Apple was prepping to make a CDMA iPhone. Fortune soon followed by citing sources who said that a Verizon iPhone was a &quot;fait accompli.&quot;Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster also offered his take recently, calling for Verizon to launch the iPhone about midway through the first quarter of next year.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. issues timetable for carbon emissions cuts]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=u-s--issues-timetable-for-carbon-emissions-cuts</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chris782</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=u-s--issues-timetable-for-carbon-emissions-cuts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON--U.S. environmental regulators released a plan on Thursday for the nation's power plants and refineries to cut greenhouse gas emissions, pressing ahead with the Obama administration's strategy of tackling the pollution in the absence of federal climate legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would propose so-called performance standards on greenhouse gas emissions on both new and existing plants beginning in July for power plants and for oil refineries by December. The fossil fuel plants emit about 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases. The plan resulted from an agreement with states, including California and New York, and environmental groups that had sued the agency to regulate emissions of gases blamed for warming the planet. The standards, the specifics of which have not been established, are also the latest stage of President Barack Obama's effort to drive U.S. policy to combat global warming. The strategy stems from the EPA's ruling a year ago that greenhouses gases threaten human health and welfare, which has come under fire from industry groups and Republicans in Congress.  The new rules will come on top of regulations starting on January 2 that require the biggest polluters to get permits for emitting greenhouse gases. &quot;This is about taking a look at what technologies are available that can cost-effectively achieve reductions in greenhouse gases...it's not establishing a tonnage (of emissions) that should be emitted or shouldn't be emitted,&quot; said Gina McCarthy, an EPA assistant administrator on air and radiation. McCarthy said there were no specifics on the proposed rules and that the timeline was not a first move in setting up a cap-and-trade market on emissions. The performance standards will be finalized in May 2012 for power plants, and November that year for refineries. New and existing plants can choose available technologies to reduce emissions. Separately, the EPA said it will issue greenhouse gas permits for Texas, which had refused to adopt rules on emissions. The EPA also said it will issue permits in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, and Wyoming until state or local agencies are ready to do the job themselves.The performance standards would add jobs to the economy because they would require many of the hundreds of big fossil fuel plants across the country to adopt new technologies to make their plants more efficient, McCarthy said. The standards may also require utilities to switch to cleaner fuels, such as from coal to natural gas, but McCarthy said it is also too early to estimate how many aging coal plants might be pushed into retirement. But Republicans, set to take over the House of Representatives and seats in the Senate in January, have vowed to stop or postpone the EPA from regulating the gases, saying it will harm the economy. And refiners complained the standards would harm their businesses. &quot;Regulations can't create technology that doesn't exist or change the laws of physics and economics, so the only way to comply with EPA's proposals would be to inflict massive increases in energy costs and massive increases in unemployment on families across our nation,&quot; said Charles Drevna, the president of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, said in a release. But environmentalists applauded the move, saying it will help give power plants certainty to invest in cleaner technologies. &quot;EPA's commitment to address the dangerous, climate-disrupting pollution from power plants through common-sense national standards will provide important environmental protections and will create economic certainty for vibrant new investments,&quot; said Fred Krupp, the president of the Environmental Defense Fund, one of the groups that the EPA settled with. Story Copyright (c) 2010 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[iTunes rolls out 90-second song previews]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=itunes-rolls-out-90-second-song-previews</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>resabwandayseeker</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=itunes-rolls-out-90-second-song-previews</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ iTunes is finally letting its song previews play just a little bit longer.Apple has, as promised, begun extending the length of song samples from 30 seconds to 90 seconds at the iTunes Store in the U.S. Many samples of the site's top-selling singles, such as The Black Eyed Peas' &quot;The Time (Dirty Bit)&quot; and Coldplay's &quot;Christmas Lights,&quot; were available tonight in the longer format.The length of song samples has been found to be key to a consumer's decision to purchase music online. Researchers at Robert Morris University reported last year that consumers were more likely to buy songs if allowed to sample the music for about 60 seconds and if provided access to a &quot;high-quality&quot; version of the music.Apple confirmed last month that it planned to extend the length of samples from 30 seconds to 90 seconds for songs that are at least two-and-a-half minutes in length. Shorter songs would continue to be offered in the 30-second sample. In a letter sent to music labels announcing the move, Apple said, &quot;We believe that giving potential customers more time to listen to your music will lead to more purchases.&quot;As first reported by my colleague Greg Sandoval in August, Apple was expected to announce the increase in sample lengths during the press event in San Francisco on September 1. However, that announcement was called off after National Music Publishers Association informed Apple that it had not negotiated for the proper licenses with music publishers and didn't have the right to offer longer samples. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DivX plug-in does Flash video better than Adobe]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=divx-plug-in-does-flash-video-better-than-adobe</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>artwhale</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=divx-plug-in-does-flash-video-better-than-adobe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Who says Flash video has to monopolize your laptop and drain its battery at scary rate Aside from Steve Jobs, that isDivx, the video technology company whose software is in dozens of Blu-ray players and other devices, is releasing today a browser plug-in, DivX HiQ, that replaces the video engine in Adobe's own Flash player with what they say is its own, lighter, faster, better, stronger player. The pitch: now you can get a good video experience even on your underpowered old computer, or your Netbook.Once installed -- it comes as part of the DivX Plus Web Player, available on Download.com -- when you hit a video on a site that the player knows about, like YouTube, you get a second &quot;play&quot; button under the usual player. I tested the beta of HiQ on a few systems--a worn-out old ThinkPad, a 2-year-old MacBook, and a screaming fast desktop--and found the biggest gain on the ThinkPad. Videos played more smoothly, especially when I selected high-definition streams (720p or 1080p). I was able to play all videos in full-screen mode, too, something I haven't attempted on this PC for a while. I didn't notice much of a performance difference on my MacBook or my desktop PC. The DivX HiQ add-on gives you a supplementary Play button on selected sites. YouTube shown.(Credit:Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET) DivX rep Ryan Taylor told me that his company's video decoding technology is just better, which means devices running it can do more video with less horsepower, leading to better-looking movies, better battery life, and cooler laps. The HiQ product can also use the graphics processor of the computer it's running on, to put the video decoding on the chip best designed to do it.  Adobe, though, is currently beta-testing its own Flash Player 10.2, which also uses the graphical processing unit. Why Adobe is still, in 2010, in beta on GPU-accelerated video decoding is an open question' this feature should have been baked into the player at least a year ago. DivX's little freebie add-on is a bit of a marketing play. The download will come with an optional codec pack and a converter tool. But mostly, as Taylor says, &quot;it identifies and links our brand the highest-quality playback possible.&quot; The company has not discussed this add-on with Adobe or with Apple. You can get DivX technology running on several tablet computers today, including the hot new Galaxy Tab. But it won't work as an end-run around Apple's Flash block for theiPhone oriPad. (It also won't work on sites that apply DRM to streams, like NetFlix or Hulu.) If you want to watch full-screen videos on your Netbook today, the DivX HiQ player is a good bet. I'd recommend it over the Flash 10.2 beta, since it's released code, and since as an add-on to your already-installed Flash player it can easily be ignored if it doesn't work better. But once Adobe pushes the 10.2 update out of beta, DivX will have to rely on the attraction of the other parts of the download bundle to get people to even know about it. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reback rehearses for the case against Google]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=reback-rehearses-for-the-case-against-google</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>darmoweGryK5</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=reback-rehearses-for-the-case-against-google</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Antitrust expert Gary Reback outlines how regulators might one day try to take down Google.(Credit:Tom Krazit/CNET)WASHINGTON--Fresh off the news that Europe is formally investigating Google, a Silicon Valley antitrust expert today laid out the hypothetical case against Google that might play out should U.S. regulators decide to get involved.Gary Reback, an attorney with Carr &amp; Ferrell and a prominent figure in the antitrust trials involving Microsoft, told attendees at Consumer Watchdog's Future of Online Consumer Protections conference here that the European case, built off complaints by a comparison shopping engine, could demonstrate that Google has improperly penalized specialty search engines in its quest to maintain its leading search engine market share. The refrain is a familiar one among Google critics: that Google's Universal Search unfairly promotes its own content over that of competitors. In a new twist, Reback discussed the results of a study he concluded on over 40,000 shopping-related search queries. Nearly all of those queries displayed Google's shopping pages as either the first or third result' curiously, not a single query resulted in a Google Web page showing up in the second spot. &quot;As the dominant supplier of search, are they running something that's neutral Or are they providing manipulated results for their own benefit&quot; Reback wondered. In the past Google has strongly denied any suggestion that employees pick and choose winners within search results, but it does make frequent changes to the algorithm that powers those results for various reasons, usually to combat what it considers spam. Foundem, a price-comparison search engine based in the U.K., is leading the charge against Google in Europe. It has complained that Google made changes to its algorithm that unfairly penalized the site, knocking it way down Google's rankings until it was eventually restored after the company protested the decision. Reback also addressed a recurring question about how exactly a regulated Google would continue to provide relevant search results if it had to disclose its algorithm as a result of a successful prosecution. Microsoft was required to disclose its source code to a technical committee to evaluate whether it was playing by the rules, and Reback said Google could be forced to do something similar that would allow regulators to verify it was operating properly without having to air the algorithm in public, which would quickly result in a spam-filled search engine. Like many of the panelists at Consumer Watchdog's conference--including the organizers themselves--Reback has been a noted critic of Google for several years. He is a member of the Open Book Alliance, which opposes Google's proposed settlement with authors and publishers over publishing rights to certain out-of-print but copyright-protected books.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crave giveaway: HTC Surround Windows Phone]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=crave-giveaway-htc-surround-windows-phone</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>DefevantHat</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=crave-giveaway-htc-surround-windows-phone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Enter for a chance to win this HTC Surround powered by Windows Phone (service not included). (Credit:HTC)We're on to the second week of our special two-week giveaway, with Microsoft sponsoring the giveaway and offering up a secondWindows Phone 7 smartphone to one lucky winner. Once again, that phone is the just-released HTC Surround, which features built-in Yamaha &quot;surround sound&quot; speakers and a kickstand (sorry, no service is included). So, if you didn't win last week, try again! The HTC Surround has a 1GHz processor, full wireless options, and a 5-megapixel camera. And as CNET editor Bonnie Cha said in her review, &quot;Windows Phone 7 brings a fresh and friendly user interface, great multimedia capabilities, and an improved browser.&quot; Normally, this Windows Phone smartphone would cost around $200, but we're giving one away gratis. So, how do you try to win it Let me enumerate the basic rules. Please read them carefully' there will be a test.Register as a CNET user. Go to the top of this page and hit the &quot;Join CNET&quot; link to start the registration process. If you're already registered, there's no need to register again.Leave a comment below. You can leave whatever comment you want. If it's funny or insightful, it won't help you win, but we're trying to have fun here, so anything entertaining is appreciated.Leave only one comment. You may enter this specific giveaway only once. If you enter more than one comment, you will be automatically disqualified.The winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive (1) HTC Surround Windows Phone with a retail value of $200.If you are chosen, you will be notified via e-mail. Winner must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.Entries can be submitted until Monday, November 29 at noon ET. And here's the disclaimer that our legal department said we had to include (sorry for the caps, but rules are rules):NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENT OF ONE OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR D.C., 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT DATE OF ENTRY INTO SWEEPSTAKES. VOID IN PUERTO RICO, ALL U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sweepstakes ends at 12 PM ET on November 29, 2010. See official rules for details.Good luck.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Korea fights DDoS attacks with digital 'bunkers']]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=south-korea-fights-ddos-attacks-with-digital-bunkers</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>andplot56</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=south-korea-fights-ddos-attacks-with-digital-bunkers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cho&amp;39's rough sketch of the DDoS bunkers, drawn at the APT conference.(Credit:Credit:Darren Pauli/ZDNet Australia)South Korea has installed digital &quot;bunkers&quot; to prevent a repeat of the massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that crippled parts of the country last year. The nation was floored after huge streams of junk Internet data poured across its networks last year, targeting the infrastructure of government and businesses. &quot;We were caught off-guard,&quot; Jinhyun Cho of the Korea Computer Emergency Response Team (KrCERT) told ZDNet Australia. &quot;The whole country knows what a DDoS attack is.&quot;A &quot;bunker&quot; in this case is a new IP address served to a business that is under persistent DDoS attack but lacks the funds or resources to protect itself. Traffic from the DDoS attack continues to hit the original IP address while the business remains in operation under a new address.South Korea is continuously under DDoS attack, Cho said, and the bunkers are hoped to help mitigate part of the problem.Read more of &quot;Korea attacks force DDoS bunker creation&quot; at ZDNet Australia.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study finds support for presidential Net 'kill switch']]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=study-finds-support-for-presidential-net-kill-switch</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=study-finds-support-for-presidential-net-kill-switch</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Julia01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=study-finds-support-for-presidential-net-kill-switch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If the U.S. were hit by a severe cyberattack, would you want the president to be able to control or even shut down portions of the InternetA majority 61 percent of Americans polled by Unisys for a new security study believes the president should have the power to control or effectively &quot;kill&quot; portions of the Internet if key U.S. systems (military, financial, electrical) were hit by a malicious cyberattack from a foreign government.These findings from the latest biannual Unisys Security Index suggest that the public may support a pending cybersecurity bill that would give the president greater authority over the Internet in the event of an emergency. Formally known as the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, or PCNAA, the bill (PDF) would grant the government the power to force Internet providers, search engines, software firms, and other private companies to comply with emergency measures established by the Department of Homeland Security.Because it would give the federal government far-reaching control over the private sector, the bill has naturally triggered concerns and criticisms on the part of different industry and civil liberties groups. But the bill's main proponent, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, has defended it, citing national and economic security concerns in the event of a cyberattack.&quot;A majority of the American population is willing to grant the president the authority to cut short their Internet access to protect both U.S. assets and citizens, suggesting that the public is taking cyberwarfare very seriously,&quot; Patricia Titus, vice president and chief information security officer of Unisys, said in a statement. &quot;Our survey shows that the American public recognizes the danger of a cyberattack and wants the federal government to take an active role in extending the nation's cyberdefense. It will be up to officials in all branches of the federal government to respond to this call to action in a way that is measured and well planned.&quot;(Credit:Unisys)Overall, the poll found national security and financial security were the biggest areas of concern to the American public. More than half (59 percent) said they were extremely or very concerned about the country's national security in relation to war or terrorism, 57 percent were concerned about identify theft, and 57 percent were concerned about credit card and debit card fraud.The one area triggering less anxiety is Internet security, according to the poll. The number of Americans &quot;not concerned&quot; about computer security related to viruses or spam rose to 34 percent, the highest since Unisys started the index in late 2007. The number of people &quot;seriously concerned&quot; about the security of shopping or banking online dropped to 34 percent from 43 percent in February.Americans are trying to protect themselves online, noted Unisis, with 80 percent saying they limit access to personal information on social networks and 73 percent who claimed they update their antivirus software. But fewer than half (46 percent) said they use and update complex passwords on their computers.To compile its U.S. Security Index, Unisys commissioned the Lieberman Research Group, which surveyed 1,004 people in the U.S. who were 18 and older from August 20 to 22 of this year.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Poll: Do laptops still need optical drives]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=poll-do-laptops-still-need-optical-drives</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota02</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=poll-do-laptops-still-need-optical-drives</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The 13-inch version of Apple's revamped MacBook Air doubles the USB ports (to two) and adds an SD card slot, but it still lacks an optical drive. And it's not alone--other recent DVD-free 13-inch systems include Toshiba Satellite T235D and the Asus U35JC. In smaller 11- and 12-inch laptops, we're used to not having an optical drive, although they do occasionally turn up. But to some, the optical drive is becoming like the telephone modem jack that used to be standard on every laptop--a bit of legacy hardware that rarely gets used. The main reasons we used to need an optical drive were for installing applications (including games), playing DVD movies, and burning backup discs. Thanks to painfully overenthusiastic DRM, games are much easier to download and install via an online service such as Steam' the same goes for many apps (including the ones we use frequently, including OpenOffice, Reason, and Pro Tools LE).  Even video content is much more convenient when downloaded from iTunes or streamed from Netflix. Backing up is now a task for a high-capacity USB key or networked hard drive. But we also know there are many people out there who will never give up their laptop DVD drives, and they have sound reasons for feeling that way (we learned earlier this year that people have a similar attachment to their computer mice). Assuming optical drives are going to stick around for the time being in 15-inch and larger laptops, let's instead see how people feel about them in smaller systems. Cast your vote in this poll, and then jump into the comments section below and let us know why you need (or don't need) an optical drive in your laptop. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You Too Can Be Julian Assange In &8216'WikiLeaks: The&nbsp'Game&']]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=you-too-can-be-julian-assange-in-8216wikileaks-thenbspgamersquo</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>herman01</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=you-too-can-be-julian-assange-in-8216wikileaks-thenbspgamersquo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Between the drama, intrigue and Interpol, the WikiLeaks saga has all the trimmings of a Hollywood movie. One friend of mine is debating quitting her job in order to write a movie script (She sees Lupin from Harry Potter as playing Assange). And she better hurry up &amp;8212' I&amp;'m betting at least two WikiLeaks-related scripts are getting pushed through Hollywood as I write this.Perpetually outpacing the movie industry, the story has already hit home with the gaming community. Indie game developers have created the WikiLeaks Stories collective in order to turn some of the actual stories revealed in the WikiLeaks cables into games. Dutch developer Sebastiaan Moeys has directly tapped into the zeitgeist and spent a week creating &amp;''WikiLeaks: The Game&amp;'' where, in a bit of creative fiction, you can play Assange stealing private documents himself. At least one other WikiLeaks inspired game (&amp;''Uncle Sam Vs. WikiLeaks&amp;'' also exists).In Moeys&amp;' &amp;''WikiLeaks: The Game,&amp;'' your objective is to wait until President Obama is asleep and then try to download 300K secret files from his laptop with a USB. Just like governmental attempts to quash WikiLeaks, the game is harder than it looks, I&amp;'ve played it five times and I still haven&amp;'t won.You can try your luck here.CrunchBase InformationWikiLeaksInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook fixes bug disabling female user accounts]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-fixes-bug-disabling-female-user-accounts</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-fixes-bug-disabling-female-user-accounts</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-fixes-bug-disabling-female-user-accounts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of female Facebook users started reporting on Twitter this morning that their Facebook accounts had been inexplicably disabled. Facebook confirmed the incident a little later, stating that the cause was a bug in the system and that it had been fixed, with affected user accounts being reactivated.Users first started noticing the bug sometime around midnight (PST), using Twitter as a platform to share their annoyance. &amp;''My facebook account was disabled for reasons unclear. Liking a story on CNN Sharing a link about Nicolas Cage Serious crimes!,&amp;'' wrote user raeracquel, characteristic of many others who were puzzled as to what behavior led to the incident.After his wife&amp;'s account was affected by the bug,Kansas-based designer Brian Ford noticed that all users who were complaining seemed to be females or those associated with females. &amp;''Most of the accounts have been disabled for being a4Ainauthentica4, and several people are reporting that they can only get it back by uploading a a4Agovernment issueda4 photo ID. Sketchy,&amp;'' Ford added.A little later in the evening, Boy Genius Report received an acknowledgement of the bug from Facebook, with the following statement:Earlier today, we discovered a bug in a system designed to detect and disable likely fake accounts. The bug, which was live for a short period of time, caused a very small percentage of Facebook accounts to be mistakenly disabled. Upon discovering the bug, we immediately worked to resolve it. Ita4a4s now been fixed, and wea4a4re in the process of reactivating and notifying the people who were affected.The company seems to have followed up on its promise, and users are beginning to see their accounts reactivated. Additionally, a scan throughTwitter&amp;'s search for &amp;''facebook disabled&amp;'' finds no new users complaining.While the incident only affected a very small minority of users, it&amp;'s not a good sign that a social network most users rely on so heavily in their lives could be so easily affected by a trivial bug. If the incident wasn&amp;'t so widespread, it&amp;'s unclear how Facebook would have dealt with it. As Ford noted, &amp;''Facebook provides no way (to) actually contact someone, or submit a report about the issue.&amp;''Next Story: Third fund for Union Square Ventures looks likely, but size is always an issue Previous Story: What October&amp;'s drop in video-game sales meansPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Bug, hackCompanies: FacebookPeople: Brian Ford          Tags: Bug, hackCompanies: FacebookPeople: Brian FordSid Yadav is a contributor to VentureBeat. He currently studies computer science and psychology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He is also the creator of Memiary, a micro-diary utility. You can reach him at sidyadav@gmail.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @sidyadav.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[Entrepreneur Corner: Dissecting a VCa4a4s no and 5 ways to ruin an exit]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=entrepreneur-corner-dissecting-a-vcâÂ€Â™s-no-and-5-ways-to-ruin-an-exit</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kaushalbuddy4u</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=entrepreneur-corner-dissecting-a-vcâÂ€Â™s-no-and-5-ways-to-ruin-an-exit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Herea4a4s the latest from VentureBeata4a4s Entrepreneur Corner.5 things that can screw up your exit strategy a4&quot; Most entrepreneurs dona4a4t think too much about the end when they start their company, but that can lead to mistakes that make it even harder to be acquired down the road. Attorney Curtis Smolar lists five.The many definitions of a VCa4a4s no a4&quot; Part One a4&quot; A rejection from a venture capital firm doesna4a4t necessarily mean they hated you or your idea. Claremont Creek Ventures technology partner Ted Driscoll offers insight into the reasoning that often goes into the seemingly arbitrary a4Anoa4 answer so many startup owners get.The many definitions of a VCa4a4s no a4&quot; Part Two a4&quot; Sometimes, your pitch to a VC gets no response whatsoever. Ita4a4s definitely not good, but is there a larger message in the silence Claremont Creek Ventures technology partner Ted Driscoll once again lends insight into the mind of a financial backer.Hubris vs. Humility: The positioning challenge a4&quot; Research in Motion and Tivo both have incredibly innovative products, but took vastly different paths in their initial positioning approach. Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank looks at the different methods a4&quot; and the impact they had on the companies.The dangers that come with being on top a4&quot; There are rewards in besting your competition and becoming the number one company in your category, but there are risks as well. Diego Piacentini, Amazona4a4s senior VP of international retail discusses the biggest his company has faced in this Entrepreneur Thought Leader Lecture given at Stanford University.Previous Story: Lionside scores $1.6M to make Facebook games for sports fansPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: entrepreneur corner          Tags: entrepreneur cornerChris Morris is editor of the Entrepreneur Corner on VentureBeat, helping start-up business owners launch and grow their companies. He previously worked at Yahoo! Finance, where he was managing editor, and as director of content development at CNNMoney.com. He is also a widely respected journalist in the video game and technology fields, whose work has appeared in Variety, CNBC.com, AOL and Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MorrisatLargeVentureBeat 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[Stribe Opens Its API To Battle Orcs And Wizards And&nbsp'Such]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=stribe-opens-its-api-to-battle-orcs-and-wizards-andnbspsuch</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=stribe-opens-its-api-to-battle-orcs-and-wizards-andnbspsuch</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vanessarice</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=stribe-opens-its-api-to-battle-orcs-and-wizards-andnbspsuch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stribe launched at our TechCrunch50 event last year as a way to easily add a social networking layer to any site. (A few months later, they won the LeWeb startup competition.) By July of this year, they were open for all to try out and use. But for some massive networks of sites, that wasn&amp;'t good enough. They needed an API. So Stribe built one.Specifically, Guild Launch, an online community for massively multiplayer online games, needed a way to connect the more than 50,000 websites under their umbrella. So Stribe came up with a REST API that connects to Guild Launch&amp;'s databases and allows users to connect to any of the sites with a single sign on.The result is that the entire Guild Launch community can talk to one another no matter which site they&amp;'re actually on. That community counts more than 2 million people as members.And since they made the API, Stribe figured it would be worth it to open it up to all. So they&amp;'re doing that.&amp;nbsp'a4AWe are very excited to open our API and demonstrate how a gaming platform managing millions of users can take advantage of Stribe,&amp;'' Stribe co-founder Kamel Zeroual says.He also notes that they&amp;'re looking to get involved in the virtual goods market with their service.CrunchBase InformationStribeInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flash 10.2 heads to Motorola Xoom, other Android devices March 18]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=flash-10-2-heads-to-motorola-xoom-other-android-devices-march-18</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=flash-10-2-heads-to-motorola-xoom-other-android-devices-march-18</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>petermd95</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=flash-10-2-heads-to-motorola-xoom-other-android-devices-march-18</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The next major update for Flash on Android mobile devices, version 10.2, will hit the Android Market on March 18, Adobe announced today.Thata4a4s good news for owners of Motorolaa4a4s Xoom tablet, as it launched without Flash support two weeks ago.  As the first device running Android 3.0 a4AHoneycomba4 on the market, the  Xoom landed too early for Adobe to release an updated version of Flash  for that OS. Flash 10.2 fixes that.The  update brings Flash support to Android 3.0 devices, and it will upgrade  previous Flash software on Android 2.2 and 2.3 phones and tablets.  Motorola says that the Android 3.0 version of Flash 10.2 will be a beta  release, meaning ita4a4s still a work in progress.Flash  10.2 features better speed improvements on newer phones and tablets running dual  core processors, including the Xoom, Motorola Atrix, and LG Optimus 2X.  It will also be able to take advantage of graphics accelerated  rendering of Flash videos, games, and other content. The updated Flash  also brings exclusive features to Android 3.0, including hardware  acceleration for high-definition videos (which will reduce CPU stress),  and deeper integration with Androida4a4s web browser rendering engine &amp;8212'  which will speed up web page scrolling and will allow Flash content to  run right in the browser.Adobe  has also included improved software keyboard support, which will let  developers better optimize Flash applications that require keyboard  inputs for mobile touchscreen interfaces.Adobe  didna4a4t say when Flash 10.2 would land on other mobile platforms, most  of which are still waiting for Flash 10.1 appear. The company previously  said that Flash will be available on BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7,  WebOS, and Symbian platforms, but thus far it has only managed to  deliver a beta release for WebOS.As  Adobe continues to improve its support for Flash on mobile devices,  and as mobile hardware steadily improves, Applea4a4s arguments against  including Flash in the iPhone and iPad &amp;8212' mainly, that it&amp;'s a battery and performance hog &amp;8212' are beginning to seem increasingly  trivial. It may not happen this year, but I wouldna4a4t be surprised if  Apple ends up embracing some form of Flash in the future.Next Story: Flexible solar panel maker SoloPower raises $13.5M Previous Story: Sony launches first free-to-play online game on PlayStation NetworkPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Flash, Flash 10.2, smartphones, tabletsCompanies: Adobe, Apple          Tags: Android, Flash, Flash 10.2, smartphones, tabletsCompanies: Adobe, AppleDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. 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[Appitalism launches a social community for discovering apps (exclusive)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=appitalism-launches-a-social-community-for-discovering-apps-exclusive</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MagavebyseasK</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=appitalism-launches-a-social-community-for-discovering-apps-exclusive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finding the right app is getting hard in an age of app overkill. That&amp;'s why Appitalism has started a social community, combined with an online store, to help consumers quickly discover, discuss, and download the best digital content.The Appitalism site has a wide catalog of apps that work on a variety of smartphones, tablets, PCs, and eBook readers. In a cross-platform world, that&amp;'s important, giving access to more than 10 million premium apps, songs, books, games and videos. The New York-based company is just the sort of company we highlighted at DiscoveryBeat 2010, our recent conference that focused on how to get apps noticed.Appitalism isn&amp;'t biased toward any single device or platform. It can offer independent recommendations that are personalized for a user&amp;'s interests, and it can use feedback from the wider community to figure out what the most popular or highly rated apps are.It&amp;'s also a social site where users can chat, discuss, rate and review content on the site. Users can find apps in a variety of ways. They can use the site&amp;'s search engine, browse its category directory, or look through community recommendations.Users can join for free. Those who write reviews and stay engaged are rewarded with titles and badges. They can earn &amp;''app rewards&amp;'' for their contributions to the community and then redeem them by buying apps in the catalog. Once users update their Appitalism profile, the service automatically presents them with only relevant and compatible content. An Android phone user, for example, won&amp;'t see suggestions for Apple iPhone apps.Appitalism was founded earlier this year and has 15 employees. The company has raised $1 million from London&amp;'s Mobile Streams. Local versions will be available in 51 countries.Rival services include Apple&amp;'s iTunes store, Google&amp;'s Android Market, and independent app recommendation sites such as Appolicious.Founder Simon Buckingham is the company&amp;'s chief executive. He has spent 20 years working in the mobile and digital space at companies including Vodaphone, Brightpoint, Mobile Streams, and Zoomback.Next Story: Are venture capitalists sheep Why cleantech investing is down Previous Story: Blogger survey shows Facebook and Twitter are key tools for building trafficPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Discovery, discoverybeat, discoverybeat 2010, social appsCompanies: Appitalism, Mobile Streams, ZoombackPeople: Simon Buckingham          Tags: Discovery, discoverybeat, discoverybeat 2010, social appsCompanies: Appitalism, Mobile Streams, ZoombackPeople: Simon BuckinghamDean 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[23andMe raises $9M more to help customers understand genetics]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=23andme-raises-9m-more-to-help-customers-understand-genetics</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=23andme-raises-9m-more-to-help-customers-understand-genetics</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winmatertaj23</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=23andme-raises-9m-more-to-help-customers-understand-genetics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Personal genetics company 23andMe, co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has raised $9 millionfrom MPM Capital and Johnson &amp;amp' Johnson Development Corp., the company recently announced. Including the $22 million raised in November, that makes nearly $31 million 23andMe has raised in third-round funding.After taking a simple saliva sample, the company analyzes DNA to provide customers with personalized genetic information on ancestry, the risk of getting specific diseases and likely response to drugs.Last week, 23andMe released a list of what it identified as top genetic findings last year. Among other findings, the company highlighted research recognizing that body shape, or body fat distribution, is influenced by genetics. The findings could have implications for 23andMe customers because body fat distribution has an affect on risk of certain diseases.Founded in 2006, 23andMe is based in Mountain View, Calif. and has now raised nearly $54 million in funding to date.Next Story: Goldman cuts US investors from Facebook deal, blames the media Previous Story: What does Jobs&amp;' departure tell us about Apple&amp;'s most recent quarterPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: 23andme, Johnson &amp;amp' Johnson Development Corp., MPM Capital          Companies: 23andme, Johnson &amp;amp' Johnson Development Corp., MPM CapitalVentureBeat 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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