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<title>Haaze.com / Nadia01 / Voted News</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: iOS has twice Android's reach in Europe]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wei87298</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A new study put out by ComScore found that there are more than double the number of iOS users in Europe compared with those on Google's Android platform. The study, which tracked residents in the U.K., Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, pegs combined iOS users at 28.9 million, with Android coming in at 13.4 million. Combined, the two make up less than a fifth of the total number of mobile subscribers in those five regions ComScore said.ComScore is careful to point out that the share for iOS includes users on iPhones, iPods, and iPads, with Android's numbers also includingtablet devices like the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Out of iOS' 28.9 million mark, 16.1 million of those users were on theiPhone, leaving the rest a mix ofiPod Touch and iPad users. (Credit:ComScore) The study also found that iPad owners did not always own one of Apple's other devices as their phone. &quot;Although a perception may exist that iPad owners tend to be those with a very strong affinity for Apple products, an analysis of the mobile devices of iPad owners indicates that may not be the case,&quot; the firm wrote in a release. &quot;Though iPhone users are well represented among iPad owners in Europe, a substantial percentage of this group uses other phones as their primary mobile devices.&quot;Apple did in fact lead the way in terms of the smartphone ownership by those who owned an iPad at 27.2 percent. Coming at a very close second was Nokia at 26.4 percent, which was followed by Samsung at an even 15 percent. Other interesting data from the study split up iPad users by demographic, finding that more than 62.4 percent of iPad users in the five regions were male, with the other 37.6 being female. The two age groups with the highest share of iPad users were 25- to 34-year-olds, followed by those in the 35- to 44-year-old group at 23.4 percent, and 21.6 percent respectively. Coming in at a close third was the 55-plus age group, topping those in the 18- to 24-year-old range at 16.2 percent.Earlier this week ComScore released a similar study using its MobiLens service that tracked the same metrics for iOS and Android users in the U.S. That study found iOS outreaching Android by 59 percent in the U.S., and Research in Motion coming in second place among iPad buyers with smartphones.  <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[What turns people off from buying 3D TV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>allanwanaa</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Since 2008, Sony has been one of the main forces behind the 3D TV campaign. But so far many consumers have balked at the high price and the need to wear glasses.(Credit:Scott Ard/CNET)Try as they might, Panasonic and Sony have yet to convince consumers that3D TV is a necessity.Released today, a new study commissioned by The NPD Group found that while people know more about 3D TV now, they're not generally any more convinced of why they need one.A year and a half into the 3D TV era kicked off by Sony and Panasonic and since joined by others, 45 percent of people who said they wouldn't buy a 3D TV said the reason is it is too expensive. And 42 percent of people said the reason they wouldn't buy one is because they don't want to wear glasses. That's an increase in both categories--just six months earlier only 37 percent said price was the inhibiting factor in their purchase, and 32 percent said wearing glasses was. But interestingly, the increase of people who were hung up on 3D glasses was larger than people who thought the TVs were too expensive.This NPD study follows a survey Nielsen conducted last fall that found, among other things, that 90 percent of respondents said they wouldn't want to wear glasses for 3D TV because it would hinder multitasking--like working on a laptop, or other things people generally do while sitting in front of the TV.And therein lies the main problem with 3D TV. The prices of the sets will eventually fall--in fact it's already happening, more on that in a moment--but we're still not that close to not wearing 3D glasses while watching a 3D television at home. And unlike HDTV, which went from the new must-have feature to commodity item in less than half a decade, 3D TV still doesn't feel like it's anywhere near becoming as ubiquitous as HD despite the best efforts of TV makers.&quot;In the earliest days of HD, price was clearly the number once concern for people who might otherwise have an interest in the technology,&quot; Ross Rubin, NPD analyst who wrote the report, said in comparing the evolution of HDTV to 3D TV. &quot;But in 3D we have this added wrinkle of the glasses.&quot; The cost of buying a 3D TV for your own living room is lower than it's ever been--you can get can a 3D plasma TV for around $1,200 now. Sure, that's still twice what you can buy a regular plasma TV for, but it's a significant decrease from the $3,000 price tag of a year ago. Plus, there is a wider range of sizes available, and more manufacturers making them, which means they all start trying to beat each other on price, bringing down the price tag even further.So what are manufacturers doing to combat the glasses issue While they can't make 42-inch 3D TVs work sans glasses just yet, there's a whole group of companies looking to make having to wear those pesky glasses less painful on your eyes and your wallet.Samsung said starting later this month it will include two free pairs of lighter weight, rechargeable active-shutter glasses with its new 3D TVs. And instead of additional glasses being $130, they're now $50 a pop. An example of the active-shutter 3D glasses those polled say inhibits them from buying a 3D TV.(Credit:Sarah Tew )There have also been attempts at making &quot;universal&quot; 3D glasses that can be bought once and used on TV at home and in the theater.Trendy glasses maker Oakley is also trying to get a piece of the action. Last fall the company introduced a pair of 3D lenses that look like regular sunglasses, and work with passive polarized 3D TVs. That means you don't need to recharge them like battery-operated active-shutter 3D glasses. They're charging $120 for them, but Oakley also promises their optical experts built them so they won't strain your eyes.However, these tweaks to 3D glasses technology are a short-term solution. The real endgame for all of this is auto-stereoscopic or glasses-free 3D TV.Nintendo 3DS is the first real mainstream product that's an example of this. As a handheld gaming device, it's small. But it does produce a reasonable way of experiencing 3D without glasses for just $250. And some in the 3D industry see it as a sort of gateway for 3D outside of a movie theater.Part of the reason people say they wouldn't want 3D glasses is that those people &quot;are not seeing the value proposition of having 3D at home yet,&quot; argues Phil Lelyveld, manager of the Consumer 3D Experience Lab at USC's Entertainment Technology Center.Most people have still not been exposed to 3D outside a movie theater and can't imagine what that would be like at home or why they need it, he says. &quot;Which is why I see the 3DS as an important gateway to experiencing 3D in the home&quot; for less than the cost of buying a TV set.While glasses-free Nintendo may be a great place to start, it's a long way from an affordable glasses-free 3D TV most people would want in their living room.Sharp&amp;39's glasses-less 3D works well. But right now it only works at a size best suited to mobile devices, not TV sets.(Credit:Erica Ogg/CNET)TV makers are working on it though. Toshiba started selling a glasses-free TV in Japan in December, but it's at the rather unenticing size of 20 inches. The Japanese TV maker had told The Wall Street Journal in December that a 40-inch version would be ready by April, but Toshiba did not respond to a CNET request for comment on that. And there's no expected ship date for stores outside Japan.Another TV maker, Sharp, is also working on glasses-free models, but like Toshiba's current offering, size is an issue. The 3.8-inch and 10.6-inch prototypes the company showed last fall worked rather well, but at the current size they're much better suited to mobile devices than a living room. The same can be said for LG, also working on smaller glasses-free 3D options for mobile devices. There's a lot of research being done on the glasses-less 3D front. A good indication of how important this area of technology is going to be Apple is one of the companies researching it, as shown by the patent the company filed late last year. But it's still not ready for prime time. Or mainstream audiences.&quot;At the screen sizes that are prevalent in consumer living rooms today and in particular for 3D, where manufacturers have been pushing the 'bigger is better' agenda for enjoying the immersion effect, we seem to have some way to go,&quot; said NPD's Rubin. &quot;It's probably a few years before we see affordable glasses-free 3D TVs competitive to what (3D with) glasses offer today.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google refurbishes Chrome logo]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Inaddyarcap</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Chrome&amp;39's not-so-shiny new logoGoogle gave its browser a new logo yesterday, a design that drops the bubbly 3D look for a flatter, more geometric look.The new design is no surprise: an all-blue version of the new logo showed up for Chromium, the open-source foundation of Chrome, a week ago.It's just a cosmetic change, of course, but people often care about such skin-deep matters. That's why the ability to reskin Chrome andFirefox were deemed important features even if they don't do much for loading Web pages faster or enabling new Web applications.In a statement, here's how Google describes its motives: &quot;Chrome has improved significantly since it was first released in 2008. We're working on refreshing the icon to better represent the speed and simplicity of the modern browser and operating system.&quot;Personally, I think the red section appears a bit too thick, no doubt because of some optical illusion rather than some miscalculated radius. For me, especially when viewing the logo in smaller sizes such asWindows 7's task bar andMac OS X's dock, it looks top-heavy.The new logo first surfaced with Chrome 11.0.696.12, a developer-channel release launched yesterday to fix a number of bugs, including one that really annoyed me, a failure to show Web addresses in a pop-up status bar when I hovered over links.Google is working on more substantive changes, too. Peter Beverloo noticed a few, including the ability to select multiple tabs, which is handy for managing the tab chaos some of us suffer, and abbreviated tab titles to better distinguish similar pages. Also, a feature that can preload pages so they appear faster when a person clicks their link will show up with more testers: Google is expanding it to 5 percent of browser users.Updated 2:09 a.m. PT and 11:39 a.m. PT with some new Chrome features in the works and Google comment. For reference, the old Chrome logo <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Olympus announces SZ-30MR high-power megazoom, TG-810 GPS-packing rugged cameras]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>huntrore</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Olympus)Last year's Olympus point-and-shoot lineup was filled with a few too many also-ran cameras. Its 2011 models so far seem much more competitive. Case in point, the newly announced SZ-30MR: a somewhat compact megazoom featuring a 24x, f3-6.9 25-600mm lens (35mm equivalent), a 3-inch high-resolution LCD, dual image processors, and 16-megapixel backside-illuminated CMOS sensor.Judging by the press release, this camera does many of the things I've come to expect from a camera with a BSI CMOS sensor. Those include easy, one-press in-camera panoramas' high-speed burst at up to 9 frames per second at full resolution' and handheld low-light shooting. But the SZ-30MR has one trick I haven't seen: the ability to multitask.Now I've tested cameras like the Panasonic FZ100 that can take a couple photos at the same time at different settings. The SZ-30MR's new Multi-Recording mode expands on that so you can do things such as shooting video in full HD and at a lower resolution or one normal and one with an Olympus Magic Filter applied such as Pin Hole or Watercolor. You'll be able to do the same with photos as well as simultaneously record movies and shoot stills. Apparently it can also capture movie clips before and after you take a photo.The SZ-30MR can also shoot 3D photos (.MPO format) for playback on 3D-enabled TVs, computers, and digital frames. There's full support for Eye-Fi wireless SD cards, too, so you can shoot and share without connecting to a computer or popping out your memory card. Olympus Tough TG-810 and SZ-30MR cameras (photos) Olympus also announced the Tough TG-810, an update to its water/freeze/shock/crushproof Tough 8010. Other than some minor styling changes, the TG-810 gets a built-in GPS receiver' electronic compass, and manometer' a new image processor, a 3-inch high-resolution LCD' and a few more shooting modes (no semimanual or manual controls, though). It loses the 8010's 2GB of internal memory, however.It's just as rugged as its predecessor, with a metal body and shock-absorbing system that can survive drops of up to 6.6 feet, temps down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit, dives in water down to 33 feet, and up to 220 pounds of crushing weight. Look for both the TG-810 and SZ-30MR in April in silver and black versions for $399.99. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mac OS X Trojan catches Sophos' eye]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mesol</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=mac-os-x-trojan-catches-sophos-eye</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you see this on your Mac, beware.(Credit:Sophos)A new Trojan has cropped up and it's targetingMac OS X users, one security firm says.According to Sophos, the Trojan, called &quot;BlackHole RAT&quot; by its author and &quot;MusMinim&quot; by the security firm, is a variant of the Remote Access Trojan on Windows. The author of the Trojan says the malware is not yet completed, but it already does some annoying things.Overall, Sophos believes that the prevalence of the Trojan is relatively low. The malware can be removed by using antivirus software. If a Mac becomes infected, the Trojan places text files on the desktop, puts the computer to sleep, commands it to restart or shutdown, and runs &quot;arbitrary shell commands,&quot; Sophos says. It also loads a phishing window to get users to input their administrator password. When a full-screen window pops up forcing users to restart their computer, a rather disconcerting message is displayed.&quot;I am a Trojan Horse, so I have infected your Mac Computer,&quot; says the text in the Trojan, according to Sophos. &quot;I know, most people think Macs can't be infected, but look, you ARE Infected! I have full controll (sic) over your Computer and I can do everything I want, and you can do nothing to prevent it.&quot;So, Im a very new Virus, under Development, so there will be much more functions when I'm finished,&quot; the text continues.The text in the Trojan will surely fuel the long-running debate over whether Mac OS X really is more secure than Windows. Those in the Apple camp point to the numerous Windows security issues that have broken out over the years, compared to the few on Mac OS X, to try and prove that Apple's platform is more secure. Those in the Windows camp believe security is a money game, and malicious hackers have more revenue to generate by targeting all the Windows users in the world, rather than the smaller number of Mac OS X users. It's simply that hackers have ignored Mac OS X, they say.Sophos says that BlackHole RAT infects computers through downloads over the Web. It might also find its way to the user's Mac through &quot;a vulnerability in your browser, plugins, and other applications.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gaikai cloud gaming service goes live]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>abnusiredf</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Gaikai offers streamed game trials, including Electronic Arts&amp;39' Mass Effect 2. (Credit:Gaikai)Gaikai CEO David Perry announced the launch of his company's cloud gaming service on Friday. Designed as a platform to allow game publishers and others to embed streaming gameplay trials on their Web sites, Gaikai has been in development since 2008. Gaikai investors include Intel and Limelight Networks, and the service counts Electronic Arts among its game publisher partners.While Perry said in his blog that Gaikai is live, the corporate site still lists the service as being in beta. Perry's blog lists trial versions of five games available to play now, including Dead Space 2, Spore, and The Sims 3.Unlike OnLive, a cloud gaming service that sells access via a la carte and subscription models, Gaikai so far bills itself primarily as a technology provider. It does not currently have a consumer subscription model, and its marketing efforts thus far seem focused at game publishers and Web sites.&quot;Our thinking is somewhat like YouTube, as instead of just building a portal to go and watch videos, they decided to focus on putting videos everywhere on the web. We are doing the same with games, so when you read a review on a game, you can try playing it right there on the same page as the review,&quot; says Perry on his blog.We tried two different Gaikai game trials on our home Internet connection, Dead Space 2 and the Sims 3. Dead Space 2 is accessible after completing a brief survey (which you can try here), and the Sims 3 trial (available here) seems to be hosted on Electronic Arts' own Sims 3 Web site.When you launch a game, the service performs a bandwidth test. It found our wireless connection suitably fast enough for Dead Space 2, but we had to switch to our wired connection to play the Sims 3 trial Playing a Dead Space 2 trial in Firefox via Gaikai.(Credit:CNET)Each game launches in a Java window, and, like OnLive, your options to edit the settings, particularly the display settings are limited. You can set the game to play in &quot;full screen,&quot; but the aspect ratio is locked at what appears to be 4:3. If you expanded the game window it will be framed by black bars if you play on a widescreen display.Despite the locked visual settings, the image quality was comparable to that of a modern game console. Each game also demonstrated occasional input lag, but both were predominantly playable, at least in our short trial over a Brooklyn, NY-based home Internet connection.As of this beta launch, Gaikai offers only games from Electronic Arts (a partnership which could explain why EA games have so far been absent from OnLive). Whether the service adds more publishers, or has loftier ambitions than offering game trials remains to be seen.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scan receipts and reverse gravity: iPhone apps of the week]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lasirman4</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=scan-receipts-and-reverse-gravity-iphone-apps-of-the-week</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:CNET)The big Apple news out this week was the event that launched the new MacBook Pros--and they are certainly drool-worthy. All three new models are twice as fast as their predecessors, featuring quad-core Intel i7 processors for the 15- and 17-inch models, and dual-core i5 and i7 processors for the 13-inch models. The AMD Radeon graphics processors have been improved along with newly added Thunderbolt technology that lets you use a new port (along side your USB ports) to transfer data at up to 10GB per second. Read our full coverage here.I'm not sure whether I'll rush out and buy one of these new MacBook Pros with theiPad 2 coming out in April, but that's mostly because I don't have as much use for the high-powered graphics and processing power in my line of work. I also can't afford to buy both.Are you in the market for a new laptop and thinking about getting a new MacBook Pro Are you waiting to see what the iPad 2 will offer before pulling the trigger Are you going to buy both Let us know in the comments.This week's apps include a handy image-scanning app for getting quick copies on the go and a 2D side-scrolling game where you can reverse gravity with a touch of your finger.Drag the corners of the grid to get the perfect crop of your receipt.(Credit:Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)Genius Scan+ ($2.99) is an excellent app for when you're away on business and need to keep track of expenses, letting you quickly use youriPhone camera to &quot;scan&quot; receipts for your records. It also comes in handy for making quick copies of documents, shopping lists, or recipes, as examples, but really any time you need a quick copy, Genius Scan+ does the job well.Upon launch, you have the option to use a picture in your iPhone library or to create a new one using the iPhone camera. Once you have your &quot;scan,&quot; Genius Scan+ lets you crop the image using a unique interface feature that lets you drag the corners of a grid around the area of the image you want for the perfect crop. Especially handy for business travelers, Genius Scan+ makes it possible to group several of your scans on to one page making for easy organization when it's time to report your expenses.Though the app seems like a fairly straightforward way to make copies of documents, Genius Scan+ really shines with added features to make copying and managing documents much easier. The program supports popular apps like DropBox, Elements, and Evernote, so you can sync up with other devices and computers for easy export. Along with automatic syncing with the apps listed above, Genius Scan lets you export your documents as JPEG and PDF file types, or you can simply send them via e-mail.Among some of the other handy features, Genius Scan+ also offers page frame detection, perspective correction, and scan post-processing, so you know your results will be readable and ready to attach to your expense reports.Overall, if you're a frequent business traveler who wants a good method to track your many receipts or if you just want a way to scan documents (or class- and meeting-room whiteboards) for later use quickly, Genius Scan+ has the right set of tools to make it easy.As you run, you&amp;39'll flip upside down to move through the complex levels.(Credit:Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)Gravity Guy (99 cents) is a fun game that takes some ideas from the running genre of games (like Canabalt) and adds some unique features that keep the game interesting. The main game mechanic is Gravity Guy's ability to reverse gravity, letting him run upside down on platforms and then switch back when he needs to run on the ground again. The first few levels are pretty easy, but the further you get into the game will require precise gravity switches as you speed through complex courses. To add even more tension to the action, a gravity security guard chases you the entire time (he has the same gravity switching abilities as you), waiting for the slightest slip up so he can blast you.Gravity Guy's control system involves only one thing: tapping on the screen to switch gravity. But you'll need to be careful because the only time you can switch gravity is when you are running on a platform--not while in midair. This means that if you make a mistake, you'll likely get no second chance. Fortunately, unlike other running games, Gravity Guy lets you continue from the last checkpoint, so you'll be able to try complex areas again even if you die several times trying.Overall, Gravity Guy is a fun diversion, even if it doesn't rank up with the top games of the genre. The unique game mechanic makes for some interesting gameplay, especially at later levels, and you can also play four-player multiplayer, but you all have to play using the iPhone screen--possible, but crowded. Nevertheless, if you like running games and are ready for a unique challenge, check out this game.What's your favorite iPhone app Do you have another use for Genius Scan+ What do you think of Gravity Guy Let me know in the comments!<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A day at the 787 Dreamliner assembly line]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>porernya</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=a-day-at-the-787-dreamliner-assembly-line</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A look out at the 787 Dreamliner assembly line in the giant Boeing plant in Everett, Washington.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)EVERETT, Wash.--The 787 Dreamliner program may be three years behind schedule and battling a legacy of delays, but that isn't stopping Boeing from building the next-generation airplanes one after another.Yesterday, as the last act of a three-day media extravaganza timed to Boeing's Sunday unveiling of the 747-8 Intercontinental, I got a chance to take a first-hand look at the Dreamliner assembly line.By now, the story of the 787 is well-chronicled. Originally unveiled on July 8, 2007, (07/08/07) the plane was supposed to take its first flight later that year and begin carrying passengers in the spring of 2008. But one delay after another, caused by mechanical problems, work stoppages, supplier slowdowns, and even an on-board fire, has to date kept the all-new plane out of the hands of Boeing's carrier customers.The making of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner (photos) But it has made its first flight--as well as many subsequent flights--and in a media briefing today, Scott Fancher, the vice president and general manager of the 787 program, reiterated what Boeing has said previously: that it will hand the plane over to its launch customer, All Nippon Airways, sometime in the third quarter of this year.All that drama aside, as an airplane nut, it was a lot of fun to get a chance to see the 787 assembly line in person. For one thing, there's nothing like seeing industrial production on the scale of Boeing's Everett plant--said to be the largest building in the world, by volume. For another, because of its advanced body--made from composite materials rather than metal--seeing the 787 in its unfinished form is downright cool. Rather than having the standard brushed metal look common to other in-progress Boeing planes, the Dreamliner fuselage comes delivered to Everett--via the gargantuan custom cargo 747 known as the Dreamlifter--with a pristine glossy white primer. That makes the plane look clean and promising in a way that the others that I've seen in progress in Everett haven't.But that's neither here nor there. As Boeing moves toward putting the Dreamliner in the hands of ANA and other carrier customers--including Air India, for which one of the planes I saw was being built--it's an important sign that it is turning the planes out at a rate of two aircraft a month.The company line is that Boeing will build between 25 and 40 747-8 Intercontinentals and Dreamliners this year, split roughly 50/50. But Fancher explained that by late 2013, when the aviation giant's new South Carolina assembly plant is up and running, it will be turning out 10 787s a month. For now, though, with the plane still in testing, the planes coming off the line aren't going anywhere. Indeed, until they're certified for flying passengers, Boeing isn't even building out their interiors or putting engines on them. That's because that work, and that gear, is expensive, and the company feels it is better to simply stockpile the planes in Everett--where it currently has 24 Dreamliners sitting on various tarmacs--until certification. At that point, it shouldn't take too long to get the planes ready for delivery, though Fancher wouldn't specify precisely how long.Position zero As it is currently laid out, the Dreamliner assembly line takes up a single, albeit huge, bay in the Everett plant. When the giant fuselage barrels--because they are made from composite materials, the fuselage is not comprised of body panels but rather complete tube-shaped sections--come off the Dreamlifter, they are transported into the plant via a massive door. All Dreamliner parts are first placed in what is called &quot;position zero,&quot; where they will sit for 24 hours to ensure that they can all adjust to the temperature. Next up is &quot;position one,&quot; where all the major parts are structurally joined. Then it's on to &quot;position two,&quot; where the landing gears are added, making it possible for the young Dreamliners to proceed ahead on their own wheels. On any given day, then, Boeing has four Dreamliners under construction, one each at position one, position two, position three, and, yes, position four. As you might expect, each successive position means more progress toward completion.According to Fancher, Boeing is 80 percent through certification testing on its 787 Rolls-Royce engine configuration and about 60 percent through on certification testing for its General Electric engines. To date, Boeing has seven Dreamliners flying in its test program, and the company received over the weekend equipment needed for testing fixes to the power panel that caused the fire aboard one of the planes in November.And while some may be skeptical of Boeing's ability to get the 787 in customers' hands, Fancher said the company is &quot;on track&quot; to meet its current third-quarter plan.For now, then, Dreamliner enthusiasts will have to keep on waiting for their first ride. But for those lucky enough to get to visit the plane's assembly line here, that wait is just a little bit easier.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Next iPhone to feature larger screen]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Musarousbuh</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-next-iphone-to-feature-larger-screen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On the heels of word that a smaller version of theiPhone is in the works, another report has emerged that has the fifth-generation smartphone will actually feature an expanded screen to take on Android devices' larger screens. The new iPhone, which is expected to be released this summer, will feature a 4-inch screen and is already in testing, according to a Digitimes report that cited unnamed component suppliers.The report of a larger screen is just one among many regarding the next iPhone that have materialized in the past couple of days.Bloomberg reported Friday that Apple was working on a new line of iPhones, one of which would be &quot;cheaper and smaller than the most recent iPhone.&quot; That report, which cited a source who had seen a prototype, also pegged Google's mobile operating system as the intended target for the new device.The Wall Street Journal published a similar report Sunday, adding that Apple was considering using its MobileMe as a digital locker where iTunes users can store electronic books, songs, and movies. If, as rumored, Apple were to cut the iPhone's memory to reduce its size, it stands to reason the company would augment that lost storage with online locker where users could keep media, calendars, address books, and e-mail on Apple's servers.Meanwhile, a Taiwanese blog, Apple.pro, says it has its hands on information pointing to three different models being considered for final production as the iPhone 5. One has a physical keyboard that slides out, and another is said to be like an iPhone 4 in styling but with a longer-lasting battery and a better camera. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple overhauling iPhone notification system]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-overhauling-iphone-notification-system</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>riasirmar47</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-overhauling-iphone-notification-system</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Almost two years since Apple first introduced its push notifications for iOS, is it getting ready for a major overhaul(Credit:James Martin/CNET)To cap off a week chock-full of Apple-related rumors, we now have this: is Apple about to acquire a company in the process of giving its iOS notifications system a major makeoverApple blog Cult ofMac says it's hearing exactly that from a source, who is not named. The company Apple is allegedly buying isn't confirmed in the report, but is said to be &quot;small&quot; and currently has an application available for sale in the iOS App Store.Now that would describe about a thousand companies. But there aren't that many that do slick notification apps. Cult of Mac has zeroed in on App Remix, the company that makes the app called Boxcar.Boxcar pools all of your social media feeds and delivers your notifications from each into one app. (App Remix's CEO apparently had &quot;no comment&quot; on Cult of Mac's query as to whether Apple plans on making the company an offer.)Apple's own notification system isn't regarded as the most stellar implementation. The originaliPhone actually shipped without any real push notification system for third-party apps. It took Apple three iterations of the iPhone's software before it found a system it liked. But the system employed in Palm's original Pre smartphone featuring WebOS is still roundly praised as the best in the business. Hewlett-Packard, of course, owns WebOS now and recently introduced the software on several new phones and atablet.The man who invented the WebOS notification system, Rich Dellinger, actually quit Palm just after the HP acquisition last year to return to his former employer, Apple. The rumor mill heated up then that iOS' notifications were in for a big change, but nothing more has come of that--at least not yet. Apple updates its iOS software on a yearly basis, usually in June, and there's a preview event usually around March to see what will be in the next version, in this case iOS 5. It's possible we could see a new push notification process included in the next big software update for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 411: Where are the prepaid GSM Android phones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sowviawina</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=the-411-where-are-the-prepaid-gsm-android-phones</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I'm stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at nicole.lee@cnet.com. If you prefer to remain anonymous, let me know in the e-mail.Question: Which prepaid GSM Android phone and carriers would you recommend -- mr maund, via e-mailThe T-Mobile Comet is the only GSM Android phone available for prepaid.(Credit:T-Mobile)Surprisingly, there really aren't that many GSM Android phones that are available prepaid. There are only two GSM carriers here in the U.S.--AT&amp;T and T-Mobile--and the only Android phone that we could find on a prepaid plan was the T-Mobile Comet, a relatively basic Android handset. It's priced at $119.99 without a contract.  The other prepaid Android phones--the LG Optimus V, Optimus M, and Huawei Ascend, for example--are on CDMA networks like Virgin Mobile and MetroPCS. Verizon also offers several of its high-end Android phones under its prepaid plan. If you need to get a GSM Android phone, then your only option is the aforementioned T-Mobile Comet. If you're willing to switch to a CDMA carrier, you have many more options.I am thinking about buying a Samsung Galaxy S to replace my Nokia N85. What is the best way to transfer my contacts from the Nokia to the Samsung The Symbian OS allows a lot of contact data to be stored, but I have never found it easy to export all the stored data, even to Outlook or Google contacts--so I am quite anxious about how I should do it when I switch phones. -- chana, via e-mailThere are a few ways to transfer contacts from the Nokia N85 to an Android phone like the Samsung Galaxy S. One is to simply back up your entire phone book to your phone's SIM card, and then transfer that same SIM card to your new phone. That may or may not work for you, depending whether you're sticking with the same carrier or transferring to a new one.  Another option you might want to try is to back up your Nokia information to Google via Google Sync for mobile. There's a specific set of instructions for Nokia phones too. If any of our readers have more ideas, please let us know in the comments.Hi. I like your reviews and would like your opinion on the best or 2 of the best choices for a messaging phone for AT&amp;T...no data plan...I am looking at the Pantech Link or Pursuit. Any others you would suggest I just need a simple, fast texting phone with good call quality and speakerphone...thank you. -- khi via e-mailBetween the Pantech Link and the Pursuit, the Pursuit has the slightly better specs--a touch-screen interface, a slide-out keyboard, a 2-megapixel camera, and a more attractive design. But if all you want is a simple messaging phone, then the Link might be the better choice, as it has a much more straightforward interface for texting. I would also take a look at the Pantech Laser and the Samsung Strive--those two also make for decent messaging handsets.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hologram staff to get flyers through security]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shyhhyhhhh</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=hologram-staff-to-get-flyers-through-security</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For me, it's the American Airlines check-in staff in Miami. For some reason, they seem to function in such chaos that they are desperate for you, the passenger, to have as miserable a time as they seem to be having.&amp;quot'Hello, can my hologram help you&amp;quot' Airport employee Julie Capper poses with a hologram version of herself. (Credit:Manchester Airport)For you, it might be another airport whose staff members make you wish that the nice, but very firm, lady from Tabatha's Salon Takeover would perform a flyover atop their attitude.Now some enterprising, technology-loving Brits are attempting to see if virtual staff can be more helpful than the skin-and-boned.From this week, passengers in Terminal 1 of Manchester airport will be greeted by smiling, happy, and possibly even helpful airport staff. For they will be holograms of the real staff, presumably created to reflect their brightest, most cheerful selves.According to Sky News, the airport was inspired by hologram tricks used by the band Gorillaz into creating staff holograms that will make you feel you are not in a very unpleasant airport jungle.The airport has worked with a company called Musion, which has helped the Black-Eyed Peas and outdid itself when its technology was used to bring Frank Sinatra back from the dead so Simon Cowell could enjoy his singing (and, perhaps, critique it) on his 50th birthday.Julie Capper and John Walsh, the two airport employees chosen to be the models for this new form of passenger-herding, will for now remind passengers about current liquid restrictions, but any message can be recorded. If the pair seem slightly bemused that their virtual selves will be helping passengers have the right amount of liquid in their hand luggage.Perhaps if their virtual versions perform well, Capper and Walsh might secure extra vacation. Indeed, Capper told Sky News: &quot;I wonder if I can send it to meetings in my place and whether anyone will notice.&quot;I wonder if anyone will notice whether they aren't real as they relay the faintly silly rules of engagement to those going through security. Still, if you've ever wanted to walk straight through the sometimes very busy bodies of certain airport staff, now you can go to Manchester and try a dry run.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Road Trip Pic of the Week, 1/27: What is this]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=road-trip-pic-of-the-week-127-what-is-this</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rockyraj1919</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=road-trip-pic-of-the-week-127-what-is-this</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you know what this is and where this photograph was taken, you could win a prize in the Picture of the Week challenge.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)That's a pretty bizarre house and a pretty fancy one too, isn't it But what is it, and where is it locatedIf you know, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge.If you have the answer, please e-mail it to me no later than 6 p.m. PT Friday (to daniel--dot--terdiman--at--cnet--dot--com, and PLEASE include &quot;Picture of the Week&quot; in the subject line). I'll choose a winner at random from among everyone who sends in the correct answer by the deadline. Please forgive me if you don't hear from me if you're not a winner. I get dozens of responses for each challenge. Also, I've turned off comments because some people would post the correct answers there. I hate to shut down discussion, but I want you to figure out the answer on your own.One caveat: no individual can win more than two prizes. However, now that it's 2011, I'm resetting the tally, and past two-time winners are eligible again. The Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge takes place each Thursday, and the photos could come from anywhere, not just Road Trip 2010 locations. Plus, they might be related to stories I've written in the past. So, please have fun playing today, and then come back each Thursday. For most of last summer, Geek Gestalt was on Road Trip 2010. After driving more than 18,000 miles in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest and the Southeast over the last four years, I drove 5,266 miles this summer looking for the best in technology, science, military, nature, aviation and more throughout the American Northeast. You can follow me on Twitter at @GreeterDan and @RoadTrip and find the project on Facebook. And look for Road Trip 2011 coming this summer.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple savvy in focus: The iPhone 4 camera]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-savvy-in-focus-the-iphone-4-camera</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vietdragons</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-savvy-in-focus-the-iphone-4-camera</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple'siPhone 4 camera packs a technology that a lot of buyers of the phone may have missed: a new image sensor tech that is coming into focus--pardon the pun--as camera makers like Kodak adopt the technology in higher-end cameras. Steve Jobs discusses the iPhone 4&amp;39's backside illumination (or illuminated) sensor technology at the phone&amp;39's rollout event.(Credit:CNET/James Martin)The technology, called backside illumination, or BSI, was highlighted by Steve Jobs when he took the stage to roll out the new iPhone, as Joshua Goldman of CNET Reviews wrote here. Apple's savviness shines through here. The company had to do its homework to get out in front of this trend, particularly in smartphones, which are not necessarily known for having the latest and greatest camera technology. BSI sensors improve the image sensor's sensitivity--by boosting the amount of light captured--and, as a result, improve low-light performance while reducing noise. Sony was one of the first to announce the technology back in 2008. Another company, OmniVision, has made this available for smartphones. OmniVision's BSI design takes the traditional CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) image sensor and turns the image sensor upside down, which is actually the most unobstructed way for light to strike the pixel. Why Because conventional front-side illumination image sensors are left with relatively little photo-sensitive area after all of the transistors, dielectric layers, and metal circuitry are added on top. Kodak&amp;39's upcoming EasyShare Max uses a Sony backside illumination CMOS sensor. (Credit:Kodak)I stumbled across one of the most recent applications of the technology during my trek across the vast north, central, and south halls atCES earlier this month. There, I bumped into the Kodak booth, where the U.S. camera company was showing off its new high-end EasyShare Max--(which is also mentioned here). To contrast the difference with conventional sensors, Kodak has posted an example of a BSI sensor-generated image on its EasyShare Max page. In ad copy, Kodak describes BSI as follows: &quot;CMOS sensors deliver higher quality pixels--better pixels are better than more pixels. Kodak's first BSI CMOS sensor delivers stunning low-light picture quality with less noise and less blur--no flash needed.&quot; The copy about better pixels is important--a point Apple has made too. Kodak, to date, has been mostly an advocate of more pixels, not necessarily better pixels. And Kodak is late to the BSI sensor party. It is not only following Apple but a host of other camera manufacturers like Sony--most recently in its Cyber-shot--and Samsung, as CNET Reviews has pointed out in the past. But the fact that Apple, a smartphone maker, was one of the first to get this into a phone demonstrates Apple's tech smarts and heightens the anticipation for future iPhone 5 andiPad 2 products.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung responds to claims of holding back Vibrant's Froyo update]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=samsung-responds-to-claims-of-holding-back-vibrants-froyo-update</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>riaterwinqw</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=samsung-responds-to-claims-of-holding-back-vibrants-froyo-update</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Samsung Vibrant(Credit:Sarah Tew/CNET)This post was updated at 5:27 p.m., PT with comment from T-Mobile.There's a story circulating the Web today that's causing an uproar among Samsung Vibrant owners and putting Samsung in the hot seat. According to AndroidSpin, they received a tip from a reliable source that claims that Samsung is preventing T-Mobile from releasing the Android 2.2 Froyo update to Vibrant users in order to push the next-gen Vibrant 4G.The tipster, who appears to be from within the T-Mobile organization, writes:Some disturbing things have happened the last week or so concerning our &quot;Vibrant.&quot; Samsung has NOT allowed us to push the update OTA for 2.2 because they feel it will decrease the value of the upcoming Vibrant4G +. While from a marketing aspect I totally understand, as the Vibrant 4G is what the original Vibrant should have been in the 1st place. But to shun off and bold face lie to customers is NOT what T-Mobile is about.The source goes on to say that the Samsung Vibrant 4G is largely similar to the current model, except it adds a front-facing camera, and new movie and 4G capabilities. We reached out to Samsung for comment and a company spokesperson sent CNET the following response:Samsung Mobile does not comment on rumors or speculation. With regard to the Froyo update, we recently issued the following statement: &quot;Samsung feels it is important to make the Android 2.2/Froyo upgrade available only after we feel that we can give the millions of U.S. Galaxy S owners a simple and reliable upgrade experience. Due to the complexity and unique functionality of each Galaxy S device, we are performing additional testing and are working to make the Android 2.2/Froyo upgrade available to all U.S. Galaxy S owners, including the Samsung Vibrant, as soon as possible.The noncommittal answer surely isn't satisfactory to Vibrant owners, but what I'm more concerned about here is Samsung's general delay in releasing a Froyo update to all of its Galaxy S smartphones here in the States. When the Galaxy series of Android phones was unveiled in late June, Samsung said that the entire portfolio would be upgraded to Android 2.2. Though it never promised a delivery date, some of the models have been out for about seven months now with no sign of an update. Meanwhile, other handsets, including the Motorola Droid X and HTC Evo 4G, have received the Android 2.2 update.It's all a little too reminiscent of the Samsung Behold II fiasco, where Samsung stopped pushing updates after Android OS 1.6. Though the company never officially said it, we suspected the TouchWiz interface was to blame, which is why we were concerned when we saw an even more customized TouchWiz UI on the Galaxy phones, but at the time, Samsung assured us updates would not be a problem. We appreciate the thoroughness in testing, but this doesn't help Samsung's cause. I really hope for its sake that all Galaxy owners get a helping of Froyo soon. When asked for comment, T-Mobile referred us to Samsung's official statement shown above.        Bonnie Cha     Full Profile E-mail Bonnie Cha   E-mail Bonnie Cha If you have a question or comment for Bonnie Cha, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Bonnie Cha is a senior editor for CNET, covering smartphones. When she's not testing the latest gadgets, you can find her chasing after her crazy lab or surfing in the chilly waters of Northern California.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crave 29: Live from CES 2011 (podcast)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>absirresjia</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=crave-29-live-from-ces-2011-podcast</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Episode 29-Lady Gaga Polaroid glasses -WheeMe robot back massager -Star Wars coming to Blu-ray -Nike+ SportWatch -Marley iPod speaker -Android Honeycomb <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: All eyes on Ford's electric Focus]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>feadseteoma</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-all-eyes-on-fords-electric-focus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ford CEO Alan Mulally introduces the Ford Focus Electric.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)Ford CEO Alan Mulally introduced the automaker's first-ever zero-emissions vehicle Friday in his keynote address at the 2011 CES convention in Las Vegas: The Focus Electric, a new version of the little sedan which Ford says offers better mileage than the Chevy Volt and charges twice as fast as the Nissan Leaf.&quot;This is our first ever gas-free, zero carbon dioxide emissionscar,&quot; Mulally said. &quot;(It's) a great step forward in electrification, and part of an even more comprehensive plan for bringing affordable fuel efficiency technology to millions of people around our world.&quot;It was Mulally's third consecutive time giving a keynote talk at theCES trade show' this time, there was huge applause when Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO, announcing Mulally, mentioned the fact that Ford had made it through the recent economic crisis without a government bailout.The Focus Electric will launch later this year and is considered to be the flagship vehicle in a collection of electrified Ford cars that the company says will number five by 2012. The car has a top speed of 84 miles per hour, but Ford did not disclose the range that it can drive before needing a recharge.Focus vehicles for the U.S. market will be assembled in Ford's Michigan plant, &quot;production powered in part by one of the largest solar energy generator systems in the state&quot; according to a release.Ford executives hyped up the car's &quot;holistic vehicle ownership experience,&quot; as Sherif Marakby, director of Ford's electrification programs and engineering, called it: an improved version of Ford's MyFord Touch console, with specialized SmartGauge display technology to help car owners drive more efficiently and see a &quot;range view&quot; to determine how far they are from a charging station' &quot;value charging,&quot; a new partnership with Microsoft to calculate the most cost-efficient charging options by taking advantage of off-peak and discounted utility rates' and MyFord Mobile, a new mobile app that lets Focus Electric owners find charging stations (through a partnership with the AOL-owned MapQuest), determine the best charging times, unlock the car doors, and even post electric-driving achievements to social-networking sites.Ford says that it is working with utility companies to work on handling the demand that plug-in vehicles will place on the electrical grid, and that for customer convenience it expects that the number of public charging systems in US will rise from 1,800 (mostly in California) to 12,000. At-home charging stations will be serviced through a partnership with Best Buy's Geek Squad.More of Ford's green auto plans will be revealed later this month at the North American Auto Show, said Ford head of global product development Derrick Kuzak when he joined Mulally onstage in the keynote address. &quot;But the new Focus just felt more at home at CES,&quot; he said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama to hand Commerce Dept. authority over cybersecurity ID]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=obama-to-hand-commerce-dept--authority-over-cybersecurity-id</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota02</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=obama-to-hand-commerce-dept--authority-over-cybersecurity-id</guid>
<description><![CDATA[STANFORD, Calif.--President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today.It's &quot;the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government&quot; to centralize efforts toward creating an &quot;identity ecosystem&quot; for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.That news, first reported by CNET, effectively pushes the department to the forefront of the issue, beating out other potential candidates, including the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The move also is likely to please privacy and civil-liberties groups that have raised concerns in the past over the dual roles of police and intelligence agencies.The announcement came at an event today at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, where U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Schmidt spoke.The Obama administration is currently drafting what it's calling the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, which Locke said will be released by the president in the next few months. (An early version was publicly released last summer.)&quot;We are not talking about a national ID card,&quot; Locke said at the Stanford event. &quot;We are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about is enhancing online security and privacy, and reducing and perhaps even eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords, through creation and use of more trusted digital identities.&quot;The Commerce Department will be setting up a national program office to work on this project, Locke said.Details about the &quot;trusted identity&quot; project are remarkably scarce. Last year's announcement referenced a possible forthcoming smart card or digital certificate that would prove that online users are who they say they are. These digital IDs would be offered to consumers by online vendors for financial transactions.Schmidt stressed today that anonymity and pseudonymity will remain possible on the Internet. &quot;I don't have to get a credential, if I don't want to,&quot; he said. There's no chance that &quot;a centralized database will emerge,&quot; and &quot;we need the private sector to lead the implementation of this,&quot; he said.Jim Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology, who spoke later at the event, said any Internet ID must be created by the private sector--and also voluntary and competitive.&quot;The government cannot create that identity infrastructure,&quot; Dempsey said. &quot;If it tried to, it wouldn't be trusted.&quot;Inter-agency rivalries to claim authority over cybersecurity have existed ever since many responsibilities were centralized in the Department of Homeland Security as part of its creation nine years ago. Three years ago, proposals were circulating in Washington to transfer authority to the secretive NSA, which is part of the U.S. Defense Department.In March 2009, Rod Beckstr&amp;246'm, director of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Center, resigned through a letter that gave a rare public glimpse into the competition for budgetary dollars and cybersecurity authority. Beckstrom said at the time that the NSA &quot;effectively controls DHS cyberefforts through detailees, technology insertions,&quot; and has proposed moving some functions to the agency's Fort Meade, Md., headquarters.One of the NSA's missions is, of course, information assurance. But its normally lustrous star in the political firmament has dimmed a bit due to Wikileaks-related revelations.Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private who is accused of liberating hundreds of thousands of confidential government documents from military networks and sending them to Wikileaks, apparently joked about the NSA's incompetence in an online chat last spring.&quot;I even asked the NSA guy if he could find any suspicious activity coming out of local networks,&quot; Manning reportedly said in a chat transcript provided by ex-hacker Adrian Lamo. &quot;He shrugged and said, 'It's not a priority.'&quot;Last updated at 12:20 p.m. PT<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: The 404 734: Where we're voted the worst of CES (podcast)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tduncannac</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[It's our final live show fromCES 2011, and it's safe to assume our position as Worst Podcast of CES. Case in point: did any of the other CNET Live podcasts receive an anti-teen-sexting pamphlet from PicsChecker after their show The 404 must give off some kind of unique vibe, because this service seems to appeal to our demographic. Check it out and let us know what you think. No guest on today's show, but there's plenty of stories from CES to run down, so let's go right to it!At last year's CES, Polaroid appointed Lady Gaga to the role of creative director, and this time we get to see exactly what she's been working on for the past 12 months. At her big press conference this year, Gaga announced that phones are truly the cameras of the future and debuted the GL20 Camera Glasses, an innovative pair of shades that feature two embedded OLED screens that can capture and display images of anything around you.Also announced were the GL30 Instant Digital Camera, a printer enabled device that seems to be a throwback of the old &quot;shake it to develop&quot; days of Polaroid film that works in conjunction with the GL10 Instant Printer, a Bluetooth wireless device that can produce Polaroid-style prints in under a minute. TOLD you me and Gaga have a lot in common!CES is no stranger to extravagance and ridiculousness, and this year saw a bunch of both, starting with the insane Samsung press conference. With their own child from the future emceeing the night, Samsung and DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeff Katzenberg stole the show with 3D images, Samsung dance routines replete with rectangular TV props, and a sneak peek at the Xfinity TV app for the Samsung Galaxy Tab that turns thetablet into a remote control and video player.On the opposite side of the spectrum, indulge us as we take a minute to do what we do best: poke fun at some of the stranger, and perhaps more useless, products featured here in Vegas starting with this Wii/Kinect/Move-enabled bowling ball courtesy of our friends at CTA Digital. This CTA booth girl looked all right playing with it, but this single-function accessory had us shaking our heads and wondering who would buy this toy.Let's move on to the booth for Christian gaming site GameChurch.com that actually features a cardboard cutout of Jesus himself fragging enemies like there's no tomorrow. We had no idea Jesus was a gamer, but apparently he's achieved &quot;Ub3r Pwnage since 33 A.D.&quot; GameChurch.com is based on the idea that video game ratings aren't stringent enough for the God-fearing consumer, so the site is here to award its own &quot;morality ratings&quot; to popular video games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Strangely enough, the site also has a sister site at an adjacent convention called XXXChurch.com that seeks to save blasphemers from their own hands.Stick around after the break, because we have plenty more craziness from the showroom floor to get to, including an exhibiting insurance company that lets you smash an Asus laptop with a hammer, a Steampunk keyboard fetish, and more rumors about the impending Apple iPhone coming to Verizon on February 3. Plus, don't miss our picks for Best of CES 2011. Thanks for listening!Episode 734Listen now:Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) |  Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video&amp;nbsp'Follow us on Twitter!The 404Jeff BakalarJustin YuWilson TangAdd us on Facebook!The 404 Fan PageThe 404 GroupJustin YuJeff BakalarWilson Tang<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Verizon to debut 4G Android smartphones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bernbeebeb</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-verizon-to-debut-4g-android-smartphones</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless will use this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the coming out party for its 4G wireless network.While many people have been crossing their fingers for news of a VerizoniPhone at CES, the big news from Verizon will likely be the company's announcement of several new 4G wireless products, including at least four handsets and a tablet PC, all using Google's Android operating system. LG's dual-core Optimus 2XThe carrier, which is the largest wireless operator in the U.S. in terms of subscribers, launched its highly anticipated 4G wireless network in December. But for the past month, the company has only sold laptop cards for the super fast network, which uses a next-generation networking technology known as Long Term Evolution, or LTE.All that will soon change on Thursday when Verizon's CEO Ivan Seidenberg takes the stage to deliver a keynote address at the CES show. Later that afternoon, the company has scheduled a press conference, where news of the new devices is expected to be unveiled.Specific details of devices to be announced have started trickling out. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the company will announce 4G smartphones from Samsung Electronics, Motorola, HTC, and LG Electronics.CNET's Android Atlas reported last month that the company is expected to announce the dual-core LG smartphone and the HTC Thunderbolt at CES. Both these smartphones are LTE-ready. Motorola is also expected to announce the Honeycomb tablet PC, which is also expected to run on Verizon's 4G network.All of these new devices will use theGoogle Android operating system. Verizon Wireless has forged a strong alliance with Google, selling its Android-powered phones for more than a year now. In fact, its Droid smartphones from Motorola, Samsung, and HTC are its main line of attack against AT&amp;T and its exclusive deal with the iPhone.Despite rumors of a Verizon iPhone, it looks like Verizon plans to maintain its close ties to Google. Rumors have circulated for months, that Verizon will get a version of the iPhone once the exclusivity with AT&amp;T ends early this year. Some have speculated that Verizon may announce the new Verizon iPhone at CES, but most experts suspect Apple will hold its own event early this year to make the announcement. Verizon's 4G push powered by Android devices, clearly solidifies the carrier's strategy to continue selling Google Android devices along with an Apple product.It's unclear when Verizon will begin selling the Android 4G smartphones and tablets or the iPhone, for that matter. The Wall Street Journal cited sources that said the new Android 4G phones won't be available until midyear. But in an interview with CNET in October, Verizon Chief Operating Officer Lowell McAdam indicated that 4G handsets would be on store shelves by the end of the first quarter of 2011.Getting 4G smartphones on the market quickly is critical for Verizon as it competes with rivals also touting a faster 4G network. Verizon is already facing competition from Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA, which each claim to offer 4G service.In terms of speed, Verizon's LTE service is ahead of the pack. It offers average download speeds between 5 megabits per second and 12Mbps. Sprint's WiMax network built by Clearwire claims to get between 3Mbps and 6Mbps average download speeds. And T-Mobile USA, which is using HSPA+ technology, says it is getting between 3Mbps and 7Mbps average download speeds.Sprint and T-Mobile already offer smartphones that take advantage of the speedier network. While the market for 4G is still rather small, the potential is huge. Consumers are already clamoring for faster networks to surf the mobile Web, download more apps, and stream rich media such as video and music. And they want to do it on their smartphones. Sprint has seen success with the HTC Evo, its first 4G device introduced in mid-2010. It offered consumers their first taste of a 4G experience on a mobile handset. It introduced its second 4G smartphone later in the year. T-Mobile also has two &quot;4G&quot; phones on the market: the G2 and the myTouch. While these carriers are much smaller than Verizon, they still present a threat. More importantly, Verizon needs 4G handsets in the market to combat AT&amp;T, which will launch its 4G LTE network midyear. Even though AT&amp;T is somewhat late to the 4G party, the company still claims to have the fastest wireless network in the market with the widest footprint. Indeed, about 80 percent of its network supports HSPA+, the same &quot;4G&quot; technology that T-Mobile has used to build its network. Currently, Verizon's 4G network is in 38 markets and offers service to about 110 million potential subscribers. AT&amp;T claims it offers HSPA+ service to 250 million potential users today. Its LTE service will initially offer service to between 70 million and 75 million customers. Sprint and T-Mobile also are expected to make 4G product announcements at CES. But it's clear that Verizon and its slew of 4G smartphones and tablets will be the biggest news in mobile for CES.CNET will be live-blogging both the Verizon keynote speech on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. PT and the press conference later that day at 1 p.m. PT. So stay tuned this week for more details.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrome finishes 2010 with 10 percent share]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cash21</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=chrome-finishes-2010-with-10-percent-share</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As of December 2010, Chrome holds 10 percent of browser usage worldwide.(Credit:data from Net Applications' chart by Stephen Shankland/CNET)With the steady rise in Chrome, 1 out of every 10 people surfing the Web in December used Google's browser.Chrome's gains have come largely at the expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, whose usage share has been dropping for years, but there's also a ray of hope for Redmond. IE9, which embodies Microsoft's ambition to build a cutting-edge browser once again, is showing signs of real adoption with usage that grew from 0.4 percent in November to 0.5 percent in December, according to new statistics from Net Applications.Fractions of a percent may sound insignificant, but with hundreds of millions of people using the Web, they actually represent a large number of real users. And in the current competitive market, browser makers are attuned to where the growth is occurring.For months now, Chrome has risen. Most recently, it rose from 9.3 percent in November statistics to 10 percent in December, according to Net Applications. That's helpful for Google's ambition to speed up the Web overall' Chrome is a vehicle by which the company can explore, develop, and promote new features, such as Native Client, SPDY, WebP, and False Start, that Google hopes will speed the Web and make it a more powerful foundation for applications.Mozilla'sFirefox, the second-place browser, stayed flat at about 22.8 percent, Apple'sSafari rose from 5.6 percent to 5.9 percent, and Opera was flat at about 2.2 percent. Chrome and Safari grew at the expense of IE, which dropped from 58.4 percent to 57.1 percent.Note that because browser usage overall is increasing, even percentages that remain flat from month to month still mean a growing user base.Microsoft can take consolation that its share losses have come from older versions of its browser. IE6, an advanced browser when released nearly a decade ago but now despised among Web developers for retarding progress on the Web, dropped from 13.7 percent in November to 13.1 percent in December. IE7 dropped from 9.5 percent to 8.8 percent.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey: People can't live without high-speed Internet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Torrie</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=survey-people-cant-live-without-high-speed-internet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[High-speed Internet is the technology that's had the greatest impact on society and the one that people say they can't live without, according to survey results from Zogby Interactive.Released this week, Zogby's study found that 28 percent of those polled tagged broadband Internet as the one technology they can't live without' e-mail came in second at 18 percent. Facebook was lower on the overall list at only 3 percent, but among the younger crowd (18-24), 15 percent said they can't live without Facebook.Looking at technologies that have had the greatest impact on society over the past 10 years, 24 percent named high-speed Internet, followed closely by Facebook at 22 percent. Google came in third at 10 percent.The results also varied based on gender and age.Women and adults under 55 tagged Facebook as having the most impact, while men and those over 55 pointed to high-speed Internet. Adults between 35 and 54 were split pretty evenly between the two. People from 18-24 found Facebook the most impactful technology of the past decade, with Google in second place.Zogby also asked people to gaze into the future to offer predictions for the next year and the next decade.Many (24 percent of those polled) believe the greatest technological advancements for 2011 will be in home entertainment, with general computing in second place.Looking further down the road, 43 percent of those surveyed believe science will make regular use of stem cells and cloning to create human organs for transplant by the year 2020. Forty percent think that computer chips will be implanted in people to monitor their health. The same percentage expect robots to be able to perform manual labor jobs. And 36 percent see virtual reality making its way into home entertainment by the end of the decade.To compile the study, Zogby polled 1,950 adults from December 8 through December 10.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Monitor buying guide update 2010]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fernada</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=monitor-buying-guide-update-2010</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Samsung PX2370 continues to garner huge amounts of interest among consumers seeking new monitor experiences. (Credit:Josh P. Miller/CNET)Christmas is about a week away, but I'm sure there are quite a few of you who've yet to even begin your shopping duties yet. I can safely (and smugly) say that I am completely done with mine. If you've been putting off deciding which monitor to buy your chosen certain someone, today's your lucky day. If you've been wracking your brain over the difference between LCD and LED technologies, you're in even more luck. Today I updated the Monitor Buying Guide to include exhaustive information on LED backlighting and how it relates to LCDs. I've tried my best to clear that whole misunderstanding up. You be the judge as to whether I've succeeded.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrome for a Cause lets users donate by browsing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Manisha</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=chrome-for-a-cause-lets-users-donate-by-browsing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google&amp;39's Chrome for a Cause browser extension translates Web browsing into charitable donations.(Credit:Google)Google Chrome users can donate to charity through Sunday simply by downloading the Chrome for a Cause browser extension and surfing the Web.  The system counts the tabs while the user browses the Web. Google plans to donate money based on how many tabs are clicked on each day, up to a maximum of 250 tabs per day per user. It did not specify how much money it would donate per tabs clicked on, though it did say it will donate up to $1 million as part of this effort. The campaign ends on Sunday. People can choose from five organizations to contribute to. The groups are: The Nature Conservancy' Charity: Water, a nonprofit organization working to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations' Doctors Without Borders' Un Techo para mi Pas, which builds transitional housing for impoverished families' and Room to Read, a nonprofit focused on child literacy and gender equality in education.  After a short bit of use, a small window popped up for me, telling me how many tabs I had clicked and what that can result in for the charities. Clicking on 10 tabs, according to Google, will result in one book donated or one tree planted. Users must sign into their Google accounts to participate so that the system can keep track of the number of tabs clicked and allow users to select a charity. Google also plans to collect usage statistics and information on how often other product features are used, and then delete the data after eight weeks.  More information is available on the Google Chrome Blog. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What it takes to judge Web culture's best (Q&A)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Doreen93</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=what-it-takes-to-judge-web-cultures-best-qa</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If it's the end of the year, that must mean it's awards season. And in the world of Web culture, there's one site that hopes to have the final word on the best of the year's offerings.(Credit:Courtesy of Kelly Reeves)That would be Urlesque, an AOL site that is becoming a must-visit for those interested in the latest and greatest Internet memes. In 2008, the site launched the Urlies, its first Web culture awards, and now, it is in the middle of collecting readers' votes for the best of 2010. As you might expect, there are plenty of cat videos to peruse, and anyone who loves--or hates--Justin Bieber can look to an entire category dedicated to memes related to the Twitter trending topics stalwart. The other categories include best overall meme, best video, Facebook trend of the year, best celebrity Photoshop meme, and several others. Yes, the double-rainbow video is well represented.Since Urlesque is currently in the middle of Urlies voting, it seemed like a good time to talk to Editor in Chief Kelly Reeves about the awards, and about Web culture in general. Yesterday, Reeves sat down for a 45 Minutes on IM interview to discuss just that. Q: Thank you very much for doing this, I appreciate it. I want to start by being honest with you--an entire Justin Bieber category. That makes me laugh, and cry. Why do thatKelly Reeves: Ha ha ha. I have a lot to say about Justin Bieber. I want to hear it! Reeves: Justin Bieber and all the fandom (and anti-fandom) surrounding him on the Web was so huge this year that it was impossible for us to ignore him. As the team was planning the categories and nominees we found ourselves including Bieber-related items in several categories. (I'm probably to blame because I'm a total fan.) Since he's so polarizing and we didn't want to Bieb-ify the entire Urlies, we decided it was better (and possibly more funny) to stick it all into one category. But it's kind of interesting because the majority of the nominees are actually kind of negative or making fun of him. And also a whole category is nice Bieber fan bait. (Credit:Urlesque)Well, another category I wished you'd broken out, but didn't, was cat memes, which got lumped in with &quot;animals.&quot; Don't cats deserve the same respect as Justin Bieber Reeves: Oh man, cats get their fair share of coverage on Urlesque. In fact, we honored Cats with a Lifetime Achievement award in our first Urlies in 2008. And, earlier this year we had &quot;Catfight&quot;--a seeded, tournament-style competition to see who is the strongest Internet cat. But yeah, to be honest, there weren't a lot of strong individual cat competitors this year.Well, let's step back a little. Explain the Urlies for those who aren't familiar with them, or might confuse them with other Web awards.Reeves: Much like other categories have their awards ceremonies to recap the best of their world for a year, the Urlies are the reflection of the best in Web culture for the year. For now, every category and nominee are hand-picked by our trusty Urlbot editors to ensure that we highlight the biggest and best stuff from the year. First, we allow Internet fans to pick their favorites and after voting ends we will announce our picks as well. We mostly focus on the fun things we couldn't get enough of throughout the year.Also, it's surprising how quickly internet time moves. Something that blew up early in the year can seem like years ago, so it's fun to recap these things for our readers and bring them back into the spotlight.Back to this year's honorees, I have to admit that I'm amazed that in current voting, Double Rainbow is only in fourth place for best video. What does that say to youReeves: I'm surprised that one is so far behind, It was hilarious! It's possible that the current leader, Antoine Dodson, had so much more exposure that by awareness alone he's getting the votes, despite the hilarity of quality of the video for itself. This year was a particularly interesting year for choosing meme of the year nominees vs. video of the year nominees as the Gregory Brothers and the popularity of their resulting remixes have really made an impact on viral videos. The editors had to stop and think, is it the original video that should be nominated or the resulting remix. I imagine that a lot of voters are thinking of the Gregory Bros.' &quot;Bed Intruder&quot; remix when they're voting for the original clip. Though I could be wrong.This is the third year you're doing this. What have you learned from the previous two UrliesReeves: The major thing we've learned is not to assume the readers will agree with who the editors think should win. The first year, we solely had editors' picks, and boy, did we get a lot of feedback saying that we picked the wrong winners. After that, we opened up the people's choice vote so readers could have their say. It's great because oftentimes the winners that we choose are different from the winners that the readers pick. What's your personal favorite categoryReeves: This year, I love the celebrity Photoshop meme category. We change up the categories each year because the Web is always evolving. It was great to see the prevalence of really funny Photoshop memes involving celebrities this year since it has such a mainstream appeal. And all the nominees are just so funny. I'm so happy that Sad Keanu stuck around for so long this year. He was like the gift that kept on giving.This category is great because it's easy for anyone to understand, you can enjoy this meme with your mom even though she may not know what a meme is, and everyone can have a good laugh because it's a celebrity you recognize in a funny situation.Tell me this: What do you think of the current state of Internet memes Getting better Same old, same old RegressingReeves: I hesitate to say this, but I feel like it's becoming mainstream. The timeline of when a meme starts to bubble online and when it's covered by different facets of media is getting shorter and shorter by the day. And of course I include Urlesque in that bucket, too. When the site started in 2008, we would be reporting on trends and videos that would never see the light of any other medium, but now we (and all Web sites, really) are competing with traditional, huge, media outlets to be the first to cover and uncover the people behind these viral videos and memes that start spreading online. If a video starts to blow up, you can guarantee that &quot;Today Show&quot; staffers are trying to find the source for the next day's show. Or Rick Astley (CNET: Yes, you're being Rickrolled) pops up in the Thanksgiving day parade. It's bizarre.But the great thing about the Web is that memes will always be good and will continue to be reinvented because the Web and technology is always changing.What's your favorite Internet meme of all timeReeves: I think I have to say Lolcats because I am a cat lady.That's the right answer. Reeves: And also because it helps to explain and illustrate what on earth I do all day at work. And they never get old. Ever.Well, that makes me ask, How do you explain what you do for work to your parentsReeves: It's funny. My mom has become so Internet-savvy since I started working on Urlesque, though that was probably more of Facebook's doing. Believe me, it's become easier over the past few years. At first I would try to explain that I take the funny videos that they receive in their e-mail inboxes and put them on a Web site for all to enjoy. Things like Lolcats or Fail videos definitely make it easier to explain. But now that they &quot;get it&quot; and they're seeing viral video stars cross into their morning TV shows and news, they become fans of the site. They may not understand every post (and who can, really) but as Web culture becomes even more ingrained in pop culture or in real life culture, it'll just be culture. Though I imagine there will always be the subcultures.Your job sounds like a lot of fun. What advice would you give to someone who is interested in making a living writing about Web cultureReeves: It is! I'm so lucky. Honestly, the best advice would be to write about Web culture. Start a blog (they're free!) and do it. My favorite part about Urlesque and our bloggers is that no one is &quot;more qualified&quot; than anyone else. We're all just Web addicts that surf around all day to find weird and funny stuff. Pretty much all of our bloggers have been plucked out of the Internet because of work they were doing on their personal blogs. We wanted their particular sense of humor, their keen analysis, and their following or their ability to find things. Everyone has the ability to find the next big thing. We're all on a level playing field.But the thing I'd stress is to do something different--don't just post a funny video and call it a day. Anyone can do that. Do something to make your take unique, like tying it together as part of a larger trend, re-enacting it, or getting a baby or cat involved (guaranteed Internet gold). That's what will get you noticed.Well, we're out of time, so here's my standard last question: I love doing these IM interviews because IM lets my interviewees be more thoughtful and articulate than they might be face-to-face or over the phone, and because I get a perfect transcript. But also it's because IM makes it easy to multitask. So, tell me: What else were you doing while we were doing this interviewReeves: Hahaha. I checked my e-mail only once. I must've been typing slow. But I was also consulting the Urlies pages.Fair enough. Well, thank you so much for doing this. I appreciate it.Reeves: This was fun, thank you.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows Phone developers to get paid a bit sooner]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=windows-phone-developers-to-get-paid-a-bit-sooner</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's some good news for developers who have not yet gotten paid for their app sales as part of the new Windows Phone Marketplace: payday is coming a little sooner than the company had first announced. Instead of getting that money sometime in February, Microsoft has moved up its first round of developer payouts to the fourth week of January. Thus far, developers have been unable to cash in on software that has been on sale since late October, while Microsoft has worked to get its payment system up and running. After this first round of payments is out, Microsoft says it will be sending them every month. Payouts will also include sales of apps and games from both its Windows Mobile 6.X andWindows Phone 7 marketplaces. This morning Microsoft also rolled out a counterpart to the sales process in the form of a reporting tool that gives developers a detailed view of how their applications are performing on the marketplace. This breaks down how many downloads their apps have received, and whether those were paid or unpaid, as well as what country the buyer was from. No word yet on whether these will be updated more than once a day.In a blog post announcing some of the additions, Todd Brix--who is Microsoft's senior director of mobile, said the company has also been listening to criticisms over its App Hub registration process, which is how developers sign up to publish applications to Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace. &quot;We've heard you loud and clear that the registration and submission process hasn't been ideal and has been frustrating to too many developers,&quot; Brix said. &quot;In response, we've made a number of fixes and enhancements throughout the process over the last 2 months, including a number of new improvements available today.&quot;Brix also said that 91 percent of applications that get submitted to Microsoft are certified and published within two days, and that 86 percent of the 1,000 or so developers who join the program have an account ready to use in 10 days. So far that's tallied up to 18,000 registered developers. Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 marketplace now has close to 4,000 applications, up from a little more than 1,000 at the platform's launch in late October.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rumor: Mac App Store launching December 13]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rumor-mac-app-store-launching-december-13</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>franccanfa</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rumor-mac-app-store-launching-december-13</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A view of the upcoming Mac App Store.(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)The Mac App Store could be launching as early as next week, a report from Apple enthusiast blog Appletell claims.Citing an &quot;inside source,&quot; Appletell is reporting that Apple plans a December 13 launch of itsMac App Store, which will allow people to download both paid and free applications to their Mac computers. The blog claims that developers were told by Apple to &quot;have their software prepared for a launch as early as [today].&quot; However, the publication's source said that Apple launching the marketplace today seemed unlikely.It's important to note that Appletell's story is very much a rumor at this point and that Apple has not confirmed a date for the launch of its planned store.If the store does launch next week, it would be way ahead of schedule.When Apple CEO Steve Jobs first unveiled plans for the Mac App Store in late October, he said that it would be available to Snow Leopard users in &quot;90 days,&quot; indicating that the store would launch at the end of the January. Moreover, Apple started reviewing applications for the store last month. It may need more time to get the store up and running with a number of apps that it feels comfortable offering.Apple did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment on when it plans to officially launch its Mac App Store. And until Apple does confirm, consider every launch-day claim, like this one, nothing more than a rumor.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Spam down, but malware continues hold]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>csandaussu</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-spam-down-but-malware-continues-hold</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Spam may be down but malware marches merrily on.That's the message from the &quot;November Threat Landscape Report&quot; released yesterday by security vendor Fortinet.Global spam levels ultimately fell 12 percent in November after Dutch authorities took down a large Bredolab network made up of 140 different servers. The Bredolab botnet was typically used by cybercriminals to send out spam selling fake drugs, according to Fortinet. Spam had actually fallen as much as 26 percent the week after the network was dismantled but was able to stage a bit of a recovery afterward.(Credit:Fortinet)The ever-present Koobface botnet, known for affecting Facebook users, also suffered a hit on November 14 when U.K. Internet service provider Coreix took down three of its central &quot;MotherShip&quot; servers. The perpetrators of Koobface use these MotherShip servers as their main command-and-control systems to direct the spread of the botnet and control infected PCs. The bad guys communicate with the MotherShip machines through intermediary servers.Though the takedown of the MotherShip servers dealt Koobface a severe blow, the success was short-lived as the botnet operators were able to use stolen FTP accounts to hijack other servers, according to Fortinet.&quot;We confirmed that on November 14, when the primary servers were taken offline, the intermediary servers failed to proxy content, which effectively crippled the botnet,&quot; Derek Manky, project manager for cyber security and threat research at Fortinet, said in a statement. &quot;Unfortunately, we saw communication restored five days later on November 19th. This is likely due to the fact that Koobface contains an FTP harvesting module.&quot; Looking at other botnets, Fortinet found another prominent threat in November in the form of Sasfis, a botnet that infects PCs by using the standard port 80 reserved for HTTP traffic. Increasingly, botnets are using common ports to spread in an effect to blend in with normal traffic. Detections of Sasfis command-and-control servers were third on the top 10 attack list maintained by Fortinet.Fortinet also discovered in November that the Hiloti botnet was using legitimate DNS queries to report back to its command-and-control servers, another example of a botnet trying to use standard protocols to avoid being detected.Finally, zero-day vulnerabilities were found last month in Adobe Shockwave, Adobe Flash, Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple QuickTime, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. All of these weaknesses were cited by Fortinet as critical as they leave the applications open to attacks that are able to run code remotely.In terms of sheer malware attacks among the top countries hit in November, the U.S. accounted for 35 percent, up from 32 percent in October. Japan took 22 percent of the total attacks, up from 16 percent the prior month. And Korea took the brunt of 12.5 percent of the world's total malware attacks, up from less than 9 percent in October.(Credit:Fortinet)Fortinet shares its thoughts on the November threat landscape in the video below:        Lance Whitney     Full Profile E-mail Lance Whitney   E-mail Lance Whitney If you have a question or comment for Lance Whitney, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Lance Whitney wears a few different technology hats--journalist, Web developer, and software trainer. He's a contributing editor for Microsoft TechNet Magazine and writes for other computer publications and Web sites. Lance is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and he is not an employee of CNET.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[25 best iPad games]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>paulsmith385</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=25-best-ipad-games</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Madden makes its way to the iPad.(Credit:Screenshot by Scott Stein/CNET)Updated on November 30, 2010Wondering what games to buy for your newiPad Well, this early in the product's life, it's actually pretty hard to sort the really good stuff from the just decent stuff, particularly with the prices for many games being so much higher than theiriPhone counterparts. But we took a shot at putting together a list of top titles that we feel meet the criteria for a good iPad game.Just what does make a good iPad game We debated it for a while and narrowed it down to these five factors:It's gotta be fun (obviously).Ergonomics (are gameplay and control scheme well-suited to the iPad).Uniqueness (though many iPad games play well as upconverted, higher-resolution versions of their iPhone predecessors, we respect new iPad-exclusive games).Value (some of the best iPad games currently carry high price tags, but we also tried to include titles we thought were simply a good value).Show-off quotient (extra points if the game flat-out looks good). With that in mind, here are our current favorites, displayed in alphabetical order. Feel free to sound off with your own picks (or criticize our choices). With new games coming out almost daily, we will be updating this list frequently and taking your suggestions to heart. As more games are released, we may also expand the list to include more titles and, hopefully, surface some hidden gems.Click on any image to start the slideshow.25 best iPad games (screenshots) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five surprising things about the Sprint ZTE Peel]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=five-surprising-things-about-the-sprint-zte-peel</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Amihan</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=five-surprising-things-about-the-sprint-zte-peel</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Before you buy the ZTE Peel for your iPod Touch, keep in mind some of its limitations.(Credit:Sprint)A couple weeks back I told you about the Sprint ZTE Peel, aniPod Touch accessory that sounded almost too good to be true. For a mere $79.99, plus a no-contract monthly service fee of $29.99, you could add 3G connectivity to your Touch.Goodbye, priceyiPhone! Hello, much more affordable iPod Touch-Phone! Well, not quite. Now that I've had a chance to test-drive one, I must admit it's not what I expected. Here are five reasons why:1. It's not actually a dock.I mistakenly assumed that the Peel plugged into the Touch's dock connector, much like an external battery/case hybrid. But it doesn't: the Peel is actually a kind of specialized MiFi 2200, one that's been molded to function as an iPod Touch (second- or third-gen) case. Just pop in your device--or don't. Makes no difference.2. Only two devices can access the Peel's connection.Either the preliminary information was incorrect, or I made a mistake, but I originally wrote that two other devices could tap the Peel's 3G goodness at the same time as your Touch. In reality, it's two devices total. Again, it doesn't matter if your Touch is snapped into the enclosure or not--two devices, period. I wouldn't call that a deal breaker, but it's a little disappointing given that the MiFi supports up to five. On the other hand...3. Performance bites.Maybe the two-device limitation is due to the Peel's sub-3G connectivity. I tested it in several locales around my neck of the woods (metro Detroit), and according to Speed Test, the best download speed it could manage was 0.87 Mbps. Contrast that with my AT&amp;amp'T-powered iPhone 4, which pulled 2.6 Mbps--in my basement. Your mileage will almost certainly vary, but the Peel proved pretty pokey. Is it better than nothing for the Wi-Fi-strapped iPod user Absolutely. But I'm discouraged that it doesn't come anywhere near Sprint's advertised 3G performance.4. It relies on Micro-USB charging.Yep, another power cord to bring along. Although Micro-USB is an increasingly popular standard, a dock connector would have made the Peel much easier to travel with. It also would have enabled you to sync your Touch without having to pop it out of the case.5. It requires a headset adapterThe Peel's audio-jack pass-through is just a hair too deep and narrow to accommodate a stock pair of Apple earbuds, so you have to plug in a tiny adapter cord. Another thing to bring along, another thing to potentially lose. That's a pretty annoying design flaw.Another annoyance: the included &quot;Getting Started&quot; guide doesn't tell you how do to things like set up a password so other users can't tap your mobile hot spot. You can find instructions on Sprint's Web site, but they're buried in the poorly titled &quot;Admin Guide.&quot;Furthermore, the Peel is bulky, making your otherwise slender device feel a lot more brick-like in your pocket. The good news is that it's reasonably light, adding just 2.6 ounces to an iPod Touch's travel weight.I could forgive a lot of these issues--maybe even all of them--if Sprint didn't cap your monthly data at a paltry 1GB. If you go over, it'll cost you 5 cents per megabyte. To me that just seems stingy. A 2GB cap would make this whole enchilada a lot more appealing.Even so, I think the Peel might just find its way into a few stockings this holiday season. Would you like to see one turn up in yours<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon lets you give the gift of MP3]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Celina</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=amazon-lets-you-give-the-gift-of-mp3</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Screenshot by Jasmine France)With the startling variety of products offered by online retail giant Amazon.com, it's no wonder the site is the go-to Web depot for all manner of holiday shopper. Interestingly, though, digital media gifting was notably absent from the store's repertoire--until last week. The company first announced a new feature allowing Kindle book gifting' unsurprisingly, MP3 gifting capability was launched almost immediately after.Giving the gift of digital music is just as straightforward as you'd expect, and works largely in the same manner as e-book gifting. Simply visit the Amazon MP3 Music store, select a single track or an entire album, and enter the e-mail address of the recipient. You also have the option to add a personal note along with your musical offering.Once all the requisite info is filled out, you can check out and select payment as with any other Amazon purchase. The recipient of the MP3 gift will be notified by e-mail within 5 minutes. The recipient is prompted to download the tracks, or has the option of exchanging the gift for store credit--a handy feature for those with finicky taste in music.Sadly, there doesn't appear to an option to schedule the timing of the e-mail for, say, Christmas morning or a person's birthday. Also, I have to say that though any gesture is sure to be appreciated, fully digital gifts aren't nearly as exciting as a wrapped package or even an envelope-ensconced card--there's just no substitute for that tangibility. That said, the ability to send one-off MP3s via Amazon is definitely a welcome feature.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scannable PetHub ID tags give Rover a URL]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=scannable-pethub-id-tags-give-rover-a-url</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bxikamilia</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=scannable-pethub-id-tags-give-rover-a-url</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In case a name and phone number on Fido's dog tag aren't enough to bring him home from his wanderings, a new tag from online pet community PetHub includes a Fido-centric URL that is scannable by smartphone.(Credit:PetHub) One side of the laser-etched tag displays a human-readable Web link to information on your pet. The other shows a two-dimensional QR bar code that can be scanned by anyiPhone or Android phone with the free code-scanning software NeoReader installed.  When scanned, the code automatically navigates a browser to PetHub to display an animal's information.  By default, PetHub shows only the name and photo of a pet, but you can add any information you want (the name of your pet's doggie day care, vet, necessary medications, or details on his love for expensive leather shoes).  Other digital dog tags also lean on technology to get pets home, of course. The dime-size KoogaPet can store information transferred from the computer through its USB connection. The Pet Tag Flasher flashes four red LEDs to help identify a pet's whereabouts in a crowd.  One cool feature of the PetHub Link ID tags is that if your furry friend gets lost, you can immediately log in to your PetHub account to modify the information displayed when the link on the tag comes up. This could come in handy, for example, if you're out of town and entrusting your animal to a pet sitter.  To be sure, it would be easy enough to create a Web site for Sparkles and have the URL printed on a tag, but it's nice that PetHub makes the whole process easier. The company is careful to emphasize that its ID tags aren't meant to replace microchips safely implanted under a pet's skin. But there are advantages here.  During the company's beta test, it's giving away 1,000 PetHub Link ID tags for free, along with free data storage. Once the beta ends in February, PetHub plans to charge a nominal fee for any new tags ordered, while data storage will remain gratis. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese woman arrested on wedding day for retweet]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=chinese-woman-arrested-on-wedding-day-for-retweet</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>resraswinnice</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=chinese-woman-arrested-on-wedding-day-for-retweet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the tech world's greatest lawyers told me the other day that he thought the retweet was the greatest way of saying something truly nasty about another person without having to write it yourself.However, some authorities are, perhaps, becoming wise to this secondary insult market.According to UPI, Cheng Jianping, a human rights activist in China, retweeted something written by her fiance on Twitter. His tweet was a slightly sarcastic note concerning supposed Chinese nationalists who had decided to smash up Japanese products because of a dispute between China and Japan over the East China Sea islands of Diaoyu/Senkaku.Her fiance, Hua Chunhui, had reportedly tweeted: &quot;Anti-Japanese demonstrations, smashing Japanese products, that was all done years ago by Guo Quan (an activist and expert on the Nanjing Massacre). It's no new trick. If you really wanted to kick it up a notch, you'd immediately fly to Shanghai to smash the Japanese Expo pavilion.&quot;This is more than 140 characters when translated into English. But, even in English, one can feel the sarcasm.(Credit:CC Blue Sky Day/Flickr)Cheng reportedly managed to add a couple of words to her retweet, just to reinforce the joke: &quot;Charge, angry youth!&quot;Sadly, this retweet has reportedly disappeared from her Twitter feed. She and her fiance were each detained last month, but Hua was released five days later, according to a New York Times story. Hua told journalists that he and Cheng were supposed to get married the day they were detained. Cheng was subsequently sentenced to a year's hard labor in the Shibali River women's labor camp in Zhengzhou city in Henan Province. Twitter is actually banned in China, but enterprising Chinese seem to have found many ways to obviate this stricture. And lest we think that a lack of humor might somehow be confined to the at times draconian Chinese regime, there is the case of Paul Chambers to remember. He is the Brit who sarcastically tweeted that he would blow up his local airport if the staff didn't clear it of snow. He was found guilty and lost his appeal last week.The authorities are monitoring your jokes, people. You have been warned. Tweeting is no laughing matter. Neither, it seems, is retweeting.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Unforgettable' iTunes announcement tomorrow]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kethy</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=unforgettable-itunes-announcement-tomorrow</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple is advertising an &quot;exciting announcement&quot; for iTunes that the company claims will make tomorrow a day you will never forget. The intriguing ad says that the news will be revealed at 7 a.m. PT on Tuesday, November 16.Until now, there has been no consensus on which features will come next for iTunes. Some industry insiders have speculated that Apple will announce a cloud-based music management system--perhaps related to new data centers it's building in North Carolina--but others suspect that Apple will announce a subscription-based streaming service.Apple&amp;39's announcement suggests the new features coming to iTunes will be &amp;34'unforgettable.&amp;34'(Credit:Apple)Apple's acquisition of the Lala streaming service about a year ago initially suggested a move to the cloud for iTunes. Apple shut down LaLa, however, making many wonder whether iTunes would see a merge with these technologies.Regardless of the specifics, Apple's wording of this announcement suggests that we may hear answers to these questions Tuesday morning.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google's Schmidt teases new Android phone]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wanminlim1y</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=googles-schmidt-teases-new-android-phone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google CEO Eric Schmidt holds up an unannounced Android phone that is probably the rumored Nexus S.(Credit:Tom Krazit/CNET)SAN FRANCISCO--Google plans to support Android phones with near-field communications chips in the next version of Android, which CEO Eric Schmidt said today would arrive in the next few weeks. Schmidt, kicking off the Web 2.0 Summit at the Palace Hotel here in downtown San Francisco, held up an &quot;unannounced product&quot; that appeared to be the Nexus S, which leaked out on Best Buy's Web site last week. The phone--Google unhelpfully covered over the brand label--was running Android 2.3, code-named Gingerbread and used a near-field communications chip that Schmidt thinks could eventually replace credit cards.Near-field communications chips allow for fast short-range wireless transmissions, and credit card companies believe that those transmissions are actually more secure than the mag-stripe technology on your current credit cards, Schmidt said in a discussion with reporters following his discussion with Web 2.0 Summit hosts Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle. Credit cards aren't going away for quite some time, but Google is interested in getting the technology out in front of developers in order to see what happens, he said. Schmidt touched on several topics during his talk and in the briefing afterward. &amp;149' Android: Google is pretty satisfied with how Android has worked out, but Schmidt said if he had to nitpick one thing it would be how Google chose to focus on developing Android itself over emphasizing third-party application development. He bemoaned how people focus on the competitive battle between Google and Apple in smartphones while missing the point that the entire market is growing like crazy. &amp;149' Raises: Schmidt confirmed that Google gave employees the option of taking home last week's bonuses in actual cash, but declined to say how much money the company had sitting around last Tuesday night. A Google engineer stepped forward over the weekend to claim that the person who was fired for leaking the memo about the $1,000 bonuses put employees in danger. &amp;149' Privacy: Google is under a ton of scrutiny from privacy advocates this year following its embarrassing Street View Wi-Fi scandal, and Schmidt reiterated that Google takes its responsibilities seriously, noting that even though the technology is available to permit real-time face-recognition in products like Google Goggles, the company has made a conscious decision to hold back. What &quot;we learned with all of these things is you just can't rush a product out any more. An engineer's political views is not (necessarily) what governments would accept,&quot; Schmidt said. &quot;What we have learned is that people disagree on where that line is, and it is not up to Google to make that decision.&quot; &amp;149' Social: Schmidt didn't have much to say about social technologies, which has long been a weak spot for Google. He expressed the potential for social cues to continue to enhance search results. &quot;We agree that social information's very important, in particular the name value graphs that they generate,&quot; he said. &quot;We can produce a better search result with your permission. Information that is anonymous about what your friends are doing is made available as one of the many signals we provide.&quot; &amp;149' Facebook: Likewise, he also declined to say anything about the fact that Facebook's revamped messaging system, while not an e-mail client, may be intended to sway consumers away from more traditional e-mail like Gmail (but which, on the flip side, exhibits many of the real-time messaging vibes of the failed Google Wave). &quot;It would not be appropriate for me to comment on their product. I am the CEO of Google, not Facebook,&quot; he said.Though he had insisted it was not in specific reference to an incident last week in which Google stopped permitting Facebook users from importing Gmail contacts--a sign that some saw as an early shot fired in the two companies' supposed forthcoming showdown over e-mail and other messaging--he said, &quot;In general, we've taken the position that user data is the user's, and that it should be possible for them to move it back and forth.&quot; &amp;149' Chrome OS: Netbooks running the Chrome OS operating system are expected to arrive any week. Schmidt painted the difference between Google's two mobile operating systems in terms of the input methods used with those devices. &quot;Android is optimized for things that involve touch, (while) Chrome OS is focused on keyboard-based solutions. That's how the market is evolving.&quot;CNET's Caroline McCarthy contributed to this report.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cricket TXTM8 3G is now available]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fiectcerreoge</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=cricket-txtm8-3g-is-now-available</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cricket TXTM8 3GCricket announced the TXTM8 3G today, which is really a rebranded TXTM8 II. As the name suggests, the TXTM8 3G now has 3G support in the form of tri-band EVDO. It's a simple slate-style QWERTY messaging phone, with a 2-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, a 3.5-mm headset jack, a music player, and support for up to 16GB microSD cards. The TXTM8 3G is available for $79.99 after a $20 discount, and no contract is required. The TXTM8 3G is available starting November 12. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon's exclusivity on Bing for Android ends]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=verizons-exclusivity-on-bing-for-android-ends</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=verizons-exclusivity-on-bing-for-android-ends</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Appewernpsync</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=verizons-exclusivity-on-bing-for-android-ends</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bing on Android.(Credit:Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)What does Bing now have in common with Skype It joins the list of apps that were once exclusive to mobile carrier Verizon, and now aren't. Earlier today, Microsoft announced that its Bing search application is now available to all Android users through Google's Android market, a move that ends the exclusivity Verizon has had on it since the end of August. The app is no different from the one that came before it, except that it no longer matters what carrier you're on. Android users who want to grab the app can just do a search for Bing, or scan the QR code below. As Andy Chu, a member of Microsoft's Bing for Mobile team, explained in a blog post, this move is not the end of Verizon's Bing distribution. The carrier is pre-installing Microsoft's mobile search software on Samsung's Continuum and Motorola's Citrus phones in place of Google's own search, which can still be downloaded from the Android Marketplace by users.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[4G: What's in a name]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=4g-whats-in-a-name</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marry</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=4g-whats-in-a-name</guid>
<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO - Two of the most popular next generation wireless technologies are close to getting their official 4G moniker from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).The ITU, which is an agency within the United Nations, is the International standards body that officially designates wireless technologies as 1G, 2G, 3G and now 4G. This week at a meeting in China the group took a step closer to making the technologies LTE or Long Term Evolution and WiMax official 4G standards.Specifically, the ITU voted that LTE-Advanced technology, meets the criteria it uses to classify the technology as 4G. The ITU also voted that the WirelessMAN-Advanced portion of WiMAX IEEE 802.16m also meets requirements to be considered 4G. The organization will likely ratify the LTE technology as a 4G standard at its next meeting in November. The WiMax version will likely be voted on later in 2011.The last 18 months has been very confusing for consumers when it comes to understanding what 4G really means. The term has been used by marketers to describe next generation wireless networks that offer faster speeds. But so far the ITU has not officially designated any technology as being 4G.This means that the LTE network that Verizon Wireless is building and will soon launch as well as the WiMax network Clearwire and Sprint Nextel have been building are not technically &quot;4G.&quot;In fact, even after the ITU officially designates LTE and WiMax as 4G technologies, the flavors that are currently being deployed still won't be officially&quot;4G.&quot; The ITU requires 4G technologies to be IP-based and use orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). The other main requirement is that the technology needs to support peak download speeds of 100Mbps. The current flavors of LTE and WiMax are not that fast.That said, they are still a big improvement over older-generation 3G technologies and data speeds. Average 3G services offer between 700Kbps and 1.5Mbps. Sprint's WiMax service, built by Clearwire, offers average download speeds around 6Mbps, the company has said. And Verizon claims that tests indicate it is getting download speeds between 6Mbps and 12Mbps on its pre-commercial LTE network.Clearwire, which uses WiMax today, is already testing new generations of LTE technology. At the 4G World conference here this week, the carrier said it has been testing an advanced verstion of LTE that offering peak download speeds between 50Mbps and 90Mbps.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uber Launches Car Service In Paris (For a&nbsp'Day)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=uber-launches-car-service-in-paris-for-anbspday</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=uber-launches-car-service-in-paris-for-anbspday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you&amp;'re an Uber, previously UberCab,  user you&amp;'re used to getting door to door car service simply by ordering it up on your iPhone. But only when you&amp;'re in San Francisco, since the service is only live there for now. I&amp;'m very bullish on the service.If you&amp;'re in Paris like me right now for the Le Web conference you&amp;'re out of luck and have to wait in long taxi lines. BUT, if you&amp;'re in Paris and hanging out with a cofounder of Uber, say Travis Kalanik then things might work out for you.Kalanick, organizing a nice last night in Paris dinner with Tony Conrad for some ten people, worked with a couple of black car drivers to get them up and working on the service. They simply downloaded the driver version of the app to their iPhone. We used our normal Uber app and voil! A car appeared. There was some negotiation and explaining to the driver so that he could navigate the English app, but soon we were on our way and to the restaurant. Kalanick then showed off the app on his phone as he was calling for a pickup at the end of the event.Only one car came to pick us all up though, and half of us were left behind. No second car came, and I ended up waiting a full 35 minutes for a taxi in the near freezing cold. It just made me love Uber a little more, waiting there.This is not an official Paris launch, says Kalanick. But it does show how easily this service could spread, bringing joy to millions of people around the world. They may speak a different language, but I have one thing in common with them &amp;8211' extreme dislike for the entire taxi fake-scarcity scam that all of us must deal with from time to time.CrunchBase InformationUberInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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