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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Google nixes new Street Views of Germany]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>HTattoo88</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Google Street View cars being readied for action in Sao Paulo, Brazil.(Credit:CC Racum/Flickr)Despite a recent court victory, it appears Google's Street View is retreating from Germany's streets.In many countries around the world, Google's camera-topped vehicles roam the roadways, capturing street-level images of whatever happens to be in their vision, including staged sword battles, naked men emerging from car trunks, and even dead bodies. But Google now says it has &quot;no plans to launch new imagery on Street View in Germany,&quot; according to a Search Engine Land report.Google did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but a Google representative told the blog that the company's priorities have changed.The images that have already been published will remain online, but the company has no current plans to update or add to the collection, according to the report.The program has proved to be unpopular with many governments, especially in Europe, which view the photos as an invasion of privacy. However, a Berlin court ruled last month that it's legal for Google to take the pictures, striking down a lawsuit brought on by a German woman who sued Google over Street View and cited privacy and property rights.Google Street View launched in Germany last summer with the option for residents to have their homes blurred out, something that was decided upon after extensive negotiations with the German officials who work to enforce the country's tight privacy laws.'Unfortunate' views of Google Street View (photos) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zynga appoints DreamWorks CEO to board]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arravargy</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Zynga is beefing up its board of directors by announcing today that it has added Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO and co-founder of DreamWorks Animation.Katzenberg, who created the animation studio along with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, marks the sixth board member of the privately held social-games company, which earned a jaw-dropping profit of $400 million on $850 million in revenues last year.Jeffrey Katzenberg(Credit:DreamWorks)Zynga CEO and founder Mark Pincus made the announcement in a blog post today on the company's Web site: &quot;I knew he'd be a great fit for the board after he suggested that the blockbuster of 2011 could be ShrekVille.&quot;Pincus continued to joke that Katzenberg will help recruit a seventh member to the board (maybe Jack Black or Mike Myers).But more seriously, Katzenberg's appointment signals Zynga's desire to evolve from a well recognized and successful Silicon Valley start-up to a large consumer brand name and entertainment company.Social gaming on Facebook so far is in its infancy.Zynga has been able to profit handsomely off no-name games, like FarmVille, CityVille, and Mafia Wars. Critics argue that it will have to turn those franchises into brands as the market matures and gets inundated by well-recognized brands. That progression has already started to take shape with Electronic Arts' acquisition of Playfish and what Disney has planned with its purchase of Playdom.Having an answer to this question will be key as Zynga considers raising up to $250 million in capital, and positions itself for a potential IPO.&quot;DreamWorks Animation is a revolutionary technology company, a recognized consumer brand and, at its core, a media company. It's easy to see the value that Jeffrey will add to Zynga as we grow and look for more ways to delight our players,&quot; Pincus wrote.In a statement, he added: &quot;Jeffrey redefined storytelling when he launched DreamWorks Animation. He turned an independent studio into a brand name and his vision will be an asset as we work to define the future of play.&quot;Katzenberg can offer that outside perspective as the board's only member not in Silicon Valley. He joins Pincus' Owen Van Natta, Zynga's executive vice president of business' Bing Gordon, partner at Kleiner Perkins' Brad Feld, managing director of Foundry Group' and Reid Hoffman, founder and chairman of LinkedIn.Story Copyright (c) 2011 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asus' Transformer tablet pledges and turns for $400 on Best Buy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anyannucci</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Asus EE Pad Transformer makes the pledge and is quickly followed by the turn. We're eagerly awaiting the prestige!(Credit:Engadget)It seems Best Buy has completed the first two parts of itstablet magic trick. According to a post at Engadget today, Asus' EE Pad Transformer appeared on BestBuy.com for $400 and was subsequently pulled from the site a short time later. Back atCES 2011 in January, Asus announced that the Android 3.0-enabled EE Pad Transformer would debut some time in the spring for a price ranging from $400 to $700, depending on the storage capacity of the version purchased.If this price holds true, this would place the Transformer a full $100 cheaper than the iPad 2 and $200 lower than the Motorola Xoom, which is currently the only Android 3.0 tablet on the market.The Transformer includes a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, a 10.1-inch IPS display with a 1,280x800-pixel resolution, and, as mentioned before, will run on the Android 3.0 OS. The latest release date we've heard is April, so we expect Best Buy to hopefully deliver the prestige in the next few weeks.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Artificial leaf' makes hydrogen from solar cell]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MarCoch</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=artificial-leaf-makes-hydrogen-from-solar-cell</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Making hydrogen gas (the bubbles) from a solar cell in water, a Sun Catalytix prototype.(Credit:Martin LaMonica/CNET)Drawing from nature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Daniel Nocera thinks he can draw cheap and clean energy from water. At the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Nocera yesterday presented results from research on making an &quot;artificial leaf&quot; to split water to get hydrogen fuel and oxygen. The goal is to use the solar cell to make hydrogen, which would be stored and then used in a fuel cell to make electricity. &quot;The artificial leaf shows particular promise as an inexpensive source of electricity for homes of the poor in developing countries. Our goal is to make each home its own power station,&quot; Nocera said in a statement.In 2009, Nocera and others created Sun Catalytix to commercialize his work on relatively cheap catalysts made from nickel and cobalt for a device called an electrolyzer that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. The company in the fall raised more money from Indian industrial giant Tata.Using a $4 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), researchers at Sun Catalytix began work on their second-generation product. Rather than use an electrolyzer to make hydrogen, this product would make hydrogen directly from a solar cell. That would mean a renewable source for the hydrogen fuel and electricity. Until now, research yielded very low efficiencies in converting sunlight to hydrogen using a solar cell. Nocera yesterday said that researchers are optimistic they can boost the efficiency rate and the durability of the material. In the lab, he said that an artificial leaf prototype operated for 45 hours without a degradation in performance.At the ARPA-E Summit earlier this month where Sun Catalytix showed a prototype of its second-generation product, company executives said the research will take a few years to complete and about three to five years to create a commercial product.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: AT&T already shipping iPad 2]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>svetalaxq</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Apple)In what may have been nothing more than a minor footnote to Friday's launch ofApple's iPad 2, shipping times on Apple's Web site quickly jumped from 3 to 5 business days to 2 to 3 weeks.Interestingly, according to a report from AppleInsider, AT&amp;T is already shipping iPad 2s to customers, with some expecting to see theirs as early as Monday.As of the writing of this article, shipping times on Apple's Web site are 3 to 4 weeks for all models of the iPad 2. The photo below, from AppleInsider, shows the customer's shipping date as March 11th, a solid month before Apple expects to ship its inventory of iPad 2s.Does AT&amp;T have better shipping times than Apple for iPad 2 It appears so.(Credit:AppleInsider)As Apple has often noted, the success of the iPad has been tied to customers' ability to actually touch the device in the many retail stores in which Apple's products now appear, including Best Buy, AT&amp;T, Verizon, and Wal-Mart.So, if you're looking to order your iPad 2 online, perhaps the smart move is to check out AT&amp;T.Have any of our readers ordered their iPad 2 from AT&amp;T or Verizon What's your expected ship date Let us know in the comments.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Onboard the Startup Bus, let's bounce]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Enladavoill</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=onboard-the-startup-bus-lets-bounce</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Members of Bouncr sit on the ground outside the Santa Monica, Calif., co-working space Coloft, where the Startup Bus stopped yesterday afternoon. (Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--If I've learned one thing during my first, long, day on the Startup Bus yesterday, it's that in a rapid prototyping environment, it's all about &quot;MVP.&quot;For those who think that's a sports term, it isn't. At least not in this context. Here, riding through dry California lowlands at 60 miles per hour on a bus packed with a couple dozen hard-core tech entrepreneurs, it means just one thing: minimum viable product.I'm on one of two Startup Bus coaches that left San Francisco early yesterday bound for the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) festival in Austin, Texas. All told, six buses full of so-called &quot;buspreneurs&quot; are heading towards the Texas capital, including one each from New York, Chicago, Miami, and Cleveland. And all six are filled with teams of techies who want to come up with the best start-up pitch they can craft between their starting point and Austin. To them, especially before we've even stopped for our first night on the road, MVP is what it's all about.Even if MVP occasionally makes you wince at what you've built.&quot;If you're not embarrassed by your first release,&quot; said Jay Stakelon, a member of Team Bouncr, &quot;you're not releasing early enough.&quot;A version of the Bouncr Web site that the team built in less than a day Tuesday aboard the Startup Bus.(Credit:Bouncr)There are six teams onboard my bus, but I've spent the bulk of the first day shadowing Bouncr. This team of six--including Stakelon, Max Mullen, Adam Burmister, Diana Mounter, Mischa Nachtigal, and Jason Katzer--is trying to build a start-up that began around the idea of a &quot;bit.ly for e-mail addresses.&quot; On the one hand, as they first thought about it, their product would provide an auto-generated e-mail address that could be useful in trying to craft 140 character tweets, and on the other, the team thinks it may have a solution to the problem of providing throw-away e-mail addresses for Web service sign-ups or to people you don't really want to hear from: It's the e-mail address you give the annoying job seeker or guy in the bar who won't leave you alone. When they write you and you don't want to hear from them, the click of a button--maybe it says &quot;Let's bounce,&quot; or &quot;bounce me,&quot; a polite &quot;nothing to see here&quot; sort of response is automatically sent back. &quot;Shorten, share, and protect your e-mail address&quot; is the team's tagline.Throughout the day, the Bouncr crew has, like all the others on the six buses, been building its idea up from scratch. These are, after all, people who for the most part met for the first time in the last 36 hours. And while they're a long way from landing a round of venture funding from Kleiner, Perkins, the six have already crossed a significant milestone: they've struck their first deal.Toward the end of the day last night, the team was busy pitching Philip Fierlinger, who hails from New Zealand's Xero, a major Startup Bus sponsor, on plunking down some advertising dollars. Leading the pitch was Katzer, who was enthusiastically pointing out to Fierlinger that Bouncr had already had well over 1,000 visits to its Web site--in one day--and that more than 10 percent of those people had signed up. Katzer was jockeying hard to score a $100 advertising buy.At first, Fierlinger was dismissive, saying that Xero had already put down all the money it could on the Startup Bus. But Katzer wouldn't let go, nor would his teammate Mullen, who carefully explained all the ways that Bouncr &quot;touches&quot; a user: upon initial sign-up' at registration confirmation' when blocking an e-mail or user' and any time a user visits the management tool. With this new insight into Bouncr's idea--and both a newfound sense of respect for the Bouncr team and that the product might very well align nicely with Xero's online accounting software--Fierlinger is won over for an ad buy of at least $100, and maybe more. There's a handshake. And then Mullen belted out, &quot;Bouncr is profitable!&quot;'What's the point of the service' Since laws governing how many hours a bus driver can work meant that we had to find a place to stop by 10 p.m., we quietly rolled into a Palm Springs Travelodge that advertises itself as &quot;brand new and affordably hip&quot;--though, surprise, surprise, it's neither--in the dark. I had dreams of some last work, and then a (more or less) decent night's sleep.But then there was a knock and the door, and there was Mullen, inviting me to come and sit in on a team meeting where they'd be going over &quot;user stories.&quot;This wasn't about testimonials. It was a discussion of the many different potential Bouncr use cases, and features they were considering. What if, they pondered, someone sent a Bouncr e-mail with attachments--should the service forward the attachment or host it and send a link A brief discussion ended with a consensus that Bouncr should behave like e-mail normally does, and not force users to adapt to something new. So, it should forward any attachments.What happens, it was asked, if someone submitted a Bouncr e-mail address for conversion to a Bouncer e-mail address More discussion, and an agreement that the system should be set to automatically refuse to accept addresses from its own domain.One particularly important topic of discussion was whether Bouncr would really offer most users utility as a shortening service. After all, bouncr.com is a longer domain than, say, gmail.com. Mullen said, however, that he had put in a request for boun.cr, a Costa Rican URL that was available, but would require approval. If accepted, it would offer the team a three-character advantage over the .com.Another question was whether users would be able to request custom Bouncr addresses, or if they'd have to accept what was autogenerated. Clearly, it was decided, custom addresses were essential--but not something that should be included in the list of features the team would be focusing on in the two days before arrival in Austin.Indeed, much of the evening meeting centered around &quot;above the line&quot; and &quot;below the line&quot; features, meaning those that were high priority, and those that could be put off into the future. Energetic and enthusiastic, Stakelon, a dead-ringer for Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley, nonetheless was clearly the pragmatic voice of reason in the room, constantly expressing passion for ideas while also declaring them &quot;below the line.&quot;Bouncr members Max Mullen (second from right) and Mischa Nachtigal (right) interview people on the street about the product their team is building.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)With some features being called into question, including whether Bouncr even makes sense as an e-mail address shortening service, Mounter got existential. &quot;Now, what's the whole point of the service,&quot; she asked.A question like that could bring everything crashing down, but the Bouncr team seems a lot more confident than that. Indeed, though I haven't spent as much time with any of the other teams as I have with this group, I've gotten the feeling that these six people are particularly cohesive. Whether crammed into the seats at tiny tables onboard the bus--seemingly the same kind of Bauer Limousine coach that ferries hundreds of Google employees to work from San Francisco every day--or sitting on the floor of Coloft, the Santa Monica, Calif, co-working space we spent the afternoon at yesterday, or working on two queen beds at the Travelodge, the team always seems loose, easygoing, and on task. It's not that the other teams are rife with conflict--far from it: One thing about my Startup Bus experience that has surprised me is how little tension there is. But there certainly is some, and at least one team has more or less had to abandon its original idea after a day of disagreements over direction and, finally, the defection of a teammate.With Bouncr, even disagreements seem more like constructive discussion, and an important point like Mounter's is taken at face value and considered soberly. As the team tries to work out whether Bouncr offers real utility to enterprises, and ponders whether its goal of &quot;adding intelligence to e-mail&quot; is valid, or even possible, the reaction is that &quot;the fact that we're having this conversation is important because we are coming up with solutions.&quot;But there might even be a bit of hubris on display.At one point, the team is talking about how well they work together. And Nachtigal, who works for Twitter, looked up and said, &quot;We may not have the best idea [on the bus] but we can execute the best.&quot;Whether that's true or not, Bouncr is certainly being seen as promising by the Startup Bus community. In a virtual stock market game (note: the link gives me a referral boost in the game) that is being run in conjunction with the project--in which anyone can &quot;bet&quot; on the stocks of the various teams--Bouncr's stock price has been one of the top gainers. Above the line Though everyone on the bus is tired from lack of sleep, the Bouncr team continued to work late into the night despite our planned 7 a.m. PT departure this morning. But finally, Stakelon hit his wall, threw his bag over his shoulder and announced he was heading for bed.For Mounter, this was a clear opportunity.&quot;Now that Jay's gone,&quot; she said, pausing for effect, &quot;let's move everything above the line.&quot;Stay tuned for more CNET coverage of the Startup Bus.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Could subway dig topple Michelangelo's 'David']]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>breannavfd3</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Michelangelo's &quot;David&quot; has seen better days. He's spent centuries on his feet. He's tired, yet he cannot take a seat.Now some are wondering whether engineering work that's taking place beneath him might cause the Renaissance icon to quite simply collapse with exhaustion.The Telegraph reports that construction of a high-speed railway being built beneath Florence might cause one vibration too many for David.The paper quotes Fernando de Simone, a specialist in subterranean engineering, as saying: &quot;The tunnel will pass about 600 meters (2,000 feet) from the statue of David, the ankles of which, it is well known, are riddled with microfissures. If it's not moved before digging begins, there is a serious risk that it will collapse.&quot;Is he cracking up(Credit:CC Jay8085/Flickr)&quot;David&quot; is, apparently, not made of stern stuff. The marble used by Michelangelo was not of the finest quality. Moreover, the 17-foot-high &quot;David&quot; has been at something of an angle for quite a while, putting additional pressure on his left side.An Italian art critic, Vittorio Sgarbi, reportedly believes that the rail project should simply be diverted elsewhere, which shows an interesting and cultured sense of priorities.However, for now authorities seem to be content merely to monitor the effects of the engineering work. Florence has had its fair share of smaller earthquakes, and thus far &quot;David&quot; seems to have withstood everything. But perhaps it might be better to find him a more peaceful home in his old age.Perhaps the Italians could move him somewhere to the south of Italy, where the tourist economy certainly needs boosting, as does its image--given that many see it as a place in which nefarious activities abound.One can only hope that a sensible solution is reached before, one difficult night, someone has to pick up the pieces.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WeatherBill insures farmers from extreme weather]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jusirbim1</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[WeatherBill, a company that uses high-end computing to reduce risk in agriculture, yesterday said it raised $42 million from Khosla Ventures, Google's venture arm, and existing investors.(Credit:Gevo)The San Francisco-based company, founded by two former Google employees, provides insurance plans to farmers to hedge against lost income due to extreme weather. WeatherBill has built an application that continuously analyzes reams of weather-related data from multiple sources, including short-range forecasts, seasonal effects such as El Nino, and long-term trends. The same cloud-based platform is also used to provide insurance for travelers.Vinod Khosla, which heads a green technology venture fund over $1 billion, said the technology can fundamentally change the risks associated with weather in agriculture. &quot;Now WeatherBill can help farmers globally deal with the increasingly extreme weather brought on by climate change,&quot; he said in a statement.In the case of losses from weather-related problems such as floods or droughts, farmers receive money from WeatherBill. People in agriculture can use the company's Web site to get an estimate of their premium based on their location and the crops they are growing. In a conference call to announce the funding, Khosla and Bill Maris from Google Ventures said the deal with WeatherBill represents growing interest among investors in agriculture. &quot;Helping farmers protect their financial futures and protect the global food supply is something I think we all can be passionate about,&quot; Maris said, according to a New York Times article. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jobs makes surprise showing at iPad 2 unveiling]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>michalcleark108</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes the wraps off the iPad 2 at the company&amp;39's event earlier today in San Francisco.(Credit:James Martin)Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance at this morning's iPad 2 unveiling, bringing event attendees to their feet for a standing ovation. It was Jobs' first appearance at an Apple event since announcing his third medical leave from the company, and an unexpected one at that.The week prior, Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who Jobs had put in charge of running Apple's day-to-day operations in his absence, had presided over the company's annual shareholders meeting, leading many to believe that Jobs would also be sitting this morning's event out. Jobs appeared at ease with the crowd, soaking up the warm reception when first entering the stage, as well as commanding the role of master of ceremonies for the hour and 15-minute presentation. &quot;We've been working on this product for a while, and I didn't want to miss today,&quot; he said. Even with the surprise cameo though, Jobs made it clear the day was not about him, it was about Apple and its products. After going over some of the company's recent successes with sales in the company's iBooks platform, Jobs detailed how the company had amassed more than 200 million accounts in its online stores, as well as paying out $2 billion to developers since the launch of the App Store.When it came time to introduce theiPad 2, Jobs went out of his way to make the point that competitors were still trailing in the market, calling out Samsung specifically with its efforts of the Galaxy Tab. This culminated in a bullet point on Apple's slide deck boasting that the company had more than 90 percent market share of thetablet market. This was later brought up again with Jobs saying that competitors like Google were making some of the same mistakes in the tablet market that had been made in the PC industry, with a focus on specifications rather than on end-user experience.&quot;Our competitors are looking at this like it's the next PC market. That is not the right approach to this,&quot; Jobs said. &quot;These are post-PC devices that need to be easier to use than a PC, more intuitive. The hardware and software need to intertwine more than they do on a PC. We think we're on the right path with this.&quot;That approach had brought the company iPad sales in excess of 15 million units since its introduction early last year, Jobs said. Following the introduction of the device, Jobs passed on the torch to a number of the company's product managers to go walk the crowd through demos of new software and iOS features that would be making their way to iPads and iPhones later this month as part of a system software update. On several occasions, his reaction when coming on stage was that of a beaming parent, happy with the work, and to show it off to others.Jobs closed out the event by saying that technology alone was not good enough. &quot;It's technology married with liberal arts, humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing. And nowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices,&quot; he said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia baits developers with free Windows Phones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>odobbyLoyat</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Pretty soon, this could be a Nokia phone.(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)Microsoft and Nokia may have spent much of Mobile World Congress trying to convince attendees of the merits of their fresh, new partnership, but the harder step will perhaps be urging Nokia's loyal Symbian developers to shift alliances.There's nothing like free stuff to help change one's mind. To that end, Nokia will be giving away one E7 smartphone and one Nokia-made Windows Phone to each developer in Launchpad, it's program for mobile app developers, according to information procured by SlashGear.In addition, Nokia will waive its tech support charges for developers for the next three months.&amp;nbsp'Developer support is one key to make Nokia's Microsoft pairing successful, especially as the two companies are poised to battle Canada's Blackberry maker RIM for market relevance behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms. On the handset front, Nokia will also feel pressure from Sony Ericsson, as both brands will keep a hungry eye trained on the US smartphone market. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Carriers try outflanking app stores with WAC]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>berrycrrrr</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[China Mobile CEO Wang Jianzhou cautions against carriers becoming &amp;amp'amp'34'dumb pipes,&amp;amp'amp'34' WAC is central to that effort.(Credit:Stephen Shankland/CNET)Nokia and Microsoft want to create a &quot;third ecosystem&quot; to rival the mobile phone realms built by Apple and Google--but carriers have an even broader alternative of their own.Last year at the Mobile World Congress show, a group of them unveiled the Wholesale Applications Community. It's an effort to outflank native software and monolithic app stores with Web apps not tied as tightly to specific smartphones and available through a variety of conduits.And this year at the show, they launched WAC.&quot;With the commercial launch of operator storefronts, handsets and applications, all based on WAC, we can say that WAC is now officially open for business,&quot; WAC CEO Peters Suh said yesterday in a statement.For all its notable allies, though, WAC faces an uphill struggle. Apple's iOS and Google's Android are very popular, both with programmers and with customers. Even Microsoft, trailing both those rivals, has 8,000 apps.The WAC initiative has 68 members now, led by mobile operators China Mobile, MTS, Orange, Smart, Telefonica, Telenor, Verizon Wireless, AT&amp;T, and Vodafone. AT&amp;T CEO Randall Stephenson touted WAC in a speech today. On the handset side of the alliance are Huawei, LG Electronics, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and ZTE.&quot;Both Samsung and LG will be further driving uptake of WAC by ensuring that all devices produced by the two companies that are capable of supporting the WAC runtime will do so,&quot; WAC said in its statement. And Ericsson announced it's providing a white-label storefront that others can use as their own app store.The initiative reflects two big trends in the technology world: the rise of Web applications and mobile operators' efforts to remain relevant to consumers for services beyond just sending and receiving data.&quot;Avoid becoming dumb pipes,&quot; China Mobile CEO Wang Jianzhou advised in a speech today at Mobile World Congress. &quot;In the mobile Internet era, lack of innovation will turn telecom operators into dumb pipes.&quot;HTML, used to construct Web sites and increasingly Web apps as well, is crucial to reach many devices.(Credit:Stephen Shankland/CNET)Illustrating his point were images of app stores from Apple, Nokia, Google, and Microsoft.WAC technology is essentially a close variation of Web application programming' compliant phones come with a &quot;runtime,&quot; the software foundation needed to run the apps. This runtime is, essentially, a Web browser, and browser maker Opera Software, which is closely allied with Vodafone and other carriers, announced it has released its Opera Widget Runtime for WAC phone makers.Programmers use the WAC software developer kit to create and sign their apps.WAC released version 1.0 of the WAC interface in December. At Mobile World Congress yesterday, it released WAC 2.0 with support for HTML5's built-in multimedia abilities. And there's more to come: &quot;WAC 3.0, which will be available in September 2011, will allow these brands [phone makers and carriers] to deliver even more compelling applications, as developers are able to unlock back-end network assets including in-app billing and user authentication,&quot; WAC said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HTML5 spec set for 2014 completion]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>deshawnste21</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=html5-spec-set-for-2014-completion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The W3C&amp;39's new HTML5 logo(Credit:W3C)It's been a work in progress for years, but there are a few more years to go yet before the next version of Hypertext Markup Language is finalized.Specifically, the World Wide Web Consortium's HTML Working Group is set to announce today that it expects to anoint HTML5 as an officially recommended standard in the second quarter of 2014. That drawn-out schedule contrasts with another effort to make HTML a more fluidly updated &quot;living standard.&quot;&quot;We started working [on HTML5] in 2007,&quot; Philippe Le Hegaret, the HTML activity leader for the W3C, told CNET. &quot;We're targeting seven years for completing HTML5.&quot;HTML5 will become the first new revision since HTML 4.01 was released in 1999. Among the features in the next-generation Web page description language: built-in video and audio, a &quot;canvas&quot; element for two-dimensional graphics, new structural labels such as &quot;article&quot; to smooth programming, and a codified process to consistently interpret the hodgepodge styles of real-world Web pages, even when improperly coded.That doesn't mean interested parties won't be able to employ the new technology until 2014, though. On the contrary, key phases of the coming years' development involve getting feedback from real-world use that's already well under way and ironing out wrinkles that may arise implementing the standard in Web browsers.At the same time, work continues on a broad range of HTML standards--geolocation, offline data storage, background processing, a direct browser-server communication conduit, and more--that aren't strictly speaking part of HTML5. And after the W3C releases the first &quot;last call&quot; draft of the standard in May--the point at which the W3C thinks the standard's features are set--the W3C plans to begin tackling the early stages of what it's calling HTML.next for now.Clearly, then, the W3C isn't idling while browser makers and Web developers aggressively push ahead. But the W3C's schedule contrasts sharply with the speed at which the Web is developing today, growing beyond its role as a medium for static documents into a foundation for sophisticated applications. But the schedule also is not a great surprise given the complexity of HTML, the technological and political wrangling among the 55 organizations in the group, and an interest in HTML that's broadening beyond browser makers and Web programmers.&quot;When you want interoperability at a global scale across a broader industry, it takes time [and] more investment than single-platform stability,&quot; said Ian Jacobs, head of W3C marketing. For example, although the Web began as a phenomenon on personal computers, it's becoming a reality on mobile devices and another domain, TV, is coming, as exemplified by a recent W3C workshop dedicated to the subject.&quot;The key thing here is that there are lots of stakeholders, some of whom may not move at the same speed. One of the pieces of feedback from the TV and Web workshop is that TV manufacturers expect a shelf life of 7 years,&quot; Jacobs said. &quot;Because the W3C has as its mission to make the Web available to everybody, we always have to take into account the multiple needs of multiple audiences.&quot;The WHATWG's living documentEven as the W3C proceeds methodically, though, another group involved in developing HTML is changing its philosophy to an even more fluid arrangement. The WHATWG--Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group--began work on what became HTML5 in 2004 when the W3C declared that the 1999 update to HTML4 was the final version and that the future lay with an incompatible standard called XHTML 2.0. That proved to be largely a dead end, however, and the W3C resumed HTML work in 2007 and now has phased out work on XHTML 2.0.The WHATWG got its start as an open mailing list, but its founders and decision-makers all came from browser makers--Opera and Mozilla to start, with Apple joining later. HTML governance now essentially involves both the W3C and the WHATWG. One key figure is Ian Hickson, a former Opera and now Google employee who serves as an editor of the somewhat divergent versions of HTML maintained at both the W3C and the WHATWG.In January, Hickson declared that at the WHATWG, HTML has now become a &quot;living document,&quot; a specification that is constantly updated according to need. Abandoning version numbers that no longer are needed, Hickson ditched the term &quot;HTML5&quot; in favor of just &quot;HTML.&quot; And he said he'd like to see the W3C follow suit.Don't expect the standards group to do so, though.The W3C has always revised its standards, Jacobs said. &quot;That doesn't mean everybody wants the nightly build of a specification,&quot; he said, referring to the software development practice of building a new test version of software every night to include programmers' latest patches. &quot;We also have stable versions of standards, because there are some communities who need those for the level of interoperability they require...We think both innovation and stability are valuable, and they are not mutually exclusive.&quot;Another factor is intellectual-property rights--specifically, patents. Those who participate in creating the W3C's specifications agree not to sue those implementing the specification for infringement of any patents those participants own. It's a bit of legal reassurance in a technology world that has plenty of patent risks, but technically that assurance only comes with the final version of a specification.The final scheduleWhat exactly will happen between now and mid-2014 with HTML5 Several steps, according to Le Hegaret and Jacobs:In May 2011 comes the first &quot;last call&quot; draft of HTML5. This version is feature-complete, meaning no new features will be added, but that existing features will be refined. The W3C expects to deal with thousands of comments through this phase, some of them likely to lead to &quot;substantial&quot; changes.Likely by the end of 2011, the W3C will issue a second last-call version and begin a second round of refinements.In the second quarter of 2012, a new phase begins, in which &quot;implementors&quot; of the specification--browser makers, essentially--provide feedback. During this phase, the W3C concentrates on a suite of thousands of tests to see if implementations of HTML5 really do get the same results when interpreting a Web page's code.The culmination of this phase is a &quot;candidate recommendation&quot; of the HTML5 spec and at least two &quot;interoperable implementations&quot;--in other words, two different browsers that produce the same results on the test cases. The implementors' feedback is scheduled for completion by the first quarter of 2014.Last comes a final review period of about six weeks, then some time to get the promotional gears engaged.Then, in the second quarter of 2014, HTML5 should be done.&quot;We're excited to be able to say we now have a time frame,&quot; Jacobs said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cisco calms worries with solid quarter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ramesh01</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Cisco Systems allayed concerns about its second-quarter results with earnings that topped expectations.The networking giant reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $1.5 billion, or 27 cents a share, on revenue of $10.4 billion. Non-GAAP earnings were 37 cents a share. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 35 cents a share.As noted in a preview, analysts were expecting Cisco to rebuild its order backlog. Demand throughout the quarter looked solid. Indeed, Cisco CEO John Chambers said &quot;the quarter played out as we expected.&quot;Read more of &quot;Cisco calms worries, posts solid second quarter&quot; at ZDNet's Between the Lines. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenny G to make Audi Super Bowl star again]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bahis10900</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Many participate in the tradition of the Super Bowl in order to laugh.No, not at the saggy bottoms of linemen, but at the ads that, sadly, often strain like stand-up comedians in Des Moines pub.However, Audi promises to be an exception.The company was, to my yellowing eyes, the finest advertiser in last year's Super Bowl, with its joyous &quot;Green Police&quot; ad.This year, the chances of an Audi repeat seem rather high.The company has prereleased some longer YouTube films, all of which offer the concept that everyone who drives Beamers, Mercedes, and Lexuses is trapped in luxurious confinement.And what better way to express this than to feature Kenny G as the man who quells riots in the luxury prison with his soothing saxAudi has reportedly already declared that Kenny G will--in his role of Head of Riot Suppression--be appearing shortly after the kickoff of today's game.We will, no doubt, be treated to an image or two of somecar (or two) during the Super Bowl spot. We will even be treated to Audi being, allegedly, the first to use a Twitter hashtag, ProgressIs, on screen. (Sample post so far: &quot;ProgressIs the opposite of Congress.&quot;)However, viewers will surely be enchanted by a quite brilliant performance from a man who, by some, is mostly admired for his golfing prowess. (He's good. Really.)You might imagine that people tune in to ads to hear about the latest technological advancements of sometablet, cell phone or car.But what they will most remember are those actors who make them giggle, make them talk and make them giggle again the following day.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Canon gently updates its entry-level dSLR and accessories lineup]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cibqod</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Canon EOS Rebel equipped with the new 18-55mm IS II kit lens.(Credit:Lori Grunin/CNET)Canon EOS Rebel T3i photos With today's product announcements, Canon bookends its sub-$1,000 dSLR lineup with two new models--the entry-level EOS Rebel T3 and the slightly more advanced T3i--as well as introduces an updated version of its 18-55mm kit staple lens and two enhanced low-end Speedlite flash units. Rather than introduce new dSLR models at bargain-basement prices as Pentax and Sony tend to do, Canon traditionally lets its slightly higher end models gradually fall in price until they're the de facto entry-level models. But its current starter, the EOS Rebel XS, and which the T3 will replace, has been around since the summer of 2008 and even Canon must think it's looking a bit dowdy compared to competitors that, while old, aren't quite that old. Especially since the more expensive Nikon D3100 has overtaken it in sales. The T2i, however, is still quite competitive and selling well' Canon plans to keep that model in its line at a cheaper price.With the cameras, Canon is also rolling out an update to its current 18-55mm IS kit lens' the new IS II version basically adds a potential extra stop of image stabilization, from a maximum of 3 stops to 4. Here's an overview of Canon's sub-$1,000 lineup, including the outgoing Rebel XS. &amp;nbsp'Canon EOS Rebel XSCanon EOS Rebel T3Canon EOS Rebel XSiCanon EOS Rebel T1iCanon EOS Rebel T2iCanon EOS Rebel T3iSensor (effective resolution)10.1- megapixel CMOS12.2- megapixel CMOS12.2- megapixel CMOS15.1- megapixel CMOS18- megapixel CMOS18- megapixel CMOS22.2 x 14.8mm22.2 x 14.8mm (est)22.2 x 14.8mm22.3 x 14.9mm22.3 x 14.9mm22.3 x 14.9mm Image processor versionDigic IIIDigic 4Digic IIIDigic 4Digic 4Digic 4Sensitivity rangeISO 100 - ISO 1,600 ISO 100 - ISO 6400ISO 100 - ISO 1600ISO 100 - ISO 3200/12,800 (expanded)ISO 100 - ISO 6400/ 12,800 (expanded)ISO 100 - ISO 6400/ 12,800 (expanded)Continuous shooting3 fps 5 raw/unlimited JPEG 3 fps JPEG/2 fps raw n/a3.5 fps 6 raw/53 JPEG3.5 fps 6 raw/53 JPEG3.7 fps 6 raw/34 JPEG 3.7 fps 11 raw/34 JPEG Viewfinder (mag/ effective mag)95% coverage 0.81x/0.51xn/a95% coverage 0.87x/0.54x95% coverage 0.87x/0.54x95% coverage 0.87x/0.54x95% coverage 0.87x/0.54xAutofocus7-pt AF n/a9-pt AF center cross-type 9-pt AF center cross-type 9-pt AF center cross-type9-pt AF center cross-type to f2.89-pt AF center cross-type to f2.8Shutter Speed1/4000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/160 x-syncn/a1/4000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/160 x-sync1/4000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/160 x-sync1/4000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/160 x-syncn/aMetering35 zones63-zone iFCL35 zones35 zones63-zone iFCL63-zone iFCLLive ViewYesYesYesYesYesYesVideoNoneH.264 QuickTime MOV 720/25p/30pNoneH.264 QuickTime MOV 1080/20p' 720/30pH.264 QuickTime MOV 1080/24p/ 25p/30p' 720/50p/ 60pH.264 QuickTime MOV 1080/24p/ 25p/30p' 720/50p/ 60pManual aperture and shutter in videon/aNon/aNoYesYesAudion/an/an/aMonoMono' mic inputMono' mic inputImage stabilizationOpticalOpticalOpticalOpticalOpticalOpticalLCD size2.5 inches fixed 230,000 pixels2.7 inches fixed 230,000 pixels2 inches fixed 230,000 pixels3 inches fixed 920,000 pixels3 inches fixed 1.04 megapixels3 inches articulated 1.04 megapixelsMemory slots1 x SDHC1 x SDXC1 x SDHC1 x SDHC1 x SDXC1 x SDXCWireless flashNoNoNoNoNoYesBattery life (CIPA rating)500 shots700 shots500 shots400 shots550 shots440 shotsDimensions (WHD, inches)5.0 x 3.8 x 2.4n/a5.1 x 3.8 x 2.4 5.1 x 3.8 x 2.45.1 x 3.8 x 3.05.1 x 3.8 x 3.0Body operating weight (ounces)17.618.5 (est)18.518.618.618.6 (est)Mfr. Pricen/an/an/a$549 (est' body only)$699.99 (est' body only)$799.99 (body only)$549.99 (with 18-55 IS lens)$599.99 (with 18-55mm IS II lens)$649.99 (with 18-55mm IS lens)$799.99 (with 18-55mm IS lens)$899.99 (with 18-55mm IS lens)$899.99 (with 18-55mm IS II lens)n/an/an/an/a$980 (est' with 18-135mm IS lens)$1,099.99 (with 18-135mm IS lens)Release dateAugust 2008March 2011April 2008April 2009March 2010March 2011EOS Rebel T3(Credit:Canon USA)Given this lineup, I can't imagine the XSi hanging around for too much longer either, at least not at its current price. The T3 looks like a moderately updated version of it, albeit with video, a slightly larger LCD and what looks like purposefully limited continuous-shooting performance. And the lack of a 24p mode for that camera seems an odd choice, unless the goal is to force people--most likely starving film students--up to the more expensive T2i.As for the T3i, it's more or less identical to the T2i with the addition of an articulated LCD and a few features for the auto-always crowd. Interestingly, there's now a Movie Digital Zoom capability, which may (or may not) provide the ability to crop into a 1920 x 1080 window in the middle of the sensor, which can help prevent artifacts like moir&amp;eacute' when shooting video (if it doesn't work that way, it's usually a don't-use feature). Canon also incorporates the Video Snapshot feature from its camcorders and some in-camera special-effects filters. Canon also claims automatic mode works better. Like everyone else. But it hasn't said anything about tweaked low-light performance at midrange ISO sensitivities, which is also in great demand.Here's how the T3i compares to some similarly priced competitors:&amp;nbsp'Canon EOS Rebel T3iPentax K-rSony Alpha SLT-A55Sony Alpha DSLR-A580Sensor (effective resolution)18-megapixel CMOS12.4-megapixel CMOS16.2-megapixel Exmor HD CMOS16.2-megapixel Exmor HD CMOS22.3 x 14.9mm 23.6 mm x 15.8mm23.5 mm x 15.6mm23.5 mm x 15.6mmFocal-length multiplier1.6x1.5x1.5x1.5xSensitivity rangeISO 100 - ISO 6400/12,800 (expanded)ISO 100 (expanded)/200 - ISO 6400/25,600 (expanded)ISO 100 - ISO 1600/12,800 (expanded)ISO 100 - ISO 12,800/25,600 (expanded)Continuous shooting3.7 fps 11 raw/34 JPEG 6 fps n/a raw/25 JPEG 6 fps (10fps with auto exposure) 20 raw/35 JPEG5 fps (7fps with auto exposure) 22 raw/45 JPEGViewfinder (magnification/ effective magnification)Optical 95% coverage 0.87x/0.54xOptical96% coverage 0.85x/0.57xElectronic 0.46 inches/1.2 million dots 100% coverage 1.1x/0.73xOptical n/a  95% coverage 0.80x/0.53xAutofocus9-pt AF center cross-type to f2.811-pt AF 9 cross-type (SAFOX IX)15-pt phase-detection AF 3 cross-type15-pt phase-detection AF 3 cross-typeShutter Speedn/a1/6000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/180 sec x-sync1/4000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/160 x-sync1/4000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/160 x-syncMetering63-zone iFCL16 segment1200 zone1200 zoneVideoH.264 QuickTime MOV 1080/24p/25p/30p' 720/50p/60p720/25p Motion JPEG AVIAVCHD 1080/60i @ 17Mbps' H.264 MPEG-4 1440x1080/30p @ 12MbpsAVCHD 1080/60i @ 17Mbps' H.264 MPEG-4 1440x1080/30p @ 12MbpsAudioMono' mic inputMonoStereo' mic inputStereo' mic inputManual aperture and shutter in videoYesn/aYesYesImage stabilizationOpticalSensor shiftSensor shiftSensor shiftLCD size3 inches articulated 1.04 megapixels3 inches fixed 921,000 dots3 inches articulated 921,600 dots3 inches articulated 921,600 dotsMemory slots1 x SDXC1 x SDXC/SDHC (SDXC requires firmware upgrade)1 x SDXC1 x SDXCWireless flashYesYesYesYesBattery life (CIPA rating)440 shots560 shots (NiMH batteries)330 shots1050 shotsDimensions (WHD, inches)5.1 x 3.8 x 3.04.8 x 3.6 x 2.74.9 x 3.6 x 3.35.4 x 4.1 x 3.3Body operating weight (ounces)18.6 (est)20.417.824 (est)Mfr. Price$799.99 (body only)n/a$749.99 (body only)$799.99 (body only)$899.99 (with 18-55mm IS II lens)$749.95 (with 18-55mm lens)$849.99 (with 18-55mm lens)$899.99 (with 18-55mm lens)$1,099.99 (with 18-135mm IS lens)n/an/an/aRelease dateMarch 2011October 2010September 2010November 2010In a lot of ways, the T3i is too little too late compared to its main competitors. Burst speed performance is key for a lot of upgraders, generally for shooting sports and pets, and the camera still uses a years-old autofocus system. The 18-megapixel resolution simply doesn't matter in comparison to those. On the flip side, the T3i's video capabilities look like it will be the entry-level model of choice for shooting video' AVCHD remains a major pain in the posterior to deal with for creative shooting because it only supports interlaced video at 1080 and the standard bit rate is capped at 21 megabits per second (some manufacturers provide a proprietary 24 Mbps 24p mode). In contrast, Canon's H.264 QuickTime video tends to run around 44Mbps rates.The T3 also falls short in several respects. Here's where it fits in its market segment:&amp;nbsp'Canon EOS Rebel T3Nikon D3000Pentax K-xSensor (effective resolution)12.2-megapixel CMOS10.2-megapixel CCD12.4-megapixel CMOS22.2 x 14.8mm (est)23.6 x 15.8mm23.5 mm x 15.6mmFocal length multiplier1.6x1.5x1.5xSensitivity rangeISO 100 - ISO 6400ISO 100 - ISO 3200ISO 100 (expanded)/200 - ISO 6400/12,800 (expanded)Continuous shooting3 fps JPEG/2 fps raw n/a3fps n/a4.7 fps 5 raw/17 JPEGViewfinder (magnification/effective magnification)n/a95% coverage 0.80x/0.53x96% coverage 0.85x/0.57xAutofocus9-pt AF center cross-type 11-pt AF center cross-type11-pt AF 9 cross-typeShutter Speedn/a1/4000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/200 sec x-sync1/6000 to 30 secs' bulb' 1/180 sec x-syncMetering63-zone iFCL420-pixel 3D color matrix16 segmentLive ViewYesYesYesVideoH.264 QuickTime MOV 720/25p/30pNone720/24p Motion JPEG AVIImage stabilizationOpticalOpticalSensor shiftLCD size2.7 inches fixed 230,000 pixels3 inches fixed 230,000 pixels2.7 inches fixed230,000 dotsMemory slots1 x SDXC1 x SDHC1 x SDXC/SDHC(SDXC requires firmware upgrade)Wireless flashNoNoYesBattery life (CIPA rating)700 shots500 shots1,100 shots (lithium batteries)Dimensions (WHD, inches)n/a5.0 x 3.8 x 2.54.8 x 3.6 x 2.7Body operating weight (ounces)18.5 (est)18.824.0Mfr. Pricen/an/an/a$599.99 (with 18-55mm IS II lens)$549.95 (with 18-55mm VR lens)$649.95 (with 18-55mm lens)Release dateMarch 2011July 2009October 2009Though I'd technically place the D3000 as the T3's main competitor, for roughly $100 more (depending upon where the T3's street price falls to) you can get the D3100 kit or the Pentax K-x, both of which offer significant performance advantages and newer autofocus systems, while the D3100 has a larger (though lower resolution) LCD. Nor is it the cheapest model on the market' that nod goes to Sony's Alpha DLSR-A290. Though limited, the video capabilities still outdo the others, if only for the fact that it uses a real video codec.Canon's entry-level Speedlites (photos) Neither one of the new dSLRs blow me away, though they'll probably do well simply because they're fundamentally the same as a pair of very good current models. But Canon seems a bit more adventurous with the new flashes. The 320EX includes a built-in LED light for shooting video' a nice idea as long as you're not shooting people, 'cause those things are painfully blinding. It can tilt, but not swivel, for bouncing, and can remotely trigger the shutter for any Canon camera with wireless flash support. The 270EX II replaces the 270EX, adding the same remote trigger support, and both units can work as wireless slaves. The Speedlite 320EX ($249.99) is slated to ship in April and the 270EX II ($169.99) is scheduled for March.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple enforcing rules on e-book publishers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cash21</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-enforcing-rules-on-e-book-publishers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple is now trying to enforce an ignored but apparently existing rule that specifically targets publishers of e-book apps offered in its App Store. In a nutshell, if the publisher gives customers the ability to buy books outside of the app, such as through its Web site, then it must also offer the ability to buy books within the app itself using Apple's in-app purchase system. Otherwise, that app would be rejected.Of course, if the books are purchased within the app, Apple gets its standard 30 percent cut.&quot;We have not changed our developer terms or guidelines. We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ability to purchase books outside of the app, that the same option is also available to customers from within the app,&quot; Trudy Muller, an Apple spokeswoman, said in a statement on Tuesday sent to The New York Times and other news sources.The move to strictly apply these guidelines follows Apple's rejection of the Sony Reader app on Monday on the grounds that it would have let customers buy e-books sold at the Sony Reader Store, thereby circumventing the App Store. If tightly enforced, these rules would clearly affect a variety of e-book app publishers, notably Amazon, which sells aniPhone Kindle app that directs its users to buy books at its Kindle Store.Allowing Amazon's app to sell books through its Kindle Store, yet rejecting Sony's app for similar reasons could certainly be seen as a double standard in adherence to the guidelines. The move also ultimately leaves e-book sellers in a quandary. Do they give in to Apple's guidelines and its 30 percent cut as the cost of doing business in the App StoreIt's &quot;highly unlikely,&quot; says the Times, that Amazon, Sony, and other companies would share their e-book sales and customer information with Apple. That's especially true since Apple is not just a marketplace but also a competitor, selling books through its own iBookstore.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook selling user content to advertisers]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-selling-user-content-to-advertisers</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pnojubimJohn1</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-selling-user-content-to-advertisers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Your Facebook content may soon find its way into ads on the social network.Facebook unveiled details yesterday about a new advertising initiative called Sponsored Stories. The effort allows advertisers to find mentions of their brands--either through Places check-ins, recommendations in a news feed, likes, or actions in a Facebook application--and repurpose them as advertisements on the site.Screenshot of Facebook&amp;39's video featuring Sponsored Stories.(Credit:Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET)Facebook said that if a person currently checks in at a respective company's store or &quot;likes&quot; a brand page, the action often gets lost amid all the other content a user's friends may see. Sponsored Stories solves that problem for advertisers by plucking valuable content from user news feeds and making it more readily noticeable to others.Facebook is charging advertisers on a CPC and CPM basis. The company was also quick to point out that at no time will it make a user's personal information available in a Sponsored Story.The Sponsored Stories, which kicked off yesterday for Facebook's &quot;premium&quot; advertisers, will be labeled and viewable only to the content creator's friends, Facebook noted. The service will respect a person's privacy settings. However, Facebook users won't be able to opt out of the service. That's somewhat surprising, since Facebook users can modify their inclusion in the company's existing Social Ads by letting their social actions be included in a marketer's ad on the site and be shown to friends--or opt out.In a video, Facebook talks up the word-of-mouth aspect of Sponsored Stories. The company said people want to know what their friends care about and that friends' opinions have more authority than a simple ad from a company trying to market its products.&quot;When we make decisions about the products we want to buy, the places we want to go, we're basically looking for cues from our friends about what those things should be,&quot; Facebook product manager Kent Schoen said in the video. &quot;And all of us aren't out there trying to market ourselves or trying to influence people to go somewhere or do something. But the reality is, when we make a decision, we're looking for information. And we want that information to come from people we trust.&quot;Inevitably, comparisons will be drawn between Sponsored Stories and Twitter's Promoted Tweets. At first glance, they are somewhat similar because they both use content on the respective social networks. However, unlike Sponsored Stories, Promoted Tweets feature content created by marketers, which is then advertised on the site.Even without help from Sponsored Stories, Facebook's advertising revenue continues to grow by leaps and bounds.According to a study released earlier this week by research firm eMarketer, the social network generated more than $1.8 billion in ad revenue last year. The research firm expects that figure to jump to $4.05 billion this year and reach more than $5.7 billion in 2011.Updated at 12:01 p.m. PTto include more details on Sponsored Stories.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft prepping Kinect drivers, SDK for Windows]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-prepping-kinect-drivers-sdk-for-windows</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sarah01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-prepping-kinect-drivers-sdk-for-windows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&amp;39's Kinect(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)Microsoft is reportedly putting together drivers and a software development kit that would allow its Kinect motion sensor to work with Windows, according to WinRumors.Citing the usual sources familiar with the situation, WinRumors says the drivers and SDK would give third-party developers the ability to create software titles that can use a Kinect plugged directly into a Windows PC.Since its official launch last November, the Kinect has proven fertile ground for developers and hackers eager to stretch it beyond itsXbox 360 roots. People clever enough to write their own drivers have already been tinkering with the product, pushing it to work with PCs and other devices.Microsoft initially reacted negatively to these &quot;hacks&quot; but then seemed to warm up to the idea, explaining that the Kinect was designed to be an open platform. Still, the company would certainly prefer that developers use official drivers and SDKs, so it makes sense that these would be in the works.At this month'sCES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was directly asked whether the company would allow the ability to plug a Kinect into a PC. Though his response was vague on timing, Ballmer did say that Microsoft would formally support this at the right time.Rumors about Windows 8 that trickled out in December say the new OS would focus on PC gaming as a key component. Combine that with Microsoft's recent move to buy gesture control maker Canesta, and WinRumors believes Kinect integration will be directly supported in the next generation of Windows.Microsoft declined to comment on WinRumors' report.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: Windows 98 traffic bests Windows Phone 7]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=study-windows-98-traffic-bests-windows-phone-7</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>123mbt</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=study-windows-98-traffic-bests-windows-phone-7</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Microsoft)Windows 98 may have been retired long ago by the vast majority of users, but the operating system is still driving more traffic than the nascentWindows Phone 7, according to Web advertising company Chitika.The ancient Windows operating system--which has about 0.04 percent worldwide OS market share, according to Net Market Share--secured about 0.019 percent of all traffic on Chitika's ad network at the beginning of January. By contrast, Windows Phone 7 captured a little less than 0.010 percent market share.It gets worse. Chitika found that Windows Phone 7 has 0.44 percent &quot;as much traffic asiPhone and Android combined.&quot; Chitika has grown to become a sizable advertising network. Founded in 2003, the company said it works with over 100,000 Web sites and serves about 3 billion monthly ad impressions. The data it referenced in its report was taken from those 100,000 sites.As alarming as Chitika's latest numbers might be for Microsoft, it's important to note that Windows Phone 7 has spent very little time on store shelves. The mobile operating system launched in Europe and Asia in October and was made available to U.S. customers in November.Microsoft announced in December that 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices had been sold to retailers, though the company didn't say how many products had actually made their way into consumer hands.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: LG's 'Super Angled' IPS6]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-lgs-super-angled-ips6</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lijunu3</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-lgs-super-angled-ips6</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LG angles for more customers.(Credit:Eric Franklin/CNET)LAS VEGAS--When LED backlighting and IPS panels are brought together, the results are impressive. Many LCD HDTVs take advantage of this melding of technologies to deliver crisp images to everyone watching them--no matter how wide the person's viewing angle--on a thin screen that draws relatively low power. This week atCES 2011, LG demoed the IPS6 series, a slim LED-based monitor with an IPS panel.LG showcased a useful demo demonstrating the advantages of IPS over TN.(Credit:Eric Franklin/CNET)As you can see in the photo above, IPS panels maintain their picture and color integrity even when viewed from extremely off angles, while TN panels do not. The only detail that gives us pause is the relativity low brightness compared with other IPS monitors. 250 cd/M2 is by no means a low number, but IPS displays usually hit at over the 300 cd/m2 range or more.Incoming specs:1920x1080 resolution250 cd/M2 brightness (125 cd/M2 in 3D)VGA, DVI, HDMI connections Six axis color controlsLook for more info in the coming months.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Google mulling digital newsstand]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-google-mulling-digital-newsstand</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Santmier</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-google-mulling-digital-newsstand</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Think of it as an old-fashion circulation war in the digital age, substituting tablets for tabloids.Google is trying to raise support from newspaper and magazine publishers for its own digital newsstand for Android powered devices, according to a Wall Street Journal report, a venture that would ramp up its competition with similar efforts backed by Apple and Amazon.com. The digital newsstand would reportedly feature apps from publishers that would allow versions of their content to appear on devices running Google's mobile operating system, according to the report, which cited anonymous sources. However, media executives said the details and timing remain vague and the venture might never materialize. It's also unknown how Google would address the presence of those partner publishers' content in its Google News section in order to add value to the e-newsstand. Google representative did not immediately return a request for comment.Google recently launched its Google eBookstore to peddle electronic versions of books, jumping into a hot market dominated by similar enterprises launched by Apple and Amazon. Competition between Apple's iTunes Store and Amazon's Kindle Store for mobile newshounds has been heating up. In an effort to secure its piece of the e-newsstand pie, Amazon recently announced plans to give newspaper and magazine publishers a greater share of the revenue it collects for periodicals sold through the Kindle Store. Meanwhile, Apple was rumored to be working with News Corp. to create a digital newspaper exclusively for iPads.Google CEO Eric Schmidt has long had an eye on newspaper content. Even though his company's Google News has been publicly derided as a leech of the newspaper business, Schmidt told a group of newspaper editors last April that he believes newspapers can make money online.&quot;We have a business model problem' we don't have a news problem,&quot; Schmidt said at the time. &quot;We're all in this together.&quot;Google has reportedly told publishers that it would take a smaller cut of revenue than the 30 percent that Apple takes from iTunes sales. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[YouTube unveils option to skip past video ads]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=youtube-unveils-option-to-skip-past-video-ads</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=youtube-unveils-option-to-skip-past-video-ads</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zacharyheath1953</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=youtube-unveils-option-to-skip-past-video-ads</guid>
<description><![CDATA[YouTube has launched a new format that lets people bypass ads or pick which ones they are willing to view.In an attempt to benefit both consumers and advertisers, the new TrueView video ads will give viewers the option of skipping an ad after the first five seconds and will only charge advertisers if their ads play for their entirety or 30 seconds, whichever is shorter.(Credit:YouTube)Further, viewers can select which ads they want to see, giving them the option to choose ones that might be more relevant to their interests. YouTube is promoting the format as a boon for advertisers. In early results, the company said that view-through rates, which measure how many people opt to watch the full ad, ranged from 20 percent to 70 percent.Viewers will typically find the ad format on movies and other full-length commercial content. YouTube, which once thought it could turn a profit solely by showing amateur, user-generated videos, started adding professional Hollywood films to its repetoire a couple of years ago. Around the same time, the company rolled out its Promoted Videos feature, which gave everyone from politicians to corporations a platform to spread their message through short videos.GoPro, a maker of wearable, high-definition cameras, offered an advertiser's point of view about the new format.&quot;We like how TrueView Video Ads give us the ability to target our audience, and gives viewers the choice to opt-in to watch our ads,&quot; Lee Topar, GoPro's director of online marketing, said in a statement in YouTube's blog. &quot;Thus far, we've seen about a 40 percent view-through rate--and since we only pay when potential customers actually watch a video, we have more control over our budget.&quot;The new ad format has been launched in the U.S. and Canada and is being tested in the U.K., according to YouTube. The company plans to launch it in other countries as well.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google expects to launch e-book sales soon]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-expects-to-launch-e-book-sales-soon</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>norncrymoup</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-expects-to-launch-e-book-sales-soon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We may get to check out Google's long-anticipated entry into the digital-book sales market before the end of the year.Google Editions, which was announced in spring and expected to launch in summer, is expected to be available in the U.S. by the end of the month, Google spokeswoman Jeannie Hornung told CNET today. In September, Hornung talked with CNET about some of the difficulties in launching the ambitious project, saying, &quot;The real answer is, we'll launch the service when it's ready.&quot;Google Editions is expected to open up a new distribution channel for digital-book publishers and give Amazon and Apple a new competitor in the booming digital-book market. However, a key difference is Google's &quot;buy anywhere, read anywhere&quot; approach, which means customers will purchase titles exclusively through a Web browser, instead of through an online store, as Amazon and Apple customers do. Customers will also be able to use any Internet-connected device--be it a personal computer, smartphone, or tablet computer--to access the books on Google's servers.Google hasn't revealed who or how many partners it has in the effort. But traditional revenue-sharing models could be upset by the fact that customers wouldn't actually have their own copy of the books they purchase.Amazon is the dominant player in the e-book field, claiming to command upward of 80 percent of the market. However, in an apparent effort to stave off defections to rival e-book sellers, Amazon recently announced plans to give newspaper and magazine publishers a greater share of the revenue it collects.Google is no stranger to digital books' the Internet giant announced plans in December 2004 to scan, digitize, and make searchable the collections of five of the largest libraries in the world. However, the effort quickly became embroiled in lawsuits and negotiations over copyright issues. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nevada land approved for 500 megawatts of solar]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>daviswawva</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nevada-land-approved-for-500-megawatts-of-solar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A giant parabolic trough at Solar Millennium&amp;39's pioneer project Andasol 1 in Europe, which has been grid-connected since December 2008.(Credit:Solar Millennium)Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Monday approved the Amargosa Farm Road Solar Project, the third major solar project to gain approval to be built on U.S. public lands.The two 250-megawatt plants will be built by Solar Millennium, a German company that makes parabolic-shaped concentrated solar panels. Each plant will include a thermal energy storage system so that it can continue to supply electricity during cloud cover or at night for up to 4.5 hours per plant. Some of the solar-generated electricity will be explicitly directed toward powering buildings in Las Vegas, according to Solar Millennium.When complete, the Amargosa Farm Road Solar Project should create about 200 permanent operations and maintenance jobs, and supply enough electricity to power 150,000 U.S. homes annually, according to the Department of the Interior (DOI).Including the Amargosa project, Solar Millennium now has the potential to build 1,500 megawatts worth of solar energy projects in the U.S.In September, California regulators approved four 250-megawatt solar plants near Blythe, Calif., using the company's concentrated solar troughs in conjunction with a deal signed with the Southern California Edison electricity utility. Solar Millennium is building the Blythe project in conjunction with Chevron subsidiary Chevron Energy Solutions.But whether the Amargosa project has all its ducks in a row to move forward remains to be seen.Solar Millennium itself openly acknowledged on Tuesday that while it has signed a memorandum of understanding with NV Energy, Nevada's electric utility, it has not yet signed a power of purchase agreement. The company also said it's waiting on approval for a government loan guarantee.&quot;In line with the financing structure of Blythe 1 and 2, an equity ratio of 20 to 30 percent is also planned for the Amargosa power plants. As with Blythe, we have already applied for the respective loan guarantees with the U.S. Department of Energy in order to secure the debt capital,&quot; Solar Millennium said in a statement.That approval might not happen until the company gets approval from the government with regard to water rights.&quot;Due to the proximity to the Amargosa River, Solar Millennium must additionally seek approval with regard to the Water Clean Act from other U.S. authorities to obtain the final construction approval,&quot; the company announced Tuesday.The Bureau of Land Management, which is part of the DOI, in October approved the use of public lands in California for the Chevron Lucerne Valley Solar Project and the Imperial Valley Solar Project. At the time, the government agency pointed out that the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act's special energy grants in lieu of a tax credits option made both projects eligible for approximately $273 million and $31 million in funding, respectively.Solar Millennium stands to get the same type of deal for the Amargosa project, but it's looking to use loan guarantees as a way to secure more funding it needs to get that approval soon. The Recovery Act grants for solar and wind investment projects are set to expire at the end of 2010. While many have appealed to Congress for a two-year extension on the program, there's a good chance it will not be renewed.Keep in mind that while the first three major projects to win approval through the new DOI have been dedicated to solar energy, the initiative is not exclusively intended to promote solar. The DOI is in the process of reviewing applications for geothermal, wind, and transmission line projects as well.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey of women, men in IT shows differing views]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=survey-of-women-men-in-it-shows-differing-views</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fely</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=survey-of-women-men-in-it-shows-differing-views</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Do men and women who work in IT see their jobs and career opportunities differently A new survey from IT staffing firm Technisource finds some disparities but also areas of agreement.Released yesterday, the &quot;Technisource Women &amp;amp' Men in Information Technology Survey&quot; (PDF) discovered differences in viewpoints among men and women in IT in such areas as compensation and career challenges.Among some of the specific findings, 78 percent of the women polled said they don't believe compensation is equivalent between them and their male colleagues. But almost half of the men surveyed do think it's equal between the sexes. In response to the statement: &quot;Female IT workers face a different set of career challenges than their male counterparts,&quot; 74 percent of the women but only 48 percent of the men agreed.Looking at other issues, 42 percent of the women in the poll said they believe that IT is mainly a male career path, while only 30 percent of men echoed that belief. And 73 percent of the female workers said they feel women don't have enough role models in the IT industry, a belief shared by just 52 percent of the men.The report &quot;shows that there appear to be differences beyond how both women and men view their compensation and career progression within the IT field,&quot; Alisia Genzler, vice president of the Northeast region of Technisource, said in a statement. &quot;Employers should take heed of these differing mindsets to better understand the unique priorities and challenges each of these groups face.&quot;But in certain areas, men and women were much closer in their respective views. Does society encourage young women to study math and sciences Only 24 percent of the women and 26 percent of the men said they feel it does. A majority of both men (66 percent) and women (78 percent) said that IT could use more female workers.Aside from the issue of compensation, men and women were in relatively equal agreement about the most important factors contributing to their career satisfaction. Being challenged topped the list, with flexibility and relationships with managers and co-workers further down.(Credit:Technisource)And despite any disparity in certain viewpoints, both genders feel equally satisfied with their careers, with 66 percent of women and 65 percent of men planning to spend the rest of their careers in IT.Conducted online in the U.S. by Monster on behalf of Technisource, the survey ran from September 23 to October 1 and drew responses from 506 full-time and part-time IT workers. Among the respondents, 67 percent were male and 33 percent female.<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[Tech Award winners tackle water crisis, stove emissions]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=tech-award-winners-tackle-water-crisis-stove-emissions</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dieterwinkel</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=tech-award-winners-tackle-water-crisis-stove-emissions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Projects designed to help communities improve access to clean water, cook with clean-burning fuel, fortify salt to maintain nutrients, and use mobile phones as learning devices have been honored with awards for technology benefiting humanity. The annual Tech Awards, sponsored by The Tech Museum in San Jose, Calif., were given to the winners in a ceremony tonight.  Two of the winners were projects that dealt with the problem many local communities around the world have in getting enough clean, fresh water. The Peer Water Exchange, a project of Blue Plane Network, is a global clearinghouse where communities can share water solutions and connect with others to help fund and implement grassroots water projects. More than 60 agencies around the world have used Peer Water Exchange to get help needed to improve the water supplies for more than 300,000 people.  The other water project honored was A Single Drop for Safe Water, which helps communities gain access to clean water and sanitation using a social entrepreneurship model. The organization, which was started by a preschool teacher, fosters income-generating education, training, and service centers that design sustainable water programs. Another winner, Alexis T. Belonio of the Central Philippine University, developed a cooking stove and continuous-blow industrial burner which use a gasification process that produces a clean-burning fuel. The Rice Husk Gasifier (PDF) is designed to keep the large piles of inedible rice husks that smolder in fields and produce smoke emission in rural areas from adding to the greenhouse gas emissions.  Other research honored was a process to double-fortify salt with iron and iodine, which is designed to improve diets in developing populations. The Micronutrient Initiative, run by Venkatesh Mannar and Dr. Levente Diosady of the University of Toronto, aims to impact iodine and iron deficiencies that can adversely affect brain development and child mortality. Double-Fortified Salt protects 3.6 million children in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.  The final award went to BBC Janala which enables people in Bangladesh to learn English via audio and SMS-based lessons on their mobile phones. The lessons cost less than one and a half cents a minute for people who live on less than $2 a day. The BBC has partnered with the country's six mobile operators who agreed to cut tariffs for the service. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook introduces single sign-on for mobile apps, services]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simi</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-introduces-single-sign-on-for-mobile-apps-services</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg addresses the media and analysts today in Palo Alto.(Credit:Photo by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)PALO ALTO, CA--Let's get it over with. There is no Facebook phone. Mark Zuckerberg made that abundantly clear with a firm denial at a Facebook mobile event today at company headquarters in Palo Alto. But Facebook did announce a single sign-on. Single sign-on is roughly an extension of (and replacement for) services like Facebook Connect, connecting you to third-party social apps and services. If you're already logged on to Facebook on your mobile phone, you'll be able to sign in to other apps using your Facebook credentials.Groupon's Mihir Shah, vice president and general manager of mobile, demonstrated single sign-on on Groupon's mobile app, a service that offers people in certain cities local deals. Like clockwork, he signed in using his Facebook credentials. Zynga also showed off a poker app that worked the same way.Other single sign-on partners include Yelp, Flixster, Loopt, BooYah, and Scvngr.While it appears like a simple measure, single sign-on may dramatically reduce the amount of typing and tapping you do on a mobile phone. However, Facebook will need to address how it will keep malicious apps from delivering dangerous payloads to unsuspecting users through single sign-on. The company will likewise have to contend with users who would prefer to keep Facebook in the dark about their individual comings and goings on partner sites and apps.Stay tuned for more news and analysis throughout the day, and check out our live blog for even more details.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[California approves Tessera solar plant]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>megaicenek</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[NTR's Tessera Solar won approval for a 663.5-megawatt solar plant near Barstow in Southern California, the latest in a string of giant solar plants planned for the nation's most populous state.The Calico Solar Project won the green light from the California Energy Commission (CEC) yesterday afternoon, following last week's approval from the Interior Department.Development of alternative energy has been a major platform of President Barack Obama and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and create new jobs.The Calico project will use SunCatcher mirrored dishes developed by Sterling Energy.(Credit:Salt River Project)Tessera's Calico plant will cost more than $2 billion and will power 200,000 to 500,000 homes, according to the Interior Department. If the company secures financing, it could start construction by year-end and begin generating power late in 2011.Calico would use a concentrated thermal-power technology called SunCatcher that relies on mirrored dishes to convert sunlight into electricity. The technology was developed by Sterling Energy, which like Tessera is majority-owned by Irish infrastructure company NTR.The plant is one of a group of fast-tracked solar power projects that state and federal agencies are coordinating. Those include projects from Abengoa Solar, NextEra Energy, and Solar Millennium.If they start construction by December 31, the plants can qualify for a program that provides a 30 percent cash grant from the Treasury Department.For many of the projects, securing a loan guarantee from the Department of Energy is just as important as the regulatory approvals.&quot;To get this first wave of projects off the ground, the loan guarantee is pretty much critical,&quot; says Sean Gallagher, vice president of marketing and regulatory affairs for Tessera Solar North America.Tessera is also applying for a loan guarantee for a 709-megawatt solar plant in California's Imperial Valley. That plant won CEC approval last month and Interior Department approval this month.But the Department of Energy is moving slowly on its approval process. Earlier this month, Solar Millennium said it did not know if it would receive a guarantee by year's end, which throws the future of its 1,000-megawatt solar plant near Blythe, Calif., into question. The company is also trying to develop a 500-megawatt solar plant in Palen, Calif.Like many of the other planned solar plants, Tessera's Calico plant has met opposition from environmentalists over fears it will harm desert tortoises, a threatened species in the state.Environmentalists are also concerned about water use and bighorn sheep that live in the mountains above the planned project.Story Copyright (c) 2010 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Apple in trademark dispute over iPad name]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Trish01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-apple-in-trademark-dispute-over-ipad-name</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple is in a dispute over the use of the iPad name in China.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)A company that claims it owns the trademark on the name &quot;IPAD&quot; in China says it will sue Apple for infringing on its ownership in that market, according to the Financial Times.The report, published today, weaves a complicated international legal tale surrounding Apple's efforts to secure the trademark name on its popular touch-screen tablet. Here's the gist: Taiwanese contract manufacturer Proview makes displays, but formerly sold a tablet PC named I-Pad, a trademark it registered in China and other markets like the EU, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, and Mexico between 2000 and 2004.The sales of the device apparently didn't go well, and in 2006 Proview sold the &quot;global trademark&quot; on IPAD for just over $55,000 to a mysterious U.S. company called IP Application Development, whose acronym is IPAD. Turns out, that company was likely a front for Apple.When Proview ran into financial trouble and its assets in China were seized, the creditors attempted to sell Proview's trademarks. That's when Apple stepped in. Apple is suing Proview and asking that Proview be forced to hand over the trademark in China to IP Application Development.The dispute over the trademark is still ongoing, but Proview Chairman Yang Rongshan told the FT that it plans to sue Apple &quot;for damages in China and in the U.S.,&quot; according to the report.Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.IP Application Development is the same company that began registering the iPad trademark in the U.S., Canada, and other places in January, just before Apple officially introduced theiPad.Apple ran into a snag with its U.S. application for the name, too, because Fujitsu already owned it. Two months after Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, and a week before it went on sale, Fujitsu handed the trademark over to Apple.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ellison claims evidence implicates HP's new CEO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arvinda</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Tuesday he could prove that new Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker was involved in a scheme to steal intellectual property from Oracle when he was the head of German software maker SAP.HP&amp;39's new CEO, Leo Apotheker.(Credit:Dan Farber/CNET)The two companies have been battling each other in court for more than three years over a lawsuit in which Oracle has claimed copyright infringement by SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow, which provided updates and support for Oracle products before SAP shut it down in 2008. SAP has already admitted that employees of its TomorrowNow improperly accessed Oracle's computers and downloaded certain Oracle software code and support information but is balking at Oracle's demand for $1 billion or more in damages. &quot;A major portion of this theft occurred while Mr. Apotheker was CEO of SAP,&quot; Ellison said in a statement that challenged HP to make its new chief executive available as a witness. Ellison said that when he accused Apotheker of overseeing the software theft a few weeks ago, HP Chairman Ray Lane came to Apotheker's defense, penning a letter that said, &quot;'Oracle has been litigating this case for years and has never offered any evidence that Mr. Apotheker was involved.' Well, that's what we are planning to do during the trial that starts next Monday.&quot;&quot;I don't think Ray Lane wants to risk Leo Apotheker testifying under oath as to why he allowed the theft of Oracle property to continue for eight months after he was made sole CEO of SAP,&quot; Ellison said. &quot;I hope I'm wrong, but my guess is that HP's new chairman, Mr. Lane, will keep HP's new CEO, Mr. Apotheker, far, far away from the courthouse until this trial is over.&quot;HP has denied Apotheker had any direct knowledge of the software theft and characterized Ellison's statement as harassment.&quot;Oracle had ample opportunity to question Leo during his sworn deposition in October 2008 and chose not to include him as a trial witness until he was named CEO of HP,&quot; HP said in a statement. &quot;Given Leo's limited knowledge of and role in the matter, Oracle's last-minute effort to require him to appear live at trial is no more than an effort to harass him and interfere with his duties and responsibilities as HP's CEO.&quot;Apotheker was appointed chief executive at HP in September after a 19-year career at the German software maker, including a brief stint as chief executive from 2008 to 2010. He resigned in February amid turmoil over poor earnings.Apotheker took over the job vacated by Mark Hurd, who was forced to resign from HP in the midst of a sexual-harassment accusation and expense-reporting scandal. Ellison lashed out at HP's board of directors over Hurd's departure. Hurd was subsequently named co-president of Oracle and appointed to the company's board of directors.Apotheker is due to start work at his new post Monday--the same day the copyright infringement trial is scheduled to begin. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LinkedIn wants your business cards, acquires CardMunch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CardMunch, a startup that automatically transcribes business cards, just announced that it has been acquired by professional networking site LinkedIn.Cofounder and chief executive Bowei Gai demonstrated the iPhone app for me around the time that it launched in August. It was an impressive demo: We lined up a stack of cards on the table, scanned each of them for just a few seconds, then started to receive the transcribed data (with only minor errors) within a minute or so.Here&amp;'s how CardMunch describes the deal.:Our long-term vision for CardMunch has been to help manage business contacts and help you to leverage your contacts and connections for doing business. With that in mind, we are thrilled to announce today that CardMunch is now a part of LinkedIn! LinkedIn is the worlda4a4s largest professional network and as such, provides the perfect platform for us to execute the CardMunch vision.So what does LinkedIn plan to do with CardMunch Well, it doesna4a4t seem to see the app as an immediate moneymaker. CardMunch previously charged users for the transcriptions, but starting today, the app will be free. (The company says users who still have unused credits will receive more information soon.)The obvious use is to bring more of this business card data into LinkedIn itself. Certainly, this could help LinkedIn turn into the a4Aprofessional dashboarda4 that CEO Jeff Weiner has suggested, not just a site you visit when youa4a4re looking for a job.There arena4a4t any details yet about how CardMunch might be integrated into LinkedIn. For now, CardMunch says the appa4a4s data is covered under the LinkedIn privacy policy and terms of service, and it says that at some point in the future CardMunch a4Amay require users to use their LinkedIn accounts to access CardMuncha4.CardMunch was backed by K9 Ventures.Next Story: Report: Skype says new CEO, shaky market will delay its IPO until at least July Previous Story: Open question: What is Marc Bodnick going to do at QuoraPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: business card transcriptionCompanies: CardMunch, K9 Ventures, linkedinPeople: Bowei Gai          Tags: business card transcriptionCompanies: CardMunch, K9 Ventures, linkedinPeople: Bowei GaiAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Salesforce picks up IBM enterprise sales veteran Jeff Lautenbach]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ingmanbug2</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Salesforce has hired IBM enterprise sales pro Jeff Lautenbach to head its enterprise sales division as it gets ready to take on some of the largest companies in the world as customers &amp;8212' and as rivals.The company, which first made its name a decade ago as a provider of Web-based customer-relationship management software to smaller companies for whom traditional enterprise software was unaffordable, has finally realized it is playing with the bigger dogs in the park. The company&amp;'s major competition comes from other customer relationship management (CRM) software providers like Oracle. They aren&amp;'t run-of-the-mill tech companies, they are behemoths with massive revenues that demand a little more attention than some of the other smaller CRM providers Salesforce has typically competed with.Lautenbach was with IBM a4&quot; another major competitor for Oracle a4&quot; for 20 years, where he manned the company&amp;'s 1000-strong enterprise sales team. He&amp;'ll be responsible for pitching the company&amp;'s service major enterprises a4&quot; like Dell, a current Salesforce customer, for example a4&quot; rather than Salesforce&amp;'s traditional strategy of targeting business managers.Salesforce looks like it has been building up its resources to attack the enterprise market in full force a4&quot; including some targets outside of its typical CRM software market. The company has acquired three companies in just under two months. Salesforce dropped a whopping $212 million for Heroku to bolster its development tools for its web services and picked up Manymoon to expand into some other cloud services.The company also recently launched Chatter.com, an enterprise-style social network that is free and open to everyone. Salesforce does want to convince Chatter.com users to sign up for theofficialChatter service, and then Salesforce&amp;'s CRM service, but it&amp;'s still a bit outside of Salesforce&amp;'s enterprise activity. Salesforce initially launched Chatter as a Twitter-like service to compete initially with Yammer and make a splash in the collaboration space.Salesforce also recently named former Microsoft government sales guy Matt Miszewski to head the company&amp;'s government sales team.Next Story: Is your avatar hot or not Blue Mars iPhone app will let others vote Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: Power-One forecasts weaker demand in Europe, Kior nears $1B loan for wood-to-fuel researchPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: CRM, customer relationship management, enterprise, enterprise salesCompanies: Dell, IBM, Oracle, salesforce, SAPPeople: Jeff Lautenbach          Tags: CRM, customer relationship management, enterprise, enterprise salesCompanies: Dell, IBM, Oracle, salesforce, SAPPeople: Jeff LautenbachMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making medicine as ubiquitous as Coca-Cola - Springwise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marek</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It''s a tragic fact of life today that one in five African children die before their fifth birthday from simple causes like dehydration from diarrhoea. Basic medicines could save those children''s lives, yet no means has been found to make them readily available. A new grassroots project, however, aims to tap into the formidable distribution network of none other than Coca-Cola to get life-saving medicines to the children who need them.The ColaLife project aims to distribute oral rehydration salts and educational materials to people in developing countries through a partnership with Coca-Cola by which its distributors carry medicine in addition to soft drinks. The concept actually dates back 20 years, when its originator&amp;8212'Simon Berry, who was then an aid worker in Zambia&amp;8212'was struck by the realization that one could buy a Coke virtually anywhere on the planet, yet medicine was hard to come by. He proposed designating one compartment in every 10 Coke crates as &quot;the life saving&quot; compartment to transport medicines. His idea fell on deaf ears back then, but today the power of social networking is giving it new life. Specifically, Berry''s ColaLife project has tapped the power of Facebook and other social networking tools to amass a group of more than 6,000 supporters, garner widespread media coverage and&amp;8212'at least as important&amp;8212'get the attention of Coca-Cola. Berry has since met with high-ranking officials at the company, and talks are under way to push the idea further. Meanwhile, ColaLife groups have been added on Google and Flickr, and a YouTube video was created earlier this month to promote the project''s submission to Google''s Project 10^100 initiative. Currently, ColaLife is seeking an NGO to participate in the project as well.The web is facilitating social change in ways that simply weren''t possible before, uniting like-minded activists and gathering support from around the globe. Will Coca-Cola jump in with both feet That remains to be seen. In the meantime, one to watch&amp;8212'and learn from. (Related: Activism site ensures participation &amp;8212' Customers deliver donated TOMS shoes.)Website: www.colalife.orgContact: sxberry@gmail.com  Spotted by: Sarah Nill<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[myThings raises another $6M for better targeted advertising]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lillian</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[myThings, a provider of targeted advertising services, announced today that it has raised $6 million in its most recent round of funding led by Deutsche Telecom investing arm T-Venture to expand its research and development in Europe.The company, which has offices in London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, specializes in ad &amp;''retargeting&amp;''. That means it provides advertisers with a learning algorithm that keeps track of which advertisements don&amp;'t work. Users are tagged with a &amp;''smart&amp;'' cookie that keeps track of ads that don&amp;'t generate some meaningful throughput. That information is then shot back to a server that distributes ads. The server then no longer displays ads that didn&amp;'t generate any clicks.Privacy nuts can rest easy, though. myThings says the algorithms only collect non-personal information and won&amp;'t lead to any kind of privacy snafus on the order of the Google Buzz fiasco. Though there are always privacy concerns when any type of information is collected, myThings&amp;' method is similar to the same process that keeps users logged in to e-mail websites like GMail.myThings is pretty popular in Europe, where its clients include Price Minister a4&quot; one of the largest e-commerce sites in Europe and a strong competitor to Amazon.com a4&quot; and a number of other retailers. The company says it has improved advertising throughput on those sites by up to 300 percent with its use of retargeting.Retargeted advertising is becoming an increasingly popular method of generating relevant advertising for consumers. The throughput boost from using retargeted advertising is around 1,000 percent, according to data from comScore. That&amp;'s compared to about a 500 percent boost when targeting advertising based on specific audiences a4&quot; which would involve collecting a whole lot more private information than retargeting needs.myThings.com was, at one point, a web service that kept track of what users buy and the clutter of email that comes with it. Retailers uploaded purchase information directly to myThings, and consumers can then access information about the product through myThings&amp;' web site. myThings CEO Benny Arbel decided the information and algorithms were better used to deliver better targeted advertising, and shifted the company&amp;'s direction as a result.myThings had earlier raised $5 million in its second round of fundraising in 2008, and $8 million in its first institutional round in 2006. That brings the company&amp;'s total funding up to $19 million.Next Story: On the GreenBeat: Boeing makes first solar push' 58 million smart meters to be deployed in U.S. Previous Story: Svpply bags $500K for minimalist social shoppingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: advertising, retargeting, targeted advertisingCompanies: Deutsche Telecom, MyThings, T Venture          Tags: advertising, retargeting, targeted advertisingCompanies: Deutsche Telecom, MyThings, T VentureMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On the GreenBeat: Nexterra bags $15M for biomass power, Johnson Controls make $32.3M smart grid buy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>morseo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s the latest action we&amp;'re following today on the GreenBeat:Nexterra Systems raises $15M for biomass power &amp;8212' The Candian company raised the cash from ARC financial and Tandem Expansion Fund. It makes small-scale biomass gasification systems that generate renewable heat and power systems. The company&amp;'s clients include the U.S. Department of Energy and Johnson Controls. It also has strategic relationships with GE and Johnson Controls.The cash will go towards market expansion.Johnson Controls buys EnergyConnect for $32 million &amp;8212' Building energy efficiency company Johnson Controlswill buy smart grid company Energy Connect for$32.3 million. The transaction is expected to close in July. Energy Connect specializes in a demand response technology, which helps companie cut their peak-time energy use and save money. Utilities with demand response programs also offer financial incentives for participation.Better Place teams with Renault for electric car battery swaps &amp;8211' Electric car infrastructure startup Better Place opened today a center in Europe with its partner Renault, which makes the Renault Fluence Z.E. (pictured), an electric sedan. Better Place is unusual among other startups in that it offers battery swap stations, which allow users to swap out a depleted electric car battery for a fully-charged one &amp;8212' other companies like Ecotality and Coulomb offer charging stations. The Copenhagen, Denmark facility offers a subscription service with five fixed-price packages based on kilometers driven for Fluence Z.E. drivers. For 40,000 kilometers (about 25,000 miles) driven, an &amp;''all you can drive&amp;'' option costs 399 euros a month, or about $557 a month. Other options include $278 to $348 per month packages. The Fluence Z.E. with Better Place mobility packages are expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2011.Suntech still sees brisk European business &amp;8211' Despite cutbacks in government subsidies, solar panel manufacturer Suntech says it will sell half its production this year in Europe, Reuters reports. The company does forecast a global oversupply of solar panels this year, but sees it as a temporary situation. Half of its production last year also went to Europe, and Suntech expects that number to only drop slightly.Enphase expands to Europe &amp;8212' The top solar microinverter company has expanded with its first European offices in France and Italy. The company has made more than20,000 installations and shipped 500,000 units of its solar system equipment in North America, and says its expansion is aimed at capturing a share of the global inverter market. Europe is the world&amp;'s largest solar market, but there&amp;'s been some concern lately about government subsidy cutbacks there. Enphase says France, Italy and the Benelux regionare gaining momentum in solar installations and are poised to rapidly adopt microinverters rather than the traditional larger, centralized inverter systems. Inverters convert energy generated by solar systems into usable energy for the grid, and microinverters &amp;8212' a hot area lately &amp;8212' accomplish the same thing, but more efficiently.Amprius raises $25 million for next generation batteries &amp;8212' The company says the cash will go tocommercialize what it says will be the next generation of lithium-ion batteries, signing on major new investors likeGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield &amp;amp' Byers.Amprius is looking to commercialize high energy, silicon-based materials to for batteries that it says will offer a a4Adramatic increasea4 in energy, range and runtime for consumer electronics and electric vehicles.Next Story: Now that&amp;'s a rant: Brenda Brathwaite unloads on social game haters Previous Story: Sony touts its PlayStation Network, 70M and countingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: batteries, biomass, demand response, electric cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, inverters, microinverters, SolarCompanies: Amprius, Better Place, EnergyConnect, Enphase, Johnson Controls, Nexterra Systems, Renault, Suntech          Tags: batteries, biomass, demand response, electric cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, inverters, microinverters, SolarCompanies: Amprius, Better Place, EnergyConnect, Enphase, Johnson Controls, Nexterra Systems, Renault, SuntechIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name). Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Venture or Angel Capital Isna4a4t the Enda4a4Ita4a4s the&nbsp'Means]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>csandaussu</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Prashant Gulati says that TechCrunch should be banned in the Middle East. That&amp;'s not because he isna4a4t a big fan of the site, but because he says it a4Aputs some nave and green young ones at a disadvantagea4.a4s The Dubai-based technologist and angel investor funded a startup recently. Soon after he made the investment, he learned that the majority of the money had been withdrawn from the bank. The young company foundera4&quot;who previously had been unable to make ends meeta4&quot;was seen driving around in a fancy red Corvette.a4s When confronted, the founder retorted that he hadna4a4t started his business to live the life of a hermit' he needed to keep his girlfriend happy and enjoy life. Since he had achieved success by raising capital and was now famous, he was entitled to live the high life like all the people that he reads abouta4&quot;on TechCrunch.Prashant had no choice but to bear the loss and to coach the founder.I know that many Silicon Valley investors will be able to relate to Prashanta4a4s frustration. Witha4sthe attention that new investments receive anda4sthe fanfare fora4sbusiness-plan contests, it is easy to believe that once youa4a4ve raised capital, youa4a4ve made it. So fledgling entrepreneurs often spend the majority of their time developing sexy PowerPoint presentations and pitching to investors rather than building their business.The reality is that the vast majority of startups never receive any angel or VC financing. Harvard Business School professors William Kerr and Josh Lerner researched the investment decisions of one of the largest angel-capital groupsa4&quot;Tech Coast Angels. They learned that 90% of the 2000+ ventures that approached this group garnered the interest of fewer than 10 angels. That meant that they had no chance of receiving financing.a4s Two percent of the ventures received interest from between 35 and 191 angelsa4&quot;giving them, on average, a 40% chance of getting funded. In other words, most entrepreneurs simply wasted their time pitching to these groups. Most of those startups were probably still working out of their garages. My team researched a sample of 549 that had made it beyond this stage.a4s We learned that only 9% had raised any angel capital and 11% percent had raised venture capital at the later stages of their growth. Such funding isna4a4t, then, a prerequisite for success.So startups that raise angel or venture capital are the exception rather than the rule. And, as Ia4a4ve written, having too much money may actually lead to bad habits. No doubt, most entrepreneurs who raise capital are a lot more sensible than the one who bought the Corvette.a4s But in my experience, companies on tight budgets usually perform far better than those that are well capitalized. And they have the freedom to do what is best for them rather than focus on an exit for their investors.Alex Moore and Mike Chin did things the right way. They tested and validated their ideas for an e-mail-management startup, Baydin, for nearly 16 months before pitching to investors. It took that long for them to learn what customers really needed and to develop the right products. Their initial target was the enterprise market, and they built search tools that integrated with mission-critical systems. The technology worked well, but they could not get enterprise customers to buy from their startup.a4s So they decided to, instead, target consumers and develop a different suite of products.After crossing the 70,000-download mark and getting positive customer reviews for their Boomerang e-maila4&quot;reminder product, Alex and Mike decided to approach investors. It didna4a4t take long for Dave McClure, an angel investor, to write a check and agree to lead a $300,000 financing round. Alex and Mike plan to use the funding to grow their user base and perfect their business model. They will go for venture capital once they get this right.Some entrepreneurs decide not to raise capital, even when they can.Jesse Lipson graduated from Duke University in 2000a4&quot;right after the dot-com crash. He says he saw the a4Adamaging effects that venture capital had on an entire generation of tech firmsa4 and decided he would never take that path. Instead, he took inspiration from the founders of Papa Johna4a4s Pizza and decided to build a business in a big, established market that could succeed on a small scale. In 2005, he launched ShareFile, a file-exchange website, with one server and a Google AdWords campaign. To pay the bills, he worked for his wifea4a4s companya4&quot;Brooks Bell Interactive (which he says was better than having to answer to VCs).His firm grew slowly at first, but he kept investing every cent of revenue in the business.a4s Today, ShareFile has 40 full-time employees, is 104 on the Inc 500 list (8 in the software industry), generates over $10 million in revenue, and is highly profitable. Jesse says he has VCs tripping over each other to offer him money. But he has no interest.The point is that entrepreneurship isna4a4t all about raising money. The money is something you should use to help build traction for company growth, not to alleviate your personal risk. Angel capital can help you get the business model right once you understand customer needs. a4s Venture capital can rocket your company&amp;'s sales oncea4syou have a solid business modela4&quot;and not before.Editora4a4s note: Guest writer Vivek Wadhwa is  an entrepreneur turned academic. He is a Visiting Scholar at  UC-Berkeley, Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School and  Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research  Commercialization at Duke University. You can follow him on Twitter at @vwadhwa and find his research at www.wadhwa.com.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Address Book Wars Continue: Facebook Contact-Scraping Chrome Extension Taken&nbsp'Down]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is just getting silly. Yesterday, we reported on a new Chrome extension created by a developer that allowed you to scrape your Facebook contact information. Called a4AFacebook Doesna4a4t Own My Friends,a4 the extension provided a workaround to import your friends contact information on Facebook into Gmail and CSV files. As we noted in our post, the extension was taken down shortly after our story went up. The exporter is still down, and it&amp;'s unclear who has actually taken the exporter down, but the implications are clear. The only companies that will provide these technologies are Facebook and Google, and this will probably involve a peace treaty of some sort.So what got us to this dark place where ten minutes after the workaround was posted on TechCrunch, it was taken down Nearly a month ago, Google began blocking Facebook API access to download Google contacts. Facebook hacked its way around that, and Google subsequently issued a statement that they were a4Adisappointeda4. Facebook Platform engineer Mike Vernal then responded in the comments of one of our blog posts about the slap fight, defending Facebook&amp;'s policy and calling it &amp;''consistent&amp;''.A few weeks ago, Google started posting a warning to users who tried to import their Gmail contact to Facebook, effectively saying that your contacts information will be effectively trapped inside Facebook without the ability to re-export the data. It seemed that the message was somehow blocked because the &amp;''warning&amp;'' subsequently disappeared when you tried to export your Gmail data.Then last week, Facebook started removing the Gmail option from the list of third party email providers on  a4AFind Friends.a4 The Gmail option was also removed on Facebook-owned FriendFeed.What&amp;'s so confusing about this back and forth, passive-aggressive brouhaha is that it&amp;'s unclear which company is initiating each action. Both companies have remained fairly tight-lipped about the issue.The key part of all this is reciprocitya4&quot;Google feels that since they are providing the ability to export Gmail contact data to Facebook, Facebook should allow Gmail users to do the same.The thing is that reciprocity is an issue that affects relationships between major countries. Whether it be over tariffs, law enforcement or immigration policies, countries and states deal with reciprocity daily. Often times, agreements area4sfinally made through treaties.For now, this rigmarole has continued for nearly two months-is it time for a peace treaty between Google and FacebookCrunchBase InformationGoogleFacebookInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Dublin, cargo bikes will ensure business deliveries during construction - Springwise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cargo bikes have already proved to be a viable option for business deliveries around the year in France and Geneva, and soon they''ll become commonplace in Dublin as well while the city undergoes some major construction. Specifically, while a new public transport project is under way in the city, local businesses will be encouraged to use cargo bikes rather than trucks or vans to make their deliveries.Road closures and other traffic glitches are expected to occur during the building of the new Metro North public transport line, so Dublin is taking proactive action. Over the next few months, the Dublin City Council will be introducing a fleet of cargo bicycles in the hopes of helping businesses navigate around the roadworks. Capable of carrying loads of up to 180kg at a time, the bikes will offer a green solution while still allowing deliveries to be made. Currently, the City Council and the Dublin City Business Association are asking businesses to register their interest in using the bikes, which should hit the streets during the next 18 months, according to a report yesterday in The Journal. In the longer term, there is also a plan to keep cargo bikes available for use in pedestrian areas, The Journal reported.Dublin did just celebrate the one-year anniversary of the establishment of its city bike sharing scheme, so bicycles are already a common sight on the city streets. What particularly impresses us, however, is the city''s foresight in seizing the Metro North project as an opportunity to introduce cargo bikes to businesses that might not otherwise consider them. Other cities around the globe: follow Dublin''s example, and carpe diem when you can for some eco-minded changes of your own! (Related: Pedaled by two, a cargo bike for hauling furniture.)Website: www.dublincity.ieContact: customerservices@dublincity.ieSpotted by: The Journal<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flurry&'s app recommendation service gains huge momentum, reaching 80M users a month (exclusive)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Finding the right app among the 332,000 available on Apple&amp;'s App Store isn&amp;'t easy. That explains the success of Flurry&amp;'s AppCircle service, which analyzes a user&amp;'s phone apps and makes recommendations for other apps that the user will probably like. It&amp;'s a way to make discovery less painful for users and less expensive for developers who want their apps noticed.Flurry has now grown to more than 80 million users per month on both iOS (iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) and Android mobile devices. In January, AppCircle completed more than 160 million recommendations, a 1,600 percent increase from September, 2010, when it was formally launched. That&amp;'s a sign not only that mobile discovery recommendations are taking off. It also shows that mobile app consumption is flying through the roof.a4AAppCircle is filling a massive void in discovery of mobile applications,a4 said Simon Khalaf, chief executive of Flurry.The widespread adoption of AppCircle by developers and the acceptance of AppCircle recommendations by users shows how hungry everyone is for a discovery solution that works, Khalaf said.With AppCircle, Flurry creates a market for promoters, or developers who  want to get more users, and developers who want to make more money from  their apps. It analyzes a usera4a4s iPhone apps and figures out what their  tastes are. Then it recommends other Flurry-based apps to users based  on their tastes. Flurry says that, because it knows what apps users  like, it can do much better recommendations than other promotions.San Francisco-based Flurry, which started as a mobile analytics company, already had a huge base of app developers in its fold because it supplied them with analytics. The analytics data measures how much each app gets used and reports the anonymous data back to the developer, who can modify the app as needed to get more usage. Flurry is thus in a key position within a developer&amp;'s feedback cycle. Since it is so indispensable, Flurry found that it could provide services such as recommendations on top of its analytics service.Flurry said today that it is generating big revenues for app developers, paying them as much as $10,000 per day for every 100,000 daily average users. In some cases, Flurry has paid more than $100,000 to app publishers in a single day. In total, AppCircle has already paid out millions of dollars to participating publishers. It has also helped companies acquire high numbers of avid users, and that those numbers have helped apps reach the top 25 ranking in the App Store.Peter Farago, vice president of marketing at Flurry, said that Flurry now collects data on more than 240 million iOS and Android devices each month. He said that more than 1 million smartphones are being activated every day, which is just as many as the number of PCs that are sold in a day.Here&amp;'s a more in-depth explanation of what Flurry does. Application developers can use AppCircle as publishers, promoters or both. As publishers, developers integrate Flurry into their applications, enabling Flurry to serve targeted application recommendations to their consumers. Publishers earn 60 percent of the price promoters pay for each app download. As promoters, application developers create campaigns and set bids on how much they are willing to pay for a new user. Flurrya4a4s recommendation engine will match relevant promoter apps to display in publisher apps, and then use bidding to rank the order in which impressions are shown.Integrating Flurry AppCircle is flexible for publishers. The service allows several integration options including adding links to menu pages, settings pages or serving banner impressions. Publishers can also use their own virtual currency to incentivize downloads. Promoters can set up, fund and run campaigns within minutes.Application developers who act as both publishers and promoters get the best of both worlds: revenue and downloads. Additionally, developers who join as both promoters and publishers receive a 25 percent credit for every dollar they earn as a publisher that is reinvested into promoting their applications, accelerating adoption and revenue generation.Last week, Flurry said that it was getting so much business that it had to upgrade its data centers in a deal with Arista Networks. Flurry manages hundreds of terabytes of data, and it serves more than 37,000 companies across more than 70,000 iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Java-based apps.Since it launched its analytics in January 2009, Flurry&amp;'s network has grown at a rapid rate. In December alone, total system reports tracked grew by more than 40 percent. In a day, Flurry handles 2.5 billion data transactions, qualifying the company as a &amp;''big data&amp;'' company. Flurry has raised $29 million to date, including a $15 million round in December. Investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, InterWest, First Round Capital, and Union Square Ventures. Rivals include Google AdMob, Tapjoy, Scoreloop, PapayaMobile and OpenFeint.Next Story: Bigfoot promises wireless internet speeds we&amp;'ve been dreaming of (exclusive) Previous Story: Be your startupa4a4s only board memberPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Analytics, AppCircleCompanies: FlurryPeople: Peter Farago, Simon Khalaf          Tags: Analytics, AppCircleCompanies: FlurryPeople: Peter Farago, Simon KhalafDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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