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<title>Haaze.com / poojaagarwal91 / Voted News</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Analysts: Motorola Xoom sales still weak]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=analysts-motorola-xoom-sales-still-weak</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sallyhj</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=analysts-motorola-xoom-sales-still-weak</guid>
<description><![CDATA[New estimates for sales of Motorola's Xoomtablet--available since late February--are in, but even the most optimistic predictions are scarily small and pale next to theiPad 2's first-weekend sales numbers. With Motorola Mobility due to report first quarter earnings on Thursday, analysts today released a new round of sales estimates for the first tablet from a first-tier supplier to sport Google's Android 3.0 operating system. Let's break this news gently and start with the most rosy forecast. Sanford Bernstein analyst Pierre Ferragu expects Motorola to announce it shipped 200,000 Xooms, according to an AP report. Motorola Xoom continues to struggle in the shadow of the iPad.(Credit:Motorola)Another analyst went so far as to say that &quot;Motorola survivability risks have grown,&quot; according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdry. Chowdry's estimates are all over the map, but his high end isn't very high at 120,000 (the low end is 25,000). How do these numbers stack up against the irrepressibly popular (and chronically sold out) iPad 2 Apple sold about 1 million units during the first weekend of sales. Estimates of early Xoom numbers were 100,000, according to Deutsche Bank. Sales of the Xoom began on February 24. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia app sends links, photos from PC to phone]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nokia-app-sends-links-photos-from-pc-to-phone</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>evelinfiev</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nokia-app-sends-links-photos-from-pc-to-phone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nokia has released a beta application that lets people send links and photos from their desktop browser to their Symbian handsets.Dubbed Nokia Drop, the free, experimental app is similar to Google's &quot;Chrome to Phone&quot; service for Android users. According to a post published on the Nokia blog today, Nokia Drop was built using the cross-platform Qt framework. In addition to being usable for sending URLs and image files, the service can also be used to remotely change the handset's wallpaper.Read more of &quot;Nokia Drop sends links, photos from desktop to phone&quot; at ZDNet UK.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rumored Google Music app apparently leaks to Web]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rumored-google-music-app-apparently-leaks-to-web</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rumored-google-music-app-apparently-leaks-to-web</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rahilu</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rumored-google-music-app-apparently-leaks-to-web</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What is apparently the next version of Android Music 3.0 is being passed around the Web today, after the software was obtained by a tech-reviews site. A screen shot of leaked app apparently from Google that shows streaming and cache functions. (Credit:Screen shot Sarah Tew)Techfrom10.com posted a note saying that it had acquired a developer version of the Android Market and on it was the music app. Techfrom10.com was down at of the time of this writing, but other sites had presumably downloaded the software and were also distributing the app. Digital music has been watching for Google to release a streaming music service for months. Music industry sources have said that Google wants to enable users to upload their existing music libraries onto Google's servers and then access their tunes via Web-connected devices. The leaked software appears to be at least a test version of this long-rumored service. Since Google representatives did not immediately respond to an interview request, it's hard to say with absolute certainty that the leaked app represents what Google Music will look like when it finally launches. CNET reported two weeks ago that Google had begun testing the company's music service internally. CNET was able to obtain a copy of the app in question, which appears very similar to previous versions of Android Music. The most interesting differences, however, can be found in the settings area. Available there are choices related to streaming music, such as &quot;Stream music via Wi-Fi,&quot; and &quot;Download via Wi-Fi only.&quot; There is also one called &quot;Cache music&quot; and a subheading reads: &quot;temporarily store streamed music.&quot; This would presumably allow people to store music for periods when they lose Internet connection. The question is how much music can a user cache' a trip on the subway or on an airplane This is an important feature for consumers and the big labels. Streaming music from the Web would lose some of its attractiveness if people couldn't listen to their songs everywhere they wanted. Enabling users to cache is a must. But for the record companies, this is a sensitive area. They typically get nervous at the idea of enabling people to capture content. They have licensed the right to cache to some smaller services but none of the major players have yet to offer this. Google has yet to secure all the licenses it needs to launch the service it has designed, music industry sources have told CNET. So, exactly what form Google Music will launch in has yet to be determined. Last week, Amazon released its own cloud storage service that enables users to stream music from Amazon's servers. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA network holes may jeopardize missions]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nasa-network-holes-may-jeopardize-missions</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cherrieeec</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nasa-network-holes-may-jeopardize-missions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Weak security practices and critical holes in NASA's agency-wide network could allow an attack over the Internet that would disrupt missions and expose sensitive data, according to a government report. &quot;Until NASA addresses these critical deficiencies and improves its IT security practices, the Agency is vulnerable to computer incidents that could have a severe to catastrophic effect on Agency assets, operations, and personnel,&quot; said the Inspector General's report, titled &quot;Inadequate Security Practices Expose Key NASA Network to Cyber Attack (PDF),&quot; released yesterday.  NASA uses a series of networks to carry out its various missions, which include controlling spacecraft like the International Space Station and conducting science missions like the Hubble Telescope.  The Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that servers on the NASA network had &quot;high-risk&quot; vulnerabilities that were exploitable from the Internet and that specifically six servers containing critical data and used for controlling spacecraft were found to have holes that would allow a remote attacker to take control over them or render them inaccessible. Once inside the network, an attacker could exploit other weaknesses auditors identified, which could &quot;severely degrade or cripple NASA's operations,&quot; the report said.  Poorly configured network servers revealed encryption keys and encrypted passwords and one server disclosed sensitive account data for all its authorized users. The information could be used to target NASA personnel with phishing attacks and e-mails containing malicious code designed to compromise the recipient's computer.  The OIG recommended last May that NASA immediately establish an IT (information technology) security oversight program for the key network. As of last month, such a program was not implemented despite the fact that NASA agreed with the recommendation, the report said.  The problems are not just theoretical' NASA's network has been breached. In January 2009, attackers stole 22 gigabytes of export-restricted data from a Jet Propulsion Laboratory computer system, according to the report. Later that year, a computer system that supports one of NASA's mission networks was infected and was causing the system to make more than 3,000 unauthorized connections to domestic and international Internet Protocol addresses including addresses in China, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Estonia, the OIG said.  &quot;The sophistication of both of these Internet-based intrusions confirms that they were focused and sustained efforts to target assets on NASA's mission computer networks,&quot; the report said.  NASA representatives could not be reached for comment late today. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beware, online scammers thrive after tragedy (video)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>monjupardgdf</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=beware-online-scammers-thrive-after-tragedy-video</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's impossible to spend time online right now and not see pleas to help the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. But whether we're simply trying to watch videos to see the extent of the destruction or looking for ways to donate money, one must click nimbly click to get around the scams and phishing schemes that abound in the wake of tragedy.My colleague, Elinor Mills, wrote a fantastic article with examples of recent scams and included tips on what you can do to avoid catching a computer virus or losing money to a phony relief organization. After reading her piece, we thought it was &quot;news you could use,&quot; so we translated it into an informative video for the CBS television audience.In my interview with Elinor (which you can see in the video below), what amazed me most was how these unscrupulous scammers intentionally prey on people's vulnerability and generosity after tragedy strikes. If you're like me and couldn't take your eyes away from the video pouring out of Japan in the last week, then you can understand how easy it would be to follow a bad link advertising more dramatic footage. This happened to one colleague when he clicked on a link that his friend appeared to have posted on his Facebook wall. Of course, it led to a dead end with no video, but had Josh clicked further, it too would have populated his Facebook friends' walls with these bogus links. This particular phishing scheme may not have been harmful, but it sure is annoying.And then there's the fraudulent side of this trend--those scammers who greedily take money by directing generous people to bad Web sites or erroneous e-mail addresses. Elinor shared an example of the supposed Red Cross of Britain sending people to a Yahoo e-mail address to collect donations. Really You think the Red Cross uses a Yahoo address But, sadly, I'm sure many people fell for it and handed over their relief dollars to these impostors. My advice to readers is to stay curious and stay generous, just navigate the Web with care and a thoughtful eye.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New, updated apps optimized for iPad 2]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=new-updated-apps-optimized-for-ipad-2</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cinematime</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=new-updated-apps-optimized-for-ipad-2</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Got aniPad 2 Then get these apps. Each one takes advantage of at least one of thetablet's new features: faster processor, built-in gyroscope, dual cameras, etc. And while you're at it, be sure to check out 10 must-have apps for iPad 2 owners. They're not necessarily iPad 2-optimized, but they're awesome just the same.Apps optimized for the iPad 2 (screenshots) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IE8, Safari, iPhone, BlackBerry exploited in Pwn2Own contest]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ie8-safari-iphone-blackberry-exploited-in-pwn2own-contest</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>testaccgh</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ie8-safari-iphone-blackberry-exploited-in-pwn2own-contest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers competing for $15,000 awards were able to successfully attackInternet Explorer 8 on Windows 7, Safari onMac OS X, theiPhone 4, and the BlackBerry Torch 9800 in an annual hacker contest at the CanSecWest security conference this week. For a variety of reasons, no efforts were made to attack Chrome, Firefox, Android or Windows Phone 7, the organizer of the Pwn2Own contest told CNET today. (Credit:CNET) One team of experts that had an exploit prepared to try against Windows 7 had to withdraw because of travel issues, according to Aaron Portnoy, manager of security research for HP DV Labs and lead for the ZDI (Zero Day Initiative) program that sponsors Pwn2Own.  Windows 7 also was going to be a target for George Hotz, who goes by the hacker name &quot;Geohot,&quot; but he withdrew to focus on his legal defense, Portnoy said. Hotz has been sued by Sony for allegedly violating copyright laws by distributing tools that jailbreak the PlayStation 3, which allows home brew and pirated applications to be played on the console.  Another contestant who was going to target Safari, Android, and iPhone withdrew at the request of his company, Portnoy said, declining to identify the contestant or his employer or to speculate why. And Duo Security researcher Jon Oberheide said he blew his chances at exploiting Android in the contest by incorrectly assuming that a bug he recently found and reported to Google directly was ineligible for the event.  The team that successfully exploited the BlackBerry also was planning to attack Chrome, but spent their time on exploits for other targets, he said. Portnoy said he believed they would have been able to exploit Chrome because he &quot;can attest to their skill.&quot; On Wednesday, Chaouki Bekrar of French security company Vupen was able to attack Safari by using a drive-by download. Ireland-based researcher Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security exploited several bugs to defeat the memory protections in IE8, as well as bypass DEP (Data Execution Prevention) and ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) on a laptop running Windows 7. Fewer's IE exploit was the most impressive of the contest, according to Portnoy. &quot;He had three different vulnerabilities he used in tandem to exploit IE and break out of IE's protected mode, which is Microsoft's equivalent to sandbox architecture,&quot; he said. &quot;It was a unique technique he discovered.&quot; Meanwhile, Internet Explorer 9 does not contain the bug Fewer used in the contest, according to Microsoft. A fix for IE8 is being worked on, Jerry Bryant, a group manager with the Microsoft Security Response Center, told Computerworld.  Yesterday, three researchers--Willem Pinckaers, Vincenzo Iozzo, and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann--used three bugs to exploit the BlackBerry browser and run their attack code on the device. Charlie Miller, who successfully defeated Safari on the Mac the past three years, used a new exploit he created with colleague Dion Blazakis to run code on the iPhone after surfing to a Web page hosting malicious code.  Miller, a researcher at Independent Security Evaluators, noted that the iOS 4.3 software Apple released on Wednesday includes ASLR, which would somewhat mitigate his exploit. &quot;The vulnerability I found is still in there, but it would be harder to write for it today than it would have been a few days ago,&quot; he said in a phone interview.  Through the Zero Day Initiative the Pwn2Own winners share the exploits with the companies whose software is affected so they can be patched. Researchers who hold exploits they weren't able to try in the contest can also report them through the disclosure program and get paid.  &quot;It was nice to see that some of the platforms that didn't go down last year went down this year, like the BlackBerry,&quot; Portnoy said. &quot;Media and public perception makes it seem that these devices are impenetrable if they weren't hacked at the contest,&quot; which is not the case. In addition to cash prizes, winners in the contest receive laptops or smartphones, depending on the platform they target. Google also had said it would pay $20,000 to anyone who successfully attacked Google code as part of the Chrome contest. CanSecWest was held in Vancouver, Canada, this week. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to make $40 DIY soundproof headphones]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=how-to-make-40-diy-soundproof-headphones</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>daviswawva</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=how-to-make-40-diy-soundproof-headphones</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ian Anderson crafted his own set of sound-protective hi-fi headphones.(Credit:Ian Anderson)Amateur tinkerer Ian Anderson works in a wood shop and wears earphones to protect himself against a constant exposure to loud noises. To add a little music to his day, Anderson considered buying a set of noise-canceling headphones before committing to make a better pair himself.Anderson started with a pair of Koss KSC75 clip-on style titanium stereophones that feature the same 60-ohm drivers found on the highly regarded Koss Porta-Pro model.Ian Anderson's DIY soundproof headphones (photos) He embedded the KSC75s into a pair of Peltor 105 Professional Noise Cancelling Earmuffs using the tools in his garage and came up with a 3.5mm-compatible stereo surround headphone that also drowns out the loudness in the shop.And with a combined cost of $40 for both headphones ($20 each), the DIY project ended up being less than even the cheapest set of WorkTunes cans. Anderson drew inspiration from dsjackson1's Instructables page with slight technical modifications, but be sure to check out Ian Anderson's blog page for more DIY projects. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dialed In 163: Mobile World Congress recap (podcast)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=dialed-in-163-mobile-world-congress-recap-podcast</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dkavpnorket</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=dialed-in-163-mobile-world-congress-recap-podcast</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mobile World Congress 2011 is over, and the gang's back together once again, but before we say adios to MWC, we thought it'd be good to recap some of the highs and lows of the show. Plus, Nokia may have signed on with Microsoft andWindows Phone 7, but the Finnish handset manufacturer says it's still committed to Symbian. We discuss their future, as well as RIM's, and much more (hologram phones!) on this week's episode of Dialed In.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Network, don't fail me now!]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=network-dont-fail-me-now</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MigelFrias34</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=network-dont-fail-me-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everything in IT depends on the network.--and not just in an abstract, &quot;need it occasionally&quot; sort of way. The packets must flow for virtually every operation, every job, every transaction. Whenever packets drop, or links go down, we're disconnected and isolated. Information doesn't flow' apps don't work' users don't proceed. We need the network up and running, millisecond by millisecond, every millisecond of every day.(Credit:OpenClipArt.org - Pierre-Yves Dubreucq )Our utter, urgent dependency won't lessen in the coming years. It will intensify--redoubling and redoubling again. Cisco calls its vision of the future &quot;together.&quot; HP calls its &quot;converged infrastructure.&quot; IBM calls its &quot;Smarter Planet.&quot; All have interconnectedness at its core. Or take it out of the vendor realm, towards the technologies and trends: Web 2.0. Cloud. Virtual desktop infrastructure. ITaaS. Smart mobile devices. Embedded computing. Wherever you look, to whatever vision of the future, the network is central. Not only will IT estate increasingly coordinate via the network, so will more and more of the global economy, and indeed, the entire scope of human activity.They say you don't really know how valuable a thing is until you miss it and have to do without it. I missed the network a few times this week and I can tell you, it sucks.I use a voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone system. I could use the AT&amp;amp'T or Verizon cellular networks, but Google Voice is easier, is better integrated with my applications, often has better call quality, and generally is more reliable. Except when the network goes. Then everything goes, all at once. Twice this week, that happened. Once on a mutli-hour conference call, once when I told a colleague &quot;sure, we can talk now' call me!&quot;--12 seconds before network access dropped completely, and stayed down for 20 angst-ridden minutes.I use Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers for development. An entire work session this week was scrapped because, while I could get to the console to start up my &quot;cloud servers&quot; just fine, my development work station couldn't actually &quot;see&quot; or access the servers. Some problem inside AWS Some fluke of the Domain Name System (DNS) Something between me and Amazon Who knows, really Network configurations are famously hard to visualize and troubleshoot. Since Amazon's status board showed all services working, it seemed easier to come back and try again later. But when your use is production rather than development, &quot;come back later&quot; is a lot harder.Critics of cloud services often point to the possibility that the network will be down, or performing poorly, as proof that on-site, owned deployments are better. About a year ago, we converted the majority of our in-house IT to cloud services' having lived with cloud's trade-offs for a year, overall we're very happy to have made the switch. But when the net goes, it is frustrating. And it's still true that the greater control of in-house resources makes it easier to guarantee a certain level of availability. But in-house has its own trade-offs--higher costs, less flexibility, and even some reliability gotchas of its own. Neither approach is invariably superior--it's a case of, for what and by what measuresEveryone increasingly depends on the end-to-end global network being up and performing well every millisecond. So we have to invest in the multiple routes, management tools, troubleshooting skills, and so on that will give us always-there, count-on-it Internet access to our resources--just as we can establish in more constrained enterprise data centers today. Until then, I'm delighted to depend on the network 99.9 percent of the time. But when that page won't load, that app falters, or the connection flutters, I want to light a candle and intone: network, don't fail me now!<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Panasonic bulks up its rugged compact with the Lumix TS3]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=panasonic-bulks-up-its-rugged-compact-with-the-lumix-ts3</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Leeta</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=panasonic-bulks-up-its-rugged-compact-with-the-lumix-ts3</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Panasonic)GPS on a rugged camera makes perfect sense. After all, it's tough to mark down where you were when you took a picture when there are no street signs. Panasonic's latest rugged model, the Lumix TS3, gives you that GPS for geotagging your photos and video as well as built-in compass, altimeter, and barometer. The TS3 is tougher than its predecessor, the TS2, too. It is now waterproof to approximately 40 feet under water, shockproof to approximately 6.6 feet, freezeproof to 14 degrees Fahrenheit, and dustproof. It's not crushproof, though, so you'll still have to be careful about stepping on it or running it over. Its other key specs include a 28mm-equivalent wide-angle lens with a 4.6x internal zoom, a 2.7-inch LCD, and a 12-megapixel high-speed CCD sensor. The sensor is a new design and it's paired with Panasonic's Venus Engine FHD processor. This combo allows for high-speed burst shooting--full resolution at 3.7 frames per second--and full HD movie capture in AVCHD format. The high-speed shooting also gets you 3D photos. The TS3 apparently takes 20 shots with a single press of the shutter release and then picks the two best for overlaying to create a 3D MPO file that can be played back on 3D-enabled TVs, computers, and photo frames.The Lumix TS3 will be available in March in red, orange, silver, and blue versions. No pricing was announced. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft sued over refunds on Windows copies]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-sued-over-refunds-on-windows-copies</link>
<comments>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-sued-over-refunds-on-windows-copies</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>limpnoli5</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-sued-over-refunds-on-windows-copies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A class action lawsuit against Microsoft has been filed in Italy by a group claiming that it's too difficult to procure a refund for the copies of Windows that come bundled in new PCs. (Credit:Microsoft)The case, which was filed in Milan by the Associazione per i Diritti degli Utenti e Consumatori (ADUC), and picked up by The Register earlier today, points to Microsoft's end user license agreement (EULA)--as outlined in various copies of Windows--noting that once users turn their computer on and begin to use it, they are no longer able to return the software for a refund. Furthermore, the group says consumers who buy computers with OEM copies of Windows installed have more difficulties in getting a refund than those who purchased a retail copy of the OS. The lawsuit notes that users who buy and install the OS itself, but that don't agree to the EULA, are entitled to a return from the place where they bought it. OEM buyers, however, are at the whim of their system seller or installer for a refund, which has historically proven to be a difficult process, it says.To avail these issues, the class action suit seeks a hearing and also to nullify the section of the EULA that requires users go to OEMs instead of Microsoft for refunds. When asked for comment, a Microsoft representative said it should be pointed out the company's licensing agreements with OEMs are non-exclusive, and that users are &quot;free to purchase PCs with a non-Microsoft operating system, or without any operating system,&quot; but that having Windows preinstalled &quot;provides the best user experience.&quot; Even so, the represenative reiterated that any returns or refunds still have to be handled through the OEM, and not Microsoft itself.&quot;Customers who purchase a PC from an OEM with Windows preinstalled and then wish to return the PC and/or the preinstalled software should consult the OEM's return/refund policies,&quot; the spokesperson said.Twelve years ago, a group of Linux users in the United States sought refunds for OEM copies of Windows as part of a campaign called &quot;Windows Refund Day.&quot; Instead of going to OEMs though, as Microsoft outlines in its EULA, those users went directly to the company's offices in Silicon Valley. Even then though, Microsoft pointed users back to the PC makers, saying &quot;when a consumer purchases a new PC, the license for Windows resides with that specific PC maker, and each PC maker has its own process for working with customers on licensing issues.&quot;You can see copy of the lawsuit, which is in Italian and is a PDF, here. There's also the group's statement, also in Italian, here.Update at 12:33 p.m. PT: A Microsoft spokesperson outlined its current policies to CNET. These have been reflected in the updated version of the above article:&quot;Consumers are free to purchase PCs with a non-Microsoft operating system, or without any operating system. However, consumers benefit from the pre-installation of Windows on PCs. It provides the best user experience from the time a consumer first turns on the PC, and saves consumers the substantial effort and resources associated with having to install an operating system that functions properly.Computer manufacturers (known as original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs) are free to sell PCs preinstalled with another operating system or no operating system at all.It's also important to note that Microsoft's agreements with OEMs are nonexclusive. Customers who purchase a PC from an OEM with Windows preinstalled and then wish to return the PC and/or the preinstalled software should consult the OEM's return/refund policies.&quot; <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sony to mSpot: Get off of my cloud]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mamapapa2010</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=sony-to-mspot-get-off-of-my-cloud</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the chief concerns that some in the music industry have about digital-locker services is that at least a couple of them allow all songs, even pirated tunes, to be stored in the cloud. Before music owners store their songs in the cloud, do they need to pay the music labels (Credit:Greg Sandoval/CNET)Thomas Hesse, digital chief for Sony Music Entertainment, said as much at the Midem conference in France on Saturday, according to Billboard. &quot;We are very uncomfortable with a model where you can just throw anything into the cloud and stream it, if what you threw into the cloud was not legitimately purchased,&quot; Hesse said during a panel session. &quot;It's not the right thing to do to launch a service under these kinds of shady legal situations. We will do everything in our power to enforce our rights in those kinds of situations.&quot;Cloud music services, such as mSpot and MP3tunes.com, enable digital music owners to store songs on their servers and access them via Web-enabled devices. Cloud music is the wave of the future, or at least that's what many predict. Apple and Google spoke to the labels last year about the possibility of building their own offerings. Nobody knows for sure if consumers will take to the cloud services. On the periphery of all the hype is a controversy over whether these services must acquire licenses from the major labels to operate legally. If the services aren't obligated to seek permission, then the labels could find themselves cut out of cloud music. Participating on the same panel with Hesse was Daren Tsui, CEO of mSpot, a locker service that launched without the labels' blessing. So, Hesse wasn't just blowing off steam. He was sending a message. (Centuries ago, men would slap each other in the face with empty gloves to signal they were ready to fight. The modern equivalent is to issue thinly veiled legal threats during a conference panel.)According to Billboard, Tsui responded to Hesse's throwing down of the gauntlet with a terse: &quot;It's not our job to police how [consumers] get their music.&quot; As for the law, it's unclear whether cloud services need the labels' permission to operate. There's not yet a legal precedent, as Billboard writer Anthony Bruno correctly pointed out. But we could have one soon. EMI, the smallest of the four largest record companies, filed a copyright lawsuit in 2007 against MP3tunes.com, the locker service launched by Michael Robertson, founder of pioneering locker service MP3.com (now owned by CBS, parent company of CNET). EMI said its suit has nothing to do with protecting cloud turf and everything to do with simple copyright violations. EMI alleges that MP3tunes.com encourages people to pirate music via a search engine owned by Robertson, Sideload.com. EMI claims that Robertson then offers his customers a place to stash their illegally obtained songs: MP3tunes.com. Robertson said that his lawsuit is part of an attempt by EMI and the other top labels to charge people to store previously purchased songs' a double dip. In response to Hesse's comments, Robertson told CNET: &quot;I'm uncomfortable with a model in which record labels demand payments forever from consumers who want to listen to their personal collections online and on any device they own. I'd also remind Mr. Hesse and others in the music business that storing music collections online is specifically allowed by the DMCA.&quot;A federal court judge in New York is supposed to decide the case between EMI and Robertson sometime this year. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple CEO Steve Jobs to take medical leave again]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>feadseteoma</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-ceo-steve-jobs-to-take-medical-leave-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[CEO Steve Jobs at an Apple event in October to introduce Mac OS X Lion.(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)Apple's Steve Jobs will be taking a medical leave of absence for the second time in two years but will remain CEO of the company, involved in strategic decision-making.Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will assume responsibility for the company's day-to-day operations, amid continuing investor concerns over Apple's plans for eventual transition in the corner office. nlrText { float: right' width: 170px' padding: 5px' margin: 10px 10px 10px 0' font-family: verdana' font-size: 10px' border: 1px solid 999' background: FFFFEF' } nlrText h4{display: block' font-size: 1.4em' padding: 0' margin: 0' color: 900' }   The Steve Jobs eraSome notable moments for Jobs and his companies over the years.  1976Co-founds Apple with Steve Wozniak.   1984Apple introduces the Mac.   1985CEO John Sculley engineers Jobs' ouster from Apple.  1985Founds Next Computer (later becomes Next Software).  1986Buys computer graphics division of LucasFilm, to be renamed Pixar.  1996Returns to Apple as adviser when Apple buys Next Software  1997Named interim CEO of Apple.  2001Apple introduces iTunes software and the iPod' the iTunes store follows in 2003.  2005Disney buys Pixar' Jobs becomes largest shareholder.  2007Apple introduces the iPhone.  2009Takes 6-month leave of absence for medical reasons.  2010Apple introduces the iPad.  January 2011Takes medical leave of absence.    The stock market is closed today for a federal holiday. Apple is scheduled to report its first-quarter fiscal 2011 earnings tomorrow after 1 p.m. PT.Jobs, a pancreatic cancer survivor, took a leave in the first half of 2009 to deal with issues related to his medical treatments. In announcing that hiatus, he said he would step away for six months, and he returned to full-time work on schedule.This time around, the 55-year-old Jobs did not give a time frame for his return. Here's the text of his e-mail to employees, provided by Apple this morning:Team,At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all of Apple's day to day operations. I have great confidence that Tim and the rest of the executive management team will do a terrific job executing the exciting plans we have in place for 2011.I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy.Steve  In January 2009, Jobs said that he was suffering from a hormone imbalance that was impeding his body's ability to absorb certain proteins. In April of that year, Jobs underwent liver transplant surgery, and he returned to work by early July. Cook was the one to step in to run the day-to-day operations of the company during that leave as well, guiding the company through the launch of theiPhone 3GS, as well as some of the final stages of the production of theiPad.In the months preceding that announcement two years ago, Jobs' health had been the topic of intense speculation. In an appearance at the company's 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference, Jobs appeared to have lost a considerable of weight. Apple and Jobs rebuffed any questions on the matter, calling his health a &quot;private matter.&quot;No such speculation led up to today's announcement. Jobs has made regular appearances in support of new Apple products, most recently at an October event introducing the latest MacBook Air andMac OS X Lion. He was supposed to appear at an event in San Francisco this week with Rupert Murdoch to announce the launch of The Daily, an iPad-only newspaper, but the event was rescheduled late last week. Though his immediate health was no longer a major focal point with the press or the public, the topic of who will take over for Jobs at Apple remains a hot one with investors. Many investors feel that Jobs can never truly be replaced as CEO, since his vision and persona are so fundamentally linked with the company, but Apple has been criticized for not publicly grooming a successor.  Apple COO Tim Cook at the company&amp;39's October event(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)  Just recently it came to light that Apple's board of directors had fielded a stockholder request that Apple make its succession plan public knowledge. Apple refused, saying that privately there is an established a plan in place and that disclosing it to the public and competitors would damage the company's ability to retain and recruit top executive talent.  From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, Jobs was absent from Apple after a conflict with the board over leadership style. Since his return to Apple in 1997, Jobs has rebuilt the company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak, taking it from near bankruptcy to the most influential consumer electronics company in the world. With more than $50 billion in the bank, Apple now has the second-highest market capitalization in the world, behind ExxonMobil. Beyond the Mac lineup of desktops and laptops, Jobs has transitioned the company into the entertainment business with iTunes and the iPod, and into a leading mobile phone maker with the iPhone. Last year, Apple introduced the touch-screen iPad, which has created a third mobile device category and a success that all of Apple's competitors have recently flocked to try to reproduce. Cook capably handled the reins during Jobs' 2009 leave of absence. While Jobs was away, Apple delivered two back-to-back blow-out quarters, as well as an updated iPhone OS and new iPhone hardware. Under Cook, Apple also put the finishing touches on the company's new iPods, MacBooks, and Mac OS, which were released shortly after Jobs' return to the helm in late June.He was rewarded handsomely for keeping Apple on track, getting a bonus of $5 million plus 75,000 stock options for his work filling in for Jobs. He is Jobs' most trusted executive, handling all earnings calls with Wall Street investors and analysts for the last few years, and has had an increasingly larger role at major product introductions. Cook most recently appeared on behalf of Apple last week alongside Verizon executives in New York City to announce the first iPhone that works on Verizon's network. Cook, 50, joined Apple in 1998 and was promoted to COO in 2004. It was at Cook's behest that Apple pulled out of building its own products and moved to contract manufacturers like Foxconn and others, reducing the company's inventory and drastically improving its margins.Editors' note: This story was updated several times with background and additional information, most recently at 8:10 a.m. PT.         Jonathan E. Skillings    Full Profile E-mail Jonathan E. Skillings   E-mail Jonathan E. Skillings If you have a question or comment for Jonathan E. Skillings, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Jonathan Skillings is managing editor of CNET News, based in the Boston bureau. He's been with CNET since 2000, after a decade in tech journalism at the IDG News Service, PC Week, and an AS/400 magazine. He's also been a soldier and a schoolteacher. E-mail Jon.         Erica Ogg     Full Profile E-mail Erica Ogg   E-mail Erica Ogg If you have a question or comment for Erica Ogg, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This week in Crave: The Yuletide edition]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>resminmin23</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[And you thought only Ewoks decorated with Stormtrooper helmets.(Credit:Geektress)Too busy trying to fold paper into Star Wars-themed snowflakes this week to keep up with Crave Here's what you missed while you were decorating your tree with Stormtroopers, Wampas, and Princess Leias.  &amp;149' Forget DIY repair, sometimes you gotta call the pros. &amp;149' This is what it looks like when aniPad meets a blowtorch. &amp;149' Air-powered batteries--and other predictions.  &amp;149' Rumors of PC gaming's death have been greatly exaggerated.  &amp;149' Gadgets get cold too, you know.  &amp;149' Jazz robots don't play music, but they do teleport you.  &amp;149' The Kinect could be getting a lot more sensitive. &amp;149' Will the next PSP sport a touch screen&amp;149' Amazon Kindles appear to be having a very happy holiday (except for this). And from all of us here at Crave to all of you: Hope your holidays are even happier than the Kindle's. We'll be publishing on a limited basis from now through New Year's, but we'll back in full force Monday, January 3, and gearing up for CES. Bookmark this page now to keep up with all news related to the annual gadget blowout.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fall 2010 security suite roundup]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zechariaha</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=fall-2010-security-suite-roundup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The fall months may be the season for colder weather and dying leaves, but in the software world it means major updates for security suites. We've reviewed and benchmarked 11 suites, organized them along the traditional line of cost, and picked one in each category that we highly recommend.We looked at four updated free security options: AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011, Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.3, Microsoft Security Essentials 2, and Ad-Aware Free Internet Security 9. Other well-known free security programs, such as Avast and Avira, generally update in late winter or spring, so they were not included.$lazy(window.GeckoVideoPlayer, CBSi.lazy.videoPlayer, function(){loadGeckoVideoPlayer({parentElement: 'universalVideoid50093438',flashVars:{autoplay: 'false',adTargetType: 'Page',adPreroll: 'true',contentType: 'id',contentValue: '50093438',playlistDisplay: 'over'}},'blogLarge')'})'In addition to our product comparison charts (free | paid), check out CNET Labs' performance benchmark comparisons below. (Read more on how CNET Labs tests security programs.) We can see from these tests that though no single program scored better than all the others, there were clear leaders in the key trials of start-up time impact, shutdown time impact, and time to complete a full scan. Panda Cloud Antivirus is highly competitive with AVG Free, whereas Norton's performance strengths lie in its threat prevention and detection, because several of its competitors leave a smaller footprint on your system.Free security suite benchmarks:table.geekbox th{background-color:E6ECEF'text-align:left'font-weight:bold'}table.geekbox tr.even{background-color:CCCCCC'}.ratingGood{color:093'} .ratingAverage{color:666'} .ratingBad{color:C00'}Security programBoot timeShutdown timeScan timeMS Office performanceiTunes decodingMedia multitaskingCinebenchUnprotected system42.511.28n/a9171807804,795AVG Anti-Virus Free 201155.2411.595481,0392008704,709Panda Cloud Antivirus Free 1.350.1214.85401,0441998324,790Microsoft Security Essentials 254181,5601,0382018004,790Ad-Aware Internet Security 954181,6201,0391997974,792*All tests measured in seconds, except for Cinebench. On the Cinebench test, the higher number is better.Paid security suite benchmarks:table.geekbox th{background-color:E6ECEF'text-align:left'font-weight:bold'}table.geekbox tr.even{background-color:CCCCCC'}.ratingGood{color:093'} .ratingAverage{color:666'} .ratingBad{color:C00'}Security programBoot timeShutdown timeScan timeMS Office performanceiTunes decodingMedia multitaskingCinebenchUnprotected system42.511.28n/a9171807804,795Kaspersky Internet Security 201147.49171,7501,0682078234,661Webroot Internet Security Complete 201147.8615.971,4599921988484,729BitDefender Total Security 201147.8413.827751,0322008254,769Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 201144.7916.565001,0602018524,765Norton Internet Security 201148.9111.788901,0281998614,780AVG Internet Security 201156.2116.34801,0431988204,759PC Tools Internet Security 201155201,2451,0862048324,792*All tests measured in seconds, except for Cinebench. On the Cinebench test, the higher number is better.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The most beautiful amplifier in the world]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pnopnolim34</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Devialet D-Premier amplifier(Credit:Devialet)First, I have to admit that a lot of high-end amplifiers are so ugly you'd have to be an audiophile to buy them. But there are more than a few truly gorgeous examples, like the Devialet D-Premier. It's French, after all, and the French know a thing or two about style. In 2007, Pierre-Emannuel Calmel and Matthias Moronvalle decided to launch a new high-end audio company, Devialet, in Paris. The two men had both worked for Nortel's R&amp;D department, and they weren't the least bit interested in crafting just another high-end amplifier. It looks like they're off to a grand start' the Devialet D-Premier is a unique Class A/Class D hybrid design. Bona fide Class A circuits are only used in very high-end audiophile amplifiers, but Class A designs are extremely inefficient and consume huge amounts of AC power to produce low power output. Class D amps are highly efficient designs, but their sound quality falls short of the highest audiophile standards.  The D-Premier was designed to have the sound quality of Class A and the efficiency of Class D designs. The D-Premier is an integrated amplifier and has two analog phono inputs for turntables' two analog inputs for CD, DVD, or portable digital players' two optical digital inputs' four coaxial digital inputs' one XLR digital input' one HDMI 1.3 input' and a subwoofer output. The D-Premier stereo amp produces 240 watts per channel.It's been getting rave reviews from the audiophile press, and I'm hoping to get my hands on the D-Premier sometime next year. Judging from the pictures, it's a stunning design. Low and sleek with a highly polished chassis, the D-Premier looks like nothing else. Even the remote control is special, with a careful attention to design details. Devialet is imported by Audio Plus, which has a network of authorized specialty dealers in North America. The U.S. price has not yet been set. The Devialet D-Premier, with the remote control in the foreground.(Credit:Devialet)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Which 4G service is right for you (FAQ)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>buildmix5</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[If you hadn't noticed from all the advertisements on TV, the age of 4G wireless is here. Verizon Wireless will be the latest company to launch its shiny, new 4G network. Starting Sunday, roughly 110 million people in 38 cities will have the opportunity to subscribe to this new generation of wireless service from the nation's largest cell phone operator. But Verizon isn't the only wireless carrier with a next-generation wireless network. T-Mobile USA and Sprint Nextel also have new networks they are aggressively marketing. And AT&amp;T, which has upgraded 80 percent of its network with the latest 3G wireless technology, continues to claim it has the fastest 3G wireless network in the land.With all these marketing claims flying around, it's difficult to know which service is right for you. Some consumers are more price sensitive than others, while others simply want the fastest network with the most coverage that's available. For a quick view of what each of the four major wireless operators is offering, check out this chart. CNET has also put together this FAQ to answer some questions that will help you choose a service that's right for you.Which U.S. operators offer 4G service and which don'tBefore we get too far into discussing and comparing these supposed 4G networks, let's first establish that none of the wireless operators in the U.S. claiming to have a 4G network actually has a 4G, according to the official standards body, the International Telecommunications Union. The ITU considers 4G technologies to be wireless technologies that offer theoretical download speeds of 100Mbps, and it requires the technology be based on something called OFDM, or orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. LTE and WiMax, the technologies that Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel (via Clearwire) are using are based on OFDM, but today's versions do not meet the 100Mbps download requirement. HSPA+, the technology AT&amp;T and T-Mobile USA are using, are not OFDM-based and they also do not satisfy the 100Mbps download requirement.Does it really matter what the standards body saysIf you are a wireless technology purist, then I'm sure it matters a great deal to you. But for the average consumer, it shouldn't matter that much. But the 4G moniker does make it more confusing for consumers looking to debunk the marketing claims. Traditionally, most people in the industry for the past few years have referred to current versions of WiMax and LTE as 4G. HSPA+, which is the technology AT&amp;T and T-Mobile are using, is a 3G technology. There is no one who disputes that. But T-Mobile likes to say it offers 4G speeds. And now it's just calling its 3G network that uses advanced 3G standards a 4G network.Regardless of what you call it, it is a leap forward in terms of network speeds. And like LTE and WiMax, HSPA+ offers a noticeable difference in terms of network speeds to consumers. Certain carriers (T-Mobile) claim it's as fast as &quot;4G&quot; technologies. But actual speeds can vary for consumers, so it may depend on where you plan to use the service to determine whether it matches or exceeds other supposed &quot;4G&quot; services.If speed is the name of the game, which next-generation network is the fastest Based on claims published in press releases and on their Web sites from individual carriers, it appears that Verizon Wireless has the fastest 4G network. Verizon is using LTE for its network. And it claims that it is getting average download speeds between 5Mbps and 12 Mbps. Sprint Nextel with its WiMax network built by Clearwire claims to get between 3Mbps and 6Mbps average download speeds. And T-Mobile USA, which is using HSPA+ technology, says it is getting between 3Mbps and 7Mbps average download speeds. AT&amp;T, which is also using HSPA+, has not published any claims in terms of speed. But it did cite a report that said the network of the company's nearest 3G wireless competitor runs 20 percent slower than AT&amp;T on average nationally and the largest competitor by subscriber count runs 60 percent slower than AT&amp;T on average nationally. So with that in mind, AT&amp;T's 3G network, on average, is likely offering download speeds between 800Kbps and 1.9Mbps.How important is network coverage when it comes to &quot;4G&quot; servicesCoverage is very important. If the service only works in isolated pockets, it won't be useful for people who are mobile. Out of the gate, Verizon Wireless should have pretty good coverage. The initial 38 markets will make the service available to 110 million potential customers. But it won't be able to offer the service to its full 285 million customers for at least three years.Meanwhile, Sprint Nextel's network is 68 markets, but it reaches only about 103 million people today. And Sprint and Clearwire have been building this network for more than two years. This has been an issue for Sprint and Clearwire in some markets. Even though the company may be in a market and advertising the service to people in a particular city, the service may not blanket the entire city, so certain communities may still be left out. But building new networks takes time and money. Clearwire just said it has raised more cash to build its network through a debt offering.While Verizon and Sprint/Clearwire build brand new networks, AT&amp;T and T-Mobile are simply upgrading 3G networks they have already built, which in some ways puts them in better positions in terms of coverage with their HSPA+ networks. Since these networks are really upgrades to their existing 3G network, these carriers have simply been able to reconfigure software and tweak hardware to upgrade the network to much faster speeds.T-Mobile USA, which only just started building its 3G network a few years ago, will be 100 markets by the end of 2010 with HSPA+. And the company says it will be available to more than 200 million potential customers by the end of the year.AT&amp;T says its HSPA+ network covers 80 percent of its 3G network footprint today, and it expects to reach 250 million potential customers by the end of this year. So in terms of coverage, AT&amp;T will have the widest reach of these upgraded networks.If &quot;4G&quot; isn't available, can subscribers still get wireless broadband service if they subscribe to one of these servicesYes, when the 4G network isn't available, most services will fall back to the 3G network. Sprint is the only carrier out of the four national carriers that offers a service that is only 4G. It also offers a 3G/4G service. AT&amp;T argues that its fast 3G network is an advantage over Verizon's 4G network. &quot;Verizon said that its LTE speeds will be 10 times faster than 3G. That also means that when you fall back to 3G, you will experience a ten-fold decrease in speeds, which will be jarring. Our 3G speeds are 60 percent faster, on average nationwide, than our largest competitor, which means that when our customers fall back to 3G, the effects will be much less jarring,&quot; said AT&amp;T spokesman Mark Siegel. Of course, AT&amp;T doesn't have an LTE network, so the difference in speed between its 3G network with HSPA+ and the one with an older version of HSPA is not all that different.Will AT&amp;T get a 4G network tooAT&amp;T says it will begin to roll out its LTE network in the middle of 2011. But it won't be an extensive network at first either. Who offers the best price on next-generation wireless serviceCurrently, all four players have priced their services similarly. Surprisingly, Verizon Wireless is offering the new 4G LTE service for a slight discount. It's about $10 less than its competitors. (It's also $10 less than its existing 3G wireless broadband service for laptops.) I say this is surprising, because Verizon is rarely thought of as a price leader. Verizon also offers a 10GB service for $80 a month.AT&amp;T and T-Mobile USA are each offering 5GB a month of their HSPA+ service for $60 a month and Sprint Nextel is offering its 3G/4G WiMax service for $60. The 3G service is capped at 5GB, but subscribers can get unlimited 4G service, which makes it a good value. Because the network speeds are much faster, it's likely that users may blow through their 5GB caps quickly. Verizon charges $10 per 1GB over the 5GB cap and the 10GB. AT&amp;T and Sprint charge 5 cents per 1MB for overages on its 3G wireless services.T-Mobile now offers a plan where subscribers aren't charged an overage when they reach their 5GB cap. Instead the service slows down if the user has exceeded the 5GB cap.Is 4G only available as a wireless broadband service for laptopsInitially, Verizon will only be offering 4G service for USB data sticks that plug into laptops. Currently, it's only offering one 4G USB modem, which costs $99 with a $50 mail-in rebate. Other data sticks will be announced in the coming weeks, the company has said.AT&amp;T does not yet offer HSPA+ handsets. But now offers a couple of different data sticks: the USBConnect Adrenaline and USBConnect Shockwave mobile broadband modems. The Adrenaline, which is made by LG, will be the first LTE-upgradeable device. It will cost $50 with a mail-in rebate and a two-year service contract. The Shockwave by Sierra Wireless will work on AT&amp;T's HSPA+ network, and it's free with a two-year service contract and mail-in rebate.Which carriers offer 4G handsets todaySprint offers two 4G handsets the HTC EVO 4G and Samsung Epic 4G. Both phones have gotten high marks. Sprint also offers mobile hotspots that connect to the 3G/4G networks and offer Wi-Fi connectivity within the hotspot. It also offers a 4G desktop modem. And partner Clearwire is now offering a 4G/Wi-Fi modem for the home.T-Mobile is selling two HSPA+ handsets, the HTC G2 and the HTC MyTouch.When will Verizon offer 4G handsetsThe company hasn't given an exact date, but executives have said they will be showing off LTE handsets at the Consumer Electronics show in early January. Verizon President and COO Lowell McAdam told CNET in an interview in October that LTE handsets will hit store shelves by the end of the first quarter.Do I have to sign a two year contract Or do any of the carriers offer a prepaid optionRight now, Verizon Wireless is not offering a prepaid option for the 4G LTE wireless broadband service. But other wireless operators are.AT&amp;T offers a pay-as-you-go DataConnect Pass option. Plans for the prepaid service start at $15 for a day pass (100MB data cap) and go up to $50 for a month pass (1GB data cap). T-Mobile also offers a prepaid service that costs $10 per week for 100MB of data, $30 per month for 300MB, and $50 per month for 1G. Sprint only offers its 4G service with a two-year contract. But its partner Clearwire has launched a prepaid 4G WiMax service called Rover. The service doesn't require a contract and provides unlimited data usage for just $5 per day, $20 per week, or $50 a month. The Rover Puck, which also creates a Wi-Fi hotspot, will offer download speeds of 3Mbps to 6Mbps. And the device costs $150. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia: Symbian beats Meego for enterprise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>garnersteen12</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nokia-symbian-beats-meego-for-enterprise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nokia plans to stick with Symbian as its main business phone platform even when MeeGo, its new top-end operating system, is released.On Tuesday, Nokia business smartphones chief Ilari Nurmi told ZDNet UK that Nokia had &quot;great converged device plans based on the MeeGo platform&quot; and that there were &quot;different types of needs and wants in the enterprise market,&quot; but the new OS would not be pitched at the enterprise as a replacement for the aging Symbian.&quot;It's very important to note that Symbian is the primary platform today and will also be the primary platform in the future,&quot; Nurmi said.MeeGo is intended to span devices ranging from smartphones to notebook computers. It is already available as a Netbook OS but is yet to appear on a handset. The first MeeGo phone is due in 2011.Read more of &quot; Nokia: MeeGo will not displace Symbian as enterprise OS&quot; at ZDNet UK.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Konarka touts gains on niche-y flexible solar cells]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>riapnomin01</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=konarka-touts-gains-on-niche-y-flexible-solar-cells</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Konarka&amp;39's flexible solar cells are well suited for charging portable electronics or building-integrated photovoltaics(Credit:Martin LaMonica/CNET)Konarka said today that it has achieved a record in organic solar cell efficiency but its products are still seeking a viable commercial niche.The Lowell, Mass.-based company said the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has certified that Konarka's plastic solar cells have achieved an efficiency of 8.3 percent, the highest that NREL has recorded for organic photovoltaic cells.Founded in 2001, Konarka has a facility to make flexible solar cells using plastic in a roll-to-roll manufacturing process. It's one of a handful of companies pursuing organic photovoltaics and other so-called third-generation solar cell technologies, which also include dye-sensitized cells.Thin-film organic photovoltaic cells are cheaper than other solar cell technologies because of the material that's used. But the efficiency has limited their potential applications to areas such as embedded solar cells in buildings or portable solar chargers for electronic gadgets.Konarka, which has raised over $150 million, has announced commercial agreements with a number of companies, such as Konica Minolta, but commercial use of its technology is still in the early stages. Last year, Neuberg Energy of Germany started selling bags with a sheet of embedded solar plastic that can charge small electronic gadgets, such as phones and music players.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple buys old HP campus]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Neha</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-buys-old-hp-campus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard has found a buyer for its decades-old campus at 19091 Pruneridge Avenue in Cupertino.Apple.About five minutes' drive from Apple headquarters, the 98-acre parcel of land is adjacent to 50 acres Apple acquired back in 2006 and will be used to house a workforce that's expanding nearly as quickly as the market for iOS devices.&quot;We now occupy 57 buildings in Cupertino and our campus is bursting at the seams,&quot; Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told the Mercury News, which first reported the story. &quot;These offices will give us more space for our employees as we continue to grow.&quot;No word on HP's asking price for the parcel, but real estate experts estimate that it may have been $300 million or more.Story Copyright (c) 2010 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama climate rules face fight in Congress]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alfley</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=obama-climate-rules-face-fight-in-congress</guid>
<description><![CDATA[analysis Republicans in the new Congress will pose a greater threat to the Obama administration's strategy to regulate greenhouse gas polluters than a plethora of industry lawsuits.  The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, is marching ahead with rules requiring big polluters like coal-fired power plants, oil refiners, and cement manufacturers to get permits starting January 2 to emit gases blamed for warming the planet.  President Barack Obama has always said the EPA would regulate carbon emitters if lawmakers failed to pass a climate bill.  Republicans, who will control the House of Representatives in January after winning some 60 seats in the midterm elections, are organizing to stop that from happening. They say the regulations will cost industry jobs and billions of dollars as the country struggles to recover from the recession.  The EPA is already under fire from business groups like the Chamber of Commerce, the American Iron and Steel Institute, and the National Association of Manufacturers, who have filed suits to block it from regulating.But the lawmakers represent a bigger threat. &quot;Congress doesn't give the EPA nearly as much deference as the courts do, and there are about to be a lot more Republicans and unenthusiastic Democrats,&quot; said Michael Gerrard, the director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School.  The uncertainty about the future of emissions policy could stall billions of dollars of investments in power plants and factories and prove to be a painful hurdle to longer-term growth when the economy begins to recover.  It will also hamper the Obama administration from taking a leading role in annual global climate talks in Mexico that start later this month. Bottom lineEven before January, Republicans could add language that would delay the EPA from acting to a short-term spending bill that would fund the government until about February. Next year, they could attach it to longer-term spending bills that would fund the government through September or through fiscal year 2012.  Nobody says it will be easy to do, but the goal of Republicans is to attach language to a spending bill that Obama could not veto because doing so would shut down the government.  Efforts to do that or attach text to other bills stopping the government from funding EPA climate regulation would likely be widely supported in the House.  &quot;The bottom line...is we're not going to allow (the EPA) to regulate what they cannot legislate,&quot; Representative Fred Upton, a contender for chairing the House Energy and Commerce Committee, told the Washington Examiner this week.  Representative Joe Barton, Upton's competition for the seat is also against EPA regulation.  Even before Republicans won all those seats, they tried to attach such language to spending bills in the House. An amendment that would have stopped such EPA efforts for two years was blocked by a vote of seven to seven in an appropriations subcommittee last summer.  Republicans in both chambers could also get support from Democrats in states where fossil fuels play an important economic role. Senator John Rockefeller, a Democrat from coal-rich West Virginia, will likely try to move legislation delaying the EPA from acting for two years.And with Republicans also winning seats in the Senate, they are seeking more than just a delay.&quot;Longer term.. we would like to find common ground for a permanent removal of EPA's ability&quot; to regulate carbon, said an aide to a senior senate Republican.  Columbia's Gerrard said some of the administration's moves to cut emissions in other industries, such ascars and trucks, should be safe from both legal and congressional moves because the auto industry has so far demonstrated it is willing to comply with the rules.  More vulnerable in the courts is the EPA's move to apply the Clean Air Act only to big polluters that emit at least 100,000 tons a year of carbon dioxide. Gerrard said the industry groups had about even chances in the courts of stopping the EPA on that so-called &quot;tailoring rule.&quot; If industry wins, it could halt the EPA from regulating by drowning it in paperwork for the tens of thousands of smaller polluters would have to get carbon permits.  The industries have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for a stay on the EPA rules that could be issued before the end of the year. That could give clues as to how successful the cases will be next year, Gerrard said.In the meantime, liberals are wondering whether Republicans will stick to stopping EPA from regulating carbon, or whether they'll try to stop other agency regulations as well.  The new Republican leadership has indicated it may try to stop the EPA's plans to regulate mercury, smog, acid rain, and coal ash.  &quot;This would be a disaster for public health as well as increase uncertainty for businesses that need certainty before making investments,&quot; said Daniel Weiss, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Story Copyright (c) 2010 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: FCC to examine Google's Wi-Fi data mess]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Abiabeo</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-fcc-to-examine-googles-wi-fi-data-mess</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Add the Federal Communications Commission to the list of legal headaches for Google caused by its Wi-Fi spying debacle.The Wall Street Journal reported today that the FCC opened an investigation into the Google Street View scandal earlier this year, but hadn't disclosed it until recently. As is common knowledge by now, Google disclosed in May that Wi-Fi sniffing equipment on its Google Street Viewcars--which the company says were intended to capture only benign data--also captured so-called &quot;payload data,&quot; including e-mails and passwords. It's not clear exactly what the FCC could be looking at, but if Google were determined to have intentionally captured the data it could be in violation of wiretapping laws. The company has insisted the collection was inadvertent, and the FTC recently ended a separate inquiry into the matter without any penalties. Google is still facing a class-action lawsuit over the practice that might ultimately uncover the most information about its Wi-Fi Street View program.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Volvo developing a hybrid hydrogen-electric vehicle]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ben001</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=volvo-developing-a-hybrid-hydrogen-electric-vehicle</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Volvo&amp;39's electric C30 concept has a 94-mile range, but the carmaker is planning to add a fuel cell and an on-board reformer to produce hydrogen from gasoline, extending the vehicle&amp;39's range by 155 miles.(Credit:Volvo)Volvo is taking its C30 DRIVe Electric concept to the next level and adding a hydrogen fuel cell to extend the EV's 94-mile range, creating a hybrid hydrogen-electric plug-in. The fuel cell will add another 155 miles of range, but what's really interesting is the way Volvo plans on sourcing the hydrogen: from gasoline. Rather than relying on the promised hydrogen highway to be built, Volvo is exploring the use of an on-board reformer to process gasoline into hydrogen gas. The fuel cell will use the hydrogen gas to power the electric motor when the C30's 24kwh battery has been depleted, more than doubling the vehicle's range without increasing battery size. Creating hydrogen from gasoline may sound a little like robbing Peter to pay Paul, but the conversion process is about 85 percent efficient, according to an article in Green Car Reports. Powering an electric motor with hydrogen has twice the efficiency of gasoline powering an internal combustion engine, which loses a lot of energy in heat. It also solves the problem of the hydrogen transportation infrastructure lagging behind vehicle technology. And because hydrogen is created on an as-needed basis, it could minimize the storage issues presented by hydrogen vehicles, which slowly leak gas over time and can't be stored in garages or other enclosed spaces for safety reasons.Volvo is in the first phase of its Range Extender project, which it's conducting with Powercell Sweden AB, and the carmaker expects testing of these fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles to begin in 2012. That's also the same timeframe that Volvo will bring the C30 Electric stateside along with the plug-in hybrid it's been promising. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe: Flash, Reader hole used in PDF attacks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bobmarley</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=adobe-flash-reader-hole-used-in-pdf-attacks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Adobe)A new critical vulnerability in Flash and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x is being exploited to attack computers running the popular PDF viewer software, Adobe warned today. Adobe is not currently aware of attacks targeting Flash Player, the company said in a blog post.  The bug is in Flash Player 10.1.85.3 and earlier versions for Windows,Mac, Linux, and Solaris, and Flash Player 10.1.95.2 and earlier for Android. It also is in the authplay.dll component in Reader 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Mac, and Unix, and Acrobat 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows and Mac. The component renders Flash content in the PDF viewer.  Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x and Reader for Android are not impacted by the flaw, the company said.  The hole could be used by an attacker to take control of the system. In the existing attacks, a Trojan is being dropped onto victims' computers that steals sensitive data and loads other malware, according to ThreatExpert.  Adobe is working on a fix and expects to provide it in an update for Flash Player by November 9 and an update for Reader and Acrobat 9.x during the week of November 15.  Workarounds are included in this security advisory.  This afternoon, Adobe issued a fix for a hole in Shockwave Player that was disclosed last week. Earlier this month, the company plugged 23 holes in Reader and Acrobat, including two being used in attacks.  The company is adding sandbox technology designed to add more layers of protection to the next version of Adobe Reader, Reader X, which is due out by mid-November. Updated 12:50 p.m. PDT with Adobe releasing fix for Shockwave Player hole.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Major security bug fixed in Firefox]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>smithadam</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=major-security-bug-fixed-in-firefox</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mozilla is advising fans ofFirefox to update the stable version of the browser after it released a patch for a security bug marked &quot;critical&quot; today. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Firefox 3.6.12 patches a heap buffer overflow that could allow for remote code execution. Mozilla notes that the bug affects the current version 3.6 branch of Firefox, the legacy version 3.5 branch, and could potentially affect Thunderbird users who load Web pages in the RSS reader.The bug has not been found in the upcoming version 4, currently in beta development and behind schedule. Firefox 4 beta 7 was originally due in the middle of September, then pushed back to the end of September because of a stability bug. Mozilla has since initiated a code freeze on the next generation of its browser but has yet to update the schedule because of multiple critical bugs. It's expected that Mozilla's updated JavaScript engine will land in the seventh beta. Called JaegerMonkey, it's currently available for testing in the Firefox nightlies.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GE to boost LEDs with jet engine technology]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sarah01</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ge-to-boost-leds-with-jet-engine-technology</guid>
<description><![CDATA[NISKAYUNA, New York--General Electric said today it will roll out an LED bulb to replace 60-watt incandescent bulbs next year, part of an expanded line of efficient lighting.GE also showed off a prototype downlight LED bulb which gives off 1,500 lumens, the equivalent amount of light as a 100-watt halogen, but it uses one third the energy. The prototype uses an active cooling system originally used by GE's jet engine business.A prototype of a GE-developed LED downlight with an active cooling system that gives off as much light as a 100-watt halogen.(Credit:GE)The announcements were made at a lighting symposium here at GE's Global Research Center, held to showcase new lighting technologies GE expects to move into the market over the next few years. This year, it will spend about 95 percent of its lighting research budget on new efficient lighting technology, with about half of that going to LEDs. GE expects that by 2013, about 15 percent of its lighting sales will be from LEDs, said John Strainic, global product general manager for GE Lighting.Later this year, GE will release its first LED bulb designed for general use, such as desk lamps and overhead lights. This 40-watt equivalent bulb will last over 20 years, assuming three hours a day of use, and meet the upcoming EnergyStar standard for LED bulbs. It will not be dimmable.Next year, GE will make available a 60-watt equivalent LED bulb which will be dimmable, said Strainic. The company is pursuing a 75-watt equivalent but making an LED with that much light output is technically challenging, Strainic said.&quot;A 75 watt equivalent is a big leap in terms of light capability and heat dissipation,&quot; he said.GE, which makes most of its lighting revenue from commercial customers, is pursuing other more efficient lighting technologies. Countries around the world have legislation in place that sets efficiency standards. Those standards, the analogue of fuel efficiency mandates for vehicles, will start to go into effect in 2012 in the U.S. and is expected to lead to a phase-out of 100-watt incandescent bulbs.By Earth Day next April, GE plans to release a hybrid halogen-compact fluorescent bulb which it says addresses some of the shortcomings of CFLs. A small halogen bulb turns on when the bulb is lit, giving it &quot;instant on&quot; full light. Once the CFL has warmed up, the halogen turns off.The prototype 1500-lumen LED downlight uses &quot;dual cool jets,&quot; small devices near the light source which improve the flow of heat compared to natural convection, GE said. That type of active cooling system, which GE expects to see in commercial products some day, means that more current can be passed through fewer LED light sources, which will reduce the cost, said Strainic.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[iPhone 5 part shows bigger display, iPad 2 available next week]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hilfemedizin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We reported a few weeks ago that the iPhone 5 would likely feature a 4-inch screen, an upgrade over its predecessors&amp;' 3.5-inch displays, and now we have our first glimpse as to what that larger display may look like thanks to a Chinese Apple part reseller.And in other Apple news, there&amp;'s a good chance that the iPad 2 will be readily available for consumers next week, as opposed to the April ship date many are expecting, AppleInsider reports.First the supposed iPhone 5 part: the reseller iDealsChina has found a photo (above) of what looks to be a digitizer screen panel resembling the iPhone 4&amp;'s, except it features much more screen space. In exchange for the increased screen size, the part shows significantly less bezel space on the sides of the display (the screen practically touches the side of the phone), as well as less space between the screen and the home button and top ear piece. To get a sense of the screen differences, check out the mockup image below.At this point, it&amp;'s pretty clear that the iPhone 5 will feature a larger display' the only question is, how will it fit into Apple&amp;'s iPhone design. There are also rumblings that Apple is considering removing the iPhone and iPad&amp;'s home button altogether, which would make room for larger screens without significantly increasing the size of the devices.As for the iPad 2 availability rumor, I would take it with an even larger helping of salt. AppleInsider&amp;'s sources say that Apple is preparing its operating segments for functions that resemble a large-scale consumer product roll out. With Apple hosting an iPad 2 press event next Thursday, the news seems to point to the iPad successor actually being available next week. But given that Apple reportedly started manufacturing iPad 2&amp;'s earlier this month, it seems unlikely that it would be ready to ship out units to customers so quickly.Via 9to5Mac, mockup via PiotrekNext Story: Will Microsoft conquer free-to-play games with Age of Empires Online (video) Previous Story: Frog Design&amp;'s Jan Chipchase on how the poor can least afford bad designPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iOS, iPad 2, iPhone 5, smartphones, tabletsCompanies: Apple          Tags: iOS, iPad 2, iPhone 5, smartphones, tabletsCompanies: AppleDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OnLive starts pre-sales for MicroConsole aimed at eliminating game consoles]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hiuvahaber</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In a move aimed at disrupting the game console market, gaming startup OnLive announced that it is beginning pre-sales today for its MicroConsole, which allows you to play games-on-demand on a TV.The MicroConsole TV adapter and a wireless controller will cost just $99, and yet it will allow gamers to play high-end computer games on flat-panel displays in 1080p high-definition running at 60 frames per second, or faster than a blink of the eye. OnLive will start delivering limited quantities of the Onlive Game System starting on Dec. 2. For the holidays, the company is offering a free game with any OnLive Game System purchase.OnLive launched its instantly playable server games in June. But the MicroConsole represents the fruition of entrepreneur Steve Perlman&amp;'s vision to turn the video game industry upside down. If it truly works, the cheap MicroConsole hardware could potentially eliminate the need for players to keep buying more and more powerful and expensive game consoles.The disadvantage for the console rivals is that they will never be able to match the low costs of OnLive&amp;'s MicroConsole, given the simplicity of OnLive&amp;'s client hardware. Even the relatively cheap Nintendo Wii costs $199, and its performance isn&amp;'t as good as OnLive&amp;'s in terms of quality of graphics. This bold strategy explains why OnLive was valued at $1.1 billion during its latest investment in the summer.&amp;''It marks the beginning of a new era,&amp;'' Perlman said in an interview.The OnLive system uses a cloud-based design to allow it to deliver high-end games on low-end hardware. Current consoles such as the Xbox 360 do all of the serious computing of games on the console itself. But with OnLive, the games are processed in the cloud, or web-connected data centers. Those images are then sent at lightning speed over the broadband connection to the MicroConsole, which adapts the images so they are properly displayed on the high-definition TV.Normally, web connections are too slow to handle so much data. A lot of skeptics said Perlman&amp;'s scheme would never work. But OnLive has worked for more than eight years on its data compression technology so that it can make the games instantly playable, as long as the MicroConsole is connected to a data center that is less than 1,000 miles away.The MicroConsole itself is just a tiny pocket-sized box connected to broadband, with a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connection to your TV. The MicroConsole adapts the images to your TV screen. You can play pretty much any game that runs on the PC as long as the game publishers have authorized the game for TV play. As many as 35 titles are expected to be available at launch. Those games could be better and newer. But that is a problem that can be fixed over time.Beyond enabling players who can&amp;'t afford consoles to play premium games for a lower price, OnLive lets you log in from any computer and play games on a PC or laptop. You can also play those same games in your living room on the TV now, without ever having to load a disc or download a copy of a game. You can also be a spectator, watching live multiplayer games in progress and move from game to game as if you were surfing channels on TV.I tried out the MicroConsole, and it works as advertised. Within ten or 15 seconds of activating OnLive, I was playing a tennis game with the wireless controller. There is no frustrating load time. The console is silent, with no noisy fan. And it is so small it doesn&amp;'t take up space on your entertainment center.The set-up is hassle free. You connect the MicroConsole to the internet and your TV. Within minutes, you can browse OnLive&amp;'s Marketplace and play games instantly. The wireless controller has media controls to enable one-touch Brag Clip video recording, which lets you to take a video of your exploits to share them with friends.Up to four OnLive wireless controllers can be used at the same time. You can also attach your own keyboard and mouse if you care to. Perlman says that the performance of OnLive will improve with time, as the company can easily make changes by upgrading its hardware or software in its data centers. OnLive can improve its game performance without revamping its hardware. The one thing that OnLive lacks now is motion-sensing hardware. But that could conceivably be added sometime down the road.You can demo games for free, rent them, or purchase them. Rentals cost $3.99 to $8.99. Full game purchases range from $4.99 to $49.99. Later this year, OnLive will add a monthly flat-rate subscription plan. Those pricing models are aimed at tempting users who aren&amp;'t exactly sure how much they&amp;'ll play a given game.&amp;''For those who want an all-you-can-eat plan, we offer it,&amp;'' Perlman said.Titles include Borderlands Game of the Year Edition, Just Cause 2, Mafia II, NBA 2K11, Shaun White Skateboarding and more. Coming soon are titles such as Driver San Francisco, Homefront, Assassin&amp;'s Creed Brotherhood, FEAR 3, Red Faction Armageddon, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Tom Clancy&amp;'s Ghost Recon 4 Future Soldier, and Duke Nukem Forever. Some of these titles are available on OnLive as soon as they come out in stores. Full told, more than 100 games are in the pipeline, Perlman said.To publicize the launch, OnLive will be launching TV commercials and other ads. I don&amp;'t expect OnLive to make too big a splash because its MicroConsole won&amp;'t be widely available. But it&amp;'s time for the console makers &amp;8212' Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo &amp;8212' to pay attention because they have a new competitor.For 40-inch and larger TVs, users will need a broadband connection with a speed of 5 megabits per second. For 30-inch to 40-inch TVs, the speed required is 4 megabits per second. For sub-30-inch TVs, 3 megabits per second is needed.Palo Alto, Calif.-based OnLive now has more than 200 employees. Investors include Warner Bros., Autodesk, Maverick Capital, AT&amp;amp'T, British Telecommunications, and the Belgacom Group. In other news, Perlman showed how OnLive can run in demo mode on an iPhone or iPad. He also showed it working on Android version 2.2.Next Story: Steve Perlman shows off OnLive&amp;'s disruptive MicroConsole  (video) Previous Story: Twitter&amp;'s Ev Williams: Being CEO is &amp;''kind of a sucky job&amp;''PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: consoles, MicroConsoleCompanies: Autodesk, Maverick Capital, OnLive, Warner BrosPeople: Steve Perlman          Tags: consoles, MicroConsoleCompanies: Autodesk, Maverick Capital, OnLive, Warner BrosPeople: Steve PerlmanDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Walmart, Amazon.com lead push toward greener packaging]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>davidclarl</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This post is sponsored by Dell. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining editorial objectivity. Dell had no involvement in the content of this or other posts.For this gift-giving season, get ready to look beyond foam peanuts and bubble wrap. Major players in e-commerce are looking to green their products&amp;' packaging, from the box your gift comes in to the packing materials that keep it safe during shipping.Giant merchants and shippers like Amazon.com, Walmart, FedEx, and UPS have placed increasing focus on greening the packaging of their products and shipping services. It&amp;'s a matter of going green as well as saving on cost by tossing out wasteful and outdated packaging materials and techniques, says Robert Vos, a professor at the University of Southern California and a sustainability expert.&amp;''There&amp;'s a lot of important cost-saving [opportunities] in their supply chains,&amp;'' Vos said on the motivations behind greener packaging. &amp;''Consumers are just demanding a greener package now.&amp;''Walmart, which has significant muscle among its supply chain, has been a leader in greener packaging and could evoke industry-wide changes thanks to its buying power. A few years ago, it debuted a &amp;''packaging scorecard&amp;'' system to its 60,000 global suppliers, offering preferred dealer status to suppliers who aimed to lower the amount of packaging they used by five percent &amp;8212' which Walmart said would save it $3.4 billion a year. Last year, the company alsopledged to eliminate all waste at its stores by 2025 by reducing, reusing or recycling all materials.Software and data crunching plays a big part in reducing waste and saving money on shipping, too. Quidsi, owner of Diapers.com and Soap.com, has developed software algorithms to save on shipping costs. The company has 23 different sizes of shipping boxes, and the software selects the smallest possible box for each order' human workers then figure out how best to arrange the ordered items inside the box. Amazon.com recently agreed to acquire Quidsi for $540 million, with the promise that it could apply Quidsi&amp;'s efficient techniques across its vast e-commerce empire.Using less packaging is one green option, but trying new materials is a promising strategy, too. Dell has been trying out packaging materials made from bamboo, using the fast-growing grass in shipping one of its netbook models and one of its tablets. Bamboo is considered an environmentally friendly resource because it replenishes itself quickly. One company, Total Packaging Solutions, has also turned to bamboo to make packaging trays for meat and produce sold in supermarkets.It&amp;'s a topic that&amp;'s garnering increasing attention from all fronts. There have been several consumer guides onpackaging materials to avoid (obvious candidates like Styrofoam, plastic bottles and plastic bags). But the move to go green has also run into snafus and confusion, which has led the Federal Trade Commission topropose a set of guidelines that would tighten restrictions on what can be marketed as eco-friendly packaging.Though consumers are increasingly demanding environmentally responsible packaging, the industry hit a snag earlier this year when Frito-Laypulled most of its plant-based, compostable SunChips bags in the U.S. Customers complained that the bags were too noisy, earning mockery from the likes of Stephen Colbert. Frito-Lay had debuted the bag to some fanfare, running TV ads showing the bag fading into the earth, but consumer discontent about the bags&amp;' noisegrew into a tidal wave of Facebook groups and YouTube satires. The bags were disposed quickly, and that particular formulation doesn&amp;'t look likely to be recycled.Still, companies are moving ahead with greener packaging, and a handful of startups are emerging to fill the gap. MBA Polymers, which recently closed $25 million in equity funding, squeezes reusable plastic out of thrown-away computers, cars and cell phones and sells that recycled plastic back to manufacturers that want to use greener raw materials. Cereplast takes on plastic directly by offering proprietary renewable and compostable plastics through a resin derived from starch. Big players like Archer Midland Daniels and Cargill&amp;'s Natureworks as also moving into bioplastics, whichcould eventually jump 30 percent in global volume. Besides the green factor, bioplastics also offer companies protection from the volatility of oil markets, since traditional plastic is petroleum-based.In Amazon&amp;'s case, e-commerce has presented opportunities to rethink traditional packaging. Colorful display boxes were originally created to maximize the visual appeal of items sitting on a shelf, while clamshell packaging deterred shoplifters. But those issues are moot with online shopping. In that spirit, Amazon has begun offering &amp;''frustration-free packaging,&amp;'' a program that aims to do away with difficult packaging and cut down on shipping waste by working directly with manufacturers to see products shipped in hassle-free boxes (pictured, right).&amp;''Packaging that&amp;'s hard for consumers to open also tend to be very hard to recycle,&amp;'' Vos said.&amp;''What Amazon&amp;'s able to do is say, &amp;8216'We&amp;'re going to offer a different type of package here because you&amp;'re not buying it off the shelf.&amp;''Amazon says it has decreased the number of packages shipped in a wrong-sized box and in 2008 sent 35 percent of its larger-sized packages without additional packing. Container size is also a big issue alongside packing materials in companies&amp;' efforts to go green. Like a blown-up game of Tetris, companies are asking that standard 24-foot by 30-foot containers be packed better with less wasted space.Shipping companies have also jumped into cube utilization (similar to what Quidsi does for individual packages, but on a larger scale) and sustainable packaging materials. This year, UPS launched an eco-friendly shipping program that certifies suppliers that meet the criteria for environmentally responsible shipping techniques, which include using eco-friendly packing materials, boxes that are no larger than necessary and still ensuring that goods arrive undamaged (otherwise, they would go through the environmentally unfriendly process of being sent back).FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service also offer shipping boxes made from recycled materials. FedEx engineer Yongquan Zhou recently developed a honeycomb-style packaging that worked as a greener and more effective packaging than a common Chinese packing material called expanded polystyrene foam.Still, much of the drive for renewable materials is coming from the consumer goods and food and beverage industries. Odwalla and its parent company Coca-Cola recently transitioned over to plant-based bottles. Odwalla recently pledged it will transition all single-serve bottles to containers made from plant materials by March. Careful to avoid a SunChips-like snafu, an Odwalla spokeswoman said that the Odwalla plant-based bottles were designed to have &amp;''the same shelf life and other performance characteristics&amp;'' as traditional petroleum-based high density polyethylene plastic bottles.Assuming that the bottles don&amp;'t have an obnoxiously loud crunch and avoid going the way of the SunChips compostable bag, it looks like the wave of greener packaging is still on.[Top image via Flickr/cuttlefish]Next Story: 5 ways your start-up can get better hires Previous Story: Deals &amp;038' More: Envia drives away with $17M for lithium-ion batteries, Wortal lands $500K to plan your social calendarPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: green materials, green packaging, sustainable packingCompanies: Amazon, Apple, Archer Midland Daniels, Cargill, Cereplast, Coca-Cola, Dell, Federal Trade Commission, FedEx, MBA Polymers, Natureworks, Odwalla, SunChips, Total Packaging Solutions, UPS, Wal MartPeople: Robert Vos          Tags: green materials, green packaging, sustainable packingCompanies: Amazon, Apple, Archer Midland Daniels, Cargill, Cereplast, Coca-Cola, Dell, Federal Trade Commission, FedEx, MBA Polymers, Natureworks, Odwalla, SunChips, Total Packaging Solutions, UPS, Wal MartPeople: Robert VosIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will tweets make Techmeme even more addictive for tech news junkies]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mariedelexz</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Techmeme, the news aggregator thata4a4s usually my first stop on the Web, just announced that ita4a4s adding a new kind of headline to the mix &amp;8212' tweets posted on Twitter.For Techmeme, the move seems like an obvious extension of the site&amp;'s existing Twitter-based news tip system. This should bring in a fresh, fast source of news. Tweets will also be incorporated in the discussion and commentary sections under each headline. And Techmeme usually tries to highlight the publication that first broke a story, so adding Twitter is almost a requirement, since so much tech news (be it an official announcement, accidental announcement, rumor, or otherwise) surfaces first on the microblogging site, rather than on blogs or in traditional news publications.Beyond Techmeme itself, Ia4a4m curious to see whether this will change the way reporters cover the tech world. I know Ia4a4m not the only tech writer whoa4a4s kind of obsessed with the site, and who sees links to my stories on Techmeme as an important form of validation &amp;8212' even though those links usually arena4a4t a big source of traffic. If you want to get a tech blogger riled up, ask him about the times he felt overlooked by the sitea4a4s editors. (Techmeme headlines are selected through a mix of automation and human curation, but when you&amp;'re mad about something, ita4a4s easy to convince yourself that therea4a4s a mean editor behind it.)So as reporters keep aiming for Techmeme fame, I imagine they might do more tweeting as theya4a4re covering breaking news or working on big scoops. (Shoot, maybe I should have tweeted about this first.) I also wonder if we might see a little less of the race to publish stories when a company tweets some news. Most bloggers want to publish first, but once something is on Twitter, it&amp;'s even more clear now youa4a4re racing for second place &amp;8212' at least on Techmeme.You can read more about how to get a tweet onto Techmeme in founder Gabe Riveraa4a4s blog post. (That&amp;'s Rivera in the picture above.)Next Story: Coskata grabs biggest slice of USDA&amp;'s $405M in biofuels loan guarantees Previous Story: Top 10 reasons why you should launch at DEMOPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: news aggregators, tweetsCompanies: Techmeme, TwitterPeople: Gabe Rivera          Tags: news aggregators, tweetsCompanies: Techmeme, TwitterPeople: Gabe RiveraAnthony 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[Tesla stock drops 16 percent, analysts pile on worries]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>whitney1982</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[As VentureBeat suggested on Thursday, the entry of new shares onto the market today has caused Tesla&amp;'s stock to drop. The stock is trading down 16 percent today now that the 180-day post-IPO lockup period has ended and insiders are free to sell their shares.The stock istrading at $25.30, down 16 percent from its Thursday close of $30.09. CapitalOne Southcoast todayplaced a &amp;''sell&amp;'' rating on the stock.The Silicon Valley electric car company&amp;'s stock took an 8 percent tumble Thursday when Capstone analyst Carter Driscoll downgraded Tesla shares to a &amp;''sell&amp;'' with a price target of $22.Last week, Morgan Stanley estimated that the lockup&amp;'s end would triple the amount of shares publicly available for trade on the market. Today, traders have already traded 5.8 million shares &amp;8212' six times the stock&amp;'s 50-day average daily volume of 902,532.Brian D. Pacampara of The Motley Fool echoed Driscoll in pointing out that Tesla faces tough competition from major automakers:&amp;''I wouldn&amp;'t be so quick to pounce on today&amp;'s plunge. Double-digit declines over imagined insider dumping aren&amp;'t worth getting worked up about, but when you consider that Tesla lacks any real scale to compete against green-focused giantsFordand Nissan, I knowI&amp;'dbe selling at the first opportunity. With skepticism steadily growing on Wall Street about just how fast Tesla will be able to grow, Mr. Market might not be ready to support the flood of new shares.&amp;''It&amp;'s not like Mr. Market didn&amp;'t have warning: 180-day lockups are standard parts of new public stock listings. In a10-Q SEC filing, Tesla disclosed that 75 million shares will be released by the lockup and that it currently has 93.25 million outstanding shares, Forbes noted. In the filing, the company anticipated the drop, too. The company acknowledged the potential price drop on Dec. 27, and that its stock price would be volatile:&amp;''The stock market in general, and the market for technology companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad market and industry factors may seriously affect the market price of companiesa4a4 stock, including ours, regardless of actual operating performance.&amp;''That the stock can be unpredictable is true. Tesla&amp;' stock has had a high of $36.42 and low of $14.98. Despite posting losses in the third quarter,the stock closed at a record $33. And its blockbuster IPO a4&quot; a $17 June offering thatjumped 40.5 percent in the first day of trading a4&quot;happened in the midst of a lackluster cleantech IPO season. And in a practically unheard-of aberration, the IPO bucked market trends with a successful debutthe same day the Nasdaq and S&amp;amp'P had their worst days of the year.As we noted Thursday, there has been a tremendous amount of short interest on the stock, with buyers looking to bet against the stock outnumbering sellers six to one as of Nov. 30.Previous Story: Another strike against Google TV Logitech temporarily halting Revue productionPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, electric vehiclesCompanies: CapitalOne Southcoast, Capstone, TeslaPeople: Carter Driscoll          Tags: electric cars, electric vehiclesCompanies: CapitalOne Southcoast, Capstone, TeslaPeople: Carter DriscollIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Wave to ride again as open source Apache project]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>meligansofil</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Open source programmers who have been working to keep Google Wave alive hit a significant milestone today by submitting their open source Wave code to the Apache Software Foundation, The Register reports.After a rocky launch and apparent difficulties in convincing users to try it out, Google announced that ended development on its much-hyped Wave collaboration tool back in August. Google Maps and Wave creator Lars Rasmussen has since joined Facebook.Most well-known for the popular Apache web server, the Apache Foundation is home to nearly 100 open source projects. The Google Wave team previously announced that it was working on open sourcing the defunct service by  combining the Wave server and client into something called a4AWave in a Box.a4 Programmers from Novell and elsewhere joined in on the open source  Wave initiative at the Google Wave Protocol site, and from there they submitted their work to the Apache Software Foundation.The code is currently an incubator project at the foundation, which the Register describes as a4Aa phase ASF projects pass through  before becoming full-fledged projects.a4 There the foundation delves into  the legal requirements of the code and builds a community around the  project. By bringing the Wave project to Apache, the project will be  able to attract even more contributors in a better controlled environment.The submission document for the project points out that the code submitted  to Apache is a combination of mature code from Wave proper, and immature  integration code from Wave in a Box. The document says it a4Ais quickly becoming highly  functional and is already in a very a4demoablea4a4 state.a4 The first Wave Protocol Summit was recently held in San Francisco and was attended by developers from several countries, companies and organizations.Unlike fellow VentureBeat writer Anthony Ha, I didna4a4t take too much joy in Wavea4a4s demise. Ia4a4ve been using Wave in small collaborative groups since it was released (mainly to prepare my technology podcast with my co-hosts), and Ia4a4ve yet to find a better tool for collaborating  among a few people. I can certainly see why Google dumped the project  though &amp;8212' nobody was ever very clear about what it could be used for, in  particular Google itself. At least now Wave has the chance to live on as something anybody can deploy &amp;8212' which was exactly what Google wanted from the beginning anyway.Next Story: Windows Phone 7 hits the ground running with 15,000 app developers Previous Story: As its CEO steps down, whata4a4s happening at RockYouPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Apache, Google Wave, Open source, Wave, Wave in a BoxCompanies: Apache Software Foundation, Google          Tags: Apache, Google Wave, Open source, Wave, Wave in a BoxCompanies: Apache Software Foundation, GoogleDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LeWeb Video: Rodrigo Seplveda Schulz on the French startup market]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Appewernpsync</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[At Le Web I ran into Rodrigo Seplveda Schulz, serial entrepreneur and now investor. I asked him about the startup market in France, a market which &amp;8211' despite his reputation as a huge globe-trotter &amp;8211' he is intimately acquainted with, being based out of Paris. What was interesting was the extent to which he was quite down on the market, even as we often hear from TechCrunch France that there has been a lot more startup activity in the last 18 months. Unfortunately for these French startup heroes, the over-riding business culture of France is not helping them. Here&amp;'s Rodrigo:CrunchBase InformationRodrigo Seplveda SchulzInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[As Funding Talk Swirls, Tumblr Lands A Director Of&nbsp'Product]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>parwinrestalk</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, a Business Insider report indicated that Tumblr has landed a &amp;''very big and competitive&amp;'' new round of funding from Sequoia Capital. We&amp;'re still looking into that, and they&amp;'re not commenting, but here&amp;'s one thing we do know about the company: they&amp;'ve just hired a new Director of Product.Derek Gottfrid will be joining the company from The New York Times where he was the Senior Architect in charge of many of the interesting things they do with technology. It looks like today isa4shis last day of work for the Times, and he&amp;'ll be joining team Tumblr shortly, Tumblr President John Maloney confirms. &amp;''We&amp;'re thrilled and excited about what Derek will bring to the team/product,&amp;'' Maloney writes in an email. Gottfrid had been with the Times for 12 years.The move continues the recent trend of Tumblr hiring from old media companies, as back in August they hired Mark Coatney away from Newsweek to be their media evangelist.In terms of growth, Tumblr continues to be on a tear. They publish all their numbers publicly via Quantcast, and the growth rate is pretty amazing. Back in July, we reported they were doing 1.5 billion pageviews a month a4&quot; that number is now past 2.5 billion, with half of those coming from the U.S. They&amp;'re about to become a top 40 site in the U.S. In August, they shot past a billion total posts.Given the growth and assuming the funding talk is true, expect the New York-based Tumblr to begin ramping up hiring shortly. Their staff blog only shows 12 employees, and one of them, co-founder and CTO, Marco Arment left in September to work on his successful side-project, Instapaper.Tumblr last raised money in April of this year. They&amp;'ve raised just over $10 million in total so far leading up to this new funding.CrunchBase InformationTumblrInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social media tracker Tynt gives developers content in real-time data streams]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nubereswoof</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Social media tracker startup Tynt has launched a new application program interface (API) that allows developers to access their content through real-time data streams, as the rush to put more information in the hands of smartphone users heats up.Tynt works with online publishers and websites to track and analyze data about the sharing activity of their users.The new API is the first initiative ofTyntLabs,as the company debuts new data tracking tools through itsTyntInsight feature and makes them available to developers and users.San Francisco-based Tynt also unveiled its new Content Discovery feature, where visitors can see top stories, popular search terms and images of in the sections of celebrity, how-to, New York, sports, technology and travel.It simultaneously announced its new Geo-location service, which shows the specific areas, images, search terms and stories that people in New York are most closely following.CEO and co-founder Derek Ball (pictured) told VentureBeat that Tynta4a4s new approach to interactive services is trying to find a way to harness the overall creativity flourishing in a lightning-fast developer environment.a4AOur internal researchers are finding fascinating patterns in the aggregate data and we have so many ideas for what amazing applications could be built,a4 said Bell. a4AWe simply cana4a4t create them all, so it will be very interesting to see what kind of applications others choose to build on our data.I am confident that the best apps will result in positive traffic flow for our publisher partners and great insights for the end users of those applications.I think one of the most interesting possible areas is mobile.a4Tyntcurrently offers two APIs, a Category API, where developers see a real-time stream of content related to six popular categories, and a Keyword Search, where developers engage real-time information streams based on keyword searches to figure out how users are interacting with a websitea4a4s content.Bell said he believed that targeting mobile apps will almost certainly be the next target for both developers and companies catering to businesses trying to quantify how their websites are engaging users.a4AI think one of the most interesting possible areas is mobile. Steve Jobs recently said a4Search hasna4a4t happened yet on mobile devices,a4a4 and he indicated that apps would be where people would go for their data,a4 said Bell.a4AIf you are building the ultimate app for any passion you might have, imagine being able to tap into a human curated set of the best content around that passion.a4Next Story: Verizon pushes for rewrite of &amp;''antiquated and anti-competitive&amp;'' US telecom law Previous Story: Skyfire launches first mobile browser for &amp;''the social networking generation&amp;''PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: advertising, API, developers, location based services, mobile apps, Social Media, social networkingCompanies: tynt labsPeople: derek bell, Steve Jobs          Tags: advertising, API, developers, location based services, mobile apps, Social Media, social networkingCompanies: tynt labsPeople: derek bell, Steve JobsRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rethink Books Gives Us A Glimpse At Social Books (Video&nbsp'Demo)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kiran01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Books are becoming electronic like every other form of print media, but they still lag in their social skills.  A startup called Rethink Books wants to incorporate sharing features into every electronic book and turn them into social books.  I caught up with founders Jason Ilian and Jason Johnson today at the TedxEast conference in New York City, where they presented a demo f their yet-to-be-released product.  I caught up with them in the hallway and got a quick demo which I captured on video.What CEO Ilian is showing is an iPad app, but this app could work on other devices, including e-readers.  You see the familiar bookshelf with your books, but you can also connect with your friends on Twitter and Facebook and within the Social Books app itself to see what books are on their bookshelves.  As you read a book, you can highlight and create notes, as well as see the highlights and notes of your friends (in different colors).  Excerpts could be shared via Twitter or Facebook with a link back to an excerpt page, along with a link to buy the book.  There is an activity stream view, where you can see all the comments and recent reading activities of the people you follow.We&amp;'ve seen some of these concepts before.  Digital comic book app Graphic.ly comes to mind..  And even the Kindle allows some sharing via Facebook and Twitter.  But nobody has really turbocharged sharing for electronic books yet.Rethink Books isn&amp;'t necessarily going to solve the problem, but at least they are approaching it in the right way.  The company is approaching publishers who want to put out electronic book titles as individual apps, and Rethink is hoping to power the social sharing features of those books.  If Apple and Amazon decide to open up their electronic book marketplaces, they could create a book reader for the their digital books as well.  It seems unlikely that Amazon or Apple would ever do that because they want to control their respective digital book markets and offer a consistent experience.  In a way, these social books remind me a little of Shelfari, the social reading service Amazon bought two years ago.  But why isn&amp;'t that built into the Kindle by now  Maybe opening up digital bookstores to outside innovation isn&amp;'t such a bad idea,CrunchBase InformationRethink BooksAmazon Kindle 2iPadInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft&'s Kinectified game business grows 55 percent &8212' fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>SusanHomer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Call it Kinectification. Microsoft said today that its video-game business grew dramatically thanks to sales of its Kinect motion-sensing system.The Entertainment &amp;amp' Devices division &amp;8212' which includes Xbox 360 and PC games, Zune, Windows Phone 7, and consumer software &amp;8212' generated $3.7 billion in revenue in the quarter ended Dec. 31, up 55 percent from $2.4 billion a year earlier.Peter Klein, chief financial officer, said in a conference call that Kinect is the &amp;''fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history.&amp;''That shows that, after many years of skepticism and losses, Microsoft&amp;'s game business has hit its stride. Kinect has given the company a much-needed boost in sales at a time when Microsoft might normally have had to introduce a new game console. The Xbox 360 was introduced in 2005. If it were a normal console cycle, Microsoft would have to introduce a new box this year. But Kinect let the company postpone the new console and keep gamers entertained with something new.Operating income for the Entertainment &amp;amp' Devices division was $679 million, up from $365 million a year ago. Microsoft saw 42 percent growth in U.S. console sales in 2010, mainly because it introduced a slimmed-down version of the Xbox 360 in June. Kinect also drove new game software and console sales as well.Microsoft sold 6.3 million XBox 360 consoles during the holiday season, up 21 percent from a year ago. The company sold 8 millon Kinect sensors in the first 60 days after launch.  Memberships of its premium XBox Live online service grew 30 percent to above 30 million active members in  the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, according to the company.  Microsoft is expecting 50 percent growth in its entertainment division  in the third quarter, and 40 percent overall for its 2011 fiscal year.Microsoft said Windows Phone 7 is available on 9 smartphones launched by 60 operators in 30 markets.Next Story: Netflix makes friends and enemies with ISP report cards, new social features Previous Story: Whoops! Microsoft&amp;'s leaked Q2 earnings show strong game and business software salesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Kinect, xbox 360Companies: Microsoft          Tags: Kinect, xbox 360Companies: MicrosoftDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook heads back east with a relatively green data center in North Carolina]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ben001</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Social networking titan Facebook is investing around $450 million to open a second standalone data center out in the evergreen hills of Forest City, North Carolina, the company announced today.The data center should take around 18 months to build and will generate 250 jobs during the construction process. Facebook will then hire between 35 and 45 people to run the beast. Facebook will get around $17 million in tax breaks as a result, according to a report by the New York Times.Facebook&amp;'s new data center will also have to meet some pretty strict environmental standards that North Carolina imposes on its residing corporations. That means it will have to meet a number of energy efficiency and cooling standards to keep the facility moving along. About 40 percent of the data center&amp;'s energy will be nuclear powered, according to reports.Granted, just about any state would kill to have a data center run by Facebook a4&quot; including Oregon, which is allowing Facebook to run an upcoming data center in that state with coal power rather than cleaner energy sources. The Prineville, Ore.-based data center will cost only half of the upcoming data center, valued at $200 million. Only time will tell if Facebook is able to meet the energy standards that the state government has requested.Facebook&amp;'s is the second major data center the Tar Heel state has managed to snag in the past year. Just last year, governor Bev Perdue and company were able to negotiate their way to bringing a $1 billion Apple data center to the state that&amp;'s scheduled to open in the near future.[Photo: taberandrew]Next Story: Picplz 1, Instagram 0 as VC firm Andreessen Horowitz chooses photo app rival Previous Story: Google&amp;'s Nexus One successor revealed: Meet Samsung&amp;'s Nexus SPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: clean energy, cleantech, data center, Facebook data centerCompanies: Facebook, North CarolinaPeople: Bev Perdue          Tags: clean energy, cleantech, data center, Facebook data centerCompanies: Facebook, North CarolinaPeople: Bev PerdueVentureBeat 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[CES preview: A bigger show with everything from connected TVs to smart grid monitors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>limaparx232</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[After getting pummeled by the recession the last couple of years, the Consumer Electronics Show coming in January looks like it&amp;'s going to be bigger and better again.The biggest U.S. tech trade show (officially called the 2011 International CES) is an over-the-top extravaganza that is expected to draw more than 126,000 attendees and command more exhibit space compared to last year, said Jason Oxman, senior vice president at the Consumer Electronics Association, which stages the show. The return to growth will be welcome, since CES is a barometer for the health of the tech economy and is the place where companies display their gadgets and services for the upcoming year.In an interview, Oxman said, &amp;''Based on our best estimate, [the show] will have more square footage, and attendance will be equal or slightly higher than where we were last year.&amp;''This year&amp;'s show takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center and other venues from Jan 4 &amp;8211' 9. Oxman said exhibitors have reserved more than 1.5 million square feet and that reservations are still coming in. For the January 2010 show, exhibitors took out 1.44 million square feet. Attendees in January, 2010 were 126,641, which was up from 113,085 but down from 141,150 in January 2008. In the past five years, the biggest attendance number was 152,203 in 2006, while the biggest exhibit space was 1.86 million square feet in January 2008.&amp;''As a bellwether, CES is a strong indicator for the tech industry&amp;'s fortunes for the year,&amp;'' Oxman said. &amp;''The strength and strong buzz about innovation at this show will bode well for the industry.&amp;''This year, companies have shifted their buying patterns to wait longer before they book the space. Usually, the biggest exhibitors book their space for the next year just after one show ends. That means late bookings are up, with bookings from July through November beating sales records. Overall, there will be 2,500 exhibitors this year, including a number of new ones. Some of the more prominent ones include General Electric, Audi, Kenmore and Nike. The big selling point of CES is that attendees stage a dozen meetings on average at the show, eliminating the need for travel later in the year.As for trends, Oxman said that broadband communications will be a big deal as wireless providers begin to launch their 4G high-speed mobile networks. A new category of connected home appliances &amp;8212' such as smart grid power usage monitors &amp;8212' will be on the show floor. There are special areas dedicated to tablet computers and eBook readers &amp;8212' with more square footage dedicated to those categories this year, Oxman said.Connected TVs will likely dominate the cornucopia of new TVs at the show. This year, more of those TVs will debut with apps built into them so they can replicate the smartphone experience in the living room. 3D TVs will continue to evolve and make a splash at the event. Motion-control systems such as Microsoft&amp;'s Kinect for the Xbox 360 video game console are also expected to be popular. The sustainable planet section of the show is expanding, as is the space for in-vehicle entertainment. All of the major smartphone vendors are exhibiting. Mohammed Awad, a product manager for Broadcom, expects near-field communications to have a lot of buzz.Overall, the CEA expects the U.S. consumer electronics industry&amp;'s sales to grow 3 percent in 2010. It will update its forecast for 2011 at the show.On average, U.S. consumers are expected to spend $232 per household on consumer electronics gifts over the holidays, up 5 percent from last year, even though the overall amount spent on gifts will be down 2 percent to $750 this year. That number is the highest in 17 years, according to an October survey announcement. For the full year, consumers are spending $1,380 on consumer electronics, up $151 from last year, based on CEA&amp;'s survey from May. Black Friday sales reports confirmed the strong recovery in consumer electronics sales.As for issues, Oxman said that the association wants the Obama administration to negotiate more international trade agreements, which often have a direct bearing on sales. That&amp;'s important since 95 percent of tech gadget consumers are outside the U.S. now. Of the show&amp;'s expected 126,000 attendees, roughly 25,000 will like come from outside the U.S. Those attendees are important because they are often tech buyers.Another big issue is the allocation of wireless spectrum. Mobile broadband usage is starting to hit its limits. The CEA wants to shift allocation of spectrum away from the underused over-the-air TV to mobile phone applications. That kind of change requires congressional action. The CEA also wants government officials to review tax policy and to focus on spurring the economy.Oxman said that attendees so far are saying that they are pleased by the hotel deals they&amp;'re getting. In the past two years, Las Vegas has added 10,000 hotel rooms, helping to ease the crunch that happens every year with CES. A few years ago, attendees complained they were getting gouged by the hotels. Among the celebrities expected to show for the many events and parties: Earth Wind &amp;amp' Fire. Keynote speakers include Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who kicks off the official show on the evening of January 5. Others include Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon' Rupert Stadler, chairman of Audi' Boo-Keun Yoon, head of displays at Samsung' and Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford.[photos (3D glasses demo, overview of show floor, Taylor Swift at Sony press event last year' 3D glasses at Panasonic booth) are from our photo gallery of the January 2010 CES]Date      Square Ftg   Attendance2006  CES   1,690,000    152,2032007  CES   1,804,070    143,6952008  CES   1,857,161    141,1502009  CES   1,711,403    113,0852010  CES   1,441,808    126,641Next Story: Why does Microsoft want to stop Google from buying flight search provider ITA Previous Story: Is Netflix heading for a downhill ridePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 2011 International CES, CES, Consumer Electronics ShowCompanies: Broadcom, Consumer Electronics Association, ford, Microsoft, SamsungPeople: Jason Oxman          Tags: 2011 International CES, CES, Consumer Electronics ShowCompanies: Broadcom, Consumer Electronics Association, ford, Microsoft, SamsungPeople: Jason OxmanDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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