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If Twitter Charges, Users Would Pay: Survey
Would you pay to use Twitter? An unscientific survey conducted today found that about 50% of users would pay $5 per month or more for the service. Another survey found that a quarter of users would pay to remove ads if the service started putting them in feeds. How about you?
Apple in talks to offer DRM-free MP3 tracks via iTunes
Apple is in talks with three of the "big four" record labels about offering music tracks through iTunes that would be made available in MP3 format without copy protection measures, a move that could further distance the digital download service from its rivals.
3 Ways to Fix Twitter (+ the Best Mascot Suggestion EVER)
Seriously, this new mascot kicks the fail whale right in its blowhole.
Hands on: Zenbe's social, collaborative e-mail works well
E-mail is no longer just e-mail, and it arguably hasn't been for some time. Webmail clients like Yahoo's have offered IM and calendar integration for a while, and now Gmail allows video chatting and embedded gadgets. Zenbe, a new startup, is bringing social features, collaboration, and a new perspective on our e-mail routine.
Google Takes LIFE Magazine Photo Archive Online
Google said today it is partnering with LIFE magazine to make more than 10 million images available online from the magazine's photo archive. One of the most interesting things about the project is 97% of the photographs have never been seen by the public. The collection contains images from the 20th century with works from LIFE photographers.
Apple's OpenCL standard near complete in just six months
Apple has reportedly set an industry record by moving its OpenCL parallel computing standard from its beginnings to imminent approval in 6 months, paving the way for inclusion in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.The operating system will use technology to accelerate general-purpose tasks using both individual processor cores, video chipsets inside its system.
Why Facebook?
Why did Facebook survive when its competitor Hi5 did not? A more secure site, pretty much free of spammers. Now that Facebook has branched out, it needs to make sure it doesn't go the way of MySpace.
Mozilla To Lose It's Non-Profit Status
Today, the (for-now) non-profit Mozilla Foundation released its financial statements for 2007 (embedded below). Revenues for the organization behind the open-source Firefox browser were up 12 percent to $75 million, with search-related royalties from Google accounting for 88 percent of the total, or $66 million.
The Top 20 Facebook Apps
Useful tools and productive programs
13 Thrilling Ways Steampunk Art Hijacks Hi-Tech [30 PICS]
Steampunk design is seen by some as a reaction to today's generic, plastic gadgets that all look the same until one gets very, very close - practical yes, pleasing no. So polish up that monocle, bring on the brass and banish cookie-cutter clutter as Steampunk artists find thirteen more ingenious ways to redesign the world.
Linus Torvalds? old company acquired and gone
Transmeta, once a sparkling startup that set out to beat Intel and AMD in mobile computing, announced that it will be acquired by Novafora. The company?s most famous employee, Linux inventor Linux Torvalds, kept the buzz and rumor mill about the company throughout its stealth phase alive and guaranteed a flashy technology announcement in early 2000
5 Ways To Break Your Design Habits - Just for Fun
Here?s a few fun ideas where you, as the savvy web-designer that you are, will have to think outside the box. Or at least peak over the edge.
MacBook: an X-Ray View
If you?ve ever wondered what your MacBook looks like through an X-ray.
64-Bit Linux Adobe Flash Player: Surprisingly good
Talk about a change in priorities! When Adobe decided it was time to start work on a 64-bit Flash Player, they didn't release the first test version on Windows or Mac OS X. No, they released it on Linux and Solaris. Wow.
GMail Adds Themes To Its Awesome Feature List
Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up til now themes haven't been an integral part of Gmail. We wanted to go beyond simple color customization...
Apple's Customer Service Kick Dell's Ass, Evidence Shows
Are you a PC or a Mac? If you're enjoying great customer service, chances are you're a Mac, based on some new data released
World?s thinnest speakers? Nanotechnology & carbon nanotubes
Nanotechnology has made a flexible, stretchable, transparent material thinner than paper that can be used as a speaker. The material can be put into clothing, wallpaper or onto windows. The material was developed by Chinese scientists and is made up of carbon nanotube films and could be used to produce the world?s thinnest speakers
Windows 7 Touch Control Makes Media Center Interface Awesome
Visiting Microsoft's Media Center posse in Redmond, I just caught a glimpse of the Windows 7 Media Center interface with integrated touch control (no third-party software) on an HP TouchSmart. The only thing missing here is multitouch, but I'm told that's coming.
Mininova and Hyper MP testing new technology
We are pleased to announce that Mininova is testing a new technology which allows users to download and watch licensed movies and TV shows for free. These videos will be packaged by Hyper MP technology and are going to be distributed using Mininova Content Distribution for free. The unique feature of this system is [...]
Resetting Your Styles with CSS Reset
This is the first part of a series of articles that will discuss a particular CSS best practice or tip. I?ll be covering a mixture of topics that deals with CSS best practices, performance optimization, and tips and tricks to improve your workflow.
Wired.com Tech Layoff Tracker
Hopefully your company isn't on the list while you're reading Digg:) The news from the tech industry is pretty grim these days and chances are it will get even grimmer. We don't want to dance on anybody's grave here, but we do hope to create a bit of a water cooler.
Mark Cuban is Going To Fight The SEC In Public!
When the SEC charges someone with insider trading or any other crime, most lawyers will advise them that the best course of action is usually to keep their mouth shut and fight it in court.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in Q1 2009
Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week. LISA (or Large Installation System Administration Conference) is a technical conference targeted at engineers and system administrators. This year's conference invited Apple's Jordan Hubbard to speak ...
PC Magazine to Shut Down Print Edition
Ziff Davis announced today that it will STOP PUBLISHING THE PRINT VERSION OF PC MAGAZINE. The magazine, which was launched in 1982, will now be published online only. The January 2009 issue will be the last.
iPhone sex: Google application baffled by British accents
A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said Wednesday.
Top 25 days In Computing History
Details of 25 important days in computing history.
Researchers Introduce Energy-Efficient Supercomputer
Geographical References: Virginia
Researchers at Virginia Tech?s Center for High-End Computing Systems have a built the second version of a supercomputer called System G that runs at 22.8 TFlops. System G uses 325 Mac Pro computers that each have four two-core 2.8 GHz Intel Xeon processors and eight GB of RAM.
New Firefox app lets users pimp their browsers
Mozilla Corp. today unveiled a Web application that speeds Firefox customization by offering users several sets of pre-selected add-ons.Dubbed "Fashion Your Firefox," the online application provides nine sets of Firefox extensions, each with a catchy label and some descriptive text.
Yahoo!'s Five Biggest Mistakes
Sirens blared outside Yahoo!'s campus Tuesday, a day after chief executive Jerry Yang said he will step down as the Web portal continues to struggle to gain a grip on the advertising market and capitalize on its media assets.
Hi-Tech Laundry Texts When Clothes Are Ready
Geographical References: Virginia
At the University of Virginia, students can look online to see if washers and dryers are available. The machines can even send messages to the students' phones when the laundry is ready. The only problem ... they can't teach students how to wash their clothes.
Exit Fail Whale, Enter Fail Caterpillar (Twitter is Down)
After working flawlessly through the heavy tweeting of the elections, Twitter is apparently having some uptime issues today. The site is rendering a ?Currently down for database maintenance? image, which, seems a bit suspect given ?database maintenance? sounds like something you?d plan in advance.
CIA Agent Warns Against Chinese Trojan Horse Microchip
Robert Eringer, a CIA and FBI spook, also the man responsible for bringing American traitor Edward Lee Howard to justice, is claiming some Chinese-built systems are secretly equipped with a hidden microchip (called the 'Manchurian Microchip')that can be activated any time by China?s military intelligence services, the PLA.
5 predictions from 1968 that were dead-on & 5 that were nuts
40 years ago, science fiction writer James R. Berry predicted what the future would look like on November 18th, 2008 ? today. He made some impressive guesses. He also made a few understandable missteps. Explore an amazing retro future that was wild, but isn't as far off as you would think.
Thanks to gamers, the desktop supercomputer arrives
Nvidia today unveiled a workstation it calls the Telsa Personal Supercomputer at the annual Supercomputing 08 show here. The Tesla sports 960 cores, almost 4 teraflops of performance and costs less than $9,995. It achieves that speed and price by using four graphics processing units (GPUs), each of which has 240 cores.
iPhone Glitch Excuse for Email Affair Falls Flat
A woman's husband told her that a raunchy photo which had been sent via email from his iPhone was the result of a glitch. Not the photo itself; he admitted to that. No, the pic was automatically attached, addressed and sent because of a bug in the iPhone. Ahem. The woman, not an expert in these matters, asked the following...
15 Helpful In-Browser Web Development Tools
In this article, we explore some of the most popular and useful in-browser Web development tools.
10 IT security companies to watch
If there's a common theme among most of these vendors, as with 2007?s top 10, it's that trusted personal relationships forged in universities, business and the military played an essential role in inspiring their founders and convincing employees to join them.
iPhone applications for the Linux user
The iPhone and iPod Touch haven taken the mobile market by storm. Apple's AppStore is full of interesting applications that take advantage of the two devices's capabilities. But what's in there for Linux users? Sadly, GTKPod and Amarok cannot yet transfer files on an iPhone with the 2.x firmware upgrade, but there are other interesting ways your iP
Escape Clock Lets You Escape Your Wake-Up Call
This is the Escape Clock, from Argentine designer Santiago Cantera. Details about this concept alarm clock are so sparse that some other writers have simply started making up features.
TiVo Delivers Domino's...Is there anything TiVo can't do?
Late last night, broadband-connected TiVo Series2/3/HD owners may have stumbled upon the new Domino?s widget. While we first caught wind of this in regards to the Austrailian TiVo service, US TiVo subscribers are first to tap into Domino?s online ordering system - requesting pizza from the comfort of their couch.
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