News
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Paperwork Hinders Airlifts of Ill Haitian Children9 February 2010, 8:13 am
Doctors and aid workers are wrestling with proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits.
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Iran Is Said to Begin Nuclear Enrichment9 February 2010, 8:10 am
Brushing aside international threats of stricter sanctions, Iran reportedly began enriching its uranium on Tuesday.
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On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Map9 February 2010, 7:55 am
Republicans this month will bring President Obama a set of ideas and a more modest health care plan.
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As Data Flows In, the Dollars Flow Out9 February 2010, 7:54 am
The average American is expected to spend nearly $1,000 this year on services like cable, Internet and video games.
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Survey Raises Questions on Data-Driven Policy9 February 2010, 7:49 am
Results of a crime data survey have made critics and admirers of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wonder about the reliability of data underpinning policy decisions on the budget, education and other issues.
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News Analysis: For Kremlin, an Election in Ukraine Cuts Two Ways9 February 2010, 7:48 am
Russia’s preferred candidate is the apparent winner, but the starkly contested presidential race contrasts sharply with Russia’s recent history.
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U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege9 February 2010, 7:46 am
Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change face accusations of scientific sloppiness and potential financial conflicts of interest.
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McCain, Facing G.O.P. Foe in Primary, Tilts to the Right9 February 2010, 7:43 am
Challenged by J. D. Hayworth from the airwaves, and soon in a primary, John McCain has moved starkly, and often awkwardly, to the right.
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Toyota Details Recall of 2010 Prius for Brake Problems9 February 2010, 7:30 am
The worldwide recall will affect about 436,000 units of the 2010 Prius and other hybrid models, according to the company’s filing.
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Japanese Split on Exposing Secret Pacts With U.S.9 February 2010, 7:06 am
Agreements on U.S. bases and allowing nuclear-armed ships in Japanese ports date from the 1960s and 1970s.
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Toyota recalls more than 400,000 hybrid cars9 February 2010, 7:46 am
Toyota's president apologized Tuesday as he announced the global recall of more than 400,000 of the automaker's 2010 hybrid models, including the Prius.
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Father: Murray 'a fall guy' in MJ's death9 February 2010, 7:45 am
Michael Jackson's father suspects his son was murdered and that Dr. Conrad Murray is "just a fall guy" in a conspiracy.
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Jenny Sanford calls memoir 'cathartic'9 February 2010, 6:05 am
South Carolina's first lady, Jenny Sanford, said Monday that writing her much-anticipated memoir of her husband's affair was a "cathartic" and "cleansing" experience.
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3 shot during New Orleans celebration9 February 2010, 4:12 am
Three people were shot amid celebrations surrounding the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win, police said Monday.
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Police: Iraq vet abused daughter9 February 2010, 4:03 am
An Iraq war veteran has been charged with assault on suspicion of abusing his daughter, whose head he allegedly held in water to get her to recite the ABCs, according to police in Yelm, Washington.
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1,000 get mumps in N.Y. and N.J.9 February 2010, 3:00 am
More than 1,000 people in New Jersey and New York, many of them adolescent Orthodox Jews, have been sickened with mumps since August, health authorities said Monday.
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Up to 20 more inches of snow for D.C.9 February 2010, 2:15 am
A second round of snow is heading toward Washington, D.C., and surrounding cities, where residents are still digging out after a record-setting blizzard.
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Murtha dies after surgery complications9 February 2010, 1:21 am
Rep. John Murtha died as a result of recent gallbladder surgery complications that arose from doctors accidentally nicking Murtha's intestines, a source told CNN.
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Elizabeth Smart kidnapper pleads guilty8 February 2010, 9:44 pm
A woman convicted in the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty in the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin a month later, court officials said Monday.
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Ripples of Dubai killing spread8 February 2010, 9:18 pm
A man was murdered in his Dubai hotel room by a hit squad that operated with European passports, police say. Sounds like the plot of a novel, but this is reality and the hunt is on for the killers of top Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
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Top-ranked Kansas survives major test at Texas9 February 2010, 8:10 am
Marcus Morris scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Kansas to an 80-68 victory over No. 14 Texas on Monday night and the Jayhawks easily handled an opponent that a few weeks ago was supposed to challenge them for the Big 12 title.
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Toyota recalling Prius, other models, worldwide9 February 2010, 7:28 am
Toyota announced that it is recalling about 400,000 of its signature Prius green cars and other hybrids worldwide for braking problems.
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Michael Jackson’s doctor freed on bail9 February 2010, 3:04 am
The doctor who prosecutors say caused Michael Jackson’s death has been released from jail after posting $75,000 in bail, only a few hours after surrendering to authorities.
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Astronauts giving shuttle a post-launch scan9 February 2010, 2:22 am
Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour will scan their spacecraft overnight to search for any signs of heat shield damage from their early Monday launch.
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Scoop: Ellen, Simon ‘have locked horns’ on ‘Idol’9 February 2010, 2:21 am
Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell reportedly got off on the wrong foot on their first day together behind the judges' table, and their relationship has not improved over time.
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Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles southern Mexico9 February 2010, 2:20 am
A magnitude 5.7-earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Oaxaca coast Monday, setting off evacuation alarms and swaying buildings as far away as Mexico City.
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Seats at premium on planes, trains out of D.C.9 February 2010, 1:17 am
Forecasters predict more snow for the Mid-Atlantic, starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing into Wednesday as airlines warn travelers more flights would be canceled.
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Hoarse Who Dat Nation savors Saints’ victory9 February 2010, 12:40 am
People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday’s Times-Picayune, which hollered “AMEN!” from its front page. The Saints’ Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it.
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Doritos’ ‘House Rules’ ad is tops with users9 February 2010, 12:39 am
For a second straight year Doritos let the public create its Super Bowl ads. And evidently the public knows what the public wants.
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Early Priuses may have braking issues8 February 2010, 11:59 pm
How far back do potential braking problems with the Toyota Prius go? The answer may be much further than believed, and could involve vehicles dating back to the 2005 model-year.
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Gadgets
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Helium Digital HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband gets reviewed, given 3.5 Jack Bauers9 February 2010, 9:24 am
Looking to get a Bluetooth earpiece without actually upping your tool factor by 40x or so? Good luck. Helium Digital's so-called alternative (that'd be the HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband) was recently reviewed by our iPhone-lovin' pals in the Great White North, and while they found it to work well when it came to handling calls without actually using the speaker and microphone within the iPhone 3GS, everything else about it was ho hum at best. There's no inbuilt LCD for watching Caller ID streams...
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Nintendo's Miyamoto casually references new hardware, MotionPlus games9 February 2010, 8:37 am
Do you think non-disclosure agreements apply if you're one of the guys who built the company you represent? Probably not, as evidenced by Shigeru Miyamoto, who recently took the opportunity -- while receiving an award, no less -- to blab about forthcoming hardware and games based around the MotionPlus peripheral. There wasn't much content to his mentions, beyond us now knowing that he's actively engaged in the design of multiple games outside of the next Zelda iteration, but this is the firme...
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Panasonic TH-P54VT2 takes plasma HDTVs into 3D territory9 February 2010, 7:53 am
Finally making the transition from the trade show floor to retail shelving are Panasonic's famed Viera 3D plasma HDTVs. The company has just announced it will be launching two 1080p panels on April 23 in Japan, priced at ¥530,000 ($5,932) for the 54-inch P54VT2 and ¥430,000 ($4,813) for its smaller sibling, the P50VT2 (pictured after the break). For your money, you'll be getting those deep, deep blacks that ensure a ridiculous 5,000,000:1 native contrast ratio, a plethora of inputs high...
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Google starts live phone support for Nexus One owners9 February 2010, 7:14 am
Google readily admits that its Nexus One customer support at launch was lacking. However, the Goog says that it's committed to improving the experience as it blazes a path into the world of consumer handset sales. Today, more than a month since the launch of the Nexus One, Google is offering owners access to a real live person via 888-48NEXUS (63987). The new support line is operational from 07:00am to 10:00pm PST and augments Google's support forums, FAQs and email support. Unfortunately, Goog...
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Notion Ink to have competition to encourage development for Adam reader, might release two versions9 February 2010, 6:51 am
Back at CES, we were pretty excited to get our hands on Notion Ink's far out, Pixel Qi display-boasting reader, Adam. Well, Notion Ink is on the move, and encouraging development for the Tegra-powered little devil is apparently a top priority. The company has unveiled plans to hold an App Competition with one million dollars in prize money for the development of Adam-compatible software. There are no final details about the contest yet, but we think we'll probably be hearing more about it next...
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PrePeat rewritable printer lets you undo print jobs, no ink or toner used9 February 2010, 5:37 am
Inkless / tonerless printers aren't exactly new, but here's a more novel approach: inkless, tonerless, and completely reusable. The PrePeat rewritable printer is exactly that: using special paper made of PET plastic, you can make all the flowcharts and meeting notes you need, and when you want to start fresh, feed the paper back in to start fresh. Upfront cost is 500,000 yen (about $5,600 in US) for the printer and 300 yen for each sheet, in lots of 1,000 -- which we're taking to mean at least a...
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HTC Dragon and friends turn up on Dopod roadmap9 February 2010, 3:37 am
The HTC Dragon may not be quite the same mythical beast it once was now that the Nexus One has stolen some of its thunder, but it is still an actual device and, according to a recently leaked Dopod roadmap, it's headed for China in the second quarter of this year. Details are otherwise a bit light, but it is apparently an Android device (as expected) and packs a 3.6-inch WVGA display. Joining it over the course of the year are the 3.4-inch, Android-based A6388, the 4.3-inch Huashan (apparently ...
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Nokia Nuron spotted again, connection to 5230 cemented?9 February 2010, 2:42 am
Dear Nokia fan clinging on to all hope that the 5230 and Nuron were two separate entities, whereby you'd have even more Espoo devices to look forward to: you're wrong. TmoNews has picked up what's purported to be another internal T-Mobile documentation for the 5230 Nuron. Like the previously-rumored leak, it's said to be going on sale on March 17 with a 3.2-inch touchscreen, on-screen keyboard, and Ovi Store. Oh, and just in case you weren't sure if you fit the target audience, see if you quali...
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Current MacBook Pro SKU given mark of death in Best Buy database?9 February 2010, 2:02 am
We'll admit to not being leading the field of study in Best Buy-ology, but here comes a new quiz for us care of a tipster who sent TUAW a screenshot of the inventory screen that shows what looks to be the current MacBook Pro SKU with status: deleted. What that means is no new orders can be made for that unit, at least for that particular store. Sign of impending MBP refresh? Intel certainly had us riled up last month with that Core i5-infused flier, but we won't get fooled again. Don't hold you...
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JXD V3 handheld is confused, confusing and altogether interesting9 February 2010, 1:04 am
We won't front -- there's little chance we'd actually use JXD's V3 handheld, but it's not for lack of interest. This here PMP / game player hybrid isn't apt to leave the shores of Asia, but for those in that neck of the woods, this unit offers up emulators for a slew of game consoles, a 4.3-inch display, a 5 megapixel camera and plenty of file format support to handle your favorite music and video. Reportedly, the device even features an FM radio tuner, and in case you're curious as to why there...
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Software Bug Causes Toyota Recall of Almost Half a Million New Hybrid Cars [Cars]9 February 2010, 8:16 am
Toyota just announced a recall of its 2010 hybrid cars. Four hundred thousand worth. The reason? A change in "brake feeling" caused by faulty antilock braking software. There is no fix for cars on the road yet.
This problem, unrelated to the sticky gas pedal issue that other drivers complained about. But I'm still wondering what exactly is bothering our Prius-loving friend Woz, who claims he has a faulty cruise control issue that is software related, not mechanical.
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Some Good News, and Some Bad News, About Adobe Flash 10.1 [Flash]9 February 2010, 8:00 am
The good news first: Adobe's promising Flash 10.1 is going to hit smartphones—Android, WebOS, Windows Mobile—and desktops in the "first half" of this year, a slightly less squishy date. And it'll come over the air. The bad part?
Well it's bad for Android, anyway: You're gonna need Android 2.1. At least. Because it provides some access Adobe needs to make the Flash magic happen. So, sorry everything but the Droid and Nexus One, at least for the moment. The "over the air" thing is als...
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Publishers Tell Google and Their Ebook Plans to Get Bent [Rumor]9 February 2010, 7:13 am
The vision of ebooks Google has presented to publishers: allowing people to print copies, cut and paste portions, and paying publishers 63 percent of the revenue. The vision the publishers presented in return: Go eff yourself.
That's right, Google's finally getting around to opening an ebook store too—called Google Editions, and it's been in the works for a while—the idea being that people will be able to read the books on any internet-connected device.
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Parisian Oops: A More Realistic Google Ad [Google]9 February 2010, 4:00 am
Sure, Google's Superbowl ad was cute and left us giggling, but how would a French romance powered by Google really go? [UCB—Thanks, Mackenzie!]
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An HD Video Tour of the International Space Station [Space]9 February 2010, 3:20 am
If you're a huge space buff, you might not be surprised by anything in this video tour of the International Space Station. But it's still great to just get a simple walkthrough of this incredible project and all its corners.Anyone else get a bit bit light-headed watching all those twists and turns? [CrunchGear]
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Apple Job Posting Suggests Cameras in Future iPads [Rumors]9 February 2010, 3:05 am
Apple's hiring again and this time they're looking for "Performance QA Engineers" in their "iPad Media" department. Based on the description for the job, we might be seeing an increase in iPad camera rumors:
The Media Systems team is looking for a software quality engineer with a strong technical background to test still, video and audio capture and playback frameworks. Build on your QA experience and knowledge of digital camera technology (still and video) to develop and maintain testing framew...
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It May Be Creepy, But This Case's Ad Is Popcorn-Worthy [Wtf]9 February 2010, 2:40 am
I hate spiders, I hate horror movies, and I hate gimmicky computer cases. But I love the commercial for the Lian Li Mini-atx case. Maybe it's just because it reminded me of Steve Irwin.There aren't details on availability and pricing for this case, but who cares when the promo video alone is fun. [CrunchGear]
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Prepaid Cellphone Users Less Likely to Return Calls [Data]9 February 2010, 2:00 am
Some folks decided to study the calling habits of 5.3 million people over an 18-month period. 350 million phone calls later, they came to an almost obvious conclusion: Prepaid cellphone users make and return fewer calls than their postpaid counterparts.You can click on the image to take a closer look at the graphs.
Initially the study done at the Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland, was intended to analyze reciprocity—the likelihood of an individual receiving as many...
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Best Buy's MacBook Pro SKUs Go Missing, Might Mean Core i5 Refresh Soon [Rumor]9 February 2010, 1:46 am
The upcoming i5 MacBook Pro refresh might be closer than we thought, with TUAW discovering that Best Buy emptied their systems of the current version. Since they're not likely to go MacBook-less for long, that points to soon. [TUAW]
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The Scale That Thinks It's a Rug [Concepts]9 February 2010, 1:20 am
This concept scale that doubles as a decorative rug might—might—be the thing to finally get me taking better care of myself.
Designer Kwan Sunman's Rug With Scale project does away with the cold, judgmental form factors of your average bathroom scale, ensconcing it instead in a warm and inviting rug. The readout from the scale shows up on a small red tag that illuminates its user's current weight, previous weight, and goal weight to help chart progress.
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feature: The lost souls of telecommunications history9 February 2010, 5:30 am
When Tim Berners-Lee arrived at CERN, Geneva's celebrated European Particle Physics Laboratory in 1980, he'd been hired to help replace the control systems for several of the lab's particle accelerators. Almost immediately, the inventor of the modern Web page noticed a problem: thousands of people were coming and going from the famous research institute, many of them temporary hires. "The big challenge for contract programmers was to try to understand the systems, both h...
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Wireless carriers want crackdown on cell phone boosters9 February 2010, 3:43 am
"This is 'Magic' and this is 'Jack'," the little girl says in the video ad, holding her two cute puppy dogs up to the camera. The girl's father, magicJack inventor Dan Borislow, then asks her, "Kylie, did you know that your dad is going to let everybody try a magicJack in the whole country for free?"
Free for 30 days, that is. magicJack is a popular service comparable to VoIP, except that after you hook its app into a USB port on your broadband connected computer, you plug t...
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Survey tries quantifying iPad hype, suggests interest waning9 February 2010, 2:40 am
"iPad hoopla" has passed, according to a survey by electronics shopping site Retrevo, and consumers have lost interest after the product's unveiling less than two weeks ago. More than twice as many respondents said they were uninterested after the iPad was announced compared to a week prior. Of course, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics—three times as many said they were confident they would buy one after finding out the product's details.
Retrevo did similar surve...
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Biofuel expansion would send cattle into the rain forest9 February 2010, 1:27 am
Biofuel production in the US has met with fairly mixed success, as the cost and fossil fuel use of corn-based ethanol has severely cut into the benefits provided by avoiding the use of fossil fuels. It's been a somewhat different story in Brazil, which has embraced ethanol derived from sugarcane and seen more promising results. The government has set aggressive targets for both ethanol and biodiesel production, but a study that will be published in the Proceedings of the Na...
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Mozilla dropping 10.4 support with next Firefox release9 February 2010, 12:11 am
The next major release of Firefox will not be compatible with Macs running Mac OS X 10.4, also known as Tiger. This comes from a mozilla.dev.planing discussion on Google Groups started by Josh Aas, a Mozilla-employed developer working on the project. The change will go into effect later this year when the browser's Gecko rendering engine makes the jump from 1.9.2 to 1.9.3.
The Mozilla Foundation estimates that there are currently about 1.4 million Tiger users using Firefox 3.5 every day a...
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Microsoft: your battery is the problem, not Windows 78 February 2010, 11:29 pm
Last week, Microsoft said it was investigating issues in Windows 7 that affect batteries on certain notebooks after hundreds of users reported they thought the OS was to blame. Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division, has posted a lengthy response on the Engineering Windows 7 blog. "At this time we have no reason to believe there is any issue related to Windows 7 in this context," Sinofsky writes. Here's his explanation:
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Dante's Inferno interview: of marketing and Gods of War8 February 2010, 10:55 pm
Dante's Inferno has weathered its share of criticism for its aggressive marketing campaign, as well as its topical resemblance to the God of War titles. To be fair, much of that criticism came from us. Jonathan Knight, the game's executive producer, was kind enough to talk to Ars about the game before its release. We picked his brain on the marketing campaign, dealing with a property with as much history as Dante's Inferno, and why gaming can be a transitory art form.
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AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops8 February 2010, 9:28 pm
SAN FRANCISCO—The "Llano" processor that AMD described today in an ISSCC session is not a CPU, and it's not a GPU—instead, it's a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an "application processor unit," or APU. Whatever you call it, it could well give Intel a run for its money in the laptop market, by combining a full DX11-compatible GPU with four out-of-order CPU cores on a single, 32nm processor die.
Details on the highly parallel vector hardware—t...
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All that user-generated content? 95% is malware, spam8 February 2010, 7:52 pm
The latest research from Websense Security Labs paints a dreary but familiar picture of the state of online security threats. Echoing the bad news of other such recent reports, it seems the vast majority of the Web consists of malware and spam. Worse yet, even legitimate, well-known sites are being used to pump malware, SEO poisoning, or phishing attacks.
Websense uses a global network of systems to scan and analyze over 40 billion websites every hour, tracking malware and o...
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Amazon puts out one e-book pricing fire as others flare up8 February 2010, 7:08 pm
Just as it looked like Amazon was about to achieve an iTunes-style lock on the e-book marketplace, the impending arrival of Apple's iPad seems to have emboldened book publishers. After a pricing dispute caused all Macmillan titles to disappear off Amazon's virtual shelves, other publishers joined the pricing revolt, demanding greater flexibility in setting prices on their wares. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon has apparently settled the first of these disputes by capitulati...
iPhone
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PwnageTool 3.1.5 Jailbreaks iPhone 3.1.38 February 2010, 7:30 pm
Mac OS X: Last week Apple pushed out a minor update to the iPhone OS, and, naturally, the update re-jailed any jailbroken devices. Yet again, the iPhone dev-team is back with a new version of PwnageTool that's compatible with the latest update.Take note that the dev-team's official stance on the iPhone 3.1.3 OS update is "skip it" unless you've had battery problems (the update offers little more). If you wanted to go ahead with the update anyway, this new version of the PwnageTool (3.1.5) will h...
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Top 10 Tools for Finding Cool Stuff Nearby6 February 2010, 5:00 pm
Sometimes the most interesting stuff in an unfamiliar city is hiding in plain sight. With the right location-aware and map-friendly web tools, you can find the best cheap eats, picture-worthy sights, and much more. Start with this list of in-the-know apps.Photo by epicharmus.
We've previously taken an example tour around Austin, TX with tools to find the best spots in new cities, some of which are detailed here, as well. For this list's sake, we'll assume you're familiar with the most popular lo...
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Siri Is a Personal Assistant that Fits in Your Pocket5 February 2010, 4:30 pm
iPhone: We can't think of a person who couldn't use a little help with everyday planning, research, and chores, but unfortunately we can't all afford a personal assistant. Siri is a smart voice-recognition virtual assistant for your iPhone.
Give the video above a look for an idea of how Siri works. Essentially, you speak your bidding, it interprets what you say, and it goes hunting for what it is that you want. Ask it to look up movie showtimes, make reservations, get a taxi, fetch flight info, ...
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SlingPlayer iPhone App Gets Go-Ahead to Stream Over 3G4 February 2010, 3:30 pm
If you've got a SlingBox and an iPhone, you could previously fork over another $30 to get the SlingPlayer app and watch your home TV and recordings ... over Wi-Fi, which kind of defeated the whole purpose of mobile watching (aren't you usually home already when you're on Wi-Fi?). But Sling and AT&T have reached an agreement on 3G streaming, so the SlingPlayer will get an upgrade to truly mobile TV streaming as soon as Apple approves the upgrade. Existing SlingPlayer owners will get the upgraded ...
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iTunes Provides Browser-Based iPhone App Previews4 February 2010, 2:00 pm
iTunes is letting more of its content out onto the open web these days, offering up song previews and, just recently, iPhone/iPod app details. You can check out screenshots, reviews, pricing, and most of the other details you'd get inside iTunes from your browser now when you click on a direct app link. Not every direct app link worked in a quick morning test, but over time, expect far fewer grumbles from those who don't have iTunes installed but want to see just a few things inside Apple's wall...
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TouchMouse Controls Your Computer's Mouse and Keyboard via iPhone or iPod touch3 February 2010, 1:00 am
iPhone/iPod touch: TouchMouse is a free application for the iPhone/iPod touch that, when paired with its accompanying control software on your Mac or Windows computer, turns your touchscreen into a mouse and keyboard.Once you download the software to your iPhone or iPod touch and pair it with the server software—Logitech has versions of the TouchMouse Server software available for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 as well as Mac OS X—you'll be able to use your device as a mouse for controllin...
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BackOff Shortens Long iPhone and iPod touch Sync Sessions2 February 2010, 11:00 pm
iPhone/iPod touch: If you carry a ton of stuff around on your iPhone or iPod touch, you know syncing it can take forever. BackOff turns off iTunes' automatic backup process so you can sync faster.Okay, before you go galloping off to download this slick free utility, let's go over the most important point one more time. BackOff prevents iTunes from making a backup of your iPhone or touch to speed up syncing. That may not be a big deal once in a while, but most of us may want to have a recent back...
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iPhone OS 3.1.3 Update Available for All iPhone and iPod touch Models2 February 2010, 6:30 pm
Apple just pushed out the iPhone OS 3.1.3 software update, featuring various minor bug fixes and improvements, including improved accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS and resolved issues with third-party apps not launching. None of what the release discusses sounds too exciting, but here's betting that iPad is in the dictionary now. Update: Huh, apparently it's not. To update your iPhone or iPod touch, plug it in, fire up iTunes, and hit the Check for Updates button....
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Fring Brings 3G VoIP and Video Calling to the iPhone29 January 2010, 10:00 pm
iPhone only: Fring, a VoIP and chat app for the iPhone, got a nice update this week that lets users make video and voice calls over a 3G connection. Best of all, it's still free.We've mentioned Fring before because it's a great way to turn your iPod touch into an iPhone, but until now the only way you could make calls with it was via Skype. The new update bypasses the need for Skype and lets you call or video chat with your contacts right from Fring using your iPhone's 3G connection (and, of cou...
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MenuPages Brings Restaurant Menus to Your iPhone29 January 2010, 8:30 pm
iPhone/iPod touch only: The next time you're debating trying out a new restaurant but want to check out the menu first, whip out your iPhone or iPod touch and take a look at MenuPages.MenuPages for the iPhone plugs you into the MenuPages web site's main database of menus. You can search for restaurants by type, location, or just call up the whole list of nearby eateries and skim it that way.
When you see a restaurant you want to try, tap it to bring up information on its hours of operation, addr...
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MacRumors: Claimed Fourth-Generation iPhone Parts Surface Revealing Taller Form Factor8 February 2010, 6:31 pm
iPhone 3GS on left, claimed fourth-generation iPhone on right
iPhone repair site iResQ has posted photos of what it claims are parts for the fourth-generation iPhone presumably due for launch later this year. Among the most notable fe......
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AT&T Rolls Out FamilyMap iPhone Application5 February 2010, 6:55 pm
AT&T today announced the release of AT&T FamilyMap, a new iPhone application that integrates with the company's existing FamilyMap service to allow families to keep track of each other while on the go.The AT&T FamilyMap app b......
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MacRumors: Sling Media Denies Collaboration With AT&T on 3G Streaming5 February 2010, 4:30 pm
Yesterday, AT&T announced that it had finally decided to allow Sling Media's SlingPlayer Mobile to stream video over the carrier's 3G network. As part of the announcement, AT&T claimed that it had "worked with" Sling Media to develop a version of th......
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Apple to iPhone Developers: Geolocation Not to Be Used Solely for Ads5 February 2010, 4:00 pm
In a posting on its news page for iPhone developers earlier this week, Apple encouraged developers to integrate the Core Location framework into their apps, offering the ability to deliver information to users based on their location. Perhaps more i......
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MacRumors: Apple's iPhone Continues to Outpace Smartphone Industry Growth4 February 2010, 4:32 pm
Research firm IDC today issued a report highlighting fourth quarter and full year worldwide sales numbers of "converged mobile devices", more commonly known as smartphones, revealing continuing outstanding growth for Apple's iPhone above the overall ......
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MacRumors: AT&T Approves 'SlingPlayer Mobile' Television Streaming Over 3G4 February 2010, 3:48 pm
AT&T today announced that it has decided to allow Sling Media's SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone application to stream video content over its 3G network. SlingPlayer Mobile allows users of Sling Media's "Slingbox" hardware to control and stream live and re......
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MacRumors: Apple Expands Browser-Based 'iTunes Preview' Functionality to Include App Store4 February 2010, 2:33 pm
TechCrunch reports that Apple has expanded its browser-based 'iTunes Preview' functionality to include pages for App Store applications.To see this for yourself, open any direct link to an iPhone app (example) in your favorit......
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MacRumors: More Details on Verizon's iPad and iPhone Negotiations Reportedly Surface3 February 2010, 6:32 pm
Earlier this week, a report briefly mentioned that Clayton Morris of FOXNews.com, who offered several reports about the iPad coming to Verizon in the weeks leading up to the device's introduction, had spoken to a Verizon source who claimed that Apple......
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MacRumors: Apple Receives Patent for Touch-Sensitive Bezel for Portable Devices3 February 2010, 4:47 pm
Patently Apple reported yesterday that Apple has been granted a patent regarding the use of touch-sensitive bezels in electronic devices, primarily focused on portable devices. While the content of the patent is not new, having been previous......
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MacRumors: Taiwanese Industry Sources: Next-Generation iPhone Manufacturing Deal, USB 3.0, iPad Suppliers3 February 2010, 2:45 pm
DigiTimes today offers a series of reports involving Apple, revealing a number of claims from industry sources in Taiwan regarding the next-generation iPhone, Apple's possible plans for USB 3.0, and iPad component suppliers.
One report......
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Top 25 iPhone Blogs8 February 2010, 4:00 pm
I’m often asked what I think is the best iPhone blog. It’s hard to tell because most iPhone blogs have their own specific topic or their own “voice”. While I do not have one favorite blog (except mine, hehe), there are few I read on a regular basis.
The following is my selection of what I think are top iPhone blogs.
Mac Rumors
Gizmodo
Just Another iPhone Blog
Simple Reviews
Apple Insider
The Unofficial Apple Weblog
iSmashPhone
Apple iPhone School
TiPB
iPhone Atlas
iPhone...
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How to Unlock iPhone 3.1.38 February 2010, 4:29 am
This guide and tutorial will show you how to unlock iPhone 3.1.3 using UltraSn0w or BlackSn0w, depending on your iPhone baseband.
The first step is to jailbreak your iPhone 3.1.3, either with RedSn0w or with PwnageTool. Note that PwnageTool is the preferred method as it helps preserve the baseband.
Now we have 2 options for unlocking, and it all depends on your baseband model:
If your baseband is still at 04.26.08, then you may use UltraSn0w.
If your baseband is at 05.11.07, you may use BlackSn...
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Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 with PwnageTool8 February 2010, 4:05 am
The Dev Team released PwnageTool 3.1.5 just a few hours ago. In this guide and tutorial, I will show you how to use PwnageTool to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3.
Before we get into the details, please make sure you read this article by the Dev Team. It will explain to you what you can and cannot do. It is a very important piece of information that you should not overlook.
If at any point in time you updated your iPhone to firmware 3.1.3, then you also updated your baseband to 05.12.01. If that’s ....
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iPhone News You Missed This Week7 February 2010, 6:00 pm
In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a summary of what was posted on the blog within the last few days. As usual, if you like any of these articles, please share them, tweet them, email them or whatever’s clever.
RedSn0w 0.9 is out
Installous is dead
ContactFlow brings coverflow to your contacts
RedSn0w 0.9.3 jailbreak allows tethering of iPhone 3.1.2
499 reasons to buy an iPad
iPhone OS 3.1.3 is out
Traveling with an iPhone: my experience in Bali
Geohot not worki...
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How to Downgrade iPhone 3.1.3 to 3.1.27 February 2010, 4:00 pm
As always when a new firmware is being realeased, there is always a few unlucky people who “accidentally” update or restore to the latest firmware, thus losing their jailbreak and unlock.
In this case, you’d usually want to downgrade your iPhone from 3.1.3 to 3.1.2 simply by downloading 3.1.2 and SHIFT + Restore in iTunes so that you can choose your own firmware to restore to.
The problem is that Apple recently stopped signing all previous firmware versions making it impossible...
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Jailbreak & Unlock iPhone 3.1.3 with Sn0wBreeze? No, Thank You7 February 2010, 3:27 am
The almighty Sn0wBreeze has been recently updated to version 1.4 and although it claims to help jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3.1.3, I recommend to stay away from this tool.
The problem with Sn0wBreeze is that only a very small amount of people actually get it to work. It’s such a small amount that I’ve come to think that it’s the creator himself who leaves comments here and there to make people believe Sn0wBreeze actually works.
In a Sn0wBreeze tutorial I wrote about a week ago,...
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AndroidLock: A Better LockScreen to Protect Your iPhone6 February 2010, 4:00 pm
There are several ways to protect your iPhone by restricting access to it from the lockscreen. You can use the stock feature that allows you to set a password containing 4 numbers. You can use this hack to add an alphanumeric password, or you can use AndroidLock.
AndroidLock is a new application available in Cydia that brings Android’s lockscreen protection to the iPhone. After installing the app, you have to activate it in the Settings.app. To do so, you first have to create a pattern an...
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Adobe Flash and the iGeneration5 February 2010, 4:00 pm
This is a guest post by Polemicist, a loyal blog reader and commenter. If you’d like to guest post on the iPhone Download Blog, please see the guidelines.
What ever happened to this guy?
Developer Jonah Grant submitted an “Adobe Flash mobile” plug-in for the iPhone and iPod Touch’s Safari browser on Friday, April 24 2009.
Maybe Jonah’s plug-in was only an urban legend but I do recall Adobe saying they were working on a new version of Flash for the iPod and iPhone and no...
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My Thoughts About the iPad4 February 2010, 4:00 pm
After giving you 17 reasons why the iPad sucks and 499 why you should buy one, I wanted to share with you what I really think about the iPad.
Underwhelming is the word
All throughout Steve Jobs’ presentation of the iPad, I was waiting for the time I would be amazed and excited. Jobs always does a great job at giving me the chills for his products but this time, he failed to.
When the presentation was over, I really felt underwhelmed. I thought to myself: is this it? There had to be ......
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GeoHot Says “No Jailbreak For You”4 February 2010, 4:36 am
When GeoHot talks, you listen because you never know what he’s up to. Earlier today he gave some pretty disappointing news on Twitter by basically saying that there was no way to jailbreak the latest iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch models on OS 3.1.3, and that there was not much hope for an untethered jailbreak.
But we all know GeoHot and how he likes to be challenged. I’d bet you that he’s dissecting OS 3.1.3 as we speak and looking for some exploit. That’s what I think anyway...
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