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Google: Users Are 'Delighted' With Our Search Changes (... 7:36 AM	SAI
Google: Users Are 'Delighted' With Our Search Changes (GOOG) A couple weeks ago, Google started blending social information from Google+ into search results. The blogosphere's reaction to this change, which Google called Search Plus Your World, was swift, loud, and mostly negative. Twitter complained that Google was unfairly favoring its own social network over competitors, then a programmer at Facebook seemed to prove it. Worse yet, the results seemed to be less relevant in a lot of cases, leading a number of people to declare Bing the better search engi... Read the full article on SAI »
With a postal service like this one, we need e-textbooks 7:22 AM	Resources | ZDNet
With a postal service like this one, we need e-textbooks I just want to actually have my textbook in my hands at some point before I have to sit down and take my midterm. Is that to much to ask, USPS? Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
5 ways cloud 'supercharges' enterprise initiatives 6:46 AM	Resources | ZDNet
5 ways cloud 'supercharges' enterprise initiatives Among other things, cloud computing’s support for rapid development and utility-style billing can counter fears about most IT shadow projects. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
Apple-fan cop uses app to catch iPhone thief 6:39 AM	Digital Trends
Apple-fan cop uses app to catch iPhone thief When a distraught crime victim told a New York cop that someone had just taken her iPhone at gunpoint, he immediately believed he had a fair chance of making a quick arrest—thanks to his knowledge Apple's smartphone device and in particular, one of its apps. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Does the new 3G/WiFi PS Vita bundle make 3G worth it? 6:18 AM	Digital Trends
Does the new 3G/WiFi PS Vita bundle make 3G worth it? Weeks away from the PS Vita launch, Playstation wants to entice consumers over to the 3G side with a new bundle that includes a memory card. Does this bundle make 3G worth the effort of pre-ordering? Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Android Malware May Have Infected 5 Million Users 6:01 AM	Slashdot
Android Malware May Have Infected 5 Million Users bonch writes "A massive Android malware campaign may be responsible for duping as many as 5 million users into downloading the Android.Counterclan infection from the Google Android Market. The trojan collects the user's personal information, modifies the home page, and displays unwanted advertisements. It is packaged in 13 different applications, some of which have been on the store for at least a month. Several of the malicious apps are still available on the Android Market as of 3 P.M. ET. Sym... Read the full article on Slashdot »
1000-Player FPS Event Pits Press Against Gaming Industry 6:00 AM	News Tom's Hardware US
1000-Player FPS Event Pits Press Against Gaming Industry The creator of Counter-Strike, the creator of ShadowGun and many more notable people will be participating in the 1000-player FPS Guinness event taking place this Sunday. Read the full article on News Tom's Hardware US »
15 Killer Quotes From ‘Sh*t People Say’ Videos 5:46 AM	Mashable!
15 Killer Quotes From ‘Sh*t People Say’ Videos This meme is certainly making a strong case to be one of the biggest of 2012. Sure, the first episode of “Sh*t Girls Say” was uploaded at… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Trade Whatever You've Got for Whatever You Want with th... 5:40 AM	Gizmodo
Trade Whatever You've Got for Whatever You Want with the Swap-O-Matic Vending machines would be a lot more user friendly if they didn't always demand money. Maybe I don't have $1.25 for that can of soda. Maybe I've got a seventy-five cents and four cigarettes. That seems like like a fair trade, right? Well, with the Swap-O-Matic, I can now find out. More » Read the full article on Gizmodo »
IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts... 5:34 AM	Engadget
IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice It's not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It's nine nanometers in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the presumed physical limit of silicon transistors. Plus, it consumes less power and is able to carry more current than present-day technology. The researchers accomplished the trick by laying a nanotube on a thin layer of insulation, and using a two-step process -- involving some sort of black magic... Read the full article on Engadget »
Poll: Over 50 percent of users are worried about Facebo... 5:23 AM	Digital Trends
Poll: Over 50 percent of users are worried about Facebook Timeline With Facebook Timeline continuing to roll out on millions of Facebook profiles, security and privacy advocates are dubious of the new design changes in regards to how easy older information can be found. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Sex Tech: Grindr Hacker, Digital Dating Disrupt, ICANN ... 5:18 AM	Resources | ZDNet
Sex Tech: Grindr Hacker, Digital Dating Disrupt, ICANN .XXX Defense, Filesharing Lawyer: Contempt Digital dating conference report, Grindr hacker unpunished, ICANN responds to .XXX antitrust suit, porn's filesharing lawyer busted. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
iPad announcement anniversary: January 27, 2010 5:15 AM	The Unofficial Apple W...
iPad announcement anniversary: January 27, 2010 Before two years ago, we didn't yet know much about the hypothetical Apple tablet device, prescient leaks and rumors aside. We didn't know for sure which OS it would run (although we were pretty confident it would be iOS and not Mac OS X). We didn't know what it would cost -- the WSJ hinted at pricing near the $1,000 mark -- and we didn't know what it would look like. We certainly didn't know what it would be called, even though there were strong suggestions; apparently the Mad TV writers and so... Read the full article on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) »
Twitter Lawyer Responds to Censorship Controversy 5:05 AM	WSJ.com: Digits
Twitter Lawyer Responds to Censorship Controversy There was considerable confusion, and opposition, following Twitter's announcement Thursday that it can now censor tweets within specific countries if foreign governments request that it do so. The company's top lawyer late Friday tried to clarify what the micro-blogging company will and won't do. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Digits »
Photo Startup Makes It Easy to Create Albums With Friends 5:02 AM	Mashable!
Photo Startup Makes It Easy to Create Albums With Friends The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Sea Water Could Cause Uranium Pollution From Nuclear Fu... 5:00 AM	Slashdot
Sea Water Could Cause Uranium Pollution From Nuclear Fuel Rods New submitter Required Snark writes "UC Davis researchers have found a mechanism where the sodium in sea water can cause uranium nano-particles to be released from nuclear reactor fuel rods. Normally the uranium oxide compounds composing the rods are very resistant to leaching into water. This could have serious consequences for the Fukushima disaster, since sea water was used for emergency cooling." Read the full article on Slashdot »
Twitter boycott looms with censorship accusations 4:53 AM	CNET News.com
Twitter boycott looms with censorship accusations When Twitter announced it would withhold tweets country-by-country based on local restrictions, it said it was being more transparent. But some users disagree. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Nikon D800 looks set to be unveiled early February 4:47 AM	Digital Trends
Nikon D800 looks set to be unveiled early February It appears a date has been set for the official launch of Nikon's D700 replacement, the D800. And it's only days away.... Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Sony’s MLB 12 The Show will have cloud support on PS3, ... 4:40 AM	SlashGear
Sony’s MLB 12 The Show will have cloud support on PS3, Vita Whenever there’s a new MLB The Show game, PS3-toting baseball fans are excited. They can’t wait to get their hands on the latest roster, the always-improved graphics and control system, and the surprisingly fluid voice-over commentary. But this year, there’s another reason to be interested in the new entry, and it has to do with [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Retaliation Fears Spur Anonymity in Internet Case 4:39 AM	WSJ.com: Technology
Retaliation Fears Spur Anonymity in Internet Case U.S. law-enforcement officials say they are increasingly concerned about cyber-retaliation against agents and prosecutors after they say people linked to the hacker collective Anonymous targeted the private life of a government official investigating WikiLeaks. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Knowledge Is A Universal Natural Resource -- And Lockin... 4:39 AM	Techdirt
Knowledge Is A Universal Natural Resource -- And Locking It Up Hurts Everyone One of the more important points in understanding some of the fights over the ridiculousness of today's copyright and patent laws is to recognize how knowledge (information) is a natural resource. It is the input that makes other great things. Economist Paul Romer's famous research really showed how knowledge and information as a resource is what creates economic growth. Once you recognize that fact, you begin to run into problems when you think about locking up that natural resource. Think... Read the full article on Techdirt »
Elaborate ‘It Gets Better’ Video Resembles ‘Glee’ 4:30 AM	Mashable!
Elaborate ‘It Gets Better’ Video Resembles ‘Glee’ An extensively choreographed “It Gets Better” music video — set to Lady Gaga‘s “Hair” — gained stea… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Facebook said to be days away from IPO filing 4:26 AM	The most recent news f...
Facebook said to be days away from IPO filing Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk Company set to go public next week Facebook could soon be making its shares available in one of the most eagerly-anticipated IPOs in recent memory. Multiple reports have suggested that the company will next week file for... Read the full article on The most recent news from V3.co.uk  »
Why Tech Stocks Look Better 4:18 AM	WSJ.com: Technology
Why Tech Stocks Look Better The sector is known for fast growth, but investors looking for safety might find that it offers a surprising amount of that, too. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Canadian teens put a (Lego) man into space for just $400 4:01 AM	Digital Trends
Canadian teens put a (Lego) man into space for just $400 It was probably a rather small step for Lego but it was certainly one giant leap for a Lego man when he was launched into space by a couple of Canadian teens recently. The mission was the result of the hard work and ingenuity of friends Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, who worked on their Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Facebook May Go IPO on Wednesday 4:00 AM	News Tom's Guide US
Facebook May Go IPO on Wednesday It's almost time to get your piece of the social networking pie... if you can afford it. Read the full article on News Tom's Guide US »
Microsoft gives out $300K to kick start world changing ... 3:59 AM	Neowin
Microsoft gives out $300K to kick start world changing ideas Microsoft has just awarded $300K in starter capital to four teams from the 2011 Imagine Cup series. Each team received 75K and are on their way towards making their product a reality. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Meet Beckinfield, a YouTube Show With 4,000 Actors [PICS] 3:59 AM	Mashable!
Meet Beckinfield, a YouTube Show With 4,000 Actors [PICS] The make-believe town of Beckinfield is the setting for the Mad Libs-style show of the same name, which uses crowd-sourced amateur actors from a… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Apple iPhone robbery thwarted by tech-savvy cop 3:50 AM	SlashGear
Apple iPhone robbery thwarted by tech-savvy cop How do you solve a crime in 30 minutes or less? All you need is a cop who knows his tech. Police Officer Robert Garland was able to successfully track down an iPhone thief and return the device to its rightful owner thanks to his quick thinking and his knowledge of the app “Find My [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users ... 3:47 AM	Engadget
Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins' fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company's board in a couple of weeks, but he's already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters (update: and Bloomberg). First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the latest and greatest BlackBerry hardware. Citing internal statistics that indicate 80- to 90- percent of the company's customer base aren't running BlackBerry 7 hardware yet, it will work closely ... Read the full article on Engadget »
Expo Notes: Omni Group shows off iPad version of OmniPlan 3:45 AM	Macworld
Expo Notes: Omni Group shows off iPad version of OmniPlan Project managers rejoice! The Omni Group has announced a full-featured iPad version of its project management software. Read the full article on Macworld »
Anonymous takes aim over Europe's SOPA 3:36 AM	CNET News.com
Anonymous takes aim over Europe's SOPA Hackers are attacking sites and looking to expose information on European officials in response to the signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ACTA critics say it's even worse than the Stop Online Piracy Act floated in the U.S. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Apparently, If Your Domain Has 'Dirt' In The Name, Sect... 3:31 AM	Techdirt
Apparently, If Your Domain Has 'Dirt' In The Name, Section 230 Safe Harbors Don't Apply (Uh Oh...) Back in 2010, we wrote about an attempt to sue the website TheDirty.com for libel... in which the lawyer for the site accidentally sued a different site, called TheDirt.com. This resulted in some hilarity with a bogus default judgment and plenty of confusion. We joked how, given the similarities in the names of those sites to Techdirt, perhaps we should be happy that we weren't sued as well. However, once all the mistakes were realized, the case did shift to actually suing TheDirty.com's owne... Read the full article on Techdirt »
Activision says PS3 Call of Duty Elite confusion is not... 3:29 AM	SlashGear
Activision says PS3 Call of Duty Elite confusion is not its fault If you thought that signing up for the premium Call of Duty Elite service on your PS3 would get you access to DLC the same time as your Xbox 360 counterparts, well, Activision has no sympathy for you. The publisher says it never made any claims to that effect, and says anyone who thought that [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Microsoft's Kelihos botnet suspect says he's innocent 3:27 AM	CNET News.com
Microsoft's Kelihos botnet suspect says he's innocent St. Petersburg, Russia-based Andrey N. Sabelnikov says he is "absolutely not guilty" of participating in the creation of the huge spam network that Microsoft shut down last September. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Expo Notes: Brevity is the soul of wit at Rapid Fire se... 3:23 AM	Macworld
Expo Notes: Brevity is the soul of wit at Rapid Fire session Mac luminaries had just five minutes to impart some knowledge on the crowd at the Thursday night Rapid Fire session at Macworld | iWorld. Here's a rundown of some of the highlights from that event. Read the full article on Macworld »
How to Get to the Seafloor Without Holding Your Breath 3:20 AM	Gizmodo
How to Get to the Seafloor Without Holding Your Breath Before we had ALVIN—or proper submarines for that matter—the best way to get to the seafloor was by using a diving bell. Originally made from recycled church bells, these diving apparatuses protected their passengers from the murky depths in a bubble of air. Our friends at Oobject have assembled nine of the best. More » Read the full article on Gizmodo »
Urology journal finds robotic prostate surgery not meet... 3:16 AM	SlashGear
Urology journal finds robotic prostate surgery not meeting expectations It was perhaps one of the biggest hopes in the advancement of robot-assisted medical surgery, but expectations have been too high, according to a new report from the research journal Urology. We’re talking about surgery for prostate removal, for those afflicted with prostate cancer. The study shows outcomes of the robotic procedure are not that [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
More PS Vita US launch bundle info announced 3:14 AM	Neowin
More PS Vita US launch bundle info announced Sony has announced more information about the launch bundles that will be made available to US customers when they purchase the PS Vita portable console in mid-February. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Watch: Twitter's Cheeky Infomercial to Recruit Job Appl... 3:14 AM	AllThingsD » News
Watch: Twitter's Cheeky Infomercial to Recruit Job Applicants In an industry full of earnest nerds, Twitter hopes workplace humor is a selling point. Read the full article on AllThingsD » News »
Symantec may have identified a botnet string of Android... 3:12 AM	VentureBeat
Symantec may have identified a botnet string of Android apps Symantec claims to have found a string of “malicious” applications in the Android app store that resemble botnets. According to a blog post by the company, these applications are pushing out a type of malware called Android.Counterclank, which is said … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
How Allan Scherr Hacked Around the First Computer Password 3:11 AM	Slashdot
How Allan Scherr Hacked Around the First Computer Password New submitter MikeatWired writes "If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. So who's to blame? Who invented the computer password? They probably arrived at MIT in the mid-1960s, when researchers built a massive time-sharing computer called CTSS. Technology changes. But, then again, it doesn't, writes Bob McMillan. Twenty-five years after the fact, Allan Scherr, a Ph.D. researcher at MIT in the early '60s, came clean about the earliest documented case of password theft. In the spri... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Motorola Wi-Fi-only Droid Xyboard is now available 2:57 AM	SlashGear
Motorola Wi-Fi-only Droid Xyboard is now available The cheaper, Wi-Fi-only version of Motorola’s latest and greatest Xyboard tablet has begun shipping. Pre-orders for the units are now being fulfilled, and the product pages on Verizon’s website now show them as being available to purchase. The new products, which were originally scheduled for a January 18 launch, are geared at consumers who want [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Facebook targets clickjacking operation in lawsuit 2:55 AM	The most recent news f...
Facebook targets clickjacking operation in lawsuit Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk Ad firm denies involvement in "like" posting scam Facebook has filed suit against a company it has accused of scamming the social network's users with phony "like" posts. The company is joining forces with the Washington State Attorney's... Read the full article on The most recent news from V3.co.uk  »
Ron Paul, Mitt Romney Leading On Facebook Ahead Of Flor... 2:49 AM	TechCrunch
Ron Paul, Mitt Romney Leading On Facebook Ahead Of Florida Primary The Republican presidential candidacy is still far from decided, based on the split primaries and mixed polls so far. So here's another source for trying to figure who's really pulling ahead -- the number of new Facebook fans that each candidate is getting, according to the Inside Facebook Election Tracker. Mitt Romney is finally making some strong gains this month, in contrast to his Facebook performance over December. By "strong gains" I mean he's been attracting a roughly similar number of f... Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Breaking Down Apple’s Billions [INFOGRAPHIC] 2:48 AM	Mashable!
Breaking Down Apple’s Billions [INFOGRAPHIC] It’s no secret Apple, one of the most valuable public companies in the world, is making major cash off today’s tech gadgets — but how mu… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Is Microsoft's Kinect Coming to Laptops? 2:46 AM	PCMag.com Breaking News
Is Microsoft's Kinect Coming to Laptops? Microsoft appears to at least be considering letting OEMs include its Kinect technology into laptops. Read the full article on PCMag.com Breaking News »
Could Nintendo change the name of the Wii U? 2:44 AM	Neowin
Could Nintendo change the name of the Wii U? A new rumor using unnamed sources claims that Nintendo is thinking about changing the name of its next generation game console the Wii U before it is shown again at E3 2012. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Blog blast births boffin boycott of publisher Elsevier 2:44 AM	The Register
Blog blast births boffin boycott of publisher Elsevier Rage over high fees and SOPA support The ongoing world protests against SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA have helped inspire a revolt among scientists over the role of academic publisher Elsevier and its business practices.… Read the full article on The Register »
Twitter's Country-specific Blocking Brings Hazards and ... 2:40 AM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Twitter's Country-specific Blocking Brings Hazards and Hope Twitter's move to comply with government requests and block tweets in specific countries could blunt its edge as a political tool, but there may be an upside in... Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
LG’s Optimus 3D successor reported to be called the 3D Max 2:40 AM	SlashGear
LG’s Optimus 3D successor reported to be called the 3D Max The Optimus 3D phone didn’t gain a huge amount of traction but it did set an important milestone as a flagship glasses-free 3D handset. And LG is poised to push that legacy forward with a phone we knew now only by its code-name, the CX2. Now, according to a new report, it looks like the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Security Theater... Or Why I Had To Go Dumpster Diving ... 2:30 AM	Techdirt
Security Theater... Or Why I Had To Go Dumpster Diving At The US Capitol Last Week We've had plenty of stories about the ridiculousness of security theater at airports, but it's been spreading elsewhere as well. Last week, I was in Washington DC from Monday through Thursday, for a few things (mostly related to the SOPA/PIPA debate). On Thursday morning, I took part in a press briefing about the SOPA/PIPA fight (this was before it had been shelved, but after the web blackouts) at the US Capitol. I was actually heading to the airport soon after, so I had checked out of my hot... Read the full article on Techdirt »
Facebook IPO filing expected within weeks, could reach ... 2:30 AM	AppleInsider
Facebook IPO filing expected within weeks, could reach $100B valuation Facebook is making plans to file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week with a valuation that is expected to range between $75 and $100 billion, a new report claims. Read the full article on AppleInsider »
Twitter's country-specific blocking brings hazards and ... 2:28 AM	Computerworld
Twitter's country-specific blocking brings hazards and hope Twitter's move to comply with government requests and block tweets in specific countries could blunt its edge as a political tool, but there may be an upside in helping to unmask censorship, some privacy experts said Friday. Read the full article on Computerworld »
Windows 8 stable on ARM, going to developers soon, say ... 2:25 AM	CNET News.com
Windows 8 stable on ARM, going to developers soon, say sources Windows 8 on ARM is coming along nicely, thank you, according to a couple of sources with whom CNET spoke. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
7 Big Privacy Concerns for New Facebook and the Open Graph 2:25 AM	Mashable!
7 Big Privacy Concerns for New Facebook and the Open Graph It’s not always clear how Facebook apps interact with the data you share on the social network. Are they allowed to broadcast it? Sell it?… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Web video framework company publishes State of HTML5 Vi... 2:25 AM	Ars Technica
Web video framework company publishes State of HTML5 Video document As Flash's ubiquity begins to erode, standards-based Web technologies are going to become the path forward for developers who want to offer a user experience that works across all screens. The HTML5 video element is already widely supported in modern Web browsers, but the capabilities and codecs that are available differ between implementations. A new State of HTML5 Video document offers some clarity by painting a clear picture of the current status of standards-based video across the spectrum... Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Asus Transformer Prime Ice Cream Sandwich problems will... 2:24 AM	SlashGear
Asus Transformer Prime Ice Cream Sandwich problems will be fixed next month Despite its delicious name, Ice Cream Sandwich has left some users feeling sour. The latest example is Asus’s ambitious Transformer Prime tablet, which recently upgraded to the latest and greatest version of Android. The only problem is handfuls of users started complaining that after the update, the device started locking up and requiring a manual [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Everything You Need to Keep Your Teeth from Rotting Out 2:20 AM	Gizmodo
Everything You Need to Keep Your Teeth from Rotting Out Poor oral hygiene is the surest way to make sure you have a bunch of personal space all to yourself. At all times. With no exceptions. Which probably isn't something that you really want! So here's a list of stuff that'll keep your loved ones close and your dentist the hell away from you. More » Read the full article on Gizmodo »
iPad as Sous Chef 2:17 AM	WSJ.com: Technology
iPad as Sous Chef Turn your magic slate into the ultimate cook's companion Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
15 Silicon Valley Homes To Drool Over Ahead Of Facebook... 2:15 AM	SAI
15 Silicon Valley Homes To Drool Over Ahead Of Facebook's IPO Filing Next Week When Facebook finally goes public in a few months, the company will create more than 1,000 millionaires. And the company is expected to move a step closer to that goal next week: it's apparently filing for an IPO Wednesday. While the newly minted millionaires won't have their hands on the money for a few months, we thought it would be a good time to check out some of the real estate available in the Silicon Valley area. These homes may or may not still be available in the spring, but it pays to ... Read the full article on SAI »
MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in ... 2:15 AM	Engadget
MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia MasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone, anywhere, anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called QkR, an Australian effort with support from the Hoyts chain of movie theaters and Commonwealth Bank. The initial trial run will be at La Premiere cinemas, where customers will be able to order and pay for food and beverages right from their seat with the QkR app. To initiate t... Read the full article on Engadget »
Polish lawmakers wear Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA 2:14 AM	Neowin
Polish lawmakers wear Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA In a strange twist, some lawmakers in Poland donned Guy Fawkes-styles masks, the same that have been used by Anonymous members, to protest the country's signing of ACTA. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »
Tweet lightly: How social media could someday affect yo... 2:10 AM	Digital Trends
Tweet lightly: How social media could someday affect your credit score, insurance, and more Facebook and Google are big names in the online privacy debate, but maybe the real threat is from unseen data brokers behind the scenes. In observance of Data Privacy Day, here are some things to know and consider in conducting your online life. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Closing thoughts on Apple's greedy, "crazy evil&qu... 2:08 AM	Resources | ZDNet
Closing thoughts on Apple's greedy, "crazy evil" iBooks license This week's discussion of Apple's new license agreement for its iBooks Author program was what the State Department calls a "full and frank exchange of ideas." If you missed the debate, here's... Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet  »
January 28 is Data Privacy Day 2:08 AM	Slashdot
January 28 is Data Privacy Day An anonymous reader writes "A bit early, but just a reminder that January 28 is international Data Privacy Day in the U.S., Canada, and many European countries. Various events are being held around the globe: the head of the FTC opened a weekend forum on the topic by calling out Facebook and Google, the Ontario Privacy Commissioner is holding a symposium on 'Surveillance by Design', and of course Google recently announced they'll be tracking you more thoroughly in the future." Read more of th... Read the full article on Slashdot »
SEC Goes After Online Trading Firms That Unwittingly He... 2:03 AM	Wired Top Stories
SEC Goes After Online Trading Firms That Unwittingly Helped Latvian Hacker In an effort to crack down on hacker/stock traders who hijack brokerage accounts and exploit the stock market for gain, the Securities and Exchange Commission has, in a novel move, gone after four online trading companies and eight executives who they say helped a Latvian hacker make more than $850,000 from fraudulent trades. Read the full article on Wired Top Stories »
Netflix video game rental idea is axed 2:00 AM	SlashGear
Netflix video game rental idea is axed If you were waiting for the day when you could watch Family Guy on your iPad, pop Indiana Jones into your DVD player, and wait for the latest Call of Duty game to appear in your mailbox, all while only logging into one online account, your dreams have been quashed. Specifically, the Call of Duty [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Microsoft and Asus may be working on Kinect-enabled Win... 2:00 AM	Boy Genius Report
Microsoft and Asus may be working on Kinect-enabled Windows 8 laptops Asus is reportedly working on Windows 8 laptops that are equipped with Microsoft’s Kinect technology. The Daily recently reported that it was able to “check out” two different prototype laptops that “appeared” to be made by Asus. The Kinect sensor was built into the area where a notebook’s camera would typically reside, and The Daily also noted a set of LEDs below the screen. Microsoft reportedly confirmed that the notebooks were Kinect-enabled prototypes. As... Read the full article on Boy Genius Report »
DailyDirt: Faster Food, Faster! 2:00 AM	Techdirt
DailyDirt: Faster Food, Faster! There are a lot of food options out there, and fast food is certainly one of the more popular choices for people on the go. Not surprisingly, though, fast food establishments usually don't have the best reputation for healthy dining, but some of them are trying to change their image. Here are just a few stories on fast food news. Burger King is testing out a home delivery service for its food in the DC area. Best sentence in the coverage: "There are some real food-quality issues here," says Ro... Read the full article on Techdirt »
Why You Should Smile in Your Facebook Profile Photo 2:00 AM	ReadWriteWeb
Why You Should Smile in Your Facebook Profile Photo If you're not smiling in your Facebook photo, your life is probably going to suck in four years time. Reseachers J. Patrick Seder and Shigehiro Oishi at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville discovered that smile intensity from a single Facebook profile photo in the first semester of college predicted self-reported life satisfaction three and a half years later, at the time of college graduation. This type of study isn't actually unique to Facebook, however. A 2011 study by Harker and... Read the full article on ReadWriteWeb »
Presented By: Moving Healthcare Forward with NEC 2:00 AM	News Tom's Hardware US
Presented By: Moving Healthcare Forward with NEC   Our mission is to fulfill your vision of healthcare - in patient care, in staff collaboration, in business continuity, and in the efficient running of your institution. Learn how NEC's solutions & expertise can elevate your performance at www.nec.com/healthcare. www.nec.com/healthcare Ads by Pheedo Read the full article on News Tom's Hardware US »
Nvidia Announces CUDA 4.1 with LLVM Compiler 2:00 AM	News Tom's Hardware US
Nvidia Announces CUDA 4.1 with LLVM Compiler Nvidia just released CUDA 4.1 Toolkit, which integrates, for the first time, the company's LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine) compiler. Read the full article on News Tom's Hardware US »
Lookout Security rebuts rival's Android malware claims 1:52 AM	Computerworld
Lookout Security rebuts rival's Android malware claims Researchers from Lookout Security disagreed with rival Symantec that 13 apps on the Android Market were malicious, instead saying that they showed the same behaviors as other ad-supported apps. Read the full article on Computerworld »
webOS daddy Jon Rubinstein exits HP 1:51 AM	The Register
webOS daddy Jon Rubinstein exits HP Enough is enough: 'I'm gonna go for a swim, have a little lunch..." Jon Rubinstein, late of NeXT, FirePower, Apple, and Palm, has resigned from his position at HP, where he endured the mismanagement and eventual overboarding of Palm's webOS mobile operating system.… Read the full article on The Register »
What's a PS Vita game cost? Ask again tomorrow 1:51 AM	CNET News.com
What's a PS Vita game cost? Ask again tomorrow The bean counters at Sony need to make up their minds on how they are pricing PS Vita games. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
PS Vita game prices fluctuate before launch 1:51 AM	CNET News.com
PS Vita game prices fluctuate before launch The bean counters at Sony need to make up their minds on how they are pricing PS Vita games. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Yahoo mobile apps taken down, no one notices 1:48 AM	SlashGear
Yahoo mobile apps taken down, no one notices Yahoo! Meme, Yahoo! Mim, Yahoo! AppSpot, Yahoo! Deals, Yahoo! Shopping, and Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search have all been removed from Apple’s App Store. And if you’re like most people, you never even looked at these apps in the first place. That’s exactly the point. It’s part of Yahoo’s strategy to rebuild its mobile presence from the ground [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple Shatters Records, New Facebook App, and EU Data P... 1:46 AM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Apple Shatters Records, New Facebook App, and EU Data Protection Rules On World Tech Update this week, the EU proposes new online data-protection rules, Apple shatters sales records under CEO Tim Cook, and a new Facebook app is to die for. Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Hey, AT&T, quit whining! 1:41 AM	CNET News.com
Hey, AT&T, quit whining! Instead of complaining about the FCC's decision to squash the T-Mobile merger and blaming the agency for raising prices, AT&T needs to shut up and move on. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Amazon’s Kindle Fire driving accelerated growth of Andr... 1:40 AM	VentureBeat
Amazon’s Kindle Fire driving accelerated growth of Android tablet category Good sales of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet led to significant gains for Google’s Android operating system in tablet market share during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to new data from mobile analytics firm Flurry. Flurry, which purports to measure … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Shoots Down Gingrich's Moon Base 1:40 AM	Gizmodo
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Shoots Down Gingrich's Moon Base Neil DeGrasse Tyson—one of my favorite space people—was interviewed by MSNBC's Martin Bashir about Newt Gingrich's moon base plan by 2020. The short version: Newt got it wrong. The long version: watch the video. More » Read the full article on Gizmodo »
Third Critical Rambus Patent Invalidated, Nvidia Vindic... 1:37 AM	ReadWriteWeb
Third Critical Rambus Patent Invalidated, Nvidia Vindicated U.S. Patent # 6,591,353, "Protocol for Communication with Dynamic Memory," tends to refer to a "memory device." The innovation with respect to this device appeared to be the introduction of a synchronous clock. That way, time-multiplexed transfers could take place in a regulated fashion. But as USPTO documents published today show, the appeals judges found that two existing patents cited by Nvidia qualify as prior art, and moreover, that the teachings demonstrated by those older patents would... Read the full article on ReadWriteWeb »
Harvard wants the next Zuckerberg to stay at Harvard 1:37 AM	SlashGear
Harvard wants the next Zuckerberg to stay at Harvard Harvard University has teamed up with an organization called the New Enterprise Associates to create an initiative that hopes to keep great innovators in college before they run out and make millions. This, of course, is exactly what happened with Mark Zuckerberg and fellow software architect Bill Gates. The problem is all the good schools [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sean Parker says Facebook IPO could be ‘the largest off... 1:36 AM	The Next Web
Sean Parker says Facebook IPO could be ‘the largest offering in history’ [video] Former President of Facebook, Sean Parker, did an interview with CNBC today in which he discussed Facebook’s “inevitable” IPO and applauded Mark Zuckerberg for keeping the company private for as... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter Users Rally to Boycott Country-by-Country Censo... 1:35 AM	Mashable!
Twitter Users Rally to Boycott Country-by-Country Censorship [VIDEO] Twitter‘s new approach to censoring tweets has users rallying around the hashtag #TwitterBlackout — a call to boycott the micr… Read the full article on Mashable! »
Google thinks that Google+ is Google. Is it? 1:30 AM	CNET News.com
Google thinks that Google+ is Google. Is it? If Google+ and Google search aren't two different things, there's no conflict in emphasizing Google+ in search results. Right? Read the full article on CNET News.com »
Apple eyeing move to 'programmable magnets'? 1:30 AM	CNET News.com
Apple eyeing move to 'programmable magnets'? Coded magnets could introduce new means of data transfer and user interfaces, indicates patent application uncovered by Patently Apple. Read the full article on CNET News.com »
The Facebook IPO: Does it matter to you? 1:25 AM	Digital Trends
The Facebook IPO: Does it matter to you? The Facebook IPO draws nearer, and we break down why it should matter (or not) to you. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012 1:24 AM	SlashGear
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012 As we wrap up the last full work week of January, we saw a big chunk of mobile news today. For example, watch your back if you have an Android device because the Android Market is having its largest malware infection ever. If the iPhone is more your style, but you’re stuck on T-Mobile, you [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Mars-Bound Probe Serves As Radiation Guinea Pig 1:19 AM	Slashdot
Mars-Bound Probe Serves As Radiation Guinea Pig sighted writes "This week's huge solar storm will benefit future astronauts, thanks to the rover Curiosity, now on its way to Mars. The rover is equipped with an instrument that measures the radiation exposure that could affect a human astronaut en route to the Red Planet. Scientists are just starting to pore over the data from the blast of particles. Don't worry about the poor robotic geologist, though: 'No harmful effects to the Mars Science Laboratory have been detected from this solar event,... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Sports Blogger Ousted Over False Paterno Tweet 1:14 AM	Mashable!
Sports Blogger Ousted Over False Paterno Tweet CBS has shown the door to the blogger who tweeted an erroneous report of legendary Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno’s deat… Read the full article on Mashable! »
ReRAM and the memory chip contest 1:08 AM	BBC News | Technology ...
ReRAM and the memory chip contest The race to make RAM that keeps its memory in a power outage Read the full article on BBC News | Technology | World Edition »
Responses To Nimblebit Point Out That Inspiration Comes... 1:07 AM	Techdirt
Responses To Nimblebit Point Out That Inspiration Comes From Lots Of Places We just wrote about Nimblebit's response to Zynga upon discovering Zynga's game that looks a lot like a Nimblebit game. In that post, we noted that even Nimblebit's game was hardly the first such game out there, and now (as pointed out in our comments), someone decided to take the format of Nimblebit's letter, and redo it as a letter to Nimblebit about the other games that inspired Nimblebit's game. The tone is a little snarky -- and to be honest, I never got the feeling from the original that... Read the full article on Techdirt »
CBS fires sports blogger following Twitter-based misste... 1:06 AM	The Next Web
CBS fires sports blogger following Twitter-based misstep on Paterno’s death CBS finally let go its sports blogger Adam Jacobi following the Paterno debacle, Jacobi himself announced today on his Twitter account: As you may remember, CBS Sports wrongly announced the... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Samsung Galaxy S III appears on official support site, ... 1:06 AM	SlashGear
Samsung Galaxy S III appears on official support site, details scant The Galaxy S III is a device that will be popping up some time inside 2012, and today’s information leads us to believe that it will be sooner than later: a clue at Samsung’s own Global Download Center support site, no less. Here we can see inside the Mobile Device and Smart Phone categories a [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Twitter's Censors Provoke Backlash 1:06 AM	WSJ.com: Technology
Twitter's Censors Provoke Backlash After years of touting itself as a champion of free expression, Twitter touched off a torrent of criticism after it announced it can remove messages from the online service within specific countries if asked to do so. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
DROID RAZR MAXX customers won’t have to wait for custom... 1:05 AM	Boy Genius Report
DROID RAZR MAXX customers won’t have to wait for custom ROMs Verizon released the DROID RAZR MAXX on Thursday for $299.99 with a new two-year agreement. The device features a massive 3,300 mAh battery and a slightly thicker frame than its predecessor, the DROID RAZR. Other than that, the handsets are identical. Droid-Life confirmed on Friday that both devices run the same exact software, in fact — the Android version on both devices features the same build number, same kernel and same baseband version. We have seen similar products in the past (DROI... Read the full article on Boy Genius Report »
Harvard Gets Its First VC Firm: The Experiment Fund 1:05 AM	TechCrunch
Harvard Gets Its First VC Firm: The Experiment Fund As just about everyone should know by now, the seeds of what grew into Facebook were planted at Harvard. Might there be a bunch of mini-Zucks lurking in the dorms of Cambridge? If so, a new venture capital firm — the first housed right on the Harvard campus — wants to find them. Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Rumor: Facebook could file for IPO on February 1 1:02 AM	Neowin
Rumor: Facebook could file for IPO on February 1 New rumors have been posted that suggest Facebook could file for its initial public offering as soon as Wednesday, February 1 which could be worth up to $100 billion. Read more... Read the full article on Neowin »

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