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06 Mar 2009 15:15

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Tech: Guess what’s coming? An alternative iPhone app store

  • Meet the Cydia Store. The Cydia Store, which only works on jailbroken iPhones, allows people to sell whatever iPhone apps they want, including one that allows you to use your phone like a modem and another that allows you to use your phone like a camcorder. These apps are currently not allowed in the App Store proper. Apple probably looks like this: >_< source
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06 Mar 2009 15:09

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Tech: Why wouldn’t Apple like an alternative iPhone app store?

  • 30% The amount Apple gets on app store commissions source
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05 Mar 2009 22:58

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Tech, U.S.: Hey sheriff, some of us are trying to get dates on Craigslist!

  • Craigslist is the single largest source of prostitution in the nation. Missing children, runaways, abused women and women trafficked in from foreign countries are routinely forced to have sex with strangers because they’re being pimped on Craigslist.
  • Cook County, Ill. Sheriff Thomas Dart • On his lawsuit against Craigslist. Dart wants the site to remove the “Erotic Services” section of the site. We want him to post an ad on Craigslist so he can see what it feels like to be rejected. • source
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05 Mar 2009 22:52

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Tech, World: One Laptop Per Child is part of the way there

  • 750,000 laptops for kids worldwide source
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04 Mar 2009 21:29

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Tech: Amazon lights a Kindle fire under the iPhone

  • $399 cost of a new Amazon Kindle e-Book reader; it ain’t cheap source
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04 Mar 2009 21:25

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Tech: Just after you got used to the old look, Facebook redesigns again

Ah Facebook, where would we be if you weren’t constantly effin’ with your site? source
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03 Mar 2009 23:10

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Tech: The voice of the Amazon Kindle 2 does what he does best: Talks.

  • I record a massive amount of fragments and random sentences, and they’re able to chop them up in a way that allows my voice to speak whatever is written down – that’s an over-simplification, since I don’t understand all the intricacies of how it works.
  • Tom Glynn • A Boston-based voice actor who’s also the voice of Bank of America and the National Weather Service, among other things. Now he reads books to you like your mom used to. • source
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03 Mar 2009 21:54

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Biz, Tech: Google to execs: You kept us profitable. Here’s your payday.

  • 4 top execs got bonuses of $1.2 million or more for boosting profits source
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03 Mar 2009 21:40

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Tech: This Web browser predates Mosaic. It coulda been The One.

Meet Erwise, a browser created by Finns who don’t know how to strike while the iron is hot. source
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03 Mar 2009 10:36

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Tech, World: The Pirate Bay spectrial in Sweden nears its end

  • You’ve given us good memories, guys. Between the scenes, the partying and the defense of what you’re doing, you have proven that, yes, copyright trials can be entertaining. And no matter what happens next, we’ll remember this spectrial as the most special couple of weeks our our lives. Good luck, guys. We hope you get a torrent of love. source
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