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02 Feb 2010 21:04

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Tech: Google decides to bite the bullet, adds multitouch to the Nexus One

  • They could set themselves up for a patent battle with Apple. When the Google Nexus One launched, one of the biggest things it was lacking was multitouch – a seemingly obvious advantage the iPhone (along with Palm’s Pre and Pixi) held over it. Apple has a lot of patents on the technology, which would seemingly make it off limits. Today, though, Google enabled the feature in a software update, which should at the very least cause a cluster#(&@ … or nothing. We’ll see. source
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02 Feb 2010 08:37

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Tech: Apple’s A4 chip: Perhaps the iPad’s most surprising aspect

The secret sauce in Apple’s iPad is a new chip. Critics claim the main novelty isn’t the chip’s speed, but the fact that Apple designed it themselves. source
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01 Feb 2010 09:34

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Tech: Social networking no longer immune to the advances of spam

  • 57% of social networking users have been spammed in the last year
  • 70% increase in social networking spam from 2008 to 2009
  • 39% of social networking users have been offered malware in 2009 source
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01 Feb 2010 08:43

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Tech: Steve Jobs reportedly has a Jobsian fit against Google and Adobe

  • Word on the street is that Steve Jobs had a pretty epic unloading session on both Google and Adobe late last week at Apple headquarters in the wake of the iPad launch, noting how 1.) Google got into the phone business even though Apple didn’t get into the search business, 2.) Google’s “Don’t be Evil” motto is “bull*%*^” or “a load of crap” depending on who you ask, and 3.) Apple doesn’t support Flash on its iPhone and iPad because it’s so buggy, and the company makes no effort to do anything with the technology Apple makes. source
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31 Jan 2010 20:53

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Biz, Tech: Amazon takes it from Macmillan because it has no choice

  • We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books.
  • A statement from Amazon • On its decision to back down from the removal of Macmillan’s e-books over a disagreement on pricing. Amazon removed all of Macmillan’s books on Friday, only to put them back up today. Amazon has insisted on a $9.99 price for Kindle books, but Macmillian wants to charge more. Amazon is optimistic that other major publishers won’t follow suit. We’ll see where optimism gets them. source
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30 Jan 2010 11:05

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Tech: Flash’s latest argument against the iPad: Hardcore porn

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28 Jan 2010 20:59

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Tech: Adobe’s take on the iPad: Apple’s totally being a DB about it

  • Without Flash support, iPad users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web.
  • Adobe Systems Group Manager for Flash Platform Product Marketing Adrian Ludwig • Discussing the iPad and how lame it is that Apple has decided that – yet again – Flash was a poor fit for the device. He also takes issue with the company’s DRMed implementation of the ePub format. Our opinion? It makes sense that the iPhone doesn’t have having Flash due to screen size and battery life, but the iPad? Now it seems like the company’s getting petty. Then again, we’re kinda pissed it doesn’t support Hypercard. source
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28 Jan 2010 10:42

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Tech: Computer security executives all scared of cyberattacks

  • half think they’ve already been attacked by a government intruder
  • 36% think the U.S. might try to attack their Gibson for some reason
  • 33% think the same thing about Google-accused China source
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28 Jan 2010 10:21

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Tech: The Apple iPad: Is the target audience the already-converted?

  • When it launches, the iPad’s initial target audience is iPhone and iPod touch users. Why? Because they are already very comfortable with the way you need to interact with this device.
  • TechCrunch columnist MG Siegler • Regarding the iPad’s initial target audience. It’s something Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself hinted at during his keynote address, saying, “If you have an iPhone, you already know how to use this.” And ultimately, that’s who’s going to be buying this, according to Siegler. It’s not perfect – it’s probably closer to a first-generation iPod than a first-generation iPhone in terms of completeness – but many users can already see its potential. It’s a CrunchPad on steroids. (Sorry, TechCrunch.) source
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27 Jan 2010 09:26

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Offbeat: The Onion perfectly takes the piss out of the Apple Tablet

  • Okay, yeah, this will work. This will definitely work. Just need to write ‘tablet’ on this little strip of masking tape here and I’m golden. Oh, come on, you piece of #&*#! Just stick already!
  • “Steve Jobs” • In a pitch-perfect Onion article titled “Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet.” Wouldn’t it be awesome if Steve Jobs promised unbelievable things then only worked on them the night before, like he was the world’s worst procrastinator? We’d still buy his stuff. source
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