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.Mac's iCards are dead. Long live iCards! (9)
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iCards may have disappeared with the .Mac brand, but that doesn't mean you can't send fancy greetings to friends, family, and coworkers anymore. Apple says that a feature built into Leopard may let the iCard spirit live on.Read More...Shared by adam (972) Chris Foresman (0) Digg Boss (641) Inthenameofmine (406) Kevin Federline (260) lerxst_x (7) neal (530) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (249) Simon Wren (28)Contribute comment -
Newly Found Apple Patent Raises Hopes for Fabled iTablet (44)
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Sure to fan the flames for those praying for a multi-touch Mac tablet, a recent patent filing by Apple describes how the UI for such a device would work.Read More...Shared by adam (972) andrew (17) Brandon Mawhorter (5) Brian Cuban (1084) Brijesh Mehta (1) C.K. (134) Cai Chen (995) Chad Smith (28) Charlotte Goldthwaite (3) Chris Foresman (0) Christopher W. Bown (6) Dean Clark (139) Derek (9) Digg Boss (641) digits12 (716) div_conspiracy (6) Doug (62) Dylan Thomas (52) Eric Chen (121) Eric Daams (292) guy (626) Joe (102) johnk (0) Jonathan S. Knoll (0) Jonathan Sterling (8) Jordan Calhoun (8) JulioHM (33) Justin (39) Kyle Bamford (16) Leena (1060) Leo Laporte (15) Lucas Wales (16) Mr. BabyMan (366) Nirav (28) Paul Edwards (30) Philip Campbell (77) Rami Taibah (476) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (249) sadiq kassamali (41) Steve (9) Sun Tzu (313) Tal Siach (474) Timothy (417) Udschal (11)- johnk said: Apple, I hate you. Just do it. Give me the f'ing tablet! I waaaaant it!
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Album-loving artists blame iTunes for changed music tastes (59)
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High-profile artists have forgone putting their albums on the iTunes Store lately as they complain of an unfair distribution system that only helps to reduce album sales. Is cherry-picking only hot singles a trend with staying power, or can full-album sales make a comeback?Read More...Shared by Adrock (0) arkiver (20) Arthur Monnet (0) Avi (709) Bill (17) bittin (210) Brandon Quintana (6) Brian (86) Carbonlord (46) Casper (87) Chabarred (53) ChiliMac (1) Chris Foresman (0) CJ (81) craig (63) danliebke (56) David (59) David Gaw (13) Derek (9) Derrik (37) Digg Boss (641) dobata (366) Doug Adams (128) Gabe (14) guy (626) HollowMarkeD (65) James Young (2) Jamie McGibbon (85) Jason Boucher (1) Jason Joo (73) Jordan (411) Kari (8) Keith B (3) Keith Bradbury (3) Leximo (495) Matthew (35) maxyRO (482) metaeuphoria (20) Michael (39) Mirco (4) mr_gadget (152) Mr. BabyMan (366) Nav (22) neal (530) Neil Koivu (17) Nice Fish Films (65) Peter R. Wood (9) ProfVegas (179) Samuel (52) sean (1) ShuTian (78) Sonny Gill (6) Steve (9) Sun Tzu (313) Trevor Wermund (134) Tyson Williams (58) Vince (23) wcaw (74)Explore read five notes- Kari said: Customer orientation and creating value? What's that?
- David said: Make the entire album worthwhile, and I'll buy the whole album in a physical copy!
- CJ said: Or, you could try making better albums. Just saying.
- sean said: I'm still very much album-oriented ... the only singles I download are freebies. How about you?
- Gabe said: For the last 55 years, singles and albums have jostled for popularity; from 45 to cassingle to the new digital single, wise musicians have handled new mediums well by approaching singles, eps and lps from different artistic angles.
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IE8 Beta 2 shows Microsoft is serious about playing catch-up (32)
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Microsoft has released the long-awaited first public beta of Internet Explorer 8. Our experience with it shows that Microsoft is serious about catching up with the browser competition, but still has a ways to go.Read More...Shared by Ananya Walia (769) badpazzword (20) Chris (67) Chris Foresman (0) Dennis Howlett (13) Digg Boss (641) Eugene (26) Guillermo Bravo (62) Inthenameofmine (406) JDevL (15) Jim (22) jonn (8) Katrina (13) Kevin Federline (260) maxyRO (482) metaeuphoria (20) MH (44) Mike (1) neal (530) Philip Spohn (25) River Song (30) Robert Couture (5) RyneNelson (283) sadiq kassamali (41) sarah (329) Satej Sirur (5) th13rteen (150) ultraviolet (59) War-N (5) webtime (482) xxdesmus (71) yojibee (19)- JDevL said: The sooner the average user realizes this the better. I've had too suffer way too much lately due to IE6 still. Can someone put this M$ product out of its misery.
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permalinkShared by Albert Willis (12) bridgie (26) Chris Brummel (2) Chris Foresman (0) Daniel Solis (1) dj empirical (90) Douglas Roy Mitchell (20) Dustin McLaughlin (0) Dustin Warrington (1) fijidaddy (13) Joel (12) jsb (6) Julian (33) Kajivar (46) Kyle (12) Lee Carlson (4) Mark Hall (3) Mike Harris (11) Natali Fisher (12) ppidgeon (35) Pradeep (10) Ramit Sethi (8) Richard Crawford (2) robin k (0) Ryan (10) Sachin Agarwal (2) Sheenae (1) Summer (10) Svitlana (22) travis (2) TStowers (44) TxVoodoo (30) webtime (482)Contribute comment
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Web to get more social as OAuth is sanctioned for use (16)
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A promising new protocol for securely and easily transferring data between websites is now ready for prime time. All contributors, including Google and Yahoo, have signed a covenant not to sue over OAuth implementations, freeing it for use by virtually anyone.Read More...Shared by acacio (22) Alexander13 (467) Ananya Walia (769) Chris Foresman (0) Chris Messina (20) dasmart (19) Guy (702) Javier (7) Joewxboy (6) kebernet (96) martian (11) Nick (26) Stephen (10) tig (33) Toby (29) Zef (6)Contribute comment -
EU pays for, then ignores study on copyright extension (23)
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An academic from the University of Amsterdam is seething after the European Commission requested several reports from him, then utterly failed to mention them as it proposed a 45-year copyright term extension that he had argued against.Read More...Shared by adam (972) Ananya Walia (769) angel (253) Avi (709) Benjamin (19) Benjamin (1052) Bente Kalsnes (6) cgsheldon (151) chbm (6) cheflove (239) Chris Foresman (0) Danielle Brigida (190) Gemstar38 (99) Kari (8) Kate (314) LUCCHINA (442) Maarek Stele (59) Nicholas Schiller (5) pericles (768) Robert Shellson (0) shane (5) Sportbuzz (0) Suw Charman-Anderson (19)- Kari said: The problem with comissioning university research: it might be free, but you might not get the results you want.
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FISA amendment forces appeals court to punt on wiretap case (4)
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EFF's long-languishing warrantless wiretap suit booted back to district court for new proceedings under recent immunity law.Read More...Contribute comment - Winning at 3D: an interview with Intel's Pat Gelsinger (1)
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States rush to dump touch-screen voting systems (11)
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States are increasingly abandoning touchscreen voting, scrapping multimillion-dollar systems purchased since 2000.Read More...Shared by 4braham (2) Andrew (9) cgsheldon (151) Chris Foresman (0) cwills (0) J (7) Judith Perrolle (7) Matthew (35) trygve (11) Uzair (203) Yetimon (6)- Andrew said: About damned time for this...
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Battling pricy textbooks with open-source texts, social media (17)
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Spiraling textbook costs are yet another thing for students and professors to worry about. Will open access, open source publishing and social media tools come to the rescue?Read More...Shared by Adrian (19) Andy (4) arkiver (20) Chris Foresman (0) Christopher (65) Eugene (26) Gautam (16) GG (51) Gschultz (27) Jan Vazquez (4) Jen (48) Jesse James (4) Ken (1) metaeuphoria (20) rebrse (156) stantont (28) xeal (13)- Jesse James said: interesting idea... Hope some of thisCan take effect before I go back to school!
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Hands On With Google's Android SDK Beta (13)
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Google finally released a long-awaited update to the Android SDK. Ars takes a close look at the new platform and the API changes and comes away very impressed.Read More...Shared by CannonGod (236) Chris Foresman (0) David M (21) GerardM (25) Javier (7) Jeff (7) Jojo (47) Jules (28) Kenneth (1) looprock (15) naseer (2) Trent (18) Who Knows? (2)Contribute comment -
Judge lifts fare card hack gag order, punts on 1st Amendment (8)
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Judge George O'Toole ruled today that the MIT students accused of attempting to defraud the Massachussetts Bay Transit Authority had not, in fact, done so, and refused the MBTA's request for a five month gag order against the students. O'Toole's ruling, however, may disappoint many, as he deliberately avoided the question of whether or not the initial gag order violated the group's First Amendment rights.Read More...Shared by Chris Foresman (0) ductapeguy (18) Eric (45) Jason (80) Larsen (1) Leximo (495) Matthew (35) Zak M. (601)Contribute comment -
The iPhone gets yet another use: measuring car performance (3)
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The iPhone 3G is gaining yet another use thanks to a new application called Dynolicious, which uses the iPhone's accelerometer to record vehicle data like speed, acceleration, and g-force. It can even approximate the horsepower generated.Read More...Contribute comment - Increased popularity of Macs and iPhones may attract hackers (1)
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Phishing e-mail appears in MobileMe disguise (2)
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A new phishing scam is making the rounds and could make things even worse for unsuspecting MobileMe users. The e-mail purports to be from Apple, and alerts people of a MobileMe billing problems. Given MobileMe's other problems lately, such a thing wouldn't be unheard of, either.Read More...Shared by Chris Foresman (0) JR A (6)Contribute comment
