December 2010
28 posts
Forget getting Netflix or Hulu Plus on TiVo-made... →
TiVo’s Premiere-series DVRs offer access to Netflix’s Watch Instantly streaming service, and the company has announced that Hulu Plus support is coming soon. But if you get your TiVo…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Lady Gaga (44)
Katy Perry (18)
Lupe Fiasco (11)
Mike Reeb (7)
Phoenix (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nexus S torn asunder, Contour Display secrets... →
Online fount of DIY repair knowledge iFixit has gotten its hands on the Google Nexus S, and immediately set to work taking it apart. The device doesn’t differ too much from the…
Users get voice control, better movie results with... →
Google launched Google TV—yet another attempt to meld the Web and TV—this past October. Early adopters have seen many networks shutting off access to their online content, but…
Google beefs up voice search with personal... →
Google originally launched its patented cloud-based voice recognition system in 2007 to power its GOOG-411 information service. By gathering data from hundreds of phone calls, it…
“[I]f you ever want anyone to take sex crime against you seriously, you had...”
– Naomi Wolf: J’Accuse: Sweden, Britain, and Interpol Insult Rape Victims Worldwide
iPhone jailbreaker set to bring Cydia to Mac OS X →
Cydia is somewhat of jailbreak equivalent of the App Store for iOS devices. It enables users to find and install open source packages as well as buy special modifications made for…
European carriers hope to extract wireless fees... →
European mobile carriers believe that online service providers, including Apple, Facebook, and Google, should be paying fees to cover their part of the rising tide of data…
Apple iOS chipping away at DS, PSP for handheld... →
A new market research report shows that mobile phones—”particularly the iPhone”—make up a large and growing percentage of the handheld gaming market, while use of dedicated gaming…
“Our country was founded on the idea of people being left the fuck alone.”
– @bmf
Report: iPad 2 coming in April →
Apple will begin production of the next-generation iPad a little later than originally planned, but production is set to ramp up beginning in late February for an early April 2011…
“Friend of a friend named their kid “Breaux.” Just let that wash over...”
– Americans Only Want to Name Their Kids After TV Characters, Money, and Palins
This Is Where It Leads →
Lieberman:
To me the New York Times has committed at least an act of bad citizenship, but whether they have committed a crime is a matter of discussion for the justice department.
This asshat just needs to STFU. And you douchebags in Connecticut had better stop voting for him.
(via Daring Fireball)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
Daft Punk (22)
Alkaline Trio (12)
Jonas Reinhardt (7)
The Delta Mirror (3)
Dirty Projectors (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Google launches eBookstore with choice of sellers... →
We expected Google to launch its upcoming e-book store before the end of the year, and the company announced Monday that the new Google eBookstore is now open for business…
Apple ups ante on Motorola patent infringement... →
Apple has upped the ante in its patent fight with Motorola over smartphone patents, snaring Moto’s set-top boxes in the process. In new court filings analyzed by FOSS Patents, Apple…
Potential NVIDIA/Intel settlement could mean good... →
The licensing dispute that has prevented NVIDIA from building controller chips for Intel’s latest CPUs may finally be coming to a close. Late last week, a Bloomberg report cited inside…
Clear disses Verizon 4G data caps: why "count... →
Verizon announced on Wednesday that it was flipping the switch on its LTE network this Sunday. Clear has taken to its blog to criticize the data caps that Verizon has placed on…
LimeWire may have lost zest for legal music... →
LimeWire has been squeezed by the RIAA, a federal judge, and a group of music publishers. Despite overtures that the company would unveil a new legal music store in the near…
CALM Act passed, will quiet loud TV commercials... →
Though Congress still bickers over net neutrality, spying on Americans, and universal health care, at least Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing: TV commercials are too…
BBC goes global with iPlayer subs, launching on... →
The BBC’s online, on-demand video streaming service iPlayer will launch worldwide sometime early next year. Much to the dismay of expats around the world, iPlayer has been limited to UK…
The Big Economic Story, and Why Obama Isn't... →
marco:
By Robert Reich:
Unless the President and Democrats explain why the economy still stinks for most Americans and offer a plan to fix it, the Republican explanation and solution – it’s big government’s fault, and all we need do is shrink it – will prevail.
That will mean more hardship for tens of millions of Americans. It will make it harder to remedy the bad economy. And it will set...
Google tweaks algorithm to punish bad businesses →
Google has added a new twist to its Page Rank algorithms to prevent businesses from turning bad reviews and negative comments into a workable business model. The change was sparked…
iPhone, RIM top US share; iPhone "most desirable"... →
Smartphones now make up almost a third of all mobile phones in use in the US, according to market research firm Nielsen. Among those, Apple’s iPhone is now tied with RIM’s Blackberry…
Verizon 4G LTE: $80 for 10GB of data, starting... →
Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday that it will “turn on” its fourth generation LTE wireless network this coming Sunday, December 5, fulfilling its promise to launch in 30…
“In the 1980s we did not overreact. We did not stage ill-fated invasions of...”
– News flash: Deadly terrorism existed before 9/11 - Ask the Pilot - Salon.com
iPad leading e-book reader demand despite Kindle... →
The Amazon Kindle is an excellent e-reader, and the latest version is a good value at $150. Yet Apple’s iPad is leading demand for e-book readers in the US, and slowly…