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Bender Forms Group to Promote OLPC's Sugar UI

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:45:47 EDT

Former One Laptop Per Child President of software and content Walter Bender has launched Sugar Labs, an organization that will promote the development of the open-source user interface originally developed for the XO laptop.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Sugar Labs interface Sugar open source XO OLPC Linux UI

Record audio with the MSP430 microcontroller pt. 3

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:34:31 EDT

In the first few segments I developed a digital audio recorder prototype that plays raw audio files from an SD card. This time we finish up the introductory segments by recording audio to the SD card.

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: audio recorder microcontroller SD MSP430 part 3 diy electronics video audio record

AT&T reverses one-iPhone policy

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:12:48 EDT

Just one day after instituting a policy of one iPhone sale per customer, AT&T said Thursday that it has ended the policy both on its Web site and in its retail stores. Customers will now be able to buy three iPhones per person, a limit that the carrier enacted when the device first went on sale almost a year ago.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: iPhone ATT Apple 3G

U.S. helps China with satellite data on quake

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:55:15 EDT

The United States has provided China with satellite images of earthquake-stricken areas, and will provide two planeloads of relief for quake victims this weekend, the State Department said on Friday.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: United States China satellite satellite images earthquake

Fifty Years of DARPA: A Surprising History

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:26:59 EDT

From the Internet to GPS, DARPA's Biggest Successes and Greatest Failures

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: DARPA research 50 President Eisenhower history

France's Orange signs new iPhone deal with Apple

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:59 EDT

French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Orange Apple iPhone

Mono offers open-source spin on Silverlight

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:03:07 EDT

The Novell-led Mono project this week made the first, though incomplete, public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, a browser plug-in that competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, JavaFX, and Apple QuickTime.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Silverlight Moonlight Microsoft Novell codec

'$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:25:07 EDT

Microsoft has joined forces with the developers of the "$100 laptop" to make Windows available on the machines.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: OLPC Windows XP Microsoft XO Linux XP Windows

Google gathers 3D data with Street View

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:09:57 EDT

Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, a potential boon for those of us who fantasize about flying like Superman through urban landscapes, at least virtually.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Google Street View lasers 3D Google Street View

The Hum of Summer

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:05:38 EDT

IT'S time to go outside, take a deep breath of fresh air, and . . . mow.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mower lawn electric gas lawn tractors robot

Thunderbird 3 fledges with first alpha release

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:55:32 EDT

Mozilla Messaging announced today the first official alpha release of the next generation Thunderbird e-mail application. Although this release offers some improvements over its predecessor, it isn't intended for production use yet. We tested some of the new functionality to see how it is shaping up.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Mozilla alpha Thunderbird Thunderbird 3 email Mozilla Messaging open source

Phone-wallets still years away

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:42:55 EDT

The new technology which enables small payments from mobile phones by just flashing the handset is likely to reach masses only around 2012, when one phone from five sold will be equipped with the technology.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: phone wallet 2012 mobile phones Nokia card scan wireless payment

Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:34:38 EDT

Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Cable DSL broadband report subscribers

WiMax vs. Long Term Evolution: Let the battle begin

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:30 EDT

A long-term battle is brewing between two emerging high-speed wireless technologies, WiMax and Long Term Evolution (LTE). Each would more than quadruple existing wireless wide-area access speeds for users.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: WiMax Long Term Evolution GSM wireless LTE carriers competition standard 700MHz

Comcast to Buy Plaxo for Social Networking

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:21:24 EDT

Comcast will acquire social-networking company Plaxo to power upcoming community features on its TV, broadband data and phone services.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Plaxo Comcast social networking cable

Google Maps adds user-created photos, videos, maps

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:05:39 EDT

Google Maps launched a new feature on Wednesday that shows you photos, videos and maps that people have created about different locations around the world.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: google google maps photos videos maps

Top 10 Things You Forgot Your Mac Can Do

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:26:20 EDT

We've covered dozens of Mac tips over the years in these pages, but today we're highlighting 10 lesser-known Mac tricks that come baked into Leopard. From pure eye candy to outright productivity-boosters, read on to get reminded of some of the more obscure things you can do with your Mac, fresh out of the box.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mac tricks leopard tips top 10 os x 10.5

Apple's developer conference sold out

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:07:28 EDT

Apple confirmed on Wednesday that its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) has sold out. This is the first time in the history of the conference that WWDC has been completely sold out.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Apple WWDC sold out Worldwide Developer Conference iPhone WWDC 2008 SDK

FCC starts over with emergency network push

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:02:31 EDT

A high-profile government auction earlier this year failed to attract enough private investment dollars for airwaves dedicated to a nationwide broadband network for emergency responders. On Wednesday, federal regulators began trying to resuscitate the idea.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: FCC emergency network public safety spectrum 700Mhz

Gates to Show off Vertical Surface at CEO Summit

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:43 EDT

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to show off new technology on Wednesday that is designed for the board room and is a spin-off of Microsoft's Surface computer.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: TouchWall Bill Gates Surface Microsoft Research Microsoft

Nokia sees half of cellphones with GPS in 2010-12

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:20:17 EDT

Nokia plans to add navigation to half of the phones it sells within a few years to find new revenue streams amid decreasing handset prices, a senior official at the world's top cellphone maker said.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Nokia GPS cellphones location Nokia Maps

Dell to cut PC energy use by 25 percent

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:14:15 EDT

Dell on Wednesday announced energy efficiency targets for its laptops and desktop PCs: a 25 percent reduction by 2010 based on the efficiency rating of today's models.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Dell 2010 energy efficiency desktops laptops green

First look: Peeking through Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:30 EDT

Yesterday saw the first public beta release of Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope, the skyward companion to Microsoft Virtual Earth. After looking at Google's equivalent offering - Google Sky - few months back, I spent much of last night putting WorldWide Telescope (WWT) through its paces.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: WorldWide Telescope WWT Microsoft

MySpace tells AP it has won $234M spam judgment

jeremytoday — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:17:46 EDT

The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $234 million judgment in Los Angeles over junk messages sent to its members.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: MySpace 234 million spam

Steve Jobs to keynote WWDC

jeremytoday — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:13:52 EDT

The Apple CEO will deliver his keynote on June 9, kicking off the WWDC, which will feature sessions on developing for the iPhone

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Apple WWDC iPhone Steve Jobs keynote WWDC 2008 Mac

Apple deal links custom radio storefronts to iTunes

jeremytoday — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:45:55 EDT

Apple has entered into an agreement with Emmis Interactive that will give radio listeners in the U.S. the ability to buy the songs they hear on the air using their iTunes account.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: apple itunes radio emmis

Craigslist countersues eBay, saying it's competing illegally

jeremytoday — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:38:30 EDT

Craigslist is countersuing its minority owner, eBay Inc., alleging it is competing illegally, infringing on their trademark and breaching its duty to shareholders.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Craigslist eBay

Circuit City wants out of digital TV fines

jeremytoday — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:25:57 EDT

Federal regulators should throw out fines imposed against Circuit City Stores Inc. for violating rules regarding next year's switch from analog to digital television, the consumer electronics retailer said in a filing Tuesday.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Circuit City digital TV fines analog digital

EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in Philadelphia

jeremytoday — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:20:04 EDT

EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: EarthLink wireless Philadelphia WiFi municipal WiFi

Tip of the hat: Fedora 9 officially released

jeremytoday — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:23:16 EDT

I tip my hat to the global community of open source software developers behind the popular Fedora Linux distribution who announced today the official release of Fedora 9. The latest and greatest version of Fedora, codenamed Sulphur, is now available for download and offers a nice assortment of improvements and new features.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Fedora Fedora 9 Linux features Fedora Linux

Top 50 Androids

jeremytoday — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:20:33 EDT

In its race to dominate the mobile space with its open-source mobile platform, Android, Google has been coy about revealing its playing hand. Consumers don't yet know what Android handsets will look like, when exactly they will debut or how much they will cost.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Google Android applications 50 developers open source contest

Wind Energy Expected to Grow Dramatically

jeremytoday — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:22:02 EDT

An Energy Department report concludes that wind turbines can produce a fifth of the nation's annual electricity needs within about two decades. That is about the same share of electricity produced today by nuclear power.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: wind turbines report 2030 electricity wind propeller eco news

Why Garden? Because It's Spring

jeremytoday — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:19:24 EDT

AH, spring. The sun's cameo appearance. The first 70-degree day. Nature's spectacular roll-out, from the first crocus to the regal, shimmering cherry tree.

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: gardening spring deadlines challenge plants flowers vegetables

iPhone out of stock 'company wide,' say Apple sales reps

jeremytoday — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:54:46 EDT

Outage of iPhones has fueled rumors that the next-generation 3G model will be released shortly

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: iPhone Apple 3G out of stock ATT WWDC

Frigid robot eyes top tech prize

jeremytoday — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:43:44 EDT

A robotic system designed to care for millions of biological samples in sub-zero temperatures has been chosen as a finalist for a top engineering award.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: robots Polar system MacRobert temperature robotic arms research

Apply caulk like a pro

jeremytoday — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:42:05 EDT

Lots of folks cringe at the thought of caulking their DIY projects, whether it's exterior trim, bathroom remodeling, etc. But believe me, you can caulk like a pro if you follow a few simple rules and put in the effort.

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: caulk DIY tips caulking dripless

Gallery: How to Make Super-Strong, Super-Flexible Metals

jeremytoday — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:38:10 EDT

Researchers at Caltech are pioneering new ways to make superstrong metals that are twice as tough as titanium, and twice as elastic.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Caltech metal glass metal strong flexible glass

Apple and Eve

jeremytoday — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:30:49 EDT

Revealed: The heroine of Pixar's new release, Wall-E, was born from an iPod.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Pixar Apple iPod Eve robot Wall E

Craig (of the List) Looks Beyond the Web

jeremytoday — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:40:02 EDT

In the face of the expansion of the classified ads Web site Craigslist, its founder, Craig Newman, is capitalizing on his success to promote causes he holds dear.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Craigslist eBay newspapers online classifieds projects

VW, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery: paper

jeremytoday — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:53:35 EDT

German carmaker Volkswagen and Japan's Sanyo Electric Co will jointly develop a lithium-ion battery to be used in hybrid and electric cars, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Volkswagen Sanyo battery lithiumion nickel hydrogen