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Thursday, March 11th, 2010Remains of the Day: Google on Your TV Edition [For What It's Worth]
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Google dips its toe into TV programming searches, netbooks’ market share is growing, Twitter and Facebook gear up for geolocation, and researchers make the case for fat as a sixth taste sense.
- The Rise of Netbooks
Think netbooks are a dwindling fad? GigaOM’s infographic designers look at the last three years and disagree. [GigaOM] - Readability
The very handy, text-focused reformatter we all know as a bookmarklet has arrived as a Firefox add-on, with a few unique features like auto-scrolling. [Firefox Add-Ons via gHacks] - Google Testing TV Search Service On Android-Enhanced Set-Top Boxes
Google employees with DirecTV are trying out a search app that scans TV programming and web video. It’s powered in part by Android, and we’re kind of hoping makes it to a wider market. [Business Insider] - Just In Time For The Location Wars, Twitter Turns On Geolocation On Its Website
Just in time for SXSW, Twitter opens up geolocation embedding from its main site. It had previously been available through its API. [TechCrunch] - Facebook Will Allow Users to Share Location
Upping the arms race, Facebook might launch its own geo-smart status updates at its f8 conference next month. [Bits Blog] - Parallels Desktop update adds support for Chrome OS
It’s not clear whether the $80 Mac virtualization suite means Google’s unreleased, official Chrome OS or the open-source Chromium OS builds floating around, but either way, Parallels is on it. [Yahoo! News] - So Fat, You Can Taste It
The presence of fat in food may be a kind of sense, or at least a distinct taste, and researchers suggest those with less fat on their bodies can taste more fat in foods. [Slashfood]
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Remains of the Day: Google on Your TV Edition [For What It's Worth]
New Office 2007 Users Get Free Upgrade to Office 2010 [Upgrades]
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
If you need to buy a new copy of Microsoft Office but don’t want an instantly outdated suite when Office 2010 is released later this year, you’re in luck: If you buy Office 2007 any time between March 5 and September 30 of this year, you automatically qualify for a free upgrade to Office 2010 when it’s released. [Microsoft via Digital Inspiration]
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New Office 2007 Users Get Free Upgrade to Office 2010 [Upgrades]
Better Gmail 2 Updated [Updates]
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Google’s Gmail tweak broke some of the more popular features of my Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension this week, including Folders4Gmail and Hide Spam Count. Thanks to the quick work of Arend v. Reinersdorff, the problems have been fixed. If you’re a Better Gmail 2 user and your labels aren’t collapsing properly or your Spam count is showing when it shouldn’t, hit the “Find Updates” button in Firefox’s Add-ons dialog to get the fix, or download the most recent version directly from Mozilla Add-ons. Thanks for your patience and for using the extension. As always, news and discussion about the whole series of Better extensions is always posted on the mailing list.
Republished from smarterware.org
iPad Launches April 3, Pre-Orders Start March 12 [Updates]
Friday, March 5th, 2010
The iPad is officially launching in the U.S. on April 3, with pre-orders starting on March 12. (The 3G version will be available later in April.) International users can expect a launch sometime in late April. While we’ve got our problems with the iPad, we still imagine it’s going to see a lot of love. [Apple via Gizmodo]
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iPad Launches April 3, Pre-Orders Start March 12 [Updates]
Latest Google Chrome Dev Release Crashing on Offline Gmail [Annoyances]
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Tipsters like theworldisasheep saw it, this editor confirmed it, and Google even mentioned it in their blog post, at the very end: the latest release of their Chrome browser often crashes when loading Gmail with Offline enabled. It will likely get fixed in a small new update coming soon, but in the meantime, if you’re desperate to get back into Gmail without your browser dying, you can create a temporary bookmark to the no-labs version of Gmail head to your Options, switch to the “Under the Hood” tab, click “Gears Settings,” and click the “Remove” link next to Gmail and Google-related items. You may lose your offline data for now, but you’ll be able to re-synchronize it when two of Google’s best products finish duking it out. [Google Code]
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Latest Google Chrome Dev Release Crashing on Offline Gmail [Annoyances]
Skype for Symbian/Nokia Arrives in Ovi Store [Nokia]
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Rocking a Novia phone and got an itch for some VoIP calling? Starting today, you can grab the Skype for Symbian app from the Ovi Store for free. It works over 3G and Wi-Fi by default, which is always nice to hear, and should work on any Nokia phone running the Symbian^1 OS. [Skype via jkOnTheRun]
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Skype for Symbian/Nokia Arrives in Ovi Store [Nokia]
Remains of the Day: Ogg vs. H.264 Videos Side-by-Side Edition [For What It's Worth]
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Gmail stutters, a phony version of Microsoft Security Esssentials makes the rounds, Opera 10.5 beta comes to Macs, and video codecs Ogg Theora and H.264 go head to head.
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- Why Can’t PCs Work More Like iPhones?
NYT’s Nick Bilton wishes that PCs could adopt a few of the better things about iPhones and other user-friendly mobile operating systems—just not the awful walled garden part. [NYT] - Quicken for the Mac: Finally!
The popular personal finance desktop application makes its way to the Mac desktop. [CNET] - Gmail Acting Up? It’s Not Just You
Earlier today, several people experienced Gmail errors, acknowledged by their Apps Status Dashboard, so if you had Gmail bugginess this morning, you weren’t alone. [TechCrunch] - Security Essentials 2010 Is Not Microsoft Security Essentials
There’s a fake antivirus application making the rounds on the internet called Security Essentials 2010—not to be confused with Microsoft Security Essentials, the antivirus app we like so much. [Softpedia] - Ogg Theora vs. H.264: head to head comparisons
A side-by-side comparison of two competitors for the throne of de facto web video standard reveals, unfortunately, that the free solution (Ogg) doesn’t appear to stack up. [Ars Technica] - Opera 10.50 Beta for Mac!
Opera 10.5 Beta is now available for Macs, and it’s gooood. [Opera Blog]
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Remains of the Day: Ogg vs. H.264 Videos Side-by-Side Edition [For What It's Worth]
Ubuntu 10.04 to Include Built-In MP3 Store [Ubuntu]
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Looking to further its mission of making your software, and your media, free of restrictions, Ubuntu is bundling an Ubuntu One Music Store into 10.04, the next release of the Linux operating system due out in April. The store uses 7Digital as its provider, likely due to its greater international availability than Amazon’s own offering, and looks to be integrated into the Rhythmbox music player. The Ubuntu One name implies a likely connection with the cloud-based file syncing service, and a blogger who came across a preview interface says each track purchased can be downloaded 3 times on different computers. Hit up his post for more screenshots and details, and tell us what you think of Ubuntu’s move into the music market in the comments. [popey.com blog via Download Squad]
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Remains of the Day: The Day Credit Cards Change Edition [For What It's Worth]
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
U.S. authorities identify the hacker behind the Chinese cyber attacks, Twitter hits 50 million tweets per day (which is still significantly below the emails/day mark), and the Credit Card Act of 2009 goes into effect.
- Credit card protections in effect
Consumer Reports points out that today’s the day that the majority of the consumer protections from the Credit Card Act of 2009 take effect. Make sure you know what that means to you. - Chinese Hacker Responsible For Google Attack Code Identified
U.S. authorities identify the man who tried to hack Google in China—the even that prompted Googel to stop censoring search in China. [Gizmodo] - Twitter Hits 50 Million Tweets Per Day
The popular micro-blogging service is pushing out tweets like nobody’s business. Of course, it doesn’t beat the estimated 210 billion emails a day (and that’s from two years ago), but it’s still impressive. [Mashable] - If Eric Schmidt Thinks Privacy Doesn’t Matter – He should Publish His Own Browsing History
A lot of people are upset with Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s recent comments regarding user privacy and the mistakes Google made when they launched Buzz. This is one such response. [BlindReason] - Windows Phone 7 and the End of Hardware Choice
Gizmodo notes that, with the impending Windows Phone 7 launch, the “’slap our software on any old hardware’ open platform is dead.” [Gizmodo] - Codeorgan
This web site plays web sites based on their source code. Not terribly useful, but if you ever wondered what Lifehacker sounds like, there you go. - Microsoft may end up resorting to M&A in mobile
Reuters suggests that if Microsoft wants to compete with Apple and Google in the smartphone market, they may need to consider buying other manufacturers like Nokia or BlackBerry.
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Remains of the Day: The Day Credit Cards Change Edition [For What It's Worth]