WebAlert!
By MorganWebb - 9/4/2008 2:00 AM
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Google Chrome has so far received mixed but expected reviews. You can find detailed analysis at
Ars Technica, the
New York Times and the
Wall Street Journal.
Sure it's buggy and rough around the edges, but Chrome is also pretty darn fast. Of course, that dependson who's doing the testing.
YouTube adds subtitle and closed captioning capability to their video service, but they left out a crucial step. Fortunately for you, there's SubPLY.
Whoever said being popular would never earn you money on an online messaging service should feel pretty stupid now that TwittAd is here.
Apple's 'Let's Rock' event next week could mean new and cheaper iPods, a new iTunes and who knows what else. Check out these leaked designs of new iPods to fuel the rumor hound inside you.
Internet Explorer 8 beta uses more resources than Windows XP? Looks like it. But researchers say Microsoft's eyes are on the powerhouse PCs of the future.
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Play videoBy MorganWebb - 9/3/2008 2:00 AM
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Google releases its first web browser,
Chrome. Announced via a
web-comic, the browser has some people prophesying it could
spell doom for Microsoft. Others are saying Chrome could be the
first step towards a Google designed open source operating system.
Meanwhile, Mozilla finds itself in an odd position now that they are Google's partner and competitor. They don't seem too worried about though. That's understandable considering Mozilla's steady presence in the browser market.
Nokia's new Comes with Music cell phone service (only available in the UK) will
come with unlimited music downloads for a year. The first phone to offer the service will likely cost more than the current version of the phone.
Apple is set to release a new application for its mobile devices that lets users interact with photos, videos and lyrics that will accompany songs downloaded from iTunes. Should you say gooodbye to CDs forever?
Arizona police use Twitter
to keep people updated on traffic issues and criminal activity. The FCC backed a more substantial program a few months ago, which would allow mass text messages to be sent in case of national emergencies.
M2E Powerwants to turn
you into a cell phone battery charger. For those people who took the red pill, check out the solar-powered charger instead.
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Play videoBy MorganWebb - 9/2/2008 2:00 AM
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Google reveals
Android Market. Also announced were the
winners of the company's application developer contest.
Could open door policy for applications spell trouble down the road?
Veoh won
a copyright lawsuit, striking a temporary blow for online video freedom.
Comcast will limit subscribers to 250 gigabytes/month of internet usage.
Since it might be easy to exceed the limit, some say Comcast should provide
an official usage meter.
Some musicians think iTunes is hurting album sales, and so they're turning their shoulder to Apple - opting instead to release their
albums elsewhere.
Aaron Sorkin is penning a screenplay about Facebook, supposedly based off a book by Ben Mezrich.
Read my lips: No new Kindles by the end of the year.
Steve Jobs obituary accidentally published, black t-shirt stocks plummet.
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Play videoBy MorganWebb - 8/28/2008 2:00 AM
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PostPath employees and investors are two hundred and fifteen million dollars richer,
now that Cisco has snapped up the Mountain View-based startup.
"Say Goodbye to Laser?"
Huh? Is that Microsoft's way of telling us
a new mouse is on the way? They won't say.
Now you can check out the wares of the W-B online. The W-B hasn't been a network since CBS basically merged it with UPN to create the C-W a couple years back. But they're bringing back the brand with The-W-B-dot-com.
Google Earth can be used for practical things -
like winning your next Olympic gold medal.
Researchers have developed a camera flash
that will capture the true textures of objects and translate them into 3-D.
Do you have an idea that's been swimming around in your brain that you think could help the world?
Make Magazine is encouraging would-be inventors to submit their original ideas for an event called "American Maker." It's part of a new event called
Science Chicago.
The mystery of the iPhone girl is solved! And she wasn't fired!
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Play videoBy MorganWebb - 8/27/2008 2:00 AM
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If you enjoyed the hype surrounding the iPhone, get ready for
Google's Android phone. T-Mobile's is
looking like the lucky carrier, and word is that the
phone will be called the G One. We may see the Android as early as September.
It seems like everyone and their kid brother
took advantage of that slashed price and bought an iPhone 3G. In fact, by next week, Apple will have sold more than six million phones around the world. This is milestone because that's about the number of original iPhones that sold in a full year on the market.
And they keep making more.
Three Million people got Obama's text message. Nielsen says it's an historic event from a branding standpoint even though those people weren't actually the "first to know."
Cows that are grazing or resting tend to orient themselves in a North - South direction. Scholars at the
University of Duisburg Essen spent time studying Google Earth and noticed that two out of every three animals standing in fields were pointing towards magnetic north.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report that deer in the Czech republic are up to the same thing.
Ninjas? Please.
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