Jan 10 2009

From the Desk of David Pogue A Strange Macworld Expo – New York Times


guardian.co.uk

From the Desk of David Pogue A Strange Macworld Expo
New York Times – 14 hours ago
By DAVID POGUE Well, it was a strange Macworld Expo this year. Steve Jobs, usually the looming presence over this four-day Mac/iPod/iPhone confab in San Francisco, was completely absent.
Apple at CES? Unlikely CNET News
Source: Apple plans to attend CES in 2010 Apple Insider
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Jan 10 2009

Nortel Licenses Unreal Engine for web.alive – FOXBusiness

Nortel Licenses Unreal Engine for web.alive
FOXBusiness – 8 Jan 2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – January 08, 2009) – Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) announced it has licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine for Nortel's new web.
Nortel's 3D Virtual World Technology Powers New Lenovo Shopping Lounge TMCnet
Lenovo Using Nortel's Web.alive for E-Commerce Virtual Worlds News
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Jan 10 2009

Fancy TVs, fun telescopes at Vegas tech expo – San Francisco Chronicle


The Canadian Press

Fancy TVs, fun telescopes at Vegas tech expo
San Francisco Chronicle – 7 Jan 2009
This year's Consumer Electronics Show opens to the public in Las Vegas today. But the expo's 2700 exhibitors already have been busy introducing the media to their latest tech gadgets.
Consumer staples of TVs, PCs and phones to have big roles at Vegas The Canadian Press
Today is the biggest TV day of the year Dallas Morning News
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Jan 10 2009

UK Email Retention Plan Technically Flawed

deltaromeo points out a BBC report calling the UK’s law requiring ISPs to retain users’ emails for at least a year an “attack on rights.” The article also points out financial and technical flaws with the plan (which we first discussed in October). TechCrunch goes a step further, detailing how it conflicts with other governmental goals. Quoting: “…with one hand the government seeks to lock down the British Internet with an iron fist, while at the same time telling us it is boosting innovation and business online. It is quite clearly blind to the fact that one affects the other. Are we also expected to think that the consumers using online services are not going to be put off from engaging in the boom of ‘sharing’ that Web 2.0 created? How would you feel if every Twitter you sent, every video uploaded, was to be stored and held against you in perpetuity? That may not happen, but the mere suggestion that your email is no longer private would serve to kill the UK population’s relish for new media stone dead, and with it large swathes of the developing online economy.”

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Jan 9 2009

Racism persists because we don't really find it offensive – Globe and Mail


National Post

Racism persists because we don't really find it offensive
Globe and Mail – 13 hours ago
You are sitting in a waiting room when someone makes a racist comment about a black man who has just left. How would you respond? Most people say they would feel upset and take action, but researchers at York University who put student volunteers in a
Reactions to racism not as strong as we think, study finds CBC.ca
Study exposes tolerance of racism Toronto Star
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Jan 9 2009

CES-Hollywood cuts back glitz at gadget show – Reuters


ABC News

CES-Hollywood cuts back glitz at gadget show
Reuters – 1 hour ago
By Sue Zeidler and Anupreeta Das LOS ANGELES/LAS VEGAS, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Hollywood is toning down the glitz at the annual Consumer Electronics Show as studios seek cheaper, more practical ways to sell movies and television programs.
The hunt for the Next Big Thing at CES 2009 BBC News
Samsung wants you to stay home, watch TV CNET News
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Jan 9 2009

Palm investors celebrating too soon? – Reuters


Geekzone

Palm investors celebrating too soon?
Reuters – 2 hours ago
By Sinead Carew and Franklin Paul – Analysis LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Palm Inc stole the limelight at the Consumer Electronics Show by unveiling a new touch-screen phone and mobile operating system that doubled its share price overnight.
Consumer Electronics Show wrap-up: from Palm Pre to porn stars San Jose Mercury News
mocoNews.net – Palm Pre Roundup: 9 Price? Most Love It, Om Is Washington Post
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Jan 9 2009

From the Desk of David Pogue A Strange Macworld Expo – New York Times


BBC News

From the Desk of David Pogue A Strange Macworld Expo
New York Times – 10 hours ago
By DAVID POGUE Well, it was a strange Macworld Expo this year. Steve Jobs, usually the looming presence over this four-day Mac/iPod/iPhone confab in San Francisco, was completely absent.
Source: Apple plans to attend CES in 2010 Apple Insider
Apple at CES? Unlikely CNET News
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Jan 9 2009

Amazon, Apple and the price of music – CNET News


Times Online

Amazon, Apple and the price of music
CNET News – 7 hours ago
Ever since Amazon began selling digital music and offering lower prices than rival iTunes, the suspicion by many iTunes fans is that the music industry was in cahoots with Amazon.
Amazon ramps up iTunes attack Calgary Herald
Apple cuts the digital locks off iTunes Globe and Mail
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Jan 9 2009

U.N. Says ‘No,’ Climate Hackers Say, ‘Yes We Can’

A major Indian-German geoengineering expedition set sail this week for the Scotia Sea, flouting a U.N. ban on ocean iron fertilization experiments in hopes of garnering data about whether the process actually does take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and sequester it in the deep ocean, an intriguing technique that may help reverse global warmi

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