Archive for November 2009
With car companies gearing up to launch a new generation of plug-in hybrid and electric cars over the next five years, the time has come to pick sites for manufacturing the vehicles. Here is a map that highlights various locations of these hybrid car factories.
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The upcoming Cop15 international climate negotiations in Copenhagen will have a massive affect on the developing greentech industry. How close countries get to agreeing on legally binding greenhouse gas emissions could determine the size of the various international greentech markets, be a lever for how much … Read More »
Despite a growing number of handsets, the app store to go along with Google’s Android OS faces is getting a thumbs down from developers who complain about slow sales and low downloads, a survey says. Android can’t afford to lose developer attention who have other opportunities.
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At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry, a Ph.D. student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT’s Media Lab, demoed SixthSense, a device that allows interactions between the physical world and the world of data. Take a moment and watch Mistry’s talk — great stuff.
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Our platform focus continues this fine Sunday with the e-Book Echo, our take on the week in the digital publishing world. The cool Sony Daily Edition Reader is now available for pre-order, with shipping sometime around the end of the year/ early next year. This … Read More »
In the computer operating system game, you don’t have to dominate to succeed–just ask Apple about that. With that in mind, emerging, open source-based netbook software platforms could have surprisingly bright futures as secondary OSes, including Google’s. Here are several reasons why they’ll bring changes.
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When The Matrix was released in 1999, its revolutionary use of “bullet-time” photography made the franchise the target of a long list of imitators and satirists — a phenomenon that continues even now, 10 years later. But for Trevor Boyd and Steve Ilett, recreating a scene … Read More »
Where the CrunchPad and eventual Apple Tablet miss the boat:
We don’t just consume web content anymore — we interact with it.
E. g. Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, blogging.
We need good input ability.
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I previously mentioned the super, pre-holiday deal on the Panasonic high-definition camcorder, but a deal is only good if the product works well. So this afternoon, I got some playtime with the HDC-SD10 and recorded a short video of my office area. My workspace is quite … Read More »
The week marches on and today being Saturday means it is time to recap the recent happenings in the world of Windows Mobile. Microsoft only recently released Windows Mobile 6.5 to the masses, but rumors have a “second edition” of the OS getting prepared for … Read More »
More Must Reads
By Josie Garthwaite
Nov. 28, 2009, 12:00pm PT
I have long been an advocate of using the right tool for the job, and the premise that often the right tool is not always the one you think it is. The right tool can often be the lowly netbook, if the particular needs can be … Read More »
By Kevin Kelleher
Nov. 28, 2009, 9:00am PT
It’s becoming clear what eBay wants to find inside its corporate stocking this holiday season: affluent shoppers. Hence its brick-and-mortar retail shop on the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and its new site offering luxury goods.
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By James Kendrick
Nov. 28, 2009, 6:00am PT
This week, Netronix reportedly hopped on the Android e-reader bandwagon, the Ustream Viewer app appeared in the Android Market, a handheld Mobile Internet Device (MID) based on the ARM platform was unveiled and Google Maps Navigation was made available for Android 1.6.
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By Darrell Etherington
Nov. 28, 2009, 6:00am PT
Inspiration, if you believe in it, is quite fickle. You can have a great idea one day, and then not come up with anything noteworthy for weeks at a time. Even if you think inspiration is really just about hard work, there are always times when … Read More »
The popular torrent-indexing site Mininova.org late yesterday took the drastic step of removing all but a few torrents in response to a copyright infringement lawsuit. Dutch rights group BREIN went to court against Mininova in June, and later that summer, the site was … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Nov. 27, 2009, 5:05pm PT
Don’t make mistakes when buying popular consumer electronics this holiday season. I’ve outlined three common problems that would-be gadgets gifters should keep in mind.
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By Simon Mackie
Nov. 27, 2009, 4:00pm PT
If you’re a Google Voice and Windows user, you might like to check out GVoiceNotifier.NET, an unobtrusive little app that adds Google Voice notifications, one-click calling and SMS functionality to your taskbar, popping up only when you need it. Using the app is simple: … Read More »
Thanksgiving isn’t just a feasting holiday, it’s also about spending time with your family, so this week I’ve been spending time with my second cousin Kristina, who is eight years old. Her favorite TV shows are Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place, which she watches … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Nov. 27, 2009, 3:00pm PT
I just received this email from the Wall Street Journal. I include it here in its entirety as it is self-explanatory:
Dear WSJ Mobile Reader user:
URGENT: UPGRADE REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED USE OF WSJ MOBILE READER
Our records indicate that you have not yet upgraded to the latest … Read More »
You have to hand it to the guys behind Penny Arcade. What started out as a web comic a decade ago has since exploded to become a full-blown phenomenon that encompasses merchandising, video games and a convention (that tens of thousands of people attend) dedicated … Read More »
By Simon Mackie
Nov. 27, 2009, 1:00pm PT
WebWorkerDaily readers are a diverse bunch. Every week, I profile a different reader and ask them to share what they do, how they do it, and some of their favorite hints and tips.
Who are you and what do you do?
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By Sebastian Rupley
Nov. 27, 2009, 12:00pm PT
Netbooks, low-cost portable computers optimized for web usage, are continuing to sell at a torrid pace. If you’re in the market for one, here are eight tips to help you make a good buying decision.
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Mac OS X is a wonder. When it comes to personal information management, entertainment and the Internet, it’s got all the basics covered. Beyond that, there are a handful of “essential” apps most Mac owners install on a new machine within minutes of booting it up … Read More »
I have yet to lose a gadget, but that’s not surprising since my key tools are never out of my sight or more than an arm’s reach away. I’m sure it will happen someday and that’s when I’ll wish I had a solution like the Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Nov. 27, 2009, 11:37am PT
As Lenovo steps back into the mobile business, it’s becoming clear that Android will democratize the hardware for mobile phones allowing the PC makers (both Dell and Acer are using it) to make a compelling handsets and put the hurt on traditional handset makers.
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By Kevin Kelleher
Nov. 27, 2009, 11:15am PT
The holiday shopping season has shifted into full gear. But while online retailers are sure to see stronger sales than their offline rivals, the desperate discounts happening across the board threaten to erode any profits they may have once hoped for this season.
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My hunt for a cheap, 32″ LCD TV via one of Black Friday’s so-called “door-busting” sales is over. And it ended in frustration, anger and tears. OK, just anger and frustration.
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Ever since I began my quest for the ultimate minimalist Mac experience, I have failed to find an elegant and stable way to control iTunes without using the built-in controller. I thought the solution was in Bowtie, but, unfortunately, that app only provides … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 27, 2009, 10:29am PT
Thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, this week I’ve been able to catch up with some of the companies I’ve previously written about, such as FanSnap. It’s unveiled a new feature: Seat Alert, which notifies fans when the seats that meet their specific requirements are made available.
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Stuart Elliott, who’s been the advertising columnist at The New York Times since 1991, recently wrote a piece entitled “Shows Online, Brought to You by …”. In it, he discusses a couple of upcoming web series that have partnered with advertisers excited about this emerging … Read More »
MoTR 191 is 34:55 minutes long and is a 32.1 MB file in MP3 format.
CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.
HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)
TOPICS:
Who said “smartbook?” ;)
Lenovo buys back the … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Nov. 27, 2009, 9:13am PT
The cyber shopping rush has already begun, with Akamai reporting that at around 11:30 a.m. ET some 6,591,354 global visitors per minute were hitting retail sites, which is about 48 percent above normal.
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By Georgina Laidlaw
Nov. 27, 2009, 9:00am PT
We all have stories of that great project we worked on once, or that fabulous client with whom we established the world’s best working relationship. These experiences make inspiring stories that spur us onwards and upwards, to new projects, and new adventures.
But this week, I … Read More »
