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06 May 2008
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Comcast Considering 250GB Cap, Overage Fees - Insider provides details of new ‘protocol agnostic’ solution
A Comcast insider tells me the company is considering implementing very clear monthly caps, and may begin charging overage fees for customers who cross them. While still in the early stages of development, the plan -- as it stands now -- would work like this: ...
Text prank aimed at Houston Zoo
May 6, 2008
textually.org / emily
According to a report this weekend the Houston Zoo switchboard has been jammed with thousands of calls per day following a prank text message. dialaphone reports. "Zoo managers have been forced to ca ...
Discussions:- Gawker: Today in Animal and Wizardry News [Remainders]
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JavaOne 2008: Day One
May 6, 2008
java.net Weblogs / Chris Adamson
Chatting up colleagues ...
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LinkedIn For $1 Billion? Why Not?
May 6, 2008
Silicon Alley Insider / Peter Kafka
Mike Arrington hears that LinkedIn is looking for funding at a $1 billion valuation. We hear the same thing, with one additional nugget: We're told, secondhand, that the company is quite close to actu ...
Discussions:- VentureBeat: LinkedIn may — and should — use its new fundin ...
- PE Hub Blog: LinkedIn Love
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Wii Fit sells out on Amazon, 2.5 units sold every …
May 6, 2008
Joystiq / Alexander Sliwinski
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Exergaming, Business Amazon.com has sold out of its Wii Fit pre-orders. We spoke with an Amazon representative who told us that the online retailer depleted its pre-order st ...
Discussions:- GoNintendo: Amazon details Wii Fit sellout
- Sickr: wii fit unboxed
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Excerpt: Warren Buffett, Bill Gates on Yahoo
May 6, 2008
Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog / Todd Bishop
Fox Business Network had an extensive on-air interview yesterday with Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett and Microsoft's Bill Gates, Buffett's friend and a Berkshire board member. They covered a rang ...
Discussions:- WinBeta: Excerpt: Warren Buffett, Bill Gates on Yahoo
- WebProNews Feed: Bill Gates Okay With Ballmer's Decisions
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Solar-powered hearing aids help poor deaf folk
May 6, 2008
CrunchGear / Nicholas Deleon
Did you know that there’s 250 million people around the world who are hearing-impaired? Even worse, two-thirds of them live in the developing world. Odds are, these people don’t have the t ...
Discussions:- Engadget: Solar-powered hearing aids improve life in develop ...
- Ubergizmo: Solar Powered Hearing Aid
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Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera [Camera Hacks]
May 6, 2008
Life Hacker / Adam Pash
If you're using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you've got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open ...
Discussions:- Daily DIY: Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera
- Slashdot: Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras
- Ubergizmo: Canon helps you with a Super Camera
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Celebrating National Teacher Day
May 6, 2008
Official Google Blog / Karen
- Educational Technolo ...: The Google Teacher Academy @ The Googleplex
- Google LatLong: Three cheers for teachers
- Search Engine Land: ...: SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 6, 2008
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More unofficial Mac clones up for sale on eBay
May 6, 2008
AppleInsider
A recent move by a little-known Florida-based solutions provider to openly challenge Apple on its Mac OS X licensing terms and begin selling an unauthorized Mac clone appears to have spawned a copycat ...
Discussions:- Crave: The gadget bl ...: Another Mac clone maker spotted on eBay
- Mark Evans: Would You Buy a MacBook Clone?
- MacDailyNews: Hello, Apple? Unsanctioned Mac clones surface for ...
- CrunchGear: Non-Psystar PCs running Leopard appearing
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Microsoft to Put Voice-Activation Software in Hyundais
May 6, 2008
NYT > Business / By JOHN R. QUAIN
With both Ford and Hyundai as customers, Microsoft’s software could potentially be put into more than eight million vehicles worldwide each year. ...
Discussions:- Blue's News: Mobilization
- The Marmot's Hole: Bill Gates and Chung Mong-Koo Shake Hands on a Str ...
- The Truth About Cars: Microsoft In-Car SYNC System Hits Kia Next
- Dealbreaker: Opening Bell: 5.6.08
- DailyTech Main News ...: Hyundai, Kia Vehicles to Receive Microsoft Sync-li ...
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Global Telcos Plotting a Skype Rival?
May 6, 2008
GigaOM / Om Malik
AT&T, in conjunction with some 10-15 incumbent telecom carriers, is plotting to launch a Skype competitor, according to a research report issued this morning by ThinkEquity analyst Anton Wahlman. ...
Discussions:- Skype Journal: Much Ado About Nothing....
- SIPthat: 3G Skype Killer - Action or Words?
- Newsvine - technolog ...: Is Sykpe About To Be Slayed By Telcos?
- VoIP Watch: Skype Competitor Coming from The Telcos?
- Gizmodo: AT&T and Other Telcos Thinking of Skype Combatant? ...
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Apple and AT&T to launch iPhone 3G a lot sooner …
May 6, 2008
The Boy Genius Report / The Boy Genius
Well, here’s the story. Let’s start this off by saying that we think this might be a little bit too early, but you never know with Apple. Anyways, we told y’all last year before the ...
Discussions:- Between the Hedges: Today's Headlines
- VentureBeat: 3G iPhone launch window: June 15th to July 12th?
- FORTUNE: Apple 2.0: iPhone: No AT&T vacations between 6/15 and 7/1 ...
- Everything iCafe: AT&T Employee Vacation Plans Spark 3G iPhone Relea ...
- TG Daily - All News: 3G iPhone to debut on June 29 in the U.S.
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Yahoo Chief Says Microsoft Was the Stubborn One
May 6, 2008
NYT > Business / By BRAD STONE and MIGUEL HELFT
Jerry Yang said Yahoo was open to Microsoft all along but said he felt that the company he co-founded was simply worth more than what Microsoft put on the table. ...
Discussions:- Search Engine Land: ...: Aftermath: Yahoo Still Open To Deals; Stock Largel ...
- Taylor Marek Podcast: #83 Sponsored by GoDaddy: How much can you live on ...
- PDA: Come in Jerry Yang: Your time is up.
- MediaFile: Is Yahoo’s Yang toast?
- Ad Innovator: 今日のMicroHoo：戻っておいでマイクロ ...
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Washingtonpost.com wants identities of readers who post comments (Greg Sandoval/Washington Post)
Greg Sandoval / Washington Post:
Washingtonpost.com wants identities of readers who post comments — LOS ANGELES—If Jim Brady had his way, there would be no guaranteed anonymity for those who post comments to Washingtonpost.com. — Brady, executive editor of The Washington Post Brady has a notable history with this issue and I'll get to that.
DOE Still Throwing Money at Carbon Capture, $126M
GigaOM - By Craig Rubens - May. 7 (News Report) - Those still hoping clean coal will become a reality can take comfort in the knowledge that tax dollars are still funding carbon capture and sequestration endeavors. Making good on its promise to fund a number of smaller, distributed projects to test the capture and storage of carbon following the nixing of the FutureGen project, the Department of Energy has awarded $126.6 million to two regional carbon capture projects.NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 from source rating - Review It
Global warming puts koalas under threat
Daily Telegraph - By Nick Squires - May. 7 (News Report) - Global warming will threaten the survival of koalas by making the eucalyptus leaves on which they feed toxic, scientists warned on Wednesday.NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 from source rating - Review It
El Paso Corporation Pipelines Become ‘Founding Reporters’ of The Climate Registry
CNN - May. 7 (News Report) - "As the nation tackles complex energy and environmental challenges, natural gas will play an important role," according to Cleary. "Natural gas has lower GHG and air emissions intensity relative to other fossil fuels, and provides about 20 percent of all the energy used in the United States today. "El Paso has actively participated in the Western Climate Initiative and the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32) regulatory development process...NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 from source rating - Review It
New Breed Of Supercomputers Proposed To Improve Climate Change Prediction Accuracy
ScienceDaily - May. 7 (News Report) - Three researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have proposed an innovative way to improve global climate change predictions by using a supercomputer with low-power embedded microprocessors, an approach that would overcome limitations posed by today's conventional supercomputers.NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 from source rating - Review It