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Bits: Cisco: 'In Norway We Trust'With so much of Cisco's $35 billion in cash sitting overseas, acquisitions of foreign companies could become commonplace.
New York Times Saturday, October 03, 2009Bits: Sure I.B.M. Is Smaller. So What?I.B.M.'s chief executive, Samuel J. Palmisano, went out of his way to reply to
microsoft C.E.O. Steve Ballmer's criticism--if ever so obliquely.
New York Times Saturday, October 03, 2009Why Google Chrome Frame Makes Mozilla Firefox Folks UneasyMozilla's Mitchell Baker and Mike Shaver both lamented
google's
release of Chrome Frame in blog posts. The browser experts, who helped Mozilla's Firefox browser reach 23.8 percent market share largely at the expense of
microsoft IE, are concerned Chrome Frame will further muddy the already cloudy waters of a fragmented browser market. Analysts from IDC, Forrester Research and Gartner weigh in on the messy issue. At the end of it all, Chrome Frame is about helping
google gain more market share for Chrome. - Add Mozilla to the list of vendors exasperated by Google Chrome Frame, a plug-in to essentially
let users run Google's Chrome Web browser in the Microsoft
internet explorer browser container. Google released Chrome Frame Sept. 22, arguing that IE does not adequately support newe...
eWEEK Saturday, October 03, 2009Blue Microphone intros Eyeball 2.0 webcamBlue Microphone has released the Eyeball 2.0, its upgrade to the original camera and microphone combo. The 2-megapixel upgrade is capable of broadcasting video at a maximum resolution of 1600x1200 at 30 frames per second. Like the original reviewed here, it has a retractable lens which can be stored into the microphone unit and automatically turns off to help ensure privacy. The device is designed to mount onto any display or notebook using its integrated adapter....
macnn.com Saturday, October 03, 2009Dev-Team jailbreaks iPhone 3.1 for 3GSCrackers at the
iphone Dev-Team began the weekend by releasing an
updated version of PwnageTool that can jailbreak the iPhone 3GS. The 3.1.3 tool works only as long as the Apple phone was jailbroken with firmware 3.0 or 3.0.1 and won't work if the phone is already at Apple's official 3.1. The second-generation iPod touch can now also be de-restricted under the same firmware limits as the 3GS....
macnn.com Saturday, October 03, 2009Palm's webOS 1.2.1 restores iTunes sync againPalm today quietly circumvented Apple's protective measures again with webOS 1.2.1. Its second update in a week is the first to restore iTunes syncing for the Pre since iTunes 8.2 and will let the Pre take media from iTunes 9.0.1 as though it were a native device in the jukebox software. It even adds deeper integration and will now sync photo albums as well as lower-resolution versions that save space on the phone....
macnn.com Saturday, October 03, 2009NASA Shoots the MoonBarring cloud coverage, NASA is shooting a laser beam every 28 seconds approximately 250,000 miles into space to hit the minivan-sized Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter as it orbits the moon at nearly 3,000 miles an hour. Why? The one-way laser produces distance measurements accurate to about 4 inches, a considerable improvement over microwave tracking that measures its range to a precision of about 65 feet. - NASA's first laser ranging effort to track a spacecraft beyond low-Earth orbit on a daily basis is producing distance measurements accurate to about 4 inches; by comparison, the microwave stations tracking the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter measure its range to a precision of about 65 feet. The prec...
eWEEK Saturday, October 03, 2009Review: Screen Capture with LittleSnapper and VoilaLittleSnapper v1.5.1 and Voila v2.1 are screen capture and markup applications, allowing users to capture their screen, desktop, application windows or web pages. Both utilities can also add callouts, including arrows, circles and instructional text. LittleSnapper is able to capture all web pages, regardless of the elements used but is limited in its adjustment tools and parameter controls. Conversely, Voila features expanded filters and adjustment tools but mishandled some Flash web pages. In our latest review our reviewer contrasts the two apps and elucidates the...
macnn.com Saturday, October 03, 2009Amazon Settles Kindle Suit, but Will Other Issues Follow?Amazon.com settled a lawsuit over its summer deletion of George Orwell's books from its Kindle e-reader, and used the opportunity to publicly state its new policy with regard to the deletion of works from users' devices. Despite tighter controls over what it can and cannot do, Amazon.com may be faced with legal action in the future over deletion issues, particularly as it integrates the Kindle
service more fully with third-party developers and companies. - Amazon.com settled a lawsuit leveled against it by a Michigan student and another plaintiff, who claimed that the online retailers deletion of George Orwells quot;1984 quot; from their Kindle e-readers was illegal. By settling for $150,000, a portion of which will be donated by the plaintiffs' lawy...
eWEEK Saturday, October 03, 2009Tsunami Lesson: Warning System Too SlowSouth Pacific tsunami shows that early warning
systems need improvement.
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