Vivek's Test Blog: March 2011

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Google Responds To Android Malware, Will Fix Infected Devices And ‘Remote Kill’ Malicious Apps

On March 1, news broke that dozens of malicious applications had made their way to Android Market, each infected w ... http://f.ast.ly/bgF94

Havok physics engine comes to Android 2.3, demoed on Xperia Play (video)

Great graphics are a component of great video games, but fancy physics can help too, and last week Havok announced ... http://f.ast.ly/bVvFY

Earbud / alarm clock takes the comfort out of sleeping

Earbud / alarm clock takes the comfort out of sleeping ... http://f.ast.ly/bqtqv

Skyhook brings location-awareness to the Sony NGP, including WiFi-only models

Skyhook brings location-awareness to the Sony NGP, including WiFi-only models ... http://f.ast.ly/bHmSL

The App Wall

A couple nights ago, a friend sent me a message. So glad we finally have a way to talk without hanging out.He was ... http://f.ast.ly/bSDxA

West Penn Allegheny Health System creates an emergency responder app, placing your life in far better hands

West Penn Allegheny Health System creates an emergency responder app, placing your life in far better hands ... http://f.ast.ly/bSBvr

Seagate ships 7,200RPM 3TB Barracuda XT internal hard drive, we wonder what took so long

Seagate ships 7,200RPM 3TB Barracuda XT internal hard drive, we wonder what took so long ... http://f.ast.ly/bUXsu

955 Dreams Plays The iPad Like Jazz

The shallow experience for a user has to be very interesting. The deep experiences have to be profound. That state ... http://f.ast.ly/bf7tn

Samsung says Galaxy Tab 10.1 is still on schedule, iPad 2 be darned

Samsung may have been humbled by Apple's iPad 2, but the company's apparently not letting that affect its plans -- ... http://f.ast.ly/bUt9T

View Is Like Foursquare Tips, But Visual And In Realtime #SXSW

Right now in private beta and planning on launching right before SXSW, location relevancy service View wants to te ... http://f.ast.ly/b4D6E

Motorola Atrix docks literally and figuratively torn apart, hack enables Webtop over HDMI port

Motorola Atrix docks literally and figuratively torn apart, hack enables Webtop over HDMI port ... http://f.ast.ly/baErt

Aquafairy AF-M3000 might finally make consumer fuel cell charging a disappointing reality (video)

Aquafairy AF-M3000 might finally make consumer fuel cell charging a disappointing reality (video) ... http://f.ast.ly/bxWaT

OMG/JK: A Kiss For iPad 2, A Slap For Xoom

Its war!This week, I went to the unveiling of the iPad 2 and got some hands-on time with the device afterwards. M ... http://f.ast.ly/bX27S

Redpark Console Cable gives iDevices an RJ-45 connector, not Ethernet access

Ever find yourself wishing your iPad iPad 2 was free from the fickle whims of wireless internet connections? Neith ... http://f.ast.ly/buhHu

Fly Or Die: The iPad2, ecoATM, and SocialeEyes

Fly Or Die: The iPad2, ecoATM, and SocialeEyes ... http://f.ast.ly/bghtA

RIM's chief marketing officer resigns

We won't read too much into this, but it comes at an interesting time -- with only a month left before RIM is expe ... http://f.ast.ly/bm8x8

‘Tweet Viewer’ Virus Spreads On Twitter

‘Tweet Viewer’ Virus Spreads On Twitter ... http://f.ast.ly/bm3gB

First Piece of Mozilla’s Web Apps Project Arrives, But Can it Outfox Chrome?

At great long last, Mozilla has revealed the first developer release of their Web Apps Project, which aims to buil ... http://f.ast.ly/bbLuk

PSP Go price cut quietly slinks away, now priced at original $200 MSRP

When Sony hacked $50 from the PSP Go's price earlier this week, it didn't exactly trumpet the news, and now it's l ... http://f.ast.ly/bqWMY

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Gillmor Gang 3.5.11 (TCTV)

The Gillmor Gang — Cluetrain co-author Doc Searls, Betaworks’ John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, and Kevin Marks ... http://f.ast.ly/b9Wtr

Internet access blocked across much of Libya

It's sort of becoming the "thing to do" when people are revolting: find a way to cut people's access to the intern ... http://f.ast.ly/bPhRH

(Founder Stories) Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley: “Stop Sketching, Start Building”

(Founder Stories) Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley: “Stop Sketching, Start Building” ... http://f.ast.ly/bq6qG

Handheld millimeter / microwave camera to see through walls, your underpants

Handheld millimeter / microwave camera to see through walls, your underpants ... http://f.ast.ly/brwf6

Google Docs: now supporting mobile editing in 45 languages

Never mind the fact that you'll need to have a basic grasp of English to even understand this report -- if you're ... http://f.ast.ly/bUQFg

RIM Finally Sees The Light. Unfortunately, It’s An Onrushing Train – Or Is It?

Strange things are afoot in my hometown of Waterloo, Canada, which doubles as Research In Motions headquarters. Sh ... http://f.ast.ly/bSXEj

Kayak to provide travel and flight search results within Microsoft's Bing

Bing Travel just so happened to be the one major aspect of Bing that kept us coming back, and now it's about to ge ... http://f.ast.ly/bXyvU

Archos planning to launch high-end tablets at IFA later this summer?

Archos planning to launch high-end tablets at IFA later this summer? ... http://f.ast.ly/b92gH

Kinect hacks, performance art edition: pin boards, puppets and RoboThespians

Kinect hacks, performance art edition: pin boards, puppets and RoboThespians ... http://f.ast.ly/bxdxx

Lensbaby goes practical with aperture-adjustable Sweet 35 Optic

We love a Lensbaby lens as much as the next hipster, but if there's one thing the Optic Swap system isn't, it's fa ... http://f.ast.ly/bQSWH

Russia's major mobile operators join hands for unified LTE rollout

Russia's major mobile operators join hands for unified LTE rollout ... http://f.ast.ly/bC3H5

ATT to allow grandfathered unlimited iPad data plans on iPad 2, your weekend rave to continue

ATT to allow grandfathered unlimited iPad data plans on iPad 2, your weekend rave to continue ... http://f.ast.ly/bB2Q5

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 steps out with an FCC certification

Not much to look at, is it? Still, though, if you squint and use the most overactive parts of your imagination, yo ... http://f.ast.ly/bPxFs

How would you change Jolicloud's Jolibook?

Jolicloud's Jolibook may not be the hottest selling netbook in the universe (or maybe it is, and we just don't kno ... http://f.ast.ly/bUdwq

Wow. Just… Wow: Facebook Hits Record $75 Billion Valuation On SecondMarket

Last week, in our weekly report on the insanely hot Facebook stock trading going on behind the scenes on SecondMar ... http://f.ast.ly/bVgUD

Behold Corsair's Force GT SSD -- flaming red shell and 500 MB/s read and write speeds

Feast your eyes upon the latest and greatest SSD from Corsair, the Force GT. Aside from its flaming red façade, ... http://f.ast.ly/bqjE4

Judge Allows Sony’s Request For Identifying Information For Anyone Who Visited Hacker’s Sites

This is a rather disturbing turn of events. Federal Magistrate Joseph Spero has approved a request by Sony to subp ... http://f.ast.ly/b42tF

N64oid brings Nintendo 64 emulation to Android devices

There's not exactly a shortage of video game emulators for Android devices, but there has been one notable, 64-bit ... http://f.ast.ly/bANp2

WordPress DDoS Attacks Primarily From China, Possibly Politically Motivated

WordPress DDoS Attacks Primarily From China, Possibly Politically Motivated ... http://f.ast.ly/bbG7G

Microsoft kicks off effort to rid the world of Internet Explorer 6

"Friends don't let friends use Internet Explorer 6." A quote from any random web developer over the past ten years ... http://f.ast.ly/bQT3B

A Day In The Life Of A Liveblogger

A Day In The Life Of A Liveblogger ... http://f.ast.ly/b6Mys

Foursquare’s SXSW: Version 3.0, Party, Concert, 18 New Badges, And A Genius Amex Deal

Of all the startups launching things at SXSW this year, the most closely watched may be Foursquare, since theyre a ... http://f.ast.ly/bgVmX

National Day of Unplugging 2011 starts now, but only after you tweet about it

National Day of Unplugging 2011 starts now, but only after you tweet about it ... http://f.ast.ly/bfK7d

Gizmo5 shutting down on April 3rd, credits can be transferred to Google Voice

Gizmo5 shutting down on April 3rd, credits can be transferred to Google Voice ... http://f.ast.ly/bQtdy

Google To Shut Down Gizmo5 On April 3

Back in November 2009 Google acquired Gizmo5, a powerful VoIP telephony service that allows users to place and rec ... http://f.ast.ly/baPmg

Sirius XM to debut Tiger Blood Radio: all Charlie Sheen, all day long

Charlie Sheen has a pretty impressive track record: in addition to a twenty-five-plus year movie career, he's brou ... http://f.ast.ly/bXsNa

There Will Be Karaoke: SXSW RVIP Goes East Coast Vs. West Coast Vs. Press Vs. Investors

If youve ever been to SXSW, you know what the RVIP Lounge is. Its the RV that drives around Austin at night luring ... http://f.ast.ly/bQVde

Instagrams Go Head-To-Head With Pic A Fight

Notifo co-founders Paul Stamatiou and Chad Etzel have built Pic A Fight, a combination of Facemash and Instagram ... http://f.ast.ly/bhhG5

NeuroSky shows off MyndPlay, we control movies with our brainwaves (video)

NeuroSky shows off MyndPlay, we control movies with our brainwaves (video) ... http://f.ast.ly/bCjT7

Twitter Shuts Off GeoAPI To Developers

When Twitter bought Mixer Labs in December, 2009, it inherited the startups then-recently launched GeoAPI, which o ... http://f.ast.ly/b4tXR

Apple confirms $100 refund for those who recently purchased an original iPad

Much like the company did when it suddenly dropped the price of its original iPhone, Apple is giving $100 back to ... http://f.ast.ly/bbhaJ

HipChat Takes Enterprise Communications Platform Mobile With iPad And iPhone Apps

HipChat, a private instant messaging service for companies, is releasing native iPhone and iPad apps.Similar to C ... http://f.ast.ly/bDu7h

Better Place swappable EV batteries priced, Renault is definitely onboard

Better Place swappable EV batteries priced, Renault is definitely onboard ... http://f.ast.ly/b6GjP

CBS Acquires TV Guide For Web Content Clicker, Jim Lanzone Named President Of CBS Interactive

CBS Acquires TV Guide For Web Content Clicker, Jim Lanzone Named President Of CBS Interactive ... http://f.ast.ly/bgTS9

Intel's SSD 510 reviewed, measures up well against Vertex 3

Intel's SSD 510 reviewed, measures up well against Vertex 3 ... http://f.ast.ly/bafhB

Harman-Mercedes Map Pilot modular built-in nav system becomes reality

A little over two years ago, we opined on the lack of decent built-in nav systems, hopelessly waiting for Harman a ... http://f.ast.ly/b9DEe

(Founder Stories) Foursquare’s Crowley: “Now Is Our Best Shot To Invent The Future”

(Founder Stories) Foursquare’s Crowley: “Now Is Our Best Shot To Invent The Future” ... http://f.ast.ly/buVKs

Is This Uncanny Valley-Scaling Robot Proof Of Our Impending Demise?

Sweet merciful fates: this is a robot. Called a Geminoid, these things came into fame with an early version in 200 ... http://f.ast.ly/bHjxL

Elfoid is the human-shaped phone from Japan that tickles when it rings (video)

Elfoid is the human-shaped phone from Japan that tickles when it rings (video) ... http://f.ast.ly/bhqSd

ASUS' Jerry Shen pledges 3D tablet, MeeGo and Android netbooks, plus a 2012 Windows Phone

ASUS (A-seuss) CEO Jerry Shen is rarely a man without a good quote or two for journalists and this year's CeBIT ha ... http://f.ast.ly/bf77r

LTE iPhone noise builds steam with a grain of Wang

Has it got the fourgees? Well, if you're talking about Apple's iPhone and believe what you hear from China Mobile ... http://f.ast.ly/b4tk4

The (Fake) Banned iPad 2 Promo: “Like The iPhone 4, Minus The Retina Display”

Youve seen the parodic banned white iPhone 4 promo video, so you know what to expect.Below is the transcript of J ... http://f.ast.ly/bCbur

Blekko Now Offers ‘Blekkogear’ Publisher Tools: Badges, Widgets, And Toolbars, Oh My!

Search engine Blekko is taking its initiative to insert itself into the news as much as possible one step further ... http://f.ast.ly/bCgYR

Smartphones and tablets still have a long way to grow

Smartphones and tablets still have a long way to grow ... http://f.ast.ly/bHWhR

T-Mobile getting ready to roll out new webConnect broadband plans, offer 20 percent discount

Already a T-Mobile subscriber? Been thinking about adding a mobile broadband plan to go along with it? Hold on to ... http://f.ast.ly/buTcv

Toshiba shows off dual-core-powered Z2 HDTVs, Regza app for Android

Toshiba always likes to push the boundaries of TV technology -- Cell TV, Media Center extender TVs and its more re ... http://f.ast.ly/bk2GJ

Samsung finds parts of Galaxy Tab 10.1 'inadequate' compared to iPad 2, reconsiders pricing

Whether you love or loathe Apple, you have to be happy with the company's aggressive upgrade of the iPad. It has l ... http://f.ast.ly/bAHL4

Apple working on unlimited downloads of purchased iTunes music, setting MobileMe free?

Apple working on unlimited downloads of purchased iTunes music, setting MobileMe free? ... http://f.ast.ly/bDFva

Friday, March 4, 2011

Japanese researchers weave capacitive touch into large-area textiles, want to make them wearable (video)

Japanese researchers weave capacitive touch into large-area textiles, want to make them wearable (video) ... http://f.ast.ly/b5yV7

HP shows off Metal Watch concept (video)

Give yourself a cookie if you can still remember as far back as August 29th of last year. That was the day when HP ... http://f.ast.ly/bfDSD

Researchers find flaws in neodymium magnet crystalline structure, still in love with its personality

Given China's status as the worlds largest producer of rare earths and its recent proclivity for reducing exports ... http://f.ast.ly/bUSTK

Updated Windows Phone 7 update isn't updating some Samsung phones for March update

Man, talk about a flustercuck. After missing a cycle with its mobile phone strategy, the last thing Microsoft need ... http://f.ast.ly/bH9nG

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace returns to theaters in 3D February 12, 2012

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace returns to theaters in 3D February 12, 2012 ... http://f.ast.ly/bqt8c

Conan Roasts iPad 2: You’ll Buy It No Matter What We Say [Video]

With every new Apple product launch, theres now an expectation that were going to get a video made by Apple to hel ... http://f.ast.ly/bDyyY

VIA says Eden X2 is world's most power-efficient dual-core processor

Following close behind the low-power Nano X2 comes the Eden X2, or what VIA is calling "the world's most power-eff ... http://f.ast.ly/b6tU5

Multi-core voltage regulator uses fast voltage scaling to curb your processor's wasteful habits

Multi-core voltage regulator uses fast voltage scaling to curb your processor's wasteful habits ... http://f.ast.ly/bhLst

New Chrome OS update finally fixes the Cr-48's touchpad issues

Google's Chrome OS, and thus the Cr-48, has seen a lot of updates and big fixes since we took a hard look at it ba ... http://f.ast.ly/b4EQW

WiFi-only Motorola Xoom appears at Sam's Club, bearing $539 price?

You might have seen Motorola's WiFi-only Xoom popping up at European e-tailers, but it's reportedly flying the red ... http://f.ast.ly/bQc7j

Ask Engadget: what's the best iPad keyboard case?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do s ... http://f.ast.ly/bxfrs

Noteleaf Takes Mobile Meeting Notifications To A Whole New Level

Backed by Y Combinator and SV Angel (outside of Start Fund), Noteleaf helps you prepare for meetings, in one of th ... http://f.ast.ly/bgE7d

Google's self-driving cars take TED attendees for a wild ride

Google's self-driving cars take TED attendees for a wild ride ... http://f.ast.ly/brBW3

Microsoft tablet OS not coming until fall 2012?

We've caught wind of many whispers about a Windows designed specifically for tablets, but the latest scuttlebutt s ... http://f.ast.ly/bM6fJ

Vurve Raises Another $4.5 Million To Give Businesses “Advertising On Autopilot”

Vurve Raises Another $4.5 Million To Give Businesses “Advertising On Autopilot” ... http://f.ast.ly/bmTAs

Ford Focus Is #WINNING

You know who else is #WINNING in this whole Charlie Sheen on Twitter thing? The Twitter ad sales team.At upward ... http://f.ast.ly/b4AyC

TextPlus Plays A Different Card In Group Messaging SXSW Battle: Your Heart Strings

Were a week away from the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas and its becoming very clear what the big battleground w ... http://f.ast.ly/ba8Tp

Editorial: It's Apple's 'post-PC' world -- we're all just living in it

On Wednesday, Apple introduced the world to the iPad 2. A beautiful device, to be sure. Feature packed? You bet. S ... http://f.ast.ly/bbcgQ

DEMO Wrap Up: 7 New Social Startups to Watch

DEMO Wrap Up: 7 New Social Startups to Watch ... http://f.ast.ly/bkBV6

Netflix for iPad updated with a new custom UI, but loses features like DVD queueing

While its page on iTunes doesn't show any change, HackingNetflix points out Netflix for iPad was updated today wi ... http://f.ast.ly/bgfuw

Samsung's Exynos 4210 flexes 3D gaming muscle at GDC 2011 (video)

What might Android gaming look like on a Samsung Galaxy S II? You're staring it in the face right now. We spotted ... http://f.ast.ly/bgbNM

ContextLogic Gets $1.7M From Conway, Rabois And Others To Better Target Ads, Content

ContextLogic, an information relevancy startup that is focusing on optimizing the online ads space at the moment, ... http://f.ast.ly/bSm6c

ASUS U36Jc review

ASUS U36Jc review ... http://f.ast.ly/baktc

It’s A Good Day To Be An iPad Competitor . . . Oh Wait, It’s Not

It’s A Good Day To Be An iPad Competitor . . . Oh Wait, It’s Not ... http://f.ast.ly/bkVsF

New Yfrog Aspires To Be A Platform For All Your Social Sharing

New Yfrog Aspires To Be A Platform For All Your Social Sharing ... http://f.ast.ly/b4j8y

Chrome OS Get A Big Update — Two Words: Trackpad Fixes

A couple weeks ago, Google rolled out the beta of Chrome 10, the latest version of their web browser. Today theyre ... http://f.ast.ly/bbjgq

Sony celebrates PS3 success at GDC, 41 million sold worldwide

It's tough to get solid numbers out of Sony for hardware sales, usually they're cloaked behind a vague "shipped" f ... http://f.ast.ly/b6ytk

Trends Show Android Gaining Among The Young And Vivacious

This little study by Nielson doesn’t actually say “vivacious,” but it’s implied — right there in the hea ... http://f.ast.ly/byHJ3

Ford SYNC goes global, 2012 Focus will accept commands in 19 languages

For a long time Ford kept its best cars in Europe and Australia, leaving Americans to make do with the Tempo or te ... http://f.ast.ly/bqshu

CTIA exec promises 'significant' new tablet launch at trade show next month

CTIA exec promises 'significant' new tablet launch at trade show next month ... http://f.ast.ly/bXt84

Bing, NYT And Everybody Else Wants A Piece Of Groupon’s Success

Bing, NYT And Everybody Else Wants A Piece Of Groupon’s Success ... http://f.ast.ly/bQfmw

First Hands-On With The Phosphor Reveal Crystal Watch

The Phosphor Reveal is one of the coolest timepieces I’ve seen in a long time. This is an extremely simple digit ... http://f.ast.ly/babnq

Motorola Mobility Invests In HTML5 Game Developer And Publisher Moblyng

Motorola Mobility Invests In HTML5 Game Developer And Publisher Moblyng ... http://f.ast.ly/b44gr

WordPress.com Suffers Major DDoS Attack

You have no idea how hard it was to get this post up, as WordPress.com, our blog host, is currently under a denial ... http://f.ast.ly/bC9Ux

Jack Dorsey On Being Ejected From Twitter: “It Was Like Being Punched In The Stomach”

Jack Dorsey gets the Vanity Fair treatment in a long profile written by David Kirkpatrick (author of The Facebook ... http://f.ast.ly/b9ryC

Jam guitar input for Mac and iOS devices gets your axe into GarageBand

Jam guitar input for Mac and iOS devices gets your axe into GarageBand ... http://f.ast.ly/b65dh

GotoGuru: Hot Or Not For… Pretty Much Everything

GotoGuru: Hot Or Not For… Pretty Much Everything ... http://f.ast.ly/bmkKp

Intel Core i7-990X reviewed: best performance ever, but far from best value

Intel Core i7-990X reviewed: best performance ever, but far from best value ... http://f.ast.ly/bBGkD

Visualized: US smartphone market share, by manufacturer and platform, made pretty

Visualized: US smartphone market share, by manufacturer and platform, made pretty ... http://f.ast.ly/bmfK5

Sony announces Move.me application for researchers and hobbyists, promises improvements to PlayStation Home

The PlayStation Move may not have proven to be as instantly hackable as Microsoft's Kinect, but it looks like Sony ... http://f.ast.ly/b4xX4

Move.Me: Sony’s Non-Commercial Move Development Platform

Sony has announced the development of Move.Me, which, if you were with us a few days ago for a certain Microsoft a ... http://f.ast.ly/bHKyQ

Charting the upgrade path from DOS 5.0 to Windows 7 (video)

If you're old enough to remember tweaking your Autoexec.bat and tackling IRQ conflicts, days when launching Window ... http://f.ast.ly/bXYCt

PressDoc Launches ‘Premium PressRooms’ That May Look Better Than Your Website

PressDoc, which enables companies to distribute press releases optimized for the social web, is today introducing ... http://f.ast.ly/b4xd7

ATT introduces new post-paid plan for tablets, for those who prefer paying ex post facto

Month-to-month billing is a great way to go for those who aren't going to be traveling with their tablets all the ... http://f.ast.ly/brw2p

RIM preparing to bring BBM to iOS and Android, change everything again?

Woah, now here's a juicy rumor to start your Thursday morning off with. BGR reports word from multiple trusted sou ... http://f.ast.ly/bxNfy

Nielsen: Android Pulls Ahead Of RIM And iOS For U.S. Smartphone Share

Nielsen: Android Pulls Ahead Of RIM And iOS For U.S. Smartphone Share ... http://f.ast.ly/brdhv

Imagination Technologies' PowerVR SGX543MP2 really is faster, better, stronger (video)

You may have heard of the PowerVR SGX543MP -- you know, the GPU behind Sony's NGP and possibly on its way to the i ... http://f.ast.ly/bbBrX

Imation Acquires Encryption And Security Solutions Company ENCRYPTX

Imation, a global developer and marketer of branded products that enable people to store and protect digital infor ... http://f.ast.ly/bhXvt

Visibli Raises $500K To Give Brands And Companies A Way To Personalize Links

Visibli, a startup that gives brands and companies a way to personalize links, has raised $500,000 in seed funding ... http://f.ast.ly/bDsfA

Big Pay Day For Big Data. Teradata Buys Aster Data For $263 Million

In the old days, big data used to be called data warehousing. But that was when corporations stored all their own ... http://f.ast.ly/bSGMa

Demand Media Buys Liveblogging Tool CoverItLive

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

BBC iPlayer will cost 'fewer than $10' a month for international subscribers

As you know, the BBC's iPlayer online video catchup service is about to strap its boots on and go international vi ... http://f.ast.ly/bAAYu

Apple iPad 2 Smart Cover vs. InCase Convertible Magazine Jacket... Fight!

Apple iPad 2 Smart Cover vs. InCase Convertible Magazine Jacket... Fight! ... http://f.ast.ly/bDS2A

Toshiba's TY-WSD9 wireless waterproof speaker gives Japanese shower singers an upgrade

Bath-time belters rejoice, for the folks over at Toshiba have bestowed unto you a 21st century solution to the wat ... http://f.ast.ly/b6kQw

Ball-throwing robot seal finds a talent for basketball, embarrassing humans (video)

Ball-throwing robot seal finds a talent for basketball, embarrassing humans (video) ... http://f.ast.ly/bUUEp

Opera browser gets an over-17 rating in Mac App Store, reacts in good humor

You might not yet be aware of this, but Apple's policy towards web browsers is to treat the entire internet as the ... http://f.ast.ly/bmbpe

Disney Acquires Gaming Startup To Build HTML5 Games Outside App Stores

Disney has acquired an HTML5 gaming engine startup called Rocket Pack, based out of Helsinki, Finalnd. A Disney sp ... http://f.ast.ly/brw53

Motorola Xoom 3G arrives in UK for £600, gets enigmatic listing on Amazon.de for €700

Yesterday we saw the WiFi-only Xoom get its pricing straightened out at £500 via PC World, and today Carphone Wa ... http://f.ast.ly/bfU3S

LG Optimus Pad listed on Amazon.de for a slightly less crazy €899

Shortly after our first hands-on encounter with LG's Optimus Pad, we came across a press release from the company ... http://f.ast.ly/bD3Yq

HTC Merge rolls into FCC with mentions of Verizon

It's not much of a secret that the Merge is destined for Verizon -- but for some reason we can't put our finger on ... http://f.ast.ly/bDfku

Confirmed: Tegra 2-equipped Samsung Galaxy S II is coming

We've confirmed with our own sources what was almost an established fact already: there will be a version of Samsu ... http://f.ast.ly/bPJqE

Finally, Placekitten: A Web Service For Kitten Photos

Placekitten: Something every designer needs. “A quick and simple service for getting pictures of kittens for use ... http://f.ast.ly/b5q6B

Microsoft resumes WP7 update for 'bricked' Samsung handsets

After much brouhaha and rigmarole, Microsoft appears to be back on track with its inaugural Windows Phone 7 softwa ... http://f.ast.ly/bapt9

CE-Oh no he didn't!: NGP will be 'dead on arrival,' says ngmoco boss

In all honesty, you would expect the leader of a team concerned exclusively with producing games for smartphone pl ... http://f.ast.ly/buces

‘Sloppy Google’ Is Lazy And Incompetent, Like A Human

Sometimes I think we suffer from Louis CK syndrome, as in we dont fully understand how amazing it is to live in a ... http://f.ast.ly/bkVe3

Zero XU electric motorcycle makes in-apartment EV charging a reality

Zero XU electric motorcycle makes in-apartment EV charging a reality ... http://f.ast.ly/bbAcy

The iPad 2: Sleeker, Faster, And Light Enough To Use As A Frisbee? [Video]

The iPad 2: Sleeker, Faster, And Light Enough To Use As A Frisbee? [Video] ... http://f.ast.ly/bx6Wx

Sneaker speakers kick out the jams

Sneaker speakers kick out the jams ... http://f.ast.ly/bfbnT

A Week With Uber And This Blogger Is Totally Hooked

I just finished a week long trip to San Francisco. This time I didnt rent a car, meaning I didnt have to deal with ... http://f.ast.ly/bQxvU

HP TouchPad shoots down planes, shows off next-gen Snapdragon's GPU (video)

HP TouchPad shoots down planes, shows off next-gen Snapdragon's GPU (video) ... http://f.ast.ly/bkSNS

Drawing Inspiration From Facebook, Google Revamps Public User Profiles

Way back in December 2007, Google began to roll out a new centralized Profile feature that allows users to establi ... http://f.ast.ly/bX6Ps

Apple's iPad 2 keynote video ready for your viewing delight

Missed Steve Jobs' surprise reappearance to unveil the iPad 2 this morning -- or perhaps, are you an Apple fan who ... http://f.ast.ly/b6cHG

The Four And A Half Things Missing From The iPad 2

Did you hear!? There’s a new iPad. It’s called the iPad 2. Clever, right?It packs a faster CPU, more powerful ... http://f.ast.ly/bV5JW

TruPrint brings proper printer support to iOS if you brought the jailbreak (video)

AirPrint is great in theory, but in practice your chances of finding a supported printer in the copier room are ro ... http://f.ast.ly/bHdMX

Highlights (And Low Budgets) From The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit 2011

Today marked the last day of the U.S. Department of Energys Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) 2011 summit ... http://f.ast.ly/bMjTJ

Simulated Mars mission simulating return to Earth as we speak, astronauts genuinely overjoyed

We thought the Hundred Year Starship initiative to strand aged astronauts on Mars by 2030 was depressing, and in c ... http://f.ast.ly/b42eu

TC Cribs: IGN HQ Gets Its Game On With Lawn Gnomes, Plumbers, And Creepy Dinosaurs

TC Cribs: IGN HQ Gets Its Game On With Lawn Gnomes, Plumbers, And Creepy Dinosaurs ... http://f.ast.ly/bCjnj

Our Take: Apple’s iPad 2 Announcement

This morning’s Apple press event has come and gone, and as you likely have noticed, we covered just about every ... http://f.ast.ly/bbavK

In With A Bang, Out With A Whimper: Calacanis Walks From TechCrunch Lawsuit

In With A Bang, Out With A Whimper: Calacanis Walks From TechCrunch Lawsuit ... http://f.ast.ly/bV3Fe

3M's 32-inch display with 10-finger multitouch steps out at CeBIT (video)

Though there are bigger multitouch screens out there -- and ones that can support more simultaneous touch points - ... http://f.ast.ly/qgT3E

Barnes Noble licenses Alex e-reader patents from Spring Design, settles dispute

Barnes Noble licenses Alex e-reader patents from Spring Design, settles dispute ... http://f.ast.ly/bkkhn

iPad 2 arrives at the FCC

iPad 2 arrives at the FCC ... http://f.ast.ly/bVEDX

An iPad Lover’s (Initial) Thoughts On iPad 2

“These are post-PC devices, that need to be even easier to use than a PC.”That was Apple CEO Steve Jobs closi ... http://f.ast.ly/beFw8

iPad 2 vs. original iPad: what's changed?

Shockingly enough, Apple found plenty of things to tweak and update on its spectacularly successful iPad. Alright, ... http://f.ast.ly/q79Kx

Hey, Apple, Where Are Our Pre-Orders? Apple Store Is Up But iPad 2 Is Unavailable

Hey, Apple, Where Are Our Pre-Orders? Apple Store Is Up But iPad 2 Is Unavailable ... http://f.ast.ly/qvptE

Apple Announces New iMovie, Garageband For iPad

Apple Announces New iMovie, Garageband For iPad ... http://f.ast.ly/bdWpG

Photo Booth And Other Improvements in iOS 4.3, Coming March 11th

Photo Booth And Other Improvements in iOS 4.3, Coming March 11th ... http://f.ast.ly/bYtVT

Fragmentation Mystery: Why Is iOS 4.3 Listed For GSM iPhone-Only?

Fragmentation Mystery: Why Is iOS 4.3 Listed For GSM iPhone-Only? ... http://f.ast.ly/qTtYE

Apple releases iOS 4.3 with iPad 2, includes new AirPlay features and camera apps

Along with the iPad 2, Apple's releasing the final version of iOS 4.3, which features the Nitro Javscript engine f ... http://f.ast.ly/qvDhH

Amidst Medical Leave, Steve Jobs Takes The Stage At iPad 2 Event To A Standing Ovation

At todays iPad 2 press event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage, surprising attendees. Jobs, who has been on med ... http://f.ast.ly/bLqnf

Apple Now Has 200 Million iTunes Accounts, Biggest Credit Card Hub On Web

Today at their event in San Francisco, a familiar face took the stage: Apple CEO Steve Jobs. And he kicked things ... http://f.ast.ly/qGq4B

Motorola Xoom returns to PC World UK, this time at £500, promises April 9th delivery

Maybe PC World is trying to sneak the bad news in under the cover of the iPad 2 launch, but it's returned Motorola ... http://f.ast.ly/qgVWd

Play Along With Our Apple Event Bingo Card

Another day, another Apple event. This time our own Devin has created a fun play-along-at-home Bingo card for you ... http://f.ast.ly/qgyPb

Rolls Royce unveils 102EX, the all-electric Phantom (video)

The word "experimental" isn't something you'd often apply to a Rolls Royce, a company with a history that dates ba ... http://f.ast.ly/q7atP

Google’s New 404 Fail Robot Says, “That’s An Error, That’s All We Know”

Google’s New 404 Fail Robot Says, “That’s An Error, That’s All We Know” ... http://f.ast.ly/qsHLt

Posterous 2.0 Is A Group Sharing App With A Website Attached

Simple blogging service Posterous is taking its recently launched Posterous Groups function mobile this morning wi ... http://f.ast.ly/q7mFS

We’re Live at Apple’s iPad 2 Press Event!

We’re Live at Apple’s iPad 2 Press Event! ... http://f.ast.ly/qK8hv

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

AIST shows off full-color night vision camera, well lit Bullwinkle figurine (video)

You might know them for seemingly ridiculous innovations like Segway shoes or the HRP-4C pop star robot, but the f ... http://f.ast.ly/b8kcC

Cardpool Launches One Gift Card To Rule Them All

As gift card companies vie for consumer dollars, Plastic Jungle, Cardpool have been consistently innovating arou ... http://f.ast.ly/bYUqf

Visualized: if the iPhone had happened in an alternate reality

Visualized: if the iPhone had happened in an alternate reality ... http://f.ast.ly/bJ5WA

Verizon Slated To Cancel Unlimited iPhone Data

Verizon Slated To Cancel Unlimited iPhone Data ... http://f.ast.ly/bNcum

Apple Now Owns FaceTime.com (But Still Doesn’t Own iPad.com)

Apple Now Owns FaceTime.com (But Still Doesn’t Own iPad.com) ... http://f.ast.ly/qprRs

Fabricate Yourself Kinect hack turns you into a 3D puzzle piece

We've been whittling our likeness into bars of soap for decades, but lucky for us someone's come up with a far eas ... http://f.ast.ly/bRDJq

Wistron's WiGO 1 and 2 streamers win iF design awards, presumably for strangeness

Wistron's WiGO 1 and 2 streamers win iF design awards, presumably for strangeness ... http://f.ast.ly/b8Fyw

inPulse Bluetooth smartwatch gets Facebook Places check-in app for Android (video)

Ever since Allerta released an SDK for its well-hyped inPulse smartwatch, it was only a matter of time before we s ... http://f.ast.ly/qsH3D

VW's Bulli van concept does iPad integration right, shockingly

VW's Bulli van concept does iPad integration right, shockingly ... http://f.ast.ly/qK8HJ

BlackBerry PlayBook to be released on April 10th?

It's a short and sweet disclosure from BGR this morning as multiple sources have apparently informed the news outl ... http://f.ast.ly/qEKDa

The Engadget Interview: Ryan Bidan, BlackBerry PlayBook senior product manager

RIM held a little PlayBook party here in New York yesterday, giving us a chance to hang out with Ryan Bidan, the c ... http://f.ast.ly/qsECn

Linux Foundation’s Yocto Project To Join Forces With OpenEmbedded To Advance Embedded Linux

Linux Foundation’s Yocto Project To Join Forces With OpenEmbedded To Advance Embedded Linux ... http://f.ast.ly/bFGxq

Barnes & Noble Settles With Spring Design, Licenses Its Alex eReader Patents

Barnes & Noble Settles With Spring Design, Licenses Its Alex eReader Patents ... http://f.ast.ly/qsRCU

Cox breaks return cable upload record with Motorola's help, subscribers still waiting for their cable guy

There's a somewhat narrow category here, but Cox Communications just set a benchmark for bandwidth on its Las Vega ... http://f.ast.ly/bdRK4

Google adding web-based in-app payments, probably some time in May

It's not enough that you'll soon be able to make in-app purchases on Android, Google wants to give you an outlet f ... http://f.ast.ly/bYyYX

Opinionaided Raises $1 Million For Mobile Q Service

Mobile QA service Opinionaided has raised $1 million in funding today from General Catalyst, SoftBank Capital, Dra ... http://f.ast.ly/qKHTP

D2 Technologies Buys Android TV Box Maker Webia

D2 Technologies Buys Android TV Box Maker Webia ... http://f.ast.ly/qGWLb

Want To Own The Company Behind iFart Mobile? Buy It Now For $1 Million

The iPhone and fart applications. Its hard to imagine one without the other. One of the companies thats been on th ... http://f.ast.ly/bdchp

Genesi reduces price of Efika MX Smartbook, Smarttop, says it's for greater good

Genesi reduces price of Efika MX Smartbook, Smarttop, says it's for greater good ... http://f.ast.ly/qUxrD

Supermicro and Fusion-io team up to deliver new SuperServers

Fusion-io's been in the flash memory game for some time, but until now it has been known primarily for screamingly ... http://f.ast.ly/qGCLT

HTC ChaCha to be known as ChaChaCha in Spain, somebody didn't do enough market research

As it turns out, the word "chacha" is used as a term of disparagement in the Spanish language. Coincidentally, per ... http://f.ast.ly/qEpNv

Olympus SZ-30MR and SZ-20 cameras record 1080p video; Tough TG-810 is 'crushproof'

Olympus just loosed a trio of compact cameras. Let's start big with the €329 SZ-30MR. According to Olympus, the ... http://f.ast.ly/qW5P5

Google spikes 21 malicious apps with big download counts from the Market

We're sure that the debate of a carefully controlled and curated environment like Apple's App Store versus a free- ... http://f.ast.ly/qnE2k

Eizo's 27-inch ColorEdge CG275W has a 2560 x 1440 IPS panel, which will calibrate itself

Eizo's 27-inch ColorEdge CG275W has a 2560 x 1440 IPS panel, which will calibrate itself ... http://f.ast.ly/bFDnS

Shocker! UK regulator finds average broadband speeds are 'less than half' those advertised

You don't have to go to the lengths of compiling a statistical project to know that advertised and actual broadban ... http://f.ast.ly/qsDmm

NanoPhotonica develops S-QLED, OLED to develop inferiority complex soon

NanoPhotonica develops S-QLED, OLED to develop inferiority complex soon ... http://f.ast.ly/bYFat

HTC Magic / T-Mobile G1 gets Honeycomb port, Android past and future fused together (video)

The original gangster of Android, T-Mobile's G1, just refuses to quietly fade into the annals of history. Even in ... http://f.ast.ly/bRHRM

What The iPad 2 Announcement Needs In Order To Be Bi-Winning

Were now just hours away from the unveiling of Apples next big thing at an event in San Francisco. And while Apple ... http://f.ast.ly/bJnYK

NES becomes an HTPC, turns your FOF upside down

Nintendo Entertainment Systems have proven to be fertile ground for the DIY community -- purses, guitars, and belt ... http://f.ast.ly/b29hx

iPad 2 (or something) shows up in the wilds of China

Look, not even the source of these images is absolutely certain that the device in his possession is a legitimate ... http://f.ast.ly/bNYtC

Axel Springer Acquires Most Of Mobile Coupons Startup KaufDa For $40 Million

kaufDa is one of Germany’s leading “promotion search” sites. What’s that? It helps you look for the best s ... http://f.ast.ly/bJ69q

Flexible batteries get the graphene treatment, could be cheaper than other bendy batts

Flexible batteries get the graphene treatment, could be cheaper than other bendy batts ... http://f.ast.ly/qnAR2

The Charlie Sheen meltdown will be twitterized #Winning #Duh

The Charlie Sheen meltdown will be twitterized #Winning #Duh ... http://f.ast.ly/qq6Eh

LetterMPress Kickstarter Project Taps iPad’s Creative Potential

Perhaps the most beautiful Kickstarter project I have ever seen (sorry Detroit RoboCop statue) LetterMPress is a v ... http://f.ast.ly/qKrkw

NVIDIA's faulty GPU class action settlement challenged, but time's running out

Remember when NVIDIA was caught selling defective mobile graphics chips, and agreed to provide bargain-basement re ... http://f.ast.ly/qvync

Emotiv EEG headset hacked into VR trapeze act, lets you fly like Superman (video)

Emotiv EEG headset hacked into VR trapeze act, lets you fly like Superman (video) ... http://f.ast.ly/qTFfQ

Charlie Sheen, Now On Twitter At @CharlieSheen

Because if I dont write this somebody else will: After blazing a colorful trail through some obscure radio show, T ... http://f.ast.ly/qcsee

Saab shows off Android-based IQon in-car infotainment system

It may not be the first to produce an Android-based in-car infotainment system, but Saab is diving headlong into t ... http://f.ast.ly/qbnrH

Secretive Seattle Startup Lumier Co. Raises Top Tier Angel Round

I first met Cullen Dudas, the teenage founder of Lumier Co., at an event I spoke at in Seattle last summer. As I c ... http://f.ast.ly/bRDLy

Google gifts Xoom tablets to game devs at GDC 2011

Google gifts Xoom tablets to game devs at GDC 2011 ... http://f.ast.ly/qcdGc

Comcast releases Xfinity TV remote control app for Android devices

After debuting on the iPad and iPhone, Comcast has finally released its Xfinity TV app for Android. Right now it o ... http://f.ast.ly/bYKgk

Trillian gets there first, brings Continuous Client features to latest build

Well this is rather awesome. Cerulean Studios may have just become the first company in the world to implement som ... http://f.ast.ly/qELjv

We're liveblogging from Apple's iPad 2 event tomorrow... be there!

We're liveblogging from Apple's iPad 2 event tomorrow... be there! ... http://f.ast.ly/qELfA

Andreessen Horowitz Finally Adds a Third General Partner, Scott Weiss

The firm is keeping the name, but Andreessen Horowitz is officially no longer just the Ben and Marc show. It has f ... http://f.ast.ly/qq7jf

Google Buys Security Analytics Startup Zynamics

It looks like Google has made an acquisition today: security analytics company Zynamics.Here’s the post on Zyna ... http://f.ast.ly/qbvmC

Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 hands-on

Unless you're eagerly anticipating your IT department handing one of these to you, something tells us the Stylisti ... http://f.ast.ly/qwwHG

Internet Up For Nobel Peace Prize Again, Let’s Hope It Wins This Time

Verizon targeting mid-summer for tiered data plans, doesn't yet know what kinds of tiers they'll be

Verizon targeting mid-summer for tiered data plans, doesn't yet know what kinds of tiers they'll be ... http://f.ast.ly/qWp8f

Keen On… Peter Guber: “The Idea That Music is Dead is Ludicrous” (TCTV)

Yesterday, movie, music and sports mogul Peter Guber told me why there’s no business without story business. In ... http://f.ast.ly/bJLnC

Amazon Appstore for Android launching this month?

Amazon Appstore for Android launching this month? ... http://f.ast.ly/bNees

DEMO 2011 Roundup: The Seven Best Startups of Day 1

The DEMO Spring 2011 conference kicked off yesterday in Palm Springs, featuring 27 startups in the consumer, enter ... http://f.ast.ly/qc6Xj