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Smartphones And Tablets Continue To Consume All The Mobile DRAM
2:36 pm PST • February 11, 2011
In 2011, the market for mobile DRAM is expected to increase by 71% according to IHS. It’s projected that we will see 2.9 billion gigabits shipped in 2011; quite a…
My grandfather was a mortarman in WWII and he used to tell us how he planned trajectories in the heat of battle. Now, however, soldiers can punch in some coordinates…
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Aspyr Updates Civilization V For Mac With Downloadable Content
2:18 pm PST • February 11, 2011
Aspyr Media has updated the Mac version of Civilization 5 to fix a few bugs and include support for all of the various DLC packs. The downloadable content includes various…
Mubarak Shut Down The Internet, And The Internet Paid Him In Kind
2:08 pm PST • February 11, 2011
Yesterday, after 17 days of protests, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak gave a speech to the Egyptian government that made it seem like he would not be stepping down. This…
Siine lands £550,000, aims to change the way we type on touch-screen keyboards
2:03 pm PST • February 11, 2011
Siine, a Spain/UK-based developer of software that aims to change the way we communicate using touch-screen phones and tablets, has raised £550,000 (roughly $880,000) in seed funding from Atomico Ventures,…
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Xavi Hernandez: To Be As Good As Barcelona You Have To Think 'Like PlayStation'
2:00 pm PST • February 11, 2011
What’s the secret to FC Barcelona and Spain’s Xavi Hernández’s success? Simple: think “like PlayStation.” If only it were that easy, Xavi. (El Mundo Deportivo’d)
"I Love The Petting Zoo Guy": The Curious Characters Sarah Lacy Met While Writing Her New Book [TCTV]
1:47 pm PST • February 11, 2011
For the past few days, it seems the whole world has been reviewing Sarah Lacy’s new book, Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos…
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England Rugby Captain Tracks Down Missing iPad, Narrates Ordeal Via Twitter
1:45 pm PST • February 11, 2011
This is a fantastically fun story. Former England Rugby captain Will Carling’s iPad was stolen, yeah, but he had tracking software on there. What followed was a gripping tale, told…
Funny Or Die Explains The AOL-HuffPo Deal: "Bringing The Future Back To 1996"
1:42 pm PST • February 11, 2011
Ever since AOL announced its $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post, pundits have been asking what does it mean? Well, look no further. Funny or Die created the faux…
If you haven’t heard of the PlayBook yet, it’s basically another tablet coming out this year. The main difference is that it doesn’t run Android or iOS, instead it runs…
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Should Employees Be Fired For Using Their Job-Provided Laptops To Look Up Porn?
1:15 pm PST • February 11, 2011
Here’s a fascinating privacy debate for y’all to chew on this Friday afternoon. A public official in Australia was sacked after it was discovered that he had searched for “knockers”…
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Nokia Microsoft is like Yahoo Bing – Nokia’s days as innovator are over
1:08 pm PST • February 11, 2011
As I was plugging in to power my iPhone to live stream today’s Nokia press conference, I overheard someone lean over and say “This is the most important day of…
You know you’re doing it wrong when you write this in a press release: The ViewPad 10Pro is a 10″ professional tablet PC with dual boot functionality, offering a quick…
Internet: 13,483,282 Newspaper: 0
12:33 pm PST • February 11, 2011
A lot of people like to bitch and moan about how in the age of realtime information, the stream moves too quickly and as a result, there’s a decent chance…
Fair or unfair, German Web entrepreneurs get a bad rap for being copy cats. If Stefan Gulas is any representation, the same can’t be said for German entrepreneurs making…what I…
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New Study: "Obama Phones" Could Actually Generate $4 Billion In Income
12:28 pm PST • February 11, 2011
There’s a new study out that says having tax dollars go towards free cell phones for the poor actually creates money for the economy. They’ve been dubbed “Obama Phones” in…
How E-Commerce Got its Groove Back
12:15 pm PST • February 11, 2011
James Slavet is a partner at Greylock Partners, and just co-led the new $23 million financing of One Kings Lane. E-commerce was an innovation wasteland for most of the past…
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McAfee's Top Tips To Keep You Safe From Valentine's Day Scams & Malware
12:00 pm PST • February 11, 2011
Continuing our series of Valentine’s Day-related posts, let’s take a moment to talk about security. Valentine’s Day is a particularly onerous time of year when it comes to keeping your…
Square Turns Two And Celebrates With A Massive Times Square Billboard
11:50 am PST • February 11, 2011
Jack Dorsey’s mobile payments startup Square is celebrating its second birthday today and also embarking on a massive marketing push—a Times Square billboard in New York City. The massive, multi-angle,…
MeeGo was a Nokia/Intel joint venture aimed at producing an acceptably good Linux-based mobile platform for devices. Now that Nokia is going WinPho, however, it looks like MeeGo will soon…