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Crafting your image for your Facebook or MySpace Friends
physorg.com — Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites — Facebook and MySpace are the most popular — and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents often understand very little about this phenomenon, they say.More… (Software)
46 Tips for the Business iPhone User
insidecrm.com — From Apple’s App Store to creative productivity tips, the corporate iPhone user now has a world of useful options.More… (Apple)
Engadget reviews the BlackBerry Storm!
engadget.com — The Storm, a widescreen, touchscreen device boasts many of the same features as the iPhone, but adds innovations like a clickable display, and comes packed with RIM's legendary email and messaging services. Mainlined into the biggest and best network in the States, the Storm is an almost deafening blast to the competition at first glance.More… (Gadgets)
A coming of age for YouTube
news.cnet.com — YouTube announced it will auction off search terms as part of an ad program, called Sponsored Videos, designed to enable anyone to expand the viewership of their videos. YouTube also said last week it obtained rights to post full-length movies produced by a large film studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. More… (Software)
If Twitter Charges, Users Would Pay: Survey
sitepoint.com — Would you pay to use Twitter? An unscientific survey conducted today found that about 50% of users would pay $5 per month or more for the service. Another survey found that a quarter of users would pay to remove ads if the service started putting them in feeds. How about you?More… (Tech Industry News)
Apple in talks to offer DRM-free MP3 tracks via iTunes
appleinsider.com — Apple is in talks with three of the "big four" record labels about offering music tracks through iTunes that would be made available in MP3 format without copy protection measures, a move that could further distance the digital download service from its rivals.More… (Apple)
3 Ways to Fix Twitter (+ the Best Mascot Suggestion EVER)
0at.org — Seriously, this new mascot kicks the fail whale right in its blowhole. More… (Tech Industry News)
Hands on: Zenbe's social, collaborative e-mail works well
arstechnica.com — E-mail is no longer just e-mail, and it arguably hasn't been for some time. Webmail clients like Yahoo's have offered IM and calendar integration for a while, and now Gmail allows video chatting and embedded gadgets. Zenbe, a new startup, is bringing social features, collaboration, and a new perspective on our e-mail routine.More… (Software)
Google Takes LIFE Magazine Photo Archive Online
webpronews.com — Google said today it is partnering with LIFE magazine to make more than 10 million images available online from the magazine's photo archive. One of the most interesting things about the project is 97% of the photographs have never been seen by the public. The collection contains images from the 20th century with works from LIFE photographers.More… (Tech Industry News)
Apple's OpenCL standard near complete in just six months
appleinsider.com — Apple has reportedly set an industry record by moving its OpenCL parallel computing standard from its beginnings to imminent approval in 6 months, paving the way for inclusion in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.The operating system will use technology to accelerate general-purpose tasks using both individual processor cores, video chipsets inside its system.More… (Apple)
Why Facebook?
thelostjacket.com — Why did Facebook survive when its competitor Hi5 did not? A more secure site, pretty much free of spammers. Now that Facebook has branched out, it needs to make sure it doesn't go the way of MySpace.More… (Tech Industry News)
Mozilla To Lose It's Non-Profit Status
techcrunch.com — Today, the (for-now) non-profit Mozilla Foundation released its financial statements for 2007 (embedded below). Revenues for the organization behind the open-source Firefox browser were up 12 percent to $75 million, with search-related royalties from Google accounting for 88 percent of the total, or $66 million.More… (Tech Industry News)
The Top 20 Facebook Apps
techradar.com — Useful tools and productive programs More… (Tech Industry News)
13 Thrilling Ways Steampunk Art Hijacks Hi-Tech [30 PICS] view!
Linus Torvalds’ old company acquired and gone
tgdaily.com — Transmeta, once a sparkling startup that set out to beat Intel and AMD in mobile computing, announced that it will be acquired by Novafora. The company’s most famous employee, Linux inventor Linux Torvalds, kept the buzz and rumor mill about the company throughout its stealth phase alive and guaranteed a flashy technology announcement in early 2000More… (Linux/Unix)
