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TomTom sold customer driving data to police
It's been a bad week for privacy, and it's only getting worse. TomTom is the latest company to reveal that it's been tracking - and selling - consumer location and driving data.
2011-04-28 20:05:21 | Digital Trends
Wookiee the Chew by James Hance: Wood-Burning Art for Charity
Leave it to James Hance to depict Chewbacca as a cute and cuddly Pooh bear. These one-of-a-kind wood burning art pieces are not just for display, but for a charitable cause. With his many creative designs, the artist aims to raise funds to treat his six year old daughter who ...Continue Reading on Walyou
2011-04-28 19:50:33 | Walyou
Android 3.1 gets namechecked by Adobe Flash Player 10.2, will be required to enjoy accelerated 720p video
Remember how Adobe said Flash 10.2 wasn't living up to its full hardware-accelerated potential on Honeycomb thus far? Well, it seems the company's found a solution by the name of Android 3.1. We've been inundated with tips (and have confirmed with Adobe) that there's a sticky-sweet new build of Android on the way for the recent crop of slates that OEMs and carriers are rolling out, and that -- just like last time -- (...)
2011-04-28 19:48:00 | EngadgetHulu Plus coming to the Xbox 360 tomorrow (with a free trial)
Tomorrow, the television streaming service Hulu will be available on Xbox Live, and it will kick off with a free trial from April 29-May 6.
2011-04-28 19:45:39 | Digital TrendsShow off your ale affinity with the ‘Many Varieties of Beer’ poster
Learn everything there is to know about the many varieties of beer with this family-tree like poster from Pop Chart Lab.
2011-04-28 19:45:00 | Digital TrendsF-Cards: Conan Tells Your Facebook Friends Where To Go (Mashable)
Mashable - Facebook, by way of connecting us to our high school friends and distant relatives, has given rise to awkward exchanges, unwanted photo tags, more baby photos than we can count, and excessive pointless drivel in the form of Farmville and Mafia War status updates. That's why the late-night-TV-host-turned-social-media-celebrity Conan O'Brien and Team Coco Digital have unleashed "F-Cards" on Facebook.
2011-04-28 19:34:30 | Yahoo News
Motorola Xoom LTE update delayed until summer, same time as Bionic launch
Motorola's just finished giving the news and the numbers on its quarterly financial report, and there was one bit of badness that we just had to share: the Xoom LTE upgrade has been delayed. We won't be seeing it until summer according to Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha, which is also when we'll be seeing the Bionic, a delay that we were already sulking about. Jha was a little vague about what the "issue" was (...)
2011-04-28 19:31:00 | EngadgetAmazon running Ten Days of Free Games offer
We are a day late in noticing this one, but Amazon is running a Ten Days of Free Games offer. All the games look like they will be Windows-only, and they are from a cheap selection of titles (usually carrying a price of around $6.99) you may or may not recognize. Yesterday’s freebie was Chicken [...]
2011-04-28 19:30:35 | Geek.comGo behind the scenes with Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
Trailer: Take a look behind the scenes at Bethesda Softworks and developer inXile’s upcoming adventure/fantasy game, Hunted: The Demon’s Forge.
2011-04-28 19:25:58 | Digital Trends4G network outage prompts Verizon to delay Droid Charge launch (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - You can't very well launch a 4G phone without a 4G network, can you? After Verizon's 4G LTE network went dark yesterday, the carrier opted to delay the launch of the Droid Charge, its next hot 4G phone, indefinitely. Verizon's …
2011-04-28 19:25:35 | Yahoo NewsPlush Angry Birds toys are perfect for hurling at your family and friends
Bring the addicting mobile game to life with this collection of palm-sized Angry Birds plush toys.
2011-04-28 19:15:54 | Digital Trends
The Facebook Box of Statuses
Most people talk about social networking sites like Facebook as a purely electronic phenomenon, but one designer has turned Facebook status updates into something tangible.Steve Murray, a designer from Dundee, Scotland, has created the Facebook Box.The Facebook box “explores the possibility of a physical social network by keeping every ...Continue Reading on Walyou
2011-04-28 19:05:40 | Walyou
Redbox will offer $2 per day videogame rentals nationwide in June
Kiosk movie rental giant Redbox is finally officially expanding into the games category, announcing today it will offer videogames nationwide starting June 17th. The $2/day game rentals will include selections for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii (two of which even have a working online service right now). This may be old hat to some since it's been in testing at about 5,000 locations since around the same time (...)
2011-04-28 18:58:00 | EngadgetNPD: iPhone 4 remains top-selling smartphone, Android sales down in Q1
Apple, with help from Verizon, keeps its iPhone at the top of the sales charts for the first quarter of 2011. Android, meanwhile, sees its sales fall for the first time since 2009.
2011-04-28 18:56:01 | Digital TrendsWhat if Mario had a Portal gun?
I grew up when Mario games were 2D and there wasn’t a motion controller in every gamer’s home. The games were fantastic, and a big part of the reason Nintendo became a leader in the video game market. But sometimes those platformers could be a little tough. If you had to make those same games [...]
2011-04-28 18:53:18 | Geek.com