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2011-04-28 10:58:41 | Guardian.co.uk
Brammo taking its electric motorcycles offroad in Vegas next week, puts Zero on notice
You remember the Enertia, right -- that sweet electric motorcycle from Brammo? Well, a few years back the company slapped some dirt bike tires on this silent cycle (seen above) and taunted the world with the possibility of an Earth-friendly offroad ride. Such a creation never made it to market, sadly, but it looks like the company may finally be ready to deliver. The bike hounds over at Asphalt & Rubber were digging through (...)
2011-04-28 10:46:00 | EngadgetiPad 2 launches in Japan, many fans wait in line
Later than originally planned, the Apple iPad 2 went on sale in Japan today, with many people getting in line before the stores opened.
2011-04-28 10:45:46 | Digital TrendsCaterpillar robot's recoil too quick to see
Tufts University creates a silicone caterpillar, GoQBot, that can curl into a wheel to escape danger.
2011-04-28 10:37:19 | CnetFresh iPhone Apps for Apr. 28: 3D Music Player Pro, Lens•Lab, My Daily Journal (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Today’s Fresh list is filled with apps to turn your iOS devices into something more than it is. Up first we have 3D Music Player Pro, an app that gives you better stereo sound out of your iPhone or iPad’s built-in speakers. Lens Lab helps teach its users a little bit about photography, and My Daily Journal turns your iPad into a diary. Keep scrolling and get the skinny on all three.
2011-04-28 10:34:00 | Yahoo News
Apple denies tracking iPhone customers (Reuters)
Reuters - Steve Jobs, responding to growing public pressure, broke Apple Inc's silence on Wednesday to defend the iPhone's use of location data and stressed that it had never tracked the movements of its customers.
2011-04-28 10:32:45 | Yahoo NewsReview: Triode Corporation TRV-88SE
Triode Corporation makes a range of amps, which presumably all use triode connection of the output devices – the TRV-88SE certainly does. In many ways it's a fairly conventional push-pull design, though the external finish is certainly among the best, with and wooden side cheeks. The removable valve cover is exceptionally resonant, but the cover over the transformers appears to be filled with resin and is completely dead, acoustically. Internal construction uses a mix (...)
2011-04-28 10:30:00 | Tech RadarRead, share and destroy
In the first of our weekly blogs analysing media, tech and business models, Frédéric Filloux of Monday Note examines the economics of the social webThe social web's economics are paradoxical: The more it blossoms, the more it destroys value. In recent months, we've seen a flurry of innovative tools for reading and sharing contents. Or, even better, for basing one's readings on other people's shared contents. In Web 2.5 parlance, this is called Social (...)
2011-04-28 10:28:00 | Guardian.co.ukNPD: CDMA iPhone boosts Apple's U.S. smartphone share
Strong iPhone 4 sales on Verizon's network push Apple into third place behind Samsung and LG in U.S. smartphone sales. Data from the NPD Group has also found smartphone sales topping other handsets for the first time.
2011-04-28 10:23:28 | CnetWhite iPhone 4 finally arrives, world much the same as before
Apple's long-awaited white iPhone 4 hits the shops today, after a massive 11-month wait.Is anyone going to buy one? We sent an intrepid reporter down to the Apple shop to find out. There was no queue snaking down Regent Street under the Royal Wedding bunting, no eager paps and news crews hanging out waiting for that first white iPhone 4 customer. But there were some eager beavers queueing 'almost out the door' at the (...)
2011-04-28 10:22:00 | Tech RadarDelicious snapped up by YouTube founders
YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have been revealed as the new owners of bookmarking site Delicious, after Yahoo sold it to the web billionaires for an undisclosed sum.Back in December it was reported that Delicious would be killed off by Yahoo, with the company streamlining its online services.But it seems that it has been saved from the scrapheap and will get something of a refresh from its new owners."We're excited to work (...)
2011-04-28 10:22:00 | Tech RadarGoogle Docs app brings optical character recognition
Google has introduced a new Google Docs for Android app - which will allow you to use the camera on your handset to turn photos into editable text. Google is keen to show that its Docs offering can be used on any suitable device, and the latest Android offering brings a host of new features. They include better filtration, easier sharing and some nifty new tricks that take advantage of the handset's camera. Editable (...)
2011-04-28 10:19:00 | Tech Radar
Apple's cloud streaming service to be called iCloud?
Okay, so if you had to guess a name for an Apple service that exists in the cloud it's pretty safe to say you'd pick "iCloud," right? Good, now that we're past the obvious, there are some slightly more compelling indicators out there that this may indeed be what Apple is going to call its (presumably) soon-to-launch music streaming service. We received anonymous tips about this name in the past, and now Om Malik (...)
2011-04-28 10:16:00 | EngadgetUpdated: 40 best free Android games
As Android phones have increased in popularity the number of apps available for the platform has rocketed.And that means more free Android games. There's a lot of junk out there, but fortunately, there are gems within the junk.We've worked our way through a whole load of Android games to reveal the ones you should download to your phone.If we've missed your favourite free Android game, let us know in the comments.1. Angry BirdsThe amazingly (...)
2011-04-28 10:01:00 | Tech RadarReview: Pure Sound A30
There are degrees of valve purism. Pure Sound, appropriately enough, takes things a step further than most by using valve rectifiers in the A30, as well as valve-amplifying components. Is there sense in this? Valve rectifiers waste energy compared with solid-state diodes, they cost more and take up space and, like all valves, they have a finite useful life. Despite all that, they do have advantages in terms of turning AC into DC, with (...)
2011-04-28 10:00:00 | Tech Radar