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Royal Wedding Apps Offer News, History and Multimedia to Fans (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Royal Weddings, an official Royal Collection App was featured on April 6 on the Royal Wedding website. This app joined a few other notable options for users of tablets, smart phones and the iTouch. Each application has enough original content to merit a download instead of employing a pick and choose approach.
2011-04-27 17:32:54 | Yahoo NewsTributes paid to 'human cannonball' killed at show
Friends of Matt Cranch gather on beach at Newquay to remember him, as others pay tribute on Facebook to 'true gent'Tributes have been paid to a "human cannonball" stuntman who plunged to his death at a daredevil show. Matt Cranch, 23, died after a safety net failed during the Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show at the Kent County Showground in Detling on Monday afternoon. Cranch, who was from the Isle of Man but had (...)
2011-04-27 17:32:42 | Guardian.co.ukBlogsy brings drag-and-drop UI to iPad bloggers (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Most blogging platforms offer their own iPad apps, but to date, none have truly capitalized on iPad's interface. Developer Fomola wants to fill this void for Blogger and Wordpress users through the app Blogsy, currently $2.99.
2011-04-27 17:30:00 | Yahoo NewsMartin Webster obituary
He changed the face of televised athleticsAs BBC Television's executive producer of athletics until last year, Martin Webster, who has died from motor neurone disease aged 56, changed the face of track and field coverage. Innovations under his leadership included the gyro-stabilised ball camera that enabled close-up shots of athletes on the move, the graphics showing the flags and captions of the competitors in their running lanes and the multi-frame illustrations of the trajectory of athletes (...)
2011-04-27 17:26:50 | Guardian.co.ukGmail time saver: send emails in the background
Google is always pushing to make its services as fast as possible. That usually comes from updates to the code that runs those services, or by tweaking the Javascript engine used in Chrome. But sometimes users can be sped up to by reducing the amount of time they have to wait for specific tasks to [...]
2011-04-27 17:22:07 | Geek.comFeds to remotely delete Coreflood from infected PCs
A just has approved a plan to remotely delete the Coreflood botnet Trojan from infected PCs...so long as users sign a consent.
2011-04-27 17:16:00 | Digital Trends
Apple denies tracking iPhone customers (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc denied it is tracking the movements of its iPhone customers, but said it will provide a software update that stores less location information on phones in response to public outcry over privacy issues.
2011-04-27 17:09:05 | Yahoo NewsFeds to remotely delete Coreflood from infected PCs (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - In an unusual move, federal authorities will be contacting computer users with systems infected by the Coreflood botnet Trojan and asking them to agree to allow them to send commands to the malware so it will delete itself. The move comes in the in the wake of a coordinated takedown earlier this month by the FBI and other authorities, in which the U.S. government essentially substituted its own command-and-control servers in (...)
2011-04-27 17:01:00 | Yahoo News3DS isn’t selling well, says Nintendo
Nintendo is not selling quite as many 3DS systems as it had hoped, but is it because people aren't interested in 3D or is it a lack of killer software?
2011-04-27 16:58:48 | Digital Trends
RIM to launch 6.1 update as BlackBerry 7 OS at BlackBerry World next week?
CrackBerry has just dropped word via "numerous sources" that RIM will be revealing the next iteration of its mobile OS at the fast approaching BlackBerry World conference -- and no, it's still not QNX. Despite consistent rumblings that upcoming devices like the Bold Touch, and Monaco would be launching with OS 6.1, it seems that RIM has decided to re-brand the update completely as BlackBerry 7, perhaps to increase the value proposition and differentiate (...)
2011-04-27 16:58:00 | EngadgetPSN breach exposes records for millions (roundup)
A week after taking PlayStation Network offline, Sony finally explains it did so because of security breach that exposed personal information for potentially more than 75 million of its users.
2011-04-27 16:57:39 | CnetAre fraud reports related to Sony breach?
Sony PlayStation Network customers report fraud, but it's unclear if cases are related to the Sony data breach.
2011-04-27 16:55:12 | CnetApple says white iPhone to arrive Thursday (AP)
AP - Apple says the long-delayed white iPhone 4 will go on sale Thursday in the United States, United Kingdom and 26 other countries for $199 or $299 depending on the model.
2011-04-27 16:55:08 | Yahoo NewsReview: Leica X1
Leica X1 review: overviewLeica's foray into the digital world may have been at a slower and more considered pace than what we're used to seeing, but working in partnership with Panasonic has nevertheless meant that it's managed to saturate a healthy range of the camera market. For more everyday use the company's point-and-shoot C-LUX and enthusiast D-LUX ranges sit at the base of its stable, while the M9 rangefinder and S2 medium format model (...)
2011-04-27 16:53:00 | Tech RadarGoogle: Renewable energy is long-term effort
Company sees a lot of opportunities in renewable energy but says it will take time to make an impact.
2011-04-27 16:49:40 | Cnet