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PlayStation Network: Sensitive User Information Stolen
Well, we’ve all been waiting patiently on a PlayStation Network update. Ok, maybe not that patiently.Anyway, a new Sony updated has confirmed a few facts which we will share with you here. This same…PlayStation Network: Sensitive User Information Stolen is a post from: Gadgets and gizmos
2011-04-27 15:02:34 | Gadgets and Gizmos
Comcast is first with VOD from all four major networks, still negotiating for early release movies
Starting Thursday, Comcast will add TV shows from ABC and Fox to its video on-demand library, making it the only provider that offers shows from all four broadcast networks (including NBC and CBS) as soon as the day after they air. There's a list of all the TV shows Comcast will be offering in the press release after the break -- no Modern Family or House? weak -- so the next time you forget (...)
2011-04-27 15:02:00 | EngadgetApple sets sights on TomTom with location data collection
Apple has finally admitted that it has indeed been gathering location data, but it isn't tracking you personally; the company claims it is using the 'anonymous' data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database. This sounds suspiciously similar to the kinds of services offered by Android Maps' turn-by-turn navigation services and TomTom, which is no doubt quaking in its boots at the thought of competing directly with Apple. Apple's Q&A states, "Apple is now collecting (...)
2011-04-27 15:01:00 | Tech RadarThe typewriter’s death is imminent, but QWERTY lives on
The last typewriter manufacturer in the world may be down to its last 500 machines, but the famous QWERTY-style keyboard will live on.
2011-04-27 15:00:59 | Digital TrendsProse With Bros could be the next hit iPhone game – if it can tame the smut
Competitive multiplayer poetry as the new Words With Friends? It could happenTowards the end of the iPad 2 launch event in March, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs told the assembled journalists about his company's position at the intersection of "technology and the liberal arts". A multiplayer iPhone poetry game would seem to slot neatly into that vision, although phrases like "rub my magic member", "sniff my glorious exploding spraying monster" and "juicy monkey muscle" (...)
2011-04-27 15:00:00 | Guardian.co.ukClick to download: the YouTube-Vevo rivalry
Why can't we get our music-video fix all in the same place?If you're among the hundreds of millions who've watched music videos from acts such as Eminem or Lady Gaga on YouTube over the last year, you might have noticed a logo for Vevo in the bottom corner. That shows the video is being served by Vevo.com, the music video site backed by Universal and Sony, and supported by EMI. But those heading to (...)
2011-04-27 15:00:00 | Guardian.co.ukSony PS3 data breach highlights what a loser I am
Forget credit card security concerns. CBSNews.com's David Hancock is pining to post his PixelJunk Monsters scores on the downed network.
2011-04-27 14:54:55 | Cnet
DON-8r Fundraising Robot
Going out in public to gather donations from random passers-by has always been very difficult, but the DON-8r robot may be the way to change this. Pedestrians are often already exposed to a number of people in need who are requesting spare change and there’s also no way to know ...Continue Reading on Walyou
2011-04-27 14:40:58 | WalyouApple confirms April 28 white iPhone 4 availability
So, the speculations that the white iPhone 4 would be released today were oh so close, but just a little off. Apple today officially announced that it will begin selling the white iPhone tomorrow, April 28. As we reported yesterday, a few lucky people in Italy and Belgium already got their hands on the elusive [...]
2011-04-27 14:37:09 | Geek.comApple confirms April 28 white iPhone 4 availability
So, the speculations that the white iPhone 4 would be released today were oh so close, but just a little off. Apple today officially announced that it will begin selling the white iPhone tomorrow, April 28. As we reported yesterday, a few lucky people in Italy and Belgium already got their hands on the elusive [...]
2011-04-27 14:37:09 | Geek.comeBay revenues jump 16 percent with PayPal's Help
First-quarter results exceed expectations, with profits up 20 percent from the same period a year to a total of $475.9 million, or 36 cents a share.
2011-04-27 14:33:50 | Cnet
The Engadget Interview: Ford's Alan Mulally talks the future of transportation
The New York International Auto Show has just wrapped up and, for part of our most recent Engadget Show, we were given the opportunity to sit down with one of the biggest players in the automotive industry: Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally. He got his start as a Boeing Engineer in 1969 and, among many other achivements, helped get that company into the 21st century with fully-digital cockpits. He moved over to Ford (...)
2011-04-27 14:32:00 | EngadgetApple VP sells off $13.7 million in stock
Company's senior VP of Macintosh hardware engineering, Bob Mansfield, sells almost all his shares this week. No need to sound alarm bells though--he's got a track record of buying and selling.
2011-04-27 14:31:52 | Cnet
The Tablet Newspaper Idea from 1994
Tablets and newspapers in digital form are no longer something extraordinary, but in 1994, when several researchers from Knight Ridder came up with the idea of a tablet newspaper, the concept seemed out of this world.Knight Ridder used to be America’s second largest newspaper publisher, so the interest of this ...Continue Reading on Walyou
2011-04-27 14:25:36 | WalyouApple is collecting location data, but not YOUR location data
Apple has released an extensive Q&A about iOS 4's apparent gathering of location data and is adamant it is not tracking the location of your iPhone, rather "maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your current location."This is to help speed up finding your location when, for instance, you need to load up a map app."Calculating a phone's location using just GPS satellite data can take up to several minutes," said (...)
2011-04-27 14:25:00 | Tech Radar