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- OmniFocus 1.8 Gets Better Organization, Sharing Features. The Omni Group has updated OmniFocus, its flexible task and project manager, adding a number of organization, sharing, and sync updates. Omni Group - OmniFocus - IPhone - Apple - Project Management
- Prank Auto-Tune Friends With T-Pain Dialer. Smule's I Am T-Pain app gained immense popularity last year for letting iPhone users emulate rapper T-Pain's trademark auto-tune vocal styling. Rather than let... IPhone - Smule - I Am T-Pain - T-Pain - Medicine
- Google Instant: Pros and Cons. Google detractors say its Google Instant search technology is a both a security risk and a distraction for the company. Google - Google Instant - Search - Search Engines - Companies
- Apple's App Store Guidelines Don't Change Anything. Apple may have released a set of guidelines for getting into its App Store, but the parameters for what'll get an app rejected remain as murky as ever. Apple - AppStore - IOS - Macintosh - Apple II
- 'Here You Have' E-mail Worm Spreads Quickly. Security vendors are warning of a mass-mailing worm that links to a malicious screensaver file. Agriculture - Computer worm - Screensaver - Worms - Security
- Hotel Operator Warns of Data Breach. An operator of upscale hotels and resorts under such widely-known names as Marriott, Sheraton and Westin. Travel and Tourism - Westin Hotels - Lodging - Asia - Hotels and Motels
- Android App Brings Google Voice to Home Screen. Revised app adds two new widgets to Android's home screen, thereby making it easier for users to access Google Voice's inbox and settings. Google - GoogleVoice - Mobile phone - Android - Searching
- Vector Drawing App Features Powerful Tools, Minimalist Look. There's no shortage of vector drawing apps on the market today, but Bohemian Coding's Sketch stands out from the crowd by combining a minimalist, Mac-like... Vector graphics - Apple - Graphics - Drawing - Visual Arts
- Apple’s iPhone App Policy Revisions: The Good and The Bad. Apple’s iPhone App Store acceptance process has been like dealing with the great and powerful Wizard of Oz. But today, Apple is opening the curtain, at least a little. AppStore - Apple - IPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds
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- Wall Street Beat: Tech Fails to Lead Markets. Good macroeconomic news boosted the markets this week but tech stocks are still down for the year. Wall Street - Macroeconomics - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds
- Apple's App Store Guidelines Go Deeper Than Adobe. Ever since the App Store launched and the first app developer complained publicly about having his app rejected, Apple's received a lot of criticism about how... Apple - AppStore - Adobe Systems - IPhone - Macintosh
- GetGlue Brings Social Networking for Entertainment to IPad. Social media network GetGlue has released a new app that brings its service, dedicated to the world of entertainment, to the iPad. Glue - IPad - Social network service - Social network - IPhone
- How Six Memorable Tech Companies Got Their Names. Fifteen years ago, if I told a friend I had spent the day Googling myself or looking for names at Go Daddy, he would have assumed I'd gone off the deep end. Go Daddy - Domain name - For Sale or Auction - Website - Generic top-level domain
- Business Groups Question Net Neutrality Rules. Three business trade groups question the need for new net neutrality rules. Network neutrality - Programming - Component Frameworks - NET - Business
- BaseApp Watches Basecamp From Your Menu Bar. If you find that e-mail notifications aren’t the best way to stay on top of activity from Basecamp, 37signals’s popular project management and collaboration... Basecamp - Project management - 37signals - Project and Program Management - Management
- It Pays to Break the Rules When You're Mark Hurd. Hurd scored $34 million for his bad behavior at HP; now he's nabbed a high-profile gig at Oracle. What's the message here? Mark Hurd - Hewlett-Packard - Oracle Corporation - Oracle - Larry Ellison
- T-Mobile G2 Plus HSPA+ Network Could Be a Fast Combo. The new phone is the first to take advantage of the fast speeds delivered by T-Mobile's 3.5G network--now in 55 cities. T-Mobile - Evolved HSPA - Business and Economy - High-Speed Downlink Packet Access - Telecommunications
- Another SMS Trojan Appears on Android Phones. Android users may be becoming a viable target for mobile malware: Kaspersky Labs has found a new SMS trojan affecting Google's platform. Kaspersky Lab - Google - SMS - Android - Mobile Computing
- Apple Flinches on Flash, Eases Dev Tool Restrictions. Relaxed restrictions on cross-platform compilers may allow Flash apps on iPhone. IPhone - Apple - Flash - App Store - Handhelds
- iFixit Tears Down the iPod Touch: Here's What It Found. The new iPod Touch is impressing reviewers with its slim design and front and rear cameras. So what did the folks at iFixit think about the inside? iFixit - iPod Touch - IPod - Apple - IPhone
- New IPods: The Unanswered Questions. After we posted our reviews of the new iPod shuffle, iPod nano, and iPod touch, we got questions from readers about things we didn't specifically cover in those... IPod Nano - IPod - IPod Shuffle - IPod Touch - Apple
- Online Privacy Bills Would Hurt E-commerce, Trade Group Says. E-commerce trade group NetChoice names recent online privacy proposals in the U.S. Congress as the worst current legislative proposals for the Internet. Electronic commerce - Privacy - Security - United States Congress - Protocols
- Intel to Spotlight Future Laptop, Desktop Chips at Show. Intel at IDF will share further details on the Sandy Bridge chip design, which will be used in its next-generation chips. Intel Corporation - Intel Sandy Bridge - Intel Developer Forum - Hardware - Sandy Bridge
- Size Does Matter: LaCie Shrinks 2TB USB 3.0 Drives to Fit in your Pocket. Not to be outdone by Iomega, LaCie is making tiny portable USB 3.0 drives with up to 2TB of storage. How do they stack up against the competition? Iomega - Universal Serial Bus - LaCie - hard drive - Hard disk drive
- AT&T Boasts of Billions Spent on Network Improvements. A letter sent to AT&T customers and a news release about wireless network improvements are stoking speculation that the carrier's exclusive iPhone deal is coming to a close. AT&T - iPhone - Smartphone - Wireless network - iPhone 3G
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- Microsoft Apologizes for Service Outages. Microsoft apologized for three outages that affected users of its hosted business software services. Microsoft - Business - Companies - Microsoft Corporation - Groupware
- T-Mobile Unveils Its G2, the Successor to First Android Phone. T-Mobile today unveiled the G2 smartphone made by HTC. It is the successor to the first Android phone, the G1. Android - T-Mobile - HTC Corporation - Handhelds - HTC
- Simple Steps Small Businesses Should Take for Smart IT Investments. Spending on IT is expected to ramp up in the second half of the year. Here are tips to consider before leaping to make new purchases. Business - Small Business - Business and Economy - mirror-edge - Technology
- Aruba Networks Brings 'Network Virtualization' to Enterprise. Executives from Aruba Networks aim to address the wireless network needs of businesses at a lower cost through virtualization. Aruba Networks - Caribbean - Aruba - Wireless network - Wireless
- Fact or Fiction? Top 8 Linux Myths Debunked. Think Linux is just for experts, or that it's less secure than Windows or Mac OS? It's time to dispel such false perceptions once and for all. Mac OS - Linux - Operating system - Windows - Mac OS X
- RIM's DataViz Purchase Could Impact IOS Support. Research In Motion has made a move to shore up its position in the mobile productivity market by snapping up software maker DataViz. But the mobile phone maker's... DataViz - Research In Motion - Mobile phone - BlackBerry - IPhone
- Parallels Desktop 6 Provides Best of Both Worlds. Who says you have to choose between Windows 7 and Mac OS X? Parallels Desktop 6 lets you run Windows virtually from within Mac OS X and straddle the line between the two platforms. Mac OS X - Windows 7 - Microsoft Windows - Operating system - Parallels Desktop for Mac
- Smile Releases PDFpen, PDFpenPro 5.0. Editing and searching PDFs on the Mac got a little easier on Thursday with Smile's release of a major upgrade to PDFpen. Portable Document Format - Apple - Macintosh - Business - Smile
- Kindle Coming to Best Buy. Best Buy promises new displays, allowing shoppers to compare e-readers side-by-side, just in time for the holiday shopping season. bestbuy - Amazon Kindle - Sony - Barnes & Noble - Retailing
- Parallels Desktop 6 Coming to Mac. On Thursday, Parallels announced the latest version of its virtualization software, Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac. The software allows Mac users to run Windows... Microsoft Windows - Parallels Desktop for Mac - Apple - Macintosh - Operating system
- Samsung Fascinate: Why Verizon? Why?. Verizon has made some disappointing choices with its new Android phone, taking a perfectly fine device and tainting it with profit-driven modifications. Android - Verizon Communications - Smartphone - Samsung Group - Verizon
- Warrants May Be Needed for Cell Phone Data, Court Says. In a precedent-setting decision, a federal appellate court this week ruled that judges have the option of asking prosecutors to obtain a warrant before they... Mobile phone - Cellphone - Court - Science and Technology - United States
- The Five Worst Tech Product Names of the Moment. Some recent product names are breaking the rules, either through lack of imagination, dubious pronunciation or unfortunate double meanings. Double entendre - Home - Social Sciences - English language - Advertising
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- Does iOS 4.1 Fix the Proximity Sensor as Promised?. Who cares about the Game Center or Ping for iTunes? All I want to know is whether or not the iOS 4.1 update actually--and finally--fixes the proximity sensor problem that makes the iPhone 4 dysfunctional as a smartphone. IPhone - Apple - Switches - IOS - Electronics and Electrical
- Apple Releases App Store Guidelines, Announces Review Board. In a surprising move, Apple on Thursday unveiled a sweeping set of changes to the way it handles submissions to the App Store. The move is a clear effort to... Apple - AppStore - IOS - IPhone - Programming tool
- The Mystery of the Accidental Accents. Reader Stephen Mette and his keyboard don’t see eye-to-eye about what should appear on his Mac’s display when he presses the quote key. He writes: Google - Fashion - IPhone - Furniture - Clothing
- Instant Analysis of Google Instant. Google users weigh-in via tweets griping, praising, and scratching their heads when it comes to Google's newest feature Google Instant. Google - Google Instant - search - Search Engines - Companies
- Apple Relaxes App Store Approval Restrictions. Apple surprises developers by promising to be more transparent about its App Store approval process and loosens restrictions on what development tools they can use. Apple - App Store - Programming tool - IPhone - IOS
- Pentax's New DSLR Is Packed With Creative Features. Pentax on Wednesday announced the new K-r, a successor to last year's well-received K-x mid-level DSLR. The K-r improves on the core features of the colorful K-x... Pentax - Digital single-lens reflex camera - Pentax K-x - Camera - Photography
- LG's Super-Thin 31-inch OLED TV. LG has introduced a 31-inch OLED television that’s just 2.9mm-thick and can display both 2D and 3D images. Television - Organic LED - lg - Arts - Technology
- EU to Review Public Sector Data Rules. The E.U. is re-examining what it does with public sector information. This information includes financial and economic data; maps and legal documents. Public sector - European Union - Government - Economic data - Economy
- Apple, Google Shoot It Out on the Small Screen. With Apple TV and Google TV, the companies' latest skirmish is taking place in the living room, but they're bringing very different services and ambitions to the television. Google - AppleTV - Apple - Television - Search
- Google Instant Could Evolve into Ultimate Universal Search. Google Instant streams search results instantly as fast as you type, but only from the Web. Combining Google Instant and Google Desktop, though, would revolutionize universal search. Google - Google Instant - Search - Google Desktop - Search Engines
- Microsoft Suspends Xbox Gamer For Living in Fort Gay. Xbox LIVE gamer banned from Microsoft's online gaming service for typing in the name of a real city in West Virginia. Microsoft - West Virginia - Xbox - United States - Video Games
- Oracle, NetApp Agree to Settle Patent Litigation. Oracle and NetApp have agreed to dismiss patent litigation stemming from 2007. Patent - Intellectual property - Oracle Corporation - NetApp - Oracle