BBC News - New Zealand assesses quake damage
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 19:30:09
Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue.
Show detailsCan-Not-Unsee Cat [Pic]
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 19:30:07
Can-Not-Unsee Cat
Show detailsJudging You By the Online Company You Keep
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-05 17:30:50
theodp writes "Network analysis uses data about your social network interactions to make assumptions and predictions about your behavior. The Economist notes the upside for companies looking to sell products. But don't forget about the downside, warns Adrian Chen, of living in a world where network analysis is used by financial firms to determine risky borrowers by looking at social ties, or by Internet businesses to determine which customers are more equal than others (nice to see Microsoft's back on the forefront of some tech!). So, did Mom envision Social Network Analytics when she gave you that you-are-the-company-you-keep lecture?" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show detailsMotorola Milestone 2 now official
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 17:30:12
After a teaser video briefly appeared on YouTube yesterday, Motorola has now unveiled the Milestone 2, a GSM version of the Droid 2.
Show detailsWikipedia Founder Says Apps, Not Paywalls, Could Save the News
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 17:30:09
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said in an interview with the Associated Press yesterday that paid apps like those found on the iPhone, Android and iPad could help financially troubled news organizations, but he didnt have anything positive to say about charging for content on the web.On the other hand, hes not optimistic about other micropayment plans wherein publications would charge users to access individual articles because at present there is not a centralized and widespread payment system as there is with Apples services (iTunes, iBooks and the App Store) or the Android Market.If I just click on my iPad, and its billed on my normal bill, that micropayment model makes it possible for people to have an impulse purchase, he said. Apple already has his payment information from the get go, and the creator of each app can use Apples billing system for in-app purchases.Thats one of the reasons Wales believes app stores could be beneficial for the news industry. The apps model the iPad app, the Kindle does provide new and interesting opportunities for newspapers.Weve heard rumors in the past that Google has a unified micropayments system in the works that could do the same for desktop content, but it hasnt happened yet.Wikipedia is not a commercial enterprise, but Waless current venture Wikia is ad-supported.Image courtesy of iStockphoto, enot-poloskunMore About: amazon, android, apple, apps, interview, ipad, iphone, Jimmy Wales, journalism, Kindle, monetization, News, paywalls, Wikia, wikipediaFor more Social Media coverage:Follow Mashable Social Media on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Social Media channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad
Show detailsBlurry shot allegedly shows camera-equipped iPad in testing
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 17:30:07
Purported picture of a future iPad in testing with a front camera capable of FaceTime video calls.
Show detailsThe Enduring Obama Muslim Rumors
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 16:30:08
This is a rumor about obama, public issue say obama is a muslim, what is true ?? read this on source
Show detailsLeaders Aren't Being Made At Tech Firms
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-05 16:00:50
theodp writes "In this article Vivek Wadhwa laments that short shrift is paid to management training these days at many high-tech firms. You can't be born with the skills needed to plan projects, adhere to EEOC guidelines, prepare budgets and manage finances, or to know the intricacies of business and IP law, says Wadhwa. All this has to be learned. Stepping up to address the problems of 'engineering without leadership,' which may include morale problems, missed deadlines, customer-support disasters, and high turnover, are programs like UC Berkeley's Engineering Leadership Program and Duke's Masters of Engineering Management Program, which aim to teach product management, entrepreneurial thinking, leadership, finance, team building, business management, and motivation to techies." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show detailsSocial Media 5 Steps to Free Traffic
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 16:00:12
Social media marketing is a new, free and very powerful tool and it can serve you very well when you are searching for free internet marketing methods to promote your internet home business online.
Show detailsiOS 4.1 to launch Sept. 8: Apple UK
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 16:00:10
While Apple CEO Steve Jobs said on Wednesday that iOS 4.1 would be coming to iPhones and iPod touches this coming week, he didn't give a date. It seems the Apple U.K. site's webmaster has put up some different info that in the U.S., with their site giving an exact date: Sept. 8. The U.S. site continues to say "Coming Soon," but we'll assume that rather than making two mistakes (posting a date, and posting a wrong date) that the Sept. 8 is correct. It also makes sense since the new iPod touches will ship on Sept.
Show detailsBrawl at the US Open, from all angles
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 16:00:08
A foulmouthed New Yorker set off a brawl at the U.S. Open tennis tournament Thursday, as Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner played nearby. Here is a composite of the incident from three different angles, as caught by nearby spectators, and the simultaneous feed from the Djokovic/Petzschner match, as seen on television.
Show detailsYellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-05 13:00:50
jamie passes along this excerpt from DiscoveryNews: "f you thought the geysers and overblown threat of a supervolcanic eruption in Yellowstone National Park were dramatic, you ain't seen nothing: deep beneath Earth's surface, the hot spot that feeds the park has torn an entire tectonic plate in half. The revelation comes from a new study (abstract) in the journal Geophysical Research Letters that peered into the mantle beneath the Pacific Northwest to see what happens when ancient ocean crust from the Pacific Ocean runs headlong into a churning plume of ultra-hot mantle material." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show details10 Best Time Travel Movies and Shows
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 13:00:08
Time travel is by far one of the most popular subjects in science fiction and has almost always been found in the genre in books, movies, and TV shows
Show detailsPenumbra fans rejoice! Amnesia: The Dark Descent is absolutely brilliant and absolutely terrifying!
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 12:00:07
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Show detailsGoogle coughs up $8.5 million to settle Buzz privacy suit
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-05 11:00:08
Google has settled a class-action lawsuit over Buzz, and has agreed to a $8.5 million payout which will help fund groups that focus on privacy issues.
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