http://topicfire.com/Technology 2010-07-29T09:45:34+00:00 text/html 2010-07-29T16:40:49+00:00 http://mashable.com/ http://mashable.com/2010/07/29/kanye-west-raps-twitter/ <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/07/29/kanye-west-raps-twitter/"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VdLn_swmOHg/default.jpg" /></a><br />It seems that Kanye West is doing a tour of the Silicon Valley&#8217;s nerd hubs. After freestyling over at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California, the other day &#8212; and subsequently joining Twitter yesterday &#8212; he jammed on over to Twitter Central and treated Biz Stone and Co. to a... text/html 2010-07-29T16:37:18+00:00 http://www.neowin.net/ http://www.neowin.net/news/amazon-announces-new-kindle <a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/amazon-announces-new-kindle"><img src="http://www.neowin.net/images/profiles/brenton_currie-small.jpg" /></a><br />Amazon's e-reader, the Kindle, has today received a makeover, with a new, slimmer range announced. The Kindle, one of the first e-reading devices to hit the market, still remains one of the most popular e-reader devices on the market, although in recent times has become overshadowed by hot new tablet devices... text/html 2010-07-29T16:36:42+00:00 http://techcrunch.com/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/why-do-people-want-the-kindle-to-be-the-ipad-theyre-two-different-products-for-a-reason/ <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/why-do-people-want-the-kindle-to-be-the-ipad-theyre-two-different-products-for-a-reason/"><img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kindle3i.jpg" /></a><br />Amazon announced the Kindle 3 last night, and it doesn’t look too shabby at all. The most important part is the inclusion of the next-generation E-Ink display, previously only found in the too-big-for-casual-use Kindle DX. (The low price, $139 for the Wi-Fi version, certainly doesn’t hurt.) Immediately following the... text/html 2010-07-29T16:34:23+00:00 http://techcrunch.com/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/google-mobile-search-market-share/ <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/google-mobile-search-market-share/"><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/pingdom.png" /></a><br />How&#8217;s this for absolutely dominating an increasingly lucrative and fast-growing segment? Google currently boasts a mobile search market share of 98.29%, with it closest competitor Yahoo taking up just over 0.8% of market share and Bing barely touching even half that, according to just released figures from StatCounter as relayed by... text/html 2010-07-29T16:32:37+00:00 http://www.crunchgear.com/ http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/29/why-do-people-want-the-kindle-to-be-the-ipad-theyre-two-different-products-for-a-reason/ <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/29/why-do-people-want-the-kindle-to-be-the-ipad-theyre-two-different-products-for-a-reason/"><img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kindle3i.jpg" /></a><br />Amazon announced the Kindle 3 last night, and it doesn’t look too shabby at all. The most important part is the inclusion of the next-generation E-Ink display, previously only found in the too-big-for-casual-use Kindle DX. (The low price, $139 for the Wi-Fi version, certainly doesn’t hurt.) Immediately following the... text/html 2010-07-29T16:31:14+00:00 http://lifehacker.com/ http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone"><img src="http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/07/160x120_tasker_splash.jpg" /></a><br /> What if your phone automatically went silent when you step into the movie theater? Texted your significant other when you finished your long commute? Or automatically turned down the volume when a particularly loud friend called? It can; here's how. More&nbsp;&raquo; text/html 2010-07-29T16:31:08+00:00 http://gizmodo.com/ http://gizmodo.com/5599616/longest-pinhole-exposure-ever-is-also-most-beautiful <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5599616/longest-pinhole-exposure-ever-is-also-most-beautiful"><img src="http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/07/160x120_pinholeshot12_01.jpg" /></a><br /> I love pinhole photography. The fact that people will take a gamble on a piece of film for months&mdash;or even years&mdash;strikes me as almost romantic, like a time capsule. This longest-ever exposure shows 34months of New York life. More&nbsp;&raquo; text/html 2010-07-29T16:30:47+00:00 http://mashable.com/ http://mashable.com/2010/07/29/american-museum-of-natural-history-app/ <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/07/29/american-museum-of-natural-history-app/"><img src="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Card.png" /></a><br />The American Museum of Natural History today unveiled the American Museum of Natural History Explorer app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, designed to help users better navigate through the Museum&#8217;s various exhibitions.The Museum has been newly outfitted with indoor Wi-Fi, and users can use the app to pinpoint... text/html 2010-07-29T16:24:06+00:00 http://www.engadget.com/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/imacs-latest-27-inch-iteration-requires-special-parts-for-your/ <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/imacs-latest-27-inch-iteration-requires-special-parts-for-your/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/07/imac27ssd07292010.jpg" /></a><br />One of the few highlights of the refreshed 27-inch iMac is the new SSD option for its second drive bay. This sure is good news for performance addicts carrying some spare cash, but with the 256GB SSD addition costing from $750, some may prefer the DIY route to save a... text/html 2010-07-29T16:22:54+00:00 http://news.yahoo.com/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100729/bs_nm/us_motorola Reuters - Motorola Inc posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results on strength in its enterprise and network units, sending its shares up despite frustration it did not raise its phone sales target. text/html 2010-07-29T16:21:53+00:00 http://techdirt.com/ http://techdirt.com/articles/20100729/03442110409.shtml <a href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20100729/03442110409.shtml"><img src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz%0A&amp;partnerID=167&amp;key=segment" /></a><br />Remember the school district in suburban Philadelphia involved in a lawsuit over secretly taking webcam images of students? The school initially denied things, and later said that it had only used the feature 42 times to help find lost or stolen laptops. However, a law firm brought on... text/html 2010-07-29T16:20:44+00:00 http://techie-buzz.com/ http://techie-buzz.com/tech-news/facebook-announces-facebook-questions.html <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/tech-news/facebook-announces-facebook-questions.html"><img src="http://cache.techie-buzz.com/images/stories/facebookq.png" /></a><br />Have a question? Who better to ask than 500 Million Facebook users! Facebook just announced a beta version of Facebook Questions, something very similar to Yahoo! Answers albeit with a better reach and prospect of success. Facebook Questions has only been released to limited users yet so you might not... text/html 2010-07-29T16:12:55+00:00 http://www.reghardware.com/ http://www.reghardware.com/2010/07/29/review_laptop_acer_aspire_ethos_8943g/ <a href="http://www.reghardware.com/2010/07/29/review_laptop_acer_aspire_ethos_8943g/"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/07/27/acer_aspire_ethos_8943g_2.jpg" /></a><br />Full HD desktop replacement with plenty of poke Review  Stylish and powerful, the new 18.4in Aspire Ethos 8943G will appeal to those looking for a desktop replacement that doesn’t hold back on performance. Each of the four cores on the Core i7-720QM purr along at 1.6GHz, while ATI’s Mobility Radeon... text/html 2010-07-29T16:12:26+00:00 http://mashable.com/ http://mashable.com/2010/07/29/groupon-personalized-deals/ <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/07/29/groupon-personalized-deals/"><img src="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/it_s-all-about-you.jpg" /></a><br />Groupon&#8217;s model has always been to serve to up a single daily deal per city, per day. Yesterday, the company nearly reinvented itself when it kicked off its Personalized Deals initiative.With Personalized Deals, Groupon subscribers in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle and New York City will receive... text/html 2010-07-29T16:10:20+00:00 http://arstechnica.com/ http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/07/mozillas-tab-candy-is-the-first-step-to-sweeter-browsing.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss <a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/07/mozillas-tab-candy-is-the-first-step-to-sweeter-browsing.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss"><img src="http://static.arstechnica.com/assets/2010/07/firefox-candy-ars-thumb-230x130-15594-f.jpg" /></a><br />Tabbed browsing has arguably had a significant impact on the way that people use the Web, but the feature hasn't really scaled to accommodate the increasing complexity of the average surfing session. The existing tab management and overflow handling mechanisms that are present in modern browsers are dated and suffer... text/html 2010-07-29T16:09:25+00:00 http://news.yahoo.com/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100729/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3279 <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100729/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3279"><img src="background:url(http://a323.yahoofs.com/coreid/4b9d3e4ei2115zws135sp2/EAxEVBU2bKPQsIsvJHrrMA--/101/tn48.jpeg?ciAQ2PNBRcHrx_UR);" /></a><br />Ben Patterson - Heard about the new, smaller Kindle? My fellow tech blogger Chris Null had the scoop Wednesday night, and I was recently lucky enough to spend some hands-on time with Amazon&rsquo;s lighter, pared-down e-reader. After playing with it for a few minutes, I&rsquo;m pretty sure I want one. text/html 2010-07-29T16:03:11+00:00 http://idle.slashdot.org/ http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/07/29/1445212/Man-Wants-to-Donate-His-Heart-Before-He-Dies?from=rss Gary Phebus wants to donate his heart, lungs, and liver. The problem is he wants to donate them before he dies. Gary was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in 2008. Phebus says he'd like to be able to donate his organs before they deteriorate,... text/html 2010-07-29T16:00:19+00:00 http://science.slashdot.org/ http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/29/146252/NASAs-Top-10-Space-Junk-Missions?from=rss Ant writes "NASA has identified the top ten space junk missions and said over 19,000 pieces of space junk are known to exist..." That's nothing: You should see my living room. Read more of this story at Slashdot. text/html 2010-07-29T15:59:17+00:00 http://www.readwriteweb.com/ http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/so-called_digital_natives_not_media_savvy_new_study_shows.php <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/so-called_digital_natives_not_media_savvy_new_study_shows.php"><img src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/teen_comptuer.jpg" /></a><br />"In Google we trust." That may very well be the motto of today's young online users, a demographic group often dubbed the "digital natives" due their apparent tech-savvy. Having been born into a world where personal computers were not a revolution, but merely existed alongside air conditioning, microwaves and other... text/html 2010-07-29T15:59:16+00:00 http://www.internetevolution.com/ http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=990&doc_id=195130&f_src=internetevolution_sitedefault <a href="http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=990&doc_id=195130&f_src=internetevolution_sitedefault"><img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d9/unsecured/media/1568176135/1568176135_97916731001_Grassy-Nolle-108x82.jpg?pubId=1568176135" /></a><br />Analytics provider comScore loused up recent figures for Yahoo and made Hulu look bad, forcing scrutiny of Web analysis methods text/html 2010-07-29T15:58:59+00:00 http://lifehacker.com/ http://lifehacker.com/5599139/start-is-a-polished-start-page-alternative-for-google-chrome <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5599139/start-is-a-polished-start-page-alternative-for-google-chrome"><img src="http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/07/160x120_2010-07-29_091936.jpg" /></a><br /> Chrome: If you're not enamored with the default Chrome start page, Start! offers a polished and customizable alternative. More&nbsp;&raquo; text/html 2010-07-29T15:58:42+00:00 http://www.engadget.com/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/ <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/07/kindle-3rd-gen-books.jpg" /></a><br />Following the launch of Amazon's third-generation Kindle, company CEO Jeff Bezos sat down to discuss the e-reader business with USA Today. We'd recommend giving the whole piece a look-see if you just can't get enough Kindle in your life, but a few choice quotes caught our attention. For starters, Bezos... text/html 2010-07-29T15:56:42+00:00 http://www.engadget.com/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/motorola-manages-162-million-q2-profit-turns-that-frown-upside/ <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/motorola-manages-162-million-q2-profit-turns-that-frown-upside/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/07/happy-moto-020100729.jpg" /></a><br />It's a good day here, because rather than poor 'ol Sad Moto we get to bust out Happy Moto, as Motorola has released some good news in its Q2 financial report. Earnings were $162 million, up from $26 million this time last year. That sounds like a big jump, but... text/html 2010-07-29T15:56:33+00:00 http://news.yahoo.com/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100729/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3277 Ben Patterson - Even as "Antennagate" fades into the background, Apple is getting hit with yet another problem: iPhone 3G users whose handsets became murderously slow after upgrading to the latest iPhone OS. text/html 2010-07-29T15:55:40+00:00 http://it.slashdot.org/ http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/07/29/1427248/Suspected-Mariposa-Botnet-Creator-Arrested?from=rss mehemiah writes "The writer of the Mariposa Botnet has been arrested through international effort. The FBI said this arrest and the arrests of three alleged operators in February were the result of a two-year joint investigation into the Mariposa Botnet, which may have infected as many as eight million to...