Mass Exodus From Facebook
Are you sick of your wishes for privacy going unheard? Well so are these guys, and they're planning a "We're Quitting Facebook" day. Yes, you heard me right, on May 31st, 2010 a crippling blow will be dealt to Facebook as their userbase deserts them. How many users, you ask? Well, so far 789. Just a bit under 400million left; sweet justice imminent. Why are we quitting? For us it comes down to two things: fair choices and best intentions. In our view, Facebook doesn't do a good job in either department. Facebook gives you choices about how to manage your data, but they aren't fair choices, and while the onus is on the individual to manage these choices, Facebook makes it damn difficult for the average user to understand or manage this. We also don't think Facebook has much respect for you or your data, especially in the context of the future. Comments
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Asus Netbook will have Takeaway Phone
Asus is planning a netbook with a slot for a mobile phone that will double as a 3G communications module. The idea is for an easy way to use the same SIM card and data account on both a phone and portable computer. The modular approach addresses one of the great problems of mobile devices for both buyers and designers: you cannot, with current technology, have a device that is both large enough for comfortable extended use and small enough to carry around all the time. Comments
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Google Abandons Nexus One Online Store
Just four months after launch, Google is planning to shut down the Nexus One online store. It had planned to bypass the major carries and sell directly to customers, but had less than desirable results. The few customers that did buy over the web quickly grew tired of Google's inability to handle all of their customer service calls. "As with every innovation, some parts worked better than others," wrote Google engineering VP Andy Rubin in a blog post Friday. "While the global adoption of the Android platform has exceeded our expectations, the Web store has not." While Google plans to continue offering the Nexus One through traditional retail and carrier stores, it'll eventually phase out its Web-based store, which it plans to convert into an "online store window" that will "showcase a variety of Android phones," according to Rubin's blog post Comments
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Hulu Sticks With Flash
Hulu VP of Product Eugene Wei has stated that Flash still serves as the best support for their video player due to HTML5's small set of current features. Also, Hulu has released a new version of its video player which has adaptive bitrate streaming that allows the company to shift video bitrates and resolutions up and down to match the user's bandwidth. "Our player doesn't just simply stream video, it must also secure the content, handle reporting for our advertisers, render the video using a high-performance codec to ensure premium visual quality, communicate back with the server to determine how long to buffer and what bitrate to stream, and dozens of other things that aren't necessarily visible to the end user," Wei explained. Comments
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Driving With a Mind-Controlled Bionic Arm
The German firm Otto Bock HealthCare has created a mind-controlled arm prosthesis that has allowed this young man to once again drive, and pass his driving test with flying colors. The prosthesis is based on targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), a process by which four key arm nerves are systematically relocated to the surgically segmented chest musculature. Once reinnervation is complete -- it can take several months -- the surface of the chest forms an interface to the patient's brain. Comments
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Gizmodo E-mail to Jobs: 'We Have Nothing to Lose'
This whole "lost iPhone" story is dragging on but I know you guys like behind the scenes / dirty laundry stuff so I am posting this story about the e-mail Gizmodo sent to Steve Jobs. Maybe Apple can say it's a lost phone, but not one that you've confirmed for production--that it is merely a test unit of sorts. Otherwise, it just falls to apple legal, which serves the same purpose of confirmation. I don't want that, either. Comments
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Goggle Siphoned Personal Info Off Wi-Fi Networks
Exactly how did the Google Street View cars "accidentally" accumulate 600GB of personal data off of public Wi-Fi networks? Google picked up fragments of e-mails and Web addresses while its cars were photographing neighborhoods for the "Street View" feature on its mapping service. The company says it only recently discovered it has accumulated about 600 gigabytes of data transmitted over public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries. Google says none of the information has appeared in its search engine or other services. Comments
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Apple Was Behind iPhone Search Warrant
And the anticlimactic event of the day/week/month isÂ…Apple was behind the iPhone search warrant executed on the Gizmodo editor's house. Thanks to Gmac for the link. Apple the company, and not an individual employee, initiated the investigation into a missing iPhone prototype that found its way onto the Internet, according to the search warrant unsealed in this case earlier this morning. Comments
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Tag Yourself on GIGABYTE's VGA Facebook Fanpage
GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, announces the launch of another Facebook campaign, GIGABYTE VGA Facebook State Fair! The campaign is to increase GIGABYTE VGA brand image and product awareness in the United States of America. Fans all across the states are encouraged to tag themselves on picture provided on Facebook. 3 lucky fans will have a chance to win GIGABYTE gaming mouse M8000X and mouse pad! The rule is simple, if you are a US resident with a valid US mailing address, you are qualified to participate! Just tag yourself on the state you live, you will have a chance to win something! GIGABYTE VGA would like to find out in which states our supportive fans live. There will be 5 separate US maps because each picture has a limit of 50 tags. Comments
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NVIDIA Stock Hit By Lower Outlook
It looks like NVIDIA's stock is down after the company lowered its second quarter revenue forecast. Santa Clara-based Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVID) said Thursday afternoon that its expects second quarter revenue will be down by between 3 percent to 5 percent from the first quarter. That sent the company's stock down Friday despite better than expected earnings reported on Thursday. Comments
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Cellphone Explodes In Man's Face
Holy crap man, just look at the picture of this exploded cell phone. It looks like it would damn near take your head off! Comments
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Neat 3D Book Shelf
Check out these 3D shelves! Kinda neat in a Q*bert sort of way. Comments
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