Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results
According to this article Google is claiming that Bing is copying its search results. Google has run a sting operation that it says proves Bing has been watching what people search for on Google, the sites they select from Google's results, then uses that information to improve Bing's own search listings. Bing doesn't deny this. Comments
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Are Movie Tickets Still Worth It?
Are movie tickets still worth it when you can subscribe to Netflix for the price of one movie? The average price of a single U.S. movie ticket crept up to $7.89 last year, according to the latest figures the country's theater owners—almost the same price as a month's worth of all-you-can-eat video streaming on Netflix. Comments
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NASA Offers View of Major Winter Storm
Hey, you know that massive winter storm that is kicking your ass right about now? It looks way cooler in this picture posted on NASA's Flickr page than it does if you are actually stuck in the middle of it. Comments
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Oracle to Pay $46M to Settle Kickbacks Charges
Ever wonder why companies do stuff like this? Hmmm, maybe it is because you can offer kickbacks to get hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts but only have to pay $46M when you get caught. The Department of Justice charged that Sun Microsystems Inc., which Oracle bought last year, and other technology companies paid kickbacks to Accenture PLC for Accenture to recommend that federal agencies buy Sun products. The Justice Department said last year that the lawsuit covered software contracts that ran from 1998 to 2006 and were worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Comments
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Why Nielsen Ratings Suck
Even though the average person doesn't really care about Nielsen ratings, I am sure they would be surprised to know that the ad ratings are more important than the actual show itself. Read this quote from the article: To be sure, networks are interested in knowing how many people watch their programming, and freely tout or play down Nielsen's wider audience measurements. But the numbers that networks and advertisers actually use — to sell ads, to set prices, and to decide on the fate of a show — are commercial ratings. In other words, advertisers don't care how many people are watching a show nearly as much as they care how many people are watching their ads. If every Nielsen Family watched a show the day after it aired but skipped through all its ads, that show would probably be canceled. Comments
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Google's Double Standard on User-Generated Content
Wait, are you telling me that Google has double standards? The company wants you to follow the rules all the while claiming the rules do not apply to it? Sounds about right. The company's AdSense team sent out a reminder to its partners today that contained a few jaw-dropping statements about Google's policies on the content produced by AdSense partners. "You are responsible for ensuring that all of your content, including user-generated content such as forum posts, blog comments or outside feeds, is in compliance with AdSense policies on any page or site for which you've enabled AdSense ads," Google declared, using a bold font just in case anybody missed the sentence. Comments
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Apple Hit With Another Suit Alleging Privacy Violations
Apple has been hit with another lawsuit, this time it is over privacy violations for the way it collects and shares information from iDevice users. "Apple's privacy policy is opaque and confusing but one thing is clear: it does not inform mobile device users that by providing application developers with their UDID, Apple enables them to put a name to highly personal and in many cases embarrassing information derived from app downloading activity and usage, and internet browsing history, that would otherwise be anonymous," the suit reads. Comments
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DIY Solar Death Ray!
What do you get when you combine an old satellite dish, a wagon and 5800 mirror tiles? A wicked solar death ray! Comments
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SAP and Microsoft Announce Availability of Duet Enterprise
SAP AG and Microsoft Corp. executives today announced general availability of Duet Enterprise software, their joint product, and showcased early customer and partner adoption. In addition, SAP and Microsoft launched the new SAP-Microsoft Unite Partner Connection program. President of Microsoft Office Division Kurt DelBene and SAP Executive Board Member Vishal Sikka kicked off the Duet Enterprise Virtual Launch Summit by detailing how the companies' combined software strategies provide greater value and business potential for their mutual customers and partners. Comments
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Galaxy GeForce GTX 560 Ti GC Overclocking Review
We take an in-depth look at overclocking the new Galaxy GeForce GTX 560 Ti GC with XtremeTuner HD. We compare performance against the Radeon HD 6950 in apples-to-apples testing. Find out what 1GHz+ frequencies can do for the GTX 560 Ti's performance.
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Google's Voice-to-Tweet Service
Are you stuck in a country with no internet access? Do you really need to tweet something? If you answered "yes" to that question then you are in luck...Google has just launched a new Voice-to-Tweet service! Thanks to Terry O. for the linkage. We worked with a small team of engineers from Twitter, Google and SayNow, a company we acquired last week, to make this idea a reality. It's already live and anyone can tweet by simply leaving a voicemail on one of these international phone numbers (+16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855) and the service will instantly tweet the message using the hashtag #egypt. No Internet connection is required. People can listen to the messages by dialing the same phone numbers or going to twitter.com/speak2tweet. Comments
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Amazon Prime Users Get Free Unlimited Movie Streaming?
Wow, imagine how many people would sign up for Amazon Prime if this turns out to be real. The original page has disappeared but, if anyone at Amazon is listening, please make this a reality. Rumors of Amazon either purchasing Netflix or launching a competing option have been circling and now one of our readers says he's seeing an unlimited video streaming section to complement the current Amazon VOD options. That's a nice bonus for the $79 / year package that currently adds a few free shipping bonuses and it would be cheaper on a yearly basis than Netflix's Watch Instantly ($95.88.) Comments
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Crooks Using Skimmers On Bank Doors
By now you all know about keeping an eye out for card skimmers on ATMs but what about the bank door? You know, the one you just swiped your card at to get to the ATM. Yup, now crooks are stealing your info at the door. In a twist to the usual ATM skimmer scam, there's a new report from Krebs on Security about crooks who put the skimmer inside the bank door-lock. When you swipe your card to get inside, they grab your digits. A camera hidden behind a mirror above the ATM and pointed down at the keypad records your PIN code when you punch it in. Comments
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Students Make $15 Portable Solar Panel / Light Source
Students from the University of Michigan have developed a portable solar panel / light source that can be used to charge your cell phone that will cost $15. Someone needs to give these guys some money to get this thing off the ground. Comments
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Intel's Sandy Bridge Chipset Flaw: The Fallout
C|Net has posted an article today on the fallout of Intel's Sandy Bridge chipset flaw. The article basically sums up what we know about the flaw so far and who is affected. Bottom line: if you are a consumer who\'s run out and grabbed a high-end laptop or desktop gaming rig in the last few weeks with an Intel quad-core processor billed as Intel\'s Second Generation Intel Core Processor, then you potentially have a problem. Ongoing Discussion
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XFX Pro Series Core Edition Power Supply Review
XFX is telling us that its new Pro Series Core Edition power supplies are focused on providing high efficiencies and tight voltage regulation. Today we review its 650 watt, 750 watt, and 850 watt PSUs and tell you whether or not this new series of XFX power supply is worth your hard earned money.
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