∞ U.S. military drones infected by keylogging virus

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CNN: A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. Military security specialists are unsure if the virus was introduced intentionally or … Continued

∞ BlackBerry services out again

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BBC: A few hours after Blackberry maker RIM said all services were “operating normally” users have complained of a new crash. Twitter is full of angry users reporting renewed issues with their handsets and an inability to send messages and … Continued

∞ Square processes $2B payments annually

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TechCrunch: Square’s Keith Rabois also revealed a number of growth statistics for the company, including that the payments service is now processing $2 billion in payments volume per year. To date, Square has been activated by 800,000 merchants which is … Continued

∞ Jobs died of respiratory arrest

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CNN: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest brought on by a pancreatic tumor, a public health official said Monday. Not that it should be any great surprise to people who tracked Jobs’ health, but understanding how he passed … Continued

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∞ Facebook for iPad screenshots

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Facebook on Monday released details of its forthcoming iPad app. The app is available for download from the App Store. Facebook highlights a few items like using gestures to navigate through the app. Here are some screenshots the company sent … Continued

∞ Daylite for Mac, iPhone, & iPad [Sponsor]

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Daylite helps you manage your business and your team. Daylite helps you manage your company’s projects, sales opportunities, contacts, tasks, appointments, meetings, notes, and email — on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. For a free 30-day trial visit Marketcircle’s Web site. … Continued

∞ Harry McCracken on Stallman's Jobs comment

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Harry McCracken, for Technologizer: If you think people who use Apple products are prisoners, you’re essentially accusing them of being too stupid to make their own decisions. At least Stallman explicitly calls them fools! [Eric S.] Raymond, with his pretty-window-treatment … Continued

∞ RIM 'absolutely confident' in the PlayBook

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Adam Schreck for the Associated Press: Patrick Spence, RIM’s managing director for global sales and regional marketing, told The Associated Press in Dubai that the Waterloo, Ontario-based company was not as clear as it could have been in defining the … Continued

∞ Sleazeballs on both sides of the PR fence

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Twitter is an amazing communication tool used by professionals in every industry. If you follow many journalists, you’ll notice quite a bit of complaining about PR people — some deserved and some not. It’s an interesting trend, because journalists can … Continued

∞ Netflix punts on Qwikster service

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings indicates the company will not be launching a new Qwikster DVD distribution service after all. He explains the decision in a new blog post at Netflix.com. Hastings raised the ire of customers and investors alike several … Continued

∞ Tracking the accuracy of Apple rumors

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Shawn King: It must be said, the record of the rumor sites has been disappointing at best and horrendously embarrassing at worse. When the “most accurate” site can only get 17% of their own sourced rumors accurate, it speaks volumes … Continued

∞ Disingenuous iPhone 4S rumors

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Shawn King for Stupid Apple Rumors: 9to5Mac says, “we knew going into the event today that it would only be the iPhone 4S.” That may be true. Going into the event, many of us had found out that there would … Continued

∞ Macminicolo

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∞ Introducing GLaDOSiri

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Filmmaker Jeff Heimbuch was inspired to combine Siri, the new assistive voice technology in the iPhone 4S, with GLaDOS, the malevolent AI system featured in Valve Software’s Portal games. He mashed them up in this remix of Apple’s iPhone 4S … Continued

∞ Sprint cracks the whip on LTE deployment

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Computerworld: Sprint officials today announced an accelerated rollout of LTE wireless technology on Friday — and said that it will continue to support its millions of Wimax smartphone and device customers beyond 2012. Sprint officials told analysts that the company’s … Continued

∞ EU okays Microsoft Skype buyout

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Reuters: Microsoft secured EU approval on Friday to purchase internet voice and video service Skype for $8.5 billion, its biggest ever acquisition. The commission noted that Microsoft and Skype overlap, but doesn’t think there are concerns about monopoly since other … Continued

∞ Report: Sony close to buying out Ericsson

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Gamasutra: As PlayStation maker Sony moves further into the world of connected devices, it may be finding its longstanding joint venture with mobile device maker Ericsson prohibitive to its operations. That is why, according to the Wall Street Journal, sources … Continued