Military: Lockheed Martin Developing ‘Maple Seed’ Flying Cameras  —  The Pentagon is giving the war profiteers over at Lockheed Martin a nice chunk of change to develop a spy camera modeled after a maple seed.  Loaded up with two rockets, the wee, single-winged camera would be used …

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Adam Frucci
Link:   http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/military/lockheed-martin…

Microsoft reportedly eyeing Facebook stake  —  Microsoft is eyeing an investment in Facebook that would value the social networking company at about $10 billion.  —  The investment, which was reported by The Wall Street Journal citing “people familiar with the matter, connects a few dots on the social networking landscape.

Source:   Between the Lines
Author:   […]

Updated Leopard requirements to exclude 800MHz systems  —  Just weeks ahead of its public launch, Apple Inc. has updated the minimum system requirements for its next-generation Leopard operating system to exclude 800MHz PowerPC-based Macs, AppleInsider has learned.

Source:   AppleInsider
Author:   Prince McLean
Link:   http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/09/24…

Microsoft Is in Talks To Buy Facebook Stake  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. is in talks with Facebook Inc. about making an investment in the social-networking startup that could value Facebook at $10 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter.

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119065193646437586…

The Mad Ad World & Cheap Calls  —  Technology business often goes through periods where rationality and reality are suspended.  We just might be in that phase, and nothing highlights that than the launch of ad-supported phone services.  In UK, Blyk, an ad-supported mobile service we wrote about eons ago launched.

Source:   GigaOM
Author:   Om […]

We need a real handheld computer, who will build one?  Apple of course  —  It’s a great time to be a handheld PC enthusiast, not because there are so many good devices to choose from, because I don’t think there are, but because public awareness of handheld PCs are at an all-time high.

Source:   jkOnTheRun
Author: […]

Pownce vs Digg: Who Will Kevin Rose Back?  —  I’ve speculated previously on the growing conflict Kevin Rose has between his roles at Digg and Pownce, and now it would appear that we may finally be on the eve of Rose being forced to decide between the two.  —  Leah Culver, a co-founder …

Source:   […]

New service eavesdrops on Internet calls  —  NEW YORK - A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying ads on the callers’ computer screens based on what’s being talked about.

Source:   Associated Press
Author:   Peter Svensson
Link: […]

Stealing Clicks  —  The devil is in the data—and in this case, in the clicks.  Google and third-party auditors disagree on whether click fraud—the practice of inflating pay-per-click ad fees with automatic clicking software—is at bay or on the rise.  Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has dismissed click fraud as “immaterial.”

Source:   Forbes
Link:   http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/21/google-click…

Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free  —  One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing to the developing world’s children, has considerable momentum.  Years of work by engineers and scientists have paid off in a pioneering low-cost machine that is light, rugged and surprisingly versatile.

Source:   New York Times
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