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Archive for March 7th, 2008

BBQ-smoker-turned-’Robocop’ chases off drug dealers (Rusty Dornin/CNN)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Rusty Dornin / CNN:
BBQ-smoker-turned-’Robocop’ chases off drug dealers  —  ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — It’s midnight on the streets of Atlanta, and bar owner Rufus Terrill patrols his neighborhood with a rolling crime fighter of his own creation.  Meet “Bum-bot,” as Terrill describes it; others in his neighborhood call it simply, “Robocop.”

Chinese hackers: No site is safe (John Vause/CNN)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

John Vause / CNN:
Chinese hackers: No site is safe  —  ZHOUSHAN, China (CNN) — They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island.  They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless.  But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access to the world’s most sensitive sites, including the Pentagon.

EXCLUSIVE: 60GB Xbox WILL Replace 20GB Model (TrustedReviews Gaming Feed)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

TrustedReviews Gaming Feed:
EXCLUSIVE: 60GB Xbox WILL Replace 20GB Model  —  It’s world exclusive time again.  —  Following my outing of the 16GB iPhone I have once again have attained from a rock solid source that Microsoft WILL be replacing the 20GB hard drive on the standard Xbox 360 with a larger 60GB version.

Steve Jobs Made Me Miss My Flight (Michael/Wide Awake Developers)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Michael / Wide Awake Developers:
Steve Jobs Made Me Miss My Flight  —  Or: On my way to San Jose.  —  On waking, I reach for my blackberry.  It tells me what city I’m in; the hotel rooms offer no clues.  Every Courtyard by Marriott is interchangeable.  Many doors into the same house.  From the […]

Rumors and Speculation - Normally our policy is to not comment … (Jay Adelson/Digg the Blog)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Jay Adelson / Digg the Blog:
Rumors and Speculation  —  Normally our policy is to not comment about things like this, but this morning’s rumors about a bidding war involving Google and Microsoft have created such a stir we feel compelled to tell you all directly that they are completely inaccurate.

How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips) (Jason Calacanis/The Jason Calacanis …)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)  —  The HowTo team at Mahalo has been an amazing surprise effort.  We didn’t plan on making howto articles, but when we built various how to search pages we realized that many howto articles were, well, lacking.

Disney to Offer Some Vintage TV Series on Its Web Site (Bloomberg)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Bloomberg:
Disney to Offer Some Vintage TV Series on Its Web Site  —  The Walt Disney Company will begin showing its classic television shows on the Internet, its chief executive, Robert A. Iger, told shareholders on Thursday.  —  “In the near future, you’ll see more of that product available on Disney.com …

MobiTV Threatens HowardForums Shutdown … (Karl/DSLreports)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Karl / DSLreports:
MobiTV Threatens HowardForums Shutdown - Because they couldn’t be bothered to secure their own content  —  The great cellphone-centric resource HowardForums is being threatened by the creatively named mobile TV provider MobiTV.  According to this post by site owner Howard Chui …

iPhone SDK And Restrictions: Some Of The Details Aren’t Great. (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
iPhone SDK And Restrictions: Some Of The Details Aren’t Great.  —  Obviously Steve Jobs and team didn’t go through all the details today when they announced the availability of the iPhone SDK.  It was more of a high level pass.  But details are what third party developers need …

BBC iPlayer On iPhone: Behind The Scenes (Anthony Rose/BBC Internet Blog)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Anthony Rose / BBC Internet Blog:
BBC iPlayer On iPhone: Behind The Scenes  —  Today was a big day for BBC iPlayer: it’s the day that it first became available on a portable device.  BBCiPlayer is now available on iPhone and iPod touch.  —  To play BBC programmes on your iPhone or iPod touch, you’ll […]