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Archive for August 5th, 2008

Security Breached At SFO Due To Stolen Laptop (KPIX-TV)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

KPIX-TV:
Security Breached At SFO Due To Stolen Laptop  —  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) ― The Transportation Security Administration says a laptop containing the sensitive personal information of 33,000 applicants to an airport security prescreening program has gone missing.

The First $1000 iPhone Application - iPhone developer Armin Heinrich … (Harry McCracken/Technologizer)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
The First $1000 iPhone Application  —  iPhone developer Armin Heinrich has released an application for the iPhone with two noteworthy characteristics:  —  1) Its primary function is to display a handsome glowing red jewel on your iPhone’s screen:  —  2) It sells on Apple’s App Store for $999.99 …

Cisco’s quarter clears hurdles; Outlook murky but close enough (Larry Dignan/Between the Lines)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Cisco’s quarter clears hurdles; Outlook murky but close enough  —  Updated: Cisco Systems on Tuesday delivered fiscal fourth quarter earnings of $2 billion, or 33 cents a share, on revenue of $10.4 billion, up 10 percent from a year ago.  Excluding items, Cisco reported fourth quarter earnings …

MobileMe Problems Show Apple Needs an Infrastructure Lesson (Om Malik/GigaOM)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Om Malik / GigaOM:
MobileMe Problems Show Apple Needs an Infrastructure Lesson  —  Steve Jobs, in an internal email seen by Ars Technica, makes clear that he’s upset about the botched launch of MobileMe, Apple’s new online suite of applications that has been plagued with bugs, including being flat-out unavailable to some for days at […]

Google Adds Olympics One Box Results (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Adds Olympics One Box Results  —  I was chatting with Danny about the Yahoo Olympics Shortcut on the Daily SearchCast and Danny noticed a search for beach volleyball olympics on Google returns a Google OneBox result.  —  But other searches also work and they all show special icons […]

Google Employees Pose for Street View (Philipp Lenssen/Google Blogoscoped)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Employees Pose for Street View  —  For the latest Google Maps Street View update, Google not only added pics for Australia, Japan and several US cities, but also included imagery of what seem to be Google employees lining up near-by the Google headquarters.

Comcast Buys DailyCandy For $125 Million* (Peter Kafka/Silicon Alley Insider)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Comcast Buys DailyCandy For $125 Million*  —  As previously reported, Comcast (CMCSA) was indeed interested in buying DailyCandy.  But they ended up paying much more than the $75 million we head about earlier this month — the cable company is paying Bob Pittman’s Pilot Group Ventures $125 million … […]

Comcast Buys DailyCandy For $125 Million; Beats Out Viacom For Newsletter Business (Peter Kafka/Silicon Alley Insider)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Comcast Buys DailyCandy For $125 Million; Beats Out Viacom For Newsletter Business  —  As previously reported, Comcast (CMCSA) was indeed interested in buying DailyCandy.  But they ended up paying much more than the $75 million we head about earlier this month — the cable company …

Broadridge to Yahoo: Oops, We Added Wrong (and Shareholders Like You Lots Less)! (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Broadridge to Yahoo: Oops, We Added Wrong (and Shareholders Like You Lots Less)!  —  Here’s the full statement (below) from the outside firm, Broadridge Financial Solutions, that tabulated Yahoo’s recent shareholder vote.  —  Bottom line: An underreporting of shares withheld for certain directors …

Designers on quest to build $12 computer (Jerry Kronenberg/Boston Herald)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Jerry Kronenberg / Boston Herald:
Designers on quest to build $12 computer  —  Derek Lomas, Jesse Austin-Breneman and other designers want to create a computer that Third World residents can buy for less than you probably spend on lunch.  —  “We see this as a model that could increase economic opportunities for people …