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Archive for November 28th, 2008

LINUX ON THE IPHONE (Planetbeing/Linux on the iPhone)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Planetbeing / Linux on the iPhone:
LINUX ON THE IPHONE  —  Linux on the iPhone!  —  I’m pleased to announce that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to Apple’s iPhone platform, with support for the first and second generation iPhones as well as the first generation iPod touch.  This is a rough first draft […]

Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede (Joe Gould/NY Daily News)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Joe Gould / NY Daily News:
Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede  —  A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.  —  The 34-year-old worker …

Responsible Tweeting: Mumbai Provides Teachable Moment (Amy Gahran/E-Media Tidbits)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Amy Gahran / E-Media Tidbits:
Responsible Tweeting: Mumbai Provides Teachable Moment  —  This morning when I checked the news about the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, I saw many people on Twitter reporting that the Indian police or government had asked Twitter users to please stop reporting on police and military operations related to the attacks.

Nikon outs D3x in own Pro magazine (Thomas Ricker/Engadget)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nikon outs D3x in own Pro magazine  —  Uh, oops.  Sorry Nikon but your D3x is now even less of a mystery.  According to your own Pro magazine, the D3x will sport an FX-format, 24.5 megapixel sensor shooting 5fps at full resolution or 7fps at a reduced 10 megapixels.

As Carl Icahn Buys More Yahoo Shares, Is It the Sign That a CEO Choice Is Near? (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
As Carl Icahn Buys More Yahoo Shares, Is It the Sign That a CEO Choice Is Near?  —  When everyone else has been selling, it seems Carl Icahn has decided to throw good money after bad-as in nearly $1 billion bad-by buying almost seven million more of Yahoo shares, according to […]

Rogers launches the BlackBerry 8900 Curve (Michael Bettiol/Boy Genius Report)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report:
Rogers launches the BlackBerry 8900 Curve  —  Rogers launches the BlackBerry Curve 8900  —  Forgive us for being sparse with the details, but it appears that Rogers has just launched the BlackBerry Curve 8900.  Soon Canadians will be able to exchange a cool $179.99 and 3-years of their life […]

Intel rethinks Netbooks: ‘Fine for an hour’ but… (Brooke Crothers/CNET News)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Intel rethinks Netbooks: ‘Fine for an hour’ but…  The Netbook, take two: When Advanced Micro Devices said it wasn’t going to focus on Netbooks, as Intel and its partners defined them, maybe it was on to something.  —  Intel is re-evaluating the Netbook market as possibly not The Next Big […]

Official Nikon D3X specs. It’s here, folks! (Seb Rogers)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Seb Rogers:
Official Nikon D3X specs.  It’s here, folks!  —  Update, 28th November 3:40pm GMT: Scans in my original post were playing havoc with my bandwidth, so they’ve been removed.  However, you can find scans of the Nikon Pro mag here and here.  Thanks to Lutz for the links.

Black Friday 2008: $300 MacBook Pro Discounts, iPhone App Sales (Arn/MacRumors)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Arn / MacRumors:
Black Friday 2008: $300 MacBook Pro Discounts, iPhone App Sales  —  Apple has officially unveiled their Black Friday sales for their online and retail stores.  The discounts are very similar to last year’s event.  The only two Mac models on sale are the iMac and MacBook with discounts of up to $101 […]