http://www.technewsi.comtechNewsi.com for all the latest tech and developer newsTue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:02 +0000http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/-37yNbJsDD4/password_security_and_universal_logins.php Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:25:38 -0800 ReadWriteWeb

Must include at least one number. Must be longer than six characters. Cannot have more than four sequential characters from your previous seven passwords. The rules for password creation vary wildly from site to site, an effort to protect users from those who would hack their identities. These protective measures don't go very far, according to the New York Times, because hackers can get ahold of passwords with software that remotely tracks keystrokes, or by tricking users into typing them in. ReadWriteWeb  |  Sep 06  |

]]> according to the New York Times, because hackers can get ahold of passwords with software that remotely tracks keystrokes, or by tricking users into typing them in.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/bcdZv2Aqk24/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:01:15 +0000 Dean Takahashi

Getting  fired, or forced to resign, from the top job at Hewlett-Packard may not have hurt Mark Hurd’s career after all. Oracle is in talks to hire Hurd as a top executive, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The exact nature of the title Hurd might take is unknown. The talks aren’t complete and the deal could still fall through. Oracle’s board still has to approve any appointment. But the trial balloon (a leak of information that could be viewed as a test of pub VentureBeat  |  Dean Takahashi  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Wall Street Journal. The exact nature of the title Hurd might take is unknown. The talks aren’t complete and the deal could still fall through. Oracle’s board still has to approve any appointment. But the trial balloon (a leak of information that could be viewed as a test of pub]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/apple-sucks-at-photoshop-too/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:32:00 EDT Vlad Savov

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the new fourth-generation iPod touch: it's so much like an iPhone that it has a Phone app (wait, what?). Better yet, if you do a Spotlight search on it, it'll return results from a messaging app it's not supposed to have. How's that for value? This would all be a great big enigmatic mystery if we weren't ourselves familiar with the practice (and pitfalls) of splicing disparate images into unholy creations. Well, at least now Microsoft isn't alone in making self- enGadget  |  Vlad Savov  |  Sep 06  |

]]> fourth-generation iPod touch: it's so much like an iPhone that it has a Phone app (wait, what?). Better yet, if you do a Spotlight search on it, it'll return results from a messaging app it's not supposed to have. How's that for value? This would all be a great big enigmatic mystery if we weren't ourselves familiar with the practice (and pitfalls) of splicing disparate images into unholy creations. Well, at least now Microsoft isn't alone in making self-]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/hg98Ln_NMW4/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:13:32 +0000 Stan Schroeder

The new iPod Touch – with Facetime, multitasking, and the Retina display – is so close to an iPhone that even Apple can sometimes get confused.Case in point: look at this image of iPod Touch from Apple’s site, and you’ll notice it has a Phone app icon, which definitely doesn’t belong there. To see the real icon layout on an iPod Touch, check out this page.We’d call it an honest mistake (and a case of lazy Photoshopping), but given how much attention Apple̵ Mashable  |  Stan Schroeder  |  Sep 06  |

]]> iPod Touch – with Facetime, multitasking, and the Retina display – is so close to an iPhone that even Apple can sometimes get confused.Case in point: look at this image of iPod Touch from Apple’s site, and you’ll notice it has a Phone app icon, which definitely doesn’t belong there. To see the real icon layout on an iPod Touch, check out this page.We’d call it an honest mistake (and a case of lazy Photoshopping), but given how much attention Apple̵]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SmashingMagazine/~3/uW1Qa3FVmDk/ 6 September 2010, 3:13 am SmashingMagazine

If you work as part of an in-house Web team, you have my sympathy. If that in-house team is within a large organization, then doubly so. Being part of an in-house Web team sucks. Trust me, I know. I worked at IBM for three years and now spend most of my days working alongside battle-weary internal teams.Web designer trying to hang himself.It’s hardly surprising that most in-house teams are worn down and depressed. They face almost insurmountable challenges:Departmental feuds SmashingMagazine  |  Sep 06  |

]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/sep/06/technology-links-newsbucket Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:30:00 GMT Charles Arthur

Plus mapping without coding, PHP date array sorting (you will) and moreView of Dubai. Photo by Faithful Chant [ back ] on Flickr. Some rights reservedA quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamBlackberry a spy tool? >> SkunkPost.com"Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker."Hail t guardian  |  Charles Arthur  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Some rights reservedA quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamBlackberry a spy tool? >> SkunkPost.com"Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker."Hail t]]> http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/2sRq1KxwVwg/story01.htm Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:56:03 GMT samzenpus

paulelaguna writes "The dream of owning a household robot is starting to become reality, particularly for people in Japan. There are robots to help you do the dishes, move furniture, and even robotic wheelchairs to help you get around. Really, the only question that remains for us is when do we move?" Read more of this story at Slashdot. slashdot  |  samzenpus  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Read more of this story at Slashdot.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tgdaily_all_sections/~3/I12uBlcJ1lM/51401-team-finds-mechanism-for-origin-of-life Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:41:45 +0000 Staff writer

It's a chicken-and-egg problem that's concerned biologists for decades: how did the basic biochemicals of life appear before the biological catalysts needed to form them had come into existence? read more tgDaily  |  Staff writer  |  Sep 06  |

]]> read more]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Cz3LzJC9yjk/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:32:05 +0000 Roxanne Varza

A trusted source has confirmed that French-blogging platform, Overblog, will soon be part of the Wikio family. Rumor has it that the growing Luxembourg-based news portal is apparently trying to develop European Google News for blogs. For anyone who isn't familiar with Wikio, all you really have to know is that it's a news portal founded by Pierre Chappaz in 2005 after his previous company, Kelkoo, was acquired by Yahoo in 2004 for some 475 million euros. For acquisitions à la Française, that' TechCrunch  |  Roxanne Varza  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Overblog, will soon be part of the Wikio family. Rumor has it that the growing Luxembourg-based news portal is apparently trying to develop European Google News for blogs. For anyone who isn't familiar with Wikio, all you really have to know is that it's a news portal founded by Pierre Chappaz in 2005 after his previous company, Kelkoo, was acquired by Yahoo in 2004 for some 475 million euros. For acquisitions à la Française, that']]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AVc/~3/pwYofJSc6nc/what-a-ceo-does-continued.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:05:12 PDT Fred

Last week's MBA Mondays post on What A CEO Does was a huge hit. Matt Blumberg, who is one of the finest CEO's I've had the pleasure of working with, wrote a follow-up post on the topic for his blog. I asked him if I could run it as a guest post here on MBA Mondays and he agreed. So, here's a bit more on What A CEO Does: ---- What Does a CEO Do, Anyway? Fred has a great post up last week in his MBA Mondays series caled “What a CEO Does.“  His three things are set vision/strategy and comm AVC  |  Fred  |  Sep 06  |

]]> MBA Mondays post on What A CEO Does was a huge hit. Matt Blumberg, who is one of the finest CEO's I've had the pleasure of working with, wrote a follow-up post on the topic for his blog. I asked him if I could run it as a guest post here on MBA Mondays and he agreed. So, here's a bit more on What A CEO Does: ---- What Does a CEO Do, Anyway? Fred has a great post up last week in his MBA Mondays series caled “What a CEO Does.“  His three things are set vision/strategy and comm]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/p3nyO8YLkX0/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:00:39 +0000 Curtis Smolar

(Editor’s note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.) Starting your business is an exciting time – one that’s full of new beginnings and endless possibilities.  As you focus on the big picture, it’s easy to ignore the minutiae of organizing your company.  But those details matter – and ignoring them can be hazardous to your company’s health. In some cases, it can be fatal. There are plenty of pitfalls startups can VentureBeat  |  Curtis Smolar  |  Sep 06  |

]]> http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/70756.html 6 September 2010, 7:00 am Rob Enderle

The entire future of a company or industry can hinge on one little deal. The $50,000 IBM paid to license Windows was the foundation for Microsoft and the technology industry for the last couple of decades. Apple's licensing contract with Portal Player to create the iPod was nearly as big -- and certainly huge for that company. The sale of 3Par could also be one of those pivotal deals, as huge firms like HP, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Dell, VMware, Cisco and EMC position themselves around the TechNewsWorld  |  Rob Enderle  |  Sep 06  |

]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/carl-zeiss-cinemizer-3d-plus-glasses-get-oled-infusion-still-no/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:44:00 EDT Tim Stevens

Carl Zeiss keeps on making minor improvements to its Cinemizer head-mounted display, announced way back in 2008 and intended to be the most amazing way to watch stuff on your iPod. They didn't exactly catch on then, and two years later we're not entirely sure that the latest revision will either. The tiny screens that sit a fraction of an inch from your eyeballs have been upgraded to OLED, which should make them bright and lovely as they pummel your rods and cones, but sadly they're still stuck enGadget  |  Tim Stevens  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Carl Zeiss keeps on making minor improvements to its Cinemizer head-mounted display, announced way back in 2008 and intended to be the most amazing way to watch stuff on your iPod. They didn't exactly catch on then, and two years later we're not entirely sure that the latest revision will either. The tiny screens that sit a fraction of an inch from your eyeballs have been upgraded to OLED, which should make them bright and lovely as they pummel your rods and cones, but sadly they're still stuck]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/Uo35tPuSwGQ/big-companies-spend-on-google-search-2010-9 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:34:00 -0400 Jay Yarow

The amount of money big companies spend on Google's keyword search ads has been a relatively closely guarded secret. But now thanks to Michael Learmonth at Ad Age, who obtained copies of internal Google documents, we know how much various companies spend. Here's the breakdown of the spending by brands for June, and other key stats from the story. Keep in mind, advertisers only pay Google if someone clicks on the ad: AT&T wireless spent $8.08 million, as it was launching iPhone 4 at the time SiliconAlleyInsider  |  Jay Yarow  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Ad Age, who obtained copies of internal Google documents, we know how much various companies spend. Here's the breakdown of the spending by brands for June, and other key stats from the story. Keep in mind, advertisers only pay Google if someone clicks on the ad: AT&T wireless spent $8.08 million, as it was launching iPhone 4 at the time]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/FbTuLDeQbws/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:12:17 +0000 Amy-Mae Elliott

Here at Mashable we’ve been taking a look at what the iPhone camera is capable of, and it seems (with a decent eye-of-the-beholder and the help of a variety of really cool apps) that it can turn out some pretty spectacular results.Continuing on from previous galleries in which we highlighted some amazing landscape and portrait shots taken on the iPhone, this time we’ve turned our eye to man’s best friend.Meander through the gallery below for some incredible dog photographs, ca Mashable  |  Amy-Mae Elliott  |  Sep 06  |

]]> iPhone camera is capable of, and it seems (with a decent eye-of-the-beholder and the help of a variety of really cool apps) that it can turn out some pretty spectacular results.Continuing on from previous galleries in which we highlighted some amazing landscape and portrait shots taken on the iPhone, this time we’ve turned our eye to man’s best friend.Meander through the gallery below for some incredible dog photographs, ca]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/sep/06/facebook-twitter-account-hack-ipad Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:02:20 GMT Charles Arthur

Kirstie Allsopp among those affected as spammer exploits weaknesses in passwords and in Facebook code to try to tempt people to 'free' gadgetsA spammer has exploited a serious vulnerability in Facebook's photo upload system to spam both Facebook and Twitter with photos promising "free" iPads and iPhones.The photos, which were posted to peoples' walls by exploiting a flaw in which it was not checked whether a photo could be posted to someone's profile, pretended to be from the profile owner and p guardian  |  Charles Arthur  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Facebook code to try to tempt people to 'free' gadgetsA spammer has exploited a serious vulnerability in Facebook's photo upload system to spam both Facebook and Twitter with photos promising "free" iPads and iPhones.The photos, which were posted to peoples' walls by exploiting a flaw in which it was not checked whether a photo could be posted to someone's profile, pretended to be from the profile owner and p]]> http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/yerMe6fDimQ/story01.htm Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:37:31 GMT timothy

postbigbang writes "Ryanair's miser-in-chief Michael O'Leary now suggests eliminating co-pilots as a way to save money. Will airliners be powered by drones, or is it actually viable to have just a single pilot on passenger planes?" Read more of this story at Slashdot. slashdot  |  timothy  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Read more of this story at Slashdot.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tgdaily_all_sections/~3/cgONGb33urU/51405-ibm-launches-worlds-fastest-computer-chip Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:24:36 +0000 Aharon Etengoff

IBM is slated to ship the world's "fastest" computer chip on September 10th. But what will the 5.2 GHz microprocessor be used for? read more tgDaily  |  Aharon Etengoff  |  Sep 06  |

]]> read more]]> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/Xs2lcK2qJAw/how-to-start-a-fire-using-nothing-but-ikea-home-furnishings Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:00:00 PDT Kat Hannaford

Imagine, if you will, a situation occurring where you're hiking in Sweden, and have forgotten the necessary tools to start a fire. Suddenly an IKEA looms overhead, and while they don't sell matches or lighters, an idea comes to you... More » lifehacker  |  Kat Hannaford  |  Sep 06  |

]]> More »]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZIBW_7ciMkE/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:42:27 +0000 Sarah Lacy

Watching the battle of words, blog posts, term sheets and Tweets unfold over the last few weeks between VCs and Super Angels has been a little surreal. I’ve spent a career convincing editors that the internal workings of Venture Capital are more interesting than they sound, but even I can’t muster the passion to declare convertible debt AWESOME while equity TOTALLY SUCKS. Clearly, this cultural explosion of tension is about more than just terms and who does what deal. After all, in t TechCrunch  |  Sarah Lacy  |  Sep 06  |

]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/yuR2WZIU_NI/hack-of-the-day-stronger-wordi.php Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0800 ReadWriteWeb

RWH Level: Beginner When you are writing Web applications it is easy to be terse, obtuse or just plain devoid of reasonable text that conveys what a user is expected to do. Worse, a support page or even the humble README can leave fellow developers wondering what you were thinking or drinking. As with any problem, the solution involves more software! With that in mind, it makes sense to take a look at some interesting approaches that will give you a leg up the next time you craft an epic INS ReadWriteWeb  |  Sep 06  |

]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/PR4ou7wocyw/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:04:50 +0000 Sid Yadav

With Twitter and Facebook changing the way we communicate with friends and family, numerous startups have set out to introduce similar innovations to the work and enterprise space. Denmark-based Podio is an ambitious player in this space that recently came out of stealth mode. Podio is not quite a “Twitter for business” like Yammer, nor is it a project management utility like Basecamp. Instead, while it has features of both, it wants to be a ’social work platform’, and i VentureBeat  |  Sid Yadav  |  Sep 06  |

]]> Podio is an ambitious player in this space that recently came out of stealth mode. Podio is not quite a “Twitter for business” like Yammer, nor is it a project management utility like Basecamp. Instead, while it has features of both, it wants to be a ’social work platform’, and i]]> http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2010/09/look-how-far-we-have-come/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:46:50 +0000 FT

After eight years writing his Personal Technology column in the FT’s Business Life section, Paul Taylor has signed off with a look back at the dramatic changes over that time. Paul is launching a new section on FT.com later this month called The Connected Business, including reviews on technology for the workplace. After the jump, his [...] FT  |  FT  |  Sep 06  |

]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/mit-app-turns-your-android-phone-into-a-supercomputer-of-sort/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:10:00 EDT Darren Murph

Oh, sure -- a few people have called Google's Nexus One a "superphone," but suddenly, that nickname has taken on a whole new level of meaning. A team of talent from MIT has put its head down in order to concoct a new Android application that can come darn close to solving complex computational problems in just a fraction of the time that it'd take a bona fide supercomputer. The goal here is to let researchers and scientists convert to Google's mobile OS, but if you aren't falling for that one, i enGadget  |  Darren Murph  |  Sep 06  |

]]> MIT has put its head down in order to concoct a new Android application that can come darn close to solving complex computational problems in just a fraction of the time that it'd take a bona fide supercomputer. The goal here is to let researchers and scientists convert to Google's mobile OS, but if you aren't falling for that one, i]]>