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rubik’s cube pixel art: the ultimate geek art form

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:30:32 +0000

What do you get when you’ve got a crapload of Rubik’s cubes lying around the house, and some serious artistic talent? You make some major pixel art, that’s what. These Rubik’s pixel portraits by Irish artist John Quigley are truly mind-boggling. Not only did he have ...

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Is Verizon's New Early-Termination Fee Anticonsumer?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:38:35 +0000

Beginning Nov. 15, Verizon subscribers looking to get out of their smart-phone contracts early will pay $350 for the privilege. That early-termination fee is double the current one, but Verizon insists it’s justified because of the higher prices of today’s phones. “The cost of smart ...

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RealNetworks to Lay Off Four Percent of Staff Today

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:21:58 +0000

The Seattle area is going to get another jobless jolt today, with RealNetworks (RNWK) planning to lay off four percent of its workforce, sources said. That’s a small number–just about 70 people out of its 1,700-person staff–but the move comes on the heels of layoffs of ...

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Verizon on AT&T Suit: There’s a Word for That, “Junk”

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0000

“Verizon is displaying maps of the United States that purport to show each carrier’s “3G” coverage. The maps use color to depict the areas of the country in which each carrier has ‘3G’ coverage and blank or white space in the areas of the country where ‘3G’ ...

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iPhone in "Striking Distance" of Unseating BlackBerry

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000

The BlackBerry’s days as smartphone of choice among consumers in the states appear to be winding down. While Research in Motion’s (RIMM) popular device is still the leader in the smartphone space with 40 percent market share, its dominance is being threatened by Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone. This ...

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No Christmas in Palm-ville

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:29:38 +0000

With a handful of new Android handsets arriving at market in the coming weeks, including Motorola’s (MOT) much anticipated Droid , Palm’s (PALM) prospects for some blow-out winter holiday sales are dimming. Earlier this week, analysts at Citigroup and CL King voiced their concerns about the ...

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Microsoft Prepping Layoffs 2009 Service Pack 3

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:34:22 +0000

“ We are mostly but not all done ” with layoffs. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that in May of this at the start of a second round of cuts that claimed the livelihoods of some 3,000 employees. Now, six months later, the company is apparently finishing the job. Sources tell TechFlash that ...

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Net Neutrality illustrated: so THAT'S what it means

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:52:57 +0000

If you think those cable TV weasels are bugging you now with their greedy tiered pricing, take a look at what could happen if they succeed at smacking down net neutrality . This graphic was created by a clever Reddit reader. The concept of net neutrality seems like some kind of dry political ...

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John Resig: ‘Google Groups Is Dead’

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:03:20 +0000

Public groups are swarmed by spammers. As Andy Baio quipped , “if you want to know which areas of big companies are being ignored, watch for spam taking over.” ★

Google Blogoscoped found this 11 days ago on ejohn.org

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A Verizon iPhone? If Steve Will Ever Speak to Us Again …

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Though the iPhone-slagging ad campaign for its forthcoming Droid handset may make negotiations uncomfortable, Verizon (VZ) is still very much interested in adding Apple’s (AAPL) iconic device to its smartphone line-up. During a conference call to discuss Verizon’s third quarter earnings, ...

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Analyst: "Chances High" for Verizon-iPhone Deal

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:25 +0000

Apple (AAPL) has a lot to gain by ending iPhone carrier exclusivity in the states and signing up Verizon (VZ) as a second carrier partner. As I’ve noted here before , such a deal could more than double U.S. iPhone sales in the near term. That said, it does have some noteworthy downsides, ...

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Chinese iPhone Sales Said to Hit One Two-Hundredth of a Million

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:00:24 +0000

Well what do you know: China Unicom just coughed up some first weekend sales numbers for the iPhone and … well, they’re not much to look at, despite what I said earlier . The carrier sold just 5,000, according to Reuters . That’s nowhere near the 1 million iPhone 3Gs Apple (AAPL) sold in ...

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.: United States Senator John McCain :: Press Office :.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:23:53 +0000

Press Releases SENATOR McCAIN INTRODUCES “THE INTERNET FREEDOM ACT OF 2009” October 22, 2009 Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator John McCain today introduced legislation that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from enacting rules that would regulate the Internet. The Commission will ...

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Xeni on Rachel Maddow Show: John McCain vs. the Internet

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:29:25 +0000

Eternally excellent Rachel Maddow allowed me to join her tonight (pretty much the only reason I own a TV now is to watch her show) for a discussion about John McCain's "Internet Freedom Act," also known as "The Great Telecom Reacharound of 2009." Why is the former presidential candidate who ...

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Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols on federal subsidies for journalism

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:42:06 +0000

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FCC net neutrality rules enter drafting process, face McCain challenge

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:12:00 +0000

Our old friends at the FCC have started to put words into action , as the net neutrality regulations proposed by Chairman Julius Genachowski have now entered the rule-drafting stage. The provision of most import here is that broadband providers would be forbidden from traffic discrimination ...

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It's Kinda Like Creating A Carpool Lane On The Internet Except Instead Of High Occupancy Vehicles - Jon Stewart (video)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:47:14 +0000

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Was the iPhone’s Launch in China Really a Bust?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Apple’s internationally coveted iPhone finally arrived at market in China last week and by most accounts, it’s debut was uncharacteristically muted . There is “no sign of the sort of sellout reception that greeted the smart phone at its introduction in other countries,” The ...

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