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by Anthony Ha, Venture Beat Tweet
by Nicholas Thompson, Wired
The Obama administration's most radical idea may also be its geekiest: Make nearly every hidden government spreadsheet and buried statistic available online, all in one place.
by Kate Greene, Technology Review
Protovis aims to bridge the gap between computer scientists and visual artists.
by David Talbot, Technology Review
Putting OLPC's software on a USB drive gives old PCs a new lease on life.
by CNET
by Claire Cain Miller and Matt Richtel, New York Times
The aim is to turn phones into virtual credit cards or checkbooks, enabling the kind of click-and-buy commerce and online banking that people have come to expect on their PCs. But shrinking down those services to fit onto cellphones presents serious challenges.
by Anne Eisenberg, New York Times
Now people who shoot impromptu videos on their cellphones and other handheld devices may find some help in stabilizing the rough spots — or in bringing their new baby’s face into focus — before posting their clips online. And it comes from specialized algorithms more common in a forensics lab than on Facebook.
by Jemima Kiss, The Guardian
Technology companies usually get slower as they get bigger - so why is Google as fast as ever?
by Paul Krill, InfoWorld
The budding web spec just might remove the need for proprietary rich internet app add-ins.
by CNET News.com
by Eric A. Taub, New York Times
by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review
A new site provides answers to life, the universe, and just about everything.
by Randall Stross, New York Times
by InfoWorld
by David Talbot, MIT Technology Review
A software engine that pulls together facts by combing through more than 500 million Web pages has been developed by researchers at the University of Washington. The tool extracts information from billions of lines of text by analyzing basic relationships between words.
by Prachi Patel, MIT Technology Review
A new way to mass-produce flexible OLED displays could mean affordable commercial products.
by John Markoff, New York Times
Consider it one small step — or a roll, actually — for a robot, one not giant, but significant step for robotics.
by Ashlee Vance, New York Times
by BBC News
Scientists claim to have developed the first technology of its kind to allow children with communication problems to converse better.
by Jeff Cogswell, eWeek
The Mono Project's MonoDevelop is a full IDE for developing C# programs under the Mono runtime. If you’ve worked with Microsoft Visual Studio, you will see many similarities in MonoDevelop and will feel quite comfortable in the Mono environment. If you’re new to MonoDevelop and haven’t worked in Visual Studio, you’ll find that the learning curve is not very steep.
by Scott Stein, CNET
by Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal
I believe the Pre is a smart, sophisticated product that will have particular appeal for those who want a physical keyboard. It is thoughtfully designed, works well and could give the iPhone and BlackBerry strong competition — but only if it fixes its app store and can attract third-party developers.
by Ashlee Vance, New York Times
Both personal computer manufacturers and software makers hope to do more with touch on larger devices by giving people a 10-fingered go at their screens.
by Dan Carney, MSNBC
Just as radios evolved from hulking home consoles into expected accessories in virtually all cars, so may Wi-Fi Internet access break free to become a commonplace automotive feature. That’s the hope of Autonet Mobile, a company that supplies in-car Wi-Fi routers that let passengers use laptops and other mobile devices in their vehicles.
by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review
Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder aim to simplify the construction of rich Internet applications.
by Motoko Rich, New York Times
In discussions with publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in New York over the weekend, Google signaled its intent to introduce a program by that would enable publishers to sell digital versions of their newest books direct to consumers through Google. The move would pit Google against Amazon.com, which is seeking to control the e-book market with the versions it sells for its Kindle reading device.
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