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MiamiHerald.com: Technology
- Facebook's new security feature: remote logouts
Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.
- Take-Two posts 3Q profit, revenue soars
Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter Thursday, reversing a loss as revenue more than tripled thanks to strong sales of "Red Dead Redemption" and other games.
- Summary Box: Google, AOL reach new search deal
THE DEAL: Under a new five-year agreement, Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites. The companies signed the deal this week.
- AP Interview: UN telecoms chief urges data sharing
BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. telecommunications chief said, adding that governments have legitimate security concerns that should not be ignored.
- Networks using Skype in news reports
When he wanted to interview a source in Connecticut for a recent "World News" story on technology, ABC reporter Pierre Thomas didn't even leave the office. ABC's cameras showed him sitting in front of a computer screen, talking to Michael Coppolla through Skype.
- Dell cedes data-storage maker 3Par to HP
Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc.
- Judge punishes Michigan juror for Facebook post
A Detroit-area woman who was removed from a jury for commenting about the ongoing case on Facebook has a longer writing task ahead: a five-page essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial.
- New AOL search deal with Google includes mobile
Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.
- Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown
India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype.
- Samsung unveils iPad competitor Galaxy
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.
- More people find discounts with group coupons
For 200 South Florida women, a $400 Keratin hair treatment for just $99 was a deal too good to pass up. <p/> ``I had phones ringing off the hook and smoke coming off my computer,'' said Nikki Mallon, owner of Brownes & Co., the Miami Beach salon that offered the bargain. ``I spent the whole day and half the night making appointments.''
- Taleo to buy Learn.com for $125 million
Human resources software maker Taleo Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy software company Learn.com Inc. for $125 million in cash.
- Apple trots out some new, some improved gadgetry
Apple announced a smaller, cheaper version of its Apple TV device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet and into the living room. It also unveiled a new line of iPods, including a touch-screen Nano model.
- South Korean company dumping Yahoo's search ads
Yahoo Inc. is about to lose one of its search advertising partners in South Korea as the Internet company prepares to convert to Microsoft Corp.'s technology.
- Newest Sprint 4G phone offers vibrant graphics but lacks some features
Product: Sprint Samsung Epic 4G, a Galaxy S Android smartphone.<p/>Features: Runs Android 2.1 on a four-inch touch-screen with a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. A five-megapixel camera on the back has autofocus and flash with 3x digital zoom. Has a second front-facing camera for video chat and self-portraits. Can connect up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices, has a 1 GHz processor and includes a 16 GB microSD card (supports up to 32 GB).
- Review | Boost Motorola i1 smartphone
Product: Boost Motorola i1, a no-contract touch-screen Android smartphone<p/>Features: Runs Android 1.5 operating system with Opera Mini Web browser and nationwide walkie-talkie on Nextel's network. Has a 5-megapixel camera with a flash and 4X digital zoom. Comes with 2GB microSD card (supports up to 32GB). Optional SWYPE virtual keyboard.
- Tech review | BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone
Product: BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone on AT&T<p/>Features: This touch-screen smartphone has a slide-out keyboard and runs the new BlackBerry 6 operating system. Has optical trackpad for navigation, a 624 Mhz processor, 4 GB of memory built in and comes with a 4 GB memory card (but can hold a 32 GB card). The 5 megapixel camera has a flash, auto focus, geo-tagging, zoom and options including scene modes.
- 60-second review | Barbie Video Girl
Barbie Video Girl, a doll with a built-in video camera, comes with free editing software on Windows to create movies.
- Great interface, small size make Aria a good fit
Product: AT&T HTC Aria Android smartphone.
- Tech review | Samsung Vibrant on T-Mobile and Samsung Captivate on AT&T
Products: Galaxy S phones: the Samsung Vibrant on T-Mobile and Samsung Captivate on AT&T.<p/>Features: Runs Samsung's interface of Android 2.1 operating system on a 1Ghz Hummingbird processor. Has a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, 16 gigs of internal memory, 5 megapixel camera and 720p HD video recorder with zoom. Has Swype text input option as well as a separate Samsung touch keyboard.
- Motorola Droid X smartphone powerful but not all that impressive
Product: Verizon Motorola Droid X smartphone
- Motorola Droid X smartphone powerful but not all that impressive
Features: Has a 4.3-inch touch screen, powered by 1 GHz processor running Android 2.1 operating system with Motorola's Application Platform. It has 8-megapixel camera with mechanical shutter, auto focus and flash. Camera records 720p HD video. Has 8 gigabytes of internal memory and comes with a 16 gigabyte microSD memory card, but supports up to a 32 GB microSD card. Is also a 3G Mobile hotspot and has an HDMI output to play recorded HD videos on an HD TV. Installed with Swype keyboard, giving users the option to slide finger across keyboard while typing, instead of picking up fingers.
- Tech review | GPS Angel, red light camera detector
Using GPS satellites, this 2.5-inch dashboard disk alerts the driver when approaching a red light camera or speed camera logged in its database.
- BlueAnt S4 hands-free speakerphone a nice idea, but . . .
PRODUCT: BlueAnt S4 hands-free, voice-controlled car speakerphone<p/>FEATURES: This Bluetooth speakerphone connects to your cellphone and is designed to be completely voice controlled. Aside from answering calls, voice commands let you redial the last number you called or call back the last received call. If you want to say a name to make a call, it can also activate your phone's voice dial feature, if available (the voice dial isn't compatible with Android phones).
- 60-second review | T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide smartphone
Product: T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide smartphone.<p/>Features: Runs the latest Android operating system on a 3.4-inch touch screen and has a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from the side. On the back is a 5-megapixel camera with flash. Includes an 8GB memory card and has built-in shortcut ``Genius'' button. Also has a T-Mobile Faves Gallery and menu that can be customized.
- Verizon hikes quarterly dividend 2.6 percent
Verizon Communications Inc. said Thursday it is hiking its quarterly dividend by 1.25 cents, or 2.6 percent, to 48.75 cents per share.
- Summary Box: Google, Skype targeted by India
WIDER NET: After pressuring BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. for data on users' traffic, India is now cracking down on other companies that provide encrypted communications.
- Verizon to sell smart phones for prepaid service
Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts.
- New Logitech wireless keyboard works like a dream
Years ago I was convinced that Logitech makes the best portable and wireless keyboards, so I wasn't surprised when I recently tested the company's K250 Wireless Keyboard.
Slashdot
- Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad'
Hugh Pickens writes "Ryan Lawler writes on GigaOm that although many have touted the availability of Flash on Android devices as a competitive advantage over Apple's mobile devices, while trying to watch videos from ABC.com, Fox.com and Metacafe using Flash 10.1 on a Nexus One over a local Wi-Fi network connected to a 25-Mbps Verizon FiOS broadband connection, mobile expert Kevin Tofel found that videos were slow to load, if they loaded at all, leading to an overall very inconsistent experience while using his Android device for video. "While in theory Flash video might be a competitive advantage for Android users, in practice it's difficult to imagine anyone actually trying to watch non-optimized web video on an Android handset," writes Lawler. "All of which makes one believe that maybe Steve Jobs was right to eschew Flash in lieu of HTML5 on the iPhone and iPad."" 
Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases
donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world's biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located on US military bases. The new Medal of Honor won't be advertised at these stores either. GameStop noted that they came to this decision 'out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases
donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world's biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located on US military bases. The new Medal of Honor won't be advertised at these stores either. GameStop noted that they came to this decision 'out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- DNA-Less 'Red Rain' Cells Reproduce At 121 C
eldavojohn writes "A new paper up for prepublication from the controversial solid-state physicist Godfrey Louis claims that the cells Louis collected from a Keralan red rain incident divide and produce daughter cells at 121 degrees Celsius. While unusual, this is not unheard of as the paper recalls cells cultivated from hydrothermal vents are known to reproduce at 121 C as well. Of course, caution is exercised when dealing with the possible explanation surrounding the theory of panspermia but the MIT Technology Review says researchers 'examined the way these fluoresce when bombarded with light and say it is remarkably similar to various unexplained emission spectra seen in various parts of the galaxy. One such place is the Red Rectangle, a cloud of dust and gas around a young star in the Monocerous constellation.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang
Hugh Pickens writes "The Guardian reports that in his new book, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity. 'Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist,' Hawking writes. 'It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.' Hawking had previously appeared to accept the role of God in the creation of the universe. Writing in his bestseller A Brief History Of Time in 1988, Hawking wrote: 'If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we should know the mind of God.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- UN Telecom Chief Urges Blackberry Data Sharing
crimeandpunishment writes "The top man in telecommunications at the United Nations is weighing in on the Blackberry battle ... and he says share the data. The UN's telecom chief says governments have legitimate security concerns, and Research in Motion should give them access to its customer data. In an interview with the Associated Press, Hamadoun Toure said 'There is a need for cooperation between governments and the private sector on security issues.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Ping Could Be Apple's Social Networking Backdoor?
rsmiller510 writes "Could Apple's announcement about Ping, a music-based social network be Apple's social networking trojan horse? Facebook might want to be concerned." Of course it is. Update: 09/02 19:26 GMT by T : Jamie points out this post on Daring Fireball, according to which Steve Jobs blames the non-integration on "onerous terms" suggested by Facebook. Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- AMD Hates Laptop Stickers As Much As You Do
pickens writes "David Pogue writes in the NY Times that when you buy a new Windows PC, it comes festooned with stickers on the palm rests: one for Windows, one for Skype, one for Intel, one for the laptop company, maybe an Energy Star sticker and so on. 'It's like buying a new, luxury car — and discovering that it comes with non-removable bumper stickers that promote the motor oil, the floor mat maker, the windshield-fluid company and the pine tree air freshener you have no intention of ever using,' writes Pogue. But the worst thing is that when you peel them off, they shred, leaving adhesive crud behind. 'When you've just spent big bucks on a laptop, should you really be obligated to spend the first 20 minutes trying to dissolve away the sticker goop with WD40?' But AMD has a solution. Starting next year, AMD will switch to new stickers that peel off easily, leaving no residue; after that, it's considering eliminating the sticker program altogether." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- New German Government ID Hacked By CCC
wiedzmin writes "Public broadcaster ARD's show 'Plusminus' teamed up with the known hacker organization 'Chaos Computer Club' (CCC) to find out how secure the controversial new radio-frequency (RFID) chips were. The report shows how they used the basic new home scanners that will go along with the cards (for use with home computers to process the personal data for official government business) to demonstrate that scammers would have few problems extracting personal information. This includes two fingerprint scans and a new six-digit PIN meant to be used as a digital signature for official government business and beyond." That was quick. Earlier this year, CCC hackers demonstrated vulnerabilities in German airport IDs, too. Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework
eldavojohn writes "A Michigan judge removed a juror after a Facebook comment and also fined her $250 and required her to write a five-page paper about the constitutional right to a fair trial. The juror was 'very sorry' and the judge chastised her, saying, 'You violated your oath. You had decided she was already guilty without hearing the other side.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Cisco Planning To Acquire Skype
rexjoec writes "Cisco is making a bid for Skype. The deal, if successful, would derail a planned initial public offering from Skype and redraw the battle lines in the lucrative market of video communications." The rumored price is $5B. Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Another Gulf Oil Rig Explodes
A few readers have noted that another gulf oil rig has exploded. This one is off the coast of Lousiana. So far all the workers are accounted for, but they are in immersion suits waiting for rescue. Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Open Source PS3 Jailbreak Released
tlhIngan writes "Despite all the lawsuits and injunctions by Sony to keep the PS3 Jailbreak out of modder's hands, it appears that a third party has made a clone. The best part is, it only requires a cheap (approximately $40) development board by Atmel, and the requisite software is open-source. Get the Atmel code from GitHub and apply a small patch which will enable backup play (the code by itself only lets you run unsigned code, the patch allows for BD backups). The code is GPLv3. It would be highly ironic if someone ported this to Linux USB Gadgets, then you could use a Linux device to jailbreak your PS3, to which Sony removed Linux functionality. An Android phone would be suitable." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Facebook Posting Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Homework
eldavojohn writes "A Michigan judge removed a juror after a Facebook comment and also fined her $250 and required her to write a five page paper about the constitutional right to a fair trial. The juror was 'very sorry' and the judge chastised her saying, 'You violated your oath. You had decided she was already guilty without hearing the other side.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Lineage II Addiction Lawsuit Makes It Past the EULA
We recently discussed a man who sued NCsoft for making Lineage II "too addictive" after he spent 20,000 hours over five years playing it. Now, several readers have pointed out that the lawsuit has progressed past its first major hurdle: the EULA. Quoting: "NC Interactive has responded the way most software companies and online services have for more than a decade: it argued that the claims are barred by its end-user license agreement, which in this case capped the company's liability to the amount Smallwood paid in fees over six months prior to his filing his complaint (or thereabouts). One portion of the EULA specifically stated that lawsuits could only be brought in Texas state court in Travis County, where NC Interactive is located. ... But the judge in this case, US District Judge Alan C. Kay, noted that both Texas and Hawaii law bar contract provisions that waive in advance the ability to make gross-negligence claims. He also declined to dismiss Smallwood's claims for negligence, defamation, and negligent infliction of emotional distress." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Charles Darwin's Best-Kept Secret
beschra writes "BBC writes of 'terra-forming' Ascension Island, one of the islands Charles Darwin visited. He and a friend encouraged the Royal Navy to import boat loads of trees and plants in an attempt to capture the little bit of water that fell on the island. They were quite successful. The island even has a cloud forest now. From the article: '[British ecologist] Wilkinson thinks that the principles that emerge from that experiment could be used to transform future colonies on Mars. In other words, rather than trying to improve an environment by force, the best approach might be to work with life to help it "find its own way."'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Samsung Shows Off Galaxy Tab, Android Allegiance
cgriffin21 writes "Samsung is making no bones about it: Google Android is its future. And with the revealing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the company is showing that it's all in when it comes to Android. At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Samsung finally pulled the curtain of the long rumored and teased Galaxy Tab, the electronics maker's touch-screen tablet and answer to the Apple iPad." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Woman Wins Libel Suit By Suing Wrong Website
An anonymous reader writes "It appears that Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones and her lawyer were so upset by a comment on the site TheDirty.com that they missed the 'y' at the end of the name. Instead, they sued the owner of TheDirt.com, whose owner didn't respond to the lawsuit. The end result was a judge awarding $11 million, in part because of the failure to respond. Now, both the owners of TheDirty.com and TheDirt.com are complaining that they're being wrongfully written about in the press — one for not having had any content about Sarah Jones but being told it needs to pay $11 million, and the other for having the content and having the press say it lost a lawsuit, even though no lawsuit was ever actually filed against it." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- IBM Unveils Fastest Microprocessor Ever
adeelarshad82 writes "IBM revealed details of its 5.2-GHz chip, the fastest microprocessor ever announced. Costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, IBM described the z196, which will power its Z-series of mainframes. The z196 contains 1.4 billion transistors on a chip measuring 512 square millimeters fabricated on 45-nm PD SOI technology. It contains a 64KB L1 instruction cache, a 128KB L1 data cache, a 1.5MB private L2 cache per core, plus a pair of co-processors used for cryptographic operations. IBM is set to ship the chip in September." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- The Best Video Games On Awful Systems
Buffalo55 writes "For the most part, classic games manage to reappear on different systems. Just look at Nintendo. The publisher has done an excellent job bringing NES, SNES, Genesis and even old school Neo Geo titles to the Wii's Virtual Console, while Microsoft's Game Room brings the best of Atari's 2600 into the living room. Of course, not every console was a success. The '90s, in particular, saw quite a few flops from companies like Panasonic, Sega and Atari. Just because a system is a failure, though, doesn't mean all of its games suck. On the contrary, most of these machines have a few gems that fell between the cracks once the console croaked." What overlooked game on a failed platform would you like to see revived? Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Solving an Earth-Sized Jigsaw Puzzle
aarondubrow writes "Three years ago, researchers from Caltech and The University of Texas at Austin came together to create a computational tool that could model the Earth and answer the most pressing questions in geophysics: What controls the speed of plates? How do microplates interact? How much energy do the plates generate and how does it dissipate? Using a new geodynamics software package they developed, the researchers have modeled plate motion with greater accuracy than ever before. The project is also a finalist for the Gordon Bell Prize — high performance computing's Oscar — at this year's SC10 conference." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Target To Sell Facebook "Credits" As Gift Cards
Julie188 writes "Target will begin selling Facebook's virtual currency as gift cards on September 5, becoming the first brick-and-mortar retailer to do so. Facebook Credit gift cards will be available in $15, $25 and $50 denominations at the retailer's 1,750 stores. That's right, you can now spend real dollars to get fake ones so you can buy imaginary items for games like FarmVille, Bejeweled and 150 other FB games or apps. If that interests you, please contact me. I have some swamp land in Florida I'd like to show you." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Australian Crackdown On Console Modchips Likely To Continue
angry tapir writes "Late last week an Australian court issued an injunction against a handful of retailers selling or importing hardware — commonly known as 'mod chips' — that allows unauthorized software to run on Sony's PlayStation 3. The court also required that the four parties that were the subject of the injunction actually hand over to Sony any PlayStation modchips they have. Sony's PlayStation 3 mod chip lawsuit could be just the first of many such cases in Australia, according to a lawyer who defended a client against Nintendo in a similar case earlier this year." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Charles Darwin's Best-kept Secret
beschra writes "BBC writes of 'terra-forming' Ascension Island, one of the islands Charles Darwin visited. He and a friend encouraged the Royal Navy to import boat loads of trees and plants in an attempt to capture the little bit of water that fell on the island. They were quite successful. The island even has a cloud forest now. From the article: '[British ecologist] Wilkinson thinks that the principles that emerge from that experiment could be used to transform future colonies on Mars. In other words, rather than trying to improve an environment by force, the best approach might be to work with life to help it "find its own way."'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
- Li-Ion Batteries Get Green Seal of Approval
thecarchik writes "It is not an easy task to compare the environmental effects of battery powered cars to those caused by conventionally fueled automobiles. The degree to which manufacture, usage and disposal of the batteries used to store the necessary electrical energy are detrimental to the environment is not exactly known. Now, for the first time, a team of Empa scientists have made a detailed life cycle assessment (LCA) or ecobalance of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, in particular the chemically improved (i.e. more environmentally friendly) version of the ones most frequently used in electric vehicles. Researchers decided to find out for sure. They calculated the ecological footprints of electric cars fitted with Li-ion batteries, taking into account all possible relevant factors, from those associated with the production of individual parts all the way through to the scrapping of the vehicle and the disposal of the remains, including the operation of the vehicle during its lifetime." Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
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