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Tumblr on the rise, eyeing revenueTumblr is now three years old, but unlike its similarly-aged sibling Twitter, Tumblr has had a slower, more refined rise in popularity. But it’s definitely getting there, hitting the one billion views milestone in February. Next on the agenda: generating revenue.
Tumblr is a service which sits somewhere in between Wordpress and Twitter, with a little [...]
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 coming 2010?
Windows 7 is a solid and dependable operating system, and one of the best Microsoft has ever released. And yet, like every other Microsoft OS, it needs constant updating and patching. Which leads [...]
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Apple refuses to testify at Congressional internet rights hearingThe Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod, iPhone and iPad maker is hardly alone in ignoring the committee — Facebook, Twitter, Hewlett Packard and McAfee also chose to sit it out. However, the committee’s chairman is up in arms over the snub and is threatening legislation with or without cooperation from top tech firms.
ZDNet reports that [...]
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Microsoft: No Blu-ray on Xbox 360Most gamers, game developers, and game publishers must surely realize the Xbox 360 needs Blu-ray, whether they admit it or not. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t agree, so the chances of the high-capacity HD disc format ever making it on to the Xbox are remote.
Games are no longer the small, bedroom-made efforts they once were. They’re now [...]
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Apple’s iPhone developer agreement published; it ain’t prettyThe details of the contract the mothership makes iPhone developers sign have been little more than whispers and legend. Now, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published an older version of the document in full and the picture it paints is less than flattering.
The EFF has published Apple’s iPhone Developer Program License Agreement (.pdf), as [...]
Photography>> more
New photography news site Focal Point Daily launchesTracking down all of the latest news in photography and digital imaging can be a tough task, hoping from site to site, but now there is a central hub where you can find all of the latest information in just one glance.
Focal Point Daily is a new aggregation site that harvests the latest in photography-related [...]
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How to buy a Windows 7 notebookWith all the choices in the notebook marketplace, and especially with Windows 7 now available, choosing the right notebook for you can be difficult. Here are some helpful tips to find you the right notebook.
Notebook computers are becoming ubiquitous in today’s computing world. Last year, for the first time, computer manufacturers sold more portable computer [...]
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FCC wants free wireless broadbandThe Federal Communications Commission says it is considering proposals to free up some mobile spectrum for free or cheap wireless broadband. But it’s short on details such as who would provide the service and what incentive they would have to do so,
The news comes from a statement issued by the commission (PDF) to publicize a [...]
