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Seagate unveils highest-density hard drive
tgdaily.com — Bigger hard drives coming your way.More… (Hardware)
If a 13 year-old can launch a startup you have no excuse
uk.techcrunch.com — My name's Scott. I'm 13 and have launched a web startup. So began an email exchange over last weekend which culminated with me ...More… (Tech Industry News)
10 Free Music Based Games for the iPhone & iPod Touch
mashable.com — Music-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become wildly popular, so it only makes sense that similar games are being created for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Both devices have a plethora of gaming apps, but only a handful of those are free and based around music.More… (Apple)
How the Famous Tweeple Got Hacked
mashable.com — So how did the Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Facebook, and others get broken into and littered with inappropriate messages earlier today? It wasn’t residue from this weekend’s phishing problems, but rather, a breach of Twitter’s customer support tools.More… (Tech Industry News)
This Is Why I Love Linux.
cerebrosuslens.blogspot.com — yeha true.. very true.. Linux is better.. after a few years.. it will doninate!More… (Linux/Unix)
Mininova's Torrent Downloads Double to 7 Billion in a Year
torrentfreak.com — The BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway, with more users discovering that it’s the fastest way to transfer large files online. One of the most frequently visited torrent sites, Mininova, has seen the number of torrent downloads double from 3.5 billion to 7 billion during 2008, and this download rate is still increasing.More… (Tech Industry News)
Rumor: New Mac Mini Stuffed With Up to 1TB Storage
gizmodo.com — More evidence that the new Mac minis are at least partly geared toward the cheap server market: SeeFile dropped their press release pimping support of the "new Apple Mac Mini hardware" just a little early. They specifically mention a complete bundled system with a "Mac mini server with 1 terabyte of storage."More… (Apple)
Seagate First To Demo USB 3.0
techradar.com — Seagate has announced that it will showing off "the world's first consumer product application of USB 3.0" at this year's CES.More… (Hardware)
Browser Add-On Makes Flickr's Galleries Faster
news.cnet.com — Browser add-on Flickr Gallery Plus adds extended functionality to Flickr's set view, allowing users to click through to see full versions of each shot without having to reload the page. Once installed it will go out and pre-fetch the larger sized version of each shot, making big sets a cinch to speed through.More… (Mods)
First! 14-Year-Old Already in Line for Macworld '09 Keynote
arstechnica.com — It wouldn't be the eve of a Macworld Expo keynote if there wasn't already some crazy person waiting in line to be first into the hall. This year, that crazy person is already there, and has been there for (as of this writing) more than 10 hours.More… (Apple)
Macworld 2009: The Gingerbread Mac [Gallery]
flickr.com — Check out this gingerbread Mac, created by a festive fanboy known only as minorbug. It stands 7-8 inches tall and features chocolate icons, ports, and other lovely little iced details, as you can see in these pictures.More… (Apple)
A new era for Macworld Expo
news.cnet.com — Without Steve Jobs delivering his trademark keynote address, Macworld Expo won't likely make the same splash. But the show goes on, for now at least. A CNET article by CNET News.com Staff, Staff Writer, CNET News. Published on January 5, 2009 9:00 AM PST.More… (Apple)
Update: Twitter blames celebrity hack on 'individual'
news.cnet.com — CNN anchor Rick Sanchez wasn't really high on crack this morning, and the reason his Twitter feed said so wasn't the phishing scam that's been going around--it was a lone hacker, the microblogging service said later on Monday.More… (Tech Industry News)
China Launches Crackdown on Internet Pornography
nytimes.com — China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google.More… (Tech Industry News)
Campaign to Stop File-Sharers Being “Guilty Upon Accusation”
torrentfreak.com — Next month, New Zealand is scheduled to implement Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act. The controversial act provides ‘Guilt Upon Accusation’, which means that if a file-sharer is simply accused of copyright infringement, they are immediately guilty. The punishment - summary Internet disconnection.More… (Tech Industry News)
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