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Apple to highlight iPhone platform development at

30 Jun 2010

iPhone sessions will also be held to cover the OS X iPhone 2.0 software, including iPhone SDK and the App Store. These sessions are designed to show developers how to wirelessly deliver their applications to iPhone and
iPod users.

The event will run June 9-13 in San Francisco.

Other sessions during the five-day event will include Cocoa [...]

Google project promotes Chrome, JavaScript

28 Jun 2010

Google has been advertising Chrome, too, which is unusual for the company. Clearly it has high hopes for the browser.

So it should be no surprise also that when visiting the site with a non-Chrome browser, you’re presented with a warning: “We highly recommend you launch this experiment in Google Chrome. It may run slower, or [...]

Marc Fleury starts an open-source home automation

23 Jun 2010

In most cases, these wouldn’t be compelling arguments as the reality of open source is that most projects do not get considerable outsize activity. OpenRemote, however, may be different because, like Linux, it is an infrastructure-level project that developers may view as a fun and personally useful challenge that compels their investment of time and [...]

Obama meets with technology CEOs

22 Jun 2010

Tech company leaders present at the meeting included IBM’s Sam Palmisano, Google’s Eric Schmidt, Applied Materials’ Mike Splinter, Motorola’s Greg Brown, and Micron’s Steve Appleton.

The House of Representatives approved the $819 billion economic package on Wednesday, with no Republicans voting for the bill.

“It will invest in broadband and emerging technologies, like the ones imagined and [...]

Quick fixes for browser glitches

18 Jun 2010

As new Web applications debut, and older ones are enhanced, we spend more of our work time in a browser. Unfortunately, we also seem to be spending more time trying to figure out why our browsers aren’t displaying the sites we visit correctly, or at all.

Get Internet Explorer 7 back on track
Microsoft offers an IE7 [...]

Small is beautiful for green-tech newbies

16 Jun 2010

“What’s out there is a level of nervousness in every business,” said Mitch Tyson, CEO of Advanced Electron Beams, which makes equipment to make industrial processes more energy- and water-efficient. “People still don’t have a good sense of where the bottom is.”

Across the board, though, investors and entrepreneurs report that the valuations of green-tech start-ups–once [...]

Indulge yourself with a high-end desktop audio sys

14 Jun 2010

Era's D4 speakers

Check out the Decco–a stereo vacuum tube amplifier with a built-in digital-to-analog converter with USB,Gold Plated Rings, Toslink, and coaxial digital connectivity. And since some music lovers are still listening to analog sources they gave the Decco a pair of old school stereo inputs to accommodate a cassette deck and maybe an AM/FM [...]

MySpace kicks off contest for Asian game developer

14 Jun 2010

“MySpace is defining the future of online casual gaming by providing a global platform to showcase the best and the brightest that this incredible developer community has to offer,” Steve Pearman, senior vice president of product and strategy at MySpace, said in a statement. “I am looking forward to the unique and engaging applications that [...]

News.com Daily Podcast Uncovering who is behind ‘

14 Jun 2010

Photos: Snapshots from HP Labs
If you have more money than you know what to do with, how does a multimillion-dollar jaunt into space sound? Well,Stainless Steel Rings, it sounded just fab to Sergey Brin.
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What in the world does a farm lobbying organization have to do with Net neutrality–let alone Google? [...]

Five dirt-cheap tech gifts for the holidays

14 Jun 2010

A Bluetooth headset for just 10 bucks? Let's see your secret Santa beat that!
Two-week warning, folks. That’s how long you’ve got left until the fat man sings. (Chanukah-celebrators have even less time.) If you’re still shopping for stocking stuffers, secret-Santa gifts, fifth-night-of-Chanukah trinkets, or whatever, look no further: I’ve got five guaranteed-to-please gift ideas:

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