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UN official to accompany Honduran president home
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 17:17:03 GMTAP - Honduras' ousted President Manuel is getting on a flight to Tegucigalpa accompanied by the U.N. General Assembly president and a pack of journalists.
Iran: British-Greek reporter held for weeks freed
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 17:08:56 GMTAP - Iran said Sunday it has released a British-Greek journalist held for more than two weeks following its disputed presidential elections as dissent continued in Iran with the son of a prominent Iranian revolutionary icon making a rare public push for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's removal from o
From Haiti, a surprise: good news about AIDS
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 17:07:20 GMTAP - When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.
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Ex-NFL QB Steve McNair, woman found slain in Tenn.
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 16:31:20 GMTAP - The shooting death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair raised questions Sunday about his relationship with the 20-year-old woman whose body was found alongside him in his downtown condominium.
Walt Disney World monorail crash kills employee
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 16:14:55 GMTAP - Two monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train's operator, emergency officials said.
`Transformers,' `Ice Age' tie for No. 1 at $42.5M
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 16:20:55 GMTAP - Prehistoric creatures and robots are in a photo finish for the Fourth of July box-office crown.
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Obama seeks new start in sagging US-Russia ties
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 17:08:30 GMTAP - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry on Monday, with each declaring his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship.
Biden: US not stand in Israel's way on Iran
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 15:46:25 GMTAP - Vice President Joe Biden seemed to give Israel a green light for military action to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat, saying the U.S. "cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do."
Rove: Palin resignation part of a 'risky strategy'
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 16:12:37 GMTAP - One of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's potential presidential rivals said Sunday that her abrupt resignation won't help her dodge scrutiny. President George W. Bush's chief political adviser said her strategy is, at best, unclear.
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Iconic skyscrapers find new luster by going green
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 04:55:36 GMTAP - When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy. They also needed tenants.
First Asian elephant born in Australian zoo
(AP) Jul 05, 2009 11:22:35 GMTAP - A 265-pound (120-kilogram), big-eared and long-nosed bundle of joy was welcomed in Australia as an important step in helping to save the endangered Asian elephant.
Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found
(AP) Jul 03, 2009 11:27:34 GMTAP - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
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Ben Heck's Latest Xbox 360 Laptop [Mods] Jul 05, 2009 17:20:17 GMTBen Heckendorn—true geek god amongst men—is back with revision 5 of his portable Xbox 360 console. Though he's gutted the same Gateway 1775W laptop with 17-inch (1280 by 720) display, he writes that this design is from scratch, and has the following new features: • Built-in Ethernet
First Aluminum iRiver E200 Pics [PMPs] Jul 05, 2009 10:00:00 GMTiRiver has some of the most stylish tech gear this side of Apple, but the upcoming E200 player looks boringly similar to its E100 predecessor, despite a new thinner, all-metal design, and a larger screen. According to iRiver Fans (where we also found these apparent press images), the E200 has been s
Apple Store Shooting: Cops Release Video on YouTube [Apple] Jul 05, 2009 07:45:00 GMTDo you know this guy? There's a $1000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the suspect in Friday's shooting of a 26-year old employee at the Clarendon Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia. In a sign of the times, Arlington County police are using YouTube to help catch the Apple Store shooter
Sony Patent Controls Games with That Crap on Your Coffee Table [Gaming] Jul 05, 2009 06:30:00 GMTIs this Sony playing catch-up to Microsoft's Project Natal? It may be developing a system that lets you control the PS3 with real world objects, like coffee mugs, glasses, bongs, and books. This isn't the motion controller wand we saw at E3. It looks a little more like Microsoft's Project Natal, ex
iPhone 3GS Unlocked with Purplera1n + UltraSn0w [Apple] Jul 05, 2009 05:30:00 GMTGood times! It looks like Dev Team's UltraSn0w unlock works with an iPhone 3GS that's been jailbroken via purplera1n. But be warned: Some users are reporting mixed success. On Friday, George Hotz (aka the guy who unlocked the original iPhone 2G) released his purplera1n iPhone 3GS jailbreak tool. On
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Cartoon: Search Engine Pessimized Jul 05, 2009 06:04:31 GMTIt's happening to more and more of the blogs I read: the personality, quirkiness and unique voice that once made them so appealing to me are fading. In their place, an SEO-driven uniformity that puts keyword placement ahead of pretty much everything.
That approach has been afflicting newspapers for
ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 4 July 2009 Jul 04, 2009 22:45:52 GMTTime for this week's events guide, a regular feature here on ReadWriteWeb. We publish it every weekend, as good a time as any to review your conference plans.
Know of an event taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or contact us.
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Web Trend Map 4 Goes Interactive, Drops July 14th Jul 04, 2009 20:27:30 GMTUPDATE: According to a recent iA Twitter update the Web Trend Map 4 will open for beta testers tomorrow if it can solve some server problems.
We were very excited earlier this year when RWW made its way onto the latest edition of the Web Trend Map. For those of you unfamiliar with this map, it "
ReadWriteTalk
Read/WriteTalk is a weekly show that interviews thought leaders from across the web. Read/WriteTalk is hosted by Sean Ammirati and produced by Sean Ammirati and Richard MacManus
RWW Live: The Local & Mobile Web Mar 31, 2009 02:56:55 GMTOne of the big trends on the web is more and more location aware / sensitive web applications.nbsp; Increasingly powerful mobile devices are enabling this. In this episode of RWW Live, we talk about how the Web is evolving to include more location aware applications and what barriers are still in th
RWW Live: Online Travel Mar 03, 2009 05:53:29 GMTOn thisnbsp; episode of RWW Live, we focus on online travel applications. We have executives from 4 great travel startups on the call: TripIt, Yapta, Dopplr and PlanetEye.
In the show we discuss how the Web is changing the way people travel for work and fun.nbsp; As someone who spends a significant
RWW Live: Recommendation Engines Feb 03, 2009 04:00:57 GMTReadWriteWeb has been running a special series on recommendation engines and this episode of RWW Live is part of that.
The show features 3 exciting and very knowledgeable guests: Jesuacute;s Pindado, Strands Vice President, Business Solutions; Yosi Glick, Jinni CEO #38; Co-Founder; and David Selinge
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Weekly wrapup: Review: HTC Magic (Google Ion, T-Mobile myTouch 3G), and more Jul 05, 2009 13:24:33 GMTHere’s a summary of the last week’s digital lifestyle action on last100. Note that you can subscribe to the weekly wrapups, either via the special weekly wrapup RSS feed or by email.
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Review: HTC Magic (Google Ion, T-Mobile myTouch 3G) Jul 02, 2009 17:24:08 GMTIt goes by many names. The HTC Magic on Vodafone here in the UK, Google Ion, when handed out as a freebie at the search giant’s developer conference, and the myTouch 3G on T-Mobile in the states. But, whichever way you slice it, the second Android-powered Google phone, manufactured by HTC, is
Joost admits ad-revenue defeat, trying white label biz model instead Jun 30, 2009 16:35:05 GMTAfter rumors of a third change in direction, Joost, the Internet TV startup that just won’t seem to die, has announced plans to focus less on its own online video portal and instead tout the company’s newly launched white label service to “media companies, including cable and satel
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Cherry, The Mobile Operator That Doesn’t Care Whether You’re On Wi-Fi Or Not Jul 05, 2009 10:07:18 GMT
The chances of me being genuinely amazed at something I see a Belgian tech company achieve are rather slim. But occasionally, it happens. Last week I went to local entrepreneur meetup BetaGroup and saw five startups pitch their stuff to the 200-person audience.
The last one to get its five minutes
The Reality Of PR: Smile, Dial, Name Drop, Pray. Jul 05, 2009 00:34:01 GMTOne thing I hated about being a corporate lawyer at Wilson Sonsini back in the day - we got to work on really cool deals (the last deal I worked on before leaving for a startup was the AOL/Netscape merger), but we were only brought in at the very end to paper everything. We fought over the fine prin
Twitter + World Of Warcraft=Tweetcraft Jul 04, 2009 23:00:33 GMT
For all of you World of Warcraft fans out there, there’s a new Twitter client that is worth checking out. TweetCraft is an in-game Twitter client for WoW that lets you send and receive Tweets within a game. If you are busy in the middle of a WoW match, you can put Tweets in a queue to send wh
TalkCrunch
The podcast from TechCrunch about new Web 2.0 companies
Erick Schonfeld Discusses MySpace Music On WNYC’s Soundcheck Oct 08, 2008 18:48:24 GMTListen as TechCrunch co-editor Erick Schonfeld discusses the significance of MySpace Music and free, ad-supported music in general on WYNC's Soundcheck, a program produced daily by New York Public Radio.
Interview With Mayor Cory Booker About Community Eye Aug 02, 2008 16:43:11 GMTNewark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker talks about Community Eye, the city's new video surveillance and gunshot detection system being used to fight crime in an eight-square mile area. More details and the transcript at TechCrunch.
Interview With Barney Pell and Ramez Naam About Microsoft’s Powerset Acquisition Jul 02, 2008 08:17:21 GMTI spoke to Powerset CEO and cofounder Barney Pell and Microsoft Live Search Group Program Manager Ramez Naam today about the Powerser/Microsoft acquisition. Total talk time is around 35 minutes, and the full transcript is at TechCrunch.
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Good heavens, what is LucasArts going to announce tomorrow? Jul 05, 2009 16:43:40 GMT
Alert the media! LucasArts’ official Twitter feed has been tweeting non-stop about… something! It looks like the company is poised to announce a new game based on an old game/franchise tomorrow, July 6.
Can we guess? Is it Sam and Max, or maybe Monkey Island? LucasArts surely can̵
Darn them Dukenko boys! Ukrainian hackers steal $415,000 from podunk sherriff Jul 05, 2009 14:57:15 GMT
Cyber criminals AKA teenagers who are just more organized than the IT staffs of their victims stole $415,000 from a sheriff’s department in Bullitt County, Kentucky. That’s right: Bullitt County. Kentucky.
The hacker found out that their phishing expedition had installed a keystroke lo
CrunchDeals: RCA Small Wonder camcorder for $60 Jul 05, 2009 14:56:17 GMT
If you’ve been holding out for a Flip Mino-style camcorder but haven’t been able to justify the $150+ price tag, here’s something that may be of interest to you instead.
Amazon is selling the RCA Small Wonder EZ200 camcorder for just $59.99 with free shipping. The camera uses mic
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Meet Cherry, the unified Wi-Fi / GSM network operator that introduces automatic handover Jul 05, 2009 10:16:05 GMTThe chances of me being genuinely amazed at something I see a Belgian tech company achieve are rather slim. But occasionally, it happens. Last week I went to local entrepreneur meetup BetaGroup and saw five startups pitch their stuff to the 200-headed audience.
The last one to get its five minutes
iPhone App Roundup: America, F&$% yeah! edition Jul 04, 2009 20:10:31 GMTAhh, 4th of July. A welcome day off work in the midst of summer. Seems like everyone’s on vacation these days and that means grueling airplane rides and long road trips with the family. If you aren’t lucky enough to be on JetBlue or Virgin, you’re probably stuck without in-flight e
Samsung Glyde 2 spy shots leak, headed for Verizon Jul 03, 2009 18:21:25 GMT
What’s black, red, wears a Verizon badge, and looks just like the Samsung Glyde? The Samsung Glyde 2, of course!
Presumably in hopes of losing a friend or getting someone fired, HowardForums user StandardsDT waited for his in-the-know buddy to leave the room before going camera crazy.
Here
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11 Essential Social Media Stories of the Week Jul 05, 2009 17:31:33 GMTThere were unknown lifeforms, #moonfruit, Firefox 3.5, and the sale of The Pirate Bay making social media news this week. From the shocking $78 million sale of the web’s pirating hub to the release of Firefox 3.5 and its killer features, social media events kept rolling in.
There were also so
Twitter Cops Fight Scourge of Boring Tweets [Parody Video] Jul 05, 2009 17:05:32 GMTWith a rising wave of boring Tweets about which “nobody cares”, the Twitter Cops are out in force to stop rogue tweeting at the source. At least, according to a somewhat violent Cops parody on the frontpage of social news site Digg today.
(A warning: the video, posted by TheLandlineTV i
15 iPhone Apps to Tame the Kids Jul 05, 2009 15:43:33 GMTSummer (which has just begun for half the world) is a time for road trips and vacations. That means lots of family fun, but it also means long boring car or airplane rides for the kids, layovers, and waiting in line. Thankfully for parents at their wits end, if you possess an iPhone, you also posse
Independence Day Logos Around the Web [Pics] Jul 05, 2009 03:09:12 GMTIt’s Independence Day weekend, and as people all across the US enjoy barbecues and fireworks, the top web companies are marking the occasion in their own ways: through custom logos and themes.
While Google frequently changes its logo to mark specific events – both in the US and interna
Sarah Palin Shuns Press: Talks to Twitter, Facebook Instead Jul 04, 2009 23:51:48 GMTSarah Palin yesterday announced her plans to resign from the role of Governor of Alaska, leaving the press clueless as to why. Does she plan to retire from politics completely, or is she preparing to make a 2012 presidential bid? Palin is talking to no one…except Twitter and Facebook. In fa
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Sarah Palin, via Twitter: God told me to sue the internet Jul 05, 2009 16:06:40 GMT
Wonkette has a post up about @AKGovSarahPalin's crazy late-night twitter bender. She's gonna have to give up that handle, no? Anyway, after you slog through all the crazy ungrammatical Palinglish rambling, the point seems to be that a "higher calling" has directed her to file anti-defamation lawsu
Fatal monorail collision at Walt Disney World Jul 05, 2009 15:10:37 GMTEric sez, "The operator of a monorail at Walt Disney World died Sunday morning when two monorails crashed. About five or six guests were on the monorail at the time of the accident, but they are not seriously injured." It happened at the Ticket and Transportation Center station.
A person who was
Nintendo DS glucose reader plugin for kids with diabetes Jul 05, 2009 16:07:47 GMTTim sez, "This is the pre-launch page for the Bayer 'Didget', a blood glucose meter which plugs in to the DS / DS Lite's Slot-2. Consistent glucose testing by the diabetic child (or adult, presumably) is rewarded with points in a game that can be used to buy items or unlock levels. As with the the '
Matt Webb on the role of the designer in the 21st century Jul 05, 2009 07:55:28 GMT"
Here's my friend and neighbour Matt Webb (part of the Schulze and Webb design consultancy) addressing Copenhagen's Reboot conference on what the role of a designer was and is in the 21st century. It's a great Webbrant, thought-provoking, learned, wide-ranging, weird and great.
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Cheap Trick releases an album on 8-Track Jul 05, 2009 16:07:59 GMTThe latest cheap trick from Can-rockers Cheap Trick is an album released on an 8-track tape. Bah! My album will be released in the form of incidental grooving on the side of a thrown pot made in the style of ancient Greek potters!
As you might imagine, finding a manufacturer today for the 8-track
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