CherryPal $249 cloud PC delayed for a fortnight... or longer, maybe

Engadget 49 minutes ago

Filed under: Desktops Be honest here, you didn't even remember that the $249 CherryPal cloud PC was expected to ship this month last month. Reportedly, you'll be waiting a little longer for a PC you don't even know about thanks to a software quirk that isn't playing nice with a newer SSD. CherryPal is hoping to get the issue resolved and begin shipping the ... [read]

MediaSentry Hired By People's Republic of China

Slashdot 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "MediaSentry, now called 'SafeNet,' the RIAA's illegal, unlicensed investigator of choice, has been hired by the Peoples Republic of China to provide DRM for the Olympics coverage. The PRC says it 'owns exclusive rights to the broadcast of all audio and video content via online and mobile distribution channels across Mainland China' and wants to protect it from 'piracy.' I wonder if ... [read]

Much ado about the iPhone's 'kill switch' (Tom Krazit/One More Thing)

TechMeme 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

Tom Krazit / One More Thing:: Much ado about the iPhone's ‘kill switch’  —  The discovery of a “kill switch” inside the iPhone 2.0 software prompted much consternation and little fact-finding.  —  (Credit: Apple)  —  Apple's iPhone “kill switch” has prompted much hand-wringing, despite the fact that no one knows exactly what it does. [read]

CG’s John Biggs Signs a Big Boy Book Deal

TechCrunch 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

Wow. I’m completely speechless right now. Our very own Editor-in-chief John Biggs has himself a real book deal. That’s not to say his previous foray with “Black Hat: Misfits, Criminals, and Scammers in the Internet Age” was anything to scoff at, but Biggityboo’s (that’s what I like to call him) ” book was the object [...] [read]

Apple working on streaming your iTunes library to your iPhone?

Engadget 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video Apple's experimented with allowing iTunes to stream over the internet as well as your LAN in the past and quickly removed the feature (probably due to RIAA pressure), so we're not placing too much stock in this, but AppleInsider's unearthed a patent that seems to describe a way to stream music over the 'net to your iPhone ... [read]

JCHyun's Udea Discovery PMP / dictionary loves to love you

Engadget 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Looking for a PMP that will be your eyes, ears, mouth, hair and forearms? Perhaps you should gently turn your attention to the JCHyun Udea Discovery -- a device that treads that tremulous space between MP3 player, Tricorder, and utter waste of money. Still, it's kind of packing a lot of heat for the asking price (179,000 KRW, ... [read]

Ohio Sues Over Missing Electronic Votes

Slashdot 2 hours, 57 minutes ago

dstates writes "The Columbus Post Dispatch reports that the State of Ohio is suing Premier Election Systems (previously known as Diebold over malfunctions in electronic voting machines. Election workers found that votes were 'dropped' in at least 11 counties when memory cards were uploaded to computer servers. The same voting machines are used nationwide. The company blames a conflict between their software and antivirus ... [read]

'Two Guys Drinking at a Bar' Parodies 'Lost, Galactica'

Wired News 3 hours, 24 minutes ago

A breezy web show loaded with booze, loopy punch lines and over-the-top credits spoofs some of the coolest sci-fi shows around. [read]

REDFLY now available for $499, purpose even less clear

Engadget 3 hours, 38 minutes ago

Filed under: Cellphones, Laptops Sure, we just saw the Celio REDFLY unboxed last month, but come on -- you know you really wanted one of the Foleo-like WinMo "companions" all to yourself, and now you can have one -- for $499. Yep, 5 bills to use WinMo 5 or 6 on an 8-inch screen -- and you can't use it at all if you ... [read]

Elaborate Facebook Worm Virus Spreading

TechCrunch 3 hours, 47 minutes ago

Facebook malware attacks to date have largely consisted of getting user credentials via phishing sites and then spreading spam and additional phishing attempts. But a new worm is disseminating through Facebook that aims to install trojan software on a user’s machine. The worm spreads when a compromised user’s account is used to send message to [...] [read]

How To Sell a Video Game Idea?

Slashdot 3 hours, 52 minutes ago

fobsta writes "Do any Slashdotters have experience of selling video game ideas? I'm an artist whose programmed a rough as nails demo and animated a trailer to explain my concept. Obviously I think it's fun, it shows promise and my friends think it's cool. Who should I pitch the idea to? Existing video games companies, venture capitalists, or what about those dentists that financed ... [read]

TuneWiki: Android’s iPhone-Like Media Player That May Become The Platform’s Standard

TechCrunch 3 hours, 56 minutes ago

Israeli startup TuneWiki has come a long way. Soon after the iPhone’s launch, the company released an application that allowed users to view highly-accurate lyrics synced karaoke style to any song stored in their music library. But because there was no App Store at the time, TuneWiki was limited to users with jailbroken (hacked) iPhones. [...] [read]

IBM exec predicts the future of Linux, open source (InfoWorld)

TechMeme 3 hours, 59 minutes ago

InfoWorld:: IBM exec predicts the future of Linux, open source  —  With LinuxWorld showcasing the popularity of the open source operating system, and with open source in general finding its legs in the enterprise, Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards, made a slate of predictions … [read]

iriver Spinn gets the hands-on treatment

Engadget 4 hours, 7 minutes ago

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video We just caught sight of a video of iriver's sleek new Spinn media player the other day, but if you've been hankering for an even closer look at the device, you can now hit up Crave's UK site for a thorough hands-on look at it. That includes, as you can see, a comparison with a slew of other ... [read]

The myth of the creative class (Jeff Jarvis/BuzzMachine)

TechMeme 4 hours, 29 minutes ago

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:: The myth of the creative class  —  As I near the end of writing my book, one lesson that has struck me is about the will of most people to create, and the new possibilities the Google age brings us.  —  One survey I quote says that 81 percent of us say we have a book in us. [read]

Google Apps Hit by Prolonged Gmail Access Problem (Juan Carlos Perez/PC World)

TechMeme 4 hours, 34 minutes ago

Juan Carlos Perez / PC World:: Google Apps Hit by Prolonged Gmail Access Problem  —  A technical problem hit an undetermined number of Gmail users, including paying subscribers to the Google Apps hosted software suite, locking them out of their accounts for about 15 hours on Wednesday and early Thursday. [read]

New robotic arm promises to mind Newton's third law

Engadget 4 hours, 40 minutes ago

Filed under: Robots Don't you hate it how simply moving a robotic arm in a microgravity environment can produce enough negative reaction forces to alter a spacecraft's orientation? Well, a group of researchers from Cornell University have now devised a new type of robot arm that they say could make that pesky problem a thing of the past. To do that, they've employed a ... [read]

Facebook To Give Developers A New Set of Metrics

TechCrunch 4 hours, 43 minutes ago

Facebook will announce later today that it is adding a “Features” tab to the “Insights” area of the application management page. The new tab will give developers a greater range of statistics on application usage, including the number of canvas page views, clicks on profile boxes, confirmations of feed forms, and additions and removals of [...] [read]

Some Mashups Harnessing The Power Of Yahoo's BOSS (Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch)

TechMeme 4 hours, 44 minutes ago

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:: Some Mashups Harnessing The Power Of Yahoo's BOSS  —  Yahoo's Search Blog has posted a list of some of the most promising new web apps being built using its BOSS search platform.  BOSS is a radically open API that launched last month that allows developers to utilize much of Yahoo's core search data without … [read]

McCain Campaign Offers Rewards For Turn-Key Comments

Slashdot 4 hours, 44 minutes ago

According to a story at the Washington Post, John McCain's presidential campaign is offering more than moral suasion to fire people up for a McCain presidency; they're also offering ready-made snippets of rhetoric for interested supporters to supply under their own names in public comments to online news sources and forums. Such pre-written commentary by itself is neither new nor necessarily nefarious, but it ... [read]