Why Google Doesn't Like Its Phone Bill - New York Times

Why Google Doesn't Like Its Phone Bill - New York Times: "

DailyTech

Why Google Doesnt Like Its Phone Bill New York Times WHEN you call Grandma on her farm in Iowa, your long-distance phone company pays her local phone company an access fee. Thats fine. Its much higher than elsewhere but few calls go to her and her neighbors, so the fees dont add up ... Google Voice Has 1.4 Million Users, Half of Which Use it DailyeWeek How Google Voice Is GrowingBusinessWeek Bad PDF formatting reveals Google Voice numbersCNET News V3.co.uk'-Register'-PC Magazine all 244 news articles'»

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Sci/Tech - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

U2, Metallica Bring History-Making Collaborations To Rock Hall Concert - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News

U2, Metallica Bring History-Making Collaborations To Rock Hall Concert - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News: "Next, one of the all-time great guitar players performed as a replacement for a reportedly ailing Eric Clapton. This seemed fitting, since in the 1960s, Jeff Beck was Eric's bandmate in the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page. Jeff was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame this year, and on Friday night he reminded everyone why it was an honor that was well deserved. Sting, Buddy Guy and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top each took a shot at matching their voice to Jeff's guitar, and each felt like a an experiment in music that went terribly right, especially when Beck and Gibbons recreated Jimmy Hendrix's masterpiece "Foxy Lady." No voice was needed for Jeff's final performance of the night, as he paid tribute to the Beatles with an instrumental version of "A Day in the Life." It was one worthy of the highest allowable score on "Beatles Rock Band."

Mob Rule! How Users Took Over Twitter

Mob Rule! How Users Took Over Twitter: "Who is actually running Twitter? Thousands of clever coders and power users want what they want and implement it, no matter if the founders who try to run the service agree."

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New 27-inch iMac is “Stunning”

New 27-inch iMac is “Stunning”: "Reviewer Ken Mingis (computerworld.com) writes that ‘Apple’s new 27-inch iMac can be described in one word: stunning.’ Citing its super-high-resolution LED-backlit display, speed, and industrial design, Mingis concludes: ‘With an absolutely stunning screen, a lot of under-the-hood performance improvements, the wireless keyboard and the new mouse, and flexibility that makes it fit in at work or at home, this new iMac could lead to a resurgence in desktop sales for Apple.’"

Apple Hot News - http://www.apple.com/hotnews/

Verizon Media Manager streams photos, music to your FiOS DVR

Verizon Media Manager streams photos, music to your FiOS DVR: "Verizon has released a Mac version of its Media Manager software, allowing FiOS TV customers to stream music and photos to their DVR set-top boxes.

Macworld - http://www.macworld.com

Camino 2 release candidate sees light of day

Camino 2 release candidate sees light of day: "It's Safari! No, it's Firefox! No, it's that other Mozilla-based OS X friendly-browser you'd forgotten all about.

Macworld - http://www.macworld.com

Twitter Adds Lists, Finally

Twitter Adds Lists, Finally: "In what is perhaps the first major change to the service since the beginning, Twitter has started rolling out Lists, which lets you create groups of users via Twitter's Web interface, collecting together all the tweets from the people in the group. Lists can be either private, at which point they're just for your reference, or public, so anyone can see the tweets collected in them.

TidBITS - http://www.tidbits.com/

'The Boondock Saints II': Sloppy Second, By Kurt Loder - MTV.com

'The Boondock Saints II': Sloppy Second, By Kurt Loder - MTV.com: "

New York Times

The Boondock Saints II: Sloppy Second, By Kurt Loder MTV.com Having been unable to sit through the 1999 'Boondock Saints' in its wretched entirety, Ive been surprised to watch it become a massive 'cult hit' on DVD. Blockbuster-stoked fan enthusiasm has propelled it into the top 20 of all catalog titles ... Saints shoot, talk, repeatNew York Post The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day; The FallLos Angeles Times 'Boondock Saints' back for over-the-top crime spreeReuters New York Times'-Boston Herald'-Wall Street Journal (blog) all 304 news articles'»

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Miley Cyrus Thinks Twitter Should Be 'Banned From This Universe" - MTV.com

Miley Cyrus Thinks Twitter Should Be 'Banned From This Universe" - MTV.com: "

Stuff.co.nz

Miley Cyrus Thinks Twitter Should Be Banned From This Universe' MTV.com I think that everyone should leave Twitter, singer said during a tour-stop interview in Chicago. By Jocelyn Vena Miley Cyrus hasnt been shy about her distaste for Twitter since leaving the site earlier this month. She cited her desire to regain her ... Aging Miley Cyrus is facing career crossroadsPhiladelphia Inquirer Pop music review: Miley Cyrus concert is an assault on the earsPioneer Press Soldier Arrested For Allegedly Threatening To Kill Miley CyrusAHN Minneapolis Star Tribune'-Reuters'-Centre Daily Times all 235 news articles'»

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Entertainment - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Music legends rock the Hall of Fame - Reuters

Music legends rock the Hall of Fame - Reuters: "

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Music legends rock the Hall of Fame Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock n roll royalty held court on Thursday night as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Sting and other music legends staged a marathon show to celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fames 25th ... Springsteen, Wonder and others celebrate Rock HallThe Associated Press Stars rock Hall of Fame concertBBC News Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Garden partyNew York Post Rolling Stone'-The Star-Ledger - NJ.com'-Spinner all 362 news articles'»

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Entertainment - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Twitter rolls out Lists feature to most users

Twitter rolls out Lists feature to most users: "Twitter began rolling out its new Lists feature, previously in limited beta testing, to most of its userbase this week.

Macworld - http://www.macworld.com

Useful.

Real estate easier to find in Google Maps

Real estate easier to find in Google Maps: "Homes for sale or rent in a given area can now be found without a specific query in Google Maps after Google added a 'real estate' check-box option for Maps searches."

CNET News.com - http://news.cnet.com/

Robbers posing as cops target fast-food joints

Robbers posing as cops target fast-food joints: "Crooks masquerading as police officers have kidnapped and robbed fast-food restaurant managers three times in the past month, and now detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying them."

KPIC - News - Local & Regional - http://www.kpic.com/news/local

Dell, Roseburg call center employees settle suit - NRToday.com

Dell, Roseburg call center employees settle suit - NRToday.com: "

Dell, Roseburg call center employees settle suit NRToday.com Workers at Dell Inc.s Roseburg call center console each other after being told the call center was closing in August 2007. Workers were not given any ...

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97470 - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

The Devil in David Letterman -- New York Magazine

The Devil in David Letterman -- New York Magazine: "How the late-night talk-show host handled his extortion crisis says a lot about the peculiar mix of function and dysfunction that got him in, and (for now) out, of the mess."

'Impossible' Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles

'Impossible' Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles: "To critics it’s junk science. But the designer of the 'impossible' electromagnetic drive says the technology might just transform spaceflight — and warfare.

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Wired News - http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml

Five unexpected uses for the Esc key

Five unexpected uses for the Esc key: "The Esc key has long been the ‘get me outta here’ panacea for many things: canceling a dialog box, getting rid of a button-less splash screen, you name it. (Esc is, after all, short for 'escape.') Here’s a handful of less-than-obvious solutions the Esc key provides.

Macworld - http://www.macworld.com

Restore your old pictures with iPhoto

Restore your old pictures with iPhoto: "Return your scanned old photos to their former glory with a few easy adjustments in iPhoto.

Macworld - http://www.macworld.com

Hands-on with Twitter Lists

Hands-on with Twitter Lists: "Twitter's Lists feature, yet to be released, has a few quirks that detract from the service, but it's a viable feature most users will like."

CNET News.com - http://news.cnet.com/

Stellar blast is record-breaker - BBC News

Stellar blast is record-breaker - BBC News: "

BBC News

Stellar blast is record-breaker BBC News Astronomers have confirmed that an exploding star spotted by Nasas Swift satellite is the most distant cosmic object to be detected by telescopes. In the journal Nature, two teams of astronomers report their observations of a ... Mega-Star Blast Is Cosmic Record BreakerSky News Astronomers Detect Distant, Ancient Star ExplosionNPR Astrophysics: Most distant cosmic blast seenNature.com (subscription) iTWire'-Daily Mail'-Scientific American all 108 news articles'»

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Sci/Tech - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Internet Turns 40 Today: First Message Crashed System - National Geographic

Internet Turns 40 Today: First Message Crashed System - National Geographic: "

Sky News

Internet Turns 40 Today: First Message Crashed System National Geographic Everyone surfing for last-minute Halloween costumes and pictures of black Lolcats today—what you might call the 40th anniversary of the Internet—can give thanks to the simple network message that started it all: 'lo.' On October 29, 1969, that message ... Happy 40th Birthday, Internet!PC World Internet pops champagne on (second) 40th birthdayRegister Is Today the Internets 40th Birthday?ABC News TG Daily'-NewsFactor Network'-United Press International all 62 news articles'»

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Sci/Tech - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Google launches full-song music search - USA Today

Google launches full-song music search - USA Today: "

BBC News

Google launches full-song music search USA Today Google has finally taken the wraps off its music search program, enabling users to check out full versions of songs within Google search. A search for Taylor Swift, for instance, returns links to her website and fan pages, plus songs by Swift. ... Google Music Gives Users New Way To Search And ListenMTV.com Hands-On With Google Discover MusicPC Magazine Google may call the tune with its new music search featureLos Angeles Times PC World'-Christian Science Monitor'-The Epoch Times all 561 news articles'»

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Entertainment - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Google Closes the Loop on Music Search

Google Closes the Loop on Music Search: "The wait is over for Google's anticipated music search tool. It lets you enter song titles, artist and album names, or even lyrics into its normal web search. It's got full-track playback just a click away on Google's search-results page.

Wired News - http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml

Intergalactic Race Ends in a Virtual Tie - New York Times

Intergalactic Race Ends in a Virtual Tie - New York Times: "

Space.com

Intergalactic Race Ends in a Virtual Tie New York Times Astronomers announced Wednesday that a race halfway across the universe had ended in a virtual tie. And so the champion is still Albert Einstein — for now. The race was between gamma rays of differing energies and wavelengths spit in ... Quantum gravity theories wiped out by a gamma ray burstArs Technica Gamma-ray observations shrink known grain size of spacetimeScience News Gamma-ray burst restricts ways to beat Einsteins relativitySymmetry magazine United Press International'-Discover Magazine'-Popular Science all 35 news articles'»

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Sci/Tech - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Scientists Make Cells That Form Eggs and Sperm in Lab - ABC News

Scientists Make Cells That Form Eggs and Sperm in Lab - ABC News: "

Times Online

Scientists Make Cells That Form Eggs and Sperm in Lab ABC News CHICAGO (Reuters) - US researchers have found a way to coax human embryonic stem cells to turn into the types of cells that make eggs and sperm, shedding light on a stage of early human development that has not been fully ... Stanford scientists turn stem cells into immature spermSan Jose Mercury News Stem Cells Coaxed to Make Precursors to Egg, SpermU.S. News & World Report Sperm, Egg Precursors Made From Stem Cells May Help InfertilityBloomberg Times Online'-United Press International'-guardian.co.uk all 49 news articles'»

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Sci/Tech - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

SecuritySpy Screensaver 1.3 - Displays live video from servers running SecuritySpy. (Free)

SecuritySpy Screensaver 1.3 - Displays live video from servers running SecuritySpy. (Free): "

SecuritySpy Screensaver 1.3

SecuritySpy Screensaver displays live video from Ben Software's SecuritySpy

The screensaver can be configured to connect to as many SecuritySpy servers as you like. The servers can be running over the internet, over your local network, or running on your own Mac (using the address 'localhost').

Click on the 'Cameras' tab to preview the cameras and hide any that you don't wish to see.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.3:

• Snow Leopard support

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Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

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MacUpdate - Universal Binary - http://www.macupdate.com/macintel.php

Roll Your Own App — Learn to Compile Software From Source Code

Roll Your Own App — Learn to Compile Software From Source Code: "There's plenty of free software available in the open source community. Problem is, you have to learn how to compile it from source code if you want to use it. We'll walk you through the steps.

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Wired News - http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml

Halloween Horrors: 5 Spooky TV Shows You Can Watch Online

Halloween Horrors: 5 Spooky TV Shows You Can Watch Online: "From suspenseful classics and offal cook-offs to truly terrifying documentaries, the internet has you covered when it comes to scary stuff to assault your eyeballs.

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Wired News - http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml

MacDailyNews

MacDailyNews: "A standalone monitor with the new iMac’s panel would be perfectly reasonably priced at about $1500. From Dell. Apple’s only charging $200 more than that for theirs, and there’s an entire high-end computer stuck to the back of it."

Android 2.0 Platform Officially Unveiled

Android 2.0 Platform Officially Unveiled: "The Android 2.0 platform was officially unveiled today, introducing a number of enhancements to the open source smartphone operating system. Among the notable new features:



- Enhanced contact synchronization options and a 'Quick Conta..."

MacRumors - http://www.macrumors.com

Roku Player line adds two new models

Roku Player line adds two new models: "Roku's video player line expands to three, adding a lower-cost SD version and a higher-cost version with a USB port and 802.11N networking.




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Macworld - http://www.macworld.com

Google Docs gets Convert, Zip, and Download feature

Google Docs gets Convert, Zip, and Download feature: "Google is giving users of Docs, its online application suite, the ability to download a number of documents simultaneously.




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Macworld - http://www.macworld.com

Arts & Letters Daily (27 Oct 2009)

Arts & Letters Daily (27 Oct 2009): "

Ayn Rand was proud, grouchy, vindictive, insulting, dismissive, and rash - the Evel Knievel of leaping to conclusions... more

People find it easier to get pleasure from modern art than avant-garde music, and it's not just a matter of conservatism and a love of Mozart... more

Monsters stand for human vulnerability and crisis: zombies, vampires, and serial killers are imaginative foils for thinking about our own responses to menace... more

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Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate - http://aldaily.com/

545 pound pumpkin takes all at competition

545 pound pumpkin takes all at competition: "

These days, weight is something everybody wants to keep off. But this harvest, the pumpkins are packing on the pounds and in Canyonville, Ore., that's a good thing.

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KPIC - News - Local & Regional - http://www.kpic.com/news/local

Google Voice now (kinda) works with your number

Google Voice now (kinda) works with your number: "Google is giving users of its Voice service a way to forward missed cell phone calls to its free voice-mail service while retaining their usual cell phone number."

CNET News.com - http://news.cnet.com/

NeoOffice 3.0.1 - Popular full featured set of office applications. (Free)

NeoOffice 3.0.1 - Popular full featured set of office applications. (Free): "NeoOffice is a fully-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office.

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MacUpdate - Universal Binary - http://www.macupdate.com/macintel.php

Google Voice rolls out a new message system - USA Today

Google Voice rolls out a new message system - USA Today: "

DAWN.com

Google Voice rolls out a new message system USA Today The Internet search giant is expanding its voice application — which lets you use one Google-supplied phone number to manage calls on several phones — to work with your existing cellphone number. ... Google Voice lets users keep phone numberReuters Google Relaxes Single Phone Number Requirement for VoicePC World Google Voice now (kinda) works with your numberCNET News BusinessWeek'-The Associated Press'-San Jose Mercury News all 137 news articles'»

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Sci/Tech - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Google Releases Voice Light for Any Mobile Number

Google Releases Voice Light for Any Mobile Number: "Google Voice is opening up to anyone with a cellphone number, not just those willing to force their friends to dial a new Google Voice number. That means every U.S. mobile user can get Google's voicemail transcription, personalized outgoing messages and the ability to save messages forever, even if you change carriers. Oh, and it's free.

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Wired News - http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml

Scientists 'unwarp' distorted fingerprints in seconds

Scientists 'unwarp' distorted fingerprints in seconds: "Tech developed at the University of Warwick sees through partial, distorted, scratched, and even smudged fingerprints, scoring top marks in the toughest tests."

CNET News.com - http://news.cnet.com/

It really is 'free chicken day' at KFC

It really is 'free chicken day' at KFC: "

Get one free piece of KFC chicken all day Monday, Oct. 26, at participating restaurants nationwide. This new free chicken giveaway follows a failed coupon campaign in June, where two KFC customers sued. This one, according to random samplings, is the real deal - though you may not get the piece of chicken you're after."

KPIC - News - Local & Regional - http://www.kpic.com/news/local

Netflix breaks down PS3 deal - GameSpot

Netflix breaks down PS3 deal - GameSpot: "

PC World

Netflix breaks down PS3 deal GameSpot Q&A: VP Steve Swasey explains how video service works on the PS3; firmware update planned for 2010, will offer same options as PC and Xbox Live streaming. After nearly a year of game-console exclusivity on the Xbox 360, ... PS3 Netflix: The best use of BD-Live yetBetaNews Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3The Associated Press Stock Picks: Netflix, Verizon, Shaw Group, KBRBusinessWeek TechNewsWorld'-ChannelWeb'-Slashdot all 689 news articles'»

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Sci/Tech - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Palm Pixi to Arrive on the Sprint Network Nov. 15 - eWeek

Palm Pixi to Arrive on the Sprint Network Nov. 15 - eWeek: "

CNET News

Palm Pixi to Arrive on the Sprint Network Nov. 15 eWeek The Palm Pixi, the Palm Pres smaller smartphone sibling, is coming to the Sprint network for $99.99 with the activation of a two-year data plan. Palm Synergy 3, WebOS, linked contacts and a new mobile Facebook app are among the Pixis perks. ... Will the Palm Pixi Get Any Love?PC World Palm Gives Pixi Release DetailsInformationWeek Sprint plans to release Palm Pixi in mid-NovemberComputerworld CNET News'-Wired News'-ChannelWeb all 207 news articles'»

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Sci/Tech - Google News - http://news.google.com?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en

Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Promotion at Fox - BusinessWeek

Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Promotion at Fox - BusinessWeek: "

The Inquisitr

Microsoft Drops Windows 7 Promotion at Fox BusinessWeek By Burt Helm Just two weeks after Microsoft (MSFT) announced an innovative marketing partnership with News Corp.s (NWS) Fox Network, the software giant has pulled its sponsorship of the deals centerpiece: a 30-minute, commercial-free variety show by ... Microsoft is shocked to find racy content in 'Family Guy' specialLos Angeles Times Microsoft pulls plug on Family Guy specialCNET News Microsoft yanks Family Guy sponsorshipSeattle Post Intelligencer New York Times (blog)'-Erictric all 31 news articles'»

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How to Teach a Kid to Program

How to Teach a Kid to Program: "Your kids can learn to program now, and they'll be better-equipped when it comes time for them to make good on that promise to be astronauts.

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Wired News - http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml

The Wired Interview: Stan Lee

The Wired Interview: Stan Lee: "Stan Lee gets the Comic-Con Icon Award at Spike TV’s 'Scream 2009' awards show. We were there, and spoke to the 86-year-old icon.

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Wired News - http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml

Out of all the super powers you could possibly have, which one would you want?

Believe it or not, good luck. Because if you’re lucky then everything goes right for you. Right? if somebody shoots at you, they’ll miss. Somebody takes a swing at you, they’ll trip and fall before the blow lands. If you buy a lottery ticket, you’re sure to win. I think luck is really the most important thing you could have.