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Palm Cancels Foleo

Seeded on Tue Sep 4, 2007 7:02 PM EDT (MacRumors)

In a surprising move, Palm has discontinued the unreleased Foleo mobile companion product that was announced with much fanfare at this year's D: All Things Digital Conference.

technology, palm-ceo-ed-colligan, palm, apple, iphone, foleo, engadget, smartphone, treo, bluetooth

"Reagan-quote" on Bush debunked as satire

Seeded on Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:17 AM EDT (New Urban Legends)

Yet again, internet urban legends have been disguised as news. Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true! Not that the proposed comments weren't spot on of course.

politics, ronald-reagan, white-house, new-york-times, bush, george-bush, george-w-bush

Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Build 9A500n

Seeded on Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:42 PM EDT (MacRumors)

Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS X Leopard (9A500n) to developers today. The latest update arrived through Mac OS X's built in Software Update and reportedly improves stability and provides general fixes. It is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard 9A499

technology, software-update, mac-os-x, mac-os-x-leopard, os-x, leopard, os, apple, mac

Some people like the new iMovie

Seeded on Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:02 PM EDT (PC World)

A PC world blog finds a solitary voice in the ongoing saga of the iMovie "upgrade".

technology, phil-shapiro, apple, david-pogue, new-york-times, pc-world, community-voices, imovie, ilife, mac

Canon ups pro line: 21MP EOS-1Ds Mark III

Seeded on Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:48 PM EDT (MacNN | The Macintosh News Network)

Canon on Monday hoped to blur the lines between DSLRs and medium format digital cameras with its final camera announcement, the EOS-1Ds Mark III.

technology, photography, canon, mk-iii, eos, 1d, eos-1d, hasselblad, mark-iii, udma

Echinacea — the wonder herb

Seeded on Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:19 PM EDT (Rare Dermatological Diseases)

A good article summing up the debate on Echinacea as a (non)-effective cure for the common cold.

health, canberra-journal, david-vernon, skeptic, the-skeptic, coleman, common-cold, echinacea, herbal-medicine, alternative-medicine

No, Man Did Not Surgically Alter Thumbs to Better Use iPhone

Seeded on Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:35 PM EDT (New Urban Legends)

In another Newsvine Seed, the urban legend that a man "surgically altered his thumbs to better use the iPhone keyboard" was again put forward as news.

technology, north-denver-news, iphone, apple, tech, urban-legend, thumbs, surgery, cosmetic-surgery

Lights Off first native game for the Apple iPhone

Seeded on Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:19 PM EDT (Delicious Monster)

Despite Apple's efforts to keep the iPhone locked down, we are now seeing the first release of a native game (ie. not played through the iPhone Safari browser) that can be installed with it's own icon in the iPhone interface. Installing it however, is a bit tricky.

technology, lights-off, apple, iphone, jailbreak, ssh

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (9A499) Gallery shows off high resolution icons

Seeded on Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:14 PM EDT (Think Secret)

A new gallery from Think Secret shows off the new Leopard icons in all their 512x512 glory.

technology, mac-os-x, leopard, apple, tech, icons, screenshots, os-x-leopard

John Lennon Solo Catalog Debuts on iTunes Store

Seeded on Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:10 PM EDT (Apple)

Sixteen of Lennon's solo works from EMI Music are available for the first time on iTunes starting today, with the "Lennon Legend" and "Acoustic" collections making their worldwide digital debuts.

entertainment, john-lennon, emi-music, apple, music, itunes, itunes-music-store

Apple sourcing feedback on Leopard Build 9A499

Seeded on Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:06 PM EDT (Apple)

ADC developers can now participate in a survey comparing the current ADC build (9A499) compared to the current shipping version of Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.10).

technology, os-x-tiger, leopard-quality-survey, leopard, os-x-leopard, mac, apple, developer, 9a499

Apple angers iMovie users over "upgrade", quashes dissent

Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:22 PM EDT

Apple recently released a much belated upgrade to their iLife suite, and there was many welcome changes.

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technology, apple, ilife, imovie

Windows 5x More Expensive than Mac OS X

Seeded on Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:06 PM EDT (roughlydrafted.com)

We've all known for years that the cost of running and updating Windows (TCO) has been larger than running Mac OS X. Here's a breakdown.

technology, security, spyware, microsoft, apple, mac-os-x, windows, os-x, vista, xp

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis goes for sleazebag of the decade award

Seeded on Mon Aug 7, 2006 2:39 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Borderline rapists, misogynist and just plain sleazy. Joe Francis, shames the race of men in this sickening LA Times article.

entertainment, porn, rape, spring-break, girls, girls-gone-wild, misogyny

The Microsoft Invincibility Myth

Seeded on Sun Aug 6, 2006 11:27 PM EDT (Roughly Drafted)

Another interesting take on Microsoft's current slump.

technology, monopoly, tech, microsoft, apple, bill-gates, ms, windows, vista

What is Eon8?

Seeded on Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:33 AM EDT (eon8.com)

The countdown is ALMOST up. What is Eon8? Virus? Terrorists? Viral marketing? My money's on a new ARG - Alternate Reality Game. If so, count me in!

entertainment, media, games, marketing, buzz, gaming, viral, interactive, arg, alternate-reality-games

Remember Evan Chang - Alternate Reality Games

Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:46 AM EDT

In February 2142, Evan Chan was killed under mysterious circumstances during a sailing trip. We want to know why.

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entertainment, games, gaming, interactive, arg, web-games, alternate-reality-games

Breaking the law - GTA and the rules of games

Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:01 PM EDT

A game are defined by its rules. Playing with a ball is infinitely more fun if there are rules attached to the play. Without rules rocks-paper-scissors would be nothing more than idle hand gestures.

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entertainment, games, xbox, gaming, video-games, consoles, gta, ps2, grand-theft-auto

Cheating for fun and profit

Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:04 AM EDT

Cheating - be it in games or the other kind - appears to be part of human nature. Some people are naturally inclined to exploit loopholes and ease their way through things that otherwise might seem to hard for them.

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entertainment, games, cheating, gaming, video-games, consoles, pc-gaming, medal-of-honor

Microsoft's Broken Windows

Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:37 PM EDT

In a recently seeded article from an anonymous Microsoft employee titled Vista 2007. Fire The Leadership Now! there is confirmation that Microsoft's Windows-ship is cracking up and starting to take in water.

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technology, office, investors, development, microsoft, apple, xbox, mac, windows, os-x

Microsoft's Windows Unit falling to pieces?

Seeded on Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:45 PM EDT (Mini Microsoft)

While the article itself is good, the comments - mostly from investors and (high-level) employees of Microsoft give a chilling insight into the troubles Microsoft and it's future operating system, Windows Vista, is facing.

technology, investors, development, microsoft, apple, windows, vista, operating-systems, developers

Games and Gender

Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:42 PM EDT

Gamers have long been stereotyped as the reclusive young white male sitting in his parent's basement. But in the recent years that stereotype has all been evaporated.

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entertainment, games, gaming, video-games, mmorpg, consoles, ps2, the-sims

EA - The Gaming Juggernaut

Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:48 PM EDT

DON'T HATE THE PLAYER - HATE THE GAME.

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entertainment, games, xbox, gaming, gamecube, consoles, ps2, the-sims

NI HAO! BUY LOOT? – Farming in MMORPGs

Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:33 PM EST

RMT is the fastest growing business on the internet. RMT stands for Real Money Transactions, and the people profiteering on it are known to most game players as "(gold) farmers".

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entertainment, farming, gaming, video-games, videogames, mmorpg, world-of-warcraft

Newsvine - 'Legalizing Marijuana: One Very Bad Idea.' A retort.

Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:45 AM EST

Josh Halbert writes in his Newsvine opinion-column on the legalization of Marijuana, and the arguments that he just can't accept. He comes with some counter-arguments that are flawed at best, but illustrate why some people needs to educate themselves more on the issue.

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drugs, health, politics, marijuana, crime, pot, alcohol, prohibition, opinion, legalization

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