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Earlier this afternoon, Mike posted an exclusive story about an internal war raging within Google. In the post he mentioned that Google revenue chief Nikesh Arora had recently returned from a two week jaunt in the Caribbean with Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt aboard Rosenblatt's yacht, The Adsense. A few minutes after the post went live, Rosenblatt called the TechCrunch office and left a voicemail. Boy is he pissed. Not at any of the other details of the story -- which he doesn't deny -- but about Mike revealing details of his yacht. We understand that, in these piracy-infested times, the super-rich are rightly protective of their yachts -- but come on dude, it's called 'The Adsense'. That's news! Voicemail below.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/1cnFo8BJKZk/

F5 NETWORKS EPICOR SOFTWARE

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x-Ar Exoskeleton Arm Lets You Lift Like a Robot: Indefatigably Gemini Introduces FirstMix, A USB DJ Controller For Noobs The Chevy Orlando Play-Doh Edition Hits London Streets The Kinect Earns A Guinness Record For Fastest-Selling Device Just In Time For March Madness: Hannspree 55-inch Basketball TV

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/11/daily-crunch-feat-of-strength/

MICROSOFT MILLICOM INTL CELLULAR

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Facebook is the target as the company builds a social network around search results that lets people share recommendations for websites and online advertisers.

Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=fd5fff6de29e15b1a8f651dc509890da

SILICON LABORATORIES SI INTERNATIONAL

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With Ahsoka's odds stacked against her and no rescue in sight, hope for survival begins to dwindle ? that is, until her escape efforts receive an unexpected boost from a friendly ? and furry! ? fellow captive.

Source: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1813626064/bctid867243228001?src=mrss

SIEMENS CDW

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Yes, that's right, I said adorable. Because Cueboy Quest really is!

You play an 8-bit cowboy whose goal on each level is to get to the door (and thus to the next level), but the door is often locked. To get it to open, you must shoot at one or more targets, and those targets aren't always in your line of sight. For example, on one level the the target is a balloon which is stuck all the way at the other end of the screen. You must first nudge it free, and then watch it float up and try to shoot it before it floats clear off the screen. Your bullets are chunky pixels that have some weight - the have arcing trajectories, so you don't always hit exactly where you aim.

There's another level where you must jump on the balloon as it floats up, use it as a platform to get to the other end of the screen, and then turn to shoot it very quickly before it flies away. Each level is very short, and most of them are quite easy. And not only are the graphics 8-bit blocky, but they're large too. Simply beautiful!

Cueboy Quest is an adorable 8-bit style physics game originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/22/cueboy-quest-is-an-adorable-8-bit-style-physics-game/

ACCENTURE ACER

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Kickstarter: Coffee Joulies Are Temperature Regulators For Your Java Video: Cute Teddy Bear Charatter Reads Tweets For You LA Noire Will Be A Part Of The Tribeca Film Festival The Klhip: What The World Needs Now Is Another Nail Clipper? Three New 01THEONE Watches Affordably Priced

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/30/daily-crunch-clipper-edition/

MILLICOM INTL CELLULAR MOBILE TELESYSTEMS

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The NB505 netbook is underpowered, but it's also under $300.

Source: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/03/toshiba-nb505/

SHAW COMMUNICATIONS SIEMENS

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Remember back in the early days on instant messaging when people figured out that they could set up chatbots that users would interact with? Yeah, they were fun for like 20 minutes. But don't tell Google that ? they're bringing one back today! Google Talk Guru is an "experimental" Google Labs service that allows you to chat with a bot to get information you're looking for. What kind of information? Sports results, weather, definitions, translations, etc.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/5P4lGmtmxiY/

INTUIT INTERSECTIONS

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Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear: Hands-On With The iPad 2 Elfoid: Creepy Robot Cell Phone (Video) This Is Not An iPad Post. It Is About A Robotic Seal Pure Genius: The Dogbrella Your Pilot May Soon Be Navigating By iPad Weekend Giveaway: One Of 10 Zazzle iPhone Cases

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/07/week-in-review-wild-wonderful-whites/

RACKABLE SYSTEMS QUEST SOFTWARE

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Like Google Chrome, Mozilla's upgraded browser implements HTTP Strict Transport Security, enabling Web sites to specify when only HTTPS pages should be used.

Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=8c86dda939efbbfb004488053f402889

KDDI KLATENCOR

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Dek:

The companies hyped the product, and people rushed to the store to stand in line for Windows Vista, the original Apple iPhone, or an Amazon Kindle 2. And then the roof caved in -- the product was unreliable and buggy, or within months the prices dropped

Source:

PC World

No

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/15-tech-products-failed-early-adopters-746?source=rss_computer_hardware

AVNET BHARTI AIRTEL

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Man Creates Microwave Gun From Small Appliance, Starts Burning Things (Video) iPhly Radio Control For iPhone Artist?s Portraits Of CRTs Turning Off Are Eerily Beautiful Will Germany Become The World?s First Post-Nuclear Nation? World?s Highest Solar Array To Be Built In Tibet

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/24/daily-crunch-remote-control/

TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS

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With mobile handsets stuck in a pattern of incremental updates, at least Samsung's Galaxy S 4G is an example of baby steps done right.

Source: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/03/samsung-galaxy-s-4g/

LAND SOFTWARE LAM RESEARCH

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The tech support contracts you buy along with a new storage system are every bit as vital as any hardware or software component. And thanks to all the newfangled stuff built into storage systems these days, I can assure you that you're going to need a support contract for more than replacing the occasional failed disk.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/how-make-tech-support-work-you-753?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_

IOMEGA INTUIT

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After over 10 years of active participation in the honeypot community, I was surprised not to have heard of MicroSolved's HoneyPoint Security Server before I started planning this roundup. HoneyPoint runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, and offers some useful features -- such as "defensive fuzzing" and the ability to track alert status -- that KFSensor and Honeyd don't.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/honeypoint-honeypot-windows-linux-or-mac-os-x-279?source=rss_mac

VIEWSONIC VERISIGN

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Source: http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3a2cd22db4154cd0e57942a87c8b1058&p=4

MOTOROLA MOODYS

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Cute Pixelated Camera Decals For Your Wallz Your Daily Well-Designed Ceramic Stove Internet Explorer 9 Officially Released (Just Not For XP Users) Yeah, I Could Rock That: AMD?s 5�1 Eyefinity Setup Looks Sick Tech Companies Come Out In Force For Japan Relief

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/16/daily-crunch-augmented-reality/

PALM OSI SYSTEMS

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A server might cost only $100 a year for a startup these days, but legal fees for new companies can run five times that ... per hour. Something's got to give, according to a new site aiming to partner lawyers and startups.

Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/qMmMUQ_K3L4/

LSI LINEAR TECHNOLOGY

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Security experts are split over whether Apple's decision to hand over Java to an Oracle-backed open-source project is a good deal for Mac users.

On Friday, Apple announced it would join Oracle's OpenJDK and contribute "most of the key components, tools, and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X."

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/does-apples-java-move-mean-less-secure-mac-150?source=rss_mac

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LAWSON SOFTWARE

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Space-shooters are usually a fairly fiery affair, with many types of guns, weapon upgrades, power-ups and more. Dodge does away with all of that, while keeping the very essence of a space shooter: Dark background, fast action, and stuff blowing up all over the place.

Your vector-looking spacecraft is the fastest thing on the screen, most of the time. And as the header implies, you have absolutely no weapons; you can't get any, either. All you have is agility and maneuverability.

Your opponents shoot heat-seeking missiles at you; the missiles lock on and start tracking you. The trick is to dodge the missiles while putting them in the path of one of your enemies, thus letting them have a taste of their own medicine.

There are three types of enemies, at least in the first few levels: "simple" spaceships which fire slow projectiles, "tanks" which seem to be more serious and take more hits to destroy, and "circles." The circles simply explode, spewing twenty or thirty very fast projectiles. This sounds dangerous, but is actually great once you learn to use them; they are very destructive for tanks, and can even blow up other circles.

The soundtrack is very techno, but it meshes very well with this type of game. Intense fun!

Dodge is a space-shooter in which you have no weapons originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/01/dodge-is-a-space-shooter-in-which-you-have-no-weapons/

TELETECH HOLDINGS TECHNITROL

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The Loog Three-Stringed Guitar: You Know, For Kids Power Pod, A Practical, Pellet-Shaped Power Strip Yamaha Creates Voice Masking System To Quiet Discrete Conversations Blackbird?s Travel French Press For Good Coffee In The Woods Has HP Lost Its Soul?

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/10/daily-crunch-unplugged-edition/

NVIDIA NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS

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Sometimes FOSS can be a confusing source of programs to feed my Linux passion. I confronted that confusion the last few weeks while settling into a preferred Alarm Clock app for my GNOME desktop. I found what I thought was a perfect solution for my need of a do-it-all alarm tool for my computers. Aptly enough, I really liked the features in Alarm Clock.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72116.html

LINEAR TECHNOLOGY LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL

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Two days ago, I published the chart below with monthly estimates of Groupon's U.S. revenues. The chart shows a startling 30 percent falloff in February from the month before. As I noted in the post:

Again, these are just estimates based on the equivalent of scraping Groupon?s site, and thus could be missing something.

Well, at least for February, it looks like those numbers are way off. The post obviously caused some ripple effects to the extent that Groupon had to start addressing the issue with potential hires. As a result, it knocked loose the real revenue numbers for February and January. Groupon wouldn't comment on the revenue numbers when I asked them about it, but according to a source, Groupon is now privately countering the numbers in my post: instead of $62 million in U.S. revenues, the company did $103 million in February. And that is up from $92 million in January (compared to the $89 million in the original data).

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/pHmS3GJhFLQ/

TNS TIBCO SOFTWARE

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We bring you the gadget news of the week in episode #109 of our surprisingly popular podcast. We cover Amazon's app store, a new photo-sharing app called Color, and Skullcandy's Roc Nation Aviator headphones.

Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/YcWlUbhz6BA/

CISCO SYSTEMS COGNIZANT TECH SOLUTIONS

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Last week I wrote about Xeno Defense and this week I found Tesla Death Ray, which is almost as addictive, but is clad in a somewhat different costume.

It's a tower defense game in which you have to zap your enemies to oblivion. Much like in Xeno Defense, at the end of each level you get to the store and can use your hard-earned points to purchase upgrades and repair your tower.

Unlike Xeno Defense, you only get to the store if you pass the level. This makes the game much harder, because it means if you've made some wrong choices in terms of upgrades, now you're stuck with a level you simply cannot pass, and need to start the game all over again.

I should at least be able to sell off some of my equipment between retries of the same level, I think. But despite this one flaw, the game manages to be addictive, fun, and fast. I like it, and probably would have finished it if it hadn't been for the upgrade problem.

Tesla Death Ray is an addictive tower defense game originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/13/tesla-death-ray-is-an-addictive-tower-defense-game/

BT GROUP CANON

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For today's giveaway, we are giving a Xbox Kinect package away to one lucky reader. This package comes with the Xbox 360, a Kinect, and a game. Microsoft broke records by selling 8 million Kinects in 60 days and the Kinect has become the world?s fastest growing game console. Want it? Just follow these steps to enter.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/_dpmjwIdPVQ/

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL FAIR ISAAC

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Nintendo 3DS arrives in the United States this Sunday bearing gifts. While the new glasses-free 3-D gaming platform doesn't include a packed-in game, the handheld does come with a variety of apps baked into its memory. Here's a look at the software and hardware features you'll find on the $250 gaming gadget.

Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/em2HvlJZIDM/

LAM RESEARCH L1 IDENTITY SOLUTIONS

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Using dating sites like Match.com as a model, the e-procurement network makes it easier for companies to find and qualify suppliers and vice versa.

Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=0bdf263b1a24c5dcfd425297c256a43a

ASML HOLDING ASUSTEK COMPUTER

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Once upon a time, there used to be a DOS game with a caveman and a human powered helicopter. The caveman would shuttle around the screen, madly trying to get customers to where they wanted to go.

Jetbus is not that game, but it's obviously inspired by it. You're driving a yellow school bus which has jets. I guess the jet engine takes quite a bit of space inside the bus, because you can only pick up one person at a time.

There are several doors on the screen, each with its own number. As you pick up a person, the status bar at the bottom of the screen shows you which number door you have to take them to.

You must fly your bus carefully, because if it gets bumped around too much, you lose. You earn money on each level, and can visit the garage to buy better jets and damping, power-ups, or even a whole new vehicle.

So while this game isn't made as well as the original that inspired it, it does provide a few minutes of fun. And now, which one of you guys remembers the original and feels like pointing to it in the comments?

Jetbus is a retro-tastic physics game, with a bus originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/15/jetbus-is-a-retro-tastic-physics-game-with-a-bus/

UNITED ONLINE UNISYS

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March 18, 2011: This week's Gadget Lab podcast covers an iPad 3G GPS workaround, silicon art found inside a microchip, the winner of our Zibits robots contest, office warfare and more.

Source: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1813626064/bctid836621932001?src=mrss

PLANAR SYSTEMS PEROT SYSTEMS

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The world still loves Firefox. That's what we learned from the launch of Firefox 4, which in a single day managed to grab hold of nearly 2 percent of the worldwide Internet browser market, according to StatCounter's statistics. That's more than both Opera 11 and IE9, the latter of which was released last week and claims a 0.87 percent share...

Source: http://hothardware.com/News/Firefox-4-Leapfrogs-Internet-Explorer-9-in-Downloads-Usage/

FEI COMPANY FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL

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Saying the deal went "too far," a federal judge Tuesday rejected Google's proposed legal settlement with book publishers, an accord that would have paved a path toward digitizing the world's books.

Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/X8UYlpm8yKU/

HON HAI PRECISION IND HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR

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Cute Pixelated Camera Decals For Your Wallz Your Daily Well-Designed Ceramic Stove Internet Explorer 9 Officially Released (Just Not For XP Users) Yeah, I Could Rock That: AMD?s 5�1 Eyefinity Setup Looks Sick Tech Companies Come Out In Force For Japan Relief

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/16/daily-crunch-augmented-reality/

SYNNEX SYMANTEC

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The company's decision last year to refuse to censor its search results in China continues to have repercussions.

Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=41a91991eae2122342d5b57a0f0713fd

LAM RESEARCH LIBERTY GLOBAL

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That is the allegation in a news report that ran last week. While the outcome from the investigation could have a profound impact on whether the anti-secrecy organization is a media outlet � there is a bigger lesson.