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please use: Dear Julian Assange, It is not just Facebook
Submission + - Dear Julian Assange: The Internet is the Most Appa (i4u.com) 1
i4u writes: If you're a regular reader of Russia Today or a big fan of that white-haired rogue Julian Assange, you may want to watch this interview. In it, the Wikileaks founder calls Facebook the "most appalling spy machine that has ever been invented". He goes on to explain that the social network is accessible to US Intelligence, which means none of your data is ever really "private".
Submission + - Interview: The Future of SiLo's Language Library (i4u.com)
i4u writes: Early this morning I had a chance to speak with Ase (pronounced 'Ace') Deliri, curator of SiLo, the world's first digital language library. At its core, SiLo is a mash of Wikipedia and Babelfish, an open database focused on facilitating real conversations with real people.
"If you have 800-1200 words in your vocabulary, you can carry on a daily conversation. That is what we are looking at. How do you get a conversation going?"
"If you have 800-1200 words in your vocabulary, you can carry on a daily conversation. That is what we are looking at. How do you get a conversation going?"
Submission + - Sony's Honeycomb Tablets: Boom or Bust? (i4u.com)
i4u writes: The cat is out of the bag and Sony's S1 and S2 Android tablets have been unveiled. Right now, the Internet is busy debating whether or not the market has room for these new entrants. With the PlayBook's recent launch- and the imminent TouchPad and Galaxy Tab- things are starting to look a bit crowded. Does Sony have a prayer of standing out?
Submission + - YouTube To Launch Netflix Competitor (ibtimes.com) 1
RedEaredSlider writes: YouTube could become the latest to offer a movie rental service, challenging streaming sites such as Netflix.
Google is lining up deals with major Hollywood studios in order to launch the service. An anonymous executive at a studio that has signed on said Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate and Universal have all licensed their movies to the service. Not everyone is on board — Paramount, Fox and Disney declined to join.
Google is lining up deals with major Hollywood studios in order to launch the service. An anonymous executive at a studio that has signed on said Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate and Universal have all licensed their movies to the service. Not everyone is on board — Paramount, Fox and Disney declined to join.
Submission + - Google And Apple Are Collecting Your Data: Duh (i4u.com)
i4u writes: Apple and Google are collecting your data. They're pulling location details and info about attempted WiFi connections and sending it back to their giant databases. One HTC Android phone was found to send data to Google "several times" an hour. Apple "intermittently" gathers data and sends it in a bulk package every twelve hours. Your GPS location and unique phone ID fly off into the cloud with more regularity than an airliner.
So, what's the big deal?
So, what's the big deal?
Submission + - 6 Upcoming Dual-Core Android Smartphones (i4u.com)
i4u writes: This year has seen the explosive birth of a new kind of mobile device. Dual-core superphones are almost impossibly powerful compared to even the immediate previous generation of handsets. There's a reason the Atrix launched with a laptop dock as a key feature. 'Mobile' doesn't mean 'underpowered' anymore. If you want more out of your smartphone, you want one of these six behemoths.
But which?
But which?
Submission + - 6 Reasons Windows Phone 7 is Dead in the Water (i4u.com) 1
i4u writes: Windows Phone 7 is a strange beast. Since its launch, reviewers have been torn between criticism for bizarre lacking features and praise for Microsoft's surprisingly excellent app support. Support from a wide variety of manufacturers- including Sony Ericsson, LG and Nokia lead to speculation that WP7 might be able to strong-arm its way into some market share.
While the proverbial jig is not yet up, recent events certainly haven't given the world much reason for optimism in Redmond's latest mobile gamble. Windows Phone 7 is dead in the water. And here's why:
While the proverbial jig is not yet up, recent events certainly haven't given the world much reason for optimism in Redmond's latest mobile gamble. Windows Phone 7 is dead in the water. And here's why:
Submission + - Would You Trade Privacy for a Free Phone? (i4u.com)
i4u writes: On the surface, this sounds like a preposterous question. Who in their right mind would give up the intimate details of their personal life for a gadget?
The answer, of course, is "all of us".
The answer, of course, is "all of us".
Submission + - Skype's Big Goof and the Myth of Security (i4u.com)
i4u writes: If you use Skype mobile, your private data may be unprotected.
Submission + - Stephen Elop: The Canadian Manchurian Candidate (i4u.com)
i4u writes: From Redmond with Love would have been a nice title too.
Submission + - iPhone 5 Delay Speculation Continues: Don't Buy It (i4u.com)
i4u writes: No matter where you look these days, there's speculation that the iPhone 5 will be delayed. Possibly until 2012. This latest bit of doom-and-gloom comes courtesy of Digitimes. They report that Taiwan-based touch panel makers have not yet begun to shift production from the iPhone 4 to its successor.
We have about two months before the next iPhone launch. If component makers are still on the iPhone 4, Apple is cutting it real close. Another possibility is that the iPhone 5 will be a very iterative improvement, utilizing most of the same parts and an identical body.
We have about two months before the next iPhone launch. If component makers are still on the iPhone 4, Apple is cutting it real close. Another possibility is that the iPhone 5 will be a very iterative improvement, utilizing most of the same parts and an identical body.
Submission + - Android Tablet Ads vs. iPad Ads (i4u.com)
i4u writes: Guess who keeps doing it wrong.
Submission + - NASA announces final homes of Shuttle fleet (space.com) 3
PyroMosh writes: "NASA administrator Charles Bolden just announced the final homes for the four remaining Space Shuttle Orbiters in a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center today commemorating the 30th anniversary of the first Shuttle launch.
The Shuttle Atlantis will remain at NASA's home of Shuttle Launch operations — Kennedy Space Center.
Endeavour will be displayed at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, just miles from where she was assembled.
Discovery will be moved to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum in Virginia outside of Washington DC — the very hangar that Enterprise now occupies.
Finally, the Shuttle airframe prototype Enterprise will be moved from her current home to the U.S.S. Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York City."
Submission + - Ford Recycles Old Carpet into Cylinder Head Covers (i4u.com)
i4u writes: "The world is trying to go green and the automotive industry is right at the forefront of the green movement in many instances. We have all sorts of green cars with hybrid powertrain or pure EVs hitting the market. We also have a wide array of very fuel-efficient vehicles that use normal engines."
