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TechCrunch: With Microsoft becoming increasingly marginalized in areas like mobile media, DirectX is becoming less of a must-use toolset and more of a gaming-specific one. The other side of the coin is, of course, the increasing relevance of standards like OpenGL, OpenAL, and OpenCL: powerful cross-platform systems for graphics, audio, and parallel processing . You may remember OpenCL from its debut on the Mac in Snow Leopard, and OpenGL ES of course powers the UI on the iPad . OpenAL is still a ways from being brought unde... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/OpenGL:Khronos_Group/ Google_Reader:Play%401268260498127
ReadWriteWeb: Most hosted blogging platforms offer their customers a set of standard templates with relatively few options for customizing these sites. Starting today , however, bloggers on Google's Blogger platform will be able to take full control over the layout of their sites thanks to Google's new Blogger Template Designer without having to edit a single line of HTML and CSS code. The Template Designer will give Blogger's users the ability to change the layout, fonts, colors and background images of their blogs through a... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Blogger:Template/ Blogger:Template%401268331779924
TechCrunch: Apple has set the standard that once every year they will release a new version of the iPhone. It stands to reason that this year will be no different, with a new model likely coming sometime this summer. But arguably just as important as Apple’s hardware refresh is the accompanying software refresh that comes with it as well. And that’s why it shouldn’t be surprising at all that whispers of iPhone OS 4.0 are starting to grow. But this year, the timeline appears a bit off. As AppleInsider repor... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/iPhone_OS:Computer_multitasking/ iPad:iPhone%401268265362862
TechCrunch: Betaworks, the New York City-based holding company investing in the realtime Web, just raised a $20 million Series B. The round was led by RRE Ventures and Intel Capital, DFJ Growth, AOL Ventures, The New York Times, Softbank Japan and Softbank NY, Lerer Investments and Founders Collective, also participated, along with investors from the last round, which was $7.5 million The company both invests and incubates realtime media startups, including Summize (acquired by Twitter for realtime search), bit.ly, TweetDec... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Betaworks:Intel/ Betaworks:Intel%401268331779730
Mashable!: A judge has taken Pink Floyd’s side in a court battle between the band and its label, EMI, and digital downloads are at stake. The band says its 11-year-old contract only permits EMI to sell complete albums, not individual tracks, but the label has been offering downloads of individual songs through online services like iTunes. The word “record” was used in the contract, which EMI believes implies physical media. Therefore, the label thinks that it can do whatever it wants as far as digital dow... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Pink_Floyd:EMI/ EMI:Pink_Floyd%401268316537054
BetaNews: By Tim Conneally , Betanews Following up on last week's beta release of Opera Mini 5 for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 , Opera software today launched Opera Mini 5 for the Android platform. With Mini 5, Opera Software has managed to make a cross-platform browser that provides an almost uniform experience across all the operating systems it runs upon. Today's release on Android feels almost identical to the version I tested last week. However, with Android we're taking a different look at Opera and its comparisons to o... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Android:Opera_Mini/ Megapixel:Cam%401268270926147
BetaNews: By Tim Conneally , Betanews Following up on last week's beta release of Opera Mini 5 for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 , Opera software today launched Opera Mini 5 for the Android platform. With Mini 5, Opera Software has managed to make a cross-platform browser that provides an almost uniform experience across all the operating systems it runs upon. Today's release on Android feels almost identical to the version I tested last week. However, with Android we're taking a different look at Opera and its comparisons to o... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Opera_Software:Android/ Megapixel:Cam%401268270926147
GigaOM: Digg, the San Francisco-based social media company, is dropping MySQL and instead betting its future on Cassandra, an open-source data store. It’s just the latest sign of the growing popularity of the software, which was developed (and open sourced) by Facebook to search through its inbox. While Facebook has since backed off Cassandra, Digg plans to open source all its work on Cassandra and champion the software’s development and adoption. In a blog post on the Digg blog, John Quinn, Digg’s VP ... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Digg:Cassandra/ Cassandra:Digg%401268295424207
paidContent: If you are holding out for a 4G phone for your next purchase, don’t bother. Verizon Wireless will not have its very first 4G handset until mid-2011. While that’s about six months earlier than the company had said before, that’s still far enough away to burn through another contract, especially since the chance of you wanting the very first 4G phone is mighty slim. The time line was confirmed by Anthony Melone, Verizon’s CTO, who told the WSJ in an interview that the carrier could have a 4... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Verizon_Wireless:4G/ NFL:Verizon_Communications%401268260483443
paidContent: Paul Allen backed semantic web startup Evri is buying Twine.com parent Radar Networks—which lets its users create pages (“twines”) on specific topics—like a type of food or art—and then connect with others who share that interest; Twine users can add content to the page and get recommendations for additional content to look at and other members to meet based on what they tend to like. Allen investment firm Vulcan Capital incubated Evri and is also an investor in Radar Networks. Evri... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Evri:Paul_Allen/ Evri:Radar_Networks%401268331779749
TechCrunch: Pelago knows that just about every location-based app in the world is seeking coverage right now just prior to SXSW where they will all battle Highlander -style. So they approached me with a pretty smart pitch: curing the “social rut.” What they mean by that is these days, despite the prevalence of social networks, people are actually less social than ever because they’re being roped into playing games like Farmville and Mafia Wars for hours on end. Sitting in their rooms. Alone. While that may... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Foursquare:Farmville/ Foursquare:Farmville%401268343802826 BetaNews: By Tim Conneally , Betanews With just six days to go before the National Broadband Plan is due before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission today launched a pair of consumer tools -- an app for iPhone/Android, and a Web-based reporting tool -- to help inform both consumers and the Commission itself about broadband conditions across the US. The mobile application bundles the Ookla Speed Test (a.k.a., Speedtest.net) and Network Diagnostic Tool together into a single package simply branded "FCC Test.... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Broadband:FCC/ Thursday:FCC%401268340761040 TechCrunch: Consumer Reports has a new report on which computer company has the best tech support. Apple wins! That's what happens when the same company controls the hardware as well as the operating system (and several of the most prominent pieces of software). The highest ranking PC manufacturer is Dell for desktops and Lenovo for laptops. go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Apple:Consumer_Reports/ TECH:Apple%401268313523845
GigaOM: Verizon Wireless will bring its first 4G handsets to market by the middle of 2011, CTO Anthony Melone said in a Wall Street Journal piece (hat tip Engadget ). But using those super-fast Long Term Evolution phones is going to cost you. We learned last year that Verizon would launch its first LTE phones sometime in 2011, but the new ETA is several months earlier than the company had previously forecast. The phones will support promised speeds of 5-12 Mbps on download and 2-5 Mbps on uploads on the LTE network, whi... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Verizon_Communications:4G/ NFL:Verizon_Communications%401268260483443
Mashable!: Continuing with a very source agnostic digital book strategy, Barnes & Noble has announced it will soon be offering an e-reader app for the Apple iPad . The app will be designed specifically for the iPad’s tablet form factor, and will join B&N’s existing e-reader app family already available for Mac, PC, iPhone , iPod touch, and BlackBerry. In other words, although the company is selling its own Nook e-reader device , it doesn’t want to lock potential book customers into a single platfo... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Barnes_%26_Noble:iPad/ iPhone:Apple%401268337739686
VentureBeat: Apple is working on implementing multitasking support — the ability to run more than one app at once — for the iPhone’s operating system this summer, according to AppleInsider . It’s said to be a major new feature in the next version of the iPhone’s OS, version 4.o. The information comes from trusted sources who have a history of accurately predicting Apple’s new technologies. They don’t offer many specifics, but they say that Apple has already developed a “full-on... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Computer_multitasking:iPhone_OS/ iPad:iPhone%401268265362862 VentureBeat: Sony Computer Entertainment America today officially entered a new phase in the lifespan of the PlayStation 3 console by touting the PlayStation Move, a wireless motion controlled device that rivals Nintendo’s Wiimote and Microsoft’s Upcoming Project Natal. Introduced at E3 2009 with the working title the PlayStation Wand, the PlayStation Move resembles a light-weight microphone with a colored crown. The PS3 manufacturer, which revealed the device at the Concourse Exhibition Center in downtown San Fr... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/PlayStation:SONY/ PlayStation:SONY%401268340757109
Mashable!: According to the Guardian and Global Dashboard , Facebook has threatened to sue Daily Mail over an article which wrongfully claimed Facebook makes it easy for older sex predators to approach and seduce minors. Daily Mail’s article, which can (in edited form) be found here , was written by a former police detective Mark Williams-Thomas, and had originally been titled “I posed as a girl of 14 on Facebook. What followed will sicken you.” It contained the account of the author posing as a minor on ... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Facebook:Daily_Mail/ Facebook:Daily_Mail%401268319582452
paidContent: Google’s proposed (and now delayed) acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob appears to be drawing even more regulatory scrutiny from the FTC. Bloomberg cites sources who say that regulators now want “sworn declarations” from Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) competitors about the $750 million deal. The key sentence in the Bloomberg report comes from a former FTC general counsel, who says that “agency officials typically collect declarations ‘when they think there is some significant chance&rsquo... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Google:AdMob/ Google:FTC%401268265376511
TechCrunch: Newly independent Aol is still struggling with the fate of Bebo , the social network they acquired for $850 million in 2008. No one argues that Aol overpaid for Bebo. And the social network has fallen from 22 million monthly unique visitors when it was acquired to just 14.6 million today (Comscore worldwide). But even so, Bebo clearly has some value on the open market. Despite that value, Aol’s best financial option for Bebo will likely be to abandon it rather than sell it, say corporate tax experts we&rsq... go to the article ]]> http://www.buzzbox.com/anigam/tech-blogs/2010-03-11/Bebo:AOL/ Abandon:Bebo%401268340754056