PC World - Red Hat is stealing a page from the Second Life playbook and will host an online conference for users and partners of its JBoss Java-based middleware products in which people will have their own avatars and can virtually attend a conference as if it was a live trade show.
AP - A strange little ritual used to go along with Polaroid cameras. The shooter would grab the print as it came out of the camera and wave it in the air, as if that would stimulate the chemicals and make the picture appear faster. It didn’t. Yet it felt dumb to just stand there, waiting for the picture to develop.
iPhone application developers have until February 2, 2009 to submit comments to the Copyright Office in support of EFF’s proposal for a DMCA exemption for iPhone owners who want to “jailbreak” their iPhones to gain the freedom to install applications of their choice.
Fraudulent iPhone Nanos have hit the streets in Asia, as knock-off kings tried to get a jump on an Apple product that never materialized.
PC Magazine - It’s just like any other netbook, except inside there are dual hard drives and 3G HSUPA wireless. And emoticons!
PC Magazine - Intel’s hoping to carve out its own niche in the wireless world with its branded My Wi-Fi Technology.
NewsFactor - In a loss for Google, Verizon Wireless on Wednesday selected Microsoft to provide portal, local and Internet search as well as mobile advertising services. The five-year agreement will begin in the first half of the year, with Microsoft Live Search available on new Verizon Wireless feature phones and smartphones.
Macworld.com - The Thermapak Heatshift Laptop Cooling Pad from ThermaPAK Technologies has a humbleâ??but practicalâ??goal: keep your laptop cool.
CNET - LAS VEGAS–We’re live at the Venetian Ballroom, moments away from the unveiling of the long-awaited new phone platform from Palm.
Fake iPhone Nanos hit the streets in Asia last week ahead of a possible product announcement from Apple at MacWorld Expo 2009. However, the rumor never materialized into a real device during Phil Schiller’s keynote address at the annual trade show this week. Now, the BBC says fraudulent iPhone Nano units are showing up in Europe as rip-off artists try to recoup their losses.