Daily Archives: August 16, 2011

Every Hour Of TV You Watch After Age 25 Shortens Your Life By 21.8 Minutes

August 16, 2011
Every Hour Of TV You Watch After Age 25 Shortens Your Life By 21.8 Minutes

Dead man sitting. See Also: Watch The Bitter, Awkward Monologue George Lopez Delivered After Being Canceled By TBS (VIDEO) Here Are The Top 12 Highest Paid People On TV THE FALL SEASON: 12 Teasers To Get You Ready For The Return Of TV Every hour of TV you watch after age 25 shortens your...

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BART Protests: ‘V’ For ‘Very Few People Showed Up’

August 16, 2011
BART Protests: ‘V’ For ‘Very Few People Showed Up’

Last night, San Francisco’s BART transport system prepared itself to be swamped with Guy Fawkes masks as hacking collective Anonymous urged concerned citizens to take to the streets tracks to protest authorities’ earlier shut-down of the network’s cellphone service. The hackers had already fired their opening salvo: hacking the BART website and releasing the...

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HP’s TouchPad Is Officially A Bomb: Best Buy Wants HP To Take Them Back (HPQ, AAPL, GOOG, MMI)

August 16, 2011
HP’s TouchPad Is Officially A Bomb: Best Buy Wants HP To Take Them Back (HPQ, AAPL, GOOG, MMI)

Image: Robert Scoble See Also: BUSTED: Did Apple Alter This Galaxy Tab Photo In Its Lawsuit Against Samsung? Now Is The Perfect Time For HP To Step Up And License WebOS This 1994 Video Accurately Predicts The iPad And Other Tablets Best Buy is sitting on more than 200,000 unsold TouchPads, and is threatening...

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Jeremy, Call Your Mother — She’s Worried Sick

August 16, 2011
Jeremy, Call Your Mother — She’s Worried Sick

When we switched to Facebook comments several months ago, we spun it as a way to combat the trolls. But you know, there was actually a secret agenda. We wanted to bring families closer together. And it’s with great pleasure that I can now announce that it’s working. Earlier today, we ran a post...

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Roku adds more casual games to its streaming box

August 16, 2011
Roku adds more casual games to its streaming box

Updated. Right on the heels of $8 million in new funding, Roku has added seven new casual games to its streaming boxes. The games, which appear to be internally developed by Roku were developed by Accedo, follow on the release of Angry Birds...

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20 years of Linux [Infographic]

August 16, 2011
20 years of Linux [Infographic]

Just like that — Linux is 20 years old. As part of the Linux Foundation’s 20th anniversary celebrations, the organization conducted a survey about Linux among attendees of LinuxCon in July 2011. The findings of that survey are showcased in this infographic, which illustrates the changes in Linux over the years. Related research and...

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Amazon Builds a Wall Around Its Cloud for the U.S. Government

August 16, 2011
Amazon Builds a Wall Around Its Cloud for the U.S. Government

This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the white paper about how Intel Xeon processors help organizations get unprecedented levels of performance. If you’re looking for new, but obvious, ways to cut government waste, try...

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Two-thirds of in-app game buys have fleeting value

August 16, 2011
Two-thirds of in-app game buys have fleeting value

Recently Flurry Analytics did some research on how much mobile gamers spend on and within Android and iOS games, the data showing that the average in-app purchase amounts to about $14 per transaction. On Tuesday Flurry gave a deeper dive into what those in-app transactions are for. Two-thirds of the items bought within an...

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Ooyala Now Powering ESPN’s Billion-Plus Video Streams

August 16, 2011
Ooyala Now Powering ESPN’s Billion-Plus Video Streams

Today, Mountain View-based Ooyala, the fast-growing online video services provider, is announcing that it has landed a big content partner: The so-called “worldwide leader in sports”, ESPN. Those avid sports fans among us may have noticed some changes in the look and speed of videos on ESPN.com. Over the last few weeks, Ooyala has...

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It’s no game: Microsoft improving Xbox Live on phones

August 16, 2011
It’s no game: Microsoft improving Xbox Live on phones

Microsoft today announced new Xbox Live features that will appear on Windows Phone 7 handsets this coming fall. The news was shared at Gamescom 2011, a gaming event taking place this week in Cologne, Germany. An additional 14 new Xbox Live titles for Microsoft’s smartphones were also introduced as the company continues to spotlight...

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