Daily Archives: January 11, 2012

Time Warner Cable building an app for Panasonic TVs

January 11, 2012
Time Warner Cable building an app for Panasonic TVs

Time Warner Cable has developed an app for Panasonic Viera TVs, making it the first operator to bring cable TV content to the platform. The app was being shown off in the Panasonic booth, along with other content providers. For Time Warner Cable and other operators, TV apps are one way to provide more value...

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Here We Go Again: DC Taxi Head Says Uber Is “Operating Illegally,” To Be “Dealt With”

January 11, 2012
Here We Go Again: DC Taxi Head Says Uber Is “Operating Illegally,” To Be “Dealt With”

Uber is once again getting attacked by a crusty local bureaucracy, this time in the federal capital of crusty bureaucracies — and its newest city — Washington, DC. In case you don’t remember, the first attack was back in 2010, when San Francisco’s city transportation agency threatened the private car company’s executives with jail...

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6 ways to give your Mac a thorough New Year’s cleaning

January 11, 2012
6 ways to give your Mac a thorough New Year’s cleaning

Although it’s still winter, now is the time to do some spring cleaning on your Mac to help it run more efficient and reliably. Here are six simple steps to take that will get your Mac sparkly clean and running like new. 1. Clean that screen You’ve got a gorgeous screen on that iMac,...

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Iranian engineer: US drone captured using flying saucer and force fields

January 11, 2012
Iranian engineer: US drone captured using flying saucer and force fields

Much of the world was concerned when Iran showed off a US drone that it had captured in December. The fact that the drone was entirely intact, suggested that the Middle Eastern nation’s technology prowess may be far greater than anyone had estimated. At the time, Iranian authoritiees claimed that the craft had been...

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Hands On: The Nintendo Wii U

January 11, 2012
Hands On: The Nintendo Wii U

One of the first things I was told when I ducked into one of Nintendo’s suites to play with the Wii U was what they wouldn’t tell me. Price, release date, technical specs, games in development — all of these were taboo topics that would be (and were) met with a gentle dismissal if...

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Developers will flock to public cloud in 2012

January 11, 2012
Developers will flock to public cloud in 2012

The public cloud is looking pretty good as a development platform this year and gaining cloud development skills is a top priority for many developers, according to new research. Of the 3,335 developers surveyed by Zend Technologies about what work they expect to do this year, 61 percent said they expect to use a public cloud...

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Daily Wrap: Mobility is Changing the Enterprise and More

January 11, 2012
Daily Wrap: Mobility is Changing the Enterprise and More

Infographic: The Growth of Enterprise Mobility Enterprise has been disrupted in a significant way by the smartphone. From BYOD to apps, enterprise has struggled to manage ease and productivity with security and software deployment across devices that might not even be wholly owned by the company. xcube’s infographic illustrates the changing enterprise environment. Check...

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Rest in Peace, Social Media ROI Doubts: 2006-2012

January 11, 2012
Rest in Peace, Social Media ROI Doubts: 2006-2012

Many of us would love to be trained to have more social skills in everyday life, whether at work or at home. Or perhaps we wish other people we know would receive that kind of training. But is socializing online something that people need to be trained how to do? It might have sounded...

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Here’s a fun fact: IBM was granted 6,180 US patents in 2011, Apple? 676

January 11, 2012

IFI Claims has released its top 50 US patent assignees of 2011. IBM was number one of the list with an astounding 6,180 granted patents. The rest of the list is made up of some pretty heavy hitters in the technology space. Samsung had quite a busy year, even though it’s in a war...

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LESS CSS Has More with 1.2.0

January 11, 2012
LESS CSS Has More with 1.2.0

The LESS dynamic stylesheet language was one of ReadWriteWeb’s , and it’s starting off 2012 strong as well. LESS maintainer Alexis Sellier has released LESS 1.2.0 with a few interesting new features and fixes for WebKit and Internet Explorer. LESS adds functionality that should be in CSS in the...

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