Stephen Shankland
Senior Writer, CNet News
Author of Deep Tech blog at CNET News. I cover computing technology, browsers, photography, and more.
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A CBS News app is now available for Android phones, a little bird tells me. (Note: CBS owns CNET)
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Mozilla wants to update Mozilla Public License to 2.0 and release by November http://bit.ly/dzsVxg
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Dear WebKit: Please don't send passwords in plaintext, even who-gives-a-hoot mailing list passwords.
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"The Canon 1D Mark IV sensor sets new performance standards" for sensitivity and noise http://bit.ly/bSWgxZ (via @1001noisycamera )
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Oversaturated but still nostalgia-inducing HDR shot of rainbow over San Francisco http://bit.ly/9Yj077
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Thoroughly sick of reliance on Minority Report as stand-in for next-gen immersive user interface, but it's convenient for mainstream readers
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Wonder how a mainstream camera maker, Pentax, will do in medium-format digital world? Long-awaited 645D, for Japan only http://bit.ly/aqOVfM
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Don't forget non-Photoshop, non-controversial parts of portrait manipulation--lighting, makeup, posing, clothes. Kelby: http://bit.ly/bcEGUx
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OH last night from newspaper hawker as I was in Waterloo station: "Free Evening Standard! Learn English!"
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YouTube mobile gets ads: http://bit.ly/aScoL6 "high-end devices like iPhone & Android making mobile advertising easier and more effective"
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What's better? Google Maps bike directions? http://bit.ly/cdGxux Google Apps store? http://bit.ly/aVoqyY New geocoding? http://bit.ly/af8t59
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Dear Mozilla: If you want to be transparent, write "Electrolysis" not "E10S." Yes, I know that means 8 more keystrokes http://bit.ly/doCR7j
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Steve Jobs threatened to sue Sun for IP infringement, and Gates and Ballmer tried to license Office tech to Sun http://bit.ly/cF15E4
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Will open-source operating systems have trouble using SDXC flash cards? Msft exFAT file system licensing barriers: http://bit.ly/crPX3V
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Amused by Marmite's marketing effort exploit love/hatred for it. http://www.marmite.com/ "I hate Marmite" wallpaper: http://bit.ly/bfIEz3
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@charlesarthur Actually, my disguised appearance is how the PR spammers off my scent. Perhaps you should try a false moustache.
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Google chief economist on newspaper economics: "news industry's financial problems started well before web came along" http://bit.ly/cXpuap
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Is there a way to see my Google saved maps on an Android phone?
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EFF criticizes Apple developer program license agreement, obtained via FOIA from NASA for iPhone app http://bit.ly/ah0EK0 (via @johnolilly )
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Diddle with CPU voltage, crack 1024-bit RSA encryption in 104 hours http://bit.ly/dnLFfr (via @Greening_IT )
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I wonder when or if QuickTime for Windows will catch up to the version of QuickTime for Mac that arrived with Snow Leopard last year?
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Anybody out there with non-lulled babies or tinnitus? How bout a dose of white noise? http://www.simplynoise.com/
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Sun open-source honcho Simon Phipps @webmink won't be there for the Oracle era: http://webmink.com/2010/03/08/sundown/ (via @jimgris )
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Can I get into Baselworld if I just have a ho-hum, rather scuffed Timex digital watch with a Velcro band?
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variable-speed playback for YouTube videos with HTML5/H.264: http://bit.ly/awqlm1
