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• Google Builds Out Cloud Platform With Partner Program
  Google said Tuesday that it was taking its new cloud platform to the enterprise with a Cloud Platform Partner Program, a move aimed squarely at Amazon and Microsoft.
  13 hours ago

• Microsoft Creates Online Version of the Massive AIDS Memorial Quilt
  To accommodate the continued growth of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, Microsoft Research Connections has joined forces with the University of Southern California Annenberg Innovation Lab, Brown University, University of Iowa, National Endowment for the Humanities, NAMES Project Foundation, and others to create a digital exhibit that displays the quilt in its entirety online.
  13 hours ago

• Game|Life Video: The 8-Bit Summer of Arcade Play
  runMobileCompatibilityScript('myExperience1750354229001', 'anId'); brightcove.createExperiences(); At this very moment, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are all in the midst of summer promotions, releasing new anticipated downloadable games to fill all those hours that would otherwise be spent doing boring ...
  15 hours ago

• Google Doodle Celebrates Amelia Earhart
  Amelia Earhart would have been 115 today had she lived through her ill-fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. Earhart was the epitome of female inspiration in the face of seemingly impossible odds. While her disappearance remains a mystery, her iconic status still inspires women everywhere to break gender boundaries in pursuit of their dreams. Google has chosen to celebrate Earhart's birthday with a Doodle befitting this impressive woman.
  18 hours ago

• iPhone Stun Gun Case -- Protection or Trip to the ER Waiting to Happen?
  The Yellow Jacket iPhone Stun Gun case is exactly as its name implies. It's a case for your iPhone that has a built in stun gun feature. With a 650K volt stun gun built in, this is not a case to be taken lightly by its user. Currently just an Indiegogo project, the Yellow Jacket has already made its minimum goal to start production.
  21 hours ago

• Mophie Juice Pack Pro Review
  Between constantly checking my e-mail, sending out information via twitter, helping out with the Florida Garrison's Facebook page and my son's love of Angry Birds, my iPhone battery doesn't last a full day. I loved the reviews on the Mophie Juice Pack Plus for the iPhone and I really wanted to try it out. My only issue with the case was the lack of protection the case gave the screen. As soon as I learned they had a rugged version in the making, I jumped at the chance to check it out.
  21 hours ago

• How 'Siri Eyes Free' Will Team With Your Car's Voice Tech
  This much we know: Apple¿s Eyes Free feature will be implemented into the vehicles of nine different automakers, allowing drivers to access the Siri ¿voice assistant¿ on a connected iPhone by pressing a button on the steering wheel. Apple revealed the news at its Worldwide Developers Conference in early June, which caught some representatives at the nine automakers somewhat off guard.
  22 hours ago

• 7 Gadgets That Minted Money and Spawned Entire Industries
  Gadgets have what feels like a magical ability to conjure money. They become talismans for economic vitality—sometimes rightfully so.
  22 hours ago

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 24
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  07.24.12

• Networking Giant Cisco Slashes 1,300 Jobs
  Cisco -- the world's largest networking hardware company -- is eliminating about 1,300 jobs as it continues to cut costs.
  07.23.12

• Gadget Lab Podcast: Motorola's Impressive Atrix HD Smartphone and the Wireless Sonos Sub
  This week on the Gadget Lab Podcast: Reviews Editor Michael Calore and Staff Writer Nathan Olivarez-Giles take a look at the Motorola Atrix HD Android smartphone and the Sonos Sub wireless subwoofer.
  07.23.12

• What the New iPhone Connector Means for Your Old Accessories
  If rumors are to believed, the next iPhone will ship with a brand-new smaller dock connector. After nine years of 30-pin connections, Apple could be changing it up. Good news for a slimmer form-factor iPhone, maybe not so much for all those accessories you've accumulated over the years.
  07.23.12

• YouTube Fights Horrible Commenters by Naming Names
  YouTube is pushing its notorious anonymous commenters to use their real names.
  07.23.12

• Twitter API Crackdown Fears May Be Overblown
  A vague post on an official Twitter blog has sown fear, uncertainty and doubt among app developers who depend on Twitter's API.
  07.23.12

• Marissa Mayer Has a Secret Weapon
  Marissa Mayer invented something called the Associate Product Manager program at Google, for the best and brightest new recruits. It was a key part of her tenure at Google. And now she may reap some benefits as she takes over Yahoo.
  07.23.12

• The Story of Steve Jobs: An Inspiration or a Cautionary Tale?
  Steve Jobs was a Buddhist and a tyrant, a genius and a jerk. What is your interpretation of his thorny life story?
  07.23.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 23
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  07.23.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 22
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  07.22.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 21
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  07.21.12

• Interactive Player Piano Will Take Your Twitter Request for 'Call Me Maybe'
  Player pianos haven't been tearing up the scene since the first half of the last century. But this weekend, thanks to some crafty engineering, Seattle partiers will get to jam to one that takes requests via Twitter.
  07.20.12

• Deep Inside a Facebook Hackathon, Where the Future of Social Media Begins
  Inside Facebook's 32nd hackathon, a three-day event dubbed Camp Hackathon. If the company has its way, Facebook's biggest new features ¿ the ones that haven't even been invented yet ¿ will be germinated here.
  07.20.12

• Microsoft Adds 'Big Boobs' to Linux Kernel
  Microsoft has contributed thousands of lines of code to the Linux kernel, the open source software at the heart of the widely used Linux operating system. And now, the software giant has contributed some controversy too.
  07.20.12

• NoSQL Rebels Aim Missile at Larry Ellison's Yacht
  In Silicon Valley and beyond, a new kind of database is rising. Dubbed "NoSQL" by its proponents, it sprang out of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other web giants, who used it to run their massive online operations, but now it's moving into the rest the world, backed by a growing number of startups. And this means trouble for Larry Ellison and Oracle.
  07.20.12

• Has the Hitchhiker's Guide Lost Its Wow Factor?
  I am currently in the process of introducing a friend to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy amongst other geek classics. Last night when she came over for the evening I sat her down to watch the first episode of the BBC adaptation from 1981 and she really enjoyed it. I however found myself wondering something as we watched: will the Guide itself ever be as amazing for her as it was for me and for all the generations prior to mine who watched, listened or read about it?
  07.20.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 20
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  07.20.12

• Microsoft's First-Ever Loss Doesn't Faze Wall Street
  Investors weren't running away even as Microsoft reported its first unprofitable quarter in its 26-year history as a public company.
  07.19.12

• Apple Erects 'Tactical' Data Center With Own 'Man Traps'
  Apple is building a smaller, ultra-high-security data center alongside the massive computing facility in western North Carolina where it serves up its iCloud services and other online tools, according to a local report.
  07.19.12