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Provided by: gigaomnetwork.com12010-09-04 07:01:54web and programming / gigaomnetwork.com /: The new Apple TV box isn't the only way to stream digital content to your TV. So that's why we want to know if you're finding room for Apple TV in your home entertainment system -- or if you're happy with another solution.

Provided by: techcrunch.com22010-09-04 06:12:15web and programming / techcrunch.com /: The Funded founder Adeo Ressi was arrested and briefly detained earlier this evening over an altercation with a flight attendant. The airline? Virgin America, which I've been holding up as virtually the only airline that doesn't suck (See Virgin Airlines Fails To Commit Atrocities On Flight VX746 and Delta Flight 1843 From JFK To Hell). Ressi's description of the incident is below, and he has sent this to Virgin, he tells me. I've reached out to Virgin America for their position. I can't help but note the similarities with Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater, who has now been rewarded for his behavior with a reality tv show. The worse the flight attendant, the better the chance for fame and glory, I guess.

Provided by: programmableweb.com32010-09-03 19:00:32web and programming / programmableweb.com /: Browsing through the concept art from Pixar's abandoned film NEWT makes me sad. I had heard nothing about about this project previous to this art. This looks like it would have been adorable! What was the story about? "What happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species, and they canOnline reference, blog and news source for the Web as Platform. Because the world's your programmable oyster. Ask someone what makes a map and you're likely to hear that it's the roads or the physical characteristics. A new mashup is questioning whether you can still have a map without these details, while at the same time showing off the map styles feature that Google Maps announced in May.

Provided by: bokardo.com41970-01-01 00:00:00web and programming / bokardo.com /: A first look at Ian McShane as Blackbeard (standing between Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz) in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides comes our way via some set photos posted by PopSugar ! There's a few more of Depp and Cruz at the link as well. Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on May 20, 2011, the Rob Marshall-directed film also stars Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Astrid BergA Blog about Social Web Design A quick announcement about a workshop I’m giving in Boston in October on the Usage Lifecycle. The workshop is for designers, design managers, product folks, and other people responsible for web sites who are struggling with creating a great user experience. The workshop will cover, among other things: How to design for the psychology of [...]

Provided by: techcrunch.com52010-09-04 05:46:03web and programming / techcrunch.com /: Apple CEO Steve Jobs' obsessive focus on design detail is at least partially responsible for why the tech sphere and the design sphere are so intertwined at the moment. Which makes the ire that he's received for the current iTunes 10 logo (not to mention the foibles of Ping) particularly poignant. The universal hatred for this thing has spawned an @BPGlobalPR-esque Twitter account, some pretty impressive suggestions of alternate logos over on design collaboration site Dribbble, and an email to Jobs himself. ValuLeads designer Joshua Kopac:
Enjoyed the presentation today. But … this new iTunes logo really sucks. You’re taking 10 years of instant product recognition and replacing it with an unknown. Let’s both cross our fingers on this….
Steve Jobs to designer Joshua Kopac:
We disagree.

Provided by: buzzshout.com62007-05-29 16:53:14web and programming / buzzshout.com /: Google recently launched Street View for Google Maps, which integrates a street level view into the map. You can view some of the streets in San Francisco (click street view in the upper right hand modes). The technology, which was an acquisition from Stanford, allows you to virtually drive down city streets. They apply blurs and [...]

Provided by: web20show.com72010-02-10 17:00:00web and programming / web20show.com /: I spoke with Ryan Carson, a Co-founder of Carsonified, to talk about building a creative agency, separation of personal and business brands, hiring and retaining great designers, running a World Class conference circuit and more.

Provided by: gigaomnetwork.com82010-09-03 18:00:22web and programming / gigaomnetwork.com /: Trash company Waste Management has an acquisition strategy that's about as aggressive as a high tech firm, like Cisco. This week Waste Management bought majority equity interest in startup called Garick, which makes organic garden products and will contribute to Waste Management's organic recycling services and supplies.

Provided by: techcrunch.com92010-09-04 04:54:11web and programming / techcrunch.com /: Bad news for Craigslist users who like to peruse the ~~Erotic Services~~ Adult Services section of their site. It's gone, replaced by a large black and white "censored" logo. I've reached out to Craigslist for comment and await their reply. But the choice of words is significant - the section wasn't simply removed, the censored word was used. The site has been embattled as old press and state attorneys general use any excuse to blame sex crimes on the site. From South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster's failed crusade against them to a variety of press stories about sex and other crimes. If it's just a sex crime it isn't a story. But if a listing on Craigslist was involved, it's a big story.

Provided by: web20show.com102010-04-29 16:00:00web and programming / web20show.com /: Browsing through the concept art from Pixar's abandoned film NEWT makes me sad. I had heard nothing about about this project previous to this art. This looks like it would have been adorable! What was the story about? "What happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species, and they canThe Web 2.0 Show is a podcast hosted by Adam Stacoviak that profiles the technology, people and businesses of Web 2.0 and the direction and future of the internets. Episode 74 features Neil Patel (@neilpatel), Co-founder and Director of Marketing at KISSmetrics. Neil talks about metrics-based decision making, user feedback and more.

Provided by: centernetworks.com112010-08-25 02:13:01web and programming / centernetworks.com /: When I left NYC last month, I knew I would have to buy a car. Since I am not a big fan of car dealerships (both used and new), I wanted to do all of my research online. Once I selected the brand and model of car I was interested in, my goal was to [...]

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Provided by: mashable.com122010-09-04 03:17:46web and programming / mashable.com /

Texas Launches Antitrust Investigation of Google

It has been revealed that the office of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conduction an investigation of Google over complaints of antitrust and anti-competitive behavior, and the search giant is responding.

According to Search Engine Land, the…

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Provided by: readwriteweb.com132010-09-04 03:15:55web and programming / readwriteweb.com /

Java - It's not Dead, Folks - It's Doing Just Fine

Java gets a bad rap. It's considered old-school. People say that young developers prefer Ruby-on-Rails and other Web-based hot stuff. True - but these are not bad times for Java at all.

James Governor of RedMonk wrote a post that provides several good reasons why Java is really doing quite well.

Elance shows the current demand for people with Google App Engine skills is greater than those knowledgeable about Amazon Web Services. Audrey Watters of ReadWriteCloud saw the news and posted on the topic of IT Jobs as the question for our weekly poll.

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The reason why Google App Engine is doing so well? It's all about the enterprise. VMware's Spring Platform is based upon SpringSource, which has become the dominant platform for launching Java-based apps. It now integrates with Google App Engine, a primary reason for the growing success of the platform.

Governor makes some points that are worth noting:

NoSQL is one of the hottest trends in tech right now. Many of the technologies built on the platform are written in Java. It was born on the Web but will eventually move to the enterprise.

MapReduce? It's what Google and Yahoo! use to get fast responses over large data sets. It is built on Java. Hadoop is based on MapReduce. It has its own ecosystem developing around the technology.

And then there's this from Governor:

Of course we're also seeing innovation from the new hotness - thus Erlang underpins CouchDB and RIAK. But Java is certainly core to the innovation. Lets look at RabbitMQ for example - which though written in Erlang was acquired by SpringSource as a messaging engine to underpin a Java-based programming model.

Governor goes on to provide a number of other examples to make his point.

And we have to agree. Java is not dead. it still has plenty of room for innovation.

Discuss

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Provided by: mashable.com142010-09-04 02:22:33web and programming / mashable.com /

Google Voice Narrowly Defeats Skype in Reader Vote

This week’s Web Faceoff between Skype and Google Voice came down to the wire.

Last week, Google stepped onto Skype’s turf with the launch of

Provided by: techcrunch.com152010-09-04 02:10:32web and programming / techcrunch.com /: Vidyo, a company that specializes in high-quality video conferencing technology for the enterprise, is betting big on bringing video conferencing to mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones. Similar to Skype, Vidyo offers a technology that allows people to connect with each other over the web via video conferencing. However, the company says that Vidyo system is focused more on the enterprise, providing a reliable system, allowing conferencing for many parties at once, and offering high quality video. And Vidyo has built a big business licensing its technology to large electronics companies, such as HP, Intel and Hitachi. Vidyo’s technology is also used by Google to power video for Google Chat.

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