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Video: AT&T launching Mobile TV May 4th, demonstrated on LG Vu

April 30th, 2008 ·

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MediaFLO is about to cut loose for AT&T customers and we’ve got video to prove it. After the break you’ll find Mobile TV running on LG’s new $300 (2-year, after $100 rebate) Vu, one of just two Mobile TV compatible handsets launching on AT&T May 4th — the other being the $200 (2-year, after $100 rebate) Samsung Access. Performance looks reasonably snappy when scrolling through the channel guide although some of the exclusive PIX and CNN Mobile Live content is not yet available. S’ok, AT&T has three more days to throw the big blue switch on the broadcast TV service which includes a $15/month unlimited Mobile TV access plan. Hear that Verizon? AT&T’s about to step all over your portable TV game in the US market.

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eBay Vs CraigsList Complaint Released

April 30th, 2008 ·

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eBay has released a copy of its complaint against Craigslist (document above). eBay lodged the lawsuit [...]

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My Twitter: About Video Comments

April 30th, 2008 ·

socialmedian @loiclemeur how many seesmic blgos have really deployed video comments? около 7 часов ago from web in reply to loiclemeur
loiclemeur @socialmedian about 200 wp blogs have deployed our video comments plugin, and traffic is [...]

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New Relic to Monitor Performance of Rails Applications

April 30th, 2008 ·

New Relic is looking to capitalize on the growing number of Ruby on Rails application deployments, having recently raised $3.5M from Benchmark Capital for their Rails Performance Management (RPM) product.
RPM is a combination of installed software and cloud services that helps developers understand performance problems in their RoR applications. A Rails developer first installs [...]

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Demand for Intel’s Atom already outstripping supply?

April 30th, 2008 ·

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There’s a ton of upcoming laptops and devices based around Intel’s Atom processor, and it looks like all the early interest is causing that best of all possible problems for the chipmaker: it’s gotten too many orders. Intel told the WSJ that it’s planning on producing “millions” of Atom chips this year, but that it’s “seeing better-than-expected demand” as production begins and that it’s “we are working quickly to address it.” Still, it looks like manufacturers are expecting a shortage to last for a while — ASUS predicted that supply would be constrained until the third quarter during its quarterly conference call, for example — and various Chinese trade publications have reported the same. That’s definitely not encouraging news, and with AMD’s Puma and VIA’s Isaiah nipping at Atom’s heels, Intel might want to kick things into a higher gear.

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Gigabyte’s GSmart Smart Touch UI shown on video

April 30th, 2008 ·

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Check it — Gigabyte has just revealed details about a swank new user interface for its GSmart mobiles, and it has been coined Smart Touch. Sadly, multi-touch gestures aren’t supported, but it does handle dragging / dropping and gives users oodles of customization options. Comically enough, the note on the new UI actually admits that it “works like [the interface on the] iPhone,” but it claims to be superior due to its tight-knit integration and more “useful and interesting features.” Sure, alrighty. We’ll let you be the judge on this one — jump on past the break for an excruciatingly long demonstration vid.

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Adobe’s Open Screen Project: Write Once, Flash Everywhere

April 30th, 2008 ·

Adobe is making a big play to make Flash the de facto viewing environment not only for Web apps on your PC, but also on your mobile phone, your TV, and any other screen you can think of. It is announcing the Open Screen Project to make it easier to develop applications across devices—using [...]

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It’s Official: Meebo Raises $25 Million From Jafco, Time Warner and KTB

April 30th, 2008 ·

Update on our post from earlier today - Meebo is now confirming that they have raised a $25 million third round of financing from Jafco Ventures, Time Warner Investments and KTB Ventures. Previous investors Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson also participated.
Meebo was looking for a buyer through their investment bank, Montgomery & Co., but [...]

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First ever BlackBerry clamshell phone unmasked, dubbed the ‘Kickstart’

April 30th, 2008 ·

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Ready to have your brain blown out through the top of your head? Look above — you’re staring at the heretofore unseen BlackBerry clamshell, the Kickstart. The Boy Genius snagged a handful of photos of the device (which apparently he’s known about for “a while”), and has decided to share his good fortune with the rest of the world. The phone sports a Pearl-esque keyboard, typical trackball navigation, and apparently utilizes both an internal and external LCD screen. No word on specs, carriers, or a release date, but BGR is saying this puppy is due before the end of the year. You’ll know more when we know more!

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Hercules Mobile DJ MP3 finally available for $99

April 30th, 2008 ·

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If you’ve done anything other than mash F5 (or similar) at Hercules’ website the past few seasons, you’ve likely forgotten all about that sub-$100 Mobile DJ MP3 that surfaced over a year ago. For whatever reason, the thing is just now shipping, but we suppose obnoxiously late is better than never, right? Dubbed the world’s “first wireless digital mixing mini-controller,” it’s available as we speak in black or white hues for $99.99. Release is posted in full after the jump.

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