Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tech News Today

RIM may launch its Black Pad Monday
Research in Motion has been quietly touting a big press event Monday in San Francisco and it appears its Black Pad may be the main event

RIM's BlackPad: How It Could Succeed
Rumors are flying that RIM will release an iPad competitor. It's likely that we won't have a definitive yes or no about this supposed tablet until next week, though. In the meantime, mobile expert SaschaSegan discusses how a BlackBerry tablet could succeed in the market--should the rumors be true

More lawsuits over Flash cookies
More lawsuits are being filed against advertisers that use Flash cookies. These cookies are handled differently than regular cookies. They are harder to erase and manage. Marketing companies claim that they aren't used for targeted advertising.

IE 9 Beta Brings Speed, Windows 7 Integration
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 beta shows some interface tweaks, new security and privacy controls, support for HTML5, and Windows 7 features such as the ability to pin Web pages to the taskbar

Google News turns 8 amid news industry in flux
A boon and a bane to news sites and bloggers, the heavily trafficked news aggregator is drawing readers but needs to adapt with a quickly changing industry.

New camera network goes live in New York
A real-time camera network is now live in New York's subway system. Five hundred cameras are monitored by police with sophisticated computer programs. The system can catalog video containing certain movement, shapes and colors.

Facebook Phone Is Doomed to Failure: 10 Reasons Why
Facebook could be releasing a mobile phone at some point in the future, but the chances of such a device catching on seem awfully slim

Note: Cross posted from nutzworld.com.

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