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SlyDial launches mobile apps for easy weasel calls

SlyDial , the telephone service that lets you dial directly to someone's voice mail, has launched three new mobile applications for users on Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Apple's iPhone. The new apps have direct access to your phone's contact list so you can begin a SlyDial call without...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
Meade ETX-LS Motorized GPS Telescope Basically Does Astronomy For You [Telescopes]

Some details on Meade's ETX-LS telescope have snuck out ahead of its early 2009 launch, and it looks like an amateur telescope for the digital age. That's because it'll drive itself to locate the...

Posted to Gadgets by Anonymous on 11-14-2008
Facebook moves into micropayments for gifts

Since its launch in early February of last year, Facebook's online gift store has run off of standard U.S. dollars, letting users purchase gifts one at a time, or in bundles at a slight discount. However, starting Monday the popular social network has moved to a micropayment system where each point...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 11-03-2008
SlideShare App is Live on LinkedIn Platform!

Congrats to LinkedIn and SlideShare on the LinkedIn Platform launch... now you can share & display your powerpoint presentations directly on your LinkedIn profile using the new SlideShare LinkedIn app. See more about LinkedIn Apps & SlideShare in this video by Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare co-founder...

Posted to Venture Capitial by Anonymous on 10-29-2008
Opera CEO: Chrome has been very good for us

Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner was in town today, so I spent a few minutes with him talking about the browser company he co-founded way back in 1995. With browser battles raging, I wanted to know how this almost historic company was holding up. Von Tetzchner says the launch of Google's Chrome had the...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-28-2008
Long Live Ye Hackers!

Yes, long live hackers. The good kind. The semi-sweet variety. All kinds. The kind of hacker that makes plain the security concerns of the day. The kind that turns nonaggressive corporate behavior over technical worries into aggressive corporate behavior over technical worries. The kind that turns laziness...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-25-2008
The week in gaming: Fable II, Big Brother, and 8-way SNES multiplayer

This week in gaming saw the launch of Fable II and our comprehensive front page review (complete with literary theory), Sony's eyebrow-raising ToS changes, and an 8-player multiplayer SNES game. Read More...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-25-2008
People Search Site 123people Goes International

123people is a people search engine that has been in private beta since February of this year. Originally covering only Europe, the company is throwing open its doors to international people searches with a US launch and going into open beta today. If you have ever heard that nothing is private on the...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-24-2008
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to Support "Emerging Standards" [Windows]

While Windows Vista Service Pack 2 has no public launch date at this time, Microsoft will distribute the SP2 beta to a small group of Technology Adoption Program members starting next week. So while...

Posted to Gadgets by Anonymous on 10-24-2008
Bioethicist Arthur Caplan Says Corporate Greed Drives Genetic Testing Marketplace

Fresh on the heels of the launch of the deCODE BreastCancer genetic test last week, Dr. Arthur Caplan, renowned director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics, said in an article for MSNBC.com that *** cancer gene tests are not worth the price. If you are worried about your risk of...

Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 10-14-2008

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