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| Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:14 PM PST  10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:1. Apple vs. Google On Jan. 5, Google (GOOG) did a very Apple-like thing. In a presentation at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., the 11-year-old search behemoth unveiled Nexus One, a stylish touchscreen smartphone that runs on the company's Android operating system, is sold through a Google-operated retail Web site, and greets the market with an advertising tagline ("Web meets phone") as simple and optimistic as the one Apple used in 2007 to introduce its iPhone ("The Internet in your pocket"). More @ BusinessWeek2. Google Hack Code Released, Metasploit Exploit Now Available Researchers now say there's no evidence infected PDFs were used in the targeted attacks originating from China on Google and other companies, but investigations continue. More @ DarkReading3. Linux Will Save The World Remember Apple's famous 1984 commercial? That is one of the most brilliant TV commercials of all time, which isn't surprising- Ridley Scott directed it, and legendary advertising agency Chiat/Day produced it. It is a superb piece of filmmaking that still gives me chills, even in the lo-fi YouTube version. More @ LinuxToday4. Animatronics reference 5. A mad world: Ars analyzes the Mature-rated Wii market When Electronic Arts announced Dead Space Extraction for the Wii—a follow-up to the million-plus selling PS3, 360, and PC title Dead Space—the company explained that the game would be used as a test case to see whether or not it would develop more Mature-rated Wii games in the future. More @ ArsTechnica 6. BarMax: The $1,000 iPhone App That Might Actually Be Worth It In August 2008, Apple approved an application in the App Store called I Am Rich. The app did nothing beyond show a picture of a red gem. So why was it notable? Because it cost $999.99. More @ TechCrunch 7. Conficker Still Striking Online Russia and Brazil are now the top hotspots for global Internet attack traffic, Net giant Akamai has said in its latest threat report, placing most of the blame on the hardy Conficker worm. More @ PCWorld 8. HD3 Complicated Black Pearl Watch: Pirate-Inspired, Costs Plenty of Booty 9. As Nexus One Goes, So Goes Android? Does Android's fate ride on Nexus One's success -- or failure? The handset received a tremendous amount of hype prior to its launch, and there's some question as to whether it will come close to living up to it. What does it mean for Android if Nexus One doesn't catch on? More @ LinuxInsider 10. 10 More Enigmas That Defy Explanation What is it about the bizarre and mysterious that piques our curiosity? It entertains our sense of wonder and excites our imagination, for sure. Luckily for us, history is marked with strange, logic-defying occurrences to amuse us. Here is a list comprised of 10 more unexplainable and interesting phenomenon and incidents that we crave so much. More @ Listverse  |
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