Top Items:
Arn / MacRumors:
More Hints of an ‘iPhone Nano’ from Case Manufacturers — iPhone case manufacturer XSKN has labeled a section on their site for the “iPhone Nano”. This description suggests that long running rumors of a miniaturized iPhone could be true. — XSKN gained some notoriety earlier this year …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Another $100 Million for Palm From Bono & Pals — It must be Christmas, as the guys at Elevation Partners are feeling generous enough to invest another $100 million into beleaguered smartphone maker Palm, which has been slip-sliding away for a very long time.
RELATED:
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Mozilla CEO: Ties with Google ‘complicated’ since Chrome — John Lilly also says Microsoft's disinterest in faster browsing a cause for concern — Computerworld) Mozilla Corp. has a “reasonable” relationship with long-time partner Google Inc., but it's gotten complicated since Google launched …
Rob Jackson / Android Phone Fans:
Garmin Android Phone Coming in 2009! — Everyone knows Garmin, the company leading the GPS navigation industry. Most Android fans also know that the GPS applications available on the Android Market are currently limited to ONE application - AndNav2 - which is in Alpha stages and isn't yet available for the United States.
RELATED:
Daniel Shen / DigiTimes:Garmin expects to ship 18 million GPS PNDs in 2008
Discussion:
InformationWeek, CrunchGear, Gizmodo, GPS Obsessed, Engadget Mobile, SlashGear, Boy Genius Report, Unwired View, Obsessable, FierceWireless, MobileDevicesToday and Ubergizmo
David Carr / New York Times:
Newspaper Shuns Web, and Thrives — With 2008 drawing to a brutal close on the media beat — bankruptcies, daily newspapers that are no longer daily, magazines that are downsizing into brochures — a little ray of light appeared in my e-mail inbox. It was from a newspaper owner, of all people.
BBC:
Windows XP allowed to live again — Microsoft has given yet another reprieve to its seasoned Windows XP operating system. — The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software was 31 January 2009. — But now Microsoft has put in place a scheme that will allow …
RELATED:
Andrew S. Ross / San Francisco Chronicle:
Good times gone till 2010 — Mike Moritz didn't mean for the celebrated “R.I.P Good Times” slide show to become so public, and so famous. “We had zero interest in communicating with others than our business partners,” he said, referring to a downbeat presentation he and other partners …
RELATED:
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
The need for iPhone app folders and search is quickly approaching — Today I ran into a problem — I downloaded a couple new iPhone applications to test out, but when I looked on my iPhone they were nowhere to be found. A sync problem right? Wrong. Actually, I had hit the limit of apps …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Dead Simple Posterous Gets A Round Of Funding And Launches Group Blogs — Posterous, which launched in June, is one of those sites that I tested and it stuck - I continue to post pictures to it regularly. — What I like about it - you don't have to create an account to use it.
Steven Sande / TUAW:
Woz gets a new job — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak seems to be a lot more visible lately. — First, he's been making bad web ads for SCOTTEVEST. Next, we received pictures of Woz whizzing from the deck of his Segway. He was fined US$700 for driving his Prius at 104 miles per hour (167 kilometers per hour) on I-5.
Discussion:
Jobwire
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Banned in Cupertino — Add one more headache for whoever is running Apple's App Store approval process: edgy books. — Books aren't a huge part of the App Store, but there are over 600 titles for sale, ranging from classics to Japanese comic books. CNET's own David Carnoy …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
One ISP says RIAA must pay for piracy protection — Jerry Scroggin, owner-operator of Bayou Internet and Communications, wants the music and film industries to know that he's not a cop and he doesn't work for free. — Scroggin, who sells Internet access to between 10,000 and 12,000 customers in Louisiana …
Patrick Foster / Times of London:
Long Tail theory contradicted as study reveals 10m digital music tracks unsold — Digital sales figures dent niche market theory — The internet was supposed to bring vast choice for customers, access to obscure and forgotten products - and a fortune for sellers who focused on niche markets.
Eric A. Taub / New York Times:
In Move to Digital TV, Confusion Is in the Air — The Federal Communications Commission sponsored a Nascar race car as part of its effort to inform Americans that on Feb. 18, television signals transmitted over the air will be transmitted solely in digital format. Old TV sets will no longer work.
C.K. Sample III / Obsessable:
Google Android on-screen keyboard video — An on-screen keyboard is shown on the T-Mobile G1 during a video demonstration of the new “Cupcake” branch of the mobile operating system. — Developers have posted a video demonstration (embedded below) of Android's Software Keyboard from the …
Justin Berka / Infinite Loop:
iPodhash project moves to Wikileaks following DMCA notice — When you think of Wikileaks, things like government secrets and Sarah Palin's private e-mail come to mind. However, there's a decent amount of technology-related information on the site as well.
Timothy B. Lee / Freedom to Tinker:
The DC Metro and the Invisible Hand — My friend Tom Lee has been pestering the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the agency that runs the DC area's public transit system, to publish its schedule data in an open format. That will allow companies like Google to include the information in products like Google Transit.
