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Texas University launches security tech incubator

CNET News.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:07:37 +0000

Institute for CyberSecurity’s incubator at University of Texas at San Antonio to initially help start-ups focused on protecting companies from Web application attacks and threats with using online mashups.

CNET News Daily Podcast: Microsoft shakes up security world

CNET News.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:07:16 +0000

Microsoft says it will now offer its antivirus software for free; Psystar’s legal claims against Apple get shot down; and Steve Ballmer wonders when everyone will stop asking him about Yahoo.

Let Google’s My Maps Be Your Geo Database

Adam DuVander — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Store geolocations inside a My Maps mashup and access the data
anywhere on the web. The RSS feed produced by Google can be read by
other services, or on your own site with the Google Maps API.

Global chip sales forecast to drop 5.6 percent in 2009

Reuters: Technology News — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:56:15 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Global semiconductor sales will fall in 2009, the first decline in eight years, as the financial crisis takes its toll on consumer spending, a chip industry trade group forecast on Wednesday, sending a key industry gauge to its lowest level in a decade.

Start-up Meraki to sell solar-powered Wi-Fi gear

CNET News.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:55:00 +0000

The mesh Wi-Fi provider’s long-awaited solar power Wi-Fi repeater will be available in December.

The ‘Morro’ of the story

CNET News.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:44:00 +0000

Microsoft consumer security may become free, but expect to hear a lot less about Morro once the company pulls OneCare from retailers’ shelves.

Clump of dark matter may loom near solar system

Reuters: Science News — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:36:27 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A balloon-borne instrument soaring high over Antarctica has found evidence of a possible large clump of mysterious so-called dark matter relatively close to our solar system, scientists said on Wednesday.

GE embraces blogs, some see disclosure worry

Reuters: Internet News — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:30:03 +0000

BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co has quietly changed the way it communicates with Wall Street over the past month, using a company blog, GEReports.com, to share news with investors.

Make Your Site an iPhone App

Adam DuVander — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:30:00 +0000

Use an open source development kit to easily transform your website
into an iPhone App with JavaScript access to location and accelerometer.

iPodObserver - FlightTrack for iPhone Reduces Air Travel Anxiety

The Mac Observer — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:20:00 +0000

Ben Kazez and FlightView announced the immediate availability of FlightTrack for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday. The app provides professional, real-time maps and flight status information

Kingston bumps DataTraveler 150 capacity to 64GB

MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Kingston Technology on Wednesday unveiled its DataTraveler 150 USB Flash drive with a new, higher 64GB capacity, or double that of the previous highest capacity of 32GB. The DataTraveler 150 is now the highest-capacity USB flash drive of its size in Kingston’s range of offerings, enabling users to carry around more of their multimedia files and backed up hard drive content….

Vocito desktop dialer released for GrandCentral beta

MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:05:00 +0000

Google has released Vocito, a desktop quick-dialer for its GrandCentral beta. The app simultaneously dials a remote phone and a local phone, connecting them together. Vocito also integrates with Address Book, QuickSilver, Automator and system services, and supports “tel” URLs and AppleScript. Scripting allows functions to be tied to the condition of other apps; iCal, for example, can be set to di…

Trulia partners with 1020 Placecast for targeted ads

CNET News.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:03:00 +0000

Real estate search site Trulia has signed a deal with an location-based advertising firm to offer more targeted ads on the company’s site.

Microsoft: New software not Symantec, McAfee rival

Reuters: Technology News — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:57:42 +0000

BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp’s upcoming security software is not designed to take sales from Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc as it is a stripped-down, free product that focuses purely on anti-virus protection, a Microsoft executive said.

Israeli archaeologists unearth Herod family tombs

Reuters: Science News — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:54:49 +0000

BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (Reuters) - An Israeli archaeologist said on Wednesday he had unearthed what he believed were the 2,000-year-old remains of two tombs which had held a wife and daughter-in-law of the biblical King Herod.