Cloud centers bring high-tech flash but not many jobs to beaten-down towns (Michael S. Rosenwald/Washington Post)
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:Cloud centers bring high-tech flash but not many jobs to beaten-down towns — MAIDEN, N.C. — Here in this once-thriving town of furniture makers and textile mills, where Main Street businesses have vanished, nearby fast-food joints have closed and unemployment is rampant …
iSuppli estimates Apple iPad 2 3G component costs at $325 (Michael Oryl/MobileBurn.com)
Michael Oryl / MobileBurn.com:iSuppli estimates Apple iPad 2 3G component costs at $325 — Research firm iSuppli is working on its teardown of the new Apple iPad 2 tablet computer and has provided preliminary component cost estimates to All Things Digital. According to iSuppli, AT&T’s iPad 2 3G has about US$326.60 worth of parts …
Jacquielynn Floyd: Instead of praising NFL’s Michael Vick, applaud the real comeback, of one of his victims – Dallas Morning News
Check the “Delete browsing history on exit” box. Select “OK.” If you are using Internet Explorer 7, make sure Phishing Filter is turned off by going to Tools / Phishing Filter / Turn Off Automatic Website Checking. If you are using Internet Explorer 8 …
Making sense of Google’s seemingly kooky concepts (Michael Liedtke/Associated Press)
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:Making sense of Google’s seemingly kooky concepts — SAN FRANCISCO — In its self-proclaimed drive to make the world a better place, Google has immersed itself in far more than Internet search and online ads. But driverless cars and a wind energy farm in the Atlantic Ocean?
An Even Better Way to Find Places Nearby (Michael Siliski/Google Mobile Blog)
Michael Siliski / Google Mobile Blog:An Even Better Way to Find Places Nearby — With six updates in six months, Google Maps for Android has been getting plenty of new features, both big and small. A continued focus with each update has been on giving you better ways to find places nearby. In the most [...]
Skype Dials Up Dollars With Pay-Per-Call Advertising (Michael Learmonth/AdAge)
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:Skype Dials Up Dollars With Pay-Per-Call Advertising — Pitch to Businesses: Calls Convert to Sales Better Than Clicks — NEW YORK (AdAge) — Skype is hoping to dial up a few ad dollars with a new pay-per-call ad unit, which will turn phone numbers into little ads for the 560 million users [...]
Google Maps for BlackBerry Gets Biking Directions, Sharing, and New Search Results (Michael Siliski/Google Mobile Blog)
Michael Siliski / Google Mobile Blog:Google Maps for BlackBerry Gets Biking Directions, Sharing, and New Search Results — Labels: biking directions, BlackBerry, google maps for mobile, sharing — Grab your BlackBerry, hop on your bike, and have your friends join you with Google Maps for mobile!
The Tyranny Of Government And Our Duty Of Confidentiality As Bloggers (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:The Tyranny Of Government And Our Duty Of Confidentiality As Bloggers — Last week two bloggers, Steven Frischling and Chris Elliot, were visited by TSA agents and threatened with jail time if they did not reveal their source of the TSA Travel Directive that they each published shortly …
‘His reputation’s been destroyed’ – Irish Times
The questions raised by the extraordinary death of Michael Dwyer, killed by police in a Bolivian hotel last April, have distorted the picture of the generous, good-humoured and apolitical son they remember, his parents tell CARL O’BRIEN IT WAS A …
Lodi man released after grand jury refuses to indict him on abuse … – Sacramento Bee
Sitting in the Stockton office of one of his attorneys, Lodi resident Michael Patrick O’Riley’s hands still trembled as he clenched a Kleenex while talking about spending the last 35 days in jail. “I’m 60 years old, never spent one night in jail.
