• Oracle names ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd co-president (AP) -

    FILE - In this file photo made March 3, 2010, Hewlett-Packard Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd speaks during an appearance in Conway, Ark. Hurd is in talks to take a top executive job at Oracle Corp., the database software maker run by his friend Larry Ellison, a person with direct knowledge of the discussions said. It wasn't immediately clear what job Hurd would take. But the person told The Associated Press on Sunday that Ellison, the only person to serve as Oracle's CEO since he founded the company 33 years ago, wouldn't be leaving that post. This person emphasized that the talks were not yet finalized. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - Oracle Corp. has hired former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd to help lead the database software maker in a pivotal moment in Oracle's 33-year history as it tries to muscle in on more of HP's turf.


  • Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger (AP) -

    FILE - In this July 27, 2010 file photo, Peter Chou, chief executive officer of Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp., or HTC Corp., talks about the introduction of the brand into China's market during a press conference held in Beijing, China. East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are anonymous. Now HTC Corp., the Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.


  • 1 'censored' bar won't stop online prostitution (AP) -

    Craigslist founder Craig Newmark stands in front of the Craigslist office in San Francisco, California in 2006. Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its AP - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.


  • Able to unplug from work while you?re on vacation? (Ben Patterson) - Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.
  • Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says (Ben Patterson) - Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.
  • Ping attracts 1 million users in 48 hours (Macworld.com) - Macworld.com - Apple announced last week that more than one million users signed up for Ping in the service’s first 48 hours of availability. Ping, as apparently a million of you already know, is the music-focused social network built into iTunes 10, which the company released just last week.
  • Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings (AP) -

    FILE - This file photo taken April 9, 2010,, shows a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.


  • Japan reporter tricked captors into using Twitter (AP) -

    Freed Japanese freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka ponders on reporters' questions during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Tsuneoka was kidnapped in April, when he traveled to a Taliban-controlled area in northern Afghanistan, and was released Saturday night to a Japanese Embassy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - A Japanese journalist held hostage in Afghanistan for five months managed to send out a message via Twitter that he was alive when his captors asked him how to use a cell phone.


  • World's biggest mobile show woos Apple community (Reuters) - Reuters - The world's biggest mobile fair will host its first event for Apple developers next year in a sign of Apple's huge influence over the industry, even though the company itself has never participated in the show.
  • Social Good Summit: Tackling Global Challenges with Social Media (Mashable) - Mashable - Mashable is proud to be partnering with the UN Foundation, 92Y, Livestream.com, CNN and a host of teams and organizations to produce a unique opportunity to make UN Week accessible to the public -- both online and offline.
  • Morning Brief: Google Music for Xmas, Mark Hurd to Oracle, Samsung Fascinate Available Tomorrow (Mashable) - Mashable - This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology.
  • Google Logo Turns into Animated Particles (Mashable) - Mashable - We've seen a great number of cool Google logos throughout the years, but today's doodle, available on the U.S. version of Google's search engine, is one of the most intriguing yet.
  • Solid, fast file transfers with Awesome Drop (File Sync) (Appolicious) - Appolicious - There are many file sync apps on the Android Marketplace. Awesome Drop (File Sync) is by far the easiest to use, places zero barriers to entry (read: no sign-up or log-in required), and is available free of charge. It seamlessly transfers any file from your computer to your Droid via drag and drop into any HTML5-compatible browser (Firefox 3.6, Chrome 5 and Safari 5).
  • Justice department probes Google's ITA Software deal: report (Reuters) -

    People walk towards the Google China headquarters in Beijing March 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - The U.S. Justice department is looking into Google Inc's takeover of airline ticketing software firm ITA Software Inc, to determine whether the deal would exert too much influence on the online travel industry, the Wall Street Journal said.


  • Enterprise Products to buy Enterprise GP for $8 billion (Reuters) - Reuters - Midstream energy services provider Enterprise Products Partners LP said it would buy Enterprise GP Holdings LP for about $8.03 billion to reduce its capital costs and simplify its partnership structure.
  • VholdR ContourHD wearable camcorder - While not as rugged as its competition, the ContourHD features video quality and user-friendliness that is far better than any other helmet cam that we've tested.
  • Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V - The Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V fares well compared with the competition, though its video could be a bit sharper and the interface less cumbersome. Unless you absolutely need to store a lot of video on the camcorder--which I don't suggest--or if have large hands that could benefit from the extra grip that the hard drive provides, the CX550V is a better deal than its hard-disk-based sibling.
  • Canon Vixia HF S11 - An excellent flash-based prosumer HD camcorder, the Canon Vixia HF S11 has the advantage of an excellent image stabilizer but it disappointingly lacks an eye-level viewfinder.
  • Sony Handycam HDR-XR550V - The Sony Handycam HDR-XR550V fares well compared with the competition, though its video could be a bit sharper and the interface less cumbersome. Unless you absolutely need to store a lot of video on the camcorder--which I don't suggest--or have large hands and therefore could benefit from the extra grip the hard drive provides, the cheaper and nearly identical flash-based CX550V is a better deal.
  • Panasonic HDC-HS700 - The flash-based Panasonic HDC-TM700 and its hard-disk sibling, the HDC-HS700, stand out for their low-light video quality and broad set of manual controls. However, while the TM700 is very attractively priced for its class, the HS700 is not, and not worth the price premium unless you absolutely need the hard disk.
  • Flip Video MinoHD (second generation, silver) - Still one of the nicest models available, the second-generation Flip MinoHD offers a slightly improved design, double the memory, and an HDMI output for the same price that the original MinoHD used to cost.
  • Canon Vixia HG21 - Like its cousin, the flash-based HF11, Canon's Vixia HG21 delivers excellent HD video quality and performance albeit in a slightly larger, heavier package. However, you do get more storage space and a lower price.
  • Sony HDR-CX520V - The geotagging capability remains mostly a novelty, but the top-notch video quality of the Sony Handycam HDR-CX500V and HDR-CX520V make them worthy options. Because internal memory is overpriced, the HDR-XR500V is the better deal of the two, though you may want to opt for a 2010 model that supports SD cards rather than Sony's Memory Stick.
  • Canon Vixia HF S200 - Though they're an excellent trio of camcorders, the Vixia HF S21, HF S20, and HF S200 are significantly more expensive than their respective competitors, especially since the S20 and S200 lack electronic viewfinders. If you can forgo some of the subtleties of the manual controls, you can probably get what you need with a cheaper camcorder.
  • Kodak Playsport (blue) - The Kodak Playsport is an excellent minicamcorder that can take some rough treatment and capture solid HD video.

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