Happy Cyber-Monday all! Be sure to get your shopping done ahead of time. There are definitely deals to be found out there! Here are a few Tech News tidbits that I came across:
- The New TweetDeck Goes List Crazy And Adds Maps To GeoTweets
“Streamreaders just keep getting better and better. A new version of TweetDeck is rolling out today with some major improvements, including support for Lists, Retweets, maps for geo-tagged messages, and LinkedIn streams. TweetDeck has already been downloaded more than 10 million times, and its active user base is in the low millions so this is a significant update.” (Source: TechCrunch)
HTD: For me it has always been a toss up between Seesmic Desktop & TweetDeck, but as of late, I have favored Tweetdeck simply because it is extremely well designed and has a variety of services that it works with. Now with lists, new/old RT methods, LinkedIn integration (as well as multiple Twitter accts and Facebook – I don’t use MySpace), Lists and geotagging, TweetDeck has really risen to the surface as the best AIR-based Twitter (and other Social Networking) clients out there in my opinion.
- The CrunchPad disappears in a puff of vapor
“Michael Arrington’s CrunchPad has never had a particularly firm basis in reality, and although we’d been promised that the inexpensive browser-based tablet would be launching soon, the sky’s come crashing down: Mike says Fusion Garage, the company he hired to build the CrunchPad, has reneged on their deal, and that he’s about to file ‘multiple lawsuits.’” (Source: Engadget)
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To kick off the HighTechDad “1 Gift a Day” Week, I have a pretty hot game to give away: Bakugan – Battle Brawlers, and, it’s BOTH the Wii and Nintendo DS versions!
Here is a little about the game that I’m giving away:
Fans can jump in the game to answer the call to brawl as they throw Bakugan cards onto the battlefield and then try to carefully shoot their Bakugan balls onto the cards to unleash their monstrous powers. When two Bakugans stand on the same card, they transform into gigantic creatures and fight to the finish.
Bakugan is based on the story of Dan and his friends whose lives were forever changed when mysterious cards fell from the sky. Creating a game from the cards where powerful creatures known as Bakugan battle, it wasn’t long before they discovered that their hobby was much more than just a simple pastime.
Utilizing special game cards Bakugan battle masters roll spheres onto the cards, which activate and transform into Bakugan “battle brawling” action figures.
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Wow, that title sounds really corny, doesn’t it? Well, I thought that I would do something special for my readers starting next week. A PR firm that I have worked with in the past (Sandbox Strategies) has graciously offered products from some of their clients for me to give away.
What kind of things? Well I will leave some of that to the surprise of the day, but definitely some gadgety, techy stuff! Sorry, but I’m not giving away HDTV’s or Camcorders or Netbooks. Maybe some day I will (any vendors want to donate anything?)
What’s the catch? There isn’t any really. Well, actually, you DO need to give me a little bit of Twitter love by promoting the giveaway, but that’s about it.
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by Michael Sheehan on November 26, 2009
in Tech News
To those readers in the US, Happy Thanksgiving. To everyone else, happy Thursday! Not too much happening out there today (in the US at least).
- Four Years Not Enough for “Godfather of Spam” – “Spam costs every American–every one of us–over $13-a-year each, $42 billion in all, and that’s just what business pays. And that doesn’t include the criminals’ take. Is four years and a $250,000 fine really the best punishment for the self-proclaimed “Godfather of Spam?” Put another way: Do we take the criminal aspects of spam seriously enough?” (source: PCWorld) HTD: Wait, that’s it? Maybe part of the punishment should be hand writing letters of apology to each and every person who ever received a Spam email. That would keep them busy. Not only should Spammers be locked away, without access to computers, the ISP that host them should really be shutting these guys down immediately and not waiting for the Feds to come in. A person can only dream of a spam-free email environment!
- How to Try the New Google Search – “Confirmed. The rumors about Google’s redesign are true, and you can try it for yourself with a very simple method.” (source: Gizmodo) HTD: Any change to the über-simplistic Google search page deserves a bit of a mention. And there is always a backlash. I think the new design makes sense, as it looks a lot like the Google News section. But, Gizmodo has also quickly posted a way to undo it and revert back to normal.
- Website Wikileaks publishes ’9/11 messages’ - “A website has published what it says are 573,000 intercepted pager messages sent during the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Wikileaks says it will not reveal who gave it the messages – some of which are from federal agencies as well as ordinary citizens.” (source: BBC news) HTD: Why am I not surprised by this? This type of information is captured somewhere so all someone needs to do is get access to it, compile it and publish it. More recently, when large media events occur, we now get real-time news streams right on Twitter. Twitter can provide you with the “real-time web” where you learn about breaking news before the rest of the world.
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