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• Consumers react to Vista (arstechnica.com)
  How did consumers react to Windows Vista on its first day of broad …
• Hollywood’s pivot to AI video has a prompting problem (theverge.com)
  Asteria co-founder Bryn Mooser is trying to prove that the entertainment industry can embrace generative AI;.
• Microsoft's PolyBase mashes up SQL Server and Hadoop (zdnet.com)
  Microsoft is not the first company to mash up relational MPP technology with Hadoop, but it may be the most impactful player to do so.
• iPhone processor: ARM? Samsung? XScale? (arstechnica.com)
  We revist the question of who is providing the main processor for the upcoming …
• Surprise...Google Play Store selling Nexus 4 and crushed by US demand (zdnet.com)
  I had hoped that Google would have scaled its US Play Store to meet demand. It didn't.
• Teenager arrested over 'burning poppy' Facebook post (zdnet.com)
  A 19-year-old man from Aylesham has been pulled in by Kent Police on Remembrance Day over a Facebook posting apparently showing a picture o…
• Vista EULA precludes cheap virtualization on Macs (arstechnica.com)
  If you want to run Windows Vista on your Mac under virtualization, better be …
• Spotify will let users personalize the genre of Discover Weekly playlists (theverge.com)
  Spotify’s popular Discover Weekly playlist is getting more personalization tools and an updated look.
• Ellison keynote at OOW: it's about speed and cost (zdnet.com)
  Larry Ellison, CEO Oracle delivered a measured keynote, or rather sales pitch, that focused on speed and cost. But is that enough to wow cu…
• Start IT up: Chargebar (zdnet.com)
  Smartphones make life difficult when the battery runs out. Thankfully, there's a start-up business that has a fix for the problem.
• Bill Gates appears on The Daily Show (arstechnica.com)
  On the night before the launch of Windows Vista, Bill Gates decided that the …
• Ubuntu Linux adopts new UEFI boot problem approach (zdnet.com)
  Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company, is taking a new way to address the Windows 8 UEFI secure-boot problem.
• Hundreds of Brother printer models have an unpatchable security flaw (theverge.com)
  Serious security flaws have been found in hundreds of Brother printer models that could allow attackers to remotely access the device.
• Victorian myki system immune to NFC attack (zdnet.com)
  Victoria's myki system has been shown to be immune to recent attacks on US transit ticketing systems that are based on the same technology.
• Activision relaunches Call of Duty 3 map pack, promises it will work this time (arstechnica.com)
  After a glitch in the original $10 download, Activision apologizes and …
• Big data: all you need to know (zdnet.com)
  Big data's the big buzz word of 2012. So what's behind the hype?
• Turnbull's NBN French KISS is right, but so wrong (zdnet.com)
  Malcolm Turnbull has been caught investing in a telco that's rolling out fibre to the home, despite opposing such a move in Australia.
• Apple the most valuable company ever, if you forget inflation (zdnet.com)
  The world is ringing with the news that Apple is the most valuable company ever. But is it really?
• Hi-res photos of the new orange iPod shuffle (arstechnica.com)
  Finally, an iPod shuffle that matches my Ars Technica t-shirt.
• A MacBook with an iPhone chip. (theverge.com)
  That’s what Apple is working on next, at least according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The more affordable MacBook would use the sa…
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet gets UK release date (zdnet.com)
  The10.1-inch successor to the Galaxy Note phone-tablet hybrid will go on sale at Samsung's Stratford store in London first, the company has…
• Interview with the Vampire Mac Collector (arstechnica.com)
  You've seen the Flickr set from a man who has a staggering Mac collection. Now …
• Windows DreamScene coming soon (arstechnica.com)
  DreamScene, a Windows Vista Ultimate Edition add-on that allows animated …
• Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee stars in Olympics opening ceremony (zdnet.com)
  'This is for everyone', Berners-Lee says in a tweet as London 2012 organisers honour the inventor of the web in the Olympic Games opening e…
• iPods, memory loss, and the office (arstechnica.com)
  Some employers are trying to get savvy by offering up iPods with audio content …
• Telemedicine robot helps doctors treat patients (zdnet.com)
  On Tuesday, InTouch Health and iRobot unveiled a new telemedicine robot to help doctors connect with and help patients.
• Sage on the road to nowhere (zdnet.com)
  Sage Software is trying to reinvent itself. Its strategy looks timid in the face of growing cloud competition
• AI chatbots are optimizing the adult industry (theverge.com)
  Large language models are helping OnlyFans creators run single-person production studios.
• Joby delivers first aircraft to Dubai as air taxi service nears launch (theverge.com)
  The company delivered its first production air taxis to Dubai, where it hopes to launch the world’s first service in 2026.
• FTC finally settles with Sony BMG over rootkit (arstechnica.com)
  The Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with Sony BMG over the …
• Red Hat to open RHN Satellite Server (arstechnica.com)
  In response to Oracle's recent release of new enterprise Linux management …
• Anker is recalling another five power banks over fire risks (theverge.com)
  Anker has warned customers to stop using five additional power bank models “immediately due to the risk of overheating, melting, smoke, or…
• Ryan Gosling is not an astronaut in Project Hail Mary’s first trailer (theverge.com)
  Produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film stars Ryan Gosling as an astronaut on a mission to stop Earth’s sun fro…
• FOSS v proprietary software: Website creation (zdnet.com)
  Adobe's Dreamweaver is widely used by web developers, but it won't suit Linux users or those on tight budgets. Free and open-source (FOSS)…
• Crushpath: Rethinking team sales engagement and enablement (zdnet.com)
  It's time to rethink the business end of CRM: the salesperson's view of the world. Crushpath is the latest endeavor in this underserved fie…
• Saturn's energy crisis (arstechnica.com)
  Saturn is hot, way too hot, and we still don't know why.
• Online hacktivist group Anonymous conducts offline protests in India (zdnet.com)
  Internet enthusiasts against censorship take to the street wear Guy Fawkes masks.
• Google bets on fusion power as its greenhouse gas emissions grow (theverge.com)
  Google has agreed to purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion power plant, but the technology still has to prove that it’s commercially f…
• iTunes videos coming to Europe, says Luxembourg economy minister (arstechnica.com)
  The Luxembourg economy minister gave away Apple's plans today by announcing …
• Telltale Games bringing Sam and Max to the Wii? Hold your horses (arstechnica.com)
  Telltale Games is looking for staff to help with development for the Wii, but …
• Apple is reportedly working on a bunch of new XR devices (theverge.com)
  Apple is working on several new XR devices that could launch in the coming years, according to a report from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi…
• Ritual comments on casual games, SiN, and why going small can make you big (arstechnica.com)
  Is there even a difference between casual and hardcore games anymore? The line …
• Why Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress (theverge.com)
  The head of web publishing company Automattic on the WP Engine and the future of WordPress.
• Microsoft announces the next 10 Arcade games for the 360 (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft gives us the dish on what we can look forward to from the 360 Arcade …
• Google is opening its NotebookLM AI tools to students under 18 (theverge.com)
  Google is adding new Gemini AI tools to its Classroom suite for teachers, including access to NotebookLM and Gems for students. Also, new C…
• SubEthaEdit for OS X gets tabs with version 2.6 (arstechnica.com)
  SubEthaEdit, a collaborative text and code editor for OS X, got bumped to …
• Newspaper goes niche to find paying customers (arstechnica.com)
  The Sacramento Bee has a new plan to make money: create a narrowly-focused web …
• Can’t keep runnin’ away. (theverge.com)
  Not long after the first trailer for The Long Walk, we’re getting a look at another adaptation of a Stephen King dystopia about forward mom…
• Apple CarPlay Ultra hands-on: more continuity, less disruption (theverge.com)
  Three years after its initial debut, Apple’s more immersive CarPlay Ultra is finally here. We got into an Aston Martin DBX707 to test it ou…
• Sony's earnings hit by battery, gaming woes (arstechnica.com)
  As expected, Sony's earnings fell due to costs associated with the PlayStation …