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Skype 2.8 for Mac to Launch Tuesday... with Screen-Sharing!

54 min 51 sec ago
Available only for Mac OS X at first, the new version will add screen-sharing capabilities to the app's voice, video, and chat communications features.

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What’s Behind Phil Schiller keynote? Joy of Tech Fills us in

2 hours 27 min ago
Check out this great piece of satire by the talented folks over at JoyOfTech which gives us a sneak peek at what’s going on behind the scenes in preparation for Phil Schiller’s upcoming keynote. You gotta love Jobs sitting on a thrown below the mainstage as lions circle around.

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Windows 7 Beta: First Impressions

2 hours 46 min ago
It's probably not an exaggeration to say that Windows 7 is Microsoft's most important release of its operating system in a decade. That's not necessarily because of its advances, or what it does for Windows users, but rather because of what it means for Microsoft as a company.

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Debian 5 release approaches... binary blobs included

2 hours 57 min ago
The developers behind the Debian Linux distribution have voted to proceed with the release of the next major version despite ongoing controversy over the inclusion of binary firmware in the kernel.

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Twitter Phishers Also Targeting Facebook

3 hours 47 min ago
The phishing site that was set up to hoodwink Twitter's users has a second front door that looks exactly like Facebook. The address of the fake Twitter site was twitter.access-login.com/login, but take out the "/login" part and you arrive at the dead-ringer for the Facebook homepage.

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Apple intros 17" MacBook Pro

4 hours 6 min ago
17" MBP!?

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Twitter Hack Trail Leads To 'DigitalGangster'

4 hours 35 min ago
It all seems to point back to one person that goes by “Gmz” on a hacker site called Digital Gangster (this site was also where Miley Cyrus photos were posted after they were taken from her hacked Gmail account). Gmz obtained the account credentials and then posted them on DigitalGanster.

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iTunes goes DRM free

5 hours 5 min ago
While Phil hasn't mentioned it in the keynote just yet, it looks like iTunes might be getting a big catalog overhaul, with most major labels finally offering up DRM free tunes. Previously purchased songs are now upgradable for the same old price of $0.30 a song.

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How Newspapers Tried to Invent the Web but Failed

5 hours 35 min ago
From the beginning, newspapers sought to invent the Web in their own image by repurposing the copy, values, and temperament found in their ink-and-paper editions. Every newspaper Web site is instantly identifiable as a newspaper Web site. By succeeding, they failed to invent the Web.

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The Brave New World: More Digital, Less Physical

5 hours 56 min ago
Yesterday, I was with my wife in the L'Occitane store. The shelves were filled with fragrances, soaps, lotions: all sorts of handcrafted beauty products. It occured to ...

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The 8 most absurd devices from sci-fi movies

7 hours 27 min ago
Sure, by its nature sci fi will include some fantastical elements, particularly with tech. But sometimes that tech crosses the line between plausible coolness and sheer fantasy. When far-fetched "technology" with no basis in reality at all shows up in a movie, our disbelief crashes down all around us

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35 Basic Tutorials to Get You Started with Photoshop

7 hours 47 min ago
If you’re interested in honing your Photoshop skills to create spectacular compositions, this is for you. In this article, you’ll find 35 basic Photoshop tutorials for getting started with Photoshop.

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Mininova’s Torrent Downloads Double to 7 Billion in a Year

8 hours 7 min ago
The BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway, with more users discovering that it’s the fastest way to transfer large files online. One of the most frequently visited torrent sites, Mininova, has seen the number of torrent downloads double from 3.5 billion to 7 billion during 2008, and this download rate is still increasing.

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Live Macworld 2009 Keynote Coverage

8 hours 57 min ago
gdgt live coverage by Ryan Block

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Looks Like We Won't be SLINGing iphone Soon

10 hours 37 min ago
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone isn't ready yet, Sling said on Tuesday, but it is on its way.

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Best 5 MacWorld Expo Rumors

11 hours 7 min ago
Upgrades, combo products, ports and other pet projects are among our favorite predictions.

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Online video viewing jumps 34 percent

11 hours 37 min ago
U.S. Internet users watched 12.7 billion online videos in November, an increase of 34 percent versus a year ago, according to ComScore data.

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Flash Memory Production, Sales Down

11 hours 57 min ago
With 9 weeks of inventory on the shelves, manufacturers are shutting down production and waiting for demand to kick in.

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AMD to Update Business Class Desktop CPUs in 3Q09

12 hours 7 min ago
Sunnyvale, California-based AMD is expected to unveil a new range of desktop processors, coming to provide its customers with the performance of the new Phenom II desktop CPUs, designed on the 45nm process technology.

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