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Twitter announces permissions change, frustrates app developers Macworld Twitter on Tuesday announced via its blog various changes aimed at allowing users finer-grained control over their accounts. To date, when another application (such as TweetBot, Twitterrific, or Echofon) or Web service (such as Favstar) requested ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple 'close to cloud music deals with major labels' Telegraph.co.uk Apple is close to completing deals with the major record labels to provide a cloud music storage service, according to reports. A cloud music service means no longer having to store your music on an MP3 player. Photo: CORBIS By Shane Richmond, ... See all stories on this topic »

Billions of 'orphan planets' wander alone in space TG Daily Hundreds of billions of isolated planets are believed to be floating alone in space, following an international survey of the sky. A team from Japan and New Zealand scanned the center of the Milky Way galaxy during 2006 and 2007, and for the first time ... See all stories on this topic » TG Daily

Extinction rates 'overestimated' BBC News By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News Current extinction rate projections may be overestimating the role of habitat loss on species, a study suggest. Current methods are too simplistic and fail to take into account the full ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Droid X2 vs. Droid Incredible 2: Spec Comparison PCWorld By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld May 18, 2011 1:35 PM Verizon bumped up its Android lineup on Wednesday with the announcement of the Motorola Droid X2. The sequel to the Droid X will be available for $200 (with a new, two-year contract) on May 26--pre-orders ... See all stories on this topic »

San Francisco Moving To Microsoft's Cloud ITProPortal The city and county of San Francisco have decided to move their entire email system to Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange Online platform. The move, which will cost San Francisco $1.2 million in the first year, will see more than 23000 employees ... See all stories on this topic » ITProPortal

Clearwire Corporation Joins Hands with Ericsson for Managed Services – NASDAQ:CLWR USA Market News Clearwire Corporation NASDAQ:CLWR yesterday announced that it has entered into a seven year managed services partnership with Ericsson NASDAQ:ERIC that will transfer the day-to-day management of Clearwire's 4G network to Ericsson and allow Clearwire to ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's Schmidt says UK 'anti-piracy' laws are bad for free speech Inquirer By Spencer Dalziel INTERNET SEARCH GIANT Google has said that filtering the internet and blocking filesharing web sites would be bad for free speech. Google's opinion that the UK Government's 'anti-piracy' proposals would be bad for the digital rights ... See all stories on this topic »

Guess How Many Times Angry Birds Has Been Downloaded The Business Insider Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka just announced that Angry Birds has been downloaded over 200 million times across all platforms. Vesterbacka made the announcement at the paidContent Mobile conference. There are three separate Angry Birds games: Angry Birds, ... See all stories on this topic » The Business Insider

Brazil: Government Vows Crackdown on Cattle Ranchers in the Amazon New York Times By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO Brazilian government officials said Wednesday that they would crack down on cattle ranchers in the Amazon after new data showed that deforestation there had increased by 26 percent in the nine months that ended in April, ... See all stories on this topic »

Senate jostles for online privacy Politico Al Franken (left) and Patrick Leahy greet Apple VP Guy 'Bud' Tribble at a subcommittee hearing. | Jay Westcott/POLITICO Close By TONY ROMM | 5/19/11 4:50 AM EDT Washington tech leaders saw nothing coincidental about Senate Commerce Committee Chairman ... See all stories on this topic » Politico

Does Facebook Help or Hinder Offline Friendships? New York Times (blog) By JENNA WORTHAM Two recent articles in the New York Times have raised the question of whether or not the daily interactions on Twitter and Facebook are trivializing our real world friendships by making it easier to do things like wish our friends a ... See all stories on this topic »

Google launches social search globally Telegraph.co.uk Google is rolling out social search in 19 new languages in a bid to improve its core service with the addition of content from people's friends. Google is rolling out social search around the world. Photo: AFP By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Apple Adding Data Center in Silicon Valley Data Center Knowledge Apple is expanding its Internet infrastructure with a new data center in Silicon Valley, as it prepares to bring additional server and storage capacity online later this year. The new server space, housed in a third-party facility, will be smaller than ... See all stories on this topic »

Sony: 'No evidence' firmware is causing PS3s to overheat Computerandvideogames.com While Sony is aware of a number of users suffering problems with PS3s freezing and shutting down, it has denied suggestions the issues are tied to the release of firmware 3.61. After Rockstar support said it'd received reports that updating to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Valve not showing any games at E3 Digital Spy By Matthew Reynolds, Gaming Editor The Portal and Half-Life developer told members of the press that it would not be showing any games next month. "Lots of folks have mailed asking about appointment times, etc., with Valve," read the email. ... See all stories on this topic »

"Hulu for magazines" set to launch in Android Market this week TG Daily Apple has closed deals with some of the biggest magazine publishers to sell subscriptions via iTunes. Now it's Google's turn, with five large publishers poised to enter the Android Market this week. Dubbed "Hulu for Magazines," the consortium known as ... See all stories on this topic »

Why women prefer tall men... Marie Claire.co.uk By Hannah Thomas on Thursday 19 May 2011 Are you more attracted to tall men? Well, researchers say it's all down to their perceived fighting ability! According to a new theory, women are more attracted to statuesque males because in evolutionary terms ... See all stories on this topic » Marie Claire.co.uk

Secret Service bashes Fox News on Twitter CBS News The Secret Service has only been on Twitter for 10 days, and it looks like the Service is still trying to work out the kinks. A Tweet went out on the Secret Service's official, verified account Wednesday that read: "Had to monitor Fox for a story. ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Beijing's new video game pits Chinese and US troops msnbc.com By Ed Flanagan, NBC News BEIJING – In 2005, I was deeply engaged in an extended military campaign on battlefields across China. Thousands of Chinese and Americans fell each day, but the only real casualty suffered was my bruised ego as I was easily ... See all stories on this topic »

Couple Names Baby After Facebook's 'Like' Button Tom's Guide Naming a baby isn't often easy. You want to pick something that's modern but timeless, and won't get them beaten up at school. There are thousands and thousands of books filled with endless possibilities. However, as our world changes, the inspirations ... See all stories on this topic »

Dell Streak Pro Honeycomb tablet pics and specs leak TechRadar UK By Kate Solomon Dell is about ready to bust out a 10-inch Honeycomb tablet, according to detailed specs and photos of the Dell Streak Pro which have emerged online. Although Dell has already announced that it will launch a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet, ... See all stories on this topic » TechRadar UK

Eventbrite Takes on Ticketmaster With $50 Million Investment Mashable Eventbrite announced Wednesday a $50 million round of funding led by Tiger Global. The five-year-old startup — once used primarily as a platform for organizers to sell tickets to small events — has grown up. It's now selling tickets to a Black Eyed ... See all stories on this topic »

Campus graduate takes new first steps Daily Californian Austin Whitney, paraplegic for nearly four years, walked across the stage to receive his diploma. By Mary Susman UC Berkeley's graduation day this year was symbolic for graduate Austin Whitney because he was able to experience it in an ordinary way. ... See all stories on this topic »

Toshiba screen out-pixels Apple's Retina Display CNET by Don Reisinger A leaf fills the screen of Toshiba's upcoming display, which was unveiled in LA this week. The reign of Apple's Retina Display as the highest-quality mobile screen in the land may soon come to an end. At this week's SID Display Week ... See all stories on this topic » CNET

Hyundai Elantra Hartford Courant By JIM MACPHERSON Hyundai's introduction of its luxury cars, the Genesis and the Equus, might make you believe that the company is turning its back on more affordable cars. The Sonata, introduced last year, and the new Elantra sedan should allay those ... See all stories on this topic » Hartford Courant

iOS Developers Form Boycott To Enlist Apple's Help Against Lodsys ITProPortal Dozens of iOS developers who were targeted by patent troll Lodsys for use of an in-app upgrade button are organising a mass boycott of the API to force Apple to challenge the lawsuit on their behalf. Lodsys, an obscure patent licensing firm, ... See all stories on this topic » ITProPortal

HTC Omega and HTC Eternity may be new Windows Phone 7.5 handsets WMPoweruser.com We have just received an intriguing tip claiming two new Windows Phone 7.5 handsets are on the way. According to our anonymous tipster the HTC Eternity will run Mango, feature a massive 4.7 inch AMOLED screen, wide-angle 8 megapixel camera with LED ... See all stories on this topic »

Gilt Taste: A Pricey Online Marketplace For Artisan Foods TechCrunch Today, flash sales giant Gilt Groupe is launching its newest vertical—Gilt Taste, a marketplace for artisanal foods. By definition, artisan foods are ingredients and foods that are hand-crafted, created in small quantities, and tend to be high-quality ... See all stories on this topic »

GE Lighting to unveil LED fixtures Rapid Consumer goods giant GE Lighting is to launch LED lighting fixtures at this week's LightFair International 2011. The range of recessed and suspended fixtures will go on display at the trade show in Philadelphia from May 17th and are designed to ... See all stories on this topic »

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