Apple nabs Nintendo and Activision executives for iOS gaming roles

MVC reports that Apple has hired away gaming PR executives from both Nintendo and Activision. According to the gaming site, Nintendo UK comms boss Rob Saunders is jumping ship from Nintendo, where he oversaw PR for devices like the Wii and DS, to Apple. He will head the newly created role focused on PR for gaming on the iOS platform.

Apple has also nabbed Nick Grange, who was Activision's European PR director. Before Grange's work at Activision, he held positions at Electronic Arts and Microsoft. It's unclear what Grange's position at Apple will be, but it is rumored to focus on iPad hardware.

Apple's poaching of the two executives should come as no surprise; gaming on iOS devices is becoming a large portion of what people do on them. A survey released this week showed 84% of tablet owners play games on their devices (including the iPad 2), while a survey from September stated 44.1 million people were playing games on the iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad in the US alone. Those numbers are huge considering the same survey said Nintendo's DS audience was 41 million (a close second) and Sony's PSP audience was only 18 million. Clearly gaming on iOS devices will continue to be a focus for Apple in the future.

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Opera 11.10 gets HTML5 File API support, IMAP improvements

The crew in Oslo keeps plugging away at Opera 11.10, and the latest snapshot build includes a number of improvements to Opera's built-in email client -- as well as HTML5-related additions.

On the IMAP front, Opera now supports special folders like sent items, spam, and trash. It also better handles duplicate items in Gmail -- such as those which appear in all mail and under your custom labels.

Opera 11.10 now partially supports the HTML5 File API as well, which means your favorite Web apps (like Gmail) may soon begin adding Opera to the list of supported browsers.

You can download the latest Opera 11.10 snapshot for Windows, Mac, or Linux from the official release post.

Update: The Opera 11.10 RC is now available, as pointed out by SlashZaku in the comments. Thanks!

Opera 11.10 gets HTML5 File API support, IMAP improvements originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The coolest kindergarten ever: iPad 2s for everyone

In a move that just assured kids everywhere will view Auburn, Maine's kindergartens as the coolest in the country, the local school board there has purchased iPad 2s for every kindergartner in the district. At a total cost of $200,000 including 285 iPad 2s, insurance for the devices, and educational software, the Auburn program will begin as a pilot this May, with a complete rollout expected in September.

The idea came to the local school board after teachers noticed an improvement in schoolchildren who used educational software on the iPad to learn the alphabet. Auburn's board hopes the iPads, which are cheaper than buying the kindergartners laptops, will help raise the literacy rate over a number of years. Interestingly, though probably unrelated, Apple's first iPad 2 commercial showed an app that allows children to trace the outline of numbers and letters in an attempt to help them learn. Let's just hope that Auburn's children don't start lower-casing their pronoun I's.

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Facebook's Open Compute Project (Marco Arment/Marco.org)

Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Facebook's Open Compute Project  —  Facebook just released Open Compute Project, their now-public datacenter and server design, optimized for situations in which hundreds or thousands of servers are needed such as the biggest websites and web-hosting companies.

Source: http://www.techmeme.com/110409/p13#a110409p13

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Motorola To Sell 16GB XOOM On Verizon Wireless?

A screenshot of the backend of Verizon Wireless' system database has been published online showing a 16GB version of the Motorola XOOM tablet.

Source: http://www.itproportal.com/2011/04/10/motorola-sell-16gb-xoom-verizon-wireless/

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GIVING UP BOOZE CAUSES CANCER - shock study

Numbers unarguable: For pity's sake have a drink

A shocking new study has revealed that giving up drinking perceptibly increases your chance of getting cancer. If you stay on the booze, however, your chances of getting cancer will be pretty much exactly the same as if you had never touched a drop in your life.?

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Source: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/08/giving_up_booze_causes_cancer/

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YouTube Gets Into the Live Stream Business

YouTube got into the live streaming business on Friday when it began to host live streams from trusted partners on its website. The field will be opened to more qualified partners sometime in the future. Cool. What time does iCarly come on?


Limiting participants, requiring a certain kind of encoder and keeping it out of the mobile space are all part of what Google says in an attempt to ensure a level of quality.





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Source: http://www.hardocp.com/news/2011/04/09/youtube_gets_into_live_stream_business/

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Deep-space travel bad for astronauts' tickers, say boffins

Mice zapped with atom-smasher beam in risky* experiments

Deep-space travel could be bad for the heart, report boffins. This has been established by blasting mice with an ion beam from a powerful atom-smasher, causing the luckless murines to develop artery damage of the sort that might result from exposure to powerful cosmic space radiation.?

Source: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/08/deep_space_ticker_risk/

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Microsoft releases 64 fixes on April's bumper Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's patching is going from one extreme to the other. While March had just three bulletins fixing four vulnerabilities, next week 17 bulletins are being issued, fixing 64 different vulnerabilties. This ties with December 2010 as the most bulletins, and takes the clear lead for number of flaws fixed.

Nine bulletins are critical, with all carrying the risk of remote code execution. The remaining eight are ranked important; six of these enable remote code execution, one allows privilege escalation, and the last can lead to information disclosure. Seven of the bulletins have mandatory restarts; the remainder "may" do so.

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Source: http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/endOHH2R_dU/64-fixes-for-aprils-bumper-patch-tuesday.ars

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Microsoft Readies Patch Tuesday Deluge

A record-setting security update zeros in on vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel.

Source: http://feeds.pcworld.com/click.phdo?i=428d0279ca0c89f3b42fb13513ee392b

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Rendering Possibilities

Snapshots of CAD software in action.

Source: http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=81bd462e163211474c45b396c6320e4c

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Top 10 Best Android PlayStation Phones 2011

Need a super-efficient, full-featured smartphone? And what if it also had real game controls? You’ve got it. The Xperia? PLAY, A PlayStation? Certified Android? smartphone that lets you immerse yourself in the games you want. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is the world?s first authentic gaming smartphone, teamed with the immersive gaming [...]

Source: http://www.giftsorgadgets.com/gadget-reviews/top-10-best-android-playstation-phones-2011.html

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Google Staff's Bonuses Depend on Social Success

Google?s various forays into the social networking market haven?t exactly gone according to plan. Between the only mildly popular Orkut and the privacy fiasco that was Buzz...

Source: http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=b0fbc8971c156e45480a5832bfd70f2c

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Google streaming I/O conference 2011 live for those who can't make it

The Google I/O conference, a gathering of developers from across the globe to San Francisco's Moscone Center, sold out in under an hour. In an effort to encompass as many people as clearly want to join in with the conference, Google is going to stream the keynotes, sessions and Developer Sandbox, live via the Google I/O website. This is in addition to the already planned I/O Extended viewing parties that Google and others are hosting around the world.

So if were unlucky in getting tickets, stuck at home, or to your desk on May 10th and 11th, but really want to get in on the I/O action, check out the Google I/O Live page, where you can register your interest by displaying the Google I/O Live 2011 HTML5 badge on your site. Oh and check out the fancy, bouncing ball, countdown clock while you're there too.

Google streaming I/O conference 2011 live for those who can't make it originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What Do Don Draper and GitHub Have In Common?

Wwe need to put more weight on one's demonstrable capabilities than college degrees and "experience" in our resume, thanks to the emergence of Internet as a platform, we are entering a phase where these capabilities will be on full display for others to see.

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DoJ green-lights Google takeover of ITA with several conditions

The US Department of Justice says Google won't be able to move forward with its acquisition of airline software maker ITA Software unless it agrees to a set of rules designed to ensure continued competition in the market. The rules come as part of the DoJ's proposed settlement for the antitrust suit it filed against Google, but if Google agrees to the terms, the DoJ says its competition concerns will be resolved. Competitors, while somewhat pleased, still want more scrutiny.

Under the proposed settlement, Google must continue licensing ITA's popular QPX software to airfare sites at "commercially reasonable terms," while also continuing research and development of QPX at a similar rate as ITA has. Google can't restrict airlines from sharing seat or booking class information with Google's competitors, and must set up a reporting mechanism for complaints about Google's behavior once it assumes control of ITA.

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Android chief Rubin's response to Android critics misses the point

Android chief Andy Rubin has finally issued a statement in response to recent reports regarding Android's deteriorating openness. He characterizes the media reports as "misinformation" and says that he is speaking up "in the spirit of transparency" in order to "set the record straight."

In his statement, he defends Google's "anti-fragmentation" strategy and says that the source code will be made available when it's ready. He also dismisses the allegation that Google is tightening its control over the user experience. Unfortunately, his statement sheds no light on the Android roadmap, and he has completely failed to address many of the issues raised by widespread reporting on Google's role in the Android ecosystem. The condescending and evasive statement does little to support his argument.

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