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Whrrl 3 Wants To Kill Farmville. Not Foursquare. Not Gowalla. Farmville.

TechCrunch 7:36pm by: MG Siegler
Pelago knows that just about every location-based app in the world is seeking coverage right now just prior to SXSW where they will all battle Highlander-style. So they approached me with a pretty smart pitch: curing the "social rut." What they mean by that is these days, despite the prevalence of social networks, people are actually less social than ever be...
Pioneer DJM-2000 digital mixer sports multitouch screen, per-frequency mixing de...

Engadget 7:32pm by: Sean Hollister
Ready to graduate from DJ Hero? Got a house payment handy? Then Pioneer would like to show you the way to the pros. Say hello to the DJM-2000, a four-channel digital mixer built around a 5.8-inch multitouch screen and sporting enough knobs, buttons and sliders for a NASA launch sequence. Designed to play nice with the matching CDJ-2000 players Pioneer releas...
11 Things You Didn't Know You Could Watch on Webcam

Digg 7:30pm
It's a fact that everyone loves the PuppyCam, except for those few people with an abnormal hatred of puppies. (And, frankly, we don't speak to those people.)
GDC: What's next for video game AI?

News.com 7:29pm
Game AI, when done right means it's closer to acting and reacting like humans. Find out what some developers are doing to shake things up.
M-Via lets you transfer money overseas from any phone — at a low cost

VentureBeat 7:28pm by: Camille Ricketts
M-Via, a young mobile phone payment service that lets you send or receive money on any type of phone, outside of the country — even if you and your recipients don’t have bank accounts — has raised $5 million in debt financing, according to a filing with the SEC. Systems like m-Via’s are becoming increasingly important in the deve...
Power Gig: it's a rhythm game... with a real guitar

Ars Technica 7:20pm by:
There is a point when playing rhythm games such as Rock Band or Guitar Hero where you hit a kind of wall; there is only so much to learn hitting buttons as notes flow down the screen. Power Gig: Rise of the Six String—in addition to having a terrible title—wants to break that wall by teaching you actual guitar skills if you choose to move past wh...
Former TSA Analyst Charged With Computer Tampering

Slashdot 7:19pm by: samzenpus
angry tapir writes "A Transportation Security Administration analyst has been indicted with tampering with databases used by the TSA to identify possible terrorists who may be trying to fly in the US. If convicted, he faces 10 years in prison." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
TurboTax announces Glenn Beck ad pull via Twitter

News.com 7:05pm
After feedback from its Twitter followers, the tax-preparation software company decides to remove its advertising from the show hosted by Fox's most entertaining presenter.
Turiya Media wins Who’s Got Game startup competition

VentureBeat 6:45pm by: Anthony Ha
Turiya Media, which helps game publishers mine and analyze user data, was just selected as the top startup in the Who’s Got Game Competition at our GamesBeat@GDC event in San Francisco. The company says its Leafnode product uses advanced predictive algorithms to track hours of logged time by individual players and create individual behavioral profiles....
Code library gives homebrew iPod remotes chance for awesome

Ars Technica 6:33pm by:
Not too long ago, David Finland built a device capable of communicating with just about any model of iPod via the dock connector using an Arduino Nano, PodGizmo breakout board, an old USB iPod connector, and a momentary switch. While it may not sound like a big deal, there is more to it than one might think: namely programming a device (in this case the Ard...
Motorola partners with Microsoft, will use Bing search and maps on Chinese Andro...

Engadget 6:33pm by: Nilay Patel
Uh, whoa. When we heard Google's threatened pullout of China had prompted Motorola to seek out an alternative search provider for its China-bound handsets, we can't say we were expecting a partnership with Microsoft to result. But here we are, staring at a press release announcing the Bing search and Maps will be the default on Moto's Chinese Android phones...
Driven to Distraction: Distracted Driving in Ambulances and Police Cruisers

NYTimes 6:30pm by: By MATT RICHTEL
Despite efforts to get drivers to stop texting, police officers and paramedics use an array of dashboard gadgets.
State of the Art: Multitouch Computing Is Here. Will Gorilla Arm Follow?

NYTimes 6:30pm by: By DAVID POGUE
Finger gestures used on the iPhone can now be used on laptops and full-size computer screens, but the tactile experience isn’t quite the same.
Now you can find the creeps with ChatRouletteMap

VentureBeat 6:26pm by: Kim-Mai Cutler
Hopefully, this doesn’t herald the end of the ChatRoulette party. A mashup called ChatRouletteMap pins screenshots of the site’s users to a map. Now this doesn’t collect every single one of ChatRoulette’s users. It looks like a person built a program that has connected with more than two thousand ChatRoulette players and used their IP...
The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS]

Mashable 6:16pm by: Ben Parr
A new study from security firm Barracuda Labs provides some interesting insights into the state of the Twitterverse. Unfortunately for the microblogging startup, the stats say that most of its users aren’t very active.The study looked at around 19 million Twitter accounts (PDF) in order to figure out how people are using Twitter. It started with one...
doubleTwist’s iTunes Alternative (That Works With Android) Adds Podcast Suppor...

TechCrunch 6:15pm by: Jason Kincaid
Over the last six months, doubleTwist, the iTunes alternative that lets you manage your music, videos, and photos, has really been stepping up its game. In October the company integrated an Amazon-powered MP3 store, allowing users to download and sync their music directly with any of hundreds of compatible devices, much as they would with the iTunes/iPod com...
A Futures Site Coming to Bet on Movie Ticket Sales

NYTimes 6:00pm by: By JOSEPH PLAMBECK
A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.
Indiagames Partners With IPL And Facebook To Launch Social Cricket Games

TechCrunch 6:00pm by: Leena Rao
Earlier this year, Google landed a "landmark" deal with Global Cricket Ventures, the licensing partner to the Indian Premier League (IPL), which would give them the so rights to live stream cricket matches from the IPL on YouTube. This is a huge deal because the streaming of the 2010 IPL season (which starts on Friday and lasts for 45 days) is the first time...
Cloud Religion: Do's, Do Not's, and a Glimpse of Nirvana

ReadWriteWeb 5:45pm by:
As the cloud is getting more players and interfaces, best and worst practices are emerging. As the market grows and more companies try to plug in, the cloud may benefit from guiding principles. Similar to new technology movements in the past, a natural process is underway to define "what is good", which, for some in the industry, equates to "what is ope...
Meet PlayStation Move, Sony's PS3 Motion Controller

PC World 5:45pm
Sony uses its GDC 2010 press conference to name its PS3 motion controller and demonstrate a variety of upcoming motion-related games.
Cisco CRS-3 Router Meets Growing Bandwidth Demand, Analysts Say

eWeek 5:36pm
Cisco's powerful CRS-3 router is a significant step in meeting the rapidly growing demand for bandwidth driven by video, cloud computing and mobility, according to analysts. However, Cisco's closest rival, Juniper Networks, is less impressed. - Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers for more than a year has been preaching that the seemingly insatiable demand fo...
Court Reaffirms I4i's Patent Win Against Microsoft

PC World 5:30pm
The U.S. Federal Appeals Court again upheld a ruling against Microsoft in the i4i case.
RealNetworks' Rob Glaser on why Apple's model must be stopped (John Cook/TechFla...

Techmeme 5:25pm
John Cook / TechFlash: RealNetworks' Rob Glaser on why Apple's model must be stopped — RealNetworks Chairman Rob Glaser has battled Apple over the years. And that antagonistic relationship was on display — albeit subtly — this morning as Glaser encouraged the mobile industry to work together in a more collaborative and ope...
Sony Motion Controller is Called PlayStation Move, Launches Fall 2010 (Hands On!...

Gizmodo 5:23pm by: Jason Chen
Sony's finally put a name to their motion controller, and it's called PlayStation Move. Updated with hands on. Sony will have multiple packages. A standalone Move controller, or a package with PlayStation Eye + Move + a game, or an entire console solution. The Eye and Move and game combo will be less than $100. The preliminary launch window is Fall 2010. One...
PlayStation Move first hands-on (update: video!)

Engadget 5:21pm by: Paul Miller
At last, we've felt Sony's long awaited motion controller, now at last officially known as "PlayStation Move," in our unworthy, sweaty hands. We have a bunch of videos on the way, but for now you can revel in our first close-ups of the controllers in the gallery below. Here are some of our initial thoughts: The controllers are light. Much more akin to t...

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