RSS & Blogging – Yahoo! News
RSS & Blogging – Yahoo! News
Canadian model unmasks blog tormentor
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A Canadian model has won a landmark case in a New York court after Google was forced to disclose the online identity of a blogger who anonymously posted derogatory comments about the Vogue covergirl. Full Story;
Court Orders Google to Reveal Blogger in Defamation Case
A model described as being among “The Skankiest in NYC” by a user of Google's Blogger service has won a court battle to obtain the anonymous poster's identity. Full Story;
Tough times for head of elite RI design college
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – As president of the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, John Maeda enjoys a reputation as an innovative graphic designer and a prolific blogger with an MIT pedigree who encourages students to call him by his first name and join him on morning jogs. Full Story;
Attorney: FBI trained NJ blogger to incite others
HARTFORD, Conn. – A New Jersey blogger facing charges in two states for allegedly making threats against lawmakers and judges was trained by the FBI on how to be deliberately provocative, his attorney said Tuesday. Full Story;
Twitter: Latest Application Platform Problems Solved
The technical problems that affected the performance and availability of third-party Twitter applications in recent days have been fixed, the micro-blogging and social networking company said Monday evening. Full Story;
On Tuesday, 1,370 Japanese stopped blogging and Twittering. There's perhaps nothing unusual about that; after all, hundreds give up social media efforts every day. But for these people the halt to their online activities has been brought on by the law. Full Story;
Moonlight 2.0 moves to beta phase
San Francisco – Moonlight 2.0, which is open source software that puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, was offered up as a beta release on Monday, the chief developer of the technology said in a blog entry. Full Story;
Dell Fails to Wow with Mini3i Smartphone
Dell reportedly took the wraps off its China-only smartphone project early Monday in China with the launch of the Dell Mini3i, according to the Chinese blog Netease. I'm not sure how this device relates to earlier attempts by Dell to enter the smartphone market, but judging by the Mini3i's specs, it's not hard to see why U.S. carriers have so far been unimpressed with Dell's mobile device efforts. Full Story;
Zune HD Specs Including Tegra Details
Excitement for the Zune HD seems to be building in the blogosphere. Full Story;
Liberal bloggers watch Obama closely, want action
PITTSBURGH – They wish he’d done more in his first eight months, but the liberal bloggers who helped propel Barack Obama to the White House are far from giving up on him. Full Story;
Conservatives take on liberals in blogosphere
PITTSBURGH – Call this city blogger central. Two grassroots groups — one left leaning, the other right leaning — are holding their annual conferences here and teaching members how to wield clout online. Full Story;
Nearly 41% of posts on the micro-blogging service Twitter are “pointless babble” in the vein of “I am eating a sandwich now,” says a 2-week study by Pear Analytics. The analytics firm says the second-most-common type of posts (37.6%) are conversational, meaning tweets that go back and forth between people like a public version of instant messages. Nearly 6% are self-promoting posts, such as messages about products. The firm also found that 3.75% of tweets are spam and 3.6% contain news from big media outlets. Full Story;
Apple iPod Announcements Expected Next Month
The blogosphere is abuzz with speculation that Apple is planning a major event for early September during which it may unleash a major iPod line refresh. The company has a history of making iPod and music-related moves in the month of September, but Apple declined an invitation to comment. Full Story;
Twitter to Bolster Tools with 'Retweet' Function
Micro-blogging service Twitter says it is working on a new tool to help you “retweet.” Retweeting is jargon for re-posting something posted (or tweeted) by another user. Retweeting typically gives credit to the original poster. In offering this feature Twitter is just playing catch-up to what 3rd party apps already do. Full Story;
Bill Clinton: GOP promotes fear over health care
PITTSBURGH – Republicans have turned to terrifying people in the debate over overhauling the health care system because the GOP has no political clout to fight it, former President Bill Clinton told a gathering of progressive bloggers on Thursday. Full Story;
Flaws halt work on Boeing 787 sections
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Friday an Italian supplier stopped production in June on two sections of its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner after structural flaws were found on fuselages. Full Story;
What's the Deal With Apple's September Event?
Hold the presses, kiddos — we have a hot new Apple rumor on our hands. This time, Apple has allegedly scheduled a “keynote event” for September, according to some unnamed sources quoted over at some unnamed blog. (Okay, I got carried away; the blog isn't really unnamed. It's All Things Digital.) The event has been unveiled so far only to mysterious people within the music industry, All Things D says. Full Story;
Report: Your Palm Pre May be Spying on You
Is your Palm Pre spying on you and sending your GPS coordinates and more back to the Palm mothership on a daily basis? According to mobile application developer Joey Hess, that's exactly what is happening. He asserts on his personal blog that data on the location and app used on the Palm's Pre smartphone is being sent to Palm. Full Story;
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