Month: November 2010

LIKE archeologists constructing a whole from fragments, ethnomusicologists who research ancient scores must translate extinct musical languages into contemporary Western notation. Read the original post by New York Times

The United States on Saturday responded with counter proposals to a letter from WikiLeaks requesting information about the persons mentioned in the thousands of documents set for release by the latter. – (AHN) Read the original post by Broward-Palm Beach – News

The Samsung Galaxy Tab. With technology changing and evolving constantly, it can be difficult to keep up with the latest gizmos making their way onto store shelves this holiday season. Read the original post by WHLT-TV Hattiesburg

Up until now, people who have bought e-readers have had to make a compromise: either read in color on a highly reflective screen, or read in shades of gray on a display that’s easy to make out even outdoors. Read the original post by Athens Banner-Herald

Every URL you visit ends with a ‘.’. You probably leave it out, but your browser completes it for you. Read the original post by I4U Future Technology News

Nyseha Adams rose early on Black Friday morning. The TV woke her up. Specifically, the Samsung 32-inch LCD television she hoped to buy at Walmart for $328. “We were there in time for the electronics sale at 5 a.m.,” she says. Read the original post by CourierPostOnline

The proliferation of iPads and other tablets is starting to curtail sales of laptops. Read the original post by Barron’s

Susan Boyle ’s repertoire is largely show tunes and classics, but the YouTube singing sensation said she’s open to the idea of an R&B duet with Rihanna . Read the original post by NBC Washington

Reports from a variety of analysts predict a huge swell in tablet computer sales next year ranging from 35 to 100 million units in total, with Apple’s iPad accounting for the largest number sold by far. Read the original post by AppleInsider

Sony Corp has decided against raising its stake in a liquid crystal display television panel joint venture with Sharp from the current 7 percent, and instead will step up panel procurement from Taiwanese makers to save costs, the Yomiuri Shimbun said on Saturday. Read the original post by Reuters

HP Home & Home Office offers the HP V5061u Secure Digital Card HD Digital Camcorder in Black, model no. SH225AA#ABA, for $144.49. Coupon code “SVMB39487″ cuts it to $119.49. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $28. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include 1440×1080 recording, 2x digital zoom…

newegg.com offers the OCZ Vertex 2 60GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 2.5″ Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), model no. OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G, for $119.99. This $25 mail-in rebate cuts it to $94.99. With free shipping, that’s $1.58/GB, $5 under our mention from two weeks ago, and the lowest total price we could find by $15. Features include read…

Today only, the Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of The XX’s XX MP3 Album for $1.99. That’s a buck under our June mention and the lowest price we could find for this 11-track, DRM-free album, released in 2009. (iTunes charges $9.99.) Amazon MP3 Downloader is required. Read the original post by dealmac.com

Movie-rental company Netflix premiered its first streaming-only subscription last week. Read the original post by San Francisco Chronicle

It appears we may be on the eve of another document release by whistleblower site Wikileaks. Der Spiegel, which has been thus far always the recipient of previews from the site, along with the New York Times and British newspaper The Guardian, and French newspaper Le Monde, posted a Q&A about the “Embassy Files,” then…