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New Zealand Herald In geolocation wars, SXSWi is mere skirmish CNET With the days leading up to this year's South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) turning into hours, all eyes are on two scrappy rival start-ups, Foursquare and Gowalla, which both want to use the Austin, … Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare Ante Up for Location-Based Services eWeek Facebook To Add Location Based Feature ITProPortal Your location is a commodity for internet companies, advertisers Independent PC World  - Telegraph.co.uk  - TMCnet all 160 news articles »

New York Times (blog) Google Maps for Biking: Where's the Mobile App?

TG Daily GDC: OnLive Takes Gaming To The Cloud InformationWeek A cloud-based online gaming service founded by a veteran of Apple and WebTV highlights the Game Developers Conference. By Thomas Claburn The video game industry, where the tradition of proprietary console hardware and high-margin physical media runs ..

New York Times (blog) Hands On with Google Maps' Biking Directions PC Magazine Ever biked on a dedicated bicycle lane? You can thank visionaries in Davis, CA who established our country's first system of bicycle lanes back in the 60's.

New York Times (blog) Biking Directions Added To Google Maps ChannelWeb Google has added biking directions, bike lanes and bike trail data for 150 US cities to Google Maps, the online search giant announced Wednesday. The new feature helps bikers determine the best, most efficient bike routes …

PC World Microsoft suffers continued Internet Explorer hits on patch Tuesday Infosecurity Magazine (US) Microsoft took customers through a fairly sedate patch Tuesday this week, releasing just two bulletins addressing issues in its applications. However, all did not go without a hitch, as yet another zero-day vulnerability emerged for Internet Explorer. …

New Zealand Herald Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award BusinessWeek The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has awarded the 2009 AM Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer. In 1974, while at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), …

Ars Technica HTC lawsuit came after warning by Apple to handset makers Ars Technica Apple COO Tim Cook's warning from early 2009 wasn't the only one that handset makers received before Apple sicced the lawyers on HTC last week. According to a research note from Oppenheimer analyst … Report: Microsoft May Help Apple Lawsuit Targets ChannelWeb Analyst: Apple warned handset makers before suing HTC CNET Apple's Lawsuit Against HTC is Working PC World TheStreet.com  - iBlast  - The Business Insider all 46 news articles »

Los Angeles Times MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year. Mike Jones, who took over as co-president last month with Jason Hirschhorn, … GDC: MySpace Launches New Games Experience, Tools Gamasutra Back to the future at MySpace?

The Guardian EFF knocks iPhone developer license agreement CNET The Electronic Frontier Foundation obtained a copy of Apple's iPhone developer license agreement and posted the 28-page document on its Web site on Tuesday. The digital rights watchdog group used the Freedom of Information Act to …