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• Google launches Mail Goggles to save you from yourself (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:36:00 -0700)
  Dear Monique, You know i havent stopped thinkking of u since taht Christmas party six yea rs ago...
• Industrial Origami snaps up $17 million (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:26:00 -0700)
  San Francisco start-up aims to bring to market its low-waste system of fold-up sheet metal for building appliances and automobiles.
• Realism creeping into venture capital calculations (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:15:00 -0700)
  At the opening of a new VC office, free sushi and free advice.
• AMD to spin off manufacturing (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:23:00 -0700)
  Company is expected to announce a long-expected restructuring of its manufacturing operations.
• Report: iPhone 2.2 getting Google's Street View (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:03:00 -0700)
  New iPhone firmware beta getting Google Maps Street View, Japanese emoji picture characters, and a typing autocorrect on-off switch, MacRumors reports.
• Nvidia can't shake MacBook, chipset unit rumors (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:30:00 -0700)
  On the downside, company has been dogged by negative press and analyst reports. On the upside, rumors persist it will play big role in expected MacBook refresh.
• D-Day for RFID-based transit card systems (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:35:00 -0700)
  Dutch scientific paper and German research provides enough information for someone to make fake transit cards by exploiting a vulnerability in RFID smart card technology.
• More companies bracing investors for current quarter (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:34:00 -0700)
  Amid troubled economic climate, public companies like SAP and Netflix are retooling Wall Street's expectations before they even report results of their third quarter.
• Election 2008: Campaign coverage for the digerati (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:01:00 -0700)
  Here's what the 2008 presidential candidates have to say on all things technology. Also: the latest from the road to the White House.
• Mozilla's Geode brings geographic Web to Firefox (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:55:00 -0700)
  A plug-in called Geode will help Firefox comprehend and use geographic information. Mozilla plans to discuss the labs project Tuesday.
• OK, so I'm a tech Pollyanna. Sue me (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:35:00 -0700)
  Perfectly understandable if you're freaked out over the prolonged tech tumble in the stock market. But it's not as if we've never seen something like this before. Remember?
• YouTube 'theater view' may be a precursor to widescreen HD player (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:04:00 -0700)
  A new viewing option in YouTube could be the foundation of a the service's next-generation player.
• Making sense of the tech meltdown on Wall Street (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0700)
  Why did typically stable SAP lead the way into the cellar? The normal rules of the high-tech industry's economics may not apply as the overall economy seems to unravel.
• Surface developer tools coming this month (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:55:00 -0700)
  Microsoft promises developers who attend this month's Professional Developer Conference will get the tools needed to write apps for the company's tabletop PC.
• OneSite readies mobile social notification tool, iPhone app (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:35:00 -0700)
  The company, which works with businesses to help them create their own social networks for customers, announces eNotify to bring its services to mobile devices.
• Data breaches best 2007 record (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:04:00 -0700)
  The ID Theft Resource Center reports 516 large security breaches, exceeding the total for 2007, partly due to an increase in companies' disclosures.
• IBM puts 'Bluehouse' tinge on cloud computing (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:52:00 -0700)
  The company will challenge Internet-centric "cloud" pioneers by promoting a mix of cloud-based and on-premises services.
• Oberon Media raises $20 million for casual gaming exploits (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:28:00 -0700)
  The company aims to expand its business overseas and establish a foothold in China--a key battleground for casual gaming services.
• Study: Uptick in spam-sending zombie PCs in September (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:25:00 -0700)
  Symantec attributes the growth to an increase in e-mail with sensationalistic news headlines that include links to downloadable malware.
• Say Where iPhone app lets you search the Web with your mouth (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:09:00 -0700)
  Search the Web with your voice using Excuse Me Services' Say Where iPhone app. Use it on Yelp, Yellowpages.com, Traffic.com and Google Maps.