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Google logo secret message rumors abound. But what's really behind all those bouncing Google balls?
Samsung Fascinate will hit store shelves tomorrow. So how does the newest Samsung handset stack up?
Bouncy Google balls bob, bound, and ricochet all over the Google homepage today.
Twitter mobile use has grown 62 percent since April, a Twitter exec wrote today.
Google Chrome turns 2 today – and Google is celebrating with the release of Chrome 6.
At its Sept. 1 event, Apple trotted out a new iPod Nano, a rekindled Apple TV, and even a brand new social network in iTunes 10. This annual fall bash held surprises for almost every device that Apple sells – with one notable exception.
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With digital 3-D, filmmakers aim to add emotional, not just visual, depth.
Spectrum: EU data lobbying, a new German data protection bill, and VisLab's trek to China Tech companies lobby the European Commission to establish unified rules for "cloud computing," which currently differ across the 27 members states, the German government proposes new data protection rules in the workplace, Sean Sinico goes geocaching, a German journalist takes on a 'digital fast,' and Alberto Broggi updates us on the autonomous car odyssey from Italy to ChinaTech firms lobby Brussels for unified data standardsWith no digital single market, the 27 member states all have their own systems governing the collection, protection and retention of private information. That means right now, services like Microsoft’s Hotmail or Google’s Gmail, which store the service and the data outside personal computers, must treat each piece of European data according to the laws of its country of origin.So, it's the end of August. Here in Europe, summer is winding down and people are returning from their vacations. The same is true of the European Parliament, which ended its summer holiday this week. Yesterday, parliamentary committees and political groups began meeting in preparation for next week's first plenary session of parliament. One of the European Commission’s tasks this fall is to prepare a draft of its new "Digital Agenda", a strategy for maximizing the bloc’s benefits from information and communication technologies. Included in that plan is the goal of establishing a digital equivalent of the "single market" that already exists for goods and services. That particularly would affect "cloud computing," or data stored on the Internet -- services like Google's Gmail, for instance. But some citizens and governments are opposed to the idea of letting their data cross national borders, including to other EU states. And that's darkening the forecast for would-be providers of EU-wide computing clouds, who are trying to get laws changed in their favor. Report: Teri SchultzGerman government proposes amendement to Data Protection ActIn addition to protecting privacy at the workplace, the bill also would prevent employers from searching private networks on Facebook while checking out potential new hires.Now, Brussels isn't the only European capital currently debating how online data can be shared, or even protected online. Last week, the German government in Berlin proposed a draft amendment to the Data Protection Act. This movement by the conservative-liberal coalition is a response to various privacy violations that have taken place in the private sector. For example, workers have been secretly filmed in German supermarkets and workers who shared information with some critical journalists had their phone records scrutinized. This new law aims to prevent such excesses in future if possible, including limiting how employers can search Facebook when checking up on potential hires. Report: Nathan WitkopGeocaching celebrates ten years of GPS-fueled scavenger huntsDW's own Sean Sinico takes his iPad to locate a 'cache' hidden under a bridge in the town of KoblenzTen years ago this Thursday the website Geocaching.com was registered by an American outdoor enthusiast and businessman named Jeremy Irish. The site grew from a way for a handful of people to get details about local geocaches into a place where hundreds of thousands of people would meet to take part in an increasingly popular way to get outdoors. A treasure hunt for the digital age, geocaching's popularity has been growing since the US military opened up their satellites to public use in 2000. Now there are geocaches on every continent -- over a million in total -- and Geocaching.com estimates that there are between four and five million geocachers worldwide. Report: Sean SinicoBerlin journalist goes on a 'digital fast'Christoph Koch unplugs from his mobile phone and the Internet in a new book, 'So I'm going offline,' and discusses how this experience has shaped his behaviorNow, typically those that geocache are tech-savvy people. They have GPS devices, and probably also mobile phones, laptops and probably spend a lot of time online, too. But like any good thing, it’s definitely possible to over-indulge. In the US, some people are going on email sabbaticals, or completely unplugging from digital devices for days or weeks at a time. This idea has now spread across the Atlantic, too. In fact, just this month, a new book was published on this very idea. In German it’s called "Ich bin dann mal offline," or simply: "So I’m going offline." The book was written by Berlin-based journalist Christoph Koch, who writes for GQ magazine and the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, among others.Report: Sasha PaveyOne month on, Italian autonomous vehicle continues its trek to ChinaOne-third of the way to Shanghai, the project's leader, Alberto Broggi, says that overall things have been going well -- and that the team has learned a lot from trying to navigate Moscow trafficAbout a month ago, an Italian company, VisLab, began a three-month journey from Parma, Italy to Shanghai, China. But it wasn't just any road trip. Their odyssey involves an autonomous vehicle, a bright orange van that drives itself along city streets and small highways. "The VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge" is the longest and most difficult test of autonomous vehicles to date. Previously, many of the research team members had competed in a related autonomous driving competition held in California, which had been sponsored by the United States Department of Defense. If you follow the show every week, you may remember that just as the trek was about to get underway, I spoke with the leader of VisLab, Alberto Broggi. He leads the project and is a professor of computer engineering at the University of Parma. I thought I'd ring him up and see how things are going one month on. Interview: Cyrus Farivar
Xbox Live members will face higher fees starting this fall – and predictably, not everyone is impressed.
Nintendo DSi units will now go for $150 while the Nintendo DSi XL will set consumers back $170. The price cuts come in advance of the release of the Nintendo 3DS.
Android 2.2 has finally arrived for the Droid Incredible. Here's how to get it.
Google rolled out a new Gmail call functionality this week – and within 24 hours, a million Gmail users had tried out the Google voice service.
Netflix hits the (very) small screen. But how does the Netflix experience on the iPhone stack up?
Garmin recalled upward of a million Nuvi GPS units today, saying the devices were at risk of overheating.
Digg has been redesigned, but the roll-out has not been particularly smooth.
