Twitter..Who's Buying?

Ok, There's been a lot of talk about who is going to but Twitter and why?
The list is decent and all the big boys are in the hunt. We have heard to name a few..Apple,Microsoft,Yahoo and Google but the list goes on. The big question is why?
Twitter isn't making any money and no one knows how to monetize any of these types of sites
other then ad space. There is talk about charging corporate companies a fee but as soon as they pull a stunt like that everyone goes south.
So again the question still stand why?

Zune HD Latest

One of the features of the Zune HD is its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display.
The Zune HD that Microsoft plans to ship this fall should be amazing by all accounts.
The software maker announced plans for the product on Tuesday and released a photo.
The most striking feature is the device's striking organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display.
The Internet browser it's based on Internet Explorer 6, as is the Windows Mobile browser, but the real question is whether Microsoft has made the interface better than that on its phones.
I can't wait till the HD version comes out, I have to get it!
Videos are on YouTube for viewing.
Curious to see what Apple does with the iPod Touch. Will they add a camera?

OLED X-series Walkman From Sony

Sony's OLED X-series

Well, well, well... what do we have here? Oh, it's Sony's anxiously awaited (in the States, that is) OLED X-series Walkman, all ripped to shreds before most of us have even held one in our tiny hands. Yes, a Holmesian sleuth over at Sony Insider has trolled the FCC for the internal shots of this dude, and discovered a few tidbits of heretofore unknown info, namely that the PMP boasts a 250MHz NEC MP201 ARM processor. There's one more shot after the break, and be sure to hit up the read link for all the pertinent, discernable specs.

Palm Pre Goes on Sale June 6th for $200?

The day you've been waiting for is here? Sprint just announced that the Pre will cost $199.99 after $100 mail-rebate and 2-year contract and will launch on June 6th as rumored. The phone will go on sale nationwide (US-only for the moment) at Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, and select Wal-Mart stores. The Pre will be available under Sprint's Everything Data or Business Essentials with Messaging and Data plans. Accessories include the optional $69.99 Touchstone charging dock kit that includes the $49.99 dock and $19.99 Pre back cover. June 6th, that's two days before the WWDC keynote. Poor Apple.

Phishers Cast Lures Into Facebook's Social Stream

Have you received some odd messages from your friends on Facebook lately? Are they suddenly attempting to sell you pharmaceuticals? Or perhaps you've received a cryptic "Check this out!" followed by a link to a page that looks something like Facebook, only it asks you for your log-in information again? It's a common phishing tactic, and scammers have recently been blanketing Facebook with it.

A new wave of phishing and spamming attacks is hitting Facebook users as scammers attempt to get hold of their passwords, the social networking site acknowledged in a statement.

Similar phishing and spamming scams -- in which messages supposedly from their friends lure victims to a malicious Web site -- have been occurring with greater intensity since the end of April.

The sites typically display a fake, though convincing-looking, Facebook page where users are prompted to input their login information. In addition, spam messages -- supposedly from Facebook friends -- display links to online pharmacies, according to Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant for Sophos.

Facebook is currently attempting to block the links to phishing sites. Site managers are also making efforts to scrub the links from users' Wall posts and reset the passwords of affected individuals.

The attacks are thought to be related to the fbaction.net/fbstarter.com phishing campaign that struck the site a few weeks ago, Facebook said.

"We are generally seeing more and more spamming taking place on social networks -- more than ever before," Sophos' Cluley told TechNewsWorld, "so it's becoming a more common problem."

You Could Be File-Sharing More Than You Think

With the Congressional Oversight and Government Reform Committee taking a fresh look at the privacy and security risks posed by using LimeWire and other peer-to-peer file-sharing applications, now is a good time for both home and office Save 50% on Microsoft Office for Mac 2008. Click here to learn more. users of these services to reassess the safety of their own sensitive data.

Committee members last month directed Mark Gorton, chairman of the Lime Group, which owns LimeWire; U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., and Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission More about Federal Trade Commission, to prepare for new hearings on peer network security. The committee was responding to a batch of incidents involving highly sensitive corporate and government files leaked to the Internet at large by way of personal computers.

The committee hinted at the possibility of legal action against LimeWire to cut the security risks. In the wake of those concerns, Gorton wrote to the committee's chairman, Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., declaring that the LimeWire software has been completely rewritten to give users more control over which files can be shared.

Despite such claims, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks should be used with the utmost care. A lack of user knowledge about P2P networking remains one of the biggest ways to unwittingly expose private information.

"Peer networks are growing exponentially. We don't believe that users are not going to use them just because of data breaches. That reasoning is the equivalent of saying the Internet is dangerous so don't use it, or don't drive a car because you can get killed in an accident," Keith Tagliaferri, director of operations for peer-to-peer security company Tiversa, told TechNewsWorld.

Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian and chef, dies at 75

May 4, 2009

LOS ANGELES - Dom DeLuise, the portly actor-comedian whose affable nature made him a popular character actor for decades with movie and TV audiences as well as directors and fellow actors, has died. He was 75.

DeLuise died Monday night, Michael DeLuise told radio station KNX on Tuesday. The comedian died in his sleep after a long illness. Calls to Dom Deluise's agent and his son were not immediately returned Tuesday.

The actor, who loved to cook and eat almost as much as he enjoyed acting, also carved out a formidable second career later in life as a chef of fine cuisine. He authored two cookbooks and would appear often on morning TV shows to whip up his favorite recipes.

As an actor, he was incredibly prolific, appearing in scores of movies and TV shows, in Broadway plays and voicing characters for numerous cartoon shows.

Writer-director-actor Mel Brooks particularly admired DeLuise's talent for offbeat comedy and cast him in several of his films, including "The Twelve Chairs," "Blazing Saddles," "Silent Movie," "History of the World Part I" and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights." DeLuise was also the voice of Pizza the Hutt in Brooks' "Star Wars" parody, "Spaceballs."

The actor also appeared frequently in films opposite his friend Burt Reynolds. Among them, "The End," "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," "Smokey and the Bandit II," "The Cannonball Run" and "Cannonball Run II."

Reynolds fondly recalled DeLuise in a statement issued by his publicist.

"I was thinking about this the other day," Reynolds said. "As you get older and start to lose people you love, you think about it more and I was dreading this moment. Dom always made you feel better when he was around and there will never be another like him. I never heard him say an unkind word about anyone. I will miss him very much."

Another actor-friend, Dean Martin, admired his comic abilities so much that he cast DeLuise as a regular on his 1960s comedy-variety show. In 1973, he starred in a situation comedy, "Lotsa Luck," but it proved to be short-lived.

"To know Dom was to love him and I knew him very well. Not only was he talented and extremely funny, but he was a very special human being," said actress Carol Burnett, who starred with DeLuise on TV show "The Entertainers" in the '60s. DeLuise also appeared on "The Carol Burnett Show" in the '70s.

Other TV credits included appearances on such shows as "The Munsters," "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.," "Burke's Law," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and "Diagnosis Murder."

On Broadway, DeLuise appeared in Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" and other plays.

Because of his passion for food, the actor battled obesity throughout much of his life, his weight reaching as much as 325 pounds at one point. For years he resisted the efforts of family members and doctors who tried to put him on various diets. He finally agreed in 1993 when he needed hip replacement surgery and his doctor refused to perform it until he lost 100 pounds.

He and his family enrolled at the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center in Durham, N.C., and DeLuise lost enough weight for the surgery, although he gained some of it back afterward.

On the positive side, his love of food resulted in two successful cookbooks, 1988's "Eat This: It Will Make You Feel Better!" and 1997's "Eat This Too! It'll Also Make You Feel Good."

At his Pacific Palisades home, DeLuise often prepared feasts for family and friends. One lunch began with turkey soup and ended with strawberry shortcake. In between were platters of beef filet, chicken breast and sausage, a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs and a saucer of lettuce.

He strongly resembled the famed chef Paul Prudhomme and joked in a 1987 Associated Press interview that he had posed as Prudhomme while visiting his New Orleans restaurant, K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen.

DeLuise was appearing on Broadway in "Here's Love" in the early 1960s when Garry Moore saw him and hired him to play the magician "Dominick the Great" on "The Garry Moore Show." His appearances on the hit comedy-variety program brought offers from Hollywood, and DeLuise first came to the attention of movie goers in "Fail Safe," a drama starring Henry Fonda. He followed with a comedy, "The Glass Bottom Boat," starring Doris Day, and from then on he alternated between films and television.

More Problems for Apple?

BURLINGAME, Calif.--Forget Steve Jobs' health problems. Apple has other troubles. For starters, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and gadget company is wading chest deep through a recession with a heavy load of pricey products on its back.

Analysts estimate that the company's earnings will fall a little less than 1% for the quarter ended in December. Net income is expected to fall to $1.21, or $1.04 billion, from $1.16, or $1.05 billion, during the year-ago period, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Sales are expected to rise to $8.2. billion from $7.5 billion during the year-ago quarter. Those figures, however, discount the power of Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) surging iPhone business, since Apple defers recognition of iPhone revenue. Discard the effects of the subscription-based accounting method used to tally profits and sales from iPhone and AppleTV, and Apple should be able to power ahead of last year's results.

The real problem is how Apple's portfolio of expensive gear--particularly notebooks--will fare as the recession starts to bite. We already know Apple isn't immune to the recession; over the past six months, the company's shares have fallen by more than 50% to $82.33 from $171.81.

More worrying: Apple's slice of the U.S. computer market fell to 8% in the fourth quarter, from 9.5% in the third quarter, according to recent figures released by tech tracker Gartner

Microsoft Zune HD?

This September, Microsoft will release the Zune HD (left), a PMP (portable music player) with a multitouch OLED (organic light emitting diode) screen, HDMI output, HD radio, and 16GB or 32GB of storage, multiple rumors claim. Here, we round up both the leaks and the facts.



The Zune HD rendering shown above was first published by the website Wmpoweruser.com, without any attribution as to its source, and has since been widely reproduced elsewhere. Indeed, in an amazing example of collective wishful thinking, the blogosphere has been alive with information about the purported Zune HD.

Assuming any of the details are accurate, the leaks have resulted in publicity that Microsoft's money just couldn't buy. Not even Apple could create such buzz about a device that won't be released until September.