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GrandCentral Web site to jump the tracks

Michelle Meyers — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:00 PST

Google on December 31 will shut down site for GrandCentral, which it acquired and reworked into Google Voice. Users should back up old messages now.

Originally posted at News - Wireless

Firefox: Heat and the CPU usage problem

Brooke Crothers — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:15:00 PST

Mozilla's browser does not efficiently use a computer's CPU and, consequently, can cause overheating problems in some laptops, particularly ultraportables.

Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

Seize Seesmic Twitter app on BlackBerry, Android

Jessica Dolcourt — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:00 PST

Twitter service Seesmic expands from the desktop with two new apps for Google Android and BlackBerry phones.

Originally posted at Android Atlas

Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge

Tom Krazit — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

Puzzled onlookers have wondered why Google is overseeing two separate operating-system projects. Co-founder Sergey Brin thinks that at some point the two will become one.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Browser security features compared

Dennis O'Reilly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST

The newest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and other browsers all protect against phishing and malware attacks, and most also let you browse anonymously, though they implement these features in very different ways.

Originally posted at Workers' Edge

Brizzly opens up...and translates

Caroline McCarthy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 PST

The Twitter client has built in Google Translate for quick decoding of international tweets--and also, no more invite codes are required.

Originally posted at The Social

Twitter's geotagging API goes live

Don Reisinger — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:42:45 PST

The geolocation tool allows developers to incorporate a user's location in tweets. It's an opt-in service.

Adobe's Acrobat.com reorganizes, gets mobile app

Josh Lowensohn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:00 PST

The company improves its Acrobat service with a new organizer and a mobile app for the iPhone and BlackBerry that lets users access their files on the go.

Originally posted at Web Crawler

Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal

Tom Krazit — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:50:00 PST

Schedule is laid out for the second round of the final approval process as preliminary approval is given to the revised deal submitted last Friday.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal

Caroline McCarthy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:00 PST

Under fire for running misleading ads on social networks, the offers-and-surveys broker now says publishers can choose how "conservative" they want to be with ads.

Originally posted at The Social