This incredible photo of a SR-71 Blackbird being refueled in mid-air was taken by Sgt. P.A. Tubridy in 1988. It was the symbol of the United States’ military power. It was the symbol of the country’s incredible technological prowess. Now, it represents the future that we used to dream of—and make. A future that feels gone forever.
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If there’s one thing BlackBerry is known for, its the keyboards on its mobile devices. There was a time when BlackBerry smartphones with full QWERTY keyboards ruled the world, but then trends changed and the company didn’t evolve with them, so it ended up losing significant market share. Nevertheless, there are diehard BB users out there who would prefer a Q10 over a Z10 any given day, most of them would never want the company to completely give up on QWERTY keyboards. While that might not happen anytime soon, it appears that BB’s latest plan to kickstart the success of its hardware business might make use of fewer physical keys.
The company recently announced that it has teamed up with Foxconn to develop low-end devices geared towards emerging markets, where BB still enjoys popularity and where its keyboards are one of the biggest selling point. BGR claims to have heard that the first device to come out of this agreement, codenamed Jakarta, won’t have a physical keyboard. Instead it is said to tout a full touchscreen and run on BlackBerry 10 OS, which could mean that the Canadian manufacturer might finally be phasing out OS7. No additional details have been leaked about this device, perhaps we might hear more over the coming weeks. BlackBerry will continue to manufacture high-end devices, and its highly likely that one of them will definitely have a full QWERTY keyboard.
BlackBerry And Foxconn’s First Device Won’t Have A Keyboard [Rumor] original content from Ubergizmo. 
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This article was written on October 06, 2006 by CyberNet.
There has been all kinds of buzz around the Internet in the last 24-hours regarding acquisition rumors that Google is going after YouTube for the sum of $1.6 billion. From the sounds of it there is much more than speculation involved but the discussions are still in the very early stages and could end at any time.
I think Google is one of the few companies that would be able to purchase YouTube simply because of the amount of bandwidth that is needed to keep it running. The last report that I heard was that YouTube was spending over $1 million each month just to meet the high bandwidth demand. Their growth is increasing so rapidly that not many companies would be able to meet the scalability needs but Google should already know how to handle it.
The primary question that I was asking myself was whether Google would keep the two video services separate or combine YouTube into Google Video. I would think that they would keep them separate just so YouTube users don’t get confused and leave, but I am sure that they would put Adsense on the page to help generate revenue. They may, however, allow users to cross-search both sites when they are performing a search to help increase the quality of the results that are returned.
This will be very interesting to watch and if Google doesn’t scoop up YouTube I wonder if anyone else is going to try and cough up the money to purchase them.
People talking about this: TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Digg, Googling Google, and many more on Technorati.
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Though they may not be the first set of glow-in-the-dark critters
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For nearly two years now we have seen both Apple and Samsung fight it out in court over patent disputes. Even though a verdict has been handed down that Samsung pay nearly $900 million to Apple for patent infringement, it appears that the case might not be resolved anytime soon, as Samsung still has the option to appeal and it is set to do so. Perhaps the best way to end up stacking millions in legal fees would be an amicable out of court settlement, which is apparently what both companies are considering if reports coming in from Korea are true.
Korea Times claims to have heard from an official at the Korea Fair Trade Commission that Apple and Samsung are talking about a royalties deal with regards to the patents they’re currently fighting on. Talks are said to be at a “working-level” right now and that they’re working to reduce “differences over royalty payments” at this stage. Apparently the KFTC is working with U.S. and European antitrust watchdogs to support a deal between the two behemoths. This is not the first time that they have tried to solve this matter on their own, last year Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung Electronics chief Choi Gee-sung tried a similar approach but it didn’t work out then. Sources cited in the report claim that Apple wants Samsung to pay over $30 for each device found to be infringing on its patents, it is believed that Samsung thinks this figure is too high. Even if talks are already underway this doesn’t mean that they’ll be able to reach an agreement in the end. Nothing more we can do except cross our fingers.
Apple And Samsung Patent Battles Might Be Resolved Out Of Court original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Bad news for New York Times readers, great news for anyone who’s sick of rolling their eyes at Apple’s unbearably twee ad campaigns: Arem Duplessis, the Design Director at the NYT Magazine, is leaving his post to become Creative Director at Apple.
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There’s no hiding the fact that BlackBerry isn’t what it used to be anymore. The company’s market share has eroded over the past few years, its stock reached new lows this year and its devices division hasn’t been able to churn out a hit in a long, long time. Recently BlackBerry let go of its top management and brought on former Sybase CEO John Chen as the executive chair and CEO. Since then Chen has outlined his vision for the company a few times, and he so again today in an op-ed published on CNBC’s website. Chen says that he isn’t focused on what “BlackBerry used to be,” and that he is focused on “what BlackBerry will be today and in the future.”
CEO John Chen Not Focused On What ‘BlackBerry Used To Be’ original content from Ubergizmo. 
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This week Google’s Chairman has suggested that we’re officially over the hump. Speaking with Bloomberg TV about his predictions for 2014, Google’s voice has suggested that while we’ve been moving … Continue reading
I remember subscribing to an email list a few months ago because the site was hosting a giveaway. Normally, I don’t mind a few emails a month, especially if they’re promoting something that I’m interested in. However, one email a day isn’t cool, and that just encourages people to unsubscribe, if you ask me.
That’s what I tried to do and failed at horribly because even after submitting a request to unsubscribe, I still received the emails on a daily basis!
What eventually worked for me was RemoveMe. It’s a free browser extension that adds an “Unsubscribe” button beside email subjects right in your inbox. All you have to do is click and be done with it. It’s compatible with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Hotmail, so if you use another service, then you might have to wait a while before it’s available on the platform that you’re using.
RemoveMe is part of a suite of tools called PowerInbox, which adds a few other handy features to your email box, such as security icons for verified senders, and the ability to preview content without opening emails. You can check out and install RemoveMe for free here.
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Thanks to these ten new technologies (and ignoring all of your privacy complaints), the authorities can practically have you in handcuffs before you realize you even broke the law.
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