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Apple, Analysts, Bloggers, and Stocks: An Explanation of the Insider Trading Allegations Against Kinnucan

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:41:21 +0000

Late last week, the feds showed up at the home of John Kinnucan and arrested him on charges related to insider trading.

John Kinnucan is an equity analyst who founded his own research firm, Broadband Research, LLC. Firms like this employ analysts to do research on stocks. They then ?sell? that research to institutional investors. In case the term ?institutional investor? is new to you, it just means hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, or any other ?professional? money manager.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/jdqQXs06yJU/story01.htm

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Add playback hotkeys to Amazon Cloud Player with a Chrome extension

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:41:31 +0000

Sure, Amazon’s Cloud Player works — as long as you’re in the U.S. or willing to do some tinkering — but it’s fairly simplistic at the moment. There are plenty of features missing which we’d like to see added — but since Cloud Player is a Web app we don’t have to wait for Amazon!

Google Chrome users, for example, can add playback hotkeys with an extension called keyMazony. Once installed, you’ll have keyboard control of your Amazon Cloud Player queue. keyMazony commands will work as long as you’re in the same Chrome window as Cloud Player, even if its tab doesn’t have focus. The key combinations are customizable as well — just make sure you don’t set up a combo that conflicts with another extension or Chrome’s built-in keyboard shortcuts.

Add playback hotkeys to Amazon Cloud Player with a Chrome extension originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/31/add-playback-hotkeys-to-amazon-cloud-player-with-a-chrome-extens/

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Dork Tower Wednesday

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:41:27 +0000

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/dork79/

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How One Man Made a Double-Lens Camera Out of LEGO and Old Binoculars [Lego]

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:41:22 +0000

With the breakneck speed at which new DSLRs are released, photography seems to have traded a bit of its soul for the pursuit of ever more megapixels. So, Carl-Frederic Salicath of Norway has taken a step back from the digital revolution and has built his own working retro 120mm-film camera. Here’s how. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/jY0qoav8bb0/how-one-man-made-a-double-lens-camera-out-of-legos-and-old-binoculars

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Maker Faire Dates Announced

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:41:25 +0000

The official dates for Maker Faire San Mateo, and World Maker Faire in New York, have been announced, and we’re starting to get excited. The original Bay Area Faire will be May 19 & 20 at the San Mateo Event Center, and the East Coast event will be September 29 & 30 at the [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/maker-faire-dates-announced/

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Feds Propose Limits for In-Car Dialing, Texting, Surfing

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:41:29 +0000

Federal regulators, concerned that increasing connectivity will have drivers doing everything but drive, urge automakers to begin sharply curtailing the functionality of infotainment systems.

Source: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/02/nhtsa-guidelines-distractions/

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Boomshine is a soothing-yet-frustrating time waster

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:41:33 +0000

One click; just one single well-aimed click. That’s all you get in Boomshine.

That single click triggers a chain reaction; circles start exploding, and other circles colliding with the shockwaves explode as well, creating their own shockwaves, which then catch other circles.

It’s been done before, yes, but this one is a great iteration. The soundtrack is mellow, with lots of piano and some nice percussion (not electronic – it sounds like drums).

At each level you need to make a certain number of circles explode to go on to the next level. I got up to level 12, where you get 60 circles and need to make 55 of them explode. And then I kept trying and trying, but simply couldn’t get it. I did get to 54 circles a couple of times, but as they say, you don’t get points for trying.

There’s no time limit, so you can carefully study the pattern of motion and place your click at the exact right place to create the best chain reaction. I’ve found that clicking near the middle of the screen works quite well, especially if the balls are slowly moving in that direction. By the time the first shockwave dies off, the oncoming balls usually hit it and the chain reaction continues.

What level did you reach? Screenshots please!

Boomshine is a soothing-yet-frustrating time waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/16/boomshine-is-a-soothing-yet-frustrating-time-waster/

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Shot Shot Pirate is a fun, simple physics game

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:41:30 +0000

Shot Shot Pirate is very satisfying, because each level is short and to the point. You know what you have to do and you just do it.

As you may have gathered from the name, you’re cast in the role of a pirate. Your goal is to shoot at a diamond and make it fall off a tower of bricks. The height of the tower changes as you progress through the levels. It’s not enough to just make the diamond fall off the tower of bricks – it has to fall below a certain line (drawn on the screen) for the level to be completed.

There are also different kinds of bricks, with some heavier than others, and different kinds of ammo. You only get a certain amount of ammo for each level, and when it’s gone, you lose. But don’t worry! If you don’t make it on the first try, it’s very easy to restart the level and just give it another shot (or three).

All in all it’s a cute game. I’ve seen similar games with better graphics and music, but the game delivers on its main promise – a few minutes of pure time wasting!

Shot Shot Pirate is a fun, simple physics game originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/24/shot-shot-pirate-is-a-fun-simple-physics-game/

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Survival Lab is a fun pixelated game where dying doesn’t matter

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:41:21 +0000

In most games, dying is a bad thing. You have to start all over again, or at least revert to the last save point and lose some progress. Not so in Survival Lab: in this pixelated gem you play as a lone individual pitted against ruthless weapons in a sealed chamber. You have to run, jump and duck, collecting little yellow things (I have no idea what they’re called).

For each donut-like yellow thing you pick up, you gain a bit of experience. If you manage to collect several in a row without getting hit, this counts as a combo. You can see my mad combo skills in the screenshot, of course. Collecting combos is a good thing, because a ten-point combo gives you for more experience than just collecting ten dounts one by one (getting hit in-between).

Having experience is useful, because once you die, you get to a screen where you can upgrade your skills. You can learn to run faster, double-jump (and then double-jump higher), and duck. You can also gain more armour so that getting hit won’t kill you so quickly.

What makes this simple game so addictive is that when you die, your experience doesn’t reset. You just go back to the same level, or another level of your choosing, and keep accumulating more and more experience. Lots of fun, especially if you’re into the whole retro-gaming thing.

Survival Lab is a fun pixelated game where dying doesn’t matter originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/28/survival-lab-is-a-fun-pixelated-game-where-dying-doesnt-matter/

Malin Akerman Mandy Moore Maria Bello

iPhone 5 rumored to be keeping to fall release schedule for 2012

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:41:23 +0000

Apple is rumored to be sticking to a September or October 2012 release cycle for the iPhone 5 — or whatever they end up calling the next-generation iPhone — just as they did with the iPhone 4S in 2011.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/fD07LmOxwaw/story01.htm

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