en-us jgoss@blern.com (Blern Admin) jgoss@blern.com (Blern Admin) http://blern.com/ http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/themes/techcrunchmu/images/techcrunch_logo.png http://blern.com/5nQ41 Pandora Radio , the personalized internet radio service that has remained among the most popular iPhone apps on the iTunes App Store since its inception in July (and that I've previously called the iPhone's killer app ), will be releasing Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:42:58 -0500 http://blern.com/5nMx6 12 inch Netbooks are coming. Dell has the Inspiron Mini 12 , Samsung will unveil its 12 inch netbook model to the U.S. shortly, and more are coming. And Intel isn't happy about this at all. In fact, the whole Netbook market may be Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:49:34 -0500 http://blern.com/5nMy1 Nearly two years ago, Steve Jobs published an open letter to the music industry calling for the death of DRM (digital rights management). He convinced EMI to ditch DRM back in April, 2007, but the three other major music labels held out. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:46:21 -0500 http://blern.com/5nMx9 MixedInk , a document editing site that allows large groups to democratically create a single collaborative document, has launched its service to the public. The service fuses concepts from Digg and popular wiki sites to create a unique Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:45:37 -0500 http://blern.com/5nGv7 I just downloaded the Slumdog Millionaire soundrack for $8.99 and it came automatically in Plus format. The files themselves are considerably bigger than the average previous iTunes download and the quality is quite nice. Most importantly, Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:09:45 -0500 http://blern.com/5nGv2 Artiklz is debuting its conversation search engine to the public today, and it's definitely worth taking a look. What the service does is aggregate comments from the more popular blogging and commenting platforms as well as a number of services Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:57:28 -0500 http://blern.com/5nEY4 It's an annual tradition. Every year at Macworld, Apple releases a smattering of stats that gives a peek at how its business is doing. At this year's Philnote (Phil Schiller gave the speech instead of Steve Jobs), which was Apple's last Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:30:35 -0500 http://blern.com/5nDV5 MacRumors has long been one of my favorite sources for Mac-related gossip (largely because the site has generally avoided overly sensational articles that were clearly wrong), but today it has been having a few issues with its Macworld Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:09:25 -0500 http://blern.com/5nDU8 Google Trends, which shows hot queries on Google at any given time, is sporting a nasty item at no. 2 today: a plane flying into two towers. In July a swastika appeared on Google Trends , leading to endless debate on whether it was an Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:08:50 -0500 http://blern.com/5nDV3 Apple's Phil Schiller announced at the Steveless keynote at Macworld today (CrunchGear is liveblogging it) that a new version of iPhoto will include facial recognition software. The feature, called Faces, lets you put a name to face, Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:45:45 -0500 http://blern.com/5n7v7 Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard Macbook Wheel, including the Hummingbird battery which can power the computer for a full 19 minutes. So simple. So perfect. I love The Onion . Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:40:55 -0500 http://blern.com/5n7u4 Welcome to our live coverage of Phil Schiller's MacWorld 2009 keynote. We are hoping and praying that the server holds out so we're not trying any special tricks this time - just good old fashioned blog posting. Click through to begin reading. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:40:46 -0500 http://blern.com/5n7v3 Who needs cable TV? Move Networks , which powers the Web video streaming for ABC, Fox, the Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet, streamed 180 million hours of premium video last year, 100 million of which it claims was in high-definition (at a Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:25:51 -0500 http://blern.com/5n3b9 Seems like widget distribution startup Clearspring is another victim of the economic meltdown forced to make some tough decisions. We heard rumors floating that the company laid off about 20% of its staff in early December, and we've now Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:13:34 -0500 http://blern.com/5n1m6 Video recommendation engine ffwd has just released its completed API to developers, allowing them to incorporate some of the service's core functionality into their sites. Using the API, developers will be able to make calls to ffwd for Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:32:23 -0500 http://blern.com/5muI9 With the launch of Skype integration, Truphone's mobile VoIP service is fast becoming a unified client for other VOIP and messaging services. As well as the ability to make low-cost calls over Wi-Fi or GSM networks and send cheap SMS, it is now Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:23:43 -0500 http://blern.com/5ml09 Sling Media , the company behind the popular (and very cool) settop boxes that allow you to stream cable from your house to your computer, looks like it has outdone itself. At this week's Macworld the company will be showing off its upcoming Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:42:33 -0500 http://blern.com/5mjH7 One thing that didn't make a lot of sense about the 33 celebrity Twitter accounts hacked this morning - the messages left on the various accounts weren't consistent and were clearly written by different people with different agendas. Fox Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:43:22 -0500 http://blern.com/5mf80 RipCode , a company that offers online video streaming and transcoding services, has closed a $12.5 million funding round led by Granite Ventures with participation from existing investors Hunt Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, Vesbridge Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:00:41 -0500 http://blern.com/5mY49 You hear about 3D printing here and there, but for the most part it's a bit irrelevant to the average person because fabrication is messy, difficult, and prohibitively expensive. Even dedicated DIYers have to get their stuff custom made. Hopefully Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:14:58 -0500 http://blern.com/5mWp2 For those Web companies that comply by it, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is turning out to be their best friend. Last week, Universal Music Group (UMG) was denied a summary judgment by a Los Angeles court in its copyright Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:38:21 -0500 http://blern.com/5mUh3 Picasa , the popular free photo management software made by Google, has finally made its way to the Mac. The application has long been noticeably absent on the Macintosh - especially given the fact that it has been available for Linux Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:00:01 -0500 http://blern.com/5mR81 The iPhone is the hottest platform around, leading some small-time developers to overnight riches and spawning over ten thousand apps in only a few months. But without knowledge of Objective-C or the intricacies of the iPhone SDK, many talented Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:40:17 -0500 http://blern.com/5mR79 After picking the wrong horse in the Presidential Election (where she might have become Secretary of the Treasury if John McCain had won), former eBay CEO Meg Whitman now looks to be laying the groundwork for a run at the governorship in Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:37:57 -0500 http://blern.com/5mQP4 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:27:02 -0500