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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest 2010 Dates, Rumored Lineup

July 7th, 2010 | No Comments

FREE CONCERT IN GOLDEN GATE PARK HITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY

Speedway Meadow in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will once again come alive with the sound of lively pickin’ and sweet harmonies from October 1-3, 2010, when the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival returns.

While the official lineup announcement hasn’t been made, there are strong RUMORS floating around about this year’s performers. Take this with the appropriate grain of salt, but it does stir excitement to think of the following hitting the SF stage in October.

The Felice Brothers

Rumored Hardly Strictly 2010 Lineup

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave
Patti Smith
Justin Townes Earle
Rosanne Cash
Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Flatlanders
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
The Avett Brothers
The Felice Brothers
Earl Scruggs
Hazel Dickens
Del McCoury Band
Umphrey’s McGee
Lucero
Peter Himmelman
Nick Lowe & Band
Dukes of September Rhythm Revue (per Pollstar)
Band of Heathens (per Pollstar)
Blue Highway (per Pollstar)
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys (per Pollstar)
Peter Rowan (per Pollstar)

And much more to be announced.

Check out JamBase’s coverage of the 2009 Hardly Strictly Fest here.

Why Windows 8 Will Appear with Few of the Rumored Features

July 1st, 2010 | No Comments

News Analysis: A slide deck has turned up that reportedly shows several new features that could make their way to Windows 8 when Microsoft releases it in a couple years. But after evaluating the list, it’s clear that few of those new offerings will come to the new version of OS. – Recently, a
slide deck was reportedly leaked from internal Microsoft meetings revealing
several different features the company might be planning to offer in
Windows 8. The presentation suggests that Microsoft wants to emulate Apple by
making major improvements to the Windows user experience. It …

New Apple MacBook Pro Notebooks Rumored for Arrival ASAP

April 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Are new Apple MacBook Pros coming? A Reddit user at Microcenter pointed out four new Apple SKUs in the stores processing system, with price points that suggest MacBook Pro laptops.
– New Apple iPhones are widely expected to arrive in June, and its no secret that an iPhone OS 4 with multitasking is in the works. Word of new Apple MacBooks, however, is something few people likely saw coming.

On April 11, a Reddit user at electronics retailer Microcenter noticed
four new App…

Microsoft’s Week: IE Vulnerabilities, Bing Upgrades and Rumored Apple Talks

January 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft’s week involved patching a number of security flaws in Internet Explorer, which were apparently exploited in a wide-ranging attack against Google and dozens of other U.S. companies, and taking its Bing Maps Silverlight site out of beta. In addition, Microsoft was rumored to be in talks with Apple to possibly use Bing as the default search engine for the iPhone, perhaps a sign of increased tensions between Google and Apple as both companies attempt to gain and hold market share in the smartphone operating system space.
– Microsoft’s week revolved around patching a number of security flaws in
Internet Explorer, and around the future of Bing.
Arguably the biggest news on the Bing front came courtesy of Apple, which
is allegedly engaged in discussions with Redmond over possibly using the search
engine as the defau…

Apple Announces Launch Event, Rumored in Talks with HarperCollins

January 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Apple will host a launch event for its latest creation in San Francisco on Jan. 27, in what many media and analysts expect will be the rollout for the long-rumored tablet PC. At the same time, several media outlets are reporting Apple in negotiations with HarperCollins Publishers, and possibly other publishing houses, to port content onto the hypothetical device. Although Apple has refused to officially confirm it is working on a tablet PC, months of rumors and analyst conjecture have driven chatter that the company is indeed developing something big.
– Apple will debut its quot;latest creation quot; in San
Francisco on Jan. 27, according to an official invite
sent to media and analysts, who widely expect the device in question to be a
tablet PC.

In typical Apple fashion, the invitation itself is short on details and
big on style, featurin…

Microsoft, News Corp Rumored In Talks to Delist From Google

November 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp are rumored to be in talks over an agreement that would see News Corp’s news Websites delisted from Google search in exchange for payment by Microsoft. While Microsoft has declined to comment on the rumors, the Financial Times has suggested through an anonymous source that the talks are in early stages. Throughout 2009, Microsoft has been securing deals with Yahoo and other companies as part of a broad strategy to eat into Googles market-share.
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Microsoft has apparently approached Rupert Murdoch’s News
Corp about delisting its Websites from Google in exchange for cash, according to
an anonymous source speaking to the Financial Times. New Corp apparently
initiated the rumored discussions.

Murdoch
has publicly suggested in recent we…

Sprint 4G Smartphone Rumored to Run Android

September 21st, 2009 | No Comments

The 4G smartphone Sprint has in the works is likely to run Google’s Android OS and take advantage of Sprint’s WiMax investments with Clearwire. By the end of 2010, Clearwire will likely exceed 100 million U.S. subscribers, creating a solid customer base.
– Sprint has a 4G smartphone in the works, and its believed to run Googles
Android mobile operating system, be made by Samsung and debut in 2010,
according to reporting from PC World.
At the 4G World Conference in Chicago,
Sprint Business Unit Vice President Todd Rowley confirmed to PC World t…