However, the mail widget integration is incomplete. If you click on a message to read it, AOL Mail has to open up a new browser window and jumps you to the message you want in the other system. So it’s not full integration; AOL Mail can’t actually read the messages from these other services. GMail, on the other hand, works well as a clearing house for e-mail from any other service that supports POP or IMAP access. (If you want to read your non-AOL e-mail accounts within the AOL e-ma

When the original version 4 was released last week, it surprised many observers with its new position as one of the faster browsers available, rendering JavaScript at speeds comparable or faster than Google Chrome.

Apple has released a minor change to Safari 4 for
Mac users.

Safari 4.0.1 addresses incompatibilities between the browser and certain features in iPhoto ‘09, including Places and Facebook publishing. No changes were made to the Windows version.

The auto giant opened up its design studios and testing grounds to the media on Tuesday to showcase its product pipeline of 25 new models over the coming two years. Having dramatically cut costs, its turnaround now rides on its ability to sell new cars.

But GM’s vice president of global design, Ed Welburn, made clear that the goal isn’t just to turn out “econoboxes” that post good mileage ratings.

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A new approach to harnessing the ocean’s power for energy is getting some positive attention.

Unlike other attempts at ocean power, the Oyster does not use the waves themselves as the force to turn turbines and generate electricity directly with an underwater generator. Instead, the wave power is harnessed to activate a series of pistons in the Oyster to vigorously pump ocean water to shore through an underwater pipeline. A conventional hydro-electric

The e-mail also advised workers to make sure to give the cougar an avenue to escape, to talk in a calm, confident voice, and to back away slowly, as opposed to sprinting.

“Microsoft recruits Cougar to help fight
Snow Leopard.” (via @LoCul)

Predictably, the cougar also made for some good fodder for puns and jokes on Twitter, particularly given the popular culture meaning of the word cougar, along with Apple’s penchant for naming versions of its operating system after b

Documents purchased through Docstoc can be viewed on the Web or on portable devices like the Kindle and the
iPhone. Rather than selling books, Docstoc is specializing in ready-made forms, presentations, and technical documents–what the company is calling “professional utility documents.” However, there are some publishers in Docstoc’s store, like WriteMyEssay.com, that cover topics outside of business. Nazar says that the store may continue to expand into other areas, but that it wi

The Redditch, U.K.-based company will wed its bullet resistant glazing expertise with a “suspended particle device” technology called SPD-SmartGlass, licensed to it by Research Frontiers. GKN is the same company that designed and produced the windows for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

GKN Aerospace was awarded the $425,000 contract by the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office’s VIP Protection Subgroup to incorporate dimmable films with armored glass to provide a “SmartShad

Palm said Tuesday its WebOS developer program will open in December with an “unparalleled level of transparency” in a not-so-subtle dig at Apple.

Read more of Palm developer program set for December lift-off at ZDNet.

The company, which is playing catch-up to Apple with its applications store, kicked off its App Catalog beta program on Tuesday.

• A $99 annual fee. That fee is waived if you submit an open-source WebOS app.

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The aggressive strategy is seen as prepping companies for an economic recovery next year. Most of the execs interviewed expect a recovery toward the middle or end of 2010. Their overall feeling is that the U.S. and China will be the first countries to bounce back from the recession.

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For its “Road to Growth” study, AT&T spoke with 77 key IT executives from large global companies. Sixty-four percent said they’re under pressure t

The start-up’s lawyer, who has asked to remain anonymous, said that after wiring $8,500 to Bieber on March 31 to obtain the user e-mail list, the company has not shared or sold SpiralFrog’s user information with anyone, and it has obeyed all laws in acquiring the list. To prove his point, the attorney said that when Bieber first approached the start-up about selling SpiralFrog’s user addresses, executives there wanted proof that he was authorized to sell the list.

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