Jildy, Whose Patents Google Owns and Facebook Licenses, Launches Its First App

There’s now a body of social search intellectual property that three companies have the rights to use: Google, Facebook and a virtually unknown start-up named Jildy.
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iPad 3 Debut in February? Hmm, Steve’s Birthday Is the 24th.

Apple’s next generation iPad could debut a month earlier than its predecessor. Industry sources tell Citi analyst Richard Gardner that the iPad 3, or whatever it’s to be called, will launch sometime in February. That’s a month earlier than Apple showed off the iPad 2, and a month later than the original iPad. As far as specs for the device go, Gardner doesn’t have much to say, though he does believe it will have a display with a resolution significantly higher than that of the current model.

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Sony’s New PlayStation Portable Will Hit Shelves February 22

Sony’s PlayStation Vita will launch in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Europe on Feb. 22, missing the critical holiday period by a couple of months. The handheld gaming device, with a five-inch touchscreen and dual cameras, was originally announced at E3 in June and delayed in August. It is expected to be released in Japan by the end of the year. The company said the Wi-Fi model will cost $250; a 3G version will cost $50 more.

Jeff Bezos Pitches His New Kindles: The Full Video

Here’s all 52 minutes. Almost Jobsian.
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Most — But Not All — Big Magazine Publishers Sign On for Amazon’s Tablet

Conde Nast, Hearst and Meredith are in for Wednesday’s launch. Time Inc. isn’t, and may not get there for a while.
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It’s Called Google Propeller and It’s Aimed at Flipboard (and Facebook, Too, Natch)

Whhhheeeeeeeee! Up, up in the sky, its Google’s Flipboard killer, which also might strafe Facebook, too!
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Windows 8: Here Comes Another Football (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Mossberg on Jobs (Video)

Here’s a video of Walt Mossberg — who perhaps knows the outgoing Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs better than anyone else covering tech — talking about his career. (Also, Mossberg and Jobs chatting it up at the Apple iPad event.)
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Throttle Back Those Hypersonic Dreams

This morning, DARPA’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 was successfully launched over the Pacific on its second test flight. It separated from its booster, went into glide mode at the edge of space, bound for Mach 20, and … nothing. Sadly, much like the first test flight in April 2010, the aircraft stopped sending back data and headed to a watery grave. Hey, if it were easy, it wouldn’t require advanced research.

DARPA: That’s Mach 20, Baby

The Defense Department’s secret project agency is launching an aircraft today that does 13,000 miles per hour, or 20 times the speed of sound. Sweeeet.
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Posterous Goes Bare: Shows Us All Its Stats