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Submitted by actz
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 |
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Microsoft is taking aim at Apple once more, this time hoping to knock the iPod touch off its perch with the Zune HD.
The look is certainly high-end - sleek, slim and with plenty of brushed metal for a premium finish. Dare we use the word 'classy'? We just might. The Zune HD is also the first to feature a touchscreen, a 3.3-inch 16:9 widescreen capacitive OLED screen with multitouch to be precise, offering up zippy control and multitouch web browsing, using a portable browser based on Internet Explorer.
Other features of note include that 'HD', which refers to HD video-out (via an optional docking station and HD radio, the first portable media player to offer the latter. We suspect the inclusion of this DAB-equivalent indicates this is yet another Zune not heading to these shores. At least, not in this form. To complete things, the Zune HD also throws in an accelerometer and Wi-Fi connectivity. No details on the amount of flash storage on-board, but we suspect you'll be well catered for.
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
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With these 30 apps you can create to do lists, invoice for contract work, access your computer remotely, manage all your online accounts in one place, print files to your phone, and more. We’re hoping that these handy apps can make 2009 the most productive year for you and your mobile lifestyle. |
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
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Not even a year ago, there were those who questioned the hoopla over the iPhone. And here we are now, secure in the knowledge that Apple’s micro-Mac isn’t just a radical new phone, it’s a revolution in computing, communication, entertainment, and connectivity. If you disagree, well, you probably don’t own one. And that’s not meant to be snotty–I’ve arrived at this conclusion after testing nearly every smartphone available and then stepping up with my own precious cash for the iPhone and monthly unlimited calls and data. It’s a spendy conclusion, but oh-so-worth it. |
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
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The official launch of the Windows 7 Release Candidate last May 5 was soon followed by another version of the software, only that this other version came with a malware surprise. A file being hosted in popular torrent sites posing as a copy of the Windows 7 RC was found to be a Trojan by security researchers. The file which arrives with the file name setup.exe is detected as TROJ_DROPPER.SPX. TROJ_DROPPER.SPX drops TROJ_AGENT.NICE. Both files are detected by the Smart Protection Network. Windows 7 Release Candidate was leaked a couple of weeks prior to the official release, and was also hosted by and downloaded from popular torrent sites. This was followed by a reported downtime in the download page for the Windows 7 Beta, which was attributed to too many download requests. |
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
Nokia has entered the mobile applications business with the official opening of the Ovi Store. The portal will host a variety of applications to around 50 million customers worldwide so far and users in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom will be able to purchase immediately and get billed by their network operator. "Ovi Store is open for business and we've stocked the shelves with both local and global content for a broad range of Nokia devices," said Tero Ojanperä, executive vice president of Nokia Services.
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
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PC World - Google's upgrade of Chrome to 2.0 is exceedingly underwhelming --- there's so little new that if you blinked you'd miss the changes. It's baffling that a company that keeps fully featured software like Gmail in beta for years has jumped to 2.0 for a browser with so little to offer. After the upgrade, you won't notice a change in Chrome at all --- it looks just like the previous version, and largely behaves like it as well. There are a few little tweaks, though, such as a full screen mode available via the F11 key. There's also a form filler for filling in Web forms, something other browsers have had since the Dark Ages. You can also remove thumbnails from the "New Tab" pages that launch whenever you open a new tab. And you can zoom better. |
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Submitted by actz
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
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Members of 4Chan and eBaum's World were apparently behind a mass campaign of uploading pornographic content to the world's most popular online video website, Youtube. The videos were uploaded as part of the "celebrations" on the 20th of May 2009 of Porn day and almost all the videos that have been screened out do not carry any indications that they are for adults only. It is believed that as many as several thousands of videos have been uploaded. The rogue uploaders generally append genuine content like an interview or a music video before the adult content gets played. Attackers have been using popular tags like "Hannah Montana" to attract Youtube users to view the videos. To add further confusion, many users actually flagged the fake videos as their favourites and rated them highly. The BBC caught up with Flonty, one of the many uploaders who took part in the scheme, and said that he did it because Youtube Keeps deleting music. |
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Submitted by actz
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
News is circulating that there is some growing evidence to support the release of an Apple games console in the coming future. The credibility of this is still slightly hazy considering there have been a few of these kinds rumors lately. Namely, Apple purchasing Twitter, or Apple purchasing EA.
However, there seems to be a little more credibility to this rumor than the others.
An article posted on the BNET Technology blog suggests that the people in Cupertino may be thinking about entering the gaming market, providing some interesting evidence to support this.
Perhaps some of the most interesting points to consider are Apple's closer relations with gaming executives and their giant library of independently produced games on their App Store.
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Submitted by actz
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009 |
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F.decorate(_ge('photo_notes'), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(298160250, 'http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/298160250_8273b83f2b_t.jpg', '3.1444'); In a glass case at CERN is an unpreposessing little NeXT cube. It's hard to believe that this little workstation changed the world, but it did. It's Tim Berners Lee's original web server, the world's first. |
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 |
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You know, one of these days, someone at one of these big companies is going to get this right. If you send a cease and desist about "leaked" photos of a supposed device, you're basically saying, "Hey guys, those pictures are real." Now, we can't tell you with 100 percent assurance that that's the case when it comes to those factory pics of rubber-gloved hands all over an apparently-new PS3 hardware design, but it doesn't help anyone's case when a Chinese company sends your Japanese wing a takedown notice. Keep in mind, since this thing isn't from Sony, we can't really be sure that it's the real deal, but we'll be honest -- things are starting to look mighty suspicious. Text of one of the charming messages after the break. We'll pause for comment now. |
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 |
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HTC's touch slider handed a release date and official price Early June is set to be a busy couple of weeks for mobile phone launches, with the Palm Pre going on sale on the 6th, the new iPhone expected to be announced on the 8th, and now the HTC Touch Pro2 smartphone given a June 12th release date. eXpansys has updated its pre-order date for the Touch Pro2, with a sale price of £519.99. The phone features HTC's new TouchFLO 3D skin over Windows Mobile, seen on the 3.6-inch widescreen display. There's also HSDPA and GPS connectivity, and hardware-wise, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. A 3.2-megapixel camera and microSD finish the Touch Pro2 off, which is very similar in spec to the recently-reviewed Touch Diamond2 from HTC. |
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