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Scientists Combine 3 People's DNA Into Single Embryo
2008-02-17 11:57:00
Scientists promise a cure for mitochondrial disorders by fusing three people's genetic material into single embryoSome people expected controversy over genetic science to die down with the announcement of stem cells created from decidedly uncontroversial skin cells -- they were wrong. A new research study conducted in Britain is creating a firestorm of debate over the ethics of gene manipulation.British scientists reported last week that they successfully created human embryos from the DNA of not two, but three people -- two women and a man. Researchers tried to downplay concerns of ethics with genetic modification, citing that the embryos chiefly consist of the DNA from one man and one women, but contain select segments from the other women. The goal of the research is to one day be able to eliminate hereditary disease and defects, via gene splicing from healthy individuals. Patrick Chinnery, a professor of neurogenetics at Newcastle University, states, "We are not trying to alt...
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Microsoft Calls Yahoo Rejection "Unfortunate," Pursues Hostile Takeover
2008-02-17 11:51:00
Microsoft plans to take its bid for Yahoo directly to shareholdersIn the world of mergers, there are numerous levels of "hostility" which characterize bids. There are unilateral talks, mutually agreed upon, which are typically labeled as more germane, even if one company ends up absorbing the other. Then there are unsolicited bids, such as Microsoft's initial offer to Yahoo, which are often labeled as "partially hostile". On the far end of the spectrum are "fully hostile" bids, in which one company tries to bypass another company?s executive and board leadership by offering a buyout directly to shareholders. Among the famous examples of takeovers considered "hostile" was the HP and Compaq merger, which passed by a meager 51% margin in a shareholder vote.Having been rejected by Yahoo's board, Microsoft commented that it was "unfair" that Yahoo did not embrace its "full and fair proposal to combine" the companies. Now, Microsoft indicates it is planning to bypass the board and t...
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Samsung 64GB SATA II SSD In Mass Production
2008-02-16 13:39:00
Samsung refreshes 64GB SSD with faster SATA II interfaceSolid-state drives (SSDs) are the new hype in high-speed storage solutions and with each new launch comes improvements over the last. Currently, storage space is what many manufacturers are focusing on due to the demand by consumers.There are still a few details that certain manufacturers are bringing up to speed. Many of the key players in the SSD game are still implementing a PATA interface on their solid-state products which is holding these devices back from performing at the highest levels. This is the reason for Samsung Electronics' most recent launch announcement.Samsung announced in a press release that its 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch 64GB SSD with a SATA II interface is now in the mass production stage. The new SATA II version of the drive was announced in Q4 2007 and is said to remove the bottlenecks of the PATA interface used in the previous version of the drive.According to the director of Samsung Semiconductor's flash ...
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Hitachi and Matsushita LCD Pact Finalized, Details Revealed
2008-02-16 13:37:00
Matsushita grabs a 24.9% stake in Hitachi DisplaysThe LCD industry is set to boom in 2008 pushed by the transition to digital TV broadcasts in the U.S. in 2009 and the upcoming Olympic games. This boom in 2008 could lead to a downturn in the coming years according to some experts after LCD makers scramble to ramp up production capacity to meet the current demand for LCD TVs.Hitachi and Matsushita announced today that the formal contract regarding an alliance has been completed (PDF). A basic agreement between Hitachi and Matsushita was reached in December of 2007.The final terms of the agreement between the companies was announced today and under the agreement Matsushita will take a 24.9% stake in Hitachi Displays Ltd. Matsushita?s stake will be acquired form Hitachi on March 21, 2008 pending regulatory approvals. A second step of the agreement will have Matsushita purchasing the total shares of IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd. for 66 billion yen along with all IPS LCD panel-related busin...
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Google Extends to Chinese Music Market
2008-02-16 13:36:00
Google plans to make a move in order to bring free legitimate music to ChinaGoogle will announce its plans for a joint venture with Top100.cn that will give users free downloads of licensed music in China. The collaboration between the two companies will use online advertisement in order to generate revenue, according to Reuters.Top 100 was launched using the capital of Yao Ming, the Chinese basketball star, and industry professional Ge Chen at an initial sum of $2.78 million. Google?s plans to move into the Chinese music market will come as tough competition for other music sites such as Baidu. Baidu.com has developed its stance as the leading music search service China by offering pirated versions of MP3s.Just last week , IFPI, Warner, Universal and Sony filed suit against Baidu, Sohu.com and Yahoo China for giving users access to infringed copyrighted materials. IFPI's report indicated ?more than 99 percent of all music distributed in China are pirated?. China?s legitimate m...
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Google Android's Java SDK Hopes To Leave iPhone In The Dust
2008-02-16 13:33:00
While the iPhone continues to snub Java , Google looks to step up to the plateWhen Google announced that it was working on a phone project, many fantasized that it was making a "GPhone", similar to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Google surprised many when it was revealed that it was instead creating a Linux-driven OS and development environment to compete with Symbian and Microsoft's mobile phone operating systems. Google is taking the project very seriously and is offering $10M to developers and startups to develop creative software for the platform.Google released the Android SDK with much aplomb in November, confident it would rock the industry -- it did for some extent. The platform gained strong support from T-Mobile, HTC, Motorola, and other key industry players. It has been opposed by Verizon and AT&T, though, who were concerned that it would undercut their proprietary.Now a new version of the SDK is out and with it is some new improvements. The programming interfaces and develop...
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South Korean Firm Will Clone Your Pet
2008-02-16 13:32:00
Clone your beloved Snookums for a mere $150kCloning is a subject of much debate here in the United States, therefore, we don?t hear of the cloning of animals by American scientists much. However, the process of cloning animals is done in other countries.A Korean company called RNL Bio is working with the scientists who cloned the first canine named Snuppy. The company is offering to clone deceased pets for the tidy sum of $150,000. A company spokeswoman says that the first customer, Bernann McKunney from California, has already signed up to have her dead pit bull cloned.McKunney says she is particularly attached to the dead animal because it saved her life during an attack by another animal. RNL Bio says that ear tissue from the dog was preserved at a U.S. biotech lab before the animal?s death and that there is about a 25% chance of being able to clone a new animal from this tissue.The actual cloning of the animal will be done by Seoul National University and led by veterinary prof...
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GeForce 8 To Get Software PhysX Engine
2008-02-16 13:30:00
NVIDIA's purchase of AGEIA leads to a PhysX-on-CUDA portWith the announcement earlier this month of NVIDIA's acquisition of AGEIA, rumours began to fly immediately surrounding the future of dedicated physics hardware -- and it now appears that the PhysX name will live on as a checkbox beside the capabilities of some current and most future NVIDIA GPUs.During NVIDIA's fourth-quarter financial results conference call, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang responded to several questions about the plans for technology obtained in the AGEIA purchase, revealing that the plan is to port the AGEIA PhysX engine to NVIDIA's CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) C-like programming language."We're working toward the physics-engine-to-CUDA port as we speak. And we intend to throw a lot of resources at it." said Huang. "[PhysX on CUDA] is just going to be a software download. Every single GPU that is CUDA-enabled will be able to run the physics engine when it comes."NVIDIA's choice to run a physics engin...
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PS3 Outsells Xbox 360, Bested Only by Wii in January Sales
2008-02-16 13:28:00
PlayStation 3 beats all but the Wii during January hardware salesHoliday sales figures for gaming console hardware were predictable. Nintendo Wii was at the top, Xbox 360 somewhere in the middle and the PlayStation 3 near the bottom. But 2008 is a new year and so far looks nothing at all like 2007 ? except, of course, the Wii is still number one.Nintendo?s console sold the most in North America with 274,000 units, likely still selling out whatever is shipped to retailers.Believe it or not, second place belongs to the PlayStation 3, selling 269,000, just 5,000 fewer units than the Wii. The PS2 wasn?t far behind either, with 264,000.The handheld systems occupied places fourth and fifth, with the Nintendo DS moving 251,000 and the PSP doing 230,000.Surprisingly, the Xbox 360 tied for last place with 230,000 units for the month. Microsoft told the press before the release of NPD data that its console recently experienced shortages."You could say we misjudged demand ... We're literally ...
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Palm Takes Jab at BlackBerry Outages
2008-02-16 13:25:00
Palm has some fun at RIM's expenseOne company's misstep is often a prime opportunity for a competitor to come in and take advantage. Companies like Sony and Microsoft stab each other in the back all the time with regards to consoles. We even saw Nokia take a jab at Apple over the "locked" iPhone.In the case of Palm, Inc., the company saw a great opportunity to go after Research in Motion (RIM) over its service interruption on Monday.Frustrated BlackBerry users were sidelined when they had problems sending emails and documents using the RIM-supplied data service. The outages were later blamed on a system upgrade aimed to boost the overall capacity of the data network.Palm now has an advertisement on its U.S. website that pokes fun at RIM's folly. The ad touts the importance of uptime and notes that Palm smartphones "Connect to your Microsoft Exchange Server. No third-party servers and no nationwide blackouts."It's mildly amusing attack on RIM and its popular BlackBerry mobile dev...
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Sprint's Xohm WiMAX Service Soft Launch Coming Soon
2008-02-16 13:23:00
Three major U.S. cites to get Xohm this SpringMany ardent mobile phone and laptop users are still waiting for high-speed wireless connections to come to their cities. Many are left utilizing mobile data plans that are on par with dial up connections from the early 1990?s rather than being comparable to today?s broadband speeds.PC World reports that Sprint?s oft-delayed WiMAX service dubbed Xohm has a soft launch coming soon. According to WiMAX Forum president and CEO Ron Resnick, WiMAX products are here and WiMAX is here. That statement will sound hollow to those looking forward to WiMAX in the United States.While there have been 260 commercial deployments of WiMAX in 110 countries according to Resnick, the service has yet to see wide availability in America, and it could be a while yet before that happens.Ali Tabassi, Sprint?s VP for technology development, says that a soft launch of the Xohm service will happen this spring in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Tabassi points ...
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Happy Valentines Day
2008-02-13 21:51:00
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Anti-Scientology Protests Rock Streets Worldwide
2008-02-13 08:08:00
Remember, remember the 10th of...February?It appears that ?Anonymous? ? a loose-knit group of Internet protesters united in their campaign against the Church of Scientology ? kept its promise of worldwide demonstrations. This past Sunday, activists identifying themselves as members of Anonymous appeared in cities around the globe to peacefully demonstrate against the Church and its so-called crimes.Demonstrations occurred in a reported 93 cities worldwide, including Sydney, Los Angeles, New York, London, Dublin, and Stockholm. Donning signs with slogans such as ?Knowledge is Free,? ?Question $cientology,? and ?Enlightenment should not cost £100,000,? Anonymous took a vocal stand against the Church of Scientology?s alleged human rights violations and relentless suppression of dissent. Demonstrations proceeded peacefully, with protesters concealing themselves behind Guy Fawkes masks ? among other things ? as popularized in the movie ?V for Vendetta.?Anonymous seemingly rose out of now...
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HTC Shift Now Available in Europe
2008-02-13 08:02:00
HTC serves up a Vista UMPC with a side of Windows MobileAfter nearly a year since its initial mention on DailyTech, HTC's vision of the UMPC, the Shift , has finally come to market -- at least in Europe .The HTC Shift sports many of the same features as other popular UMPCs, including an 800MHz Intel A110 processor, 1GB DDR2 memory, 40GB or 60GB 1.8" HDD, 7" 800x480 touch-screen, and Windows Vista Business -- but adds in a 400MHz Qualcomm ARM-based processor with 64MB of RAM and 128MB ROM capable of running Windows Mobile 6. This gives the Shift the ability to run both operating systems simultaneously, and switch between them at the touch of a button, which HTC has dubbed "SnapVUE."Rather than behaving as two individual devices sandwiched together in a common chassis, the two operating modes of the Shift are designed to interact and synchronize with each other using ActiveSync -- emails, calendar appointments, and contacts can be accessed through Outlook in "full computer" mode, or th...
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Microsoft Calls Yahoo Rejection "Unfortunate," Pursues Hostile Takeover
2008-02-13 08:01:00
Microsoft plans to take its bid for Yahoo directly to shareholdersIn the world of mergers, there are numerous levels of "hostility" which characterize bids. There are unilateral talks, mutually agreed upon, which are typically labeled as more germane, even if one company ends up absorbing the other. Then there are unsolicited bids, such as Microsoft's initial offer to Yahoo, which are often labeled as "partially hostile". On the far end of the spectrum are "fully hostile" bids, in which one company tries to bypass another company?s executive and board leadership by offering a buyout directly to shareholders. Among the famous examples of takeovers considered "hostile" was the HP and Compaq merger, which passed by a meager 51% margin in a shareholder vote.Having been rejected by Yahoo's board, Microsoft commented that it was "unfair" that Yahoo did not embrace its "full and fair proposal to combine" the companies. Now, Microsoft indicates it is planning to bypass the board and t...
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Microsoft Prepares to Unveil IE8 Features At MIX08
2008-02-13 07:59:00
With a Firefox 3.0 release impending, Microsoft prepares to reveal its new firepower with a keynote on the status of IE8MIX, an annual Microsoft-hosterd conference for web developers held each spring at the swank Venetian in Las Vegas, has often drawn exciting news. At the first MIX conference, held in '06 Dean Hachamovitch, leader of Microsoft's Internet Explorer team gave an exciting presentation of the future of the browser, which highlight the improvements found in IE7 that would help the browser regain competitiveness against a more full-featured Firefox browser. Internet Explorer 7 released several months later in October, and stayed very true to the form of Hachamovitch's presentation, adding tabbed browsing, antiphishing and more.This year's MIX conference, held on March 5th through 7th, promises a similar preview at what kind of heat Microsoft is planning to unleash on the next generation browser arms race. Hachamovitch will be giving an exclusive look at the state...
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HD DVD Promotional Group Wimpers at Netflix, Best Buy, Blu-ray Alliances
2008-02-13 07:57:00
HD DVD Promotional Group offers little resistance to the latest Blu-ray victoriesThe HD DVD Promotional Group suffered two crippling blows yesterday. Early Monday morning, Netflix announced that it would become Blu-ray exclusive with regards to online high-definition movie rentals.Monday afternoon, Best Buy announced that while it wouldn't drop HD DVD altogether, it would place more emphasis on Blu-ray and heavily promote that standard."Consumers have told us that they want us to help lead the way. We?ve listened to our customers, and we are responding. Best Buy will recommend Blu-ray as the preferred format," said Best Buy President and Chief Financial Officer Brian Dunn.The HD DVD Promotional Group of course was not too happy to hear about the latest losses in the format war and offered up this rather tame response:We have long held the belief that HD DVD is the best format for consumers based on quality and value, and with more than 1 million HD DVD players on the market, it's ...
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EA to Deliver PC Version of Mass Effect
2008-02-13 07:52:00
Electronic Arts nabs Mass Effect PC publishing rights from MicrosoftNearly all of BioWare?s recent RPG releases have first hit Microsoft?s console, be it the original Xbox or Xbox 360, only later to make it to the PC. It happened with the two Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games, as well as Jade Empire, and it will happen to Mass Effect .Electronic Arts and BioWare announced today that Mass Effect, originally released on the Xbox 360 late November 2007, will be hitting the PC in May 2008. Unlike the Xbox 360 version, which was published by Microsoft Games Studios, EA will be handing the publishing duties for the PC port.?Mass Effect serves as a powerful example of video games as an art form, delivering new levels of emotional intensity, realistic characters and a gripping storyline ? all set in a compelling new universe,? said Ray Muzyka, General Manager, BioWare and Vice President, Electronic Arts.Mass Effect for the PC also represents the first sign of the split in publishi...
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Microsoft Releases Vista SP1 RTM, XP SP3 RC2 to Testers
2008-02-12 05:00:00
Microsoft spreads Service Pack love to testersMicrosoft announced last week that it completed work on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and released it to manufacturing. Unfortunately for consumers, Microsoft also announced that that the update wouldn't be available to consumers until around March.However, current beta testers for SP1 will be glad to know that they can download the service pack right now. Microsoft makes SP1 available for download in a number of ways.Testers can download a single .exe file with the SP1 update in x86 (Windows6.0-KB936330-X86-wave0.exe) or x64 (Windows6.0-KB936330-X64-wave0.exe) flavors. The next option is to download a registry file which gives testers access to SP1 via Windows Update. The third and final way that testers can install SP1 -- x86 and x64 versions -- is via a standalone ISO installer which allows the service pack to easily be installed on multiple machines via a CD.Microsoft lists the build version for SP1 as 6001.18000.080118-1840.In...
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NVIDIA Introduces HD Handheld Computing Platform
2008-02-12 04:56:00
High-definition video and graphics processing coming to a Windows Mobile Smartphone near youIt wasn't too long ago that cell phone LED screen resolutions touted incredible resolutions of 100 pixels. After the switch to LCDs, most mobile phones today carry resolutions in excess of 100,000 pixels, and in full color too. With the convergence of hand-held and mobile devices, it was only a matter of time before the graphics giants jumped headlong into the world of mobile computing.NVIDIA announced today the APX 2500 application processor for mobile devices. The new chip features high-definition computing capabilities such as HD 720p video playback and capture.One of the more significant hurdles of any mobile platform is power consumption. Because mobile devices rely on low power batteries in such small packages, NVIDIA designed the processor to operate with restrictions under an ultra-low-power GeForce core. NVIDIA won't tell just how low yet, but competing processors from Samsung ...
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Plextor Announces Blu-ray, HD DVD Drives
2008-02-12 04:52:00
Next-generation burners to hit the European market by end of monthRecent news suggests the Blu-ray optical media format used for audio, video and storage is taking control of the market place as movie studios and movie rental services such as Warner and Netflix are flipping the script on HD DVD and siding exclusively with Blu-ray. However, despite HD DVD's apparent struggles to stay in the race, many hardware manufacturers are still committed to both formats.Plextor Europe is suiting up for the game by launching two new optical drives, the PX-B920SA CD/DVD/Blu-ray writer and HD DVD reader and the PX-B300SA CD/DVD writer and Blu-ray/HD DVD reader.The PX-B920SA is the jack of (almost) all trades as it features CD-R/RW write speeds of 40x/24x and DVD R/RW write speeds of up to 16x/8x. Additionally, the PX-B920SA is able to write to BD-R/RE media at up to 4x/2x and read the media at up to 8x speeds depending on the format. The PX-B920SA also has the ability to read HD DVD media at 3x s...

Google Plans To Fight Microsoft-Yahoo
2008-02-12 04:49:00
Google won't let Microsoft and Yahoo merge without a fightLate last week DailyTech covered Microsoft's landmark $44.6 billion unsolicited bid for Yahoo, which threatened to transform the online business landscape overnight. While the outcome at first seem uncertain, opposition to the move quickly evaporated with the resignation of former CEO and Chairman at-the-time, Terry Semel. Semel had strongly criticized the merger as not in Yahoo's best interests. With Semel's resignation, and landmark tough times for Yahoo, a deal seems so likely many analysts are already calling it a sure thing.Meanwhile, Google remained quiet during Microsoft's initial announcements. However, now the giant has come out swinging again the merger, which represents a serious threat to its online dominance.David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer has posted a warning to Microsoft and Yahoo in his Google blog. In the blog he blasts the "hostile bid," stating, ...
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Yahoo Rejects Microsoft, Wants More Money
2008-02-12 04:47:00
Microsoft loses bid for Yahoo and must choose between a fully hostile bid, a higher offer, or waiting for Yahoo to fall further on hard timesThe Microsoft-Yahoo saga, which played out over the last couple weeks, began with Microsoft making an unsolicited offer for internet giant Yahoo. The plot thickened with the resignation of Chairman Terry Semel from Yahoo's board, and a Google threat of legal action to block the move. While many analysts considered the deal a shoe-in, initial analysis of Yahoo's willingness to accept the deal in the first place was apparently off the mark.Inside sources had warned that CEO Jerry Yang, who held considerable sway over the final decision had been very wary of Yahoo getting digested into the Microsoft empire. These sources had called such a development "Jerry's worst nightmare." Perhaps they should have been heeded sooner.In a move which had been forecast since late last week, Yahoo's board on Monday formally rejected Microsoft's $45B bid. ...
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Starbucks Switches from T-Mobile to AT&T for WiFi Access
2008-02-12 04:44:00
Starbucks gets a new partner for customer WiFi accessCoffee means big business here in the United States. Starbucks grew from its humble roots in the Northwest to a point now where you can find at least a few within a 5 mile radius in any major U.S. city. Fast food chain McDonalds has even gotten in on the act to cash in on the success of ?premium? coffee.In an attempt to provide a better "in store experience" for its customers and to distance itself from a growing McDonalds threat, Starbucks today announced a new strategic alliance to provide WiFi service to customers. Beginning in the spring of 2008, 7,000+ Starbucks stores in the U.S. will switch from T-Mobile WiFi access to AT&T.?As we continue to build our technology offerings in ways that both enhance and expand the Starbucks Experience for our customers, we made a strategic decision to expand our existing relationship with our longtime technology partner AT&T to include consumer Wi-Fi,? said Starbucks CTO Chris Bruzzo.Starbuc...
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Apple Updates Trademark to Cover Game Devices
2008-02-12 04:41:00
A USPTO filing shows Apple may consider its own game consoleGaming is a big business with some game titles bringing in more money than Hollywood?s blockbuster movies. Traditionally the gaming market is dominated by console gaming systems from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. However, that could be changing.An application filed by Apple with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) amends Apple?s trademark to cover gaming systems. The application is very short on information and merely adds a list of new items to the trademark coverage.The application adds the following to the trademark: Toys, games and playthings, namely, hand-held units for playing electronic games; hand-held units for playing video games; stand alone video game machines; electronic games other than those adapted for use with television receivers only; LCD game machines; electronic educational game machines; toys, namely battery-powered computer gamesThat could mean that in the future we could be addin...
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Microsoft Gets a New Sidekick
2008-02-12 04:39:00
Microsoft is now Danger's middle nameMicrosoft dug deep into its pocketbook recently with the offer to buy Yahoo for the large sum of $46 billion -- that offer was rejected. Microsoft, however, announced a purchase today that was much easier to finance.Microsoft says that it agreed to purchase Danger Inc., the company best known for the Sidekick mobile device. Microsoft president of Entertainment and Devices Division Robbie Bach said in a statement, ?Microsoft is a global leader with our Windows Mobile software and expanding mobile services. The addition of Danger serves as a perfect complement to our existing software and services, and also strengthens our dedication to improving mobile experiences centered on individuals and what they like.?Microsoft says that Danger Inc. has connected with a young and enthusiastic customer base that is Internet-savvy and socially inclined. The purchase is expected to add additional assets and resources to Microsoft?s entry into the consumer spac...
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Digital Converter Boxes on the Cheap at Wal-Mart
2008-02-12 04:37:00
Wal-Mart puts cheap digital converter box on store shelves for under $50While many in the United States know that the transition to digital TV broadcasts will begin in early 2009, there are still some that are oblivious to the transition. The Nielsen Company says it estimates that the transition will affect 13 million households across the country.To offset the cost of the digital transition for consumers, the U.S. government is offering coupons to help reduce the cost of the convertors for affected households. Without these digital convertor boxes, homes without TVs capable of receiving digital broadcasts that aren?t connected to satellite or cable services will no longer be able to receive programming.Consumers will be eligible for up to two $40 coupons which can be used towards the purchase price of a converter box. Wal-Mart says that it expects many customers using these coupons to show up in its stores across the country.Gary Severson, senior vice president of Home Entertainmen...
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LG KE850 Prada Phone
2008-02-11 17:22:00
The Prada Phone by LG (KE850) is a real breakthrough in the industry, as it is a unique, sophisticated and elegant mobile phone with the first complete advanced touch interface. LG and Prada have worked closely together on every aspect of the product, from handset development to marketing combining the attention to detail and uncompromising quality of Prada design with the trademark technological innovation of LG mobile.Prada?s involvement extends beyond exterior aesthetics to the key elements of the user experience such as the advanced touch interface, ring tones, pre-loaded content, mobile phone accessories and the exclusive leather case, inspired by the classic Italian craftsmen tradition.The Prada Phone by LG introduces the world?s first advanced touch interface which eliminates the conventional keypad making the overall usage experience a highly tactile one. An extra wide LCD screen maximizes visual impact, allowing the user to benefit from several key features of the phone, in...
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A Watch That Alarms You
2008-02-11 17:17:00
Designer Nikita Golovlev has created a watch for the hearing impaired. AlarMe is a very unique and stylish design that has the ability to alert those who cannot hear an audible alarm by vibration on the watch. The watch has two built in multidirectional microphones that measure the surrounding ambient sound levels. Once the sound changes frequency, the vibrating alarm alerts the user that there is a situation going on and they need to leave the area. The LED lights and face alert the user as to what the alarm is, and if it is a serious situation or one where only caution needs to be had.
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Trackball Player
2008-02-11 17:10:00
Who needs buttons when you have a trackball? Yes the good ole? trackball, often dismissed as yesterday?s technology but perhaps we can find a place for it in today?s touchscreen crazed devices. The Ball Player works like every other MP3 player except for one minor, or not so minor, difference. In lieu of buttons, you simply roll the trackball towards the direction of control you wish to execute. It may seem pointless but the trackball also works another way. Place it on any flat surface and you can control your tunes by moving it up, down, and side to side.
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