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Apple iPhone - What?s Next?
2008-06-03 06:20:00
Apple seems certain to unveil a new iPhone at a developer conference in San Francisco on June 9 – but how will it differ from its predecessor? It seems, at times, as though Steve Jobs has an impossible job. Within days of the iPhone going on sale, technology fans and gadget geeks were already speculating what ...
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First Look: OLPC XO-2, A $75 Laptop
2008-05-24 06:50:00
Even with the price of what used to be known as the “$100 laptop” still hovering closer to the $200 mark, the organization behind the XO laptop design is at work on a next-generation device with an even lower target price: $75. To get there, it’s counting on advances in software technologies and in hardware ...
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Ecamm Releases PhoneView 2.0
2008-05-20 06:29:00
Ecamm Network today announced the release of PhoneView v2.0. PhoneView (formerly MegaPhone) is a Mac application which gives iPhone and iPod Touch users easy access to iTunes media, photos, notes, contacts, SMS and call history data stored on the device. Files and folders can also be copied to the device for data storage and file transfer ...
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Google Gets Closer to a Mobile Future
2008-05-10 13:00:00
Google has long said that its best hope for future growth comes from mobile devices. Today, Google moved to bring that future a bit closer. The Internet search giant joined an industry consortium that plans to build a next-generation wireless data network. Google is investing $500 million in the project, which is led by Sprint and ...
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New Apple iMac 2008 With OS X Leopard and iLife ?08
2008-04-30 04:02:00
The new powerful iMac 2008 now runs at speeds up to 3.06GHz! More powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processors, more memory, and a striking mixture of OS X Leopard and iLife ’08! iMac can be proud of its amazing performance and a slim space at the same time. It packs one computer system into all-in-one design. ...
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Internet to hit full capacity by 2010: AT&T
2008-04-20 05:40:00
U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet ’s current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on Web 2.0 this week in London, Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, warned that the current systems that constitute the Internet will not ...
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Energy Efficient Cars at 100 miles per gallon
2008-03-29 09:28:00
Carmakers are already charging batteries, tuning engines, and inflating tires to get ready for the Progressive Automotive X Prize contest, which will deliver $10 million to the winner whose car can exceed 100 miles per gallon. At the New York auto show last week, the X Prize Foundation unveiled Progressive Insurance as the sponsor ...
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Mozilla?s Firefox 3.0 Due in June
2008-03-25 15:22:00
Although Mozilla says Firefox 3 beta 4 still isn’t intended for the general public, its performance so far has given them the confidence to announce the final version is nearly ready to be unleashed on the world. In an interview with Reuters, Mozilla’s Vice President of Engineering Mike Schroepfer said in an interview that Firefox 3 ...
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AOL Acquires Social Network Bebo for $850m
2008-03-13 16:40:00
In an unexpected move, AOL has acquired social-networking site Bebo . The price tag: $850 million in cash. Rumors had floated over the past few months that Bebo, which has over 40 million members, was up for sale. Reports suggested a $1 billion price tag, but there were few hints as to potential buyers. Though Bebo had ...
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WWE Signs with 20th Century Fox
2008-02-28 01:42:00
World Wrestling Entertainment has found a tag-team partner in 20th Century Fox , inking a first-look deal that gives the studio rights to distribute pics headlined by the company’s pro wrestlers. Beginning next year, WWE Films plans to develop, finance and produce at least one theatrical release and up to four direct-to-video titles annually, with Fox receiving ...
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Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 Released with 1300 Changes
2008-02-13 15:35:00
Mozilla has released beta 3 of Firefox 3.0, with around 1300 ‘individual changes’ from beta 2, with fixes for stability, performance, memory usage, platform enhancements and user interface improvements. Firefox 3 .0 beta 3 is here, with plenty of improvements set to send Firefox’s percentage of market share soaring ever higher once the final version is released ...
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Microsoft Wants To Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion
2008-02-02 03:49:00
Microsoft says merging with Yahoo will allow it to offer a competitive alternative to Google in the market for online services. Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services. CEO Steve Ballmer made the offer in a letter to ...
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U.S. Spy Satellite Could Crash to Earth
2008-01-27 11:52:00
WASHINGTON — A disabled American spy satellite is rapidly descending and is likely to plunge to Earth by late February or early March, posing a potential danger from its debris, officials said Saturday. Officials said that they had no control over the nonfunctioning satellite and that it was unknown where the debris might land. “Appropriate government ...
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Top 10 Life-Changing Technologies
2008-01-15 11:54:00
Digital Libraries Having total connectivity is pointless if all you get is the latest gossip about Paris Hilton. But the digitization of mankind’s accumulated works proceeds apace. All of MIT’s courses are now online, for instance, and, if you haven’t done so, check out Google Book Search. The time will come when any straightforward factual ...
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WiMax to rule in a world of mobile Internet
2008-01-08 15:15:00
Intel CEO Paul Otellini gave a stirring keynote address at CES today, outlining his vision of a future where the Internet is globally ubiquitous, enabled by ultra low power net connected pocket mobile devices using wireless technologies such as WiMax. In what some might consider a self serving address Otellini nevertheless crafted a credible story of ...
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Microsoft to Release IE 8 Beta 1 Early Next Year
2007-12-20 03:13:00
The first beta of the next version of the Internet Explorer browser will be released in the first half of 2008, Microsoft says. Microsoft plans to release the first beta of the next version of Internet Explorer in the first half of 2008, and said that IE 8 has passed a key Web standards test that ensures the browser won’t “break” the Web. IE8 has passed the “Acid2 Browser Test” from the Web Standards Project, which shows whether a browser renders a Web site in a certain way. If the browser renders the site correctly, it means the browser supports certain accepted Web standards. Microsoft posted a video about the browser passing the test on its Channel 9 Web site. Microsoft developed IE before some Web standards such as CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) were developed, and so older versions don’t support some current standards. Developers would write applications to work with IE rather than to support Web stan...
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2008 IT Predictions: XP Lives and a Greater Linux
2007-12-12 05:15:00
A look into the crystal ball for 2008 shows green IT, an extension for Windows XP, greater Linux adoption, and more open mobile networks, among other visions. The predictable flood of 2008 IT prognostications has rolled in over ...
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Google?s New iPhone Web Application Launch
2007-12-06 02:50:00
Google on Wednesday announced the release of a new interface to enable iPhone users to navigate Google’s various services through a unified interface. When iPhone users visit the Google site using the Safari browser on their iPhone, they’ll find a navigation bar that lets them switch between Google Search, Gmail, Calendar, Reader and other services. Google says ...
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Vista Piracy Rate is Half that of XP - Microsoft
2007-12-04 07:05:00
Microsoft said Monday that it’s seeing piracy rates for Windows Vista that are half those of Windows XP. Now cynical me wanted to write this up as “even pirates prefer XP two to one over Vista,” but that wouldn’t be fair. In reality, the decline in piracy rates is largely due to the fact that Vista ...
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Firefox 3 Beta 1 Now Available for Download
2007-11-23 14:38:00
Firefox 3 Beta 1 is now available for download. This is the ninth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and ...
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AMD?s New Quad-Core Chip, Phenom
2007-11-20 05:55:00
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released its latest microprocessor, as the struggling chipmaker looks to plug an important gap in its product lineup. The new Phenom processor gives the company a quad-core processor for the desktop PC market, a year after Intel’s first quad-core chips were released. AMD unveiled its new platform codenamed “Spider”, with the first ...
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Apple Releases 1.2.2 Firmware Update for Fifth-Generation iPod
2007-11-14 10:38:00
Apple has released an iPod software update, version 1.2.2 for its fifth generation iPods. This update is supposed to have some ‘bug fixes’. How important these fixes are to the enjoyment of your iPod is still undetermined. Many users have experienced an issue after installing the update where all the iPod menus are now blank even ...
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Intel to Launch New Generation of Microprocessors
2007-11-12 15:07:00
Intel Corp. plans to roll out its newest generation of microprocessors today, flexing its manufacturing muscle with a sophisticated new approach that crams up to 40% more transistors onto a chip. The world’s largest semiconductor company plans to start shipping 16 new microprocessors—which also boast inventive materials to reduce electricity loss—for use in servers and ...
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Google Phone Platform Coming Mid 2008
2007-11-01 05:15:00
Google will come out in mid-2008 with a mobile phone platform that incorporates a variety of Google online services and lets outside developers create applications, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The goal is to make Google applications and services as easily accessible on mobile phones as PCs so that the company can extend its advertising ...
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Windows 7 to be Leaner, Meaner & Cleaner Winix?
2007-10-22 17:00:00
Since Microsoft released Windows 95, the company’s biggest money spinner has been going downhill faster than a granny strapped to roller blades on the slopes of Sydney or San Francisco. The software giant has now promised than in 2010 we will see a much leaner Windows. Does that mean in 2015 we can expect to ...
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Skype to Launch Own Mobile Phone Handset
2007-10-18 13:45:00
Skype is planning to launch its own mobile handset this month, following in the footsteps of Apple, and the all but confirmed mobile phone from Google.According to BusinessWeek, Skype will offer the handset in conjunction with 3 Mobile in “late October” in Britain, Italy, Hong Kong, and Australia, with the 5 remaining 3 Mobile territories ...
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Blazingly Fast Internet2 Gets 10x Boost
2007-10-11 14:38:00
NEW YORK - The ultrahigh-speed Internet2 network just got 10 times faster, partly in anticipation of rising demand for capacity after the world’s largest particle collider opens near Geneva next year. Until recently, the Internet2 had a theoretical limit of 10 gigabits per second, which is thousands of times faster than standard home broadband connections. By ...
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Halo 3 Makes $300M, Console Sales Triple
2007-10-05 13:18:00
Gamers around the globe dropped nearly $300 million on Halo 3 in the week since the first-person shooter for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 console debuted, the company said Thursday. Microsoft also said that in the week after the Sept. 25 launch, Xbox 360 console sales “nearly tripled” from the weekly average reported before the game hit ...
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New Tools Help To Hack iPhone
2007-09-27 04:17:00
HD Moore, one of the developers of the Metasploit hacking software, is supporting the iPhone within the Metasploit framework and providing ...
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Wikipedia 2.0 - now with added trust
2007-09-21 11:07:00
WIKIPEDIA‘S entry on Albert Einstein looks good. Covering each phase of the physicist’s life, from childhood to death, it tells readers about his politics, religion and science. Honours named after him and books and plays about his life are listed. But there is one snag: there is no way to tell whether the information is ...
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