Software
Gran Paradise Alpha 8 Released
According to the schedule, Mozilla should have launched the beta version for Firefox 3 this month but it looks like this is not going to happen. On the other hand, users can test a new alpha version if they want to. As with the previous alpha, Gran Paradiso Alpha 8 runs on Gecko 1.9 rendering [...]
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Two Google Applications for iPhone
It looks like Google is also trying to cash in on the recently European sold as well iPhone. The company just launched two applications especially tailored for Apple’s mobile phone: Google Calendar and Google Reader. In order to check it out just visit calendar.google.com from your iPhone browser. Another possibility stands in downloading a Firefox [...]
25Sep2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Microsoft Released Service Pack 1 for Vista Beta Testers
The long awaited Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been finally released for beta testers, who have noticed some improvements and bug fixes. Some of the reported improvements include the Disk Defragmenter, logon, Hibernation and Sleep modes, battery life for laptops.
Hopefully, they will release it officially for all users so we get rid for at [...]
Life Record Offers Medical Service for iPhones
We can currently see a lot of electronic health records available on the market but a new one is catching attention because it is aimed towards the iPhone. Life Record launches a new service that can put your health records on your Apple mobile phone. The downside is that AT&T charges quite a lot for [...]
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Sony Rumored to Use Windows Mobile
The Commercial Times recently reported that High Tech Computer just received ODM orders for Windows Mobile based smartphones. The company that made the orders is none other than the one that backs Symbian based UI, Sony Ericsson. It seems that this will have an impact on mobile phone markets around the second part of 2008 [...]
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Creative Suit 3 Helps Adobe Gain Record Profits
Adobe is gaining quite a lot of money with their Creative Suit 3 product cycle. The company declared that they got $205.2 million net income on a record breaking revenue of $851.7 million in the third quarter of the fiscal year. The end was of 45 cents per share, with 5 cents more than what [...]
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DIY Ringtones for iPhones Possible Again
Apple showed an interesting recent hostile behavior against DIY ringtones. It comes in complete contrast with the company’s neutrality neutral policy towards third party iPhone software available. After only 10 days passed since the release of iTunes 7.4.1 (this eliminated the easy possibility of getting an individual’s own ringtones on the iPhone) we now witnessed [...]
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Microsoft Applies Changes to Vista Search
Microsoft recently presented the most important changes it will make to the desktop search function in Windows Vista. This comes after in June it agreed to make the modification to the way this feature works after an attack from Google. The changes will come with the first Windows vista service pack. A beta version of [...]
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Online Adobe Photoshop
Adobe promised the world that they would release a lightweight online version of their highly popular Photoshop. Well, at the Photoshop World conference they gave a sneak peak of what was to come. There was a brief demonstration held by John Loiacono, senior vice president of the Creative Solutions Business Unite of Adobe, and some [...]
10Sep2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Sony Might Counter the iTunes Video Section
Sony might be able to exploit one of Apple iTunes’ weaknesses and that stands in video downloads. The company is getting ready to launch a challenge to Apple’s video service according to The Wall Street Journal. The Journal pointed out that Sony will be combining the PlayStation Portable, the PlayStation 3 and the Bravia HDTVs [...]
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Identity Theft Via P2P
When it comes to identity theft we believed all was already done. Well, Gregory Kopiloff, from Seattle, proved us wrong when he used a new scheme by using the Lime Wire peer to peer file sharing software. Through the software he got access to credit reports, bank statements, student financial aid applications and tax returns [...]
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AMD Goes Open Source
AMD recently announced new drivers for Linux and also unveiled some of its plans to open its drivers to the community. With this move the company will certainly earn some favors in the open source community but that is not all. Later this month we will be able to get our hands on the new [...]
6Sep2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Announced
Microsoft Corporation announced that it plans to release the first major update to Windows Vista OS early next year. This marks a date that has been awaited by the company’s large corporate customers before implementing a new Windows operating system. The first “Service pack” release is a package of fixes, improvements and updates. Large companies [...]
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Tribler - Changing Peer-To-Peer
It seems that researchers found a way to control file-sharing networks by considering bandwidth as a currency. This is how Tribler was created, a peer-to-peer system that could be beneficial. Through it sharers earn faster upload and download speed and leechers are penalized. File sharing networks are good for individuals that want to download large [...]
1Sep2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Medion’s MD 90110 Home Server
The Microsoft Windows Home Server Press Preview in Berlin saw Medion launching their new MD 90110 Home Server. Without further ado, here are the specs:
AMD RS-690/Intel 945GC chipset
AMD Sempron 64 (AM2) or Intel P4 LGA 775 processors
MicroATX motherboard
1 GB GDR 2 at 533 MHz
eSata HDD
2Tb of maximum storage with 4 X 500 GB plus Raid [...]