Friday, April 15, 2011

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PS3 gamers ask Geohot to give it up already

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The war between Sony and Geohot may be over, but this may only be the beginning of the whining. This affair has been dragging [...] Related posts: Geohot loses it in rap video – calls Sony ‘fudge packers’ Sony’s “Other OS” removal in response to Hotz PS3 hack Sony and George Hotz settle lawsuit, so [...]

iPad killing PCs, not Macs

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Tablet hype, tablet shmype. Dress up the issue by excluding tablets (a.k.a. the iPad) from the data and by calling the iPad phenomenon “hype,” but the result is the same — Windows PC makers are losing sales and they still don’t have relevant product to stem the bleeding let alone grow sales. <A [...] Related [...]

Time’s finally right for white? [u]

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It’s just a color, yet few subjects over the last 10 months have gotten more press and here we wait, especially those that scoff at the notion, but apparently not for much longer. Potentially facing the rest of the year without a new iPhone, Phil Schiller’s Spring promise is about to come true. [...] Related [...]

Military working on smartphone encryption

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The US military is making an increasing use of smartphones for use in combat, but there have always been questions about security. Now officials are looking for ideas for complete encryption lockdown on both the operating systems and the storage capacity on phones. In recent [...]

Time’s finally right for white?

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It’s just a color, yet few subjects over the last 10 months have gotten more press and here we wait, especially those that scoff at the notion, but apparently not for much longer. Potentially facing the rest of the year without a new iPhone, Phil Schiller’s Spring promise is about to come true. [...] Related [...]

Spotify snubs free users, becomes useless

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Spotify is adjusting its free service in Europe from May 1. And in doing so is becoming just like every other music streaming service out there. As spelled out in an official blog post from Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek, changes are coming for all non-paying users of Spotify from May 1. Spotify Free [...]

Apple adds its own Do Not Track tool

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Apple has built a tool to limit data tracking into a forthcoming edition of Safari. It’s more in line with the Federal Trade Commission’s request feature than the literal blocking in Internet Explorer. The tool is designed to deal with websites that share user activity with third parties. The most prominent example is when external [...]

Seamless wireless photo transfer from your camera

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Many of us, especially iPhone and Android users, have become addicted to being able to upload photos to the net directly from our phones. Did you know that here was a device that would allow you to do that from your camera? With smartphone cameras in the 5 megapixel range and up, and all those [...]