Acer's Z5600 AIO All-In-One PC Will Have Windows 7, Available October 23; Microsoft Giving Windows 7 Updates To Everyone!!
On a side note, Microsoft has also mentioned that they will supply everyone using Windows 7 with updates. This includes people who have it illegally! Basically, Microsoft is giving us a sign to download it illegally - thank you torrents. Maybe Microsoft has a trick up its sleeves for all of those illegal Windows 7 PC users. Maybe they'll be able to crack down on those illegal users. We'll just have to see.
[Engadget (Acer), Gizmodo (Windows 7)]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Next WebOS Phone; The Palm Eos Being Released To AT&T
[Boy Genius]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Acer Says Windows 7 Will Be Available On October 23
[Gizmodo]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Google Releases 11 Videos About Chrome
Google has just released 11 videos about their Chrome web browser. Looks like they're slowly drifting away from their old comic strips and they are now planning to hit the big small screen. Right now, I don't have time to watch them all, but I'm still willing to show you guys. Just click on this link to see exactly what I'm talking about - and watch all 11 of them now. Thanks YouTube! I posted one for you below, just so you could check out a preview.
[Tech Crunch]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Palm Working On Second WebOS Device For 2009; Centro Look-Alike Or Mini Pre?
[Electronista, Reg Hardware, Boy Genius (Centro Look-Alike)]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Cupcake For Android Is Officially Here!!
That's the latest news. The Android Cupcake version (1.5) is now available to those T-Mobile G1 users. If you want to know how to get it check the Boy Genius link below. T-Mobile has already started to distribute the 1.5 Android build to its users, so that's a good sign that the wait is over. Cupcake features: customizable widgets, messaging enhancements, the virtual QWERTY keyboard and also a couple of other UI tweaks, according to Engadget.
[Boy Genius, Engadget]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Touchscreens On Steroids Thanks To Pop-Up Buttons!!
At first, I thought about this and said, why would they even implement this? But then, I thought about it and it's probably the best thing I've heard in a long while. Imagine if your iPhone (easiest relatable touchscreen phone) could magically just "lift" its own buttons up when you're typing on the virtual QWERTY keyboard. That would be amazing. If you don't understand exactly what I mean, just read this execerpt:
Now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed buttons that pop out from a touch-screen surface. The design retains the dynamic display capabilities of a normal touch screen but can also produce tactile buttons for certain functions.
Special thanks to those at Carnegie Mellon University, I now love them. This would definitely be an amazing addition and I hope to see it on future touchscreen phones. It could possibly eliminate my needs of a physical QWERTY keyboard, to a certain extent - I'd still love the extra screen room, which is what the slide-out QWERTY keyboard gives us. Read more about this technology at the link below.
[Crunch Gear]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Averatec Developing 10-Inch Netbook Running Android
[Slash Gear]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Windows 7's Windows XP Mode Needs 2GB of RAM and True Processor Virtualization
• 2GB of RAM minimum.
• While XP Mode will be a free download for buyers of Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Windows 7 Ultimate, you will need a licensed copy of Windows XP Service Pack 3.
I would definitely love to have Windows XP Mode on my Windows 7 PC, I just hope that these processors will be easy to find.
[Gizmodo]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Motorola IRONMAN Also Running Android
[Boy Genius, Engadget]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Motorola Calgary Will Be Motorola's First Android Phone; Flash and Inferno Get 'Canned'
On a side note, the Motorola Flash and Inferno (Motoprizm) have now been 'canned' aka will never be available. Oh well, I actually thought the Flash looks decent. On a side note, Android seems to be getting some recognition.
[Boy Genius]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Samsung's 23-Inch OLED TV By 2010; Panasonic Working on 37-Inch OLED TV
Panasonic wasn't going to let Samsung have all of the fun. They have just announced that they are working on a 37-inch OLED TV that will be available in 18-24 months from now. The said OLED TV will have a 50,000 hour life span (20,000 more than the average) and will be just 1-inch thick (a bit thicker than I expected). I love OLEDs and I can't wait for them to become mainstream. I just hope I don't have to wait until 2015 for them to "take off."
[Slash Gear (Panasonic), Engadget (Samsung)]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
iPhone 3.0 Beta 4 Now Available; iTunes 8.2 Points At Blu-ray For Upcoming Macs?
[Gizmodo (iPhone 3.0), Gizmodo (Blu-ray)]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
New PSP Rumoured To Be Named The PSP Go!; Has 16GB of Flash Memory
[Tech Radar, Electronista]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Nokia N97 Is Outdated; Packs A Measly 434MHz CPU
[Slash Gear]
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dell Studio One 19 All-In-One PC Now Available; Starts At $699
[Crunch Gear]
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
BlackBerry Tour Hitting Verizon This July?
[Boy Genius]
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
Cablevision Makes Me Want To Move To The US; $99 For 101Mbps Internet Speed
[Engadget]
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
Averatec N2700 Notebook Costs Just $699
[Slash Gear]
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
Marvel vs Capcom 2 Hitting The PS3 and Xbox 360 This Summer
Ahh yes, the rumours were true. The countdown is finished and Marvel vs Capcom 2 will indeed be relaunching. It will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PSN this summer. The aforementioned game will also have online play, so it's bound to get people excited. Playstation 3 owners should be expecting a demo this week - could be on Thursday because of the usual update schedule. You can visit the Capcom Unity website for a sneak peek or take a look at the video below if you please.
[Joystiq]
Monday, April 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
Firefox 3.0.10 On The Way; Firefox 3.5 Will Have Undo Closed Window Button
Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 reportedly has a new "Recently Closed Windows entry in the History menu that will allow you to restore accidentally closed windows." This is definitely good news, since the undo closed tab option is a life-saver for me. On a side note, Opera and Google Chrome already have this feature; Internet Explorer 8, on the other hand, is terrible.
[Beta News (Firefox 3.0.10), Lifehacker (Firefox 3.5)]
Monday, April 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
HTC Magic Now On Sale In Spain
[Slash Gear]
Monday, April 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
Samsung's First Android Phone In June; The I7500
[Mobile Crunch]
Monday, April 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
Samsung Omnia Pro By July?
[Boy Genius]
Sunday, April 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
Windows XP Mode Spotted In Windows 7
This Windows XP Mode will be available via a free download only for Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate users. It won't be coming out for everyone, so I guess I know which version I'll most likely be getting. I think it's a pretty clever addition on Microsoft's part. I give them props!
[Engadget, Windows Super Site]
Saturday, April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
LG GD900 With a Transparent Keypad Could See a May Release In the UK
[Tech Radar]
Saturday, April 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
Cupcake Coming To Android This May
[Mobile Crunch]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 Now Spotted On NewEgg For $900
Update: As of May 13, the IdeaPad Y550 is now available on the official Lenovo website with a base price of $599 USD. I found this out, thanks to the anonymous comment.
[New Egg]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 1 Comments
13-Year Old Boy Downloads The 1 Billionth App and Takes Home the Prize
Apple has spotted the person who downloaded the 1 billionth app off of the App Store and it was Connor Mulcahey of Connecticut. He took home a $10,000 USD iTunes gift certificate (that I would sell on eBay because I don't get anything off of the iTunes Store), a MacBook Pro and a Time Capsule. He's only 13-years old, so I'm pretty sure this is something that he'll remember for the rest of his life. Congratulations to him! I hope he spends that $10,000 iTunes gift certificate wisely.
[Apple Blog]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
MSI X-Slim X340 Starts At $1,100
[Slash Gear]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
Windows 7 RC Build 7100 Now Available On Torrents
[ZDNet Blogs]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 1 Comments
Verizon Launches the Samsung Trance Today
[Boy Genius]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
Asus EeeBox PC B208 With HDMI-Out Could Be Available This June
This is the EeeBox PC B208 from Acer and it is their latest nettop. This little nettop PC has Intel's Atom 330 CPU, an ATI Radeon HD 4530 graphics card, HDMI-out, WiFi, and gigabit Ethernet. It will be competing with Acer's AspireRevo that was revealed a couple of weeks ago. The AspireRevo nettop will be available in May and the EeeBox PC B208 could hit us in June, which one are you willing to buy?
[Engadget]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
Apple Patent Points At Volume Controls In Your Browser; Dislikes Netbooks, Likes Tablets?
This is probably what the tablet from Apple looks like. Okay, I'm clearly joking. Anyways, Apple's COO, Tim Cook, has denied that they have any plans for a netbook. Instead, he pointed towards more iPhone and iPod Touch devices, so this could mean that a tablet is in the making. It won't really matter to me which one they make because I'm fine with a tablet. You can always just get a stand and a Bluetooth keyboard if you don't like the on-screen keyboard. I hope that that Apple's next device has Bluetooth 3.0 because that's some blazing speed right there.
[CNet News, Apple Blog (tablet)]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
Fake Nokia N97 Hits China; Behold the Nokia N97i
[Boy Genius]
Friday, April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
Don't Download the Windows 7 RC Illegally Yet; A New Unfixable Hack
On a side note, researches Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar at this year's Hack in the Box security conference have mentioned that they have found an unfixable hack for Windows 7. We'll see what happens here, but I hope Microsoft can fix it. Anyways, take a look at the excerpt below, courtesy of Engadget.
A hack that's "unfixable" is a pretty bold claim, but that's just what researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar have announced at the now-happening Hack in the Box security conference, and they seem ready to back it up. Apparently, they've devised a means to gain control of a Windows 7 computer during the boot up process though the use of a tiny 3KB program dubbed VBootkit 2.0 (a follow-up to a similar Vista hack), which loads itself into the system memory and bypasses the hard drive altogether, making it extremely difficult to detect. Once loaded, an ill-intentioned individual could potentially change passwords, access protected files, or do just about anything else and then leave without a trace. The one fairly big drawback to the hack, however, and upside for most users, is that it can't be performed remotely, so it'll likely only be a significant concern for businesses or other folks using computers in public places -- unless, of course, Microsoft finds a way to fix the "unfixable."
[Gizmodo, Engadget (hack)]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Acer Aspire One Pro 531 Now Official
[Slash Gear]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
T-Mobile and Google Sell 1 Millionth G1 Handset; Congratulations Android!
The T-Mobile G1's platform, Android, has just passed Palm on the smartphone market (6% share), but this lead might not last too long since the Pre's launch is almost here! Take a look at the chart above to see who's dominating the smartphone category.
[CNet News]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Sony's Walkman E Series Looks Like USB Sticks, Don't Let It Fool You
[Engadget]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Skype's New Unlimited Plans for $6 A Month Includes 40 Countries
Skype Adds New Unlimited Country Subscriptions in U.S. and Canada
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
BlackBerry 9630 "Niagara" Will Hit The World As The BlackBerry Tour!!
How could you forget the sexiest upcoming BlackBerry to hit the market? The BlackBerry 9630 "Niagara" could be hitting the world as the BlackBerry Tour (now confirmed). The name doesn't strike me as anything breath-taking, but I could care less about the name. The same tipster that gave us this information mentioned that it will be available "early Summer." Look below for the supposed confirmation of the BlackBerry Tour name, courtesy of Boy Genius.
Thanks to one of our awesome readers, they’ve just alerted us to the fact that www.blackberry9630.com (something RIM would obviously own) and www.blackberrytour.com both point to the same IP address. Additionally, they were both coincidentally registered on the same date. Welp, it looks like BlackBerry Tour it is!
[Boy Genius]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Sharp's $999 Mebius Netbook Pre-Orders Now Available; Due June 5
[Gizmodo]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook Gets A Six-Cell Battery Option
[Engadget]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Apple Sells Its 1 Billionth App
[Mac Rumors]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Routon P730 and P760 MIDs Are Android-Based
[Slash Gear]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Leaked AT&T Doc Shows That The iPhone Trumps The Palm Pre
What has this world come to? Everyone likes a bit of competition, but apparently AT&T wants none of that. This information was revealed last night and it looks like AT&T is 100% behind the iPhone (no surprise). Maybe this will convince Apple enough to extend their sweet little iPhone deal to 2011. The completely biased chart was just leaked and you can take a look at it above. For more information about it, you can hit up the Boy Genius link below.
[Boy Genius]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Pentax K7D DSLR To Be Available On May 21; Specs Outlined
* Square sensor? 1.3 crop factor.
* A new, overhauled, excellent AF system
* At least 5fps
* 1.0x viewfinder
* 720p video with audio
* 1/8000 shutter
* 2.7 or 3.0 inch VGA res screen
Some purported specs of the Pentax K7D DSLR are:
* Same sensor as the K20D
* Up to 6400 ISO with better noise treatment
* 5 images/sec
* 100 % viewfinder
* Better weatherproofing
* Mirror lockup
* Liveview and HD Video
* Better stabilizer .
* Better DRE mode
* 77 zones light metering
* Much better AF system even with non-SDM lenses
* 3 inches/ 920 000 pixels screen with in-body editing (crop…)
* 1/8000 shutter with 1/250 sync
[Crunch Gear, Engadget]
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments