For every positive, there's a negative. For every orange, there's an apple. For every Starsky, a Hutch. That's why someone made these ying and yang bunk beds. I like it. My back, however, won't be too ha...
Friday, April 30, 2010
iPad 3G Dismantled: There Are Five Antennas
We've seen its communications board before, but now the entire iPad 3G has been torn open and had its parts analyzed. Here's what makes it different from a Wi-Fi-only iPad according to the guys at iFixit:* The immediate visible difference is the inclusion of a black plastic RF window on top of the iPad for better antenna reception.* The black...
New software updates take Nokia X6 and 5230 up to speed
Two rather popular smartphones in the both ends of the market spectrum - the Nokia X6 and the Nokia 5230 have just got some serious software updates that bring along several new features besides the regular bug fixes.Perhaps the biggest change in both devices is that kinetic scrolling has gone deeper down the interface and now you can enjoy...
Internet Explorer 9 HTML5 video will only support H.264; swivel on it, Ogg and Adobe
In a bold, blunt and brash announcement that must surely be intended to up-stage Steve Jobs' open letter to Adobe, the IE9 development team has stated that their new browser will only support H.264. This heralds the death of Ogg's Theora codec -- but OSnews says it better than I ever could. It also comes hot on the heels of news that Google's...
HP Buys Palm for 1.2 Bln
HP and Palm, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved...
HP Buys Palm for 1.2 Bln
HP and Palm, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved...
Adobe CTO says Flash 10.1 for Android in June -- will Froyo follow suit?
Let's take a break from Apple and Adobe's back-and-forth, shall we? Instead, we'll let the latter company talk about its work with Google, specifically the Android platform. Flash-based CTO Kevin Lynch said today in a post, "We look forward to delivering Flash Player 10.1 for Android smartphones as a public preview at Google I/O in May, and...
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid Lynx' arrives on the scene
Browse the webUbuntu includes Mozilla Firefox – for fast, safe web browsing. You can also choose alternative open-source browsers from the Ubuntu Software Centre.
Create professional documents and presentationsOpenOffice.org is fully compatible with Microsoft Office and has everything...
Steam for Mac opens a portal to May 12, steps through
Valve promised that Steam on Mac would arrive in April. As you're no doubt aware, April is nearly over. Does that make Steam... vaporware? Not quite. Put away the Caruso sunglasses for two more weeks, because our friends at Joystiq just received a one-line email reading: "Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is May...
Japanese Scientists Invent 'Elastic Water'
This is "elastic water," a substance researchers have created in Japan that's 95% water yet retains a jelly-like texture that's perfect for sticking tissues together.
The stuff is made by adding two grams of clay and "a small quantity of some organic matter" to regular old water. And if they're able to figure out how to increase its density,...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Google Maps gains Earth view, lets you gawk at 3D buildings in your browser
Google really like to keep as many things running in the browser as they can – the latest enhancement to what you can do in a browser is browse Google Earth content straight from the Google Maps page…The new Earth view in Google Maps requires a plug-in to run though, we’ve still got some way to go before those JavaScript 3D standards are...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
All Giz Wants: The Perfect Android Tablet
It's like 2007 all over again: The world is waiting with bated breath for someone to step up to Apple. Last time it was to answer the iPhone. This time, the iPad. Here's what we want to see.All signs point to the first—and most—attractive competitors to the iPad running Android, which sets up the next few months to be eerily familiar. Flash...
The New Blackberry OS 6.0
While RIM's WES 2010 keynote is still ongoing, the company's YouTube channel has kindly released the first teaser video for the incoming BlackBerry 6 operating system. There's a lot of movement on screen -- so much, in fact, that it's almost like RIM really doesn't want you to see the OS at all. We did catch sight of a Cover Flow-aping music organizer, an onscreen keyboard engaging in some threaded messaging, Facebook and Twitter...
Nokia N8 Official, With 12MP Camera and 720p Video Recording
It's official - Nokia unveiled their new flagship, the Nokia N8. With 12MP camera and 720p video recording, the latest handset from the Finnish company is on track to becoming the new imaging champ in the mobile phone world.The camera on the Nokia N8 is equipped with Carl Zeiss optics and a xenon flash. Nokia says that the image sensor "rivals...
Ban Portable Electronics Before Bed for More Restful Sleep
Taking your laptop, cellphone, or iPad to bed might seem to be an obvious candidate for keeping you up—you're playing with the device after all—but the real culprit is the glow of the screen.Photo by Aditya.Three years ago we shared some research with you indicating that people who used electronic devices before bed reported feeling less...
BlackBerry Pearl 3G Is the Smallest Yet, But Mysteriously Packs Wireless N
With its ultra-compact two-inch wide, 3.3 ounce body, the Pearl 3G is the smallest BlackBerry yet. Despite its size though, it's still a full-featured BlackBerry, and oddly, complete with 802.11n wireless support—a first for BlackBerry devices.The itty-bitty gadget will offer UMTS/HSDPA and Wi-Fi (b/g/n) support along with GPS, a 3.2MP camera,...
Monday, April 26, 2010
In India, HP Pavilion PCs Ship with Wii-Like Swing Motion Controller
Details are sparse at the moment, but something is happening in India. Something wand-like and prone to waggling. Called the Swing, it's a motion controller HP cooked up for their Pavilion PC desktops.For now this kidney bean is available only in India, will not be sold separately, and costs about $670(Rs.30000). It does exist, however, unlike...
iRetrofone Base—Dock Your iPhone In Last Century's Technology
Each and every rotary phone-styled iRetrofone Base is handmade from resin, and not only does it give you a stationary calling experience, it also docks and syncs via USB. Available now for $195(Rs.849...
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T CPU hits the shelves in all its six-core might
The high-end CPU market has been considered an Intel-exclusive territory as of late, but AMD are still not given up on it. The six-core AMD Phenom II X6 1055T CPU has hit the shelves exactly on schedule and is set to give the core 2010 processors a run for their money.Priced at 223 US dollars at Amazon, the Phenom II X6 1055T seems like a...
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Get i don't care button for facebook via chrome extension
Now that Facebook's "like" button is poised to take over the whole web, the campaign for a "dislike" button is more relevant than ever. But what about a third option, a "meh" option, an "I Don't Care" option? If you're a Google Chrome user, you can add "I Don't Care" to Facebook using the FBOSF extension.
OSF is an abbreviation of the...
Masochist Runs Windows XP On an iPad
First there was Windows 95 on an iPad. People cringed, but apparently they did not cringe enough, as someone else has managed to get Windows XP up and running on an iPad. Macheads, avert thy eyes!The "someone" in this case is Dave Soble, CEO of Evolve Technologies. He was crowing about his "accomplishment" on the Facebook late last week, and the fruits of his labor here:But how? VMWare Connectwise, to be precise, and it only took...
Saturday, April 24, 2010
160by2.com Launches New Application, Lifts SMS Wordlimit To 145 Chars
Looks like a lot has been happening at the 160by2.com free web-based SMS service. Just last week we had told you about the plans of 160by2.com to foray into China. 160by2.com has now released a Free SMS ‘Mobile Application’ which has a plethora of features and using which you can send web-based text messages right from your mobile devices....
After Govt Its IPL That Wants Google To Remove Content
It seems everyone wants to control what shows up on Google search. So if earlier today we reported how Indian government ranks 3rd among world governments in requesting content removal and censorship today now IPL the controversial cricket tournament is asking Google to remove certain content.
The reason for IPL to requests such removals...
Reevu lets loose updated MSX1 helmet with built-in rear-view system
Reevu's MSX1 helmet has been around in one form or another for years now, but the company has apparently be busily working on improving it all this time, and it's now finally let an actual production unit loose for an early review. As before, the helmet relies on an entirely mechanical mechanism rather than rear-view cameras, which webBikeworld...
Corsair Flash Survivor GTR keeps up enduring tradition of rugged survivalism
Was the torture-tested Survivor GT flash drive just not extreme enough for you? Time to slap an extra letter on the end of the model name and take the plunge with the Flash Survivor GTR from Corsair. As far as we can tell, it retains all the salient features of its predecessor -- meaning a CNC-milled aircraft-grade aluminum shell that can...
Speed Dial for Chrome Makes Your New Tab Page Look Awesome
Chrome only: Google Chrome extension Speed Dial updates, adding custom site logos for your speed dials and plenty of other customization settings to make your browser start page look great.
We've covered this extension before, but since then they've added the custom logos, which can be added by simply right-clicking on any tile and either...
Grab your 3D glasses and take a look at the SUN!
In what must surely be the worst (and best) case of reverse, shoehorned acronym (or 'backronym'), NASA has just released the first 3D images of the sun taken by its STEREO (no I'm not making this up) spacecraft.
The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories -- there are two of them, of course! -- work together to produce 3D imagery that...
Blippy screw-up exposes customers' credit cards on Google
Blippy calls itself "a fun and easy way to see and discuss what everyone is buying." Call me crazy, but I've never thought the service was a great idea. I mean...if I really want to tell people what I was spending money on, I could just tweet about it or post it on my Facebook wall.
...And at least I wouldn't be giving my credit card number...
Friday, April 23, 2010
How to Restore Your Privacy on Facebook
Since posting about Facebook's latest privacy rollback, we've received emails asking how users can protect themselves, and for clarification about what happened. Here, then, is a quick guide to locking down the new Facebook.First off, one big caveat: It is simply impossible to have the old Facebook experience with the old level of privacy....
The Pinball HD Review: iPad Pinball That's Close to Greatness
Since the iPad came out, I've been waiting, trembling, for a killer pinball app. The Pinball HD falls well short of pinball nirvana, but there are worse ways to drop $3—especially in the App Store.The physics aren't brilliant—the flippers and ricochets never feel just right. If you've been spoiled by Pinball FX (that's on Xbox 360), you'll...
Get BlackBerry 6.0 Now...Kind Of!!
Ok, it's not BlackBerry's next OS, 6.0, but it looks like it, non? The 6.0-inspired theme comes just days after leaked screenshots appeared, and includes fully-customizable icons, animated icons and a few other next-gen-like featur...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
GEARS Of WaR 3
Of all the places to launch a game, Gears of War 3 took its first public bow on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night. Lead designer Cliff Bleszinski was one of Fallon's guests and, as suspected, he used his spot to announce the third title in the Xbox 360-exclusive Gears of War series, pegging it for an April 2011 release.Fallon introduced...
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