Skype Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Technology
I have some very exciting news to share with you today. In the past couple of days, we and eBay have reached a settlement with Joltid regarding our dispute with them. This has extremely positive implications for us on three...
Google Operating System (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
Gmail Chat, the web-based version of Google Talk, added last year voice and video chat . The feature is now available in iGoogle and orkut , but it will probably be added to other Google services, as well. SFGate reports that Google will improve the service significantly in the coming months. Gmail's voice and video chats are now limited to one-to-one communications, but Google wants to broaden that...
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
Filed under: Bugs/Recalls , Apple TV We've heard a few reports of sync issues with the new Apple TV 3.0 software over the past few days, and apparently the chatter on the Apple support boards was on the mark : Apple has shipped 3.0.1, which is supposed to fix problems where 3.0 units would unexpectedly dump all their loaded content. You can get all the details from Apple's tech note . Since it's a...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
The always thorough DPReview has finally published its epic review of the Canon 7D. Their conclusion? Brilliant. While in the end your purchase probably will rely more on your investment into the Canon, Nikon, Pentax, or whatever ecosystem, the 7D performs incredibly well and should be considered among the very best available. Not much else [...]
Power Line (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
Our friend Monical Showalter writes regarding the victimization of the heroic Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez (of Generación Y ) by one of the dictators with whom Barack Obama takes no issue: Yoani Sanchez, the adorable and vividly good Cuban blogger who blogs about Castro's island hellhole from inside Cuba, using her own name, has been beaten up by Castro's thugs for the first time. Yoani described...
OLED-Info (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Technology
The MOTO Development Group's 5" Android 2.0 internet device (MID) is now available for developers. It is powered by a TI OMA3430 CPU and has a 5" OLED capacitive touchscreen. There's also a version with a similar LCD. The device includes a 8Mp camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an optional 3G module. The group is also developing 3.5" and 10" devices (should be available in 2010). No...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it's substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There's a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that's just the beginning. Updated: Update: The firmware upgrade went through just fine on my 32GB Zune HD, and I'm definitely seeing an improvement in the browser's speed. Before, it was mysteriously slow,...
GigaOM (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Technology
“Remember the scene in the movie “Minority Report” where Tom Cruise uses hand gestures instead of a mouse to interact with a computer screen displayed on the wall? The idea isn’t really that far-fetched, and software developer Pranav Mistry has been working on making it a reality.” Mistry has created SixthSense, writes Lisa Hoover on OStatic [...]
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Technology
Lincoln Braun writes "I play an online web game. BATracer which is designed to simulate a number of racing series including Formula 1, LeMans, A1 Grand Prix, Ferrari Challenge, and more. This week, however, the owner of the site received a legal notice from Ferrari , ordering a cease & desist from using Ferrari cars. BATracer has somewhere between 2000 and 3000 active users, most of whom...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Technology
With stacks of eight being only 0.6mm thick, Samsung's newest 30-nanometer NAND chips are practically anorexic, but for once that's a good thing. Thinner chips like these could bring smaller gadgets and hopefully also lead to lower SSD prices. According to Samsung, their new chips are actually the slimmest ever and "40% thinner and lighter than a conventional memory package." Whether those...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
Google's Vice President of Search Product and User Experience Marissa Mayer was recently profiled in a Vogue Magazine article that offered a in-depth glimpse into the exec's lifestyle, loves, career and fashion preferences. Now, Mayer has been named as one of Glamour Magazine's 2009 Women of the Year. Joining Mayer on the list are a variety of female powerhouses and icons including Maya Angelou, First...
KIJO (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
Dell may be focusing the bulk of its attention on the white-hot Adamo XPS , but it looks as if its attempting to slide the Zino HD into the wild without anyone noticing. If you'll recall, we snagged a little hands-on time with the box back in August, and now we've reason to believe that an official reveal is just moments away. The Zino HD is now listed on Dell's main "Desktops" portal (a...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Technology
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/08/13/samsung-unveils-a-camera-with-a-screen-on-the-front/
Android Phone Fans (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Technology
Photoshop is hands down the most popular professional image editing tool. In fact, the brand has reached the pinnacle of success where the actual brand name becomes a verb like Google, Kleenex, and Xerox. When a picture is obviously edited you say it was “photoshopped” regardless of what picture editing tool was actually used. Guess [...]
Arkytek Ltd :: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
Scant hours after the SDV tuning, DRM-relaxing firmware update for Vista and Windows 7 Digital Cable Tuner users became available, Missing Remote let us know Microsoft has come through on the other half of its CEDIA promise by pushing the Digital Cable Advisor to Media Center Extras galleries everywhere. This half should enable all Windows [...]
