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375 MB/sec. SD Cards Coming Your Way
March 9, 2009
on Mobile Storage
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Devin Connors
Pretec announced at CeBIT today that it has created the worlds first SDXC card, with 32GB of capacity and a transfer rate of 50MB/sec. Read more
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Mobile Users Rejoice: ExpressCard 2.0 in 2010
March 5, 2009
on Notebooks and Laptops
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Devin Connors
The PCMCIA announced that the new ExpressCard 2.0 standard has been finalized and devices based on it will be available starting in 2010. Read more
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Filmmaker To Implant Camera in Eye-Socket
March 5, 2009
on Communications Software
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Kevin Parrish
Talk about entering cyborg territory: a Canadian filmmaker says that he plans to install a mini camera in his prosthetic eye. Read more
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Microsoft Testing Kumo Search Engine
March 4, 2009
on Using the Internet
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Kevin Parrish
Yesterday Microsoft confirmed that it is indeed testing a new Internet search engine called Kumo, hoping to topple Google mammoth and once again rule the world. Read more
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Voice-to-Text Messaging Now On Skype
March 3, 2009
on Using the Internet
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Kevin Parrish
Skype announced this morning that SpinVox will now provide voicemail-to-text conversion for Skype Read more
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Acer's Hornet Device a Wii Clone?
March 2, 2009
on Video Game Related Topics
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Kevin Parrish
According to a Turkish website, Acer will soon release a Nintendo Wii clone based on Nvidia's Ion and Intel's Atom platforms. Read more
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Sony: Stringer Takes Over Presidency
February 27, 2009
on Miscellaneous
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Jane McEntegart
Sony Chairman and CEO, Howard Stringer, reportedly has plans to implement a company-wide reorganization including shifting around top executives at the company. Read more
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Cheaper Blu-ray Coming Your Way
February 26, 2009
on Home Theater
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Marcus Yam
One of the biggest barriers for any solid technology to gain the acceptance of the mainstream consumer is price. Those who have seen Blu-ray movies on a 1080p display know what a leap they are over DVD, but until prices fall below a certain point, consumers won’t buy in. Read more
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Intel is Denied a Hearing in Antitrust Case
February 25, 2009
on Business & Law
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Devin Connors
Several months after the European Union brought the beginnings of an antitrust case against Intel, the processor giant responds. Read more
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EU to Microsoft: Offer Other Browsers
February 24, 2009
on Using the Internet
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Kevin Parrish
The European Commission is requiring Microsoft to offer competitors' browsers to avoid breaching EU competition rules. Eat that you big bully! Read more
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Vizio Overtakes Sony for LCD TV Sales
February 20, 2009
on Display Panels and Monitors
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Tuan Nguyen
Statistics from iSuppli this week indicated that Vizio, a company popular for mainstream LCD TV panels in the U.S., surpassed Sony in terms of LCD TV sales for the first quarter of 2009.Vizio TVs are manufactured by Taiwanese OEM Amtran Technology. LCD Read more
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Girl Arrested for Texting; Hides Phone in Butt
February 18, 2009
on Mobility Miscellaneous
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Tuan Nguyen
Earlier last week, an incident occurred in a Wisconsin where a 14 year old girl was arrested by police officers after she was reported to the police by her school teacher for texting on her phone during class.After the girl was caught texting by her tea Read more
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World's Fastest Wireless Net Connection
February 18, 2009
on Networking
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Kevin Parrish
Australia's Telstra Corporation plans to launch the world's fastest wireless broadband network in the next few months. Read more
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Satellites Crash in Space, Debris Scatters
February 12, 2009
on Miscellaneous
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Jane McEntegart
In the first-ever space crash, two communications satellites have collided just shy of 500 miles over Sibera. Read more
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Xbox 360 Update May Cause System Failures
February 10, 2009
on Miscellaneous
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Gavin Steacy
Microsoft's Xbox 360 has come under criticism once again as the latest round of updates may be causing far more problems than it fixed. Read more