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Bada: Samsung’s new Mobile Platform

Alex — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:44:22 +0000

We barely started to get acustomed with Google’s Android and here is another one coming: Samsung is releasing the new open mobile platform, named ” bada”, meaning ‘ocean’ in Korean. Samsung officials say that bada will bring a lot of fun to people and will give a different mobile experience. They also added that the platform will be easy to use and the developers will be able to create interesting environments and applications using all kinds of Web services. Samsung is going to make the official presentation in London, Great Britan, in December.

Run Android on your PC

Alex — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:04:27 +0000

The big news on the online is of course the new Chrome OS. Still, two creative hackers managed to port the Google’s other operating system to x86. They also released the .02 version of the Android LiveCD built by them. This means you can boot freely and run Android on your PC right from the optical drive. You need to install it in the virtual machine and for real on the laptop. So, go ahead, test it and have fun!

Google Chrome OS

Alex — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:38:21 +0000

Google has announced that they want to create a Google Chrome OS. It is an open source operating system which will initially be used on netbooks. The code will be open-sourced right this year and the running Chrome OS will be used on netbooks in the middle of 2010. It is something the open source community is looking forward to see. There are some things that are expected from this OS and those things are: speed, simplicity and security. The new Os has to be fast and also lightweight. It has to be able to go from start up straight online really fast. Just like Google got us used to, the user interface must stay minimal and the experience has to be web-related. The security architecture has to be strong and be able to deal with all the viruses and have great security updates.

Google Chrome OS is separated from Android. Android was first designed to interact with many types of devices from phones to boxes and netbooks. Google Chrome OS is for those people who are most of the times connected on the web and it is meant to power up computers like small netbooks and even full-size desktop systems. There are some areas where Google Chrome OS and Android tend to overlap, but both are innovative in their own field.

Philips Net TV

Alex — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:51:00 +0000

How long has it been since you’ve watched your favorite TV series at the normal broadcasting time as announced by the network? Many people today watch their favorite shows from their computer and especially for us NetGear developed the Internet TV Player.

The Internet TV Player is like a bridge between you TV and your computer allowing you to watch Oprah, Lost and 24 (these are only a few examples) online. Thanks to the Net TV application you can use the TV to browse sites like: eBay, YouTube, Netlog, Funsport and MyAlbum using only the remote included in the package.

This application was especially designed for the 8000 and 9000 series. For those of you that don’t know I’ll tell you that the 8000 needs a wired Internet connection while the 9000 is 100% wireless.

According to the manufacturer, the Net TV will be available starting this April.

Stay tuned for more information!

Internet Clock Radio

Alex — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:39:00 +0000

Despite the huge success that digital gadgets had in the last few years apparently the traditional watches still won’t give up without a fight. Our lives are getting more and more digital by day. Almost everyone carries around a cellphone and an MP3 player or PMP not to mention that our works is highly based on a computer or a laptop.

Back to the watches, a good watch has an attractive fashionable design and offers accurate reading for its possessor. If a traditional watch is not for you, then I’ll recommend you the Internet Clock Radio.

The Internet Clock Radio is not Opera and Safari friendly and all it needs is the RealPlayer plugin in order to work.

iPhone Unlock Software

Alex — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:56:00 +0000

If you still haven’t found a way to unlock your beloved iPhone without causing any damage then you’ll be glad to hear that folks at iPhone Unlocking found the perfect way to help you.

The iPhone Unlock Software will unlock your handset in only 5 minutes with only one condition: your iPhone should be comprised between the 4GB v1.0.0 and 16GB 3G v2.2 category.

In addition to all that, the software will provide Google Maps compatibility, Wi-Fi connectivity, full iPod capability, RSS feed support, YouTube video support and the very useful iPhone Stumbler that will scan for wireless networks in your area.

Stay tuned for more information!

Windows 7 Beta Update Saves Your MP3s

Alex — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:58:56 +0000

Time has come for Microsoft to release their first patch for the Windows 7 public beta.

This update is saving your MP3 files from a very annoying bug that trims seconds of any track that’s been edited. If you didn’t back up your library, there’s a big chance that your afflicted files will be saved after installing this patch.

Together with this new update, Microsoft also released a new update for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Server 2003 / 2008 fixing a few vulnerabilities in the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol.

According to Christopher Budd, chief of Microsoft Security Response Team beta users will only get their fix only when the next public release because now this is a moderate risk for the new Windows.

iPhone 3G To Run Windows

Alex — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:10:10 +0000

Thanks to the Citrix Receiver, Windows will now be able to run on the famous iPhone. What’s Citrix Receiver? It’s a remote screen software that once connected to your PC makes you think you’re running Microsoft OS while benefiting from the copy / paste functions.

This means that you’ll be able to run a large number of Windows apps over the network using your iPhone.

Obviously this is not the first remote screen application developed for iPhone but without any doubt it’s the first one made by such a big company.

Nero Liquid Television is TiVo for the PC

Alex — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:01:21 +0000

The TiVos play a very important role nowadays in many people lifes while the PC and the TV desperately need DVR. That’s why Nero released on the market an affordable DVR including Liquid TV – a new program which brings TiVo software to your PC.

Liquid TV includes the software, one-year subscription to the service and also the Season Pass and KidZone features. The package includes a remote and a USB IR receiver – Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q allowing you to access QAM channels, over-the-air digital signals and analog channels.

The Nero Liquid TV can be yours right now for only $103.99.

Microsoft’s First Ever iPhone App The SeaDragon Mobile

Alex — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:06:55 +0000

The most amazing thing just happened on App Store, Microsoft has just added their first-ever iPhone application called the SeaDragon Mobile. The app is actually a demo of the photo display platform from Microsoft Live Labs and will allow you to zoom in on high-resolution pictures.

According to Alex Daley, group product manager for Microsoft Live Labs, this decision was influenced by iPhone’s high popularity worldwide and most important its advanced hardware.

The iPhone is the first handset that traveled so fast around the world and its GPU inspired Microsoft to develop a very useful application for it making a large number of people very happy.

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