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Rate iPhone: Windows Mobile is no competition

Original at palmaddict.typepad.com external link    1 hour ago

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By sam mcloughln From RDH] Sammy I've almost given up on Windows Mobile, I think it will become almost extinct. We have two major players the iPhone and Android, Google and Apple are throwing everything into these platforms, Microsoft isn't trying hard enough. I'm not including Palm in my consideration be...

Rate Vista: Windows Vista C++ application is unable to print out documents

Original at MSDN Blogs external link    2 hours ago

By mimolong Windows Vista We could see that the ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND was returned by GetLastError(). This makes us think that for any reason, the API is not able to access the target file. At this step we can try to find in the documentation any hints that may lead us to any root cause, for instance any imp...

Rate Second Life: Second Life Enterprise breaths new life into Second Life

Original at socialmediasoapbox (WordPress) external link    3 hours ago

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By Stephen Rothman Second Life Enterprise now enables companies to use the same interface and features of Second Life on their own servers, so the content and information they place there is secure.  This is a big step, because security issues were an important barrier for many companies to use the Second Li...

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Rate Amazon Kindle: ‘Foolish’ debate: Nope, the iPhone won’t kill the Kindle—but LCDs don’t kill MY eyes

Original at TeleRead external link    7 hours ago

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By David Rothman But I’m not so sure about certain of Jhonsa’s other details. Granted, there isn’t a single modern bestseller among the top 20 paid apps for the iPhone, just as he notes. But the Kindle software on the iPhone can pick up the same bestsellers that the hardware Kindle can, and they don’t need to be...

Rate Xbox 360: Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Cheats (XBox 360)

Original at mymike21 (WordPress) external link    8 hours ago

By mymike21 Platform: Xbox 360 Beat the game with 100% completion to unlock an infinite ammo cap. The map below represents the location of all of the armor in the game. Platform: Xbox 360 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Cheat: Adjust Your Wanted Level To g

Rate Windows Mobile: Item : Htc P3300 Unlocked Cellular Phone Smartphone (deal, Price: £70)

Original at gumtree.com external link    8 hours ago

navigation smart and easy. Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Direct Push technology keeps you always up to date with e-mails calendar appointments and contacts. The innovative Htc RollR that combines the use of the Trackball and Track Wheel on the device makes map browsing and web surfing a bre...

9 hours ago

 

Rate Xbox 360: Opinion: The Future of TV

Original at aphilosopher (WordPress) external link    9 hours ago

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By Michael LaBossiere Image via Wikipedia While I’m rather fond of technology and gadgets, it is only recently that I tried Netflix streaming video on my Xbox 360. It was fairly easy to do: sign in via your Xbox Gold membership, download the Netflix app to the Xbox 360, get the code it provides, sign in to Netflix, i...

Rate Vista: Opinion: CyberNotes: How to Edit MP3 Details in Vista

Original at CyberNet Classics external link    13 hours ago

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By Ashley Microsoft Monday Your Week in Review with Sunday’s SummaryGoogle Maps Gives Editing Rights to UsersWindows Vista Beta 2 Update AvailableCyberNotes: Your Week in Review with Sunday’s SummaryCyberNotes: iCal vs. Windows Calendar

Rate Adobe Photoshop: Learn How To Use The Actions In Photoshop

Original at Tutorialized.com external link    13 hours ago

Learn how to use the actions palette in photoshop. By mastering this palette you will be able to build your own actions and call upon them at any time. Actions make your life easier so get used to usi... Microsoft BPOS Demo Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite demo. Watch it now.

18 hours ago

 

Rate Social Media: The 10 Biggest Social Media Stories This Week

Original at Mashable! external link    18 hours ago

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By Pete Cashmore Reviews: Facebook, Firefox, Google, Twitter, YouTube, iStockphoto Tags: social media 2. 10 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists – More Twitter List goodness, this time with real-world examples of Twitter list usage. Tags: social media

Rate Wii: New Zelda for Wii probably not coming until 2011

Original at CrunchGear external link    21 hours ago

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By Devin Coldewey It's not that we want to rush Nintendo in the creation of their next opus, but it might have been nice to have it in 2010. Perhaps the biggest of the "big three" Nintendo franchise games in the works (along with Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M) is "tracking" for 2010 but Nintendo isn't...

Rate Apple: Apple Store Opens First Retail Store in France

Original at tidbits_main (Feedburner) external link    22 hours ago

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By joe@tidbits.com (Joe Kissell) Paris, which has been my home since mid-2007, has pretty much everything anyone could want in a world-class city: outstanding restaurants, famous museums, striking architecture, fantastic public transportation, and a rich history that stretches back thousands of years. Besides be...

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Rate TiVo: Opinion: TiVo to Launch 802.11n Wireless Access Point

Original at Zatz Not Funny external link    Sat, Nov 7

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By Dave Zatz My TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD each communicate with my home network via TiVo’s very own 802.11g USB wireless adapter. And the solution just isn’t fast enough to copy HD content from one TiVo to another for real-time progressive download playback. So, I assume one goal of this product is to impro...

Rate GPS: Satio - GPS

Original at Esato external link    Sat, Nov 7

I have just bought this phone (second hand) It was under a pay as you go orange but not branded. The GPS programs on it are locations, google maps and wisepilot. I have since installed Garmin XT. All the programs work fine (although not completed the trial with wisepilot, because of the followi...

Rate Slingbox: End of the Road for SlingCatcher?Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Zatz Not Funny external link    Sat, Nov 7

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By Dave Zatz The SlingCatcher Fire SaleSlingCatcher and Slingbox PRO-HD Available for Pre-OrderSlingCatcher Is Real! Less than a year on the market, the SlingCatcher’s entrance fee has dropped by 2/3rds from retail launch pricing of $300 down to a rock bottom $99.99 at Best Buy. I can only assume sal...

Rate Xbox 360: Modern Warfare 2 Pirate Thwarted by Investigators

Original at Shacknews external link    Fri, Nov 6

On October 30, Activision Blizzard hired online investigation firm IPCybercrime to look into suspicious posts on Craigslist advertising Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundles for sale, roughly a week and a half before their release date.

Rate Xbox 360: OTX Data Shows Xbox 360 Console Defections to PlayStation 3 for Holiday Sequels

Original at NintendoDS Advanced external link    Fri, Nov 6    17 related articles

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While Ken might be baffled by the number of people who are going to buy Modern Warfare 2 on the PlayStation 3 over the Xbox 360 (see Editor's Note in the sidebar), it would seem that such a development does not come as a surprise to OTX's GamePlan Insights. Data they've provided to Gamasutra sh...

Rate Wii: Rabbids Go Home Review: Strip-Platforming

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Nov 6

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By Stephen Totilo The only game this fall that lets you shout the clothes of Santa Claus is a platformer without a jump button, a mix of Katamari Damacy and Mario, and another strong third-party original for the Wii. Confused by our reviews? Read our review FAQ.

Rate iPhone: Opinion: The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know

Original at Gizmodo external link    Fri, Nov 6

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By matt buchanan If you're on a Mac, it's easy to keep your Contacts synced—just tell Address Book to sync with Google. On Windows, you'll need a third-party app, like GO contact. That way, you can manage your contacts on your desktop, and have a local copy that's always synced up with what Google's got.

Rate Wii: Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins Of The Moon Announced For Wii

Original at Cinema Blend external link    Fri, Nov 6

XSeed Games recently announced that the Japanese adventure title developed by Namco Bandai and tri-Crescendo will be making its way to North America in early 2010, exclusively for the Nintendo Wii.

This Week

 

Rate VOIP: Vonage posts 3Q loss

Original at FierceVoIP external link    Fri, Nov 6

By Mike Dolan Despite the down numbers, Vonage has been making some serious moves lately, launching its $24.99 a month unlimited international calling plan and putting out an innovative smartphone app for Blackberry and the iPhone. Vonage iPhone App submission sends stock soaring

Rate Second Life: A Little About Modeling In Second Life, Part III (FIRST IMPRESSIONS CONTINUED)

Original at bestofkatherinecomet.com external link    Fri, Nov 6

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By Katherine Comet I have modeled now since June 09, and I can honestly say I love what I have added to my SL talents.  I have met more people than I thought possible in an online venue; many of whom I consider wonderful friends and would enjoy meeting in person some day.

Rate Ajax: Developing Large Web Applications

Original at O'Reilly Media, Inc. external link    Fri, Nov 6

By Kyle Loudon Get comprehensive coverage of issues involving HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, and database interaction This book is in progress, but you can still get started with this development approach through our Rough Cuts edition, which lets you read the manuscript as it's being written...

Rate ASUS Eee PC: ASUS Eee PC 1201N arriving December; Smartbook delayed until Q2 2010?

Original at SlashGear external link    Fri, Nov 6

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By Chris Davies As for the Eee PC 1201N, while official specifications are yet to be confirmed, a leak in October suggested the Ion ultraportable would have a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 processor, 3GB of RAM, a 320GB hard-drive and both WiFi and Bluetooth.  The 6-cell battery is tipped for up to 8hrs use.

Rate Home cinema: Denon AVR-2310CI 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver - Product of the Week

Original at About - News & Issues external link    Fri, Nov 6

When it comes to Home Theater Receivers, Denon offers some great options, and the Denon AVR-2310CI is a great value. The AVR-2310CI is a 7.1 channel home theater receiver that features audio decoding/processing for all Dolby/DTS surround sound formats including the Dolby Pro Logic IIz o...

Rate Palm Treo: A happy Treo 650 user

Original at palmaddict.typepad.com external link    Fri, Nov 6

By sam mcloughln From Mark C] Sammy thanks for a invaluable resource I'd like to chime in on the debate on older Palm devices, I use a Treo 650 it looks rather battered but it's well loved, and used all the time. My favorite app is Google Maps it's so useful and of course free of charge. No need to trade to a Palm Pre j...

Rate Home cinema: HDTV and Home Theater Podcast - Podcast #398: HDTV Buying Guide 2009

Original at hdtvmagazine.com external link    Thu, Nov 5

It's time for our annual HDTV buying guide. Just like last year, we're listing them by size instead of technology. Prices have dropped quite a bit in just 12 months, and there are some really exciting deals available right now. This year the prices for tier one manufacturers are even more affo...

Rate Apple: Opinion: HD Media Player Battlemodo: Apple TV Killers

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By Wilson Rothman This isn't about photos and music. Apple TV is better at both of those than any of this stuff. It's also not about renting movies or buying movies, or even streaming movies from Netflix. Roku has a nice cheap box for that, and Apple TV is suitable if you just want to live inside Steve Jobs' media st...

Rate Apple: Art or Virus? Symantec Villifies Spoof Apple “Trojan”

Original at TheAppleBlog external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By Darrell Etherington Security firm Symantec is warning computer users about a new Mac-specific Trojan that deletes files on the user’s hard drive, according to Techworld.com. It has dubbed the piece of malware “OSX.Loosemaque,” and uploaded a YouTube video of how it goes about its nefarious purpose.

Rate BlackBerry: Verizon launches BlackBerry 8530, LG Chocolate Touch, Samsung Convoy, and prepaid data

Original at Engadget external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By Chris Ziegler HTC's DROID ERIS is arguably the biggest announcement out of Verizon today, but that's not the only thing getting real this morning -- far from it, in fact. If BlackBerrys, music-centric dumbphones, rugged flips, or commitment-free data are your bag, head on over to Engadget Mobile wher...

Rate BlackBerry: Opinion: BlackBerry Bold 9700 Impressions: Small and Chirpy, Like a Black Hummingbird

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By matt buchanan The BlackBerry Bold 9700 in a word? Compact. It's efficient, almost cramped, like a Japanese car from the 80s. Succinctly, it's the new BlackBerry to buy if you're on T-Mobile or AT&T. Doubly so on T-Mo, since it's their first 3G BlackBerry.

Rate iPod: Waveboard on the iPhone, Google Wave access slightly better than Mobile Safari

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By Brett Terpstra Filed under: Productivity, iPhone Waveboard for iPhone is available on the App Store iTunes link for $0.99US. Under a buck, and it might be worth a look for avid Wavers (which I would be, if enough of my clients and cohorts had accounts to make it truly useful). via TechCrunch]

Rate Windows Mobile: HTC HD2 first impressions: The Windows Mobile phone we've been waiting for?

Original at Crave external link    Wed, Nov 4

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The HTC HD2 has done what we thought was impossible -- gotten us all hot and bothered about a Windows Mobile phone. Here are our first hands-on impressions

Rate Vista: Parallels Desktop 5 ships with a host of new and improved features

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By TJ Luoma Parallels 5 for Mac has been released, with Snow Leopard compatibility, Windows 7 support, full support for Aero, including Flip 3D in Windows Vista and 7 & OpenGL 2.1 and a host of other new or improved features. You aren't limited to Windows either; Parallels also adds support for Ope...

Rate iPod: Opinion: Who you gonna call? Irene's Spirit haunts your iPhone or iPod touchVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Mon, Nov 2

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By David Winograd Irene's Spirit [US$1.99, iTunes Link] puts a fortune telling spirit into your iPhone or iPod touch (with the exception of the first generation iPod touch) as long as you're running OS 3.0. TUAWWho you gonna call? Irene's Spirit haunts your iPhone or iPod touch originally appeared on The Uno...

Rate Vista: Windows Vista Rated More Secure Than Windows XP

Original at Sci-Tech Today external link    Mon, Nov 2

Browser Vulnerabilities For browser-based attacks on PCs running Windows XP, Microsoft vulnerabilities accounted for 56.4 percent of the total. By contrast, Microsoft vulnerabilities accounted for just 15.5 percent on Windows Vista-based machines, the report said.

Rate Amazon Kindle: Opinion: Francis Hamit: An Author's Point of View

Original at Joe Wikert's Kindleville external link    Mon, Nov 2

By Joe Wikert(jwikert@gmail.com) Please note: this e-mail was sent from an address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. We continue to experiment with e-book publishing, but it’s no longer a priority, and any future Kindle offerings will be through Smashwords.com.

Rate XM: Opinion: The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Satellite Radio

Original at Orbitcast external link    Sun, Nov 1

By Ryan Saghir As new satellite radios come out, I will continuously update this article to provide and maintain a consistent point of reference for anyone looking to buy the best satellite radio receiver possible. But first, we need to cover one thing: there really is no such thing as the "best" satelli...

Rate Sirius: Opinion: The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Satellite Radio

Original at Orbitcast external link    Sun, Nov 1

By Ryan Saghir The Sirius Stiletto 2 is a portable satellite radio that is great for all-day listening because it provides many versatile options. The Stiletto 2 has an internal satellite antenna plus antenna headphones for listening "on the go," as well as built-in WiFi and the ability to record up to 1...

Rate Zune: Opinion: Holy Zune Software, Batman!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at somninaut (WordPress) external link    Sun, Nov 1

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By somninaut Schnazzy I guess all Windows users would experience the same thing of the Zune software: a Microsoft music player developed for a Microsoft operating system is expected to run better on Windows than an Apple music player designed for the Macintosh operating system.

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate T-Mobile G1: Engadget Podcast 169 - 10.31.2009

Original at Engadget external link    Sat, Oct 31

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By Trent Wolbe 00:01:28 - Motorola DROID review 00:19:19 - Android 2.0 ported to original T-Mobile G1 (video) 00:57:28 - Apple TV 3.0 software update is out, with iTunes Extras, LP & Genius in tow 01:06:23 - Nokia vs. Apple: the in-depth analysis LISTEN (AAC)

Rate T-Mobile G1: REVIEWS: Droid by Motorola mobile phone

Original at lint.com external link    Fri, Oct 30

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By Stuart Miles When Google released its first Google phone with T-Mobile in 2008 the industry had high hopes. Here was an open source platform that would change the face of the industry and give Microsoft, Apple and anyone else who happened to be interested, a run for their money.

Rate Adobe Photoshop: How to Add a Simple Border to an Image in Adobe Photoshop

Original at eHow external link    Thu, Oct 29

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Adobe Photoshop is an amazing imaging tool. With it you can manipulate any image to achieve cool visual effects. Sometimes though, you just want to resize a picture so it looks good on the web. Luckily, by following a few easy steps, you can... Recent Article published on 10/28/2009 by tiffownst...

Rate Web 2.0: Pandora now shares with Facebook, Twitter

Original at CNET News.com external link    Wed, Oct 28

Pandora pushes out an update that allows users to share their stations on Facebook and Twitter, as well as create and send Pandora stations as a gift.

October of 2009

 

Rate MacBook: iMac Teardown Reveals What Apple Hides Behind Its Logo [Apple]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Oct 22

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By Mark Wilson The new iMac uses the Apple logo on the back for a very specific purpose. Can you guess? Hint: It's one of the few parts of the body that's plastic. The Apple logo integrates the AirPort antenna. Metal impedes wireless signals, which is one reason the plastic white MacBook has historically had...

Rate VOIP: Wednesday, October 21 - 2009

Original at AME Info external link    Wed, Oct 21

M2Msoft stand at Gitex 2009. Thanks to a ten years expertise in very constraining and exiging VoIP environments, and an early involvement in protocols designs (H323, SIP, codecs) the "telephony over Ip "by M2Msoft is leading solutions in many business fields.

Rate Social Media: As Technorati Falters, PostRank Launches New Blog Ranking Tools

Original at Read/WriteWeb external link    Mon, Oct 5

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By Marshall Kirkpatrick Last month PostRank released a new analytics tool that displays social media engagement on top of Google Analytics data. The new APIs will allow 1000 requests a day for free for noncommecial use, commercial licesnses are available as well.

Year 2009

 

Rate Zune: Zune HD Review: The PMP, EvolvedVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Sep 16

By Dan Nosowitz The big question: Can the Zune HD compete with the iPod Touch? I get the sense that Microsoft isn't trying to, exactly. Zune as Media Center The Zune HD is, like the other Zunes, Windows only. It can only sync with the Zune software, which is restricted to Windows.

Rate TiVo: The Hurt Keeps Coming: Dish And EchoStar Ordered To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million

Original at Techcrunch external link    Fri, Sep 4

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By Jason Kincaid The battle between Dish and TiVo rages on. As reported by Bloomberg, a judge has ruled that Dish and EchoStar must pay TiVo around $200 million for continuing to provide DVR service to its customers after being told to stop because it was violating TiVo’s patents. Dish and EchoStar plan to ap...

Rate XM: PaidContent.org: Sirius' XM Debt Sale Attracts Strong Demand; Subs Get Hit With Royalty Rate Hike

Original at Forbes external link    Thu, Jun 25

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