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While Apple and its latest version of the iPhone, 3GS, have topped recent headlines, there is still a tremendous amount of buzz building about Google’s phone, nicknamed the gPhone. Michael Martin, who maintains a Google-approved blog for Android information called Google And Blog, predicts the summer to be promising for Android and says there will be 18 Android devices circulating by the end of this year.
The phone manufacturers of Android include HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola, and Huawei. The service providers are T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Rogers, and Vodaphone. Michael said Sprint would jump on board next year as well.
So, how are Apple and iPhone lovers responding to all this hype? To that question, Michael answered, “That’s a good question!” The primary difference between Android and Apple is that Android is open source and Apple is not. Michael does not believe Apple will relinquish its control and compares the situation to the 1980’s scenario of Mac vs. PC.
What do you think of all this buzz? Are you an iPhone fan or are you anxious to get your hands on Google’s Ion?
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Real-Time Search Engines Rush to Fill New Need
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Twitter has produced a hot new trend: real-time search. There is hardly a day that goes by within the Internet industry that real-time search is not mentioned. To feed this new hunger for real-time information, real-time search engines such as Twitter Search, Scoopler, Collecta, Topsy, CrowdEye, and more are popping up all around.
Unlike the traditional search engines, these real-time search engines return the most current information from the Web in the form of blog content and comments, Twitter messages, images and video, social services, news sources, and more.
Why does our society crave this continuous stream of information? Collecta CEO Gerry Campbell told WebProNews that this need to publish and consume information actually goes back to ancient times.
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Twitter has produced a hot new trend: real-time search. There is hardly a day that goes by within the Internet industry that real-time search is not mentioned. To feed this new hunger for real-time information, real-time search engines such as Twitter Search, Scoopler, Collecta, Topsy, CrowdEye, and more are popping up all around.
Unlike the traditional search engines, these real-time search engines return the most current information from the Web in the form of blog content and comments, Twitter messages, images and video, social services, news sources, and more.
Why does our society crave this continuous stream of information? Collecta CEO Gerry Campbell told WebProNews that this need to publish and consume information actually goes back to ancient times.
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Google’s OS to Challenge Microsoft?
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Googlers Sundar Pichai and Linus Upson announced on Wednesday that the company was embarking on a new project: the Google Chrome Operating System. After the Web browser launched last year, many people anticipated a Google OS as the company’s next move.
Google Chrome OS is open source and will initially be intended for netbooks; however, the system is said to be equipped to power large desktop systems as well. The three main aspects of the operating system are speed, simplicity, and security. Although Google will construct its own windowing system, the new OS will run on top of the kernel from the open source Linux OS.
According to the Google blog post making the announcement, the OS will not be available to consumers until the second half of 2010.
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Googlers Sundar Pichai and Linus Upson announced on Wednesday that the company was embarking on a new project: the Google Chrome Operating System. After the Web browser launched last year, many people anticipated a Google OS as the company’s next move.
Google Chrome OS is open source and will initially be intended for netbooks; however, the system is said to be equipped to power large desktop systems as well. The three main aspects of the operating system are speed, simplicity, and security. Although Google will construct its own windowing system, the new OS will run on top of the kernel from the open source Linux OS.
According to the Google blog post making the announcement, the OS will not be available to consumers until the second half of 2010.
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
LUCASFILM TRADEMARKS ‘LUCIDITY’ GAME SOFTWARE
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LucasFilm, parent company of LucasArts, is working on a new video game, so says a filing at the government-owned TARR (Trademark and Registration Retrieval) website. The title is called Lucidity and it’s classified as “video game software with manuals sold as a unit,” which sounds like your average retail, disc-based game. Digital distribution or DLC seems to be a possibility, as it’s also classified as a “downloadable” title. That’s about all the concrete information we’ve obtained from this filing thus far. If there’s anything else that would reveal more about the game, its title would be a good start. Let’s see, what does “lucidity” mean? According to Merriam-Webster , it is “a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously.” Ah, we see. That tells us ..
LucasFilm, parent company of LucasArts, is working on a new video game, so says a filing at the government-owned TARR (Trademark and Registration Retrieval) website. The title is called Lucidity and it’s classified as “video game software with manuals sold as a unit,” which sounds like your average retail, disc-based game. Digital distribution or DLC seems to be a possibility, as it’s also classified as a “downloadable” title. That’s about all the concrete information we’ve obtained from this filing thus far. If there’s anything else that would reveal more about the game, its title would be a good start. Let’s see, what does “lucidity” mean? According to Merriam-Webster , it is “a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously.” Ah, we see. That tells us ..
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PUREDEPTH RAMPS UP PRODUCTION OF "MULTI-LAYER" 3D DISPLAYS
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PureDepth has been talking up its “Multi-Layer” 3D display technology for quite some time now , but it looks like the displays should finally be rolling out en masse, with the company announcing that volume production of its new 12.1-inch displays was slated to begin this week, which follows those first few 20.1-inch displays that wound up in slot machines . For those not up to speed, the displays themselves make use of two LCD screens placed a few inches a part, which lets them display three dimensional images without the need for special glasses and, according to the company, without the headaches often associated with 3D setups. It also looks PureDepth is getting increasingly confident in the technology and its future, and it’s now even gone so far as to establish a Japanese arm of the company that it hopes will help it garner a bigger foothold in the country. Filed under: Displays PureDepth ramps up production of “Multi-Layer” 3D displays originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 21:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .
PureDepth has been talking up its “Multi-Layer” 3D display technology for quite some time now , but it looks like the displays should finally be rolling out en masse, with the company announcing that volume production of its new 12.1-inch displays was slated to begin this week, which follows those first few 20.1-inch displays that wound up in slot machines . For those not up to speed, the displays themselves make use of two LCD screens placed a few inches a part, which lets them display three dimensional images without the need for special glasses and, according to the company, without the headaches often associated with 3D setups. It also looks PureDepth is getting increasingly confident in the technology and its future, and it’s now even gone so far as to establish a Japanese arm of the company that it hopes will help it garner a bigger foothold in the country. Filed under: Displays PureDepth ramps up production of “Multi-Layer” 3D displays originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 21:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .
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PSA: WATCHMEN: THE END IS NIGH IS COMING TO THE PC
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Yesterday, and for seemingly no particular reason, Warner Bros. told GameSpot of its decision to not distribute the second episode of Watchmen: The End is Nigh on PC. Today, when asked for comment, a WB representative told Joystiq, “It is actually coming to PC. What we told GameSpot yesterday, as of yesterday, was what we knew.” Whoops! These things do happen though — the question now is whether or not the publisher is doing the public a disservice by continuing to release poorly made games based on the classic Warner property. But that’s a question you’ll have to ask yourself. And maybe Justin .
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PSA: Watchmen: The End is Nigh is coming to the PC
PSA: Watchmen: The End is Nigh is coming to the PC
NEW DETAILS ON KOREAN KATAMARI DAMACY ONLINE
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Remember Katamari Damacy Online ? Yeah, neither do we. A refresher: Katamari Online is a PC iteration of the weird and addicting franchise being published by WindySoft for Korea. First revealed two years ago, 4gamer.net has new details about the game (translated courtesy of andriasang.com ).
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New details on Korean Katamari Damacy Online
New details on Korean Katamari Damacy Online
MS. PAC-MAN SHOES, SPACE INVADERS SOAP, NOT NEWS
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When video games collide with do-it-yourself know-how and just a little bit of magic , wonderful things happen . Case in point, just look at those Ms. Pac-Man shoes and Space Invaders soaps (which we have arranged in a single image for dramatic effect). With shoes like that, just walking becomes a game — which it normally isn’t, despite what Nintendo tells you — as Pinky and Ms. Pac-Man engage in a cat-and-mouse chase all day long. And then, when the long day is done and it’s time to get clean, you’ll have to defend yourself from a squadron of soapy space invaders. What better way to stave off the glycerine-infused hordes than to slowly melt them away until you have to snuff them out in the shower drain? Such is the fate of all soaps, but especially invading soaps from space. Incidentally, if you want a pair of Ms. Pac-Man shoes of your own, the creators, Em & Sprout, have a few left in stock
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Apple bans updated 'Hot Dog Down a Hallway' game
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Metaversal Studios Inc. thinks its suggestive iPhone game, Hot Dog Down a Hallway, is being unfairly treated by Apple. According to the Boston Globe, Apple has banned the sale of the game's latest version because it does not meet the company's standards -- which state Apple reserves the right to reject "content or material" it feels "may be found objectionable by...users."
In the game, players launch a hot dog down a corridor attempting to avoid various obstacles, gaining achievements in the process, each with sexually suggestive names. A previous version of the game remains for sale on the store and while it's probably better than those stupid Fart applications, you'd probably be better off spending your money on something else.
Metaversal Studios Inc. thinks its suggestive iPhone game, Hot Dog Down a Hallway, is being unfairly treated by Apple. According to the Boston Globe, Apple has banned the sale of the game's latest version because it does not meet the company's standards -- which state Apple reserves the right to reject "content or material" it feels "may be found objectionable by...users."
In the game, players launch a hot dog down a corridor attempting to avoid various obstacles, gaining achievements in the process, each with sexually suggestive names. A previous version of the game remains for sale on the store and while it's probably better than those stupid Fart applications, you'd probably be better off spending your money on something else.
source: joystiq.com
Which is Better? Windows Or Unix Website Hosting?
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Many people recognize Linux Web Hosting as the best type of web hosting solution around, because of the added advantages of this web hosting solutions, which provide reliability, security, functionality, and affordability all in the one package.
We have numerous other articles written on this very subject. Each one tackles a different aspect of this complex topic.
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Many people recognize Linux Web Hosting as the best type of web hosting solution around, because of the added advantages of this web hosting solutions, which provide reliability, security, functionality, and affordability all in the one package.
We have numerous other articles written on this very subject. Each one tackles a different aspect of this complex topic.
Linux Servers Advantages
Linux servers have been known to run for long periods of time lacking nominal difficulties or down time being experienced, which is a believeable achievement while many Microsoft servers indigence to refresh and reboot their working methods at frequent intervals.
Linux establishations have no known vulnerabilities in their security working method; however, it is still believeed a priority of Linux to keep their methods operation with the best level of security around.
In the introduction, we saw how this subject can be beneficial to anyone. We will continue by explaining the basics of this topic.
Linux also presents its customers the added gain of cheaper Linux based web hosting solutions. This is chiefly due to open find distributions; hosts usually lapse these savings against their customers, making Linux web hosting solutions very affordable.
Disgains of Linux Servers
With every gain of a hosting solution, there has to be disgains as well, Linux hosting solutions are no exclusion to this statute. One of the highest disgains of Linux based applications is that they are powerless to accommodate windows applications and the coding conversions. This can indicate calamity for websites that have been hinted especially for windows based applications.
When choosing a web hosting bringer for Linux, make effective he presents all the necessarys army on security, counting firewall, worry stability for the servers, rejection of argument (DOS) protection.
Also, there are some necessarys army any web hosting service should involve, such as MYSQL army, statistics (preferably two speechs), antivirus and antispam army (added or involved) and the possibility to add your own speechs via FTP. If your web hosting service bringer doesn’t involve SSH access (this is very ordinary), make effective they can present you verify to establish those speechs. Of course, if your speech presents a security flaw, your web hosting bringer may ask you to change it or deny establishing it altogether.
Windows web hosting servers
Windows web hosting solutions provide many payback such as NET verify, ASP, visual necessary C++ and treasure speechs. Windows are also known for their dynamic page displays. All windows hosting policy, as well as MSSql for more experienced webmasters verify the Microsoft Access 2000 record and are usually relaxed and sound dispatch to direct codes to.
though Windows hosting post present a large number of payback and extras, the actuality that they have the odd security tricky, are flat to down time, and scheduled rebooting on a frequent beginning rehighests a viable disgain to with windows servers as a web hosting solution.
While the picking of a web-hosting server is an individual resolve, those looking for a hosting solution should believe the payback and disgains of both windows and Linux severs before making a picking.
When we begin to bring this information together, it starts to form the main idea of what this subject is about.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Time Warner drops Internet metering plan
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Time Warner Cable's decision to back off from a usage-based pricing change for high-speed Internet subscribers in four cities demonstrates how politically fraught the governance of Internet access and pricing can be.
Time Warner's new CEO, Glenn Britt, issued a statement yesterday saying the company had shelved the pricing trials in Rochester, N.Y., Austin and San Antonio, Texas, and Gressnboro, N.C. Those trials, which started only two weeks earlier, charged subscribers for the amount of bandwidth they used. Time Warner calls it a "consumption-based" model.
Britt said he had heard the public outcry over the pricing change in reaching the decision to pull back. It was an outcry that got members of Congress involved, and at one point U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., even met with him to describe Rochester's "outrage" over the proposal, according to a statement Schumer issued.
Maybe Britt would have been better off to launch the trials in other cities where the political machinery is not as sophisticated, one Washington insider remarked.
But the real issues involved are much more difficult than counting the number of demonstrators, or finding a way to quiet them, say observers.
The reality is that data use on the Internet is exploding, primarily due to video and other multimedia. It's becoming commonplace to download entire movies.
While carriers complain that a small number of users, maybe less than 15%, are using so much Internet capacity that they are hurting efficient and reliable Internet access for average users, in a few years, the average user will be a bandwidth hog too.
Carriers complain that to keep up with this growing demand, they have to enlarge their networks quickly, and deploy more efficient technologies that increase capacity. It seems inevitable to all parties that Internet access will cost more, but making the transition to a new pricing scheme based on consumption cannot be done overnight.
"The problem is that Internet customers are holding current contracts that say they get unlimited bandwidth, so to come back with metering is basically the carrier saying, 'We didn't mean it,'" said analyst Jack Gold.
"Really that's like GM or Ford saying if you drive your car over 100,000 miles, we'll charge you more," Gold said.
One lobbyist, a Time Warner Cable rival who asked to not be named, said it was likely Time Warner and other carriers would be implementing metered pricing eventually.
Time Warner Cable said it was going to focus for now on making measurement tools available so consumers can learn how much bandwidth they consume.
Under the trial that was shelved, customers were asked to choose Internet usage plans that capped monthly uploads and downloads at 10GB, 20GB, 40GB or 60GB. Customers would pay $1 per Gigabye if they went over those caps, with overage fees limited to $75.
Time Warner Cable's decision to back off from a usage-based pricing change for high-speed Internet subscribers in four cities demonstrates how politically fraught the governance of Internet access and pricing can be.
Time Warner's new CEO, Glenn Britt, issued a statement yesterday saying the company had shelved the pricing trials in Rochester, N.Y., Austin and San Antonio, Texas, and Gressnboro, N.C. Those trials, which started only two weeks earlier, charged subscribers for the amount of bandwidth they used. Time Warner calls it a "consumption-based" model.
Britt said he had heard the public outcry over the pricing change in reaching the decision to pull back. It was an outcry that got members of Congress involved, and at one point U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., even met with him to describe Rochester's "outrage" over the proposal, according to a statement Schumer issued.
Maybe Britt would have been better off to launch the trials in other cities where the political machinery is not as sophisticated, one Washington insider remarked.
But the real issues involved are much more difficult than counting the number of demonstrators, or finding a way to quiet them, say observers.
The reality is that data use on the Internet is exploding, primarily due to video and other multimedia. It's becoming commonplace to download entire movies.
While carriers complain that a small number of users, maybe less than 15%, are using so much Internet capacity that they are hurting efficient and reliable Internet access for average users, in a few years, the average user will be a bandwidth hog too.
Carriers complain that to keep up with this growing demand, they have to enlarge their networks quickly, and deploy more efficient technologies that increase capacity. It seems inevitable to all parties that Internet access will cost more, but making the transition to a new pricing scheme based on consumption cannot be done overnight.
"The problem is that Internet customers are holding current contracts that say they get unlimited bandwidth, so to come back with metering is basically the carrier saying, 'We didn't mean it,'" said analyst Jack Gold.
"Really that's like GM or Ford saying if you drive your car over 100,000 miles, we'll charge you more," Gold said.
One lobbyist, a Time Warner Cable rival who asked to not be named, said it was likely Time Warner and other carriers would be implementing metered pricing eventually.
Time Warner Cable said it was going to focus for now on making measurement tools available so consumers can learn how much bandwidth they consume.
Under the trial that was shelved, customers were asked to choose Internet usage plans that capped monthly uploads and downloads at 10GB, 20GB, 40GB or 60GB. Customers would pay $1 per Gigabye if they went over those caps, with overage fees limited to $75.
Will the iPhone ever come to Verizon?
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Rumors have circulated since Apple's iPhone was first launched that Verizon Wireless might get its own version of the popular device. But will the elusive iPhone ever come to Verizon's network?
Maybe. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg hinted that Verizon might offer the iPhone on its 4G wireless network, which the company plans to start building next year, in an interview with Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. Specifically, Seidenberg said that if Verizon were to offer the iPhone, it would most likely be available on its 4G wireless network rather than on the current CDMA-based cell phone network.
Now, I know this isn't iron-clad confirmation, but it's something.
Seidenberg added that Apple never "seriously considered making a CDMA version of the iPhone because it didn't have as wide a distribution opportunity," the article said. But he explained that Verizon's new 4G network will use a technology called LTE, or Long Term Evolution, which also happens to be the same technology that AT&T eventually plans to use for its 4G network.
While it may be true that Apple preferred working with AT&T because it uses GSM, a technology that most global cell phone companies use, there are also reports that Verizon actually turned down the iPhone because it wasn't willing to give up as much control as AT&T was. And these folks would argue, that this fact was the real reason that Apple struck the exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T instead of Verizon.
In any case, there is a lot of pent up demand for the iPhone among Verizon Wireless subscribers. I get e-mails all the time from readers asking me when I think Verizon might finally get the iPhone. Honestly, I have no inside information to know for sure when or if this will ever happen. But with talk that AT&T is trying to extend the exclusivity deal with Apple for the iPhone and the fact that Verizon's 4G network won't likely be ready for handheld devices until at least 2011, I'd say that anyone who is holding out to buy an iPhone in the hopes that Verizon might pick it up within the next two years, should stop waiting.
My advice is, just buy the current iPhone 3G, sign up for AT&T's two-year contract and when your contract is up, maybe, just maybe, Verizon will have a 4G version of the phone. Of course, two years is a long time when it comes to technology. So by the time your iPhone contract is finished, there might be an even cooler, slicker device on the market that trumps the iPhone.
One thing is certain, Verizon says it wants to get a whole bunch of different devices on both its current 3G wireless network through its Open Development Initiative and on its new 4G broadband wireless network. These devices include everything from Netbooks to remote medical monitoring devices to smart grid sensors to electronic book and magazine readers.
On Friday the company released initial technical specifications for these new devices so that they can run on the company's soon-to-be-built 4G wireless network.
Verizon is also planning to host a Web conference for developers on May 1 to discuss details on the LTE specifications, answer questions, and gather feedback. Verizon said this is the next phase in the company's open development program.
Verizon announced the Open Development Initiative in 2007 and has designed the program to offer a "fast track" for companies making devices and applications for the Verizon network. So far, the company says several devices have been certified, although today there are no commercial cell phones available that use Verizon's open network. Executives say this is because no device maker has come up with a business model to sell their open development devices and services.
Verizon plans to begin testing its 4G wireless network this year. And it will start building the network in several markets next year. The network uses spectrum the company acquired in the 700MHz spectrum auction, and the company is required to make a portion of whatever network it deploys using this spectrum open.
Rumors have circulated since Apple's iPhone was first launched that Verizon Wireless might get its own version of the popular device. But will the elusive iPhone ever come to Verizon's network?
Maybe. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg hinted that Verizon might offer the iPhone on its 4G wireless network, which the company plans to start building next year, in an interview with Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. Specifically, Seidenberg said that if Verizon were to offer the iPhone, it would most likely be available on its 4G wireless network rather than on the current CDMA-based cell phone network.
Now, I know this isn't iron-clad confirmation, but it's something.
Seidenberg added that Apple never "seriously considered making a CDMA version of the iPhone because it didn't have as wide a distribution opportunity," the article said. But he explained that Verizon's new 4G network will use a technology called LTE, or Long Term Evolution, which also happens to be the same technology that AT&T eventually plans to use for its 4G network.
While it may be true that Apple preferred working with AT&T because it uses GSM, a technology that most global cell phone companies use, there are also reports that Verizon actually turned down the iPhone because it wasn't willing to give up as much control as AT&T was. And these folks would argue, that this fact was the real reason that Apple struck the exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T instead of Verizon.
In any case, there is a lot of pent up demand for the iPhone among Verizon Wireless subscribers. I get e-mails all the time from readers asking me when I think Verizon might finally get the iPhone. Honestly, I have no inside information to know for sure when or if this will ever happen. But with talk that AT&T is trying to extend the exclusivity deal with Apple for the iPhone and the fact that Verizon's 4G network won't likely be ready for handheld devices until at least 2011, I'd say that anyone who is holding out to buy an iPhone in the hopes that Verizon might pick it up within the next two years, should stop waiting.
My advice is, just buy the current iPhone 3G, sign up for AT&T's two-year contract and when your contract is up, maybe, just maybe, Verizon will have a 4G version of the phone. Of course, two years is a long time when it comes to technology. So by the time your iPhone contract is finished, there might be an even cooler, slicker device on the market that trumps the iPhone.
One thing is certain, Verizon says it wants to get a whole bunch of different devices on both its current 3G wireless network through its Open Development Initiative and on its new 4G broadband wireless network. These devices include everything from Netbooks to remote medical monitoring devices to smart grid sensors to electronic book and magazine readers.
On Friday the company released initial technical specifications for these new devices so that they can run on the company's soon-to-be-built 4G wireless network.
Verizon is also planning to host a Web conference for developers on May 1 to discuss details on the LTE specifications, answer questions, and gather feedback. Verizon said this is the next phase in the company's open development program.
Verizon announced the Open Development Initiative in 2007 and has designed the program to offer a "fast track" for companies making devices and applications for the Verizon network. So far, the company says several devices have been certified, although today there are no commercial cell phones available that use Verizon's open network. Executives say this is because no device maker has come up with a business model to sell their open development devices and services.
Verizon plans to begin testing its 4G wireless network this year. And it will start building the network in several markets next year. The network uses spectrum the company acquired in the 700MHz spectrum auction, and the company is required to make a portion of whatever network it deploys using this spectrum open.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Drag Tabs from Google Chrome to Firefox
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When you want to open a Firefox tab in Chrome, you can simply drag the tab right over to Chrome—but to open a Chrome tab in Firefox, you need to grab the star icon and drag instead. The same thing works for both bookmarks and links—in fact, you can grab the link from one browser and drop it on the bookmarks bar of the other.
When you want to open a Firefox tab in Chrome, you can simply drag the tab right over to Chrome—but to open a Chrome tab in Firefox, you need to grab the star icon and drag instead. The same thing works for both bookmarks and links—in fact, you can grab the link from one browser and drop it on the bookmarks bar of the other.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Viral Video
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Because of the technology that we have today, it is quite commen for us to see some people getting some few moments of fame. Anyone can make a video that can come out as a viral video. According to Wikipedia, "a viral video is a video clip that gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or Instant messaging, blogs and other media sharing websites. Viral videos are often humorous in nature and include televised comedy sketches..."
For the latest and the top viral videos, you can checkour ViralVideoChart.com. The video above is an example of a top viral video today.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Asus Eee PC T91 Convertible Tablet
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There are signs that the Asus Eee PC T91 convertible touchscreen tablet will be launched very soon in the USA. There are a series of documents that ASUS has file at the FCC about the T91. But we have yet to see some close up shots of the motherboard or its user manual.
The netbook features an 8.9 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel touchscreen display that can be folded down over the keyboard allowing you to use the computer in tablet mode. It also features some custom software to make the touchscreen easy to use with Windows XP.
Well, this one's worth watching out for. Stay tuned.
Download for Free Sharepoint Designer 2007
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Two weeks ago, Microsoft open sourced the ASP.NET MVC code. Today, they announced that they're dropping the price of Sharepoint Designer 2007 as far as it can go - it's now available as a free download from Office Online.
The page states that Microsoft is "implementing a number of changes to promote and facilitate even more customization efforts on top of the SharePoint platform." One good way to do that is to get more developers to download and use Designer, and making it free should certainly help things along.
In general, the developer community is always slightly aloof when Microsoft announces they're releasing something for free. To ease minds, they put together a Q&A page to shed some light on the hows and whys of the Sharepoint change.
You'll need an MSN passport to sign in, but many of you either had one or created one so you could download the Windows 7 beta.
Two weeks ago, Microsoft open sourced the ASP.NET MVC code. Today, they announced that they're dropping the price of Sharepoint Designer 2007 as far as it can go - it's now available as a free download from Office Online.
The page states that Microsoft is "implementing a number of changes to promote and facilitate even more customization efforts on top of the SharePoint platform." One good way to do that is to get more developers to download and use Designer, and making it free should certainly help things along.
In general, the developer community is always slightly aloof when Microsoft announces they're releasing something for free. To ease minds, they put together a Q&A page to shed some light on the hows and whys of the Sharepoint change.
You'll need an MSN passport to sign in, but many of you either had one or created one so you could download the Windows 7 beta.
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