Archive for October, 2009 - Page 9

Microsoft Earnings Down by 14-percent [MSFT's Third Consecutive Decline in Quarterly Revenue, But Profits Beat Expectations]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

We’re not much into earnings and sales, but when it’s Microsoft publishing their third consecutive decline in quarterly revenue, something clicks and we’re intrigued. After making the official announcement for Windows 7 yesterday, today the business brains from MSFT have [...]

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Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Rugged Tablet PC [Dell's First Rugged Tablet Ends Up on FCC's Table]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

Regular TFTS readers should know that Dell have been on a launching spree this week announcing a new AIO PC, their first Android smartphone, a new MID and a multitouch monitor. What you guys may not know is that Dell’s [...]

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Apple Hits Back at Windows 7 Release with…Smugness [Haggard I'm a Mac, I'm a PC Ads Hint at Lack of Apple Inventiveness, More than Anything]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

Apple have acted to hit back at the release of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system, as one would expect them to, but, and perhaps it’s just me, Apple’s new “I’m a PC, I’m a Mac” ads just strike us [...]

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i.Tech SolarCharger 906 Portable Solar Charger Released [iPhone & BlackBerry Solar Charger Hits Retail, Boasts USB & 10 Adapter Tips]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

If you’re looking to harness the Sun’s rays for a little green tinged, free energy then you now have yet another solar charger vying for your attention in the form of the i.Tech SolarCharger 906 which serves to distinguish itself [...]

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Xbox Blu-ray Update Rumours Unfounded [No BD Drive For Xbox Planned, Ballmer's Comments Seemingly Misunderstood…Again]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

You may have read reports recently that seem to suggest that Microsoft’s Xbox console looks set to gain a Blu-ray drive – the reports being based on comments made by MS’s Steve Ballmer – but it now seems that MS [...]

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Free Amazon Kindle for PC Application Release Confirmed [Kindle PC Application Set to Release Next Month, Further Update to Employ Windows 7 Touch Technology]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

Following on form having just released their new Kindles, and specifically their Kindle International, Amazon have now confirmed that their Kindle for PC application, which will allow end users to gain access to over 360,000 eBooks which can be read [...]

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Motorola Droid Makes an Official Appearance on Motorola USA Website [Droid Pictures, Specs & Features Revealed a Week Before Launch]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

The day Android lovers are waiting for seems to be October 28. That’s when Verizon Wireless should launch the Motorola Droid. At least that’s how everything works in theory. What happens in real life is a very different thing. Motorola [...]

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Clearwire, Comcast & Sprint to Launch 4G in Six New Markets [Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Texas, North Carolina & Hawaii to Get 4G In Q4 2009]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

I wonder if we will ever be satisfied with transfer and data speeds. Will there come a time when we’ll say that we simply don’t need the next G? Don’t get me wrong, right now we desperately need the next [...]

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Apple Applies for Ad-Supported OS Patent [Apple Future Mac OS Available for Free; Advertisements to Run in the Background?]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

If you were to choose between paying for a computer operating system and getting it for free on condition that you have to sit through various advertisements all day long, what would you get? Apple seems to be interested in [...]

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Nokia Sues Apple for Patent Infringement [Apple’s iPhone Infringes Ten Nokia Patents, Allegedly]

By on Friday, 23. October 2009

Imagine my surprise to see Nokia sue Apple. The Finnish giant has just realized that Apple is (allegedly) infringing no less than ten Nokia patents with its iPhone. The trial has been filed with the Federal District Court in Delaware [...]

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