Archive for April, 2010 - Page 8

PowerV Quad Induction Charges Nintendo Wii Remotes [Charges Up To Four Wii Remotes Using Wireless Inductive Charging]

By on Thursday, 29. April 2010

You would need a PowerV Quad for your next Nintendo Wii party. Not only does it take the hassle out of charging four Wii remotes, but the device alone is pretty cool. Its sleek design and use of inductive charging [...]

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Fermi Puts Yield Rumors To Rest [NVIDIA GM Says 20% Yield Rumors Are Wrong, Hints At 512 Shader Core GPU, Doesn't Care About XFX]

By on Thursday, 29. April 2010

Rumors begun circulating a month ago or so that NVIDIA was only getting a 20% yield on the Fermi GF100 GPUs. This was allegedly causing the poor supply of GeForce 400 cards, and was causing NVIDIA to actually lose money [...]

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Apple Purchase Siri; Plans to Develop Google Search Rival? [Apple Makes a New Acquisition to Fight Google Search; Buys iPhone App Developer Siri]

By on Wednesday, 28. April 2010

Just yesterday we’ve heard that Apple has purchased one of the main developers of its iPad A4 chip, Intinsity, for a rumored $121 million and now we hear that Cupertino has made one more interesting acquisition. This time around the [...]

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HP Buying Palm [HP To Buy Struggling Mobile Phone Manufacturer For $1.2 Billion, Placing Huge Bet On webOS]

By on Wednesday, 28. April 2010

HP (the world’s biggest computer manufacturer) is going to buy Palm (the struggling mobile phone manufacturer). Palm has been in dire straits and was rumored to be courting several companies for a possible buy-out.

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Report: Manufacturers “Abandoning” Android [Bloomberg Reports That Wall Street, Phone Manufacturers 'Losing Faith' In Google & Android]

By on Wednesday, 28. April 2010

This is a highly dubious news report, but Bloomberg News is reporting that financial analysts in the mobile space and handset manufacturers are losing faith in both Google and Android’s future success. Despite perceived setbacks with Android, Google still says [...]

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Samsung Messenger B7330 Messaging Style Phone Announced For Canada [Samsung Messenger B7330 Heading To Rogers, Bell & Telus, Will Feature Windows Mobile 6.5]

By on Wednesday, 28. April 2010

Samsung has recently announced that the Messenger B7330 is going to be making its way into the Canadian market. And for those of you that recognize the handset in the image below, it is also available as the Omnia Pro [...]

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US OK’s First Offshore Wind Farm [130 Wind Turbines Headed For Nantucket Sound]

By on Wednesday, 28. April 2010

United States Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has officially approved the first offshore wind farm in the United States.  130 wind turbines will be built off the Massachusetts coast in the Nantucket Sound for roughly $1 billion USD.

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Compaq Airlife 100 Smart-book To Be Released In Spain [Telefonica Movistar To Release Compaq Airlife 100 Smart-book In Mid-May & Priced As Low As 229 Euros]

By on Wednesday, 28. April 2010

HP’s Compaq Airlife 100 smart-book has had a bit of attention as of late, it was officially announced back in February and more recently the specs were detailed on the HP website. Well, in a bit of news that will [...]

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Japan Planning To Launch Solar Sail “Space Yacht” [Ikaros Space Yacht Will Be Powered By The Sun]

By on Wednesday, 28. April 2010

Japan is planning to launch a new satellite with an innovative propulsion technology.  The Ikaros Space Yacht will use solar sail technology to harness the energy of the sun’s radiation, the “solar winds” that flow throughout our solar system.

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AT&T Offers iPad Wi-Fi + 3G Data Plan Details [AT&T Releases PDF Document With Final iPad 3G Data Plan Details, $14.99 For 250MB & $29.99 for Unlimited Access]

By on Wednesday, 28. April 2010

The Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G release is almost upon us, and just in case you forgot, it will be available this Friday April 30th. And perhaps a little more important are the details as to what you can expect [...]

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