Archive for August, 2010
India's Blackberry Ban Aborted
A bullet, ladies and gentlemen, has been dodged for those of you who hope to continue using Blackberry service in India. We reported here just days ago that, on August 31, there would be a ban on Blackberry service in India. But today, the Blackberries are still on and humming [...]
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New iPod touch 4G: iPad-like 3G Data Features on Board?
If you thought the new iPhone 4 rumor we’ve seen earlier today was weird then wait till you get a load of this. A recent rumor is saying that the next-gen iPod touch, the forth-generation about to be unveiled tomorrow at Apple’s special media event might feature a special Micro-SIM [...]
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AMD Kills ATI Name, Keeps Radeon For Itself
Good news and bad news, folks–there’s a whole bunch of new Radeon products coming our way pretty soon, but the bad news is they now have nothing at all to do with ATI. AMD has basically now completely engulfed the ATI brand and is functioning on its own.
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LG Plans Release of Ultra-Thin OLED Monitor
We don’t hear too much about OLED monitors these days. Between LCD and straight LED, that’s most of the market outside of cell phones. OLED monitors just can’t compete. But LG’s looking to add one to the market, and the biggest thing you’ll notice about it is how easy it [...]
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Lockheed Martin's Autonomous Helicopter Wins Contract
Well, it’s not every day you get to update your own work on the fly, but remember when I told you about the Yale Aerial Manipulator? Yeah, like forty minutes ago. But as it turns out, Lockheed Martin’s already done something similar, but much bigger.
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iPads Now Shipping, Again
A few days ago, Wall Street analysts that monitor industry supply chains out East predicted that iPad supply would soon meet iPad demand in the United States. Well, that’s turned out to be true. Apple.com is now showing all six variants of the iPad as ready to ship within 24 [...]
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Want To Find Cellphones? Try The Wolfhound
The guys behind Wolfhound tested it at a Bangkok prison. Half an hour later it found ten contraband cell phones.
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Droid Does.... Prepaid?
Prepaid plans are a great way to save money. But one draw back is that prepaid carriers often don’t have the latest and greatest selection of phones for their plans. That may change very soon. Alleged internal documents from Verizon Wireless show America’s biggest carrier may be planning a frenzy [...]
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iTunes Looking To Stream Video?
This is really early stage stuff–in fact, it’s based entirely around a customer survey Apple’s running for iTunes. But one particular point on the survey is giving plenty of people pause, and making folks wonder, is Apple looking to offer streaming video?
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Onkyo BD-SP808 Blu-ray Player Comes with BLOCKBUSTER On Demand
Onkyo is all set to release the BD-SP808 Blu-ray player this month and something neat about it is that it will come with BLOCKBUSTER on Demand.
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