Archive for August, 2011 - Page 3

This Week Brings The 29th Anniversary Of Email [On August 30th, 1982 V. A. Shiva Copyrighted “EMAIL” & The GUI We Still Use Today]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

August 30, 2011 marks the 29th anniversary of email as we know it today. 29 years ago a 16 year old by the name of V. A. Shiva copyrighted “EMAIL” and the GUI we still use including the fields “To: [...]

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IFA 2011: Sony HMZ-T1 Gets Pricing & Release Date [Sony's Head Mounted Visor, First Seen At CES 2011, Makes An Appearance At The 2011 IFA Show Under A New Name]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Remember back when we were covering CES like no tomorrow, and spotted a bizarre chunk of heavily updated retro tech in the form of a head-mounted visor from Sony? Well, it’s now being called the HMZ-T1 (it was called the [...]

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iPhone 5 Icon in Photo Stream Suggests Potential Design Changes [Minuscule iPhone Image Suggests Larger Screen & Different Home Button; Or It’s Just a Concept Icon]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

After the numerous rumored iPhone 5 parts we’ve seen in the past few days, we’re looking at a new leaked image today that could reveal more details about the future of the iPhone. This time around it’s an icon image [...]

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Amazon Bringing Authors & Readers Closer With The @author Feature [Reading On The Kindle & Have A Question For The Author? Use The New @author Feature & Ask Away]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Amazon has rolled-out a new feature for the Kindle, though while interesting, the support seems to be a bit limited for the initial launch. That being said, this feature is one that will bring some connection between the author and [...]

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IFA 2011: Sony Unveils The Alpha A77 Camera [Sony's Long-Delayed, Frequently Rumored Alpha A77 Camera Gets Shown Off At The IFA 2011 Show]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Camera buffs out there, brace yourselves, because the camera that even we’ve been keeping an eye out for since last year, the Sony Alpha A77, just got shown off out at the 2011 IFA show, and it’s looking pretty sharp [...]

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U.S. Service Members Enjoy Free Calls From Gmail [Overseas Military Personnel Can Call Family For Free Thanks To Google]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

If you are oversees as a U.S. military service person, you may understand how expensive it can be to call home. The charges can surely add up and replenishing phone cards can cost a pretty penny. Google claims to understand [...]

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No Extra HP TouchPad Stock Coming to the UK [HP to Make More webOS Tablets, But Not for UK Customers]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

Yesterday HP announced that “one last run” of TouchPad units will be produced to meet unfulfilled demand but, according to an update, that last batch of webOS tablet is not meant to cover any unfulfilled demands originating from the UK.

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4.7-inch HTC Runnymede Android Smartphone Leaked [New HTC Android Gingerbread Flagship Device Rumored, to Feature Bigger Screen, HTC Sense 3.5 & Beats by Dr. Dre Sound]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

HTC is working on a bunch of new smartphones and they’re not just Android machines but also Windows Phone 7.5 handsets. Most of them have been featured in various rumors and leaks, with the Holiday, Vigor, Ruby and Amaze 4G [...]

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IFA 2011: Sony Vaio S Series Laptops Get Updated Processors & 3D Option [Sony Shows Off Its Newly-Refreshed Vaio S Line Of Laptops At The 2011 IFA Show]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

The IFA show has already shown off a lot of impressive hardware and it hasn’t even technically started yet (the show actually runs from the 2nd to the 7th, according to the show’s promotional material), but with Sony flooding the [...]

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Apple iPhone 5 Release Date Is October 9 for New Zealand, Rumor Says [New International Launch Date In the Wild for Fifth-generation iPhone, This Time It Concerns New Zealand]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

With August almost over we’re looking forward to see Apple announce its fall media event, which is when the company will finally unveil its fifth-generation iPhone model(s). That’s also when we’ll get release dates, pricing and pre-order details for the [...]

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