Archive for December, 2011 - Page 9

Windows Phone Marketplace Crosses The 50,000 Mark

Windows Phone App Marketplace Reaches Next Milestone, Has Had More Than 8,000 Apps Added In The Previous 30 Days & Crosses The 50,000 Mark
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

The Windows Phone Marketplace had 40,000 apps in late-November and it was expected to cross the 50,000 mark by the end of the year. And well, it looks like that milestone has since been achieved — the Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 50,000 available apps.

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Asus Eee PC 1225B Brings New Life To The Netbook

The Netbook Really Isn't That Dead With Asus' Announcement Of The Eee PC 1225B For Release In 2012
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

Anyone remember that great bit from Monty Python’s Holy Grail? Yes, I know most of them were great, but the one I’m thinking about is the “bring out your dead” bit. You know, the one where the dead cart is going by collecting those who’ve succumbed to the plague or [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Gets Ice Cream Sandwich, Unofficially

Wi-Fi Only Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Users Can Now Check Out An Early Alpha Release Of Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

If you are curious about running Ice Cream Sandwich on a tablet and happen to have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet there is a new alpha release that you can now play with. Of course, as the term alpha would imply, there are some pieces that are missing which [...]

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Apple Rumors Suggest A "Completely Redesigned" iPhone Will Be Coming In 2012

Apple iPhone Rumor Mill Kicks Up Again, Is Suggesting A New iPhone With A 4" Display & An Aluminum Back Cover
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

Well look what we have here, another flare up of next-generation rumors. And while we can call it the iPhone 5 for lack of a better name at this point, that is one tidbit that did not surface in this report. That being said, this latest is still firmly in [...]

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Spire Siri Port for Jailbroken iOS 5 Devices Available, Legal Too

Siri Port for iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G & Other iOS Devices Now Public, Conditions Apply to Make It Work
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

Just yesterday we mentioned a new Siri project meant to bring the virtual assistant legally to the iPhone 4 and the iPod touch 4G, i4Siri, and now we hear that a public Siri port, which also happens to be a legal one, has been released via Cydia.

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Tranquil PC MMC-12 Offers An Ultra-Slim Package For The Home Theater

Tranquil's New MMC-12 Goes After The Home Theater Market With Sandy Bridge Processing, An Optical Drive & Plenty More
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

The home theater PC is one of those great concepts that never really, sadly, took off in a really wide fashion. And it likely won’t, especially considering how many televisions, DVD and Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes there are out there that offer the internet functionality you need in your [...]

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Untethered iOS 5.0.1 Jailbreak Available via Redsn0w & Corona

Pod2g’s Untethered Jailbreak for iOS Devices Not Including the iPhone 4S & iPad 2 Launched by the iPhone Dev Team & Chronic Dev Team
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

Last week we saw proof that the untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak works on A4-based iOS devices and then we heard that Pod2g completed the exploit and handed it over to the Chronic Dev Team to release it as he started work on the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak.

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Two Sizes Of Apple Television Set To Launch This Summer, Say Reports

Summer 2012 Is Set To Be The Year Of The Apple Television, Available In Two Screen Sizes, Say Current Reports
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

Well, folks, another great Apple rumor has slipped out, and the rumor that we’ve been following for some time now about the Apple lineup of televisions seems to be quite a bit closer than ever before. In fact, if the current reports from Apple’s supply line pan out, we could [...]

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Dropbox Looks Like It Will Soon Have A Photo & Video Importer

Latest Experimental Build (v.1.3.4) Of Dropbox Features Include An Automatic Photo & Video Importer
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

Dropbox has recently released their latest experimental build. The new build comes as version 1.3.4 and can be found for OS X, Windows and Linux by way of the “Everything Else” section of the Dropbox user forums. This new build includes just a few new features, of which one sounds [...]

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Kobo Vox Ereading Tablet Gets Rooted & The Android Market

Kobo Vox Rooting Achieved, Means Your $200 Ereader Tablet Can Now Pretend To Be A Full-Fledged Android Tablet, Complete With Android Market Access
Filed by on Tuesday, 27. December 2011

It appears as if a hacking community is building behind the Kobo Vox. And coming as a result, it looks like the ereading tablet can now run the Android Market. But that being said, just because the Kobo Vox technically has access to the Android Market at this point — [...]

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