Oct
29

Microsoft extends Windows 7 and Azure to open source developers

mindblaster on October 29th, 2009

Microsoft will unveil on Wednesday several open source initiatives to boost interoperability between Microsoft technologies, such as Windows 7, Windows Azure, and Silverlight, and open source technologies, including the Eclipse tools platform and Java.
Although the company has at times been viewed as the commercial opposite of the open source movement, the company’s latest gestures to [...]

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Oct
29

Nintendo to Launch DS With Larger Screen Next Month

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Nintendo preference launch a new to the job version of its handheld DS subsequently month with a bigger screen, it thought Thursday.
The Nintendo DS LL preference get to on selling in the sphere of Japan on Nov. 21 in support of ¥20,000 (US$220), which is solitary to some extent new than it charges in support [...]

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Oct
29

Google gets its groove on with music search

mindblaster on October 29th, 2009

Google stepped onto the Internet music stage, unveiling a service for finding, listening to or buying songs online.
Google announced an alliance with Lala.com and MySpace-owned iLike at Capitol Records headquarters in Los Angeles on Wednesday that could cut down on the number of mouse clicks it takes to sample or purchase a song on the [...]

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Oct
29

Nintendo cuts forecast as Wii loses sparkle

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Nintendo Co Ltd reported a 52 percent slide in quarterly profit on Thursday and slashed its full-year earnings forecast, as its Wii console loses its place as the videogame platform to beat.
Demand for Nintendo’s family-friendly games has cooled as rivals Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp bolster their catalog of games that appeal to die-hard players.
Nintendo’s [...]

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Oct
29

Twitter Rival Wins Over Popular Taiwanese Politician

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Plurk, a rival to Twitter with the aim of offers Chinese-language mini-blogging, has won an suspect promoter in the sphere of earlier Taiwanese presidential candidate Frank Hsieh. The runner-up in the sphere of carry on year’s Taiwan appointment launched a fresh put your name down for on Thursday upper-class “Frank’s Plurk Diary.”
“When I bare Plurk, [...]

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Oct
29

Verizon’s iPhone challenger goes on sale Nov. 6

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Verizon Wireless’ answer to the iPhone the Droid command depart on transaction intended for $200 subsequently week having the status of the company taps into the growing inclination intended for smart phones with the aim of depart far away from making calls.
The Droid may well help Verizon preserve its status having the status of the [...]

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Oct
29

Esquire looks to energize print with 3-D animation

mindblaster on October 29th, 2009

Hold Esquire’s December issue in front of a webcam, and an on-screen image of the magazine pops to life, letters flying off the cover. Shift and tilt the magazine, and the animation on the screen moves accordingly.
Robert Downey Jr. emerges out of the on-screen page in 3-D, offering half-improvised shtick on Esquire’s latest high-tech experiment [...]

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Oct
29

Motorola posts 3Q profit, names permanent CFO

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Motorola Inc. Reported an unexpected monthly profit Thursday in the role of operating losses in the field of its struggling movable phone division lessened. The company and forecast stronger-than-anticipated salary on behalf of the current dot.
Motorola shares jumped 49 cents, before 6.2 percent, to $8.45 in the field of premarket trading.
The results noticeable Motorola’s [...]

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Jul
13

Tweeters Beat Out Diggers

mindblaster on July 13th, 2009

Do you Twitter more than you Digg these days? If so, you’re part of new social networking trend as visits to the micro-blogging site beat Web site link sharing last week with citizen journalism playing a role.
Hitwise, an Internet traffic monitoring firm, reported today that tweets — the 140-character short posts by Twitter users — [...]

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Jul
13

How Digg Is Trying to Get Dugg by Developers

admin on July 13th, 2009

Popular link-sharing and rating site Digg relies on the contributions of its user community to submit stories and choose the most popular submissions.
Digg is now reaching out to another community — developers — in an effort to expand its footprint and get more users as it battles for share amid proliferating rivals.
Part of its effort [...]

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Jul
13

MSI Introduces New G41-Based Motherboards

mindblaster on July 13th, 2009

MSI has introduced a new series of motherboards incorporated with the Intel G41 chipset. The G41 chipset-based motherboards from MSI are designed for the gamers, engineering and multimedia professionals.
The chipset includes Intel GMA X4500 GPU which provides a better 3D performance when pitted against its predecessor G31. It also offers consumers an overall gaming experience [...]

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Jul
13

MSI introduces CR400 Classic notebook

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MSI has introduced the 14-inch CR400 notebook, which is the first of a new Classic series of portable PCs that will also eventually include the 16-inch CX600 and CR600 along with the 17.3-inch CX700 and CR700.
The 14-inch CR400 features a uni-body design with 45-degree angled edges. The CR400 features a 14-inch display, 6-cell large-capacity battery [...]

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Jul
13

Packard Bell intros updated ixtreme desktop PC

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Acer has Packard Bell has just announced that the introduction of an updated version of the company’s ixtreme desktop computer that is intended to provide users with support for the latest computer hardware and certain characteristics that may have a computer experience. According to the company, the new system, designed for gaming and multimedia enthusiasts, [...]

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Jul
13

AMD introduces five new energy-efficient Opteron processors

mindblaster on July 13th, 2009

Advanced Micro Devices has just announced a new processor, its latest range of six-core Opteron chip, previously codenamed Istanbul. These new models are designed for customers with a choice of a high-performance processor which also improve the energy efficiency of their high-end systems. There are five new models in AMD’s 6-core arrangement, with three focusing [...]

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Jul
13

Microsoft Aims Windows Embedded at Smartbooks

admin on July 13th, 2009

Microsoft plans to use Windows Embedded to combat rival operating systems in smartbooks and a number of other devices meant to always be connected to the Internet that Microsoft calls CIDs, or consumer Internet devices.
Smartbooks are mini-laptops similar to netbooks, with 10-inch screens and full keyboards. But they use different components, including processors from Arm [...]

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