Jan 29, 2012 10:30 am
Microsoft announced a desktop version of kinect a few weeks ago and it seems they’ve got a few more tricks up their sleeve with the motion sensing product heading to netbooks and ultraportables as well.
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Jan 29, 2012 10:16 am
If you read tech blogs and technology oriented sites regularly you notice that privacy is a hot topic on those sites. Most readers who visit those sites cherish their privacy, while the majority of Internet users are likely unaware of how their privacy may be compromised on the Internet. Tracking...
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Jan 29, 2012 10:06 am
(AP) -- The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police.
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Jan 29, 2012 9:10 am
NVIDIA’s latest graphics solutions, Keplar, have started trickling in to OEMs, so we can hopefully see this solution shipping in Ultrabooks and Notebooks in the April-June time period. Nevertheless, the true, large batch of Kepler GPUs will only be sent …
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Jan 29, 2012 8:50 am
The non-profit organization Business for Social Responsibilty has published an open letter to The New York Times pointing out several inaccuracies and misleading statements in the publication's recent report that suggested Apple has ignored worker problems at manufacturing partner Foxconn.
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Jan 29, 2012 8:48 am
Here's a video recap of the top tech stories involving Apple for the fourth week of 2012, including a look at Apple's earnings, Macworld, product news, the week's business stories, and upcoming events.
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Jan 29, 2012 8:41 am
Final Cut Pro expert Larry Jordan walked out of Macworld|iWorld with a sense of what the future holds for video editors. While there will still be a need to cater to the high end of video production, several products at the conference demonstrate that regular people shooting with consumer gear is...
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Jan 29, 2012 8:39 am
The time for partial screenshots of webpages viewed on your Android phone (and the tiresome stitching of those partial screenshots) is finally over. Thanks to the screen-grabbing powers of the SnowDeer Web Scrapper app for Android, you can now grab entire screens of webpages. There already is a...
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Jan 29, 2012 8:33 am
Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social-networking service, is aiming to file for its initial public offering as early as next week, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Jan 29, 2012 8:15 am
Mobile World Congress is around the corner and the rumors are flying around whether or not Samsung is going to launch the next generation to its wildly successful Galaxy SII at the event in Barcelona at the end of February.…
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Jan 29, 2012 8:00 am
School districts in Madison, Wisconsin will be getting a total of 1,400 iPads this year, all of them paid for by Microsoft, reports the Wisconsin State Journal. The state will use a portion of the nearly $80 million it will receive from the tech giant to buy 600 iPads this spring and 800 more in...
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Jan 29, 2012 7:53 am
Taglists is an iPhone and iPad app that lets you create and share playlists made up of music, videos, and photos that can be streamed for free by you and
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Jan 29, 2012 7:22 am
Are you ready for some more rumors about the next line of Samsung Galaxy S Android phones? Well we don’t any new ones for you yet, we are going to go over what is most likely going to be in the Samsung Galaxy S3. We’ve been seeing rumors of the Galaxy S3 since late last year, and they...
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Jan 29, 2012 6:33 am
The year 2011 was all about “dual core”, becoming the standard for high-end smartphones. And we just witnessed what superphones like the Samsung Galaxy S II, DROID RAZR MAXX, and others are capable of. These phones are five times more powerful than anything released last year, and for this...
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Jan 29, 2012 6:10 am
Lucky Clan has released Top Camera 3.5 for iOS, an update to their versatile Photography app that adds more than 25 features to the standard iOS Camera app. Top Camera supports operation in both portrait and landscape orientations, includes iTunes File Sharing, and saves images to its internal...
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Jan 29, 2012 6:10 am
Remoter Labs has announced Remoter 1.0.1 for OS X, an update to their brand new productivity app that allows users to remotely control Macs via Screen Sharing, and Windows or Linux PCs using the VNC or RDP standards. Remoter offers one of the fastest implementations of the VNC and RDP protocols...
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Jan 29, 2012 6:10 am
iOS application development company, Internet Design Zone has introduced Multiplication For Kids 1.0, their fun educational game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Learn multiplication skills easily. Suitable for children aged 4-8 years, Multiplication For Kids serves to help little kids...
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Jan 29, 2012 6:10 am
Appsequence introduced Kinema 1.0, their exciting new movie entertainment app for iOS. Featuring an intuitive, streamlined interface, Kinema aims to list every detail about every movie ever made. Users can find out what movies are playing in theater and check out what other movies are coming up....
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Jan 29, 2012 6:10 am
Kaenaa Corp announced the release of next version of its game "Hungry Yogi", its simple, kid friendly game for iOS devices. The game is about Yogi who completes his journey by fulfilling his materialistic desires for food and wealth so that he can finally meditate in peace and reach Nirvana. It...
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Jan 29, 2012 6:10 am
INZMORE has introduced Jewel Frenzy 1.0, their new puzzle game for iOS devices. Simple and easy-to-play, Jewel Frenzy is an amazing match-3 game with impressive graphics and exciting gameplay, in which the player rush to click on a block of 3 or more of same color gems in order to clear them in...
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Jan 29, 2012 6:10 am
California based Raj Bains announced the release of Doozy 2.0 for iOS. Doozy is to task management what a chalkboard or whiteboard is to brainstorming. By transforming tasks and events into interactive icons, Doozy literally shows users what they need to do. Doozy takes standard task management -...
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Jan 29, 2012 6:10 am
Tharle Games has introduced Chewy Balls HD 1.0, their brand new gaming title for iPad. Chewy Balls is an ideal game for kids, teens and adults who love playing variety games. The game objective is to clear the chewy's by matching three or more similar chewy balls. The only condition is that there...
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Jan 29, 2012 5:24 am
At issue is whether some of the titans of tech conspired not to hire each other's employees. Attorney Joe Saveri argues the alleged conspiracy kept workers salaries artificially low by stifling competition.
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Jan 29, 2012 5:05 am
As a follow up to yesterday’s warning from Symantec about the threat of Android.Counterclank, Lookout Mobile Security came out with a more nuanced perspective on the Apperhand SDK central to the issue.
Unlike Symantec, they don’t go…
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Jan 29, 2012 4:22 am
An Android smartphone is a powerful computing device. However, there are some things that a smartphone can’t do or can’t handle. That’s why we have desktops, after all. However, we just can’t lug a desktop around. It’s also a bit of a hassle when a home computer is...
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Jan 29, 2012 4:14 am
In the consumer market, Apple's iOS and Android's licensees have engaged in a consumer tug of war over sales. Among enterprise buyers however, Apple has maintained extensive lead that is only strengthening.
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Jan 29, 2012 3:03 am
SAN FRANCISCO, MACWORLD/IWORLD 2012 — Here is some video of the big drum circle that wrapped up Macworld. Such a great way to end a conference! Macworld is done, but we’ll have the remainder of our show posts tomorrow. Similar Posts:Why Macworld Is Being Rebranded As iWorld Quick Look...
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Jan 29, 2012 2:38 am
The Omni Group is famous for their high quality, thoughtfully designed, and enormously useful productivity apps for iPhone, iPad, and Macs, including OmniFocus, OmniGraphSketcher, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner. They were one
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Jan 29, 2012 2:36 am
Chris Holt takes a look at the games being shown off at Macworld | iWorld this week -- some of which are already in the App Store and some which will arrive soon.
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Jan 29, 2012 2:00 am
Sanho had its Kickstarter-funded CloudFTP at Macworld | iWorld 2012 this year, and the project has generated a lot of excitement. Sanho's Daniel Chin originally sought $100,000 in funding through Kickstarter, but wound up with more than 2,700 backers and more than $262,000 by the time the pledge...
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Jan 29, 2012 1:43 am
John F. Braun provides a photo tour from the first day of the Macworld|iWorld Expo 2012 show floor, including illuminated artwork, cases with bling, whack-a-phone, a pink flamingo trailer, and more.
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Jan 29, 2012 1:35 am
John F. Braun spent the past few days scouring the expo floor at Macworld|iWorld and one of the many products that caught his eye was the Kudos Power Wireless Charging Power Kit, a system that charges your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S by using wireless induction technology.
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Jan 29, 2012 1:25 am
The world of mice could often be described charitably as stagnant: it's an endless sea of ergonomic shapes that assume you're sitting at a desk and have lots of room in your bag. Logitech's Cube is about as different as you can get, with a small, brick-like design that relies on touch and...
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Jan 29, 2012 1:20 am
Corporate responsibility consultancy BSR isn't happy that its name got pulled into the New York Times' provocative report on Apple and its suppliers' manufacturing practices ("a consultant at BSR" was the source for a significant section of the piece). The company today asked for the story to be...
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Jan 29, 2012 1:20 am
Corporate responsibility consultancy BSR isn't happy that its name got pulled into the New York Times' provocative report on Apple and its suppliers' manufacturing practices ("a consultant at BSR" was the source for a significant section of the piece). The company today asked for the story to be...
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Jan 29, 2012 1:08 am
The iPad-only Babiis, which debuted at Macworld | iWorld, delivers video messages to the under-two set, while using the iPad 2's front-facing camera to record their reactions to recorded greetings and stories from family members.
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Jan 29, 2012 1:01 am
Hackers did not take down Facebook today, as they had earlier claimed they would. Meanwhile, the pace of tweets appears to have slowed amid an ongoing Twitter boycott. And Twitter's lawyer responds.
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Jan 29, 2012 12:49 am
SAN FRANCISCO, MACWORLD / IWORLD 2012 — The exhibit hall was hopping today, with plenty of Apple enthusiasts checking out the various booths and panel discussions throughout the day. Today’s crowd — not surprisingly — was the most diverse of the three-day event due to the...
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Jan 29, 2012 12:40 am
WillowTree Apps wants to tap into your Facebook network to help you discover new places, movies, bands, and books with its latest Likes app.
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Jan 29, 2012 12:31 am
Watershed is a company based in North Carolina that makes a variety of waterproof bags, including a range of military backpacks. It has an iPad tote bag called the Grid Tablet that is used by none other than the Navy Seals. The $97 Grid Tablet bag is seriously waterproof. It can withstand...
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Jan 29, 2012 12:20 am
The Rhythm Touch is a small rectangular box the size of half a deck of cards, and it uses electric stimulator pads to ease muscle pain.
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Jan 29, 2012 12:02 am
My thanks to MindNode for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. MindNode is an easy-to-use mind-mapping app, available for your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. With great features like Dropbox support and Wi-Fi sharing, the different versions work together cleverly, providing you with a system for...
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Jan 29, 2012 12:02 am
You want apps, and the Android market has plenty of them except at times finding what you want or something new can be a bit challenging. Don't worry, we have got you covered, so let's hit the break and check out some of this weeks picks. read more
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Jan 29, 2012 12:00 am
The full music-video for ‘This Is Aperture’ – a Portal-style remake of ‘This Is Halloween’ from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I made this as part of project ‘Goodbye Christmas Caroline’. [Harry-UK] Related posts: Aperture: A Triumph of Science [Video]...
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Jan 29, 2012 12:00 am
Boost the volume of your iPad 2's speaker with a simple and inexpensive add-on. Alexandra Chang demos the SoundJaw on the Macworld | iWorld show floor.
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Jan 29, 2012 12:00 am
Cook sends email out to Apple employees in response to report of factory worker conditions.
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Jan 28, 2012 11:59 pm
SAN FRANCISCO, MACWORLD / iWORLD 2012 — Gregory Wyatt is a fast-talking coroner with a touch of gallows humor and a soft spot for cases involving kids. Wyatt is also the only “official” Mac user out of about 10,000 state workers. As the coroner for Sacramento County, Wyatt heads...
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Jan 28, 2012 11:53 pm
Already have an iPhone? Pick up the tiny Pomera DM100 for text input and drop that expensive, bulky MacBook.
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Jan 28, 2012 11:47 pm
Some tech gadgets that once seemed indispensable have been mercilessly superseded over the years, and Research in Motion is trying to avoid that fate for its BlackBerry.
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Jan 28, 2012 11:47 pm
Don't believe it when folks say that the Macworld | iWorld show floor is primarily filled with iOS accessories -- the community of document scanner makers is quite well represented too. At least seven different companies have scanners on display at this week's event.
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