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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 31, 2022
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11:28AM
I was always taught that Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine was the first computer. Its a shame that none of his designs came to full fruition but this article explores what could have been had Babbage's designs been completed. Check it out
here.
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By
Elena Ananieva |
Posted
October 4, 2022
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12:17PM
There are so few confirmed cases — perhaps 30 in the world – that plausible explanations are hard to come by. Take Orlando Serrell, a 44-year-old from Virginia who was hit on the head by a baseball as a boy, and later found he could do complicated calculations and remember the precise...
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By
Oleg Mitskaniouk |
Posted
September 25, 2022
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12:45PM
A month from now Microsoft will release Windows 8, a bold new operating system that seeks to bring touchscreen interfaces to desktop computing. It's the company's biggest product since Windows XP and yet the only thing the tech world has seemingly talked about over the last 12 months is what the...
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By
Oleg Mitskaniouk |
Posted
September 25, 2022
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12:30PM
Most of us go through life with a selective ear for the news we take
in. We hear the good more than the bad, the flattering more than the
insulting. And we update our beliefs in a way that reflects that bias.
The
effect appears in many guises. We update our self image when told we
are...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
August 25, 2022
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09:56AM
We have news that Sony's network as well as their Playstation Network are down due to a denial of service attack. Curiously, news stations are reporting that a Sony exec's plane was diverted yesterday - naming that exec in the warning about a bomb. More word about the
DOS attack here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
August 18, 2022
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11:24AM
Why did this take so long? I mean, everyone knows it takes three tries to get a USB connector plugged in with its current design but now Apple is fixing this flaw.
Check out the news story here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
August 8, 2022
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12:33PM
So you read articles how 3D printing will be a new revolution and you wonder how it can do anything for you. I came across this nice site where a car enthusiast is building an Astin Martin DB4 with 4x4 inch squares of plastic printed in a 3D printer
here. If I'm understanding his process he will...
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By
Quincy Oshiro |
Posted
July 25, 2022
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11:37AM
Google, has just announced their release of an internet to television device known as "Chromecast." The stick only costs $35, which is fairly cheap. However, they say that this device is not like the others. The article can be read
here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
July 24, 2022
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11:09AM
Well if you can't buy em take their idea and make it your own. Then have your CEO involved with writing code to put a 'positive' spin on the whole idea. Wait - what? As Facebook has litigated tirelessly to protect its intellectual property I wonder what will come of this in the long run.
Read...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
June 5, 2022
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10:41PM
The more of this story I read the less I liked it. I like being able to have one set of headphones for all my equipment - having to buy proprietary adapters or not being able to use future Beats headphones with anything but Apple products just doesn't seem appealing.
Read about it here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
April 24, 2022
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10:15AM
I came across an article to improve your wifi performance. Lot of good tips here and we've reviewed some of the products mentioned in the article.
It can be found here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
March 14, 2022
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05:21PM
We just got information for this product. Normally I don't post news based on an email message but a 4WD wheelchair is something that allows people off paths and that's just too cool to pass up. See more at http://whill.us
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
March 9, 2022
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10:04AM
I was recently offered an opportunity to speak to representatives from both Viewsonic and Userful. What interested me in this was that news had just broken that the third largest company in VDI, Ncomputing, was being bought and had just laid off the majority of its workforce. I think Ncomputing...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 28, 2021
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05:27PM
The teaser trailer for Episode 7 is out. Almost no information is given up, which is true to the prequal trailers.
Check it out here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 21, 2021
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10:10AM

Today Doc Brown and Marty McFly come to their future. Sadly they've found not only have they time traveled but now they are in an alternate universe. These are the problems with time travel and moving matter through the space time continuum. Here's some things I think would really upset Marty...
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By
Quincy Oshiro |
Posted
July 3, 2021
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12:37PM
Nokia is ranked #2 in the world for cell phone manufacturing. They have been in business for quite a long time and have taken in tough plunge downward in sales over the past year. This new attempt in bringing back customers may be a great move. Read the article
here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
June 7, 2021
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10:22AM
Microsoft is either going to redefine what the gaming experience with a console or alienate its core crowd. Will gamers live with an always on internet connection and attached web camera? What about not being able to play used games without paying a new license fee? Seems like Sony may be the...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
May 3, 2014
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02:26PM
We warned you that you needed to avoid Internet Explorer like the plague until a patch was released for its latest security flaw. In a very strange move Microsoft has decided to patch Windows XP users at this time also. Strange considering XP is no longer a supported OS but I guess the threat to...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
April 28, 2014
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11:49PM
A huge security flaw in Internet Explorer has been identified leading to the shocking advice from Microsoft to use their competitors browsers until a patch is released.
Read about it here
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
April 23, 2014
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11:59AM
Just as the title says - its time for the latest update from Apple. Bug fixes seem to be the main focus of this update.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
April 16, 2014
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04:06PM
What was it, a week maybe? Early adopters of the Samsung S5 should look forward to an update to fix this security flaw.
The article can be found here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
February 24, 2014
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01:54PM
Anandtech has an article on the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S5. Its big on techie details but basically its more processing power, more memory, and a better camera.
Check out the article here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
February 24, 2014
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10:18AM
To combat a recently discovered security hole Apple has released a new iOS today. It's small - 13 mb. During the process my phone got stuck on the updating process - I'd get the Apple logo on the screen during startup but the OS wouldn't load. After connecting the phone to my laptop iTunes...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
February 9, 2014
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11:14AM
In a bizarre move the developer of Flappy Bird is pulling the app from the app store. You have until noon Eastern Time to get a copy of the game.
This article states its not for legal reasons and the developer was making $50,000 a day in advertising. A strange move that doesn't make sense...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
January 7, 2014
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11:56AM
Some interesting updates in this article. First, a price drop for the 5s to coincide with the release of a Phablet (phone/tablet) and some more firm news on the iPhone 6. Previously Apple wasn't willing to cut the throat of the iPad with a phablet but that appears to be shifting quickly.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 8, 2013
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03:00PM
Yesterday I received an announcement for the forthcoming bublcam. Whats a bublcam? Head over to
their website and check it out for yourself. I'm hoping we can get one in for review once the product is ready.
Bublcam is an innovative 360-degree HD video camera that captures everything around...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 18, 2013
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10:32AM
This news is about 24 hrs old but I waited to see if there were any issues reported. Luckily it looks like this update should be a go for anyone with Windows 8. What's new? As usual there should be a lot of security enhancements but of note is the return of the Start button. A move back to more...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 3, 2013
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11:10AM
Apparently I'm not the only one who found that iMessage no longer works in iOS7. Upgrading to 7.02 didn't help either. You did know 7.02 is out right? I suspect an update with a more classic look which also fixes
all the glitches mentioned in this article will be out before too long. As far as...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
September 11, 2013
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10:32AM
Just before the release of iPhone 5s Apple will release ios7. Since most of us aren't going to upgrade our phones, tablets, and watches on release day for 5s I think this will be a more meaningful attempt by Apple to hold onto its market share. If you can survive this long video let us know what...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
August 29, 2013
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11:52AM
"Apple has been aware of this vulnerability for six months and has yet to patch the exploit in any currently available operating system build." Yikes, expect an update soon I suppose. So much hype with new OS releases to coincide with iPhone 5s probably made this a back burner at Apple. Read...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
August 7, 2013
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11:11AM
Quilter officially released their head version of the Aviator amp we loved so much. That amp has become our go to amp for practice and performance and getting a head version should help folks who have been sitting on the fence decide if they want to try it.
Here's a link to the product at...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
July 30, 2013
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09:07PM
Looks as though this rumor is conclusive now. Whats the big deal? Biometric security could end up everywhere - from your car door to your front door. Maybe we'll lock someone out of the fridge if they don't do their chores or instead of entering a PIN with your debit card you can have your...
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By
Quincy Oshiro |
Posted
July 17, 2013
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12:37PM
An inside source reported to BGR.com recently about the latest possible features to be available on the Iphone 5s or possibly Iphone 6. Some features may include a fingerprint scanner and a 12 megapixle camera. Who knows if this is true, none of these features have been confirmed and we are...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
July 1, 2013
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11:18AM
As bits and pieces of the news of the forthcoming iPhone keep coming in we now have a proposed release date. The release date for 5s seems about right - perfect for a holiday sales push, the release of the new iOS 7, and coincides with all the hardware news we've been seeing. What doesn't seem...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
June 19, 2013
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10:48AM
Sony has already pulled this firmware update from its site until they sort out the problem. This is why I usually wait a week or so before doing a firmware update.
Read more about it here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
May 22, 2013
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11:43AM
One of the most distressing news about the Xbox 1 before its release was that the system would not play used games. Some sites have said it will then I found
this article, which if it is correct, means it will but at a cost for each user. If Microsoft wanted to give Sony a major selling point...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
May 20, 2013
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10:15AM
We've seen tons of conjecture about the specs of the new Xbox tentatively called 720 by fans. We'll see the unveiling tomorrow but in the meantime here's
a positive article on the state of gaming in general. Expect much more GPU and CPU power in the new machine as well as Blu-Ray What may be...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
May 2, 2013
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11:17AM
Looks like the smaller tablet market is about to really heat up. With Android based options, smaller iPads, and now a smaller surface pad.
Read the article and let us know what you think.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
April 29, 2013
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10:11AM
With the release of Samsung's S4 we get a chance to see one user's first impressions.
Read the article and let us know what you think. Obviously without Apple's latest offering hitting the market at the same time it will be hard to take a stance which phone to go for but if you were due for an...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
April 12, 2013
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10:30PM
Interesting read here from the LA Times. One thing that the article doesn't point out is that smartphones have more power/usefulness for a similar price.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
April 4, 2013
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10:31AM
Interesting idea - a ring as the remote. Can't wait to lose that remote though. Guessing that the opening price of $1500 makes this product have a great price point and the add on tablets (that may interact with the on screen content) could make viewing very different.
Check it out here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
April 3, 2013
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10:16AM
Some interesting stuff in this short article but the most significant is that iOS 7 is running behind schedule. Apple tends to release a new OS with new phones and then make it available as an upgrade a couple of weeks later for older hardware users. This all affects the next iPhone release...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
February 27, 2013
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10:32AM
Currently Windows 8 isn't selling well for old hardware users who normally upgrade their OS after MS releases one. Add to that the fact that browser usage is way down for MS.
Now comes this story which may bolster IE against its competitors.
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By
Quincy Oshiro |
Posted
February 21, 2013
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10:26AM
Yesterday evening Sony revealed the "Playstation4", the successor to the "Playstation3" at a conference last night in New York. It seems that many consumers feel this system wont do well, with specs revealed many like myself feel like Microsoft is well ahead of them. Promising specs include:...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
February 20, 2013
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09:48AM
Sony is unveiling the next generation Playstation today in New York. We should know by the end of the day what the specs for the new unit are (too many rumors) and see what the next gen of games could look like.
Read the article here and we'll update once we have firm word on the specs.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
February 11, 2013
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10:14AM
The idea of trying to watch Facebook videos or read e-mail on a watch just doesn't appeal to me. I stopped wearing a watch a few years ago just because quite literally there's a clock around me at all times - my phone, computers at work, on the walls, etc. Now I'm supposed to be web connected...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
February 3, 2013
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06:16PM
Here's a neat short article for adding wireless charging. Take note that in one photo the copper tape on the battery connectors looks dangerously close to each other - if you can't separate them more then add an insulator in between them. Once you close the case the tape could touch and short...
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By
Quincy Oshiro |
Posted
January 29, 2013
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01:37PM
Apparently some people need 128 gb of storage, and Apple is ready to provide that with their release of a new Ipad on Feb 5.
Check it out here!
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By
Quincy Oshiro |
Posted
January 29, 2013
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01:25PM
Today Microsoft has launched their latest edition to the line of "Office" products entitled: "Office 365 Home Premium" the article can be read here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
January 22, 2013
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10:18AM
Atari has a pretty interesting catalog - perhaps this bankruptcy can produce some energy? No telling but at one time Atari was the 800 pound gorilla of the gaming world.
Check out the article here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
January 18, 2013
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10:15AM
A quick read why its probably a good time to look into upgrading your wireless network.
It can be found here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
January 10, 2013
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10:55AM
Most of this isn't new information but seems like the release dates have firmed up for a lot of products. I think the June release for the iPhone 5s is more realistic as the phone releases are usually closely tied to OS updates for older phones.
Check out the article here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
January 9, 2013
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10:05AM
nVidia just announced the release of a gaming system yesterday and today Valve announces their intention to release a gaming system. Competition is good but profit margins in consoles are surprisingly low. Both Microsoft and Sony make their money on monthly subscriptions to their respective...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
January 7, 2013
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12:19PM
The title of this article is a little deceiving as this unit runs Windows 8 and a new OS called Aura (anyone know if this is Android based?). We'll get more details as CES continues since Oleg is there this week. I have to go back to work so I won't get one of these in a swag bag - just kidding...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
January 2, 2013
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11:36AM
Happy New Year!
No real surprises in this article but this is the first report I've seen with a tentative release date. Samsung hit a home run with the Galaxy phones so it stands to reason a larger screen is in the iPhone's future. What is odd is the idea that there may be different screen sizes...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 22, 2012
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09:40PM
And in the following what everybody else is doing business model here comes Blackberry. Anyone remember when RIM used to innovate? Its frustrating, so much competition but new ideas come from jailbreakers and private programmers more than from corporations. Ok, I had my rant, but check out
the...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 20, 2012
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10:42AM
Just checked on my iPhone and this update is showing up. It should be out in the next couple of days. I've had issues with my phone not seeing public wifi networks. Its a quick read and can be
found here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 18, 2012
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10:03AM
I bet a lot of people are like me and have an original Kindle Fire (non HD version). This article shows how an Android software update can enable improved performance.
Check it out here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 14, 2012
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10:17AM
Usually a title like this is something we dread. Now we have good news in that privacy settings are easier to get to.
Check out the article here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 12, 2012
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12:03PM
This is bad news to gamers everywhere if it is correct. Great news for Nintendo though.
Read the article here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 11, 2012
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10:51AM
Put this one in the incredibly long title category. The timing of this possible iPhone is about right as it stays with past trends. Super HD display? I thought the Retina Display was Super HD? To me the better battery mentioned would make this a worthy purchase.
Read the article and let us know...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 6, 2012
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10:24AM
Recently we posted
a news story that showed some Mac products are stamped 'Assembled in U.S.A.' Looks like these units may have been early production units from an undisclosed U.S. assembly facility.
Read the article here. Great news for domestic labor as well as Apple. Not a lot of good news...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 4, 2012
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11:09AM
Not to jump on the anti-Microsoft ship but Windows 8 is a huge disappointment. I bought a laptop with it and have found it to be frustrating and a huge step back. The OS is geared for touchscreens but as most upgrade purchases of the OS won't have that it seems like Microsoft really missed the...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 4, 2012
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09:03AM
This article points out Microsoft's failings lately but it seems a little gloomier than I'd paint the situation. MS still dominates the business OS and office software world which is a huge market. Read the article
here and let us know what you think.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 3, 2012
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11:50AM
Whatsapp, the multiplatform mobile messaging app that has been one of the runaway success stories for ad-free, paid services, has been in talks to be acquired by Facebook, according to sources close to the matter. We’re still digging around on potential price and other details about how...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 3, 2012
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11:47AM
From iFixit’s ritual iMac dismemberment yesterday, we learn that the particular 21.5-inch iMac they bought says it was "Assembled in USA”. The moniker isn’t new—we’ve seen it since at least a few iMac models back on the packaging. But as far as we can tell, "Assembled in USA”...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
December 3, 2012
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11:43AM
No idea what to get that geek on your holiday shopping list? Here's some interesting ideas - some are really out there but all are stuff your tech-head definately doesn't have. Check it out
here
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Posted
December 3, 2012
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11:37AM
Playing online poker games is a favourite pastime for many people across the
globe. And for good reason. You get to play against top players who you don't
know personally, and would likely never meet without the internet. Online poker
games help you assess your skills, and improve them from...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 30, 2012
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10:38AM
Looks like we'll all have to wait another year for the 720.
The article has some tentative specs but hopefully we'll see a summer release if Microsoft keeps having its current problems.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 29, 2012
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10:32AM
Looks like the Surface tablet from Microsoft isn't what consumers want. Windows RT looks like its going to be a viable platform but thus far the hardware isn't selling itself. I use a lot of touch screens at work and I actually prefer a mouse - something MS probably didn't consider. Digitimes...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 22, 2012
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09:14PM
I guess I'm not the only person who was having iTunes 10 crashing all the time. Good news, if its true, is that a major upgrade is around the corner. Check it out
here
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 18, 2012
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06:27PM
Unfortunately there is no photo to go with this article but anyone with an iPhone knows how bad the battery life is.
Read the article here. Apple is always slow to allow third party accessories so anyone with an iPhone 5 might be on the lookout for this.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 15, 2012
at
10:28AM
Got a little time to burn and like to learn? Try out
this star map created by Google. You can zoom in and out and rotate the view plane to learn more info on each cataloged star.
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By
Quincy Oshiro |
Posted
November 13, 2012
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12:51PM
Only 5 days till Nintendo's big release of the "Wii U", The next generation of its predecessor the "Wii". The only question is, "How will sales add up this holiday season?"
The article can be found
here.
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By
Quincy Oshiro |
Posted
November 12, 2012
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04:14PM
Call Of Duty Black Ops II director is promising for a bigger release this evening that is even bigger then the first game, which raked in $1 Billion dollars in 16 days. Thats a billion with a B one day sooner than Avatar the movie did.
The story can be found
here
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 10, 2012
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01:46PM
We're three days away from the latest Call of Duty game. Its that time again when it rains happiness for gamers! Here's a quick writeup that covers the changes to the new game that take it in a very different direction. You'll find it
here.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 7, 2012
at
10:05PM
Wired has some good info on two upcoming Windows 8 phones for AT&T. Competition is always a good thing so lets see what comes of this for Android and iOS. Read it
here
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 3, 2012
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11:40AM
Ars has a nice writeup on tricks and fixes they've found in Win 8. Lots of interesting stuff in this one to help everyone banging their head against their touch screens. You'll find the article
here
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 2, 2012
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10:37PM
Kind of funny that the first day a product hits the shelves people are already tearing these things apart but in the ultra competitive business world there is a lot of info to glean during these teardowns. Here is
one for your reading pleasure.
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
November 2, 2012
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10:24AM
Seems that the pre-release reviews are very good for Halo 4. I know I will be picking up my copy and I probably won't see my sons for a week but its good to know that at least they'll be spending their time on a well made game. Read the article
here
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By
Adel Khalaf |
Posted
October 29, 2012
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08:37PM
Titan is expected to become the world's most powerful supercomputer when it comes fully online at the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory, near Tennessee, in late 2012 or early 2013. But on this afternoon in mid-October, Titan isn't technically Titan yet. It's still a less-powerful supercomputer...
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Posted
October 29, 2012
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08:35PM
The electronics giant becomes the latest company to launch a web-enabled LED light bulb, capable of interacting with smartphones and tablets to automate lighting in the home using integrated wireless technology. Philips Hue will launch in Apple Stores from tomorrow, including a starter pack of...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 29, 2012
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08:31PM
Apple has just announced a major executive shake-up: Senior VP of iOS software Scott Forstall is leaving Apple at the end of the year — he'll be serving in an advisory role to CEO Tim Cook until his departure. Additional executive changes include the departure of retail head John Browett, with...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 25, 2012
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07:35PM
Today was the official launch date for the biggest change to Microsoft's OS in years. This new OS is supposed to be revolutionary instead of evolutionary. Talk amonsgt yourselvess:
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/microsoft-launches-windows-8-1C6684802
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By
Adel Khalaf |
Posted
October 23, 2012
at
09:32PM
U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the latest federal agency to
drop BlackBerry smart phones for its employees, adding to the woes of
maker Research in Motion. BlackBerry still remains the smart phone of choice for Capitol Hill, but
cracks are appearing in RIM's stronghold among...
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By
Adel Khalaf |
Posted
October 23, 2012
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09:26PM
Windows 8 is a rebirth, a "reimagining" of Windows and the entire
Microsoft brand. It's also the single riskiest project that Microsoft
has ever embarked upon — a bet from Redmond that users can adapt to a
new way of computing. With mobile alternatives from Google and Apple
eating into...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 23, 2012
at
09:23PM
The new Apple-branded tablet boasts a 1,024-by-768-pixel resolution,
like the previous-generation 9.7-inch iPad models, but it has a
7.2mm-thick aluminum shell that is 53 percent lighter and 23 percent
thinner. The iPad mini also has a dual-core Apple A5 processor, a
5-megapixel iSight...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 22, 2012
at
06:30PM
Windows 8 is a radical departure for anyone who has used Windows in the past two decades. The new interface is designed primarily for touch-screens. And based on some anecdotal responses from those who have tried it — professional reviewers and normal people alike — it's not exactly love...
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By
Oleg Mitskaniouk |
Posted
October 22, 2012
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06:27PM
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) said it will end its
contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in favor of Apple Inc's
iPhone, dealing a new blow to RIM just months before it launches a vital new
device. The agency said in a solicitation document...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 17, 2012
at
05:45PM
An official with Foxconn has explained that Apple's new iPhone 5 is the most difficult device the company has ever had to assemble, leading to constraints in production. Workers have indicated that the soft metal shell of the iPhone 5 is prone to scratches in all phases of assembly, which...
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By
Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 17, 2012
at
05:38PM
Ending months of speculation regarding his absence from the spotlight, Google CEO Larry Page appeared on stage yesterday to sit for an interview at the company's annual Zeitgeist conference. Conducted by former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, the interview (below) covered a number of areas of...
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By
Oleg Mitskaniouk, Victor Oshiro |
Posted
October 16, 2012
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05:40PM
Open ... and Shut It used to be that the ante for being a serious player in the technology game was your own data centre. Or several. On this basis, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and very few others have constructed hugely expensive data centres that centre much of the web's activity on...
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Victor Oshiro, Adel Khalaf |
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October 16, 2012
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Apple on Tuesday announced a special event to be held on October 23, 2012 in San Jose. The event is scheduled to take place at 10:00 am PT. Unlike other recent events that have been held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Apple will hold this event at the California Theatre...
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Victor Oshiro |
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October 16, 2012
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The XBox gets a music service today. At first this doesn't sound like much until you realize they plan to get into streaming music, song purchases and will be available on iOS and Android. It will eventually be available on devices running Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems.
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Victor Oshiro, Adel Khalaf |
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October 13, 2012
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Got truly and outstandingly lost recently? Enjoy the feeling while you can,
for it's becoming an increasingly difficult task. As a curious race we have always liked to know where we are, but it is now
almost impossible not to know - our phones, computers and sat navs keep us
continually...
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Victor Oshiro |
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October 13, 2012
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I’m worried that I under-specified the hard drive in my new notebook. At half a terabyte, it's not much. The problem is that it's all I could afford: this is SSD storage we're talking about here. If I’d asked for any more, the upgraded spec would have cost almost as much as the notebook in...
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Adel Khalaf |
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October 13, 2012
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We don't know yet if the full campaign of Halo 4 has leaked to the Internet. Microsoft still isn't commenting directly on reports that some users may have access to the game ahead of its November 6 launch. Numerous Xbox Live profiles seen on several gaming forums have shown users playing Halo...
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Victor Oshiro |
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October 10, 2012
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Overall, expectations are cautiously optimistic, with mostly activity flat or expanding modestly. However, the idea that the iPhone 5 launch (and that’s really what we’re talking about here, although other tech toys contributed) could boost air shippers like FedEx and UPS is fairly notable:...
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October 10, 2012
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Microsoft is undergoing a "significant shift" in the way it does business, moving away from software as its sole focus and toward making hardware, online services and apps work together seamlessly across multiple screens and gadgets. Microsoft's strategy shift comes at a critical time for the...
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Victor Oshiro |
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October 10, 2012
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Shipments of personal computers are on pace to fall this year for the first time since the dot-com bust of 2001, according to a new forecast from IHS iSuppli. Mikako Kitagawa, an analyst at Gartner, said his tech consultancy does not believe that the Windows 8 release alone will stimulate any...
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Adel Khalaf |
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October 6, 2012
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AMD's Trinity APUs have only been in the wild for a few days, but some have already taken on the challenge of pushing the new desktop silicon to its limits. By giving the A10-5800K model 1.956 volts, disabling two of its cores and cooling it with liquid nitrogen, overclockers were able to push...
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Victor Oshiro |
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October 6, 2012
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CNN:It was a busy week for Facebook, which hit a major milestone, made fashion news and made some users uneasy about privacy again. As of October 4, one of every seven people on the planet are actively using Facebook each month. "Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by...
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Victor Oshiro |
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October 6, 2012
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The report of a strike issued by China Labor Watch, a New York-based advocacy
group, came weeks after Apple kicked off its largest-ever global rollout for the
new iPhone 5 smartphone. Apple is already struggling with tight availability of
the phones in stores, analysts say. The labor...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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October 4, 2012
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Logitech's line of Harmony universal remote controls are some of the most popular universal remotes out there. The Harmony line is notable for being easy to program rather than having to type in long numerical codes for devices. Logitech has announced a new addition to its Harmony line of...
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Adel Khalaf |
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October 4, 2012
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Facebook has reached a striking if inevitable milestone -- its active user base is now a billion strong, up from 900 million in April just before its IPO -- and it's commemorating that achievement with a brand ad designed to both celebrate those who log on every day and to spread the...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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October 2, 2012
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Nokia is making deals with all
sorts of companies for the use of its mapping technology Navteq, and
Oracle is the latest to jump on the bandwagon.
Not many details are known about the Nokia/Oracle partnership other than the fact that it wasonference. Oracle is planning to add Nokia's...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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October 2, 2012
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CNN: It's a loaded question, one with no clear
answer. But in the year since Apple's co-founder and visionary CEO died,
it's been asked in tech circles over and over: Who is the next Steve Jobs? There's one easy
response. It's safe to say that no figure in the tech industry will...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk, Victor Oshiro |
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October 2, 2012
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Ukrainianiphone.com reports to have obtained parts for the upcoming iPad mini. The parts, labeled in the gallery above, according to the Russian-language website, were from a source who visited the factory in Asia. Notables include the plastic spacer bars, which Apple has traditionally used...
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Victor Oshiro |
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October 2, 2012
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Reports of problems with the iPhone 5 continue. This is probably why I always wait for the second edition of a phone from Apple before jumping in. A couple of fixes are in this article and it leads to other articles with more fixes.
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Adel Khalaf |
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October 1, 2012
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04:41PM
TechCrunch: The latest e-ink Kindle, the Paperwhite, is a beautiful device, plays
catch-up, and arguably surpasses the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight.
The device is as small and compact as the previous Kindle and yet is
more completely featureless. Like the Nook Simple Touch, Amazon has...
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September 29, 2012
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Gizmodo: The iPhone hasn't been the only interesting or worthwhile phone for some time now—the Galaxy III and the Lumia 920 and the HTC One X all have a hint of glory—but there's no doubt it's the most venerable by a longshot. Apple's is the It Phone, and you or someone you know is going to...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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September 29, 2012
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Engadget: Xi3 has been one of the more inventive PC builders in the field, designing its Modular Computers in the belief that small, more upgradable desktops are the way of the future. The company is planning two new systems to further that dream, the X3A and X7A, but it wants our help: it's...
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September 29, 2012
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The injunction was put in place ahead of a month-long trial that pitted
iPhone maker Apple Inc against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in a closely watched
legal battle that ended with a resounding victory for Apple last month on many
of its patent violation claims. The decision comes just a...
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Adel Khalaf |
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September 29, 2012
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Fourteen years ago, in November 1998, I stood on a low mound overlooking the bleak Kazakhstan steppe. It was early morning. The ground was covered in a light dusting of snow and a bitter wind tore across the cracked concrete, flattening the surrounding scrappy clumps of grass.
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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September 29, 2012
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What’s most vulnerable, rather, is the network of living connections into which social media is a window: the nexus of sources, resources, sounds, images and updates that together constitute the stuff of many millions of people’s daily experience. One commercial firm may well be able to sell...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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September 28, 2012
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02:08PM
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook apologized Friday to customers frustrated
with glaring errors in its new Maps service and, in an unusual move for the
consumer giant, directed them to rival services such as Google Inc's Maps
instead.
The rare apology follows Apple's launch of its own...
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September 27, 2012
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07:28PM
This is a question that comes up from time to time, and the short answer is no. In fact, we could rephrase your question and pretend that you'd asked about baby alarms, radio-controlled cars, cordless (DECT) phones, Bluetooth headsets, security alarms and loads of other things that operate in...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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September 27, 2012
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TechReport: We've been reviewing tech products for 13 years. During that time, the basic agreement between the reviewer and the company whose product is up for review hasn't fundamentally changed--until today. AMD is attempting to re-write the rules in a way that grants it a measure of editorial...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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September 27, 2012
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06:41PM
On the culture side, an all-important area for Silicon Valley businesses, Mayer wants Yahoo to move much more quickly. Employees will have more ownership over and resources for their projects -- which will be approved only if they have the potential to scale to 100 million users or $100 million...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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September 25, 2012
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BlackBerry's Dev Alpha handset proved to be quite the popular item when it was revealed earlier this year. It was so popular, in fact, that the company ran through the 5,000 it constructed in short order. So, it had to build a whole new batch of developer handsets to meet the demand, and thus...
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Adel Khalaf |
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September 24, 2012
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Apple sold more than 5 million iPhone 5 phones since the highly anticipated device went on sale on Friday, setting a new sales record for the device, Apple announced Monday.
Over the weekend, the company outpaced the 4 million iPhone 4S units that it sold during last year's opening weekend,...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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September 24, 2012
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When Apple VP Phil Schiller took the stage on September 12th to talk about the company’s new iPhone 5 hardware he went on at length about the exacting level of precision that goes into its manufacture. But despite Apple's insistence that its tolerances are measured in microns, several iPhone 5...
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September 24, 2012
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When Google first announced its autonomous vehicle program in 2010, software engineer Sebastian Thrun credited Google co-founder Larry Page and Sergey Brin with trying to solve "really big problems using technology," including car safety and efficiency. But believing Google doesn't want to make...
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Oleg Mitskaniouk |
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September 24, 2012
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11:17AM
Facebook is working with a controversial data company called Datalogix that can track whether people who see ads on the social networking site end up buying those products in stores.
Amid growing pressure for the social networking site to prove the value of its advertising, Facebook is...