Verizon's big ad push for Android takes on iPhone (AP)

Verizon's big ad push for Android takes on iPhone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s ...


SanDisk Ships Flash Memory Cards With 64 Gigabit X4 NAND Technology

SanDisk Ships Flash Memory Cards With 64 Gigabit X4 NAND Technology

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

SanDisk announced it has begun production shipments of flash memory cards based on the company's advanced X4 flash memory technology. This innovative new technology holds four bits of data in each memory cell, ...


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Sony to launch PlayStation with bigger hard drive

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- To give more room for game, movie and music downloads, Sony is launching a PlayStation 3 with a larger hard drive on Nov. 3.


Samsung Improves Workspace With Seamless Dual Display For Laptops -- LD220G and LD190N

Samsung Improves Workspace With Seamless Dual Display For Laptops -- LD220G and LD190N

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced the release of its Lapfit monitors, LD220G & LD190N, for use as a secondary display for notebook PCs. Now available through Samsung resellers and retailers at an estimated ...


Microsoft says it can restore wiped Sidekick data

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- There may be a happy ending after all for owners of Sidekick phones who thought they might have permanently lost contact numbers and other personal information they had put on the gadget.


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iRobot Unveils Morphing Blob Robot (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (25) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- iRobot's latest robot is unique on many levels. The doughy blob moves by inflating and deflating - a new technique its developers call "jamming." As the researchers explain in the video below, ...


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For music buffs, Zune HD strikes right tune

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

In the two years I've been reviewing gadgets, I've never tested Microsoft's digital music and video player, called the Zune. The device only accounts for a tiny fraction of the market, and it had always struck ...


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HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.


Researchers save electricity with low-power processors and flash memory

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs Pittsburgh (ILP) have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that is fast, but far more ...


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Some Sidekick users may recover data: Microsoft

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft said Tuesday that some Sidekick mobile phone users may recover personal data such as contacts, calendar items and digital photos believed to have been permanently lost in a server failure.


Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain (AP)

Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their ...


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US netbook by Nokia to be $300 with AT&T service

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia is opening a new chapter in mobility with the introduction of the Nokia Booklet 3G to the U.S. together with AT&T, Best Buy and Microsoft. Developed for connectivity just about anytime and virtually ...


New Giorgio Armani Samsung smartphone

New Giorgio Armani Samsung smartphone

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created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Giorgio Armani and Samsung Electronics have presented the new Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone.


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T-Mobile halts Sidekick sales after data loss

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created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

US wireless carrier T-Mobile temporarily halted sales of the Sidekick mobile phone Monday after a server failure caused many customers to lose personal data such as contacts and calendar items.


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Sidekick's lost data gone for good

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sidekick users have been without some of their services for days, and have just been told by the company, T-Mobile, that for some users their data may be lost forever due to a server error ...




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