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1. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... For Apple it was bringing out the last iPod Nano; “ohhh it has a radio and a low resolution video camera that’s almost as good as the first Flip!”   People, instead of pointing out that the thing was simply ...

2. Zune shifts into high gear with 6 HD games

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   Tegra processor gets a workout Microsoft has released six free games for the Zune HD. The titles - which are all free - include PGR: Ferrari Edition, Audiosurf Tilt, Lucky Lanes Bowling, Vans Sk8: Pool ...

3. Microsoft launches Halo Waypoint

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... themes and character in the Halo universe. 
The first preview episode known as "The Babysitter" will debut on November 7, 2009. The aptly named Babysitter - which was created by STUDIO4˚C - follows ...

4. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   ... we don’t like change as a race and first must be made to see the politician in office or the product we currently use as inadequate. But they have to be balanced with campaigns that focus on your product’s ...

5. TG Daily Founder Launches Site for Single Parents

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 13 October 2009

   ... that takes him out of the realm of the tech world for the very first time. Today, Wolfgang is launching Single Parent Gossip, a new site for single parents, and it’s pretty damned good. Wolfgang Gruener, ...

6. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   ... better. Generally the firm falls into decline or stagnates; don't forget, Apple actually had a warning, as it didn’t do particularly well the first time Steve left.Apple’s crossroad is to find a way to ...

7. ATI introduces Radeon HD 5800 GPU for DirectX 11 gaming

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 22 September 2009

   ATI has introduced its long-awaited Radeon HD 5800 GPU series. The 5800 - which is AMD's first DirectX 11 GPU - supports Eyefinity Technology, OpenCL and DirectCompute 11. ATI has introduced its long-awaited ...

8. Intel accidentally previews Larrabee, Gulftown

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 22 September 2009

   ... video and running 3D in a 'far-future' configuration. Westmere - Intel's first 32nm processor - will be showed off, with AES encryption on-chip, Turbo Boost and hyperthreading.Finally, Maloney will talk ...

9. Disappointing Palm Pre launch, iPhone extravaganza today

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 08 June 2009

   ... weekend, but initial reports about a short supply proved to be true. The company may have only sold 50,000 to 200,000 units, or just about 10-20% of what Apple was able to move on the first two days ...

10. Intel previews advanced Nehalem processor, eyes demise of RISC-based platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    ... for production during the second quarter of 2009. Meanwhile, Itanium's launch date has been delayed - yet again - to the first quarter of 2010. The latest postponement was officially blamed on a last ...

11. Firefox adopts multi-processes from Chrome, IE8

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 12 May 2009

    ... confirmed a recent report from Mozilla Links that future Firefox versions will separate interface from content processes to increase the browser’s stability. Process separation was first introduced by ...

12. AMD pushes Phenom II to 3.2 GHz, you can push it further

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

    ... have taken the chip to 3.8 GHz, and with some luck, you may get more. First reviews from Tom;’s Hardware or Anandtech, for example, indicate that it is a formidable gaming CPU, but it can’t touch Intel’s ...

13. Rethinking benchmarks for a new consumer

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Sunday, 19 April 2009

    ... (finally). The new consumer will be sensitive to those parameters as well. It’s not likely that every consumer will make green his or her first criteria for purchase, but a few will. Budget, and benchmarks ...

14. 2010 Microsoft product line begins with new Exchange beta

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 15 April 2009

    ... information leaks and reduce unnecessary e-mail messages, Microsoft said. Microsoft said that Exchange 2010 is the first product to be introduced as part of the next wave of Microsoft Office-related ...

15. Nvidia launches mysterious new GTX 275

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    ... GTX 275, which is priced slightly lower than the 4890, takes the performance crown and, according to first reviews posted by the usual suspects, it seems that the GTX 275 is a “little faster” than AMD’s ...

16. Fandango for iPhone enables excellent over-the-air ticket purchasing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 March 2009

    ... covering movies were among the first to arrive in the App Store when Apple unleashed its digital software marketplace in July of last year. While there's plenty to choose from at the moment, including ...

17. Facebook connects with iPhone - in a big way

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 16 March 2009

    ... sites. He said, "For the first time, your iPhone apps can now have friends. I can pull out my iPhone and play it not only my other friends with iPhones, but I can also play with my mom -- she can join ...

18. Resident Evil 5: Zombie basher saves the day for console makers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    ... the console market with 20.81 million units sold (Japan: 2.93M, US:7.98M, Other: 9.90M -- see where a Sony exec said PS3 is destined to finish first).On the portable gaming front, Nintendo DS is nearing ...

19. Review: Safari 4 Beta - Not quite there yet

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 25 February 2009

    ... with the uninstall.First impressions It was Apple who originally developed the WebKit platform, which is now maintained as an open source project. They also play a significant role in promoting HTML ...

20. Apple absent from MWC, but iPhone still on everyone's lips

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... Ballmer was bashing Apple's handset once again, while AT&T chief defended it. Google showed its love via offline Gmail access, while a small developer demoed the first premium turn-by-turn GPS application ...

21. Showstopper Bug prevents mobile Firefox from running on Windows Mobile

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    The first pre-alpha release for Windows Mobile, eagerly awaited by many, has apparently spoiled the party. According to early reports, users who tried to test the browser on their Windows Mobile cellphones ...

22. UPDATED: Seagate 500GB Barracuda HDDs having high failure rates

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 30 January 2009

    ... in Seagate's actions of first silencing and censoring posts relating to their drive failures, to then offering but not broadcasting this free data recovery service may indicate the problem is larger than ...

23. Apple's iPhone 3G saves AT&T from recession

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

    ... 3G customers. Since its launch, AT&T activated 4.3 million iPhone 3Gs in 2008, over double the number of first-generation iPhones activated in 2007. Average revenue from iPhone customers is 60% higher ...

24. Big News Around CES That Got Little Coverage

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... and really wanted (neither is available yet) and both were from Hyundai.   The first was a tricked out 2010 Genesis Coup and the other was a SUV Crossover that was just a piece of art.  ...

25. Windows 7 beta takes out Microsoft servers

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 09 January 2009

    As promised by Microsoft, the first public beta of Windows 7 was released to the public morning. That is, of course, if you were able to access the download page. Apparently, both the Windows 7 download ...

26. CEA at CES 2009: “2009 will be a very bad year”

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    ...  This year’s CES is a bit different from the shows in the past. The show organizers try to hide the recession mood as good as they can, but the setting itself can‘t. The first day leaves ...

27. Lenovo announces dual-screen Thinkpad

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 04 January 2009

      Lenovo today announced the world’s first dual-screen notebook, which may give the idea of a mobile workstation or business desktop replacement notebook new meaning. The Thinkpad W700ds adds a ...

28. The best five gadgets: From Acer’s N10J notebook to the iPhone 3G

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 30 December 2008

    ... which may be a defined a bit to broad, but provide some ideas when looking for a “gadget”, the site lists Asus N10J-A2 notebook in first place, as well as Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Nikon’s D90 DSLR camera, Amazon’s ...

29. Google Street View now on Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 15 December 2008

    ... to the first Android-powered G1 handset from T-Mobile. It was unique to the platform back then, serving as a system-seller feature of the Android G1. However, the company soon allowed Apple to add Street ...

30. Apple rolls out iPhone 2.2 firmware

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 21 November 2008

    ... and automatically launches the App Store application. Another optimization lets you press the Home button while in any of the nine available home screens to go back to your first home screen. This may ...

31. Intel unleashes Core i7, beats itself

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

      Following a first wave of reviews of the Core i7 processor, still mainly known under its code-name Nehalem, Intel is officially introducing its next-generation desktop microprocessor today. The ...

32. Top 5 Windows 7 features Apple should copy

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 31 October 2008

    ... It seems that Windows 7, not OS X, will become the first consumer OS to bring multi-touch capability to the masses after all. We were afraid Microsoft will try to sell Windows 7 on the multi-touch pitch ...

33. Windows 7: Clean UI, multi-touch and more speed

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

      Microsoft today delivered an impressive first demonstration of the Windows 7 feature set and the way how it improves key Vista shortcomings. There was enough information to keep every Windows ...

34. Update: T-Mobile’s Android G1: The verdict is in

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 16 October 2008

      As we are inching closer to the official G1 launch on October 22, first reviews of devices handed to the press have been published. So, how good is it? Is it a capable iPhone alternative – or ...

35. Mozilla releases supercharged Firefox 3.1 beta 1

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

      Mozilla released the first beta of the first major update for Firefox 3. The new software comes with the new Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, new end-user features such as previews for tabs and ...

36. Homeless man wants to be the "best game designer ever"

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 10 October 2008

    ... to design or program games when you’re homeless. He mentions that he would be losing his home soon. Within two days, he created his blog. His very first post proclaims that he is broke, and homeless with ...

37. Hot Import Nights – the ultimate photographer’s battleground Part I: Gear

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 07 October 2008

    ... sucks I admit that I’ve spent a lot of money on gear that hasn’t lived up to their promises.  When I first started attending shows, most notably Hot Import Nights, I wore a photographers vest.  ...

38. iPhone 2.2 beta 1 firmware brings tweaks, store improvements

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 30 September 2008

      The first beta of the upcoming 2.2 firmware update for the iPhone/iPod touch has been seeded to developers. But don’t get too excited: There is no sign of Flash support, a background notification ...

39. HTC Dream + Android 1.0 = High expectations

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 22 September 2008

    ... 400,000 Android estimate is modest compared to the 1.12 million first-generation iPhones shipped in its first quarter on the market. Apple is estimated to ship between 4 and 8 million iPhone 3Gs in the ...

40. Sony showcases 24.6-megapixel full frame DSLR

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

      Sony's got itself a new α (alpha) DSLR today which the company says is its first full-frame model. It is called the DSLR-A900 and the body alone will cost you around $3000 with related accessories. ...

41. Google Chrome aims for Windows, Apple may help

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Thursday, 04 September 2008

    ...  is targeting IE and serves as the first major attempt to create a beachhead in Google’s long term battle to displace Microsoft. While many think Chrome is a direct shot at IE, it is actually a flanking ...

42. Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 delayed, Alpha 2 now available

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 03 September 2008

    ... 30. Beta 2 will be frozen about one month later, setting the stage for a late 2008 public availability of Firefox 3.1. Originally planned to arrive last month, the download of the first public beta of ...

43. Why Android Market will surpass Apple’s App Store and Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 29 August 2008

    ... App Store rival next month, featuring applications for all major mobile phone platforms. Apple's App Store has seen impressive success in its first weeks of operation, but it may be in its most vulnerable ...

44. Top 10 celebrities for Microsoft’s Windows Vista campaign

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 22 August 2008

      Opinion – Microsoft has a tough time these days. First we complain that they don’t react to Apple’s mean and insulting Mac vs. Vista commercials and then nobody appears to like Microsoft’s choice ...

45. Toshiba’s new Blu-ray beater is a … DVD player

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 18 August 2008

      Toshiba today announced its “near HD” DVD player, which effectively succeeds the company’s HD DVD players that were removed from the market earlier this year. Toshiba’s first XDE player will debut ...

46. Graphics wars: The big summer battle

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 07 August 2008

    ... an understatement. But Intel is a very capable company and they are executing very well at the moment. However, the first reviews of Intel’s new integrated part are available and, unfortunately, reality ...

47. AMD's 790GX served with secret sauce for overclocking

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 August 2008

    ... there is one trend that especially has caught our interest: AMD goes after extreme overclockability. During this year’s Computex tradeshow, we first learned that AMD was preparing a new Southbridge chip ...

48. Sun previews JavaFX

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 31 July 2008

      Sun Microsystems released today a preview version of JavaFX, a set of tools to create Java-based Internet applications. The first full version of JavaFX for Desktop is set for delivery this fall. ...

49. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0: 64-bit power under Windows and OS X

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 29 July 2008

      Adobe today announced Lightroom 2.0, Adobe’s first native 64-bit application using OS X Cocoa APIs. The new version of the workflow and photo management software, is first out of the gate in this ...

50. Smartmirror to tantalize US drivers

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Monday, 21 July 2008

    ... the idea behind the Azentek SmartMirror, which is reportedly making its way to American retailers next month. The SmartMirror looks somewhat at first glance like your typical rear-view mirror found ...