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Wolfram Alpha goes pro with premium packages
Like UnlikeWolfram Alpha has announced a new pro package for all your knowledge computing needs that brings bulked up results and the ability to search using images, files and other data inputs.
The enriched pro results will come with interactive graphs and the like, as well as the ability to export and download information.
Wolfram Alpha's current free results come with some simple graphs and basic results but the pro edition will give you a lot more control over these, allowing you to show different, relevant datasets on the same chart and export the data rather than simply saving the graph as an image.
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Pentax refreshes its rugged camera lineup with the Optio WG-2 series
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Exactly twelve months after the unveiling of the Optio WG-1 family, Pentax is now introducing the successors to its colorful and ruggedized shooters. And while its macho design hasn't changed much, the newcomers usher in a host of predictable spec bumps. The new all-terrain shooters are sporting a 16-megapixel, back-illuminated CMOS sensor, 1080p (30fps) movie mode, micro-HDMI for when you feel like sharing your adventures and a 3-inch, 460,000 -dot LCD to help you frame your shots. Of course, this wouldn't fall under the rugged category if it couldn't handle anything you threw at it, which is why any WG-2 is waterproof up to 40 feet, shock-resistant and dustproof. If you're thinking about t...
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Olympus unveils SZ-31MR camera: 16 megapixels, 24x optical zoom
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Japanese camera manufacturer Olympus has just introduced the successor to its SZ-30MR compact shooter. The new snapper not only sees a minimal increment on its stage name, SZ-31MR, but it also keeps the same 16-megapixel backlit sensor as its predecessor, as well as an identical 24x (25-600mm) optical zoom. Though, the newcomer does get a fresh image processor, making the jump from a TruePic III to a TruePic V, thus bringing along better low-light performance, scene enhancements and keeping high-quality shots while using the zoom feature. Amongst other traits, the device is packing a 3-inch (920,000-dot) LCD, 6400 ISO and 1080p video capture at 30fps. Olympus is also implementing a new techn...
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There's no 'secret project' to port OS X to ARM, because it already exists
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You may have seen some reports doing the rounds today that a "secret project" was initiated at Apple to port the underlying guts of OS X (AKA Darwin) to ARM chips, and that those duties were handled by a then-intern named Tristan Schaap. The story goes that Schaap was part of a team tasked with manufacturing a build of Darwin for the Marvell MV88F6281 processor, and that upon completion of the project, he was hired on by Apple as a CoreOS engineer. While the latter part is accurate — Schaap does appear to be part of that team — the rest of it doesn't make sense on a number of levels, the most notable being that the essence of OS X (certainly much of its codebase) has already been adopted for...
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Symantec offered hacker $50,000 for stolen source code
Like UnlikeAnonymous released email exchanges between a member and Symantec yesterday, revealing that the security firm offered them $50,000 in exchange for destroying the source code of pcAnywhere and Norton Antivirus tools, believed to have been obtained by hackers after breaking into servers of the Indian Military Intelligence in 2006.
The deal fell through after extended discussions about payment through Liberty Reserve bank in Costa Rica and issues with receiving the proof of code they requested. The source code for Symantec’s pcAnywhere has now been released through Pirate Bay.
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Symantec Tried to Buy Back Stolen Source Code for $50,000, Says It was a Sting Operation
Like UnlikeDon't retire your home brewed aluminum foil deflector beanie just yet, there may be occasions where you'll still want to wear it. Take Symantec's source code snafu, for instance. When word got out that hackers had stolen certain source code from Symantec, the security firm initially brushed off the incident in the public eye saying the stolen code only applied to outdated software from several years ago. Not long after, Symantec advised pcAnywhere customers to stop using their product until it could release a patch. But what's really telling are a series of emails Symantec and the hacker responsible for the theft exchanged with each other.
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Google Now Laying Fiber for Super-Fast Internet
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Monday in a blog, Google said that it is finally installing "thousands of miles of" fiber optic cable for its super-fast "Google Fiber" network. The lines will be installed between Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri, creating a solid backbone which later will branch out to all Kansas City consumers on both sides of the state line, providing download speeds more than 100 times faster than current broadband solutions.
"Each cable contains many thin glass fibers, each about the width of a human hair," Kevin Lo, the Google executive heading up the project. "We’ll be taking these cables and weaving them into a fiber backbone -- a completely new high speed infrastructure."
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Sandboxed Flash Player for Firefox Now Available in Beta Form
Like UnlikeAdobe on Monday announced the availability of Flash Player Protected Mode for Mozilla Firefox. Essentially a sandboxed version of the popular browser plugin, Flash Player Protected Mode for Firefox is currently in beta. Hit the jump for more.
The popular plugin is no stranger to sandboxing technology, having supported sandboxing within Chrome for over an year and in Internet Explorer for longer than that. Back in late 2010, when Adobe first enabled sandboxing support in Chrome’s integrated Flash Player, the company had hinted at the possibility of the technology being extended to other browsers.
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Maingear's Refreshed Titan 17 Desktop Replacement Rocks Intel's X79 Express Chipset
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Notebooks built around Intel's X79 Express chipset are starting to trickle out in pre-order form, including Maingear's refreshed Titan 17. Actually, it wouldn't be right to call this a notebook. The Titan 17 is a full-fledged desktop replacement that can be configured with an Intel Core i7 3960X six-core processor and two Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M graphics cards in SLI.
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Verizon Wireless to Bring Back Double Data 4G LTE Promotion
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Thinking about signing up with Verizon Wireless? If so, you may want to hold off a few days before inking a two-year service agreement with Big Red. Word on the Web is that Verizon is resurrecting its double data promotion for 4G LTE smartphones, which means instead of being allotted a rather snug 2GB data cap for $30/month, you'd be given room to breathe in a 4GB cap for the same monthly fee.
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Acer sues former CEO Gianfranco Lanci for joining Lenovo
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Acer has sued former CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci for allegedly breaching a contract signed during his departure last year. Filed in Lanci's native Italy, the suit highlights a non-compete clause that barred Lanci from joining rival firms for 12 months -- a measure commonly taken when high-profile employees resign or otherwise exit a company.
Lanci purportedly violated that pact by joining Lenovo as a consultant last September, only six or seven months after striking the agreement (the contract was reportedly signed in February but Lanci left in March). Lanci's relationship with Lenovo expanded in January when the Chinese PC maker named him as the head of its new Europe, Middle East an...
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Motorola Motoluxe February launch for the UK
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Motorola kicked off 2012 by announcing the arrival of both the Motorola Defy Mini and Motorola Motoluxe budget Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) handsets, and the latter is landing in the UK this month.
The Motorola Motoluxe has a 4-inch touchscreen display. The resolution isn't exactly high-end but, for a handset that is likely to appeal to the limited purse-strings of the tween market, 480x854 is none too shabby either.
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LG Miracle picture and details leak
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LG may just have the answer to Fragma's prayers, as the Windows Phone 7 touting LG Miracle has been leaked all over the internet.
The Miracle isn't likely to take on the likes of the HTC Titan or Nokia's top end Lumia smartphones - the spec sheet suggests a mid-level entry device.
It is said to be packing a 4-inch WVGA NOVA display, which should sparkle somewhat, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, 8GB of storage, a 5-megapixel rear camera that can shoot 720p video and a VGA front-facing webcam.
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Chrome for Android won’t ever get Flash
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Chrome for Android may have set its sights on being the default browser on your Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, but you’ll have to make do with no Flash Player support if you give in to the new beta’s allure. Having announced that its Flash Player mobile plans were over back in November, Adobe has confirmed that Chrome for Android does indeed arrive too late for a plugin of its own. That’s despite Android 4.0 already having Flash Player support in the native browser.
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PS Vita 3G pricing details revealed by Vodafone
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Vodafone has revealed more details about its partnership with Sony for the PS Vita which sees the company as the exclusive 3G carrier for the handheld.
TechRadar revealed back in November that Vodafone would be the exclusive 3G network for the PlayStation Vita but at the time nothing was mentioned about pricing.
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