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Windows 8's New Ways to Manage Wireless, Bandwidth
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Windows 8 will be a new animal that merges mobile design thinking with that of the traditional PC computing. The clear sign of this is the Metro design that's currently being used in Windows Phone – and to a smaller extent in the latest Xbox 360 dashboard.
The latest Windows 8 innovation shared through the B8 blog is about how the next big Microsoft release will handle wireless connectivity via Wi-Fi and mobile broadband. Specifically, Windows 8 will attempt to make connectivity as easy and as seamless as possible.
While Wi-Fi options are built into current versions of Windows natively, Windows 8 will attempt to integrate mobile broadband functionality into the OS without having to resort to...
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Google Patches Five Chrome Bugs, Pays $6000 in Bounties
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Google earlier this week updated the Chrome Stable channel to 16.0.912.77 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame, patching four privately reported vulnerabilities in its browser. How come only four, you ask, when the headline clearly mentions five? Actually the fifth was patched a couple of weeks back, but Google mistakenly failed to include it in the release notes.
The four bugs fixed this week all carry a “high” severity rating and were discovered using AddressSanitizer. The bugs are being kept private until a majority of Chrome users have updated to the latest stable build of the browser.
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Megaupload Founder Denied Bail Over Flight Risk
Like UnlikeA New Zealand judge on Wednesday ordered the founder of the lucrative offshore file transfer site Megaupload.com be held in custody for another month while awaiting possible extradition to the U.S. on charges of racketeering, copyright infringement, and money laundering.
Kim Dotcom, a 38 year-old German national also known as Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, was denied bail by Judge David McNaughton, who said the accused Internet pirate posed a "significant" flight risk, Reuters reported. Dotcom will remain in custody until Feb. 22, when he faces an extradition hearing.
Prosecutors in the U.S. claim Dotcom, a resident of both Hong Kong and New Zealand, lead a massive piracy scheme that ge...
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Google adding Public Alerts to Maps, keeps you in the loop in times of worry
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You can't deny that Google often hands out marvelous tools for the masses to utilize (yes, some can be a miss), and today the King of Search is launching a fresh virtual apparatus as part of its Crisis Response project. Dubbed "Public Alerts," the feature is accessible from within Google Maps, keeping you in the loop during times of high alert. Your search query will trigger things like weather relevant to your area, public safety and earthquake alerts -- all of which are provided by the NOAA, the National Weather Service and the US Geological Survey. The Crisis Response squad says its goal is "to surface emergency information through the online tools you use everyday," which is a great idea...
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Chemists create first envelopes for artificial life
Like UnlikeThrough a rather simple chemical reaction, chemists at the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University have created self-assembling cell membranes, these pre-cursors to artificially creating life. Though it might not sit well with the god-fearing citizens of Earth, these chemists, Neal Devaraj and Itay Budin, have published a report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society which details their important step in creating an artificial cell. Should they succeed, they’ll be the first (or the second if you count the big bang and its good friends here on the planet, to create a living organism from non-living molecules.
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Netflix Isn't Doing As Bad As We Thought It Was
Like UnlikeNetflix had a pretty bad 2011. And that might be underselling it since the company pretty much destroyed all the goodwill it developed over the years and became a laughingstock. No matter! Netflix just announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011 and things are looking good.
To sum it up: Netflix is actually adding streaming customers again. The company added 220,000 net domestic streaming subscribers (total now at 21.67 million) and 380,000 net new international streaming customers (total now at 1.86 million). DVD subscribers, however, plummeted by 2.76 million leaving only 11.17 million people still getting Netflix by mail.
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Pentax announces 20x zoom camera
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Pentax has announced a new 20x optical zoom compact camera, which also includes features designed for photographing in a vertical orientation.
The Optio VS20 also features a 16 million pixel sensor and a 3-inch colour LCD display. An extra shutter release button and zoom lever are included to help when shooting photographs vertically.
Other features include a new Handheld Night Snap mode, which is designed to help capture images in low-light conditions with minimal blur and noise.
The 20x optical zoom lens is 28mm (35mm equivalent) at its widest end, stretching up to 560mm at the extreme telephoto end. Furthermore, an Intelligent Zoom function extends the zoom range to a whopping 4032mm (or ...
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KDE 4.8 released, wants to sashay its way into your computer
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Sure, it might not have the marketing flair, nor mindshare of another Linux-based project we know, but that doesn't mean the folks behind KDE haven't been feverishly polishing their take on the perfect desktop environment. That dedication has resulted in version 4.8, which brings forth a bevy of tweaks big and small. Those upgrading will be treated to more layouts in Plasma Workspaces, a new display engine and file-manager, as well as redesigned power management settings. Also on the docket are refinements that improve stability and performance, including groundwork to enable more touch-friendly UIs in the future. Sounds like a win-win to us, so why are you still reading? More info awaits at...
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Google Created Gmail's Perfect Logo the Night Before It Was Due
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Every one of us knows the stomach terror of starting a project right before it's due. But what if your assignment is Gmail's logo, your teacher is Google, and it's due tomorrow? Suddenly school doesn't seem that bad.
Dennis Hwang designed the Gmail logo. At the time, Dennis designed virtually all of the Google doodles and he did a lot of the new logo work as well.
The logo was designed literally the night before the product launched. We were up very late and Sergey and I went down to his cube to watch him make it.<
The initial version used the same font as the Google logo (Catull), but Catull has a very awkward 'a', so Dennis decided to use Catull for the 'G' to tie the brand to Google, then...
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Google to Unify User Data Across Services
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Google announced that it plans to merge the privacy policies and terms of service across its entire range of online products into a single policy. It will compile all the data that users have supplied about themselves in Google+, Picasa, Google Search, Gmail, and other services into one set of information, providing it with a more complete picture of its customers. Google says the move is being made to simplify the user experience and negate the need for the 70 different privacy policies that are currently in place. The new policy, which also covers Android smartphones, will go into effect in about 60 days.
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LG Optimus LTE sales break 1 million units, took 3 months to do it
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LG has just announced that the Optimus LTE has sold more than 1 million units. At fist glance that sounds like an awesome achievement, but looking at the numbers closely reveals some incredibly lackluster sales. First, the device went on sale in October 2011, meaning it’s been out on the market for 3 months. That would mean less than 350,000 units sold per month. Second, LG specially says that the device sold 600,000 units in South Korea. That would mean just 400,000 units left to be split among the three other countries where the device is available: the United States, Canada, and Japan. Forgetting about Canada and Japan for a second (such an American thing to say!), assume those 400,000 un...
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"Android can never be as smooth as iOS" myth busted
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Two months ago, a Google intern kicked off a discussion about why Android is laggy: a sore point in the hearts of Android fans, and gave what seemed like a pretty legitimate explanation to non-developers. It spurred a huge discussion not only on the Internet, but right here with arguments being brought by both sides.
In a nutshell, the former Google intern Andrew Munn said that UI rendering is happening as a main thread in Android while in iOS it’s in a dedicated thread given a real-time priority and that is why many find Android laggy. Moreover, Munn suggested that that’s an inherent flaw of the way Android is built. That’s why Android was to remain somewhat laggy despite dual and quad-cor...
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Apple iPhone 5 to have new casing and 4 inch screen
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According to an unnamed source at Foxconn who spoke with 9to5Mac, production of the Apple iPhone 5 is gearing up. Various prototypes of the next-gen Apple iPhone have been circulating and they all have in common a design that would mean a larger 4 inch display for the model One of the prototypes' 4 inch screen was made by Korean based LG. The shape of the phone will not be tear-shaped as was the overwhelming expectations prior to the launch of the iPhone 4S. Samples have been symmetrical in shape besides being longer and wider. None of the prototypes has the form factor of the Apple iPhone 4/4S.
If you're wondering how reliable 9to5Mac's source is, this tipster was dead on last year in sayin...
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Report: Apple mulling second Israeli facility after Anobit purchase
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It looks like Apple's acquisition of Anobit was only one part of its Israel-based plans -- business daily Calcalist is claiming that the company will open a research center there by the end of February. It's unrelated to the purchase of the flash-chip maker, since Ed Frank was apparently despatched to scope out suitable bases for a new facility in early 2011. It's reportedly going to be based in the Matam Technology District, south of Haifa, adjacent to similar facilities operated by Microsoft, Intel and Philips. It's already received hundreds of resumes for engineers: it's looking for those with specific know-how in chip development, hardware testing and verification. The new complex is to ...
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Apple sells record 1.4 million Apple TVs in Q4; 85 million users now on iCloud
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During the company’s earnings call on Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple TV is “doing extremely well.” The Cupertino-based company sold a record 1.4 million units in the December quarter, though Cook says the product is still just a hobby. “We still classify this as a hobby, but we continue to add things to it,” he said. “I couldn’t live without it. We think it’s a fantastic product and we continue to pull strings and see where we can take it.” Cook also revealed that the company’s iCloud service now has 85 million users. “We’re thrilled with iCloud and the response from customers has been incredible,” he said. “It was a fundamental shift, recognizing that people had numerous de...
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