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Acer Notebook Aspires for MacBook Air-like Proportions
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Thin and light notebooks inevitably draw comparisons to Apple's MacBook Air, and you can probably expect a lot more of that once Ultrabooks emerge, at least at first. Part of the reason probably has to do with there not being a ton of pancaked proportioned notebooks. Intel aims to change the mobile landscape with its Ultrabook concept, and it looks as though Acer is itching to get started.
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Microsoft Squashes 20-Year-Old 'Ping of Death' Bug
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Perhaps motivated by Duke Nukem Forever shipping after a decade-and-a-half of development and delays, Microsoft decided to finally patch a vulnerability dating back to the 1990s. Included in yesterday's Patch Tuesday bulletin bonanza is a little nugget listed as CVE-2011-1871, which according to ComputerWorld.com is a fix for the dreaded 'Ping of Death,' or at least it was dreaded some two decades ago.
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IBM Sinks Blue Waters Supercomputer Project
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Quick, someone assemble an eight-man band like the one that played during the Titanic's final moments above water. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications' Blue Waters project is sinking fast now that IBM has abandoned ship, leaving NCSA on its own to build a sustained petascale supercomputer. IBM and NCSA didn't have any kind of falling out, it just turned out to be more expensive than either side anticipated.
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Samsung Galaxy R Announced - A Tegra 2 Smartphone
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Earlier this year while at MWC, Anand and I broke news of a Samsung Galaxy phone with Tegra 2 inside. At the time, we assumed it was a Galaxy S2 variant, the GT-I9103. At the time, the suspicion was that either Samsung was preparing a Tegra 2 variant in case Exynos yields weren't good enough, or that it was a cheaper regional variant for some markets. Since then, we've seen Galaxy S2's international launch come and go, with no Tegra 2 variant.
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Hulu goes international, will launch in Japan later this year
Like UnlikeRumors of international expansion seem to follow every streaming media company and Hulu has finally revealed plans to launch in Japan later this year. There's not many details, but it appears the free side is staying home in favor of a Hulu Plus-only approach with plans to bring "premium feature films and TV shows" to PCs, TVs, phones and tablets. That it's also avoiding a direct confrontation with Netflix across borders is also notable, as the other major all you can eat video service focuses on Latin America and Europe. Interested parties can sign up for updates at Hulu.jp, but how many yen they may have to spend is as much of a mystery as who is going to be Hulu's lucky new owner.
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SRS Labs Extends Agreements with VIZIO
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SRS Labs is officially recognized as one of the America’s Greatest Brands and the industry leader in surround sound, audio and voice technologies. Today they announced that they have signed a new multi-year agreement with VIZIO in order to provide them with an extended portfolio of SRS audio enhancement technologies. Some of the technologies included are SRS Labs’ flagship StudioSound HD suite. This software provides the consumer with a complete set of audio adjustment features.
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PS3 firmware update v3.70 adds auto-save cloud storage for subscribers, updates XMB and 3D support
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As if saving your PS3 games to the cloud wasn't convenient enough, Sony's gone and automated the process for PlayStation Plus subscribers. The v3.70 software update offers an automatic sync option for trophies and game save states, giving members exclusive access to their gaming goods wherever they go. The firmware also packs a few additional features for non-paid users, adding a recommendation function to items in the PlayStation store, and a new "TV / Video Services" XMB category for Netflix, Hulu PLUS and VUDU apps.
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HDI 3D to ship new line of 3D projectors next year, we mortgage our homes
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We were pretty impressed when we got the chance to gaze at HDI 3D's silky smooth, 43-inch 3D LCD last year, which is why our eyes widened when the company announced that it's begun producing a new line of 3D projectors, slated for release as early as 2012. First up in the awkwardly named Laser-Driven 2D/3D Switchable Dynamic Video Projector series is the LSS Pro 1 (pictured above) -- a tank that's powered by as many as two Laser-Drive Engines and capable of displaying both 2D and 3D images on HDI's 300 inch Laser Silver Screen.
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Runco Announces the LS-1 DLP Projector
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Runco is known for their high-quality projectors - a factor that tends to reflect in the cost. The LS-1 is a bit different though. That's not to say it's not a quality projector, but at $3,995 it's affordable to those that normally wouldn't be able to swing a Runco. The newest in the LightStyle series, the LS-1 offers a contrast ratio of 10,000:1 and uses technologies like SuperOnyx, Constant Contrast and ViVix digital video processing to achieve deep black levels. It utilizes the ISF calibration suite which allows the projector to be customized for the room.
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NextGen Intros Universal Rechargeable 3D Glasses
Like UnlikeNextGen is a company we like to keep tabs on. They've brought interesting and really helpful products to market like the universal Remote Control Extender Genius we reviewed years ago. Now, NextGen has introduced Active 3D Glasses, a welcome and needed addition to the market. The new glasses work with virtually any 3D television and are one of a very few models on the market that are able to be recharged. Most operate on a CR-style battery and have lifespans of around 70 hours. According to Bob Dolatowski, president of NextGen, the new Active 3D glasses are built to the highest quality and will work with most brands of 3D TVs currently on the market.
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iPhone 5 to bring a ton of business for iResellers
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The iPhone is not just big business for Applewith other companies throughout the eco-system competing for their slice of the pie. Aside from the end users, mobile operators and accessory makers – resellers are also looking forward to the iPhone 5 (or whatever it’s going to be called) launch. Their pitch is simple – offer existing iPhone users some money for their older models, refurbish them and then sell for more.
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Samsung Convoy 2 available on Verizon Wireless for $79.99
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If you’re on a market looking to grab yourself a rugged clamshell phone, Verizon Wirelessmay have exactly what you need. Samsung Convoy 2 builds on the apparent success of its predecessor, boasting similar rough look and feel that meets Military Specifications 810F standards for shock, low pressure (altitude), low and high temperature, temperature shock, solar radiation, salt fog, humidity, vibration, sand and dust.
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Adobe Flash Player for Android updated with security fixes and enhancements
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Adobe has updated its Flash player for Android to version 10.3.186.3, which is said to fix a number of security issues while also providing several feature enhancements for certain phones and websites.
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ECS Intros Trio of AMD A-Series Ready Motherboards
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ECS announced a trio of socket FM1 motherboards supporting AMD A-Series APUs. It includes an ATX motherboard targeting the home/gamer PC market, the A55F-A, a micro-ATX board targeting HTPCs, the A55F-M2, and another one targeting office desktops, the A55F-M3. Featuring in ECS Black Series, the A55F-A has just about all the goods to make up a budget gaming PC based on the A-Series APU. Budget gamers can start off with the integrated GPU (which is quite fast for 720p gaming), and then add discrete graphics cards. The extra room of standard ATX is wasted by three legacy PCI slots. There's plenty of connectivity, including USB 3.0, eSATA 6 Gb/s, five internal SATA 6 Gb/s, etc.
The A55F-M2 ticks...
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Nokia N9 MeeGo Phone will not be released in United States
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Last week we reported that Nokia will launch the Nokia N9 MeeGo phone in Sweden on September 23. This supported hopes for MeeGo fans that the N9 will come in September as well to the United States. It is not going to happen. Engadget asked Nokia for the US release details and got a response that said that Nokia decided not to ship the Nokia N9 in the United States.
As Nokia is not standing behind MeeGo, it is anyway for the best. It would be just a distraction to buy the Nokia N9. It has no future. It could have a bright future, but Nokia is going with Microsoft Windows Phone OS. We will see how that turns out.
The Nokia N9 has a touchscreen only design without the typical home button. The ...
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