Yes, we find the fact that our USB port won’t charge our phone when our laptop is sleeping to be pretty annoying, too. But does that mean we’ll rip the battery from it and use it as a semi-functional, clunky but self-sufficient charger? Well, probably not, but that doesn’t mean someone else shouldn’t. Now, [...]
Journal report says Apple, for the first time in recent memory, plans to attend the massive Vegas trade show. It also says Steve Jobs has been invited to keynote.
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In an effort to quell all sorts of kicking and screaming that resulted from an evidently erroneous report earlier in the week, an Acer representative has reportedly reaffirmed that an Android-based Aspire One is still on schedule for a Q3 release. If you’ll recall, we first heard of Acer’s intentions to dole out an Android-laden [...]
The DOE solicits loan applications for renewable energy and grid transmission projects while awards for to promote auto and battery manufacturing are expected soon.
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Sure, we might all just be getting used to LED-backlit LCD HDTVs, but this train ain’t stopping, Chico — Samsung just got official with the 8500 series, which features the next-generation of local-dimming LED backlights. The 54.6-inch and 45.9-inch 240Hz sets are just 1.6 inches deep and offer a 7,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a 2ms [...]
Users are complaining about their Twitter updates showing up in Facebook. Plus: How to turn it off.
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Well well, Nikon managed to keep the big secret about the new D300s under wraps even as everything else was leaked in the past few weeks: the new $1,799.95 body will shoot 24fps 720p video with contrast-detect autofocus and offers an external mic input. That’s basically every would-be DSLR videographer’s major wishlist right there [...]
The age of the touchscreen dumbphone is definitely upon us, is it not? Today AT&T and Samsung announced the availability of the Solstice, a phone featuring a 3-inch (presumably resistive) touchscreen, TouchWiz, and lots of funky social networking tie-ins. Still, one gets the overwhelming impression that phones of this ilk are simply trying to cash [...]
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Will Apple CEO Headline CES ‘10? — Those snubbed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs take heart. He won’t return calls from Gary Shapiro, who heads the world’s largest consumer electronics industry trade group. — Bloomberg News — Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple, at an October 2008 press conference.
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Why Social Networking Won't Replace Good Search ConsultantsPrivate Equity HubIn the course of discussing the job and what they had done to fill it, the CEO told me that he had posted the listing on a social networking site and …
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A chip engineer’s simple dream–to build a robot that can bring him a cold one–turns into a years-long home-brewed robotics project.
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Cable Network to Spark Social Networking, Boost Trade in AfricaVoice of AmericaShapshak says Africa is now on the cusp of an “explosion” with regard to use of social networking Internet sites and services such as MySpace, Facebook, …and more »
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Is Push Technology Motorola's Secret Weapon?ForbesAnalysts say the handset maker will use automatic social networking updates to set its phones apart. Despite escalating competition, Motorola appears …and more »
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We’ve already got a pile of evidence taller than the BL40 itself that told us LG’s latest Black Label device was that ultra-wide, glossy red and black slate we’ve seen floating around — but now, for the very first time, it’s totally official. The company has just released the first fully-revealed press photos of the [...]
Firefox project organizers are starting to button down details about the sequel to the present browser. Think alerts, hiding menu bars, and geolocation.
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