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Archive for March, 2008

Google Gears heads for Windows Mobile phones

Tuesday
Mar 4,2008

Google is bringing Google Gears to mobile phones so that people on the go can access Web-based applications even when they’re not connected to the mobile Net.

Smartphones and 3G data services are changing the way some people work, allowing them to access documents and applications from anywhere. But …

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  • Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    CNET reader Georg Frausing asks:

    It is difficult to find some of the tested laptops with the lowest noise level. Any suggesting how to find them?

    The noisiest parts of a laptop are likely to be its internal fans, the hard disk drive, and the optical drive. The hotter a …

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  • Razer’s big tease is a big disappointment

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008
    (Credit: Razer)

    Well that was a yawn. Here we got all excited over that teaser page for a new mouse from Razer, mostly because we’ve seen it come up with some pretty neat stuff in the past. This time, not so much.

    First of all, its name–”Salmosa“–sounds …

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  • Report: Spielberg’s spooky social site

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    On Steven Spielberg's rumored social network, maybe you can discuss whether that ghost was really a ghost or just the creepy old caretaker from the abandoned amusement park.

    (Credit: Hanna-Barbera)

    Who wants to believe? TechCrunch reported Monday night that Steven Spielberg is developing a new social network where …

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  • Distinguishing between a wink, a nod, and an iPod

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    Do you sometimes feel that the convenience of having hundreds of songs and other digital files loaded onto your iPod is offset by the inconvenience of having to manually navigate through the file list? OK, well maybe not. But still, you should know that a researcher at Osaka University has …

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  • Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008
    (Credit: Steve Guttenberg)

    The SACD is a “super” CD, it sounds better, offers multichannel, high-resolution sound, and hybrid SACDs are backwards compatible with CD players. Sony initially pushed SACD as a CD replacement and the market yawned. OK, but you would have thought that audiophiles would have, en mass, supported …

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  • $25,000 uber-box gets Blu-ray

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008
    (Credit: SE2 Labs)

    When SE2 Labs debuted its “ITC One” media system late last year, one of the complaints was that it lacked a Blu-ray player. That might seem picky at first blush, until one surveys the laundry list of functions this uber-box already provides: an Xbox 360, HD personal …

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  • DARPA plans craft for five-year flight

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    The Vulture is expected draw on spacecraft design.

    (Credit: NASA)

    DARPA is close to awarding a contract for the initial development phase of an unmanned aircraft capable of staying aloft for five years at a time, according to the aviation magazine Flight.

    “Aviation has a perfect record–we’ve never left

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  • iPhone launching in Ireland on March 14th?

    Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    Filed under: CellphonesLooks like the iPhone is launching in Ireland with O2 on March 14th, according to Pocket-lint. It’s supposed to go for the low, low price of €399 (including VAT) on the 8GB and €499 for the 16GB; we haven’t heard anything solid either way, but we’ll let you …

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  • Tuesday
    Mar 4,2008

    The Aiptek A-HD records 720p video on inexpensive SD cards.

    (Credit: Aiptek)

    In the market for a digital camcorder? You could spend $179.99 on one of those Flip Video Ultras, which let you record a whopping 60 minutes of YouTube-quality video. Or you could pay $119 for the Aiptek …

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