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Software RSS FeedsTracePlus Ethernet v5.04.000 - TracePlus/Ethernet is a powerful packet capture tool, supporting 10/100-BaseTX and 802.11b wireless networks. All views of network information that are available in TracePlus are displayed in realtime. This TracePlus product obtains its information directly from the network subsystem of Windows, and can see all network traffic generated from your PC as well as all other PCs on your segment of the network....Feed Source: True Launch Bar v3.2.15 RC3 - True Launch Bar is a Superior replacement for standard Quick Launch. All functions presented in Quick Launch are also in True Launch Bar. However, the True Launch Bar is fully compatible with Quick Launch because it uses the same folder for shortcuts. But there is one huge difference. True Launch Bar allows you to combine your shortcuts in groups. This feature looks like popup menus. This vastly improves the management of your shortcuts.... Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions June 5, 2006 - This is the latest virus pattern to detect the latest viruses. This update will work on the following products: NAV 2000 for Win9x/NT/2000,
NAV 2001 for Win95b/98/NT/2000/Me,
NAV 2002 Professional Edition,
NAV 2002 for Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP Home/XP Pro,
NAV 4.0 for Windows 3.51,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for Win9x,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for WinNT,
NAV for Firewalls 1.5 or higher,
NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel),
NAV for MS Exchange (Intel),
Norton SystemWorks (all versions),
Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions),
pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT.... Easy CD-DA Extractor v9.1.3 - Easy CD-DA Extractor is a powerful and easy digital audio extraction utility that makes digital copies from audio CDs and saves as audio files such as MP3, Windows Media Audio and Windows Wave. You may use built-in encoders, get plug-ins for other free encoders, or use any Windows audio compression codec. Features include: CDDB, ID3 and WMA tags, file converter with batch support, tons of files can be converted to a different format simultaneously, serves also as a MP3 and WAV decoder and sound normalizer.... NewsReactor Build 9037 - NewsReactor is a tool to download binaries from usenet newsgroups. NewsReactor scans, combines and downloads files from a selected newsgroup.... McAfee SuperDAT 4777 - Virus definition, or .DAT, files contain up-to-date virus signatures and other information that Network Associates anti-virus products use to protect your computer against the thousands of computer viruses in circulation. Network Associates releases new .DAT files regularly to provide protection against the approximately 300 new viruses that appear each month. To ensure that your anti-virus software can protect your system or network against the latest virus threats, download and install the latest .DAT files.... McAfee DAT 4777 - Virus definition, or .DAT, files contain up-to-date virus signatures and other information that Network Associates anti-virus products use to protect your computer against the thousands of computer viruses in circulation. Network Associates releases new .DAT files regularly to provide protection against the approximately 300 new viruses that appear each month. To ensure that your anti-virus software can protect your system or network against the latest virus threats, download and install the latest .DAT files.... RasterVect v10.9 - Vectorizer RasterVect can transform raster images into a vector format. Raster drawing can be imported by scanning original paper drawings. There is TWAIN support for importing from scanners.The target vector formats (DXF,WMF,EMF,EPS and AI) are supported by most CAD applications that use vector graphics, such as AutoCAD and Corel Draw. There are viewing tools like zooming, scrolling and color selection.... EasySetup v3.08 - Can package and install not only programs but also all kind of files. Includes install and uninstall support for Windows 9.x/NT/ME/2000/XP. Compress all files in a single executable. Setup overhead is less than 100 KB. What you see is what you get, easy visual configuration. Projects in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Galician, Hungarian and Dutch languages are included.... PicaJet Photo Organizer v2.5.452 - PicaJet Photo Organizer helps you automatically manage 1000s of your digital photos in seconds. Additional features include built-in tools to keep your photos safe, an image search engine with support for EXIF data, a slideshow maker and an easy-to-use tool to generate a web gallery from templates. If you have a large photo collection and need an efficient way to organize it, this is the software you'll want.... Acoo Browser v1.40.556 - Acoo Browser is a powerful multi-tabbed web browser based on the Internet Explorer engine (IE 5 or greater required). Acoo Browser allows user to surf multiple Web sites within one browser window. It also includes many advanced features such as Mouse Gestures, recoverable Popup Blocker, Ads Filter, script error suppression, Cleaner, URL Alias and Integrated search engine support. It makes your surfing experience easier and quicker.... iNetFormFiller Free v3.5.06 - Stores personal data and fills web-forms automatically. Records any order of actions required for form filling (including clicks on web-links) and automatically reproduces this order. Possibility to edit forms without page loading, subject profiles, intellectual identification and filling of fields of any types.... mnoGoSearch Lite v3.2.39.1 - MnoGoSearch is a search engine designed to organize a search within a website, number of websites, intranet or local system.... mnoGoSearch v3.2.39 - MnoGoSearch for is a search engine designed to organize search
within a website, number of websites, intranet or local system. To search
through documents you have to index them first using the indexer component
of mnoGoSearch. Indexer is a spider that reads the documents you specify and
stores information about words it finds in tables in a SQL or built-in database.... BlackWidow v5.21 - BlackWidow is a multi-function internet tool. It is a web site downloader, site mapping tool, site ripper, site mirroring tool, website scanner and an offline browser. Use it to scan a site, and create a complete profile of the site's structure, files, external links and even link errors. Download file types such as pics, image, audio, MP3, video, documents, ZIP, Flash, program, CSS, Flash, PDF , PHP, JAVA, CGI, PDF, HTM to MIME types + more.... Tidy Start Menu v3.00 - The "Tidy Start Menu" program will help you to put the menu in order and make your work comfortable.... Trend Micro Pattern File June 4, 2006 - The Official Pattern Release or OPR is Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for identified viruses. It is guaranteed to have passed a series of critical tests to ensure that customers get optimum protection from the latest virus threats. ... CloneMaster v3.11 - Clean your hard drive of duplicate files that are just wasting space. CloneMaster searches for TRUE duplicate files (byte for byte), same-name files and zero-length files and bring them to your attention. It include Smart Delete, Rename, Save as. and other functions. The Smart Delete is a filter for flagging files for deletion.... ZipBackup for Windows v4.0 - The ZipBackup Wizard makes backing up a snap for beginners, and filtering and scheduling make it a powerful tool for experts.... Bee Icons v4.0.2.2 - Bee Icons allows you by means of only several mouse clicks to replace a lot of shell icons to those ones you do like. The program is settled for Windows 9x/Me/2000/XP and allows to change icons of the Desktop, Start Menu, Drives, Folders, and ALL registered file types. Using Bee Icons, you can easily shift one or a couple of icons or even all icons using icons themes. From the program's site you can download new themes for you.... Music Label 2007 v2.0 - Music Label features a separate MP3 database that enables you to catalog your entire MP3 collection fast and easy.... Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions June 4, 2006 - This is the latest virus pattern to detect the latest viruses. This update will work on the following products: NAV 2000 for Win9x/NT/2000,
NAV 2001 for Win95b/98/NT/2000/Me,
NAV 2002 Professional Edition,
NAV 2002 for Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP Home/XP Pro,
NAV 4.0 for Windows 3.51,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for Win9x,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for WinNT,
NAV for Firewalls 1.5 or higher,
NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel),
NAV for MS Exchange (Intel),
Norton SystemWorks (all versions),
Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions),
pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT.... BPS Spyware and Adware Remover v9.3.0.6 - Spyware Remover is an Adware, SpyWare, Key Loggers, Trojans, Dialers, Hijackers, Trackware, Thiefware, Big Brotherware removal utility with multi-language support. Also includes a Firewall for protection against any entrance to your equipment through backdoors, Anti Phishing utility to block orged or "spoofed" spam email & automatic live update. Also removes Bundled spyware components from Kazza, Morpheus, audiogalaxy, and many other spywares.... Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions June 3, 2006 - This is the latest virus pattern to detect the latest viruses. This update will work on the following products: NAV 2000 for Win9x/NT/2000,
NAV 2001 for Win95b/98/NT/2000/Me,
NAV 2002 Professional Edition,
NAV 2002 for Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP Home/XP Pro,
NAV 4.0 for Windows 3.51,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for Win9x,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for WinNT,
NAV for Firewalls 1.5 or higher,
NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel),
NAV for MS Exchange (Intel),
Norton SystemWorks (all versions),
Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions),
pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT.... EMS PostgreSQL Manager Pro v3.6 - EMS PostgreSQL Manager is a powerful graphical tool for PostgreSQL administration and development. It makes creating and editing PostgreSQL database objects easy and fast, and allows you to run SQL scripts, manage users and their privileges, build SQL queries visually, extract, print and search metadata, export data to 14 available formats and import them from most popular formats, view and edit BLOB fields, and many more.... EMS PostgreSQL Manager Lite v3.6 - EMS PostgreSQL Manager Lite is a light and easy-to-use freeware graphical tool for PostgreSQL administration. PostgreSQL Manager works with any PostgreSQL versions up to 8.0 and supports all of the latest PostgreSQL features including tablespaces, named arguments in functions and so on. It has minimal required set of instruments for those users who are new to PostgreSQL server and need only its basic functionality.... 1ClickPicGrabber with FloatBar v3.50 - Grab, save and organize Flash, Quicktime and any other video or pictures you find on websites in a single click directly from your browser. With the first ever FloatBar for Internet Explorer we bring you a powerful tool which helps you in saving ANY embedded video file you bump into online such as Flash, Quicktime and Windows Media. With the new FloatBar you can even ZOOM pictures directly in your browser.... iPod2PC v3.3 - With iPod2PC you can easily copy songs from any iPod to any PC's hard disk to restore or backup them. iPod2PC offers very fast searching and a browse mode which makes finding songs on the iPod easy. With the sophisticated song selection method (via context menu), choosing desired groups of songs for copying is very convenient.... Fresh UI v7.60 - Fresh UI is the fresh solution for configuring and optimizing Windows. Loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings in Windows XP/2000/98/95/Me, this software covers the customizing and optimizing technique that you'll be glad to know, such as: customizing Windows User Interface (UI), optimizing system settings, optimizing hardware settings, customizing Windows application settings, control user environment with policies.... CoinManage 2006 - CoinManage helps you manage your coin collection. It features a database of over 12,000 US, Canadian and English coins, including hundreds of pictures and values for United States coins.... Arial CD Ripper v1.4.9 - Arial CD Ripper is a versatile and easy to use tool for CD grabbing and audio conversion. It can extract all your favourite CD into MP3 ,WAV, OGG,FLAC,APE ,you can convert a track in a minute and the whole CD within a few minutes without losing the audio quality. Arial CD Ripper can also convert (from and to) most of the popular audio formats from one to another with as simple as a click. CDDB support,Id3 tag editor provided.... dirhtml v4.75 Beta - Dirhtml creates index.html files from a directory list, optionally including HTML code of your own design at any point in the generated file.... Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions June 2, 2006 - This is the latest virus pattern to detect the latest viruses. This update will work on the following products: NAV 2000 for Win9x/NT/2000,
NAV 2001 for Win95b/98/NT/2000/Me,
NAV 2002 Professional Edition,
NAV 2002 for Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP Home/XP Pro,
NAV 4.0 for Windows 3.51,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for Win9x,
NAV 5.0 and 2000 for WinNT,
NAV for Firewalls 1.5 or higher,
NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel),
NAV for MS Exchange (Intel),
Norton SystemWorks (all versions),
Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions),
pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT.... XFilesDialog v3.30.174 Beta - XFilesDialog is designed to improve all the standard file dialogs (Open/Load/Save).... Spotlight on MySQL v2.0.1 - Spotlight on MySQL displays a complete visual representation of the MySQL database allowing you to observe actual activity, including process flows and configuration settings in real time from a single display. It quickly identifies performance bottlenecks and problem areas in complex data sharing environments using flows, graphs and visual icons, and alerts you with an audio or visual alarm when key metric thresholds are triggered.... OroTimesheet v5.10 - OroTimesheet is a program that manages time per project. OroTimesheet lets you keep track of time spent on each project, and is adaptable for large organizations or smal businesses.... McAfee SuperDAT 4776 - Virus definition, or .DAT, files contain up-to-date virus signatures and other information that Network Associates anti-virus products use to protect your computer against the thousands of computer viruses in circulation. Network Associates releases new .DAT files regularly to provide protection against the approximately 300 new viruses that appear each month. To ensure that your anti-virus software can protect your system or network against the latest virus threats, download and install the latest .DAT files.... McAfee DAT 4776 - Virus definition, or .DAT, files contain up-to-date virus signatures and other information that Network Associates anti-virus products use to protect your computer against the thousands of computer viruses in circulation. Network Associates releases new .DAT files regularly to provide protection against the approximately 300 new viruses that appear each month. To ensure that your anti-virus software can protect your system or network against the latest virus threats, download and install the latest .DAT files.... LANVisor v1.4.0 - LANVisor allows you to see the screens of multiple computers connected to the local area network. You can use the software to see what users do on remote computers and automatically take screenshots. At the
office, this system will help a manager catch employees suspected of violating the daily routine and thus improve productivity.... Media Catalog Studio Lite v5.0 - Media Catalog Studio, a handy software application for classifying and tracking media files or CDs. This database is capable of identifying media files on any storage devices - hard-drives, floppies, external drives, CD and so on. The program supports MP3/WMA/M4A/APE/OGG/MPC/AVI/MPG/WMV and Audio CD files.... Trend Micro Pattern File June 2, 2006 - The Official Pattern Release or OPR is Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for identified viruses. It is guaranteed to have passed a series of critical tests to ensure that customers get optimum protection from the latest virus threats. ... CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner v3.10 - CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner scans the Windows registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in the registry. By fixing these obsolete information in Windows registry, your system will run faster and error free. The backup/restore function of the tool let you backup your whole Windows Registry so you can use it to restore the registry to the current status in case you encounter some system failure. Also features Startup and BHO organizer.... AnyDVD v5.9.6.3 - AnyDVD is a driver, which unprotects DVD movies automatically in the background. This DVD appears unprotected and region code free for all applications and the Windows operating system as well. With AnyDVD's help copy tools like CloneDVD, Pinnacle Instant Copy, InterVideo DVD-Copy, etc. are able to copy CSS protected Movies. With the help of AnyDVD you can watch movies with non matching region codes with every DVD Player Software you like.... PRTG - Paessler Router Traffic Grapher v5.3.0.812 - PRTG is an easy to use Windows solution for network/bandwidth usage monitoring. Supports SNMP, packet sniffing and netflow to create live readings with periodical trend data to help optimize the efficiency of routers, servers and other network components. PRTG is available as both Freeware and several different commercial editions, offering various levels of monitoring for multiple network devices and advanced features suitable for corporate use.... TracePlus Ethernet v5.02.000 - TracePlus/Ethernet is a powerful packet capture tool, supporting 10/100-BaseTX and 802.11b wireless networks. All views of network information that are available in TracePlus are displayed in realtime. This TracePlus product obtains its information directly from the network subsystem of Windows, and can see all network traffic generated from your PC as well as all other PCs on your segment of the network.... CATVids v7.10.03 - CATVids is a powerful database program designed to help you catalog and manage your video collection. CATVids works perfectly with all types of media, including DVDs, VHS tapes and Laserdiscs. It will keep track of not only your pre-recorded media, but also movies, television programs and home videos which you record. Using CATVids you can quickly catalog your movies by downloading information from the Internet.... BootIt Next Generation v1.76b - BootIt NG is a partition and boot manager with a powerful, sophisticated, and simple to use set of tools for partitioning, imaging, and multi-booting your computer. It combines the features of several standalone products costing hundreds of dollars more.... Softros LAN Messenger v3.6.5.2 - Softros LAN Messenger is a instant LAN messaging software application for home or office users. It does not require a server and is very easy to install and use. The program correctly identifies all Windows NT/2000/XP user accounts and works in any TCP/IP network. Softros LAN Messenger comes with a variety of handy features, like message notification alarms, files transfer, and intuitive interface.... MySQL v5.0.22 - MySQL is a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server.... BitTorrent v4.9.7 Beta - BitTorrent is a protocol designed for transferring files. It is peer-to-peer in nature, as users connect to each other directly to send and receive portions of the file. However, there is a central server (called a tracker) which coordinates the action of all such peers. The tracker only manages connections, it does not have any knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed, and therefore a large number of users can be supported with relatively limited tracker bandwidth.... 90's game hero Duke Nukem returns after delay of more than a decade - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Friday, 2K Games and Gearbox Software announced they will be releasing Duke Nukem Forever on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC in 2011. The game was first announced in 1997 and has long been considered the most legendary case of "vaporware," that is, hardware or software that is announced but released either too late or not at all.The story of Duke Nukem Forever is so legendary that its delay inspired its own parody game franchise. D3's Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard was released in 2009, and featured a gun-slinging action game hero very similar to Nukem returning to video games after a six-year hiatus."Gearbox has enabled die-hard key Duke Nukem franchise builders and skilled veteran game makers to stand together and deliver," Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software said today. "All gamers deserve a happy ending and after al... Ping off to a rocky start as spam, issues plague service - By Ed Oswald, Betanews
Apple's foray into social music is not going well as its Ping service is experiencing a multitude of problems, including comment spam, a lack of promised functionality, and generally inconsistent user experience.Security researcher Chet Wisniewski at Sophos said Apple is not employing any type of spam or URL filtering, as comments such as those advertising "free iPhones" were already appearing some 24 hours after the site's launch. He also said that Apple has made it easy for those to abuse the service."No credit card or other positive identification is required to participate," he pointed out in a blog post. Without this, a user could create accounts easily simply by creating a bogus iTunes account which in turn would allow a bogus Ping account to be created.Ping is also suffering from a case of overpromising and underdelivering, apparently. ... Company of Heroes Online open beta launches, rewards early adopters - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Video game maker THQ has opened the beta of Company of Heroes Online, a free-to-play World War II strategy game based upon THQ's critically acclaimed real-time strategy franchise Company of Heroes, originally released for Windows in 2006.The open beta of Company of Heroes Online includes 17 multiplayer maps which can be used in two, four, six, and eight-player modes, and beta testers can play one-player campaign mode from Company of Heroes for free. Users that register on ... Verizon offers prepaid data plans for smart phones - By Ed Oswald, Betanews
Verizon strengthened its prepaid offerings on Thursday, introducing prepay data plans for consumers who wish to use smart phones on a no contract basis. While the acquisition costs for those phones will be significantly higher, a customer would be free to leave at any time.Prepaid data plans would cost the user $30 per month, and include unlimited data access. The company would offer a 250MB data plan for "multimedia" phones, which would be a $10 per month add on. Both offerings would become available beginning immediately in Verizon's own stores, and online on September 28, the company said.Data plans are not mandatory on prepaid phones, but would require a voice plan in order to be added to a user's account. The monthly fee is the same as a postpaid contract holder would pay, although its voice plans start at a $5 premium to the postpaid customer.... Samsung bets on Galaxy Tab in race against Apple's iPad - By Ed Oswald, Betanews
In what could potentially be the first serious challenge to Apple's dominance in the tablet sector, Samsung Thursday debuted the Galaxy Tab, a 7-inch Android powered tablet device. It will initially be available in European markets later this month, with a broader worldwide launch shortly afterward.Although the device's screen size is smaller than the iPad, much of the rest of the specifications are quite similar. The Tab includes a 1GHz processor; up to 64GB of storage space; 3G, Bluetooth, and 802.11 wireless connectivity, and high definition playback of digital content.One thing it does have that the iPad does not is a front and back facing camera: the front one is 1.3 megapixels, while the back camera would support 3 megapixels as well as an LED flash. No announcement was mad... Why can't Apple's Ping sing? - By Joe Wilcox, Betanews
Is Apple going to compel me to write another "I was wrong post?" Yesterday I extolled Ping -- Apple's new social music discovery tool -- based on features and product strategy. Finally, late last night, Apple widely distributed iTunes 10, giving me the chance to finally use Ping. The results aren't good. The discovery tool is simply useless, because Ping doesn't reflect my current music listening habits.One of Ping's most important personal features is "What I Like." It can automatically display 10 popular songs, allowing friends to see what the Ping user (hereafter referred to as Pinger) listens to (there is a manual option, too). "What I Like" is crucial to music discovery friend-to-friend, and it broadcasts the Pinger's musi... Toshiba recalls overheating and melting Satellite T-series notebooks - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Thursday, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada announced a recall of three Toshiba Satellite T-series notebook computers: T135, T135D and ProT130, for reports that the units' AC adaptors cause them to overheat and melt.
Though there have been no injuries reported, the CPSC said it received 129 reports of the computer cases melting and deforming, presenting a fire and burn hazard.Toshiba's own recall notice says the problem stems from a potentailly faulty DC-In harness, which "in some circumstances, overheat to the point of ... First voice-over-LTE call placed in US public safety band - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent Thursday announced that the first voice call in the 700MHz band of LTE has been completed. This is the section of wireless spectrum that is being utilized in the United States' national public safety network.Part of the FCC's National Broadband Plan (Chapter 16, to be exact) outlines the creation of a nationwide interoperable public safety wireless broadband communications network, used specifically for first responders and issues of national importance. The high speed network will utilize a 10MHz block of spectrum in the 700MHz band, and approval for construction has been obtained in ... Samsung: new wireless USB chips capable of 480Mbps max - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Samsung Thursday announced its latest two-chip wireless USB solution capable of transmission speeds up to 480Mbps with an actual throughput rate of 200Mbps. The result is reportedly ten times more power efficient than 802.11g Wi-Fi. The product is made up of two chips, S3C2680, a baseband processor with an ARM 9 core, built-in NAND flash controller, SD I/O, and two USB 2.0 PHYs; and S5M8311a, a separate RF transciever. The chips can be deployed in SD cards, USB dongles, or embedded directly into consumer electronics. Samsung says the solution is especially suited for digital cameras and HD camcorders for high throughput local content sharing. ... HP wins 3PAR with $2.4 Billion bid, Dell backs down - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
The bidding war between HP and Dell over virtualized storage company 3PAR is in its third week, and as of Thursday morning, HP looks to have won. The Palo Alto IT giant turned the tables on Dell with a $2 billion bid last Friday that caused 3PAR to announce it was terminating the merger agreement it had reached with Dell in mid-August. When Dell received 3PAR's notice of termination, it raised its acquisition offer once again, from $27 per share to $32, and modified the terms of its proposal to include an increased termination fee of $92 million. 3PAR's board of directors determined Dell's offer to be unacceptable, and HP fired back with a counter-offer to buy 3P... Roku and Boxee weigh in on today's AppleTV update - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
While the over-the-top (OTT) streaming entertainment category has not made a big dent in the mainstream home TV viewing market yet, it's a hot business, and service providers, software makers, and hardware manufacturers are all jockeying for the biggest piece of the pie.
When AppleTV debuted alongside the iPhone at Macworld in 2007, it was more or less a stripped-down home theater PC so users could enjoy their iTunes media on their televisions. Relatively little had changed on the platform until today, when Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the box would lose its storage capacity and become rental-only, ... Steve Jobs: 'Ping is for social music discovery' - By Joe Wilcox, Betanews
Apple's September 1 music event ended on a sour note. Coldplay's Chris Martin gave a tepid and pitchy performance that would have sent him packing from an American Idol audition. Michael Stanclift aptly tweeted: "This guy could have practiced before this gig." Martin, whose daughter is named Apple, seemed like the right performer for what was otherwise an outstanding event. While Martin muffed, Apple -- the company, not his child -- hit every key. Not sin... Windows Phone 7 is released to manufacturing - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Microsoft announced that the highly anticipated Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system has been released to manufacturing on Wednesday, a major milestone for the project.Following the release of its developer toolkit, Microsoft released Windows Phone 7 technical preview to its developer, carrier and manufacturing partners in July. Since that time, the mobile OS has been updated in a number of ways, such as including intelligent Facebook contact filtering (only real friends show up,) and the ability to "like" Facebook posts from within the People Hub."Windows Phone 7 is the most thoroughly tested mobile platform Microsoft has ever released. We had nearly ten thousand devices runni... Microsoft makes second push to upgrade households to Windows 7 - By Ed Oswald, Betanews
In a sign that Windows 7 sales may be beginning to falter somewhat, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it would be bringing back its Windows 7 Family Pack discount program. The offer gives multi-computer households the opportunity to upgrade three PCs to Windows 7 Home Premium.The deal is available beginning October 3 at a price of $149.99. This is a considerable savings over individual upgrades: a single copy of Home Premium alone retails for $129.99. It is unclear when the promotion would end, although Microsoft began pulling last year's offer in December.Statistics from IDC indicate that the average household has at least two computers, so it's not out of the question that reintroducing the offering could accelerate operating system sales for Microsoft once again.Selling the family pack likely helped Microsoft escalate Windows 7 adoption... Redesigned AppleTV now $99, rentals and streaming now the focus - By Ed Oswald, Betanews
Apple's hobby got a little more serious on Wednesday as the Cupertino company debuted a much smaller and cheaper version of its AppleTV set-top box. The device also heralds the introduction of rentable TV shows, a move that had been widely expected.The new AppleTV device is less than a quarter of the size of its predecessor, and has no storage space. Instead users would stream content from Apple's servers, and content available to the box would be rent-only.Users can either choose to use the built-in Wi-Fi or wired ethernet for Internet connectivity, and the device would be connected to the TV through its included HDMI port.First-run movies would remain at $4.99, however instead of the $2.99 p... Nokia to shut down Ovi Files 'digital locker' service on October 1 - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Nokia's cloud-based "digital locker" service Ovi Files will be shut down on October first, Nokia is warning users. The service was used for making files remotely accessible through a mobile device's browser.Nokia added Files to the suite of Ovi services in 2008 after it acquired digital locker startup Avevenu. When we tested the service back in 2008, Nokia said it planned to make Files a premium service, but it was ultimately made free in 2009. Files was significant because it was the first service in Nokia's Ovi suite that utilized the Nokia account ID.... New iPods: Apple pulls buttons off the Nano and gives them back to the Shuffle - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
At Apple's annual iPod refresh event today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed the "biggest change in the iPod lineup ever," which included dramatic changes to both the Nano and Shuffle which seem to reverse advancements made to the models last year.Last year, Apple unveiled a shockingly small iPod shuffle which had no buttons. Instead, the controls for the device were put on the headphone cord, and required that users purchase an adaptor to use any headphones other than those made for the Shuffle. This year, Apple looks to have completely undone what was attempted with last year's Shuffle, and has brought back the design from the previous year which has the clickable control pad directly on the surface of the device.... A look at new portable media players for Fall 2010 that aren't iPods - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Apple's annual iPod refresh has taken place in the first week of September for the last five years, and the event coincides with back-to-school Mac and iPod promotions. Since the iPod has held a dominant share of the United States' portable media player (PMP) market, this is often the time of year when other consumer electronics companies debut new PMPs for the back-to-school season too.This year, in the days surrounding Apple's September 1 event, Sandisk, Phillips, Archos, and Samsung have all revealed new media players that will compete against the newly-refreshed 2010-2011 iPod line.
Sandisk Sansa Fuze+Milpitas, California-bas... Microsoft's flexible Arc Touch Mouse goes up for pre-order - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Microsoft Wednesday announced the availability of its Arc Touch mouse, a brilliantly designed mouse that can be flattened to fit into a laptop bag. The peripheral uses a capacitive touch panel in place of a scroll wheel, and provides haptic feedback that simulates the gentle ratcheting action of a traditional scroll wheel. In light of the recent popularity of touchscreens and... Borders offers cheapest, most diverse e-reader selection among booksellers - By Tim Conneally, Betanews
Contrary to popular opinion, the competition between e-reader hardware manufacturers is nothing compared to the competition between e-book retailers. Tuesday, second place book retailer Borders revised its aggressive strategy for e-reader sales, slashing the price of its two e-ink readers before the arrival of its Android-based tablet readers from Velocity Micro.In June, Borders unveiled its $149.99 Kobo e-reader, which was met with considerable consumer interest due in large part to its low retail price. After Kobo's launch, both Barnes and Noble and Amazon ... Copyright © 2010, Ezwebgroup's Link Exchange. All Rights Reserved. |