Jul
11
YouTube Adds Support for 4K Video Resolution
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By Justin Kerr
It’s been less than a year since YouTube gave the thumbs up to 1080p HD, but they seem determined to never fall behind again. On Friday at the VidCon 2010 conference the streaming video site revealed support for 4K video streams, a resolution that is more than four times the size of 1080p. [...]
Jun
5
Malware Strikes Windows Mobile Apps
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Microsoft has the unfortunate reputation of being more vulnerable than most when it comes to security exploits, so I’m sure the boys in Redmond were cringing just a bit more than usual when they discovered that malware was infecting Windows Mobile phones as well. According to Cnet, the applications “3D Anti-Terrorist game, PDA Poker Art, [...]
Jun
5
Steve Ballmer Attacks the Utility & Affordability of the iPad
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Steve Ballmer is known for being a bit, how should we say it, “outspoken”, but he was forced to carefully choose his words while defending the PC at the All Things Digital Conference last week. Ballmer was responding specifically to comments made by Apple CEO Steve Jobs where he insinuated that PC’s are going to [...]
Jun
5
RIAA Asks the Court to Shut Down Lime Wire
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Many would argue that Lime Wire has been running on borrowed time for years, but their luck appears to be running out fast. The music industry has asked a New York federal court to shutdown Lime Wire permanently, and they might just get their way this time based on the summary judgment leveled against them [...]
May
29
Kindle Refresh Coming in August May Reduce the Thickness & Weight but lacks Color or a Touch Screen
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The iPad may have sucked all the wind out of the Amazon Kindle’s sails, but rumor has it a refresh of the lineup could be coming as early as August. Sources quoted by Bloomberg claim that the new device would be significantly thinner and lighter than the previous model and would feature a higher resolution [...]
May
29
Microsoft Expects to Sell 30 Million Windows Phone 7’s in 18 Months
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Microsoft has a mixed reputation in the mobile phone market, but has some pretty ambitious goals for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform. According to sources inside the company they are forecasting sales of more than 30 million units in the first 18 months of general availability.
Taken on its own this number is difficult to [...]
May
29
Sony Applies for a Dual-Screen Tablet PC Patent
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For Hardcore PC users tablet fatigue is slowly setting in. It seems like almost every week we hear another rumor or two about upcoming devices, and its only going to get worse. A recent patent application shows that Sony is the latest company preparing to pile on the bandwagon, but this time you might be [...]
May
29
Rumor: Apple Prepping a $99 Google TV Competitor
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With the announcement of Google TV we are sure, now more than ever that the future of media lies in on demand IP TV. With just about every tech company lining up with boxes and software trying to pipe Internet content into the living room, the future promises some pretty fierce competition.
Regardless of what you [...]
May
23
Google is in the Anti-Trust Spotlight
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Google’s primary creed of “Do No Evil” may give comfort to some, but according the New York Times the US Federal Government may need a bit more convincing. “They are not just on the radar screen. They are at the center of it,” said Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia University and the author of [...]
May
23
Apple Faces Patent Suit Over iTunes Store
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Apple is known in the tech industry for being a bit of a patent bully, but it turns out what goes around really does come around. This week a number of infringement cases were filed in a Texas federal court which allege that iTunes, Safari, and even OSX infringe on a number of patents held [...]