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Saturday, April 18, 2009
Microsoft to launch Windows Mobile 6.5 on May 11
Earlier this year Microsoft announced the latest version of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, a relatively minor update focused on changes to the user interface and its touch-friendliness. But while the first Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are not expected to arrive until the second half of the year, it appears the company is ready to show off the interim operating system next month.According to a post on their corporate blog, Microsoft is going to deliver the kick off launch presentation...
Apple may take iPhone from AT&T
Apple's iPhone could see wider distribution in the US next year as the company has not yet agreed to a request from AT&T to extend the telecom giant's exclusive rights to the hit smartphone, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The report said the exclusivity deal signed in 2007 is set to expire in 2010 and AT&T is asking Apple to extend it for two years.The cult status of the phone has helped AT&T nab millions of new customers. In the second half of last year alone it signed...
GTA: Chinatown Wars - What went wrong?
It has been revealed that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Nintendo DSi only managed to sell 89,000 units during March in the US. The figures released have been a huge blow to Rockstar and Take-Two who had much higher estimates for the game.As reported from GI.Biz, investment company Cowan and Company previously predicted that the game would go on to sell 2 million copies in it’s first year on sale. But due to the 89,000 units stat, he company have now cut future forecasts to just 500,000.Doug...
Wii Video games sales fall 17%
OVERALL US video game sales fell 17 per cent in March to US$1.43 billion (S$2.14 billion), research group NPD said on Thursday, a revealing figure for an industry that had so far shown resilience in the economic downturn.Video game software sales dropped 17 per cent to US$792.8 million in the month, while hardware sales fell 18 per cent to US$455.6 million.Nintendo's blockbuster Wii was again the top-selling console in the US, selling 601,000 units. Microsoft's Xbox 360 was No. 2 with 330,000 units,...
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Microsoft ends mainstream support for Windows XP
This week Microsoft's 'mainstream support' comes to end for their most popular operating system, Windows XP.While XP has been given a few life span extensions in stores, the 8 year old operating system is gradually -- but certainly -- getting closer and closer the proverbial end of the road. Microsoft is in the slightly strange position of ending mainstream support for XP, when adoption rates of their newer operating system, Vista, were so low that there are roughly three computers running XP for...
More Zune HD Details Emerge
After the leaked pictures of the Zune HD appeared on Saturday, more unconfirmed technical specifications of the device have now emerged. Microsoft's new portable media player is set to go neck-to-neck with Apple's iPod Touch, as the specifications of the Zune HD make it a viable contender.The Zune HD is set to feature a multitouch (capacitive) OLED screen in a 16:9 aspect ratio and will have a TV out port on the side (apparently HDMI). Coming in 16 and 32GB versions, the device will also support...
How Amazonfail was born!!!!!
While millions of people tuned in to Doctor Who and Red Dwarf over the Easter weekend my holiday entertainment was provided by typing 'amazonfail' into the Twitter search engine and watching the stream of outraged posts about the company that used to be the world's favourite bookstore flow across my laptop screen.The PR nightmare started at some point on Sunday when an angry post on the LiveJournal blog site by author and publisher Mark Probst broke through into online consciousness. He had noticed...
Microsoft's online Office variant preps for business
You'll get a taste of what a web-based version of Microsoft's Office for Firefox, Safari, the iPhone and Internet Explorer can do later this year.Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that Office Web applications - announced last October - will be ready for testing along with the next edition of its Office suite, Office 2010, in the third-quarter. Release to manufacturing for Office 2010 is due in the first half of next year.It'll be the first time you get a hands-on experience of the eagerly anticipated...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Apple posts third iPhone OS 3.0 beta with minor API changes
Apple has released another beta of iPhone OS 3.0. This third beta has relatively few changes to the developer APIs, though Ars has learned that there has been a fairly important change to push notification types. While it appears to be relatively stable, Apple will have its work cut out to clear up the remaining issues in order to have it ready to launch with new hardware this summer.The major change in the UIKit API is that Apple has added separate types for the three notification methods: badge,...
AT&T looks to extend iPhone pact
AT&T has found the golden goose in its iPhone partnership with Apple and it wants to keep it alive.The original deal had AT&T as the exclusive carrier of the iPhone until 2008, at which time Apple would be allowed to start selling the wildly popular smartphone on other carriers. But the companies met last August and decided to extend that partnership through the end of this year.Now, AT&T wants to extend that deal a bit further--say another two years. AT&T Chief Executive is talking...
Samsung SlashGear Week in Review - Week 15 2009 Feature
We’ve been busy here at SlashGear getting reviews of some exciting new products for you, as well as covering all of the crazy Palm Pre, iPhone, Apple and BlackBerry rumors for you. If you missed anything last week, here’s your chance to catch up on the important stuff.I reviewed Samsung’s new Impression featuring an AMOLED display. Check out the article for my impressions (no pun intended), as well as a walk-through of the device’s overall quality.We unboxed the Hantech Siso Tablo, a handy device...
HP MediaSmart Servers updated; stream media to iPod/iPhone and PSP
The HP MediaSmart servers (EX485/EX487 models) received a software update today from HP. The news software allows media to be streamed to wireless devices such as iPhone, iPod Touch and PlayStation Portables. The new software also adds the ability for the servers to convert videos (including unprotected DVD’s) into two separate formats: one high-resolution for playing on home devices, and a lower resolution for portable media players.Users of the iPod Touch and iPhone can download HP MediaSmart...
Monday, April 13, 2009
FOX Fast Forward: A First Look at Palm's New Pre Smartphone
Earlier this month, I finally got a chance to check out the most buzzed-about gadget of the year — the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone.I'm happy to report that all the hype from the gadget shows is true. Palm's got a winner on its hands and Apple's got a challenger for first place among smartphones.I'll have a full review once Palm lets me borrow one for longer than 10 minutes. But based on what I saw, I may have found my next smartpho...
TechRepublic: Cracking open the Dell Adamo
Dell hopes to take a little air out of Apple’s sails with the Adamo. This upscale laptop packs a lot of tech into a stylish, ultrathin package. But, it’s going to cost you. Our $1,999 model includes a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory, 128GB solid state drive, and 13.4-inch 16:9 WLED display.In partnership with iFixit, TechRepublic brings you a full photo gallery of the Adamo cracking open, with 78 images of the entire process. iFixit is a one-stop-shop for the...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
MacProVideo offers video training app for iPhone
MacProVideo, a company that is dedicated to producing and distributing training videos for Mac, is to release an application via the iPhone App Store. The application will allow users to watch MacProVideo's Mac video tutorials on an iPhone or an iPod Touch.It also uploaded it's N.E.D. application for Mac OS X, adding a new "Devices" area to sync videos to your iPhone. The application will also remember your library state and playback position, searching has been tuned up a bit and there is the ability...
Microsoft Windows 7: Upgrade or just buy a pizza?
BusinessWeek is running a piece on Microsoft's latest attempts to fight back against Apple and Linux and its secret strategy to force unwitting Windows users to upgrade to various flavors of Windows 7. Because of the smaller size of Windows 7, three versions of the program will come loaded even on lower-end machines. If a consumer on a cheaper PC running the "Standard" version tries to use a high-definition monitor or run more than three software programs at once, he'll discover that neither...
Yahoo and Microsoft back in talks over ad deal
Microsoft, who ended its hostile bid for Yahoo almost one year ago, has started up discussions again with the company, this time over a possible advertising pact.Yahoo's new CEO Carol Bartz has met with Microsoft CEO Stee Ballmer this week, says sources, with both sides still hesitant to set any agreement in stone. One possible deal would have Microsoft selling search ads for Yahoo while Yahoo sells display ads on all Microsoft properties in exchange.Microsoft has been very aggressive in expanding...
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Hotmail users suffer through outage
It's not easy running an online e-mail service with hundreds of millions of users.Later on the same day that Yahoo Mail wasn't available to a small fraction of its users, Hotmail had troubles with disappearing in-boxes. Here's the company statement:"On Thursday evening, there was a short-term service disruption which prevented Windows Live Hotmail customers worldwide from accessing their in-box for approximately two hours. Microsoft worked quickly to restore access. No data was lost during the outage....
Yahoo and Microsoft Said to Be Weighing Ad Pact
Yahoo and Microsoft, which held a marathon series of fruitless merger and partnership negotiations last year, have restarted discussions, this time over a possible advertising agreement, a person briefed on those discussions said Friday.Conversations between the two sides have been scant since Carol Bartz was named Yahoo’s chief executive in January. But they have started anew recently, and Ms. Bartz met with Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, last week, said the person briefed on the...
Apple iPhone Apps: Nearly 1 Billion Served
Nearly 1 billion applications have been downloaded from Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, according to a countdown page on Apple's Web site.Techweb's Weekly Comedy Show on Humanoid Robts, A Quarter Million Dollar Rocket Belt, China Going To The Moon and More Techweb's Weekly Comedy Show on E-mail bankruptcy, Catering to Virgins Who Run IT, TSA's Lost Employee Records and more Len Elmore, Former Basketball Star, Talks About The Affect of Technology On Today's Sports CoverageAs of publication...
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