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27.05.2008 24:00 Uhr
Nintendo brings DS wireless service to Japanese McDonald's
Filed under: Gaming
Stateside DS gamers can already get online using free WiFi at McDonald's, but now Nintendo's bringing a slightly different version of the service to Japanese McD's: customers can log in to get menu information and download free game demos. The service is being rolled out at 21 Toyko-area restaurants with an assist from NTT, which also provides DS wireless service at Japanese train stations, so things should get lit up fairly smoothly. You'd better hurry if you want to join in on the fun, though: the test program ends on December 28th.
27.05.2008 23:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Haptic Creature aims to help humans interact with robots
Filed under: Robots
There's certainly no shortage of efforts out there aimed at improving our interaction with robots, but this latest project from the University of British Columbia is a bit different than most, with it focusing exclusively on haptics as a means of making our relationships with robots more "emotionally rewarding." To that end, UBC's Steve Yohanan created what he calls a "Haptic Creature," a robot rabbit that is designed to mimic the interactions a person has with their pet -- namely, by responding when it's touched or st
27.05.2008 23:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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27.05.2008 23:00 Uhr
LaCie doubles speed of d2 Blu-ray drive to 4x
LaCie on Tuesday unveiled a new Blu-ray disc burner, capable of writing to single-layer media at 4x speeds across Firewire or USB 2.0. The drive retains LaCie's durable d2 aluminum casing and boasts whisper quiet operation while burning 25GB and 50GB BD-R and BD-RE media, in addition to all common CD and DVD formats. LaCie is offering the dual-inte
27.05.2008 22:50 Uhr, MacNN,
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Muss Intel die Einführung der Montevina-Plattform verschieben?
Sofern die Berichte stimmen, müsste Intel zum ersten Mal seit längerer Zeit die Einführung einer neuen Architektur auf Grund technischer Probleme verschieben. Unbestätigten Angaben von TG Daily zufolge, verzögert sich die Centrino2-Plattform um etwa einen Monat und kommt erst am 14. Juli auf den Markt. Doch auch dann könnte es noch einige
27.05.2008 22:50 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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RIM changes course, promises to keep Indian Blackberry network secure
Filed under: CellphonesAlthough several Indian news outlets reported last week that RIM was preparing to let the Indian government monitor the domestic Blackberry network, it appears that the outcry has prompted the company to change course and announce that it's committed to "serving security-conscious businesses in the Indian market." That's a big reversal from the rumored plan, which would have allowed Indian security agencies access to the network in exchange for taking the blame for any leak of user data. Of course, not everything's quite settled yet: the Indian government is still demanding that
27.05.2008 22:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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ViaCAD 2D/3D enters open beta
Punch! has announced an open beta of ViaCAD 2D/3D V6, the upcoming version of its design suite; its name derives from the ability to start out in 2D, and then extend to 3D using surface modeling commands. V6 makes the crucial additional of 2D architectural tools, letting users quickly specify walls, windows and doors; walls in close proximity will
27.05.2008 22:35 Uhr, MacNN,
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Beta von KDE 4.1 mit neuen Programmen
Der Linux- und Unix-Desktop KDE 4.1 liegt in einer ersten Beta-Version vor. Darin wurden die Funktionen der Desktop-Shell Plasma weiter ausgebaut. Erstmals sind die KDE-Programme auch für Windows und MacOS X erhältlich. (KDE)
27.05.2008 22:35 Uhr, golem,
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Intel Delays Montevina Platform to July 14th
Citing "sources close to Intel", TGDaily claims that Intel will be delaying their Montevina notebook platform until July 14th, with a full line of chipsets not shipping for "a couple of weeks later". The reasons for the delay are believed to include
27.05.2008 22:20 Uhr, Macrumors,
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Intel delaying Centrino 2 to mid-July?
Intel is pushing back the launch of its Centrino 2 notebook platform to July 14th, claims a new rumor from TG Daily. The news from insiders allegedly near Intel would have Intel not only delay its launch of newer processors and chipsets past June but force the company to scrap a planned debut at the Computex show on June 3rd. The delay is said to
27.05.2008 22:20 Uhr, MacNN,
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KPN negotiating for Dutch iPhone rights
Royal KPN is in negotiations with Apple about carrying the iPhone in the Netherlands, according to Thomson Financial. The news agency says that it has word of talks thanks to a KPN spokesman, who in turn explains that Apple actively approached the Dutch carrier, and met with a warm reception. No one at KPN has agreed to speak on the worth of a de
27.05.2008 22:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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Largest chip supplier to raise high-end pricing
The industry's biggest in independent contract chip manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, announced Tuesday it is considering raising prices for higher-performance chips due to the rising costs of doing business. While the supplier hasnít announced which chips will face the price hike or how much prices would go up, its many customer
27.05.2008 22:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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27.05.2008 22:00 Uhr
Stealth Computer ships rugged 24-inch LCD monitor
Filed under: Displays
While most rugged PCs are of the laptop or tablet variety these days, those wanting to lug around a bigger, more capable system now have new component to add to their rig courtesy of Stealth Computer, which has just trotted out what it claims to be the industry's first rugged 24-inch LCD monitor with a touchscreen interface. That ruggedness comes courtesy of an all-steel enclosure, which promises to keep the LCD safe from water, dust and dirt, although Stealth doesn't seem to be making any promises about drops. Otherwise, you can expect the usual 1920 x 1200 resolution, along with a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 5
27.05.2008 21:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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PEGA Look@Me emoticon keyboad and other ASUS-funded product concepts
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals
Asus' R&D design studio, PEGA, looks to be coming up with some surprising product concepts as part of its Between On & Off exhibition. We're betting that none of these will ever see the light of day, but we're intrigued -- and prematurely annoyed -- by the Look@Me emoticon keyboard. Stocked with 40 emoticon bits (eyes, mouths, noses), the keyboard allows users to express their emotions on a more regular basis, if that's possible. Other concepts include Embrace, a night light that emits as much light as you have opened the book; JustDawIt!, a power management device that visualizes on / off settings for
27.05.2008 21:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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Barcode Producer 5.0 intros encyclopedia, more
Intelli Innovations has released the latest version of its barcode creation tool, Barcode Producer 5.0.. Users can create barcodes for a number of purposes, and export them to apps such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or files including EPS, TIFF and PDF formats. Options include a live preview, and tools for borders, colors and scaling. Version 5.
27.05.2008 21:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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Große Sicherheitslücken bei US-Energieversorger
Eine US-Aufsichtsbehörde hat gravierende Sciherheitsmängel bei einem staatlichen Energieversorger aufgedeckt. Dieser hatte unter anderem seine Leittechnik an das mit dem Internet verbundene Firmennetz angeschlossen. Beide Systemen waren zudem nur unzureichend gesichert. Deutsche Energieunternehmen sagen, dass sie ihre Systeme besser sichern.
27.05.2008 21:05 Uhr, golem,
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27.05.2008 21:00 Uhr
OLPC to get better-than-iPhone multi-touch
The One Laptop Per Child project's XO2 notebook will use an improved form of multi-touch display when it ships, says Mary Lou Jepsen of the display's creator company, Pixel Qi, in a new interview with Laptop. Instead of using an iPhone-like technique that sandwiches the touch-sensitive layer in between the glass and an LCD, the XO2 will use an in-
27.05.2008 20:50 Uhr, MacNN,
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XPERIA X1 specs get further detailed in new white paper
Filed under: Cellphones
Sony Ericsson's white papers have already provided plenty of details on its much-anticipated XPERIA X1 handset, and it looks like its latest one is no expection, with it shedding yet more light on the device's specs. Most notably, Sony Ericsson has now confirmed that the device will ship with 256MB of SDRAM, in addition to 512MB of NAND Flash, and it's gotten specific about the device's battery life, which it says will clock in at 10 hours talk time using GSM or 6.5 hours using UTMS. That'll ta
27.05.2008 20:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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News: KPN in talks to carry iPhone in Netherlands
Dutch telecom operator KPN has confirmed that it is in talks with Apple over the rights to sell the iPhone in the Netherlands. “KPN was approached by Apple about selling the iPhone on the Dutch market and, of course, the company is interested,” said a KPN spokesperson. The company declined to comment on how long the two companies have been in talks. Interestingly, KPN CEO Ad Scheepbouwer previously called the iPhone “a pretty useless…
27.05.2008 20:35 Uhr, iPodlounge,
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Canada starts 2GHz wireless auction
The Canadian government today officially began its wireless auction for the 2GHz band, setting the groundwork for a potentially significant change in the country's cellular business. Similar to the recently completed 700MHz auction held by the FCC in the US, the auction will let a total of 27 companies bid on licenses to operate wireless networks
27.05.2008 20:20 Uhr, MacNN,
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Sellgino shows off GS-200 GPS Photo Tour geotagger
Filed under: Digital Cameras, GPS
Geotagging devices are cropping up at a pretty steady pace these days, and it looks like you can now add one more company to the bandwagon, with Sellgino now showing off its GS-200 GPS Photo Tour device. Like other similar options out there, this one relies on your photo's EXIF data to match 'em up with the locations logged by the GPS receiver (a SiRF Star III, in this case), with some software provided to merge all that data together and plot out your travels on Google Maps. Somewhat more uniquely, thi
27.05.2008 20:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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27.05.2008 20:00 Uhr
Hotspots anmelden: bessere Lokalisierung
Die Lokalisierungsfunktion auf iPod touch und iPhone nutzt bekanntlich das Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) der Firma Skyhook. Bis auf 20 Meter lässt sich damit der aktuelle Aufenthaltsort bestimmen, der Grad der Genauigkeit hängt jedoch stark von der Anzahl der im Skyhook-System erfassten Hotspots ab und beeindruckt daher vor allem in dicht besiedelten Gebieten.
Bei unseren Tests in Berlin beispielsweise konnte das iPhone den aktuellen Standort mit deaktiviertem Wi-Fi - also nur über die Mobilfunkmasten - gerade mal auf den Bereich von rund einem Kilometer eingrenzen. Mit zugeschaltetem Wi-Fi dagegen sahen wir unsere Position auf die Kreuzung genau.
Um die Werte bundesweit zu verbessern ist euer Engagement gefragt. Meldet die Hotspots in eurer Umgebung bei Skyhook an, ihr müsst lediglich den genauen Standpunkt (z.B. die Adresse von Schule, Uni oder Arbeitsplatz) sowie die Hardware-Adresse des Hotspots in das
27.05.2008 19:50 Uhr, iFun.de,
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Suissa carves out Enlighten desktop PC
Filed under: Desktops
Suissa already has a decent range of custom-made wooden PCs for you to choose from, but if you've yet to be satisfied with one of its luxurious offerings, you may want to consider the company's new Enlighten model, which pushes the company's unconventional designs to even greater heights. In addition to your choice of materials used for the exterior, this one comes based around a micro ATX motherboard, which accommodates either a quad-core Intel or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ processor, an NVIDIA 8800GTX or ATI Radeon HD2900XT graphics card, 4GB of RAM, 1TB of har
27.05.2008 19:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Digital VIdeo: Share your videos online
How can you easily share your video with the world once it’s ready? Even if you have your own Web site, those large files require lots of storage and bandwidth. So why not let someone else do the hard work for you?
27.05.2008 19:35 Uhr, Macworld,
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Notizen vom 27. Mai 2008
Beta von Adobe CS4: Adobe veröffentlicht drei Betaversionen von kommenden CS4 - Applikationen: Dreamweaver (719MB), Fireworks (634MB) und Soundbooth (262MB).
27.05.2008 19:35 Uhr, MACNOTES.DE,
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Vodafone chief leaves as firm turns profit
Vodafone had mixed news on Tuesday as the company announced the departure of chief executive Arun Sarin just as the company turned to profit for its latest full year of results. The senior official explains that the company's shift from a yearly loss of $10.8 billion in 2007 to a $13.2 billion profit today suggests that he has accomplished his goa
27.05.2008 19:35 Uhr, MacNN,
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MS: Windows 7 to be an evolution, hold compatibility
Windows 7 will represent a gradual change over Vista, rather than a dramatic one, according to Microsoft's head of Windows engineering. "We're very clear that drivers and software that work on Windows Vista are going to work really well on Windows 7; in fact, they'll work the same," says Steven Sinofsky. "We're going to not introduce additional c
27.05.2008 19:20 Uhr, MacNN,
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SATA HDD dock becomes mutant card reader, scares pets
Filed under: Peripherals, Storage
We're big fans of SATA HDD docks that let you quickly access whole drives like noisy, overgrown memory sticks. An earlier unit offered just USB connectivity to your Mac or PC, later adding eSATA before rounding out its options with
27.05.2008 19:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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Jedem sein Notebook: VIAs OpenBook unter Creative Commons
Mit der Initiative "OpenBook" hat der taiwanische Chip-Hersteller VIA ein Referenzdesign für ein günstiges Mini-Notebook vorgestellt. Die Hardware muss ein interessierter Hersteller zwar weiterhin bei VIA kaufen, das Gehäuse kann er aber selbst herstellen: VIA hat die CAD-Dateien dafür unter eine Creative-Commons-Lizenz gestellt. (Notebook, HSDPA)
27.05.2008 19:05 Uhr, golem,
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27.05.2008 19:00 Uhr
New DS Lite colors in the wild
Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
While Nintendo has yet to confirm its upcoming trio of new DS Lite colors for Europe (and hopefully the rest of us soon after), the much-leaked units have already been spotted in the wild and unboxed for your viewing pleasure. In addition to its regular warnings about getting outside and not hitting people in the face, Nintendo might want to inform consumers on the danger of eating their handheld consoles -- we'd hate to see unsuspecting Advance Wars fans succumbing to the incredible temp
27.05.2008 18:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Windows 7: Wenig Neues
Seit Wochen wird im Web über den Windows-Vista-Nachfolger mit Codenamen Windows 7 spekuliert. Nun stellt Microsoft einiges klar: Im Januar 2010 soll es kommen aber ohne neuen Kernel.
27.05.2008 18:21 Uhr, Toms Hardware,
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Orange France calling iPhone users with offers of subsidized 3G upgrades?
Filed under: Cellphones
When it comes to subsidy rumors for Apple's 3G iPhone, some are more believable than others. In this case, we'll leave the likelihood judgments up to you. Readers of French tech site PCInpact say that they are getting calls from Orange with offers of an upgrade to the upcoming Apple wonderphone. For only 50€, readers say they have been told they can swap out their current-gen iPhone for the new one. Or, say the French, the upgrade will be offered at a "generous" discount. With Orange's recent 3G
27.05.2008 18:21 Uhr, Engadget,
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Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin stepping down, to be replaced by Vittorio Colao
Filed under: Cellphones
You know how you quit your job that one time because you just weren't seeing results and the coffee kind of sucked? Well, not this guy. After five years at the helm of the world's largest phone company, Arun Sarin is leaving his CEO spot at Vodafone at the ripe old age of 53. His #2, Vittorio Colao, the current Regional CEO of Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa for Vodafone, will be taking the top spot, with the handover to happen on July 29th. Sarin's rule of Vodafone included a failed bid for AT&T Wireless and considerable expansion into emerging markets like India,
27.05.2008 18:21 Uhr, Engadget,
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Reliving the clone wars
The emergence of a company selling an OS X-compatible PC has rekindled talk of the Mac clone era. Rik Myslewski looks back at a time when more than just Apple-made systems could run the Mac OS, and reminds us why we’re unlikely to see a repeat of that any time soon.
27.05.2008 18:05 Uhr, Macworld,
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The Apple of the future
The Apple of five years from now will most certainly be different from the Apple of today. But as Dan Moren suggests, it probably won’t be a future anybody can predict.
27.05.2008 18:05 Uhr, Macworld,
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Diese YouTube-Videos dürfen Sie nicht sehen
Willkommen auf dem Videofriedhof: YouTomb ist ein Projekt von Studenten des Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sie sammeln Clips, die aus verschiedenen Gründen nicht mehr auf YouTube gezeigt werden.
27.05.2008 18:05 Uhr, CHIP,
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Bundeskartellamt stimmt Debitel-Übernahme zu
Das Bundeskartellamt hat die Übernahme von Debitel durch Freenet heute freigegeben. "Wir freuen uns, dass das Kartellamt nun den Weg für die weiteren Schritte im Hinblick auf den Vollzug der Transaktion geebnet hat", kommentierte Eckhard Spoerr, Vorstandsvorsitzender von Freenet, die Freigabe. "Freenet inklusive Debitel wird nach Vollzug der Transaktion der größte netzunabhängige Telekommunikationsanbieter in Deutschland sein. Unser Ziel ist es, die Nummer-eins-Vertriebsplattform für sämtliche Produkte der Telekommunikation zu sein."
27.05.2008 18:05 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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27.05.2008 18:00 Uhr
Sans Digital's CS1T and CR2T turn CF cards into 2.5-inch enclosures
Filed under: Storage
We've seen CF-SATA converters before, but what if you were to create a SATA shaped, sized, and interfaced enclosure and allow users to throw Compact Flash cards in there to make their own SSDs for more standard installs? Sans Digital's CS1T is a single-card Compact Flash CF to 2.5" SATA enclosure and the CR2T is a dual-card enclosure that uses RAID to support up to 64GB. Both utilize IDE and, when closed, look and act just like 2.5-inch HDDs for your various installation n
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Windows Mobile 6.1 update for HTC TyTN II now extra official
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
A leaky update faucet let in-the-know users get in on this one a little early, but HTC's now ready to trumpet its official Windows Mobile 6.1 update for its TyTN II to the world. Besides 6.1, the new release packs in the "display performance update" promised some time ago to help p
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Guitar Hero World Tour priced, given release date
Filed under: Gaming
Now that we've been enticed with what Guitar Hero World Tour will look like, GameStop has revealed the upcoming rock simulator's price and release date. $189.99 will get you the Guitar Hero World Tour "Band Kit" with drum kit, guitar, and microphone. Meanwhile, the "Guitar Kit" at $99.99 will come with just the guitar controller. For those of you who want to use your current controller (assuming current controllers will work), the game-only version will run $59.99 (or $49.99 for the PS2 and Wii). The game's ship date, as of now, is set at 10/27/08.
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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NICE shows off prototype electric car; Liberty plans an electric Range Rover
Filed under: Transportation
Some interesting electric car developments went down in England recently -- Liberty Electric Cars announced plans to convert "tens of thousands" cars and SUVs to electric operation, starting with the Range Rover, and NICE previewed a scissor-door concept it'll be showing at the London Auto Show. Liberty's pumping £30M ($59.3M) into a new factory that will start converting Range Rovers to electric vehicles using a "state-of-the-art" drivetrain good for 200 miles on a single charge. You'll have to pay for the privilege, though -- pricing is expected to run between £95,000 ($188,128) and £125,000 ($247,537). Similarly, English outfi
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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PC Microworks intros Montevina-powered Edge uber-laptop
Filed under: Laptops
Heads up, spec hounds. PC Microworks' Edge with Centrino 2 (aka Montevina) is a powerhouse that cannot be denied. This speedster sports a 15.4-inch WUXGA screen, packs a Montevina Quad Core Centrino 2 CPU, 2gb of DDR3 at 1333MHz, nVIDIA Gefore 9800M GTX, HSPDA, and up to 4TB of 7200RPM drives. Don't go running to the credit card gods just yet, though, as the Core 2 Extreme Quad Core QX9300 (2.53GHz/1066MHz/12MB) version won't be available until the end of July. What's more, this baby all decked-out will run you a cool $8,265.[Thanks, Matthew]
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Stone buys Rock -- could this be any more perfect?
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
When Rock fell under administration earlier this month, we honestly had no idea if we'd ever see that swank Pegasus 210 hit the market. Today, we still have no clue about the latter, but we do know that the failed company has been caught by the most impeccably named suitor Planet Earth has to offer: Stone. Reportedly, Stone Group will dish out "an undisclosed sum" for Rock, after which the two will meld together and form an a
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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World's biggest drawing created with the help of GPS and DHL
Filed under: GPS
There are all sorts of creative uses for GPS, but here's a fellow who says he sent a self-designed GPS "device" in a briefcase to DHL with express travel instructions. He plotted the shipment's movement and ended up with the drawing you see above. We're a bit confused. First, he says he developed a GPS device with extended tracklog and battery time. Okay, but using what, exactly? Also, we've received some things from DHL, and we have a hard enough time just getting them to deliver stuff to the right address, let alone make circles in the Caribbean in the name of art. To be fair, his docume
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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China to issue 3G licenses, calls for Unicom / Netcom merger
Filed under: CellphonesThis just in: don't believe anything you hear regarding an official 3G rollout date in China. After quite a bit of rigmarole, the Chinese government has finally announced that it will issue a trio of 3G licenses. Notably, the announcement comes with a bit of baggage -- it's also calling for a merger between China Unicom and Netcom, two of its four biggest telecommunications providers. Furthermore, it stated that it would call on China Telecom, the nation's largest fixed-line carrier, to
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Rumors indicate Eee Box will be called EBOX, coming June 3
Filed under: DesktopsWhat we have been calling the Asus Eee Box looks to finally have an official name. Based on unnamed sources, the Inquirer is reporting that the desktop PC will be called the Asus EBOX. As already speculated, they are saying it will be revealed on June 3 at Computex. Specs also look to be what we've been told already: 160GB HDD, 2GB RAM, and a Linux OS. Nothing much more to see here, but we're hoping Asus will give this thing a competitive price for those looking to tinker with a slick open-source box.
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Toshiba's Portege R500 gets cautiously torn apart
Filed under: Laptops
Sure, you've seen a plethora of R500 shots already, but this ultrathin Portégé has somehow managed to keep its clothes on -- until now. One curious owner just couldn't resist the urge to operate, and after careful dissection, we're left with a handful of snaps showing off the unit's internals. Don't be shy, check out the whole lot in the gallery below.[Thanks, Jai]
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27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Canonical CEO says Ubuntu Netbook Remix build coming in June
Filed under: LaptopsYou never really know what all will emerge from a simple interview, and thanks to a recent sit-down with Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth, we now know that a build of Ubuntu tailored for ultraportables (or subnotes, as it were) is just around the bend. According to Mr. Shuttleworth, the aforesaid software will be announced "in the first week of June," and it'll be called the Netbook Remix. He also noted that the outfit is currently "working with Intel, which produces chips custom-made for this sector." Sadly, it seems we'll have to wait a week or so before finding out more, b
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Hop-On Mobile releases $10 HOP1800, the "anti-iPhone"
Filed under: Cellphones
Don't worry if you've never heard of 'em, but Hop-On's got a new $10 disposable cellphone that goes by the name of HOP1800. Dual-band on 850/1900 or 900/1800, featuring totally rad vibrating or polyphonic MIDI ringing, Hop-On's billing this one as the "anti-iPhone"; we're not exactly sure what makes this the anti-iPhone other than the fact that it, um, doesn't actually do anything (except make calls), but hey, sounds like an easy way to sell some throwaway handsets.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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RFID "virtual walls" could keep tabs on hospital assets
Filed under: Wireless
RFID has long since been a pretty common find in your modern day hospital, but now GE and CenTrak are teaming up to make the technology even more useful in those long, winding hallways. Simply hailed as RFID "virtual walls," the creation enables venues to "track tagged mobile medical equipment down to a portion of a single room." By providing sub-room-level distinction, personnel can locate hardware within a monitored area as tiny as 6- x 8-feet, and although it'll likely be used
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Mars Phoenix lander to touch down on the red planet tonight
Filed under: Robots
Suit up, space nerds, because the Phoenix lander is mere hours away from touchdown on Mars, and NASA's blowing this thing out. Not only will you get a live video feed from their site, but apparently Mission Control ops will be liveblogging the touchdown and ensuing alien encounters / totally boring rock digging. Festivities kick off at about 6:00pm ET, prepare to set faces to stunned.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]Read - Phoenix mission pageRead - NASA live video feed
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Glow in the dark Xbox 360 enclosure takes you back to 1992
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Truth be told, we still can't believe this is the first commercially available glow in the dark Xbox 360 chassis, but then again, glow in the dark hasn't been remotely fashionable since Bill Clinton left office. Still, if history is beginning to repeat itself, you know you want to be first on the bandwagon, and there's no better way to throw it back than with the XCM Glow Pearl case. As it stands, the shell isn't quite ready to be ordered, but we're sure it'll be worth every penny when your BFF sees just how gnarly this thing is i
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Tranquil PC announces Intel Atom-based Harmony home servers
Filed under: Desktops, Storage
Well, doesn't Tranquil PC seems pretty stoked about their new Atom-based Harmony home servers? Though they're not exactly mind-blowing (to us, anyway), two new fanless models should be shipping in June: the T7-HSAi (left, with a single 3.5-inch drive or two 2.5-inch drives) and T2-WHS-A3i (right, with up to two 3.5-inch drives), both featuring Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports, 512MB or 1GB RAM options, and running Windows Home Server. With base configs and 500GB drives, the T7 will start at £278 ($550 US), and the T2 at £299 ($590 US)
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Panasonic EVOLTA powered robot climbs Grand Canyon
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Robots
Ain't nothing like a good robot-related publicity stunt to get the heart poundin on a Sunday. For your consideration, Panasonic's offered up a small 7-inch robot powered by EVOLTA AA cells, which willingly participated in a nearly seven hour rope climb of more than 1,700 vertical feet of sheer Grand Canyon expanse. Fine, we get it Panasonic, EVOLTA batteries last a while -- now you can stop putting adorable little robots in harm's way to prove it.
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Samsung announces crazy fast 256GB SSD, our knees buckle
Filed under: Storage
Uh oh, Samsung's just announced their first 256GB SSD. Not that you needed to know anything more than that to trigger salivation, but the MLC-flash SATA II drive has speeds of 200MBps read and 160MBps sequential write. Not like we'll be able to afford it or anything, but they'll be available come September, with a 1.8-inch version due in Q4.Continue reading Samsung announces crazy fast 256GB SSD, our knees buckle
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Atari founder cries wolf about piracy-ending chip
Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsSo news is making its way around the internets that at the Wedbush Morgan Securities Management Access Conference, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell proclaimed the end of PC gaming piracy as we know it, thanks to a "stealth encryption chip." The magic chip he's referring to that "will, in fact, absolutely stop piracy of gameplay"? The TPM chip -- what's been on motherboards for years, that apparently Bushnell just found out about. While the tinfoil hats in the house will likely attribute TPM (Trusted Platform Module) and other onboard crypto
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II in November?
Filed under: Digital Cameras
As rumors go, the Canon 5D Mark II is one of the more venerable of those back-room whispers to grace these pages. Now we've got the Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital Field Guide on Amazon making a duplicate appearance on the publisher's website. You know something we don't Ms. Charlotte K. Lowrie? Guess we'll find out in November-ish. Update: Barry Pruett from the book's Wiley publishing house says that the whole thing was just a mistake made by a newbie editor who created an internal "slot" for the expected followup to Charlotte's Canon 5D Digital
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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NVIDIA might get even deeper into the embedded CPU game
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsOkay, they're only embedded ARM chips, but le Inq is reporting that NVIDIA's prepping not just the Tegra APX 2500 we heard about before, but also a second line of high performance embedded CPUs. Supposedly the forthcoming CSX 600 / 650 will run in the 700-800MHz range, and be capable of 1080p / 24fps video playback. We'll give these guys until, say, 2010 before they're jockeying for AMD's spot at number two in desktop processors.Rea
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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K-Touch's 8 megapixel C280 cameraphone flaunts Canon image processing
Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras
Remember when Samsung was pumping out cameraphones with increasingly ridiculous megapixel counts? At the moment, phones top-out at about 5 megapixels. Until this, the 8 megapixel C280 with 3x optical zoom and claimed 1600 ISO support (right) from the previously unheard of K-Touch. Ironically, it might very well be using a
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Physicists develop plastic semiconductors for laser diode use
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Not to get all scientific on you or anything, but a team of Imperial physicists have just figured out a way to use plastics in laser diodes. For the uninitiated, scientists have been unable to make plastic semiconductor laser diodes because they had not yet found / developed "any plastics that could sustain a large enough current whilst also supporting the efficient light emission needed to produce a laser beam." Now, however, that obstacle has reportedly been overcome by making minor tweaks to a given plastic's chemical structure, and the resulting material will transport charges some 200 times better than before without
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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MemUp reveals new line of portable media players
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Given MemUp's recent past, we wouldn't be too shocked to find that the outfit's latest bundle of media players were all rips of other units, but we'll assume innocence until proven guilty. Up first is the K-SLIM, a simplistic DAP with a 1.8-inch display, FM tuner and 2GB / 4GB of internal capacity. Moving on, we've got the all-too-similar K-TOUCH, which gently ups the ante with a 2-inch touchscreen a
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Hot Sonos ZP120 on ZP100 action spied
Filed under: Home Entertainment
There you have it, Sonos' reputed ZP120 zoneplayer mounting its chubby ZP100 Appalachian cuz. The new amplified zoneplayer adds 802.11n to the mix while ditching the analog outs. Also rumored is an un-amplified, 802.11n ZP90 to replace the ZP80. When? We have no idea but you'll know when we do. Backside front after the break.
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27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Czeers shows off "world's first" solar powered speedboat
Filed under: Transportation
There aren't many sorts of vehicles that haven't been solarized, but it looks like Dutch company Czeers has managed to find one, with it now showing off what it claims to be the world's first solar powered speedboat. Dubbed the MK1, the solar panel-ensconced vessel can apparently reach a top speed of 30 knots (or roughly 35 miles per hour), all the while operating in relative silence. The company doesn't seem to have overlooked the other parts of the boat either, with it also boasting touchscreen-based control system and a suitably luxurious leather interior. No word on a possible price or release date just yet, naturally, but you
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Ford Flex fridge + Ohio = license to DUI
Filed under: Transportation
The biggest problem with the mid-Western drive-thru isn't the fact that you can readily purchase alcohol from the dank comforts of your old hoopdie, it's the dilemma presented in keeping that beer-flavored soda chilled for duration. Enter the $760 fridge on Ford's new Flex guzzler. The add-on drops up to seven, 12-oz cans of room-temp suds down to 41-degrees F in 2.5 hours. It'll also keep things a frosty 23-degrees in freezer mode. Add anti-drunk-proofing option and watch the car implode.[Buddy's Beer Barn photo courtesy of
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Mars Phoenix lander has near-perfect landing, says "it's really cold out here"
Filed under: Robots
Things are looking good for the Phoenix lander which touched down on Mars at 4:53pm on Sunday, May 25. The NASA nerds are reporting an almost perfect landing, with the spacebot tilted only one quarter of a degree. In fact, they're claiming that this landing was "far smoother than any simulation or test that was ever done." The lander's north-pole location is measured at -106 degrees Fahrenheit and chock-full of life-preserving ice. Phoenix will chill on Mars for 90 days, sniffing soil and looking for frozen Martians in whatever form they may take. Now that Mars Oddyssey -- one
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Hypersonic PC's Avenger AG2 packs power, performance, price
Filed under: Laptops
Briefcase brigade alert: The performance mini-notebook field (yeah, we just made that up) just got a bit more interesting with Hypersonic PC's Avenger AG2. This little 12 incher may their smallest and lightest, but it packs a punch. Laced with an Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 at 2.5GHz and a 6MB L2 cache, optional SSD, a 12.1-inch WXGA screen at 1280x800, Bluetooth, 1.3MP cam, WiFi, card reader, and Windows Vista Home Premium, this multicolored lappy is nothing to sneeze at -- unless you're allergic to Vista. Base price is about $1,300, fully spec'd will hit you at around $2,500.[Via
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Japanese scientist claims breakthrough with cold fusion experiment
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
While recent attempts to create a perpetual motion machine somehow, inexplicably didn't pan out, a physics professor from Osaka University now claims to have made a scientific breakthrough of another sort, with him now touting nothing less than a supposedly successful demonstration of cold fusion. That was apparently done by forcing deuterium gas under pressure into an evacuated cell containing a sample of palladium
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Nokia N95-3 update released early, performance improved
Filed under: Cellphones
Last week Nokia promised an update was coming to the North American version its venerable N95, the N95-3. But, the company played coy and failed to mention any details other than availability in "early June." We're not even out of May yet but the 20.2.011 firmware update is ready and initial reports are good. Boot time has been reduced to 19-seconds from about 30, camera start-up is now a quite snappy two seconds, support for Flash video has been added, and there's even a suite of new N-Gage game demos included in the deal. That's the sort
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Rumored dual-core Atom details get fleshed out
Filed under: Handhelds, LaptopsWe'd already heard that Intel planned to trot out some dual-core Atom processors sooner or later, and the Fudzilla website has now turned up a few more details on 'em courtesy of a supposedly legitimate leak. According to it, the first dual-core processor will be dubbed the Atom 330, and will clock in at the same 1.6GHz as the current single-core Atom 230 (no word on that 1.87GHz version we heard about previously). What's more, the processor will supposedly pack 1MB cache memory (twi
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Earth Trek touts "world's smallest" projector
Filed under: Displays
While it likely won't hold onto the (slightly dubious) title for long at the rate mini-projectors are cropping up these days, Hong Kong-based Earth Trek has nonetheless gone out and proclaimed its new 90-805R projector to be the "world's smallest" and, indeed, it is small. Measuring about 4 by 2 inches, the projector can apparently pump out a 22-inch diagonal image (no word from what distance), with an SD card slot and an A/V input provided via a 3.5 mm jack, not to mention a built-in speaker. No word on a price or release date just yet, but we'd assume they'd want to get it out relatively soon in order to bea
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Willcom shows off 1seg-equipped Willcom 03 smartphone
Filed under: Cellphones
It looks like those wanting something a bit more capable but just as brightly-colored as Willcom's most recent candybar phones could soon be getting their fix, as the company has just announced its new Willcom 03 smartphone, which packs a bundle of features into an eye-catching package. Up front and center on this one is a 3-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display, which should complement the built-in 1seg mobile TV tuner quite nicely. Otherwise, you can expect built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, along with 256MB
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Designer proposes VEIL Solar Shades to help power schools
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We've seen plenty of unique implementations for solar panels, but none quite like these so-called VEIL Solar Shades from designer Büro North, which block out the sun's rays just as well as they capture it. In addition to being light enough for a child to turn on a swivel (they're designed specifically for schools), the shades would apparently also boast a pattern of LED lights on their undersides, which would indicate if they're in the optimal position to gather the maximu
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Rock Band Stage Kit smoke machine and strobe light in pictures
Filed under: GamingGameStop leaked the existence of the $100 Rock Band Stage Kit back in January, and it's updated the listing with the first pictures we've seen of the included smoke machine and strobe light. The smoke machine looks fairly ordinary, but the light features controls so Rock Band vocalists can apparently blind themselves while making selections. The kit's listed with a ship date of August 15, but who knows if that's accurate -- and considering you can pick up a real fogger and strobe light sufficient to glam out your living room for all of $50, we're not exactly waiting on pins and needles.
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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New DS Lite colors all but confirmed by Nintendo
Filed under: Gaming
Chicks and dudes, get ready for extremely spicy, delicious, and stimulating news. Remember those new DS Lite colors we mentioned a few days ago? Apparently Nintendo has all but confirmed the forthcoming arrival of cool ice, hot red, and lime green -- at least in Europe. According to DS Fanboy, the big N has started circulating an e-teaser with the new paint jobs, which pretty much puts to rest any chance that this was just some over-eager Photoshopper's weekend art project. The landing date of June 13th seems to be hol
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Dell fesses to Studio 1535 laptop with adapter listing
Filed under: Laptops
Remember the Inspiron 1535 that was due any day now? Unfortunately, it's still MIA, but if you've got to get in on the action early you can apparently buy Dell part #310-9760, an AC adapter listing compatibility with two laptops the company hasn't yet announced. Um, just in case you weren't following along, that'd be the Inspiron Studio 1535 and 1536 (or maybe it's just the Studio 1535 / 1536 -- we don't really know).[Thanks, nizzy1115]
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Monster Cable at it again, sues mini-golf company
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIf it wasn't already perfectly clear by now that Monster Cable's cables aren't really worth the price (or any price above the cost of a coat-hanger), and that they're only using those bloated markups to perpetuate their reputation as money-grubbing lawsuit-happy snakeoil peddlers, we'd call your attention to their latest target: Monster Mini Golf, a chain of glow-in-the-dark mini-golf courses based out of Rhode Island. Apparently Monster Cable claims that the Monster Mini Golf brand is confusing to the public and dilute their trademark. Of course, this suit isn't really any more absurd than their suits
27.05.2008 17:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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Suchmaschine findet Bilder auf Websites wieder
Mit TinEye hat das kanadische Unternehmen Idée eine Bildersuchmaschine vorgestellt, bei der nicht mit Begriffen, sondern mit Bildern nach denselben gesucht wird. Wie TechCrunch berichtet, müssen Anwender lediglich ihr Bild in die Suchbox einfügen, wobei TinEye angeblich jedes Dateiformat akzeptiert. Daraufhin werden alle Sites angezeigt, auf denen sich das Bild findet.
27.05.2008 17:50 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Delicious Library 2.0 speeds up, adds categories
Delicious Monster has released the second edition of Delicious Library, its personal inventory application. The software catalogs personal belongings in a variety of categories, including books, music, videos and games, and lets users publish the information to the web, or sync with most Apple handhelds except for the iPhone and iPod touch. Items
27.05.2008 17:50 Uhr, MacNN,
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MS plans "minimum" 50% growth in Win Mobile
Microsoft expects sales of phones with Windows Mobile to grow at least 50 percent per year for the company's next two fiscal years, according to statements made by the company's Asian OEM manager Eddie Wu on Tuesday. The company reiterated that it hopes to sell 20 million phones over its fiscal 2008 but also expects that number to grow by another
27.05.2008 17:50 Uhr, MacNN,
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Epson-Farbdrucker für Plakate im A3-Format
Epson hat mit dem Stylus Photo R2880 seinen neuen A3-Drucker vorgestellt, der den Bedürfnissen von professionellen Fotografen entgegen kommen soll. Der Drucker kommt mit nur acht Tintenpatronen aus und soll trotzdem 85 Prozent der Pantone-Farbskala decken. Andere Hersteller nutzen dafür zehn bis zwölf unterschiedliche Tinten. (Drucker)
27.05.2008 17:50 Uhr, golem,
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MSI's new NVIDIA 9600GT card includes "turbo" button for overclocking
Filed under: Desktops, Gaming
Whatever you do, don't push the red button. MSI has pimped out its new GeForce 9600 GT Diamond graphics card with dual DVI, dual HDMI, optical audio and a shiny red button. The button bumps the clock speed of the graphics core and the memory, as well as increasing voltage to world-destroying levels. Unfortunately you'll have to reach around the back of your dusty machine to click it, but we're sure 30 minutes and a soldering iron can re-route the button to this little
27.05.2008 17:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Alte Schnurlostelefone ab 2009 nicht mehr erlaubt
Die Bundesnetzagentur hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass am 31. Dezember 2008 die Allgemeinzuteilung von Frequenzen für die schnurlosen Telefonsysteme CT1+ und CT2 endet. Da die Frequenzbereiche neu vergeben wurden, dürfen die Telefone ab dem 1. Januar 2009 nicht mehr genutzt werden. Heute übliche DECT-Telefone sind davon allerdings nicht betroffen, da sie auf anderen Frequenzen funken.
27.05.2008 17:20 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Der iFund fördert bis jetzt erst zwei Projekte
Mit der Vorstellung des iPhone SDK hatte Apple auch einen Investitionsfond angekündigt. Der 100 Millionen US-Dollar schwere iFund getaufte Fond liegt in der Obhut von Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) und soll Investitionen in Unternehmen tätigen, die innovative Ideen für das iPhone und den iPod touch haben. Die BusinessWeek bericht
27.05.2008 17:20 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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Creative ditches Zen Share WiFi player, X-Fi DAP might be in the works
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wireless
Creative got some Jello-O knees in the run-up to launching Zen Share, its WiFi-enabled PMP, and decided to quit the project altogether. The company is blaming "technical complications," which we have a suspicion is shorthand for "building the necessary software to make WiFi helpful in a DAP is harder than we antic
27.05.2008 17:07 Uhr, Engadget,
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Psystar's Open Computer gets new case, video card
Filed under: Desktops
We weren't terribly impressed with Psystar's Open Computer the first time around, but hopefully this new revision will perk things up a bit -- along with dealing with that insufferable fan noise. Psystar is making no such promises, but it has quitely rolled out a new case design, along with tossing in a NVIDIA GeForce 7200GS 256MB graphics card -- a decent bump over the original's integrated graphics. The price is still $3
27.05.2008 17:07 Uhr, Engadget,
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Gratis: Die besten Sport-Spiele
Die Euro 2008 ist der Auftakt für einen großen Sportsommer mit Fußball und Olympia. Doch noch bevor der erste Ball rollt, präsentieren wir Ihnen 20 Gratis-Spiele, mit denen Sie sich am PC sportlich betätigen können.
27.05.2008 17:05 Uhr, CHIP,
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Apple to open second Alabama store on Saturday
Apple is planning to open its second Alabama retail store this Saturday, May 31st, according to announcement. Despite its name, the Bridge Street location is actually situated at 6782 Old Madison Pike in Huntsville, near Governors Drive; also unusual is that while the store is only days away from opening, it does not yet have an official website,
27.05.2008 17:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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27.05.2008 17:00 Uhr
Adobe denies CS4 October claims
Adobe is denying claims the company plans to launch Adobe CS 4 this October, with company vice president John Nack penning a furious denial on his regular Photoshop blog.
He points to a report from the TG Daily website, which claimed the software to be expected to ship “on October 1”, condemning these claims as fantasy, speculation, “just something made up”.
Nack’s clearly furious with everybody who picked-up on the report, but does concede that the Photoshop technology demo described did take place.
“I didn't say anything about schedule. In fact, I never said that any of this stuff is promised to go into any particular version of Photoshop. Rather, as with previous installments, it's a technology demonstration of some things we've got cooking--nothing more,” he says.
Nack also uses the pulpit
27.05.2008 16:51 Uhr, 9to5Mac,
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Age of Conan - die ersten fünf Tage
Feierstimmung bei Funcom: Rund 400.000 Spieler haben sich nach Angaben der Entwicklerfirma mittlerweile im virtuellen Conan-Königreich von Age of Conan registriert. Nach einer weiteren mehrstündigen Server-Auszeit gab es dann auch einen neuen größeren Patch für das noch junge Onlinerollenspiel. (MMORPG, Age of Conan)
27.05.2008 16:50 Uhr, golem,
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Klage der Musikindustrie gegen Staatsanwalt aussichtslos
Der Chef der Wuppertaler Staatsanwaltschaft, Helmut Schoß, hatte angeordnet, nicht mehr zu ermitteln, wenn die Musik- und Pornoindustrie Teilnehmer von Tauschbörsen anzeigt. Deshalb will ihn die Branche vor Gericht bringen. Ein wenig aussichtsreiches Unterfangen, wie der Düsseldorfer Oberstaatsanwalt Axel Stahl gegenüber Golem.de bestätigte. (P2P, Tauschbörse)
27.05.2008 16:50 Uhr, golem,
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Aufsatz soll die Spieltauglichkeit des iPhones verbessern
Mit Multitouch bietet Apple eine moderne Technologie an, mit der Entwickler jedem Programm die benötigten Eingabelemente spendieren können. Was bei den meisten Programmen wunderbar funktioniert, bietet jedoch in anderen Bereichen auch Nachteile: Sobald zum Beispiel bei einem Spiel Tasten benötigt werden, könnte dies insofern problematisch
27.05.2008 16:50 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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Digitalfotografie: Verzeichnungen entfernen mit PTLens 1.0
Was gerade preiswerte Kameraobjektive bei Aufnahmen an Fehlern produzieren, kann der Computer mit der richtigen Software teilweise wieder beheben: PTLens konnte bislang nur unter Windows Vignettierung und chromatische Aberrationen, falsche Perspektiven und Verzerrungen ausgleichen, jetzt aber ist auch eine Mac-Version des Werkzeugs erschienen.
27.05.2008 16:50 Uhr, MacNews,
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iSuppli: Kingston ist die Nummer 1
Stolz meldet Kingston Zahlen zu Marktanteilen beim Handel mit Speichermodulen, die die Marktforscher von iSuppli errechnet haben: Wie auch 2006 ist Kingston auch 2007 der erfolgreichsten Speicherhersteller.
27.05.2008 16:36 Uhr, Toms Hardware,
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Avcen Jetpod T-100 City Flying Taxi says "naught" to highways
Filed under: Tablet PCs
No, that's not a scene from The Fifth Element II. What you see here is the Avcen Limited Jetpod T-100 City Flying Taxi, a VQSTOL (Very Quiet Short Take-off and Landing) vehicle that the company says could be in the air by 2010. The idea is that these flying cars would volley people between city centers and outlying areas (like airports) in order to reduce highway traffic. Avcen says that 75 of these in London could relieve road traffic of 37,000 return car trips per day all the while keeping things quiet and requiring only short landing strips made of pavement or grass. For air geeks, specs include dual jet engines with a
27.05.2008 16:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Arcor steigert Umsatz und Gewinn
Arcor hat seinen Umsatz im Geschäftsjahr 2008 gegenüber dem Vorjahreszeitraum um neun Prozent auf 2,308 Milliarden Euro gesteigert. Der Gewinn vor Zinsen, Steuern und Abschreibungen (EBITDA) legte um 16 Prozent auf 456 Millionen Euro zu. Das geht aus den heute veröffentlichten Jahreszahlen des kürzlich von Vodafone komplett übernommenen Festnetzanbieters hervor.
27.05.2008 16:35 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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iFund currently only backing two developers
The iFund -- a $100 million resource set up by venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers -- is currently only paying to support two different iPhone development projects, writes BusinessWeek. The first of these is a port of an application by Pelago called Whrrl, which lets users scan for nearby attractions visited by them or their frie
27.05.2008 16:35 Uhr, MacNN,
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LG ships iPod-ready home theater systems
LG this morning said it has started shipping a quintet of home theater systems that are tailored equally to traditional home theater and audio setups as well as portable digital audio. The flagship LHT888 is tuned by Mark Levinson and puts out 5.1-channel surround through a 700-watt speaker system with wireless rear channels. Its host receiver ca
27.05.2008 16:35 Uhr, MacNN,
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News: Mix: aTV Flash, iFund, Solar patent, Orange upgrade
Apple Core has begun offering its aTV Flash, a USB flash drive accessory for the Apple TV that allows users to easily hack the set-top box. The drive connects to the Apple TV’s USB port, and automatically installs a variety of software including a Safari-based web browser and a RSS feed reader, and adds support for a variety of unsupported video codecs like DivX, Xvid, and AVI. The aTV Flash is said to be warranty-safe, and retails for $70,…
27.05.2008 16:35 Uhr, iPodlounge,
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Deutsche Robotiker gewinnen internationalen Wettbewerb
Roboter aus Deutschland und Japan haben in einem internationalen Wettbewerb als Beste abgeschnitten. Ihnen gelang es als einzigen, in einer simulierten Weltraummission alle Aufgaben zu bewältigen. Der nächstplatzierte Roboter löste nur die Hälfte der Aufgaben. (Robotik)
27.05.2008 16:35 Uhr, golem,
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Neue Chance für das iPhone in China
Die chinesische Regierung hat eine Neuordnung des chinesischen Telekommunikationsmarktes angekündigt, aus der das iPhone als Gewinner herausgehen könnte. Der bisherige Mobilfunkprovider-Riese China Mobile soll deutlich an Einfluss verlieren
27.05.2008 16:23 Uhr, Maclife,
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In weiser Voraussicht: iPhone löst iPod ab
Wenn sich ein Produkt der Technik-Sparte in den vergangenen Jahren über kontinuierliches Wachstum freuen konnte, war es der MP3-Player. Allen voran profitierte Apple mit seiner inzwischen recht breiten iPod-Familie von dem nie endenden Hunger der Zielgruppe nach neuen Modellen mit immer größerem Speicherplatz und neuen Funktionen. Seit einigen Monaten macht sich jedoch ein Abwärtstrend bemerkbar - "Tendenz weiter fallend" wie die Marktforscher der NPD-Group urteilen. Stattdessen wächst der Bedarf an Mobiltelefonen, die auch Musik abspielen - mit dem iPhone ist Apple hier hervorragend aufgestellt.
27.05.2008 16:09 Uhr, Maclife,
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Hydraulic transmission gives engines, wallets a break
Filed under: Transportation
Another day, another potential find to avoid the imminent fuel crisis. On the docket today is Ernie Brookins' hybrid drive system, which "captures, compresses, and stores wasted drive-train energy produced when a vehicle's engine is running." Ernie here has concocted a hydraulic transmission that can reportedly power vehicles without the engine running all of the time,
27.05.2008 16:09 Uhr, Engadget,
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Icann mahnt Registrare von Spam-Domains ab
Die Icann hat auf eine Untersuchung des KnujOn-Projektes zu den zehn größten Registraren von Spam-Domains reagiert und verschiedene Vergabestellen aufgefordert, die Korrektur von Whois-Einträgen zu veranlassen oder betroffene Domains zu löschen. Registraren, die den Aufforderungen nicht nachkommen, drohte die Icann mit der Entziehung ihrer Zulassung.
27.05.2008 16:06 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Adobe dementiert Gerüchte zum Veröffentlichungstermin der CS 4
Nachdem die ersten Informationen zu Adobes Creative Suite 4 bekannt wurden, kursierte auch schon ein Datum. Angeblich plane Adobe, das neue Softwarepaket im Oktober auf den Markt zu bringen. Diesen Gerüchten hat Senior Vice President John Nack jetzt aber widersprochen. Von Adobe sei nie eine entsprechende Aussage getroffen worden, man ha
27.05.2008 16:05 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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Hej iPhone!
Wir wissen, wie Steve Jobs die WWDC eröffnet, zumindest den Anfang seiner Keynote am 9. Juni glauben wir zu kennen: Zunächst wird er Zahlen vorlegen, die für den allgemeinen Erfolg Apples sprechen und insbesondere den Durchbruch des iPhone. Dann wird Jobs sagen: "Diesen Umsatz haben wir mit der ersten Version in einer Hand voll Länder generiert.
27.05.2008 16:05 Uhr, MacNews,
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27.05.2008 16:00 Uhr
iPhone gains games control device
Development of a Sony PSP-like games controller for the iPhone is underway, and while it’s currently only compatible with jailbroken devices, it’s no stretch of imagination to see its release for all iPhones, if the technology driving it is permitted under the iPhone SDK.
iControlpad is a peripheral device which connects to the dock connector on the iPhone (or the iPod touch). It binds the device within a controller that’s of similar shape to the Sony PSP, including dedicated control buttons with which to play games on the handheld.
“Your iPhone just slides in and locks in to place, there are no modifications needed and you can remove it at any time,” the developers explain, adding, “The iControlPad is already supported by some of the biggest iPhone devs (including ZodTTD - PSX, GBA emu etc.) and we are sending out unit
27.05.2008 15:51 Uhr, 9to5Mac,
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Selbst gemacht: Batteriewechsel im Nike+ Sensor
Wer einmal mit dem Nike+iPod Sportkit joggen war, wird schnell Gefallen an dem sportlichen Spielzeug gefunden haben. Doch wehe dem, der sein Fitnessprogramm allzu ambitioniert verfolgt, denn die Batterie im Nike+ Sensor hat keine lange Lebenserwartung. Bereits nach 6-12 Monaten Betrieb gibt der Funksensor auf und zwingt zur Neuanschaffung mit einem Kostenpunkt von 30 Euro. Wem das zu teuer ist, kann sich mit ein wenig Bastelgeschick aber auch selbst helfen, wie der "Rob&Ray-Blog" verrät.
27.05.2008 15:51 Uhr, Maclife,
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Vodafone meldet für 2008 Umsatzplus von 14 Prozent
Vodafone hat seinen Umsatz im Geschäftsjahr 2008 gegenüber dem Vorjahr um 14,1 Prozent auf 35,478 Milliarden britische Pfund (44,539 Milliarden Euro) gesteigert. Den heute veröffentlichten Jahreszahlen (PDF) des Mobilfunkanbieters zufolge lag das organische Wachstum bei 4,2 Prozent.
27.05.2008 15:50 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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OmniVision preps tiny 8MP cellphone camera
Omnivision today said it has developed a new camera sensor that should radically improve the quality of photography from cellphones. A variant of the company's OmniBSI chip technology allows the company to fill each individual pixel on the sensor with much more light than previously possible by literally flipping the sensor upside down and lightin
27.05.2008 15:50 Uhr, MacNN,
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Kreiszahl Pi als Benchmark für Grafikkarten
Das bei Übertaktern und Hardwaretestern beliebte Programm SuperPi, das die Kreiszahl auf Millionen von Nachkommastellen berechnet, wird derzeit auf Nvidias Programmierschnittstelle CUDA portiert. Mit dieser neuen Version lassen sich die Berechnungen dann auf dem Grafikprozessor und nicht mehr der CPU ausführen. (Grafik-Hardware, NVidia)
27.05.2008 15:50 Uhr, golem,
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Videoproduktion: QuickTime lernt MXF
Wer in der Video- und Fernsehproduktion auf das Containerformat MXF setzt, der kann jetzt auch direkt über die QuickTime-Architektur mit einer Reihe von Mac-Software auf seine Daten zugreifen und sie in Mac OS X 10.5 in der QuickLook-Übersicht anzeigen. MXF (Material eXchange Format) soll den Austausch von audio-visuellen Dateien vereinfachen,
27.05.2008 15:50 Uhr, MacNews,
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MSI Wind desktops and laptops exposed and fondled, Atom seen by all
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
MSI has been teasing us with its Atom-based laptops and desktops for some time now, so it's only right that they finally give it up and let some journalist rip open a Wind for some straight-up circuit porn. Confirmed on on the board are the aforementioned Atom 230 processor, 1GB DDR2-533 RAM, a 160GB SATA drive, gigabit ethernet, a DVD combo drive, 65-watt power supply, and passive cooling with that gargantuan heatsink. As for performance, testers say the machine was capable of pl
27.05.2008 15:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Panasonic's RP-HJE900 earbuds sport detachable cables and fake diamonds
Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio
Cubic zirconia is the bane of would-be brides with cheap beaus worldwide, but did you know it's also a miracle cure for sound distortion? Panasonic would like you to think so, it's touting the material's distortion-reducing qualities in the new RP-HJE900 earbuds, which offer a sensitivity of 100dB/mW and a claimed frequency response of 6Hz to 28KHz. The buds are also detachable, since you don't want to shell out a few hundred do
27.05.2008 15:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Review: Lexmark X560n multifunction printer
Lexmark’s X560n combines a scanner, copier, fax machine, and color laser printer in a MFP device designed for medium-sized workgroups. X560n is fast, but the difficult scanner setup results in a hit to productivity on the Mac.
27.05.2008 15:35 Uhr, Macworld,
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Staatsanwaltschaft prüft Ermittlungsverfahren gegen Telekom
Wie die Rheinische Post berichtet, prüft die Bonner Staatsanwaltschaft derzeit die Einleitung eines Ermittlungsverfahrens gegen die Telekom. Eine Entscheidung darüber soll schon bald getroffen werden. Der Konzern hatte in der vergangenen Woche selbst die Staatsanwaltschaft eingeschaltet und Unterlagen übermittelt. Dem Telekommunikationsunternehmen wird vorgeworfen, Telefonverbindungsdaten führender Mitarbeiter illegal ausgewertet und mit Telefonnummern sowie Verbindungsdaten von Journalisten abgeglichen zu haben.
27.05.2008 15:35 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Adobe slams October CS4 release claims
Adobe has slammed reports claiming an October release for CS4 as being "made up" Adobe has moved to scotch widely-reported rumours claiming Creative Suite 4 will ship in October, with company senior vice president, John Nack, slamming the speculation as being "just made up".
27.05.2008 15:35 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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New Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Soundbooth betas
Adobe has posted betas of three applications from the next version of Creative Suite, including Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth. Dreamweaver is the company's signature web design tool, and now includes a Related Files Toolbar as well as Code Navigator, which lets users explore pages with complex elements such as XML data and JavaScript links
27.05.2008 15:35 Uhr, MacNN,
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News: TeliaSonera to offer iPhone in Nordic, Baltic markets
TeliaSonera has announced that it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in Nordic and Baltic markets. According to the company, it will offer the phone in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia “later this year.” As in other recent iPhone carrier announcements, no further release details or model specifications were provided. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to make an announcement regarding future…
27.05.2008 15:35 Uhr, iPodlounge,
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Einsteigerpaket in die Digitalfotografie für 100 Euro
Die Urlaubssaison steht an, ein Zeitpunkt, zu dem sich Digitalkameras gut verkaufen. Rollei will mit einem Einsteigerpaket von der Kauflust profitieren und schickt die RCP-8330X mit 8 Megapixeln samt Tasche, SD-Karte und Bildbearbeitungsprogramm zum Gesamtpreis von knapp 100 Euro ins Rennen. (Digitalkamera)
27.05.2008 15:35 Uhr, golem,
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German users claim MacBook Air can cut through bread, flesh
Filed under: Laptops
Now, we know that the MacBook Air is one thin laptop, but some Apple forum members in Germany are claiming that the edge of the laptop is not only sharp -- but downright dangerous. According to "Apple Talk" reader Bajuware, his MBA went kill-crazy all over his elbow while he was cold-chillin' on his couch. The details are a little hard to suss out due to the language barrier (and machine translation), but it would appear the Air's bottom edge made nasty work of the human flesh like someone had insulted its mother. Another MBA owner claims his comput
27.05.2008 15:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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Australische Polizei testet mobile Fingerabdruckscanner
Die Polizeibehörde des australischen Bundesstaates New South Wales (NSW) startet im Juni einen Pilotversuch mit Handheld-Geräten, die Personen vor Ort anhand von Fingerabdrücken identifizieren können. Das rund 3,6 Millionen Euro teure Projekt soll den Polizisten eine Identitätsprüfung in Echtzeit ermöglichen und dadurch den Zeitaufwand für eine Personenfeststellung verringern, berichtet das Nachrichtenportal Australian IT.
27.05.2008 15:05 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Creative scraps Wi-Fi player, focuses on design
Creative has for now shelved its plans to develop a Wi-Fi capable player, the company's Nordic product manager Jan Hvidberg has revealed in an interview. The senior official confirms the one-time existence of the ZEN Share but says that there were "technical complications" developing the player that prompted the company to drop the project. The e
27.05.2008 15:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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ICANN ermahnt Registrare von Spam-Domains
Die Internetverwaltung ICANN kämpft gegen Domains, für die in Spam-Mails geworben wird. Die zehn Registrare, bei denen die meisten solcher Domains verwaltet werden, wurden aufgefordert, diese auf korrekte Whois-Daten hin zu überpüfen. (Spam)
27.05.2008 15:05 Uhr, golem,
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Marktstart für Asus' externe Grafikkarte weiterhin unklar
Die seit über einem Jahr angekündigte Lösung "XG Station" von Asus könnte vielleicht doch noch auf den Markt kommen. Einen festen Termin oder Preis gibt es nicht, Asus will die externe PCIe-Grafikkarte für Notebooks auf der kommenden Computex 2008 aber erneut vorstellen. (Computer, Asus)
27.05.2008 15:05 Uhr, golem,
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Gratis-Plug-in zeigt Geokoordinaten im Finder an
Sie versehen Ihre Fotos stets mit Längen- und Breitengraden und wollen diese auch im Finder anzeigen? Mit einem kostenlosen Plug-in, das soeben erschienen ist, lernt Mac OS X das im Nu. CDFinder-Entwickler Norbert M. Doerner stellt eine Erweiterung für das Kontextmenü des Finders bereit, das nicht nur GPS-Koordinaten inklusive Höhenangaben
27.05.2008 15:05 Uhr, MacNews,
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27.05.2008 15:00 Uhr
Adobe CS4 für 48 Stunden testen
Carpe Diem - Nutze den Tag. In diesem Falle darf man sogar zwei ganze Tage nutzen: Adobe stellt interessierten Testern drei Vorabversionen aus seiner Creative Suite 4 für 48 Stunden zur Verfügung. Dreamweaver, Fireworks und Soundbooth können gratis ausprobiert werden. Wer bereits eine Lizenz für die CS3-Versionen besitzt, darf sie sogar bis zum Erscheinen der endgültigen Creative Suite 4 nutzen.
27.05.2008 14:36 Uhr, Maclife,
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FCC outs Philips Breeze headset -- Swarovski never looked so greasy
Filed under: Cellphones
Wow. Mr. FCC Photog trumps even Mr. Blurry Cam when it comes to blowing the easy spy shot. That's Philips unannounced Bluetooth Breeze headset with Swarovski crystals presented in a rich, man-glaze of test-lab sauce. According the manual, the Active Crystals Breeze is your standard Bluetooth headset only this one is "designed by women, for women." Seriously, are we really that different?
27.05.2008 14:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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High-Res-Patch für Command & Conquer 95
Mit einem inoffiziellen Patch lässt sich der Echtzeitstrategie-Klassiker Command & Conquer aus dem Jahr 1995 auch in einer zeitgemäßeren Auflösung spielen. Auf kleinere Probleme muss sich der Spieler jedoch einstellen. Große Breitbild-Auflösungen sollten ebenfalls nicht erwartet werden.
27.05.2008 14:35 Uhr, golem,
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iControl and Whrrl win Apple iFund support
The iPhone will become the ultimate remote control, capable of interfacing with all-manner of domestic systems, with news that the venture capital company managing the $100 million ‘iFund’ has taken a position in developers building an application called iControl.
iControl is one of two applications named as securing funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The other application is a location-based service from Pelago called Whrrl. One more unnamed developer has also secured funding, with an additional ten “under consideration”, a report claims. In excess of 1,700 applications for funding have been made so far, the report reveals.
Whrrl links the map
27.05.2008 14:23 Uhr, 9to5Mac,
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Spieletest: Haze - Besser ballern dank Drogen
Am PC lockt ein neuer Shooter kaum noch jemanden hinter dem Ofen hervor, auf der PS3 sieht das ganz anders aus. Wenn da ein Entwickler wie Free Radical (Timepslitters) verkündet, einen Action-Titel exklusiv für die aktuelle Sony-Konsole zu veröffentlichen, macht man sich wegen der spärlichen Konkurrenz zumindest Hoffnung auf ein Highlight. Im Falle von Haze allerdings leider vergeblich. (Spieletest, PS3)
27.05.2008 14:20 Uhr, golem,
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 als Beta zum kostenlosen Download
Die neue Version CS4 von Adobe Dreamweaver bringt zahlreiche Neuerungen für Webdesigner und Entwickler: WebKit als Rendering-Engine, einen Code-Navigator mit Überblick, Unterstützung für Ajax- und JavaScript-Frameworks und die Integration von Smart Objects aus der Bildbearbeitung Adobe Photoshop. (Grafiksoftware, Adobe)
27.05.2008 14:20 Uhr, golem,
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VIA OpenBook hands-on
Filed under: Laptops
We got to spend a little bit of time with a prototype of VIA's new OpenBook reference design, and while it's not going to revolutionize anything, VIA does seem to have a pretty good grasp on the balance of value, size and power necessary to compete in the subnotebook game. They were showing it off with Vista (though it will be available in XP and Linux versions as well), with an interface that was plenty responsive, and while the video we saw wasn't an incredible display of multimedia showmanship, it was neat to see on the C7-M all the same. Our two main gripes are the seeming thickness of the device -- 1.4-inches might be par for the cou
27.05.2008 14:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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Adobe startet Betatest von Creative Suite 4
Adobe hat die ersten Betaversionen der kommenden Creative Suite veröffentlicht. Mit den Testversionen von Dreamweaver, Fireworks und Soundbooth will das Unternehmen demonstrieren, in welche Richtung der Nachfolger der aktuellen Creative Suite 3 entwickelt wird. Zusätzlich sollen Kunden die Möglichkeit erhalten, mit ihrem Feedback zur Entwicklung der Programme beizutragen.
27.05.2008 14:05 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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iPhone iFund funds Whrrl, iControl
The investment company managing the iPhone-focused "iFund" announces first two successful bids Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers - the investment company managing the iPhone-focused "iFund" for application development of the Apple device - is investing in a firm called Pelago.
27.05.2008 14:05 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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Tune Instructor 2 vereinfacht Arbeitsabläufe in der iTunes-Mediathek
Mit Tune Instructor 2 ist eine neue Version der Software erschienen, mit der sich viele Arbeitsabläufe innerhalb der iTunes-Bibliothek vereinfachen und automatisieren lassen. Zu den Funktionen zählen Suche und Pflege von ID3-Informationen, Cover-Verwaltung, Synchronisation von Mediathek und Musikordnern sowie Protokollierung von Änderunge
27.05.2008 14:05 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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27.05.2008 14:00 Uhr
Three colours for 3G iPhone?
The latest unconfirmed iPhone rumour is upon us, and it once again claims the next-generation device will be available in three colours, well, that, or it confirms there’s a lot of rabid iPhone fans prepared to spend a little time creating Photoshop fakes of potential Apple ads
We’re not sure how much weight to give this latest rumour, which we’re publishing here because rumour’s like this seem set to keep the iPhone world turning as we inch our way toward June 9.
iPhone Hellas reports (this link seems non-functional) the next-gen device will be slimmer than its predecessor, and available in three colours; white, black and (erm) red..
There have been cont
27.05.2008 13:51 Uhr, 9to5Mac,
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Amazon's Kindle now 10% less
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds
$399? Ha. Amazon just cut the price of its Kindle e-book reader to $359 and zero cents with free 2-day shipping. Now giddy up, son, there's no cake for you here.[Thanks, Chris G.]Read |
27.05.2008 13:51 Uhr, Engadget,
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VIA unveils OpenBook subnotebook reference design
Filed under: Laptops
VIA's trying its hand once again at the "mini-note" form factor, with a new OpenBook reference design. Its first go round, the NanoBook, was generally panned in light of the ultra-successful Eee PC, but certainly wasn't ignored. The new design is right in line with the new wave of subnotebooks, with an 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 screen, connection options including WiMAX, HSDPA and EV-DA, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, a 4-in-1 card reader and front and back 2 megapixel webcams. It's all based around a new VIA VX800 chipset running that trusty ol' C7-M ULV processor, with some video acceleration tweaks to make multime
27.05.2008 13:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Age of Conan: 400.000 Spieler in erster Woche
„Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures“ ist ein auf den Werken des Autors Robert E. Howard basierendes Massively-Multiplayer Online-Rollenspiel (MMORPG). In der ersten Woche konnte es 400.000 Spieler für sich begeistern, angezogen vor allem durch die guten Bewertungen in den einschlägigen Magazinen.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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MSI zeigt neue BIOS-Features der P45-Boards
Die neuen Mainboards diverser Hersteller mit dem P45-Chipsatz von Intel stehen schon seit längerer Zeit in den Startlöchern und warten nur darauf, auf der Computermesse Computex Anfang nächstes Monats vorgestellt und dann anschließend auch endlich verkauft zu werden.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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Mac user: Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre talks Mac and Logic Pro in latest French Apple profile report Internationally-renowned musician Jean-Michel Jarre is a Logic Pro user, according to an Apple profile published by Apple France.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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Beta: Times Reader for Mac
The New York Times released a beta version of Times Reader for Mac, the first Mac release of its Silverlight-based desktop reader for the online edition of the newspaper.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacInTouch,
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Announcement: Samsung 256GB FlashSSD
Samsung announced a 256GB solid state drive, due by the end of the year in a 2.5-inch form factor with a SATA II interface, sequential read speed of 200 megabytes per second (MB/s), and sequential write speed of 160MB/s.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacInTouch,
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Update: MediaCentral 2.8
Equinux's media center application a new TV engine with support for the company's TubeStick Hybrid TV receiver and access to TV shows that have been recorded with The Tube.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacInTouch,
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Update: Proloquo 2.0
AssistiveWare's multi-purpose and multilingual speech system now includes LayoutKitchen (the company's scan panel editor), Infovox iVox voices for a language of choice, enhanced export to iTunes, and other improvements.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacInTouch,
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Update: Bookends 10.2.1
Sonny Software's reference management and bibliography generation program adds reference surfing with a built-in browser, live links in attached web pages and PDFs, direct copy of selected text from an attached PDF or web page to a reference field, and more.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacInTouch,
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Update: Sibelius 5.2
The music notation program adds a fix for problems exporting audio tracks on PowerPC Macs with Leopard, proper operation of keyboard shortcuts when using non-English keyboard layouts in Leopard, performance improvements, and other changes.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacInTouch,
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New: Espy 1.0
GoGoalSoft Limited released Espy, a picture address book that emphasizes browsing contact pictures with an iPhoto-like interface.
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacInTouch,
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Auf gute Zusammenarbeit getestet: Leopard und Intels Atom-Chip
Gerüchte um ein neues Apple-Produkt mit Atom-Prozessor sind eine Sache, nackte Zahlen eine andere: Anonyme Hacker haben Mac OS X 10.5 auf einem nicht näher genannten Computer installiert, in dem solch ein Intel-Prozessor für ultraportable Geräte steckt, und dabei sogleich die Geschwindigkeit gemessen. Die Installation, so die Hacker im Dienste
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacNews,
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Western Digital: 320 Gigabyte im Kleinformat mit Firewire
Speziell für den Mac bietet Western Digital drei neue externe Festplatten an. Neben USB findet man im 2,5 Zoll-Gehäuse der My Passport Studio -Serie eine Firewire400-Schnittstelle, drei Festplattengrößen stehen zur Auswahl: 320 Gigabyte, 250 Gigabyte und 160 Gigabyte. Die Platten sind vorformatiert für den Mac, Strom bezieht der silber
27.05.2008 13:35 Uhr, MacNews,
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Delicious Library 2: Endgültige Version steht bereit
Vor ein paar Tagen berichteten wir über eine spezielle Test-Phase der Katalogisierungssoftware Delicious Library 2. Auch in der Mac Life wurde die Vorabversion der Applikation bereits genauer unter die Lupe genommen. Jetzt ist die Entwicklung beendet und Delicious Library 2.0 ist ab sofort als Vollversion verfügbar.
27.05.2008 13:21 Uhr, Maclife,
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iPhone 3G - guter Deal für Franzosen
Orange ist die Farbe der Hoffnung - jedenfalls in Frankreich. Ein dortiger Mobilfunkanbieter bietet seinen Kunden angeblich das iPhone 3G zum Vorteilspreis. Besitzer des aktuellen Modells könnten dieses etwa in Zahlung geben und für nur 50 Euro ein neues bekommen, berichtet pcinpact.com.
27.05.2008 13:21 Uhr, Maclife,
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Eleven: Über 10.000 Prozent Spamwachstum seit Juli 2005
Laut dem Berliner E-Mail-Sicherheitsspezialisten Eleven ist das Spam-Aufkommen deutscher Unternehmen seit Mitte 2005 um mehr als das Hundertfache angestiegen. Das durchschnittliche monatliche Spam-Aufkommen eines repräsentativen deutschen Großunternehmens sei zwischen Juli 2005 und April 2008 sogar um das 120-fache gewachsen. Spam-Mails waren Eleven zufolge im April 2008 durchschnittlich für mehr als 98 Prozent des gesamten E-Mail-Verkehrs verantwortlich.
27.05.2008 13:20 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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T.K. Maxx fires staff over security
Global giant fires staff for talking out after it loses 94-million credit and debit card details. A low-level TJX employee has lost his job for speaking in public about information security problems he uncovered while working for the company.
27.05.2008 13:20 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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Druck auf die Netzbetreiber: Inlands-Roaming wird billiger
Die EU-Kommissarin für Informationsgesellschaft und Medien, Viviane Reding, hat bereits mehrmals angedroht, die inländischen Terminierungsentgelte innerhalb der EU zu senken. Derzeit arbeitet sie an einer Empfehlung, die die großen Netzbetreiber teuer zu stehen kommen könnte: Aktuell berechnen die Netzbetreiber fast 10 Cent pro Minute, wenn ein Gespräch über das Netz der Konkurrenz geleitet wird. Diese Summe soll mittelfristig auf 1 bis 1,5 Cent sinken.
27.05.2008 13:20 Uhr, golem,
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Blutige Wunden: Einschneidende Erlebnisse mit dem MacBook Air
Apples Produkte sind hinreichend für ihre Vielseitigkeit bekannt - doch dies führt dann wohl doch etwas zu weit: Scharfe Kanten und wahrhaft schnittiges Design verhelfen dem MacBook Air zu seinem ansprechenden Äußeren, seine Besitzer jedoch müssen diese Vorzüge bisweilen mit dem Verlust ihrer körperlichen Integrität bezahlen: So berichtet ein Nutzer von einer blutigen Schnittwunde, die er sich an seinem MacBook Air zugefügt hat.
27.05.2008 13:06 Uhr, Maclife,
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Video: Microsoft's next-gen SYNC finds cheap gas then blows our doors off
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video, Transportation
Microsoft's and Ford's next generation SYNC has official taken us from our origin at Smittenville to the rural outpost of Gobsmacked. The new SYNC adds 911 Assist, SIRIUS Travel Link navigation, and DVD playback on a large 8- or 6.5-inch touchscreen display depending upon the guzzler you choose. The full $1,995 navigation optio
27.05.2008 13:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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Copyright police threaten iPod, Mac
New laws under discussion by the G8 could threaten iPod users Draconian new copyright protection laws would give border guards the right to seize iPods and mobile phones on suspicion they contained illegal downloads.
27.05.2008 13:05 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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Orange France offers iPhone inducements
Orange France reportedly offering range of iPhone-boosting offers France Telecom's Orange mobile brand is offering a range of inducements to iPhone customers to encourage them to upgrade to the next model, when it ships.
27.05.2008 13:05 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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TeliaSonera carries iPhone in Scandinavia
TeliaSonera on Tuesday morning revealed it would carry the iPhone for all of Scandinavia as well as multiple Baltic nations. The deal provides the Apple phone to Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in the North, and also offers coverage to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. As with a string of recent carrier announcements in recent weeks, TeliaSone
27.05.2008 13:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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27.05.2008 13:00 Uhr
Orange mit Upgrade-Angeboten zum kommenden iPhone 2
Einem Bericht auf Electronista zufolge, wird in Frankreich Orange-Kunden die Möglichkeit geboten, günstig auf das kommende iPhone 2 wechseln zu können. In den letzten Tagen sollen Kunden angerufen worden sein, denen diese Möglichkeiten gegen ein Preis von 50 Euro angeboten worden sein. In diesem Fall muss allerdings das bisherige iPhone a
27.05.2008 12:50 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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European iPod, Mac tax threat
Nokia, Apple and others agree to discuss European levy on iPods and other devices Apple, Nokia, Motorola and other manufacturers of consumer electronic devices seem not to be prepared to discuss a European tax on sales of their devices.
27.05.2008 12:35 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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Vodafone Deutschland legt bei Datendiensten um 35 Prozent zu
Der Mobilfunkbetreiber Vodafone Deutschland musste im Geschäftsjahr 2007/2008 einen Rückgang bei Umsatz und Gewinn hinnehmen. Der Umsatz reduzierte sich um 4,7 Prozent auf 7,65 Milliarden Euro. Schuld seien Preissenkungen in den regulierten Märkten für Auslandstelefonie und bei den Terminierungsentgelten, so das Düsseldorfer Unternehmen. (DSL)
27.05.2008 12:35 Uhr, golem,
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Interview: Nintendo hat Branche einen Bärendienst erwiesen
Martin Schneider ist Sales- und Marketingdirektor der Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH und European Marketing Director. Etwa 25 der rund 70 Angestellten sind europaweit tätig, das European Headquarter von Konami sitzt in Frankfurt. Bei einem Event zu Metal Gear Solid 4 in Paris erfuhr Golem.de von Martin Schneider unter anderem, warum er vom aktuellen Casual-Trend wenig hält. (Interview, Nintendo)
27.05.2008 12:35 Uhr, golem,
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AT&T senkt Kündigungsgebühr
Wer sich aus dem AT&T-Vertrag früh verabschiedet hat, musste an den Mobilfunkanbieter bisher 175 US-Dollar entrichten, unabhängig davon, ob der Vertrag ein Jahr oder ein Monat vor Ablauf gekündigt wurde. Diese Praxis war nicht unumstritten und hatte auch die FCC (Federal Communications Commission) auf den Plan gerufen. AT&T kam nun möglichen Vorschriften zuvor und hat die Kündigungsbedingungen geändert.
27.05.2008 12:21 Uhr, Maclife,
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Vodafone-CEO Arun Sarin tritt im Juli zurück
Vodafone hat heute den Rückzug seines CEOs Arun Sarin nach fünf Jahren an der Unternehmensspitze bekannt gegeben. Sarins Nachfolger soll der 46-jährige Vittorio Colao werden, der derzeit stellvertretender CEO und Leiter des Europageschäfts ist. Als Termin für den Führungswechsel nannte das Mobilfunkunternehmen die jährliche Hauptversammlung am 29. Juli.
27.05.2008 12:20 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Leopard auf Atom
Apples Betriebssystem MacOS X 10.5 Leopard lässt sich auch auf Intels besonders stromsparender x86-CPU Atom ausführen. Passend dazu nähren gerade neue Gerüchte die Hoffnung auf einen Tablet-PC von Apple. (UMPC, Tablet-PC)
27.05.2008 12:20 Uhr, golem,
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OmniVision stellt Kamera-Sensor-Technik auf den Kopf
Der Sensorhersteller OmniVision hat mit OmniBSI eine neue Sensorarchitektur für die digitale Fotografie vorgestellt. Anders als bisherige CMOS-Sensoren nutzt die neue Technik rückwärtige Belichtung, englisch backside illumination (BSI) genannt. Damit soll die Bildqualität verbessert werden und zugleich ein Abstand von 0,9 Mikrometern zwischen den Pixeln möglich werden. (Digitalkamera)
27.05.2008 12:20 Uhr, golem,
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Im Sammelfieber: Delicious Library 2.0
Auf Delicious Library 2.0 mussten Anwender lange warten: Schon Monate vor Erscheinen von Mac OS X 10.5 kündigte Hersteller Delicious Library an, die mehrfach ausgezeichnete Software mit zahlreichen Neuerungen ausschließlich für Leopard zu veröffentlichen und von den neuen Möglichkeiten des Betriebssystems ausgiebig Gebrauch zu machen. Dann kam
27.05.2008 12:20 Uhr, MacNews,
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CS4-Betaversionen von Adobe: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Soundbooth
Adobe stellt drei Betaversionen als Download zur Verfügung, die Bestandteil der nächsten Creative Suite sein werden. Dreamweaver erhält nun eine Live-Ansicht, mit der Anwender das fertige Webdesign direkt im Programm testen können - zu Grunde liegt Apples WebKit. Der neue Code-Navigator zeigt in einer Übersicht Code-Quellen an, die von der
27.05.2008 12:20 Uhr, MacNews,
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Neuer Build von Mac OS X 10.5.3
Die Anzahl der Korrekturen und Änderungen hat mit OS X 10.5.3 Buold 9D34 die 200 überschritten. Während schon vereinzelt vermutet wurde, dass Apple auf eine Veröffentlichung parallel zur WWDC hinarbeitet, sind nun erst einmal wieder die Entwickler gefordert, zu testen und eventuelle Unverträglichkeiten an Apple zu melden.
27.05.2008 12:06 Uhr, Maclife,
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Indischer TK-Konzern Reliance übernimmt Vanco
Reliance Globalcom, eine Tochtergesellschaft von Indiens größtem Telekommunikations-Service-Provider Reliance Communications, hat heute die hundertprozentige Übernahme von Vanco bekannt gegeben, einem Anbieter von Managed Network Services. Der Kaufpreis für das Unternehmen beträgt 76,9 Millionen Dollar. Die deutsche Niederlassung hat ihren Sitz in Neu-Isenburg.
27.05.2008 12:05 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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27.05.2008 12:00 Uhr
iPhone for Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Apple has finally secured a distribution deal for iPhone in the Nordic states, with Sweden’s largest mobile firm, TeliaSonera AB, moving to ship the device in seven countries there, starting “later this year”.
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will all be served by TeliaSonera AB, (pictured Anders Igel, CEO).
The only remaining major territories on a global basis in which Apple hasn’t yet made a distribution deal include Russia, China, and parts of Asia and Africa. Most larger countries now appear to have some form of distribution deal in place. Read our ‘who's-who in iPhone distro deals so far?’ f
27.05.2008 11:51 Uhr, 9to5Mac,
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Asus ROG XG Station offiziell vorgestellt
Die Asus ROG XG Station, so der endgültige Verkaufsname, soll in Kürze für den beachtlichen Preis von 349 Euro im Handel verfügbar sein. Das externe Gerät zur Aufwertung der Notebook-Grafik basiert augenscheinlich nur auf einer GeForce 8600 GT, die einen Marktwert von etwa 50 Euro besitzt. Doch es steckt noch mehr in dem Gerät.
27.05.2008 11:50 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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Launch der GeForce GTX 280/260 vorgezogen
Nachdem beim „Nvidia Editors Day“ in der letzten Woche alle Details zum Start der kommenden Grafikkarten ausgewählten Personen präsentiert wurden und der Inquirer einmal mehr nicht eingeladen war, veröffentlichen die Kollegen, die sich damit nicht an ein NDA halten müssen, alles zum Thema, was es aufzugreifen gibt.
27.05.2008 11:50 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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External video cards for laptops.
Source : http://www.tomshardware.com/fr/Generally, the video cards of laptops are not very powerful, thus increasing battery life of the machine. In exchange, they represent in certain cases, as on MacBook, a bottle neck if one wishes to do 3D graphics or simply to play games.
AMD, almost evicted from this market by Intel and its Core processors will propose a new platform which will be innovative in term of power, will make it possible to connect an external video card to a laptop. It will connect via a PCI Express port 2.0 8x and will take over integrated video card of the machine.
It will be thus possible to use power demanding 3D software when the machine is connected to the external power source without increasing the heat load since the video card is outside the laptop.
Of course, it will be necessary to see what this solution gives us in real use, but it could find a public following.
27.05.2008 11:50 Uhr, Hardmac.com,
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Apple reaches Nordic iPhone deals
Apple reaches deal to bring iPhone to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Apple has struck a real with Sweden's largest mobile firm, TeliaSonera AB, in order to bring iPhone to the Nordic states, Bloomberg announced this morning.
27.05.2008 11:50 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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MacBook Air mit zu scharfen Kanten
Bereits in den ersten Testberichten zum MacBook Air zeichnete sich ab, dass dieses über scharfe Kanten verfügt, die zu einem unangenehmen Druckgefühl führen können. Wie Fscklog nun berichtet, kann dies allerdings bei einzelnen Geräten auch zu Verletzungen führen. Ähnlich wie bei einem scharfen Blatt Papier kann auch das MacBook Air zu ein
27.05.2008 11:50 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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RAmos reveals Blue Magic T8 PMP
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoJust in case you felt there wasn't quite enough screen real estate on the ultra-sleek V8, RAmos is giving the display even more attention on the Blue Magic T8. The player features a 4.3-inch display, 10-millimeter thick enclosure, built-in FM radio tuner and the potential to play nice with a not-yet-developed dock that would enable video output. Beyond that, details are freakishly scarce, so it looks like you'll have to put away your excitement for the time being.
27.05.2008 11:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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SuperPI wird durch CUDA Nvidia-GPU-tauglich
Die CPU ist ein Alleskönner, während man die GPU nur für spezielle Aufgaben verwenden kann, die diese dann meistens aber deutlich schneller abarbeiten kann als der Rechenkollege. Auch wenn dieser Satz noch immer (und wohl auch für immer) gilt, so gibt es dank eines ständig größer werdenden GPGPU-Markts immer mehr Software, die von der GPU profitieren kann.
27.05.2008 11:35 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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AMD setzt auf Multi-GPU-Grafikkarten
Im Gegensatz zum Mitbewerber Nvidia will AMDs Grafikabteilung ATI bei zukünftigen Entwicklungen nicht auf einzelne große Chips setzen. Stattdessen kündigte Matt Skynner, Vizepräsident für das Marketing der Grafikchip-Sparte, kleine und energieeffiziente Multi-Chip-Lösungen an.
27.05.2008 11:35 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Supporting SVM against the Hadopi law
We've always said that HardMac does not want to get involved in politics. Even though that principle, we have reported about some laws that we think are injustice. This is the case with the Hadopi law, which is going to ban people in France from the internet.
Here's the point: if someone gets caught downloading illegal material, he'll get a warning. If he gets caught a second time, this law will suspend his internet connection.
SVM has launched apetition against this law, and we ask you to sign it too - and here's why:
Once voted, you'll be responsable for your internet connection forever. If, for example, you have an open WiFi network, and someone downloads illegal material over your network, the authorities will not pursue this person, but instead prosecute you for downloading that illegal material.
Those who proposed this law, argument that once you get a first warning, you can still secure your net
27.05.2008 11:20 Uhr, Hardmac.com,
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Heute: Kurze Downtime möglich (Update)
Heute kann es zwischen 10 und 11 Uhr zu einer kurzen Downtime von macprime.ch kommen. Zusammen mit unserem Hoster aktualisieren wir das Betriebssystem (nein, nicht OS X) unseres eigenen Servers und dabei wird es unweigerlich kurz zu einer kleinen Downtime kommen. Wir hoffen das alles reibungslos funktionieren wird und es zu keinen Problemen kommen wird! ;-) Gegen Mittag sollten wir dann mit einem aktuellen Debian wieder online sein. Update 10:50 Uhr We’re…
27.05.2008 11:20 Uhr, macprime,
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Auspackzeremonie: 20th Anniversary Macintosh
Preisfrage: Was gab es 1997, was 2007 nicht bieten konnte? Richtig, einen Jubiläums-Mac. Zum 20. Geburtstag legte Apple ein Luxuskind auf, das mit 7500 US-Dollar nicht nur wohlhabenderen Mac-Fans vorbehalten war, sondern auch vom Hersteller limitiert worden ist. Lediglich 12.000 20th Anniversary Mac (TAM) hat Apple produziert, die nur langsam
27.05.2008 11:20 Uhr, MacNews,
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NTT DoCoMo's 906i and 706i handsets answer "who's your daddy?"
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
We'll get into more detail later, but we thought it was appropriate to share the moment when the Japanese showed the world just how pathetic your 3G iPhone fantasies really are. Announced today are 19 new handsets from NTT DoCoMo's 906i and 706i series. All 8 of the 906i feature 3G / GSM international roaming, GPS, HSDPA, 1-seg mobile TV, full browser with Flash 8 support, DCMX mobile credit card an
27.05.2008 11:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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27.05.2008 11:00 Uhr
iPhone endlich auch in Skandinavien
So langsam schließt sich der Kreis: Nachdem Skandinavien bisher auf ein offizielles iPhone-Angebot warten musste, sind Schweden, Norwegen, Finnland, Dänemark, Litauen, Lettland und Estland nun erlöst. Wie der Mobilfunkanbieter TeliaSonera ankündigte, werde dieser das iPhone in den genanten Ländern künftig anbieten.
27.05.2008 10:51 Uhr, Maclife,
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"Das ist der größte Fehler, den Apple je gemacht hat"
Der Wall Street Journal-Technologie-Kolumnist Walt Mossberg, bekannt für seine zahlreichen Testberichte über Apple-Produkte und seine Show "All Things Digital", ist bei der britischen Mac-Zeitschrift MacFormat in einem 30-minütigen Podcast im Interview zu hören. In dem zweiten Teil des englischsprachigen Podcasts beantwortet Mossberg Fragen rund um die Apple-Geschichte, Steve Jobs und um aktuelle Produkte des Mac-Herstellers - und verrät, warum er für Ende des Jahres an ein MacBook Air mit 128 bis 256 GB großen SSD-Festplatten glaubt.
27.05.2008 10:37 Uhr, Maclife,
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Vom iPod aufwecken lassen
Die BlackBox 24/7 von GEAR4 ist Stereo-Radiowecker und iPod-Lautsprechersystem zugleich. Als Musik-Quelle kann das Radio, der iPod oder alternativ auch ein MP3-Player genutzt werden, der über die 3,5 Millimeter-Klinkenbuchse mit der BlackBox 24/7 verbunden wird.
27.05.2008 10:37 Uhr, Maclife,
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System Doctor 2 optimiert Windows-Systeme
Archicrypt System Doctor 2 stellt Funktionen bereite, mit denen der Anwender Windows optimieren und beschleunigen soll. Dazu gehören etwa Aufräumen der Registry, Defragmentieren der Festplatte und Ausmisten der Autostart-Einträge.
27.05.2008 10:36 Uhr, CHIP,
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AT&T: No 3G iPhone prices set yet
AT&T confirms that the price for the next generation of iPhone is not yet determined AT&T, Apple's sole iPhone partner in the U.S., hasn't set a price yet for the next iPhone, the company's chief financial officer told reporters Thursday at a Reuters-sponsored technology summit.
27.05.2008 10:35 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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Chinas Mobilfunk-Neuordnung: Chance für Apples iPhone
China kündigt einen Umbau der Telekommunikations-Industrie an - der größte Mobilfunkprovider China Mobile verliert nach einer Zusammenlegung zweier kleinerer Wettbewerber 25 Milliarden US-Dollar an Marktwert - ein Versuch, den Platzhirschen mit 390 Millionen Kunden zu schwächen. Was des einen Leid, ist des anderen Freud: Von der Umstrukturierung
27.05.2008 10:35 Uhr, MacNews,
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As Sharp as the Cybertool, the MacBook Air
One should always have a Swiss Army knife in his pocket, but a MacBook air might also replace it! As shown on those photos, the Apple light weight mobile model could be as sharp as a knife:
If we knew that this notebook was loaded with features and power, we did not it could also have such ability. Of course, this is an accident, and the MacBook air is not dangerous by itself, except maybe if you drop it, wide opened, on your naked foot but then all devices might then be harmful.
[translation by Linathael]
27.05.2008 10:20 Uhr, Hardmac.com,
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Future iPhone may be solar powered
Apple patent hints at eco-friendly future for Apple devices Employees at Apple have filed a patent for integrating solar cells into portable devices by placing them underneath the layers of a touch-sensitive display, according to the filing.
27.05.2008 10:20 Uhr, Macworld UK,
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Tägliche KDE-Schnappschüsse
Testwilligen Anwendern stehen ab sofort wieder tägliche Schnappschüsse der Linux- und Unix-Desktop-Umgebung KDE zur Verfügung. Auch normale Anwender sollen so in die Fehlersuche mit einbezogen werden. KDE 4.1 ist für Ende Juli 2008 geplant. (KDE)
27.05.2008 10:20 Uhr, golem,
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Ab nächster Woche noch realistischer: X-Plane 9
Der Flugsimulator XPlane wartet - wie nach jedem Update - mit noch besserer und realistischerer Grafik auf. Fertiggestellt ist die neue Version 9 bereits, der deutsche Distributor ASH will sie ab Ende nächster Woche ausliefern. Neu sind neben höher auflösenden Texturen eine Reihe weiterer Flugzeuge, die der Entwickler auch im Innenraum
27.05.2008 10:20 Uhr, MacNews,
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XP SP3: Der Ärger nimmt kein Ende
Noch immer sorgt das dritte und letzte Service Pack für Windows XP für Ärger. Nun häufen sich Beschwerden über Fehler in der Registry und auch eine Verbindung von Xbox und Mediacenter leidet unter dem SP3.
27.05.2008 10:06 Uhr, Toms Hardware,
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Frankreich: Orange soll iPhone-Upgrades anbieten
Orange bietet französischen iPhone-Besitzern ein Upgrade auf die kommende Generation an, wie Electronista mit Bezug auf PCInpact zu berichten weiß. Zwei Angebote soll es geben: Wer das alte Modell abgibt, zahlt 50 Euro. Wer dagegen sein altes iPhone behält, soll einen günstigeren Tarif wählen können. Der Mobilfunkbetreiber äußerte sich nicht
27.05.2008 10:05 Uhr, MacNews,
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27.05.2008 10:00 Uhr
Arctic Cooling: Neuer Kühler „Freezer Xtreme“
Der Schweizer Kühlerhersteller Arctic Cooling hat mit dem „Freezer Xtreme“ einen neuen, 608 Gramm schweren Doppel-Tower-Kühler vorgestellt, der für alle aktuellen Prozessoren freigegeben ist. Die Mischung aus 102 Lamellen gepaart mit acht Heatpipes soll dem neuen Kühler zum Erfolg verhelfen.
27.05.2008 09:50 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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ATi R700 im August, RV770 gegen 9800 GTX?
Nachdem der ungefähre Erscheinungszeitraum für die RV770-GPU von ATi, die auf der Radeon HD 4850 sowie der Radeon HD 4870 verbaut wird, schon seit einigen Tagen wohl eher nur noch ein offenes Geheimnis ist, war es bis jetzt noch unklar, wann der R700 auf den Markt kommen wird.
27.05.2008 09:50 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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An iPhone 2 for 50?
According to some reports, the French exclusive carrier Orange has contacted some of its iPhone customers regarding a potential migration towards an iPhone 3G. The current offer would be based on a simple exchange completed with 50, or on the possibility to buy the new iPhone 3G at an advantageous special price.
It will most likely include the signature of a new 24 months subscription plan, but for sure if this project is really launched, it will most likely be a success, while increasing the pool of iPhone owners.
[translation by Linathael]
27.05.2008 09:50 Uhr, Hardmac.com,
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Apple Thinks of Adding Solar Power to its Mobile Devices
According to http://www.macworld.com/, Apple filed a patent describing the use of solar cells underneath the layers of a touch-sensitive display in its mobile devices. This project could help to increase the battery lifetime, more than immediately provide a way to refill it only from solar power.
The iPhone and the iPod Touch should be the perfect device for such system. Even though solar cell technology has been recently offering serious improvement, one will have to find he largest surface possible and one way to achieve it would then be to stack a touch-sensitive layer, a display and solar panel on top of one another.
For sure one will have to leave the iPhone or the iPod Touch on a table properly illuminated, as keeping it in your pocket or in your holder will not really refill the battery.
[translation by Linathael]
27.05.2008 09:50 Uhr, Hardmac.com,
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Sony to Launch the BASE Project Aiming to Promote Blu-ray in Europe
As reported by CDR Info, Sony will launch the BASE project (Blu-ray Authoring and Solution Europe) in order to promote the use of Blu-ray support by European movie studios. After having convinced Hollywood's majors to adopt the new format, Sony is pushing to get the entire movie industry on-board, despite the fact that some analysts currently think that the current DVD might be replaced by the non-physical offer provided by online video store, and not by the BD media.
One will easily agree that to promote the Blu-ray, Sony should massively decrease the price of standalone BD players to increase the pool of owners while decreasing the price of royalties asked to Studios to get their movie in BD format. Indeed, the war against HD-DVD being over, Sony does not have to pay Movie studios to adopt BD as the exclusive format for their film catalog, and is probably rather trying to find a way to get cash back following years of spending for R&D and marke
27.05.2008 09:50 Uhr, Hardmac.com,
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WWDC 2008 Schedule Available: Mysterious Product to Come!?
Apple has released the online WWDC 2008 schedule: http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
The hardware remains the main topic with 51 sessions dedicated to it, but 23 sessions will be dealing with the iPhone. There will be 26 sessions on Mac and iPhone, aiming to demonstrate how one get make them better communicate. There are 14 sessions with unassigned subject or topic. In the past, Apple has been using such policy to hide upcoming and/or unannounced product to be unveiled at the WWDC. It was the case for the Powermac G5, and the unassigned sessions were then used to describe the new hardware as well as its performance and features.
The keynote will take place on Monday June 9th at 10h00 local time, so 19h00 CET, and should last for about 2 hours, enough time to launch new products.
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27.05.2008 09:50 Uhr, Hardmac.com,
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Apple: Über 200 Fehler in 10.5.3 bereits behoben
Apple hat heute einen weiteren Build von 10.5.3 mit der laufenden Nummer 9D34 an Entwickler verteilt. Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt nun bei Audio- und Videosoftware, 802.1x, Active Directory/Directory Services, Airport, Back to my Mac, Grafik, dem Installationsprogramm, Mail, Spaces und Time Machine.
Desweiteren soll der Kernel teilweise üb
27.05.2008 09:50 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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TeliaSonera der iPhone-Carrier für Skandinavien
TeliaSonera, ein Mobilfunkprovider mit Sitz in Stockholm hat soeben angekündigt, das iPhone in Schweden, Norwegen, Dänemark, Finnland, Litauen, Lettland und Estland in diesem Jahr einzuführen. Details über Verträge konnten noch nicht ausgemacht werden.
Die Niederlande sind damit das einzige Land Europas, das noch keinen Carrier hat.
27.05.2008 09:50 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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TeliaSonera nabs iPhone rights for Nordic and Baltic markets
Filed under: CellphonesOk ok, we hear you tipsters, iPhone now official for Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia "later this year" thanks to a deal between Apple and TeliaSonera. At this point, only The Netherlands seems to be out of the loop in Europe.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]Read | Per
27.05.2008 09:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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MyNote II: Digitaler Notizblock
Aiptek bringt den MyNote Premium II auf den Markt. Der digitale Schreibblock hat einen integrierten 32-MByte-Speicher, der sich per SD-Karte erweitern lässt.
27.05.2008 09:35 Uhr, CHIP,
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Intel Yorkfield & Wolfdale: Auf M0 folgt R0
Nachdem in den letzten Tagen zuerst die Xeon-Server-Prozessoren mit einem neuen Stepping versorgt wurden und kürzlich die ersten Dual-Core-Desktop-Prozessoren folgten, ist nun klar, was mit den fehlenden Prozessoren passiert. Auch sie bekommen ein neues Stepping spendiert.
27.05.2008 09:35 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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Starttermin und neue Bilder von Windows 7
Windows Vista, das mittlerweile durch das Service Pack 1 ein umfangreiches Update erfahren hat, ist seit etwas mehr als einem Jahr auf dem Markt und teilt die potenzielle Käuferschicht in zwei Lager auf: In diejenigen, die das Betriebssystem für gut halten und diejenigen Windows-Nutzer, die lieber bei Windows XP bleiben oder auf den Vista-Nachfolger „Windows 7“ warten.
27.05.2008 09:35 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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Englisch bleibt Internet-Sprache Nummer eins
Mit rund 30 Prozent bleibt Englisch die am häufigsten verwendete Sprache im Internet. Dies geht aus einer heute veröffentlichten Untersuchung des Marktforschungsinstituts Internet World Stats hervor. An zweiter Stelle folgt der in China am weitesten verbreitete Dialekt Chinesisch Mandarin, der 16,6 Prozent des Online-Sprachenaufkommens ausmacht. Den dritten Rang belegt Spanisch mit 8,7 Prozent, das als offizielle Sprache in 22 verschiedenen Nationen gesprochen wird.
27.05.2008 09:35 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Vodafone-Konzernchef Arun Sarin tritt ab
Arun Sarin, Chef des britischen Mobilfunkbetreibers Vodafone, wird nach fünf Jahren Amtszeit im Sommer 2008 zurücktreten. Das hat eine Vodafone-Sprecherin gegenüber Golem.de bestätigt. Sein letzter Arbeitstag in dem seit Jahren von halböffentlichen Führungskämpfen gezeichneten multinationalen Konzern mit Hauptsitz in Newbury (Berkshire bei London) werde der 29. Juli 2008 sein, hieß es weiter.
27.05.2008 09:35 Uhr, golem,
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First Look: Adobe Soundbooth CS4 beta
Tuesday’s release of the Soundbooth CS4 beta demonstrates that Adobe has its ears open to the needs of those who demand more from an audio editor. Christopher Breen spends some time with the audio editor and tells you what to expect from the beta.
27.05.2008 09:20 Uhr, Macworld,
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Infineon-Chef Ziebart tritt zurück
Infineon hat den Rücktritt seines Vorstandschefs Wolfgang Ziebart bekannt gegeben. Ziebart verlässt das Unternehmen zum 1. Juni nach fast vier Jahren in der Position des Vorstandssprechers. Als Grund für den Rückzug nannte Infineon "unterschiedliche Ansichten über die zukünftige strategische Ausrichtung des Unternehmens".
27.05.2008 09:20 Uhr, ZDNet Deutschland,
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Adobe: Sneak Peak für einige CS4-Anwendungen
Adobe hat auf der eigenen Adobe Labs Website CS4-Betaversionen von Dreamweaver, Fireworks und Soundbooth veröffentlicht.
Für Webdesigner beinhaltet der neue Dreamweaver einige Neuerungen, so u.a. einen Code-Navigator, mit dem Code, der an verschiedenen Ecken eines Dokuments auftaucht, in einem Rutsch geändert werden kann. Desweiteren w
27.05.2008 09:20 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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Erstmal "nur" Blu-ray-Combolaufwerke?
Das Combolaufwerk steht bei Apple immer noch unter Artenschutz und bald könnte es ein Comeback feiern, wenn auch in wesentlich leistungsfähigerer Form. Der Grund sind die schon seit längerer Zeit erwarteten Blu-ray-Laufwerke, die als Brenner allerdings immer noch zu teuer für den Massenmarkt sind - die Preise für BD-Medien dürften zusätzlich abschreckend wirken. Anders sehe es jedoch für Combo-Laufwerke (BD-ROM lesen, CD/DVD lesen/schreiben) aus, so DigiTimes.
27.05.2008 09:06 Uhr, Maclife,
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27.05.2008 9:00 Uhr
Arctic Cooling: Neuer Tower-Kühler „Freezer Xtreme“
Der Schweizer Kühlerhersteller Arctic Cooling hat mit dem „Freezer Xtreme“ einen neuen, 608 Gramm schweren Doppel-Tower-Kühler vorgestellt, der für alle aktuellen Prozessoren freigegeben ist. Die Mischung aus 102 Lamellen gepaart mit acht Heatpipes soll dem neuen Kühler zum Erfolg verhelfen.
27.05.2008 08:50 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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Heute: Kurze Downtime möglich
Heute kann es zwischen 10 und 11 Uhr zu einer kurzen Downtime von macprime.ch kommen. Zusammen mit unserem Hoster aktualisieren wir das Betriebssystem (nein, nicht OS X) unseres eigenen Servers und dabei wird es unweigerlich kurz zu einer kleinen Downtime kommen.
Wir hoffen das alles reibungslos funktionieren wird und es zu keinen Problemen kommen wird! ;-)
Gegen Mittag sollten wir dann mit einem aktuellen Debian wieder online sein.
27.05.2008 08:50 Uhr, macprime,
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Bertelsmann wird Lycos Europe nicht los
Lycos Europe soll eigentlich verkauft werden, doch die Großaktionäre Bertelsmann und die spanische Telefónica werden ihre Anteile nach einem Bericht nicht los. Der Zustand des Unternehmens erschwert die Lage, operative Verluste werden seit Jahren erwirtschaftet, ohne dass es einen Lichtblick gibt.
27.05.2008 08:50 Uhr, golem,
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20th Anniversary Mac unboxing video kind of makes us wish product had never existed
Filed under: Desktops
There aren't many ways to hop in the time machine and enjoy old-school hardware the way it was meant to be enjoyed, and that's what makes virgin unboxings of vintage equipment so very special. If even for just a few moments, it's an opportunity to pretend that you're in a bygone era where computers, portables, and miscellaneous gizmos held a mystique that has long since been replaced by the monotony of modern ubiquity. We want to emphasize that "just for a few moments" part, a phrase clearly lost on the proud recipient of a new-in-box 20th Anniversary Macintosh -- an aberration in the Apple
27.05.2008 08:36 Uhr, Engadget,
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Schnell gezückt: Minicamcorder Creative Vado
Die Creative Vado ist eine Videokamera im Hosentaschenformat. Sie wiegt knapp 90 Gramm und misst 10 x 5,5 x 1,6 Zentimeter. Die Auflösung beträgt 640 x 480 Pixel (VGA), der interne Speicher fasst 2 GByte.
27.05.2008 08:35 Uhr, CHIP,
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USB-Festplatte mit Firewire-Anschluss
Western Digital hat eine mobile Festplatte im Programm, die nun auch mit einer Firewire400-Schnittstelle zu haben ist. Die USB-Schnittstelle bleibt der "My Passport Studio" aber weiterhin erhalten. Western Digital vermarktet die Platte speziell an Mac-Besitzer. (Speichermedien, USB-Festplatte)
27.05.2008 08:35 Uhr, golem,
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Orange in Frankreich mit besonderen Rabattaktionen?
Mehrere Blätter berichten übereinstimmend, dass Orange, der französische iPhone-Carrier, zum Wechsel auf das 3G-iPhone Rabattaktionen plant. Kunden sollen u.a. gefragt werden, was sie zum Wechsel auf das neue Telefon bewegen würde.
Es sei bisher angedacht worden, dass bestehende iPhone-Besitzer ihr Telefon der ersten Generation im Lad
27.05.2008 08:35 Uhr, MacTechNews,
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Wachstumsmarkt: Für jedes Heim eine Netzfestplatte
Die heimischen Netze sprießen und damit auch der Bedarf an zentralen Datenspeichern, so das Ergebnis der Analysen von ABI Research. Die Hersteller sollen mit Netzwerkspeichern in Zukunft Umsätze von weltweit 1,4 Milliarden US-Dollar machen. Noch sind es nur 400 Millionen US-Dollar. (Studie, Storage)
27.05.2008 08:20 Uhr, golem,
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27.05.2008 8:00 Uhr
Infineon-Chef Ziebart tritt offiziell ab
Bereits seit Wochen machten Gerüchte zu seinem Rücktritt die Runde, gestern Abend verkündete der Konzern Infineon nun offiziell, dass der Vorstandsvorsitzende Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart sein Amt zum 1. Juni 2008 niederlegen werde.
27.05.2008 07:50 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.3 9D34 to Developers
For the past two months, Apple developers have been testing the next version of Mac OS X Leopard. The latest Mac OS X 10.5.3 test version (build 9D34) was seeded just last week and only adds one kernel performance fix and contains no remaining "know
27.05.2008 07:50 Uhr, Macrumors,
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Telstra shows off network capacity with live hologram beaming
Filed under: DisplaysIf we were betting souls, we'd say seeing a hologram of Bill Gates is still far more frightening than one of Telstra's CTO, but nevertheless, said exec was recently beamed from Melbourne to Adelaide via hologram in order to "speak at a major function for senior business executives." According to David Thodey, the live demonstration symbolized "what has become possible using the high data speed and capacity of [its] network" -- something the outfit is calling Next Dimension Working. The actual hologram was tr
27.05.2008 07:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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27.05.2008 7:00 Uhr
Monster Cable at it again, sues mini-golf company
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIf it wasn't already perfectly clear by now that Monster Cable's cables aren't really worth the price (or any price above the cost of a coat-hanger), and that they're only using those bloated markups to perpetuate their reputation as money-grubbing lawsuit-happy snakeoil peddlers, we'd call your attention to their latest target: Monster Mini Golf, a chain of glow-in-the-dark mini-golf courses based out of Rhode Island. Apparently Monster Cable claims that the Monster Mini Golf brand is confusing to the public and dilute their trademark. Of course, this suit isn't really any more absurd than their suits
27.05.2008 06:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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27.05.2008 6:00 Uhr
Übertaktete 9600 GSO von XpertVision
Mit XpertVision hat ein weiterer Hersteller eine GeForce 9600 GSO von Nvidia (ComputerBase-Test) vorgestellt, die mit standardmäßig erhöhten Taktraten ausgeliefert wird und zudem über einen auf 768 MB aufgestockten GDDR3-Speicher verfügt.
27.05.2008 05:35 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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ATi Catalyst 8.5 arbeitet effizienter mit DX10
Vergangenen Mittwoch gab es das obligatorische allmonatliche Treiberupdate für ATis Catalyst – der Grafikkartentreiber liegt nun in der Version 8.5 vor. Die Release Notes machten mit recht vollmundigen Ankündigungen zu einigen Performance-Steigerungen auf sich aufmerksam – das haben wir uns etwas näher angesehen.
27.05.2008 05:35 Uhr, ComputerBase,
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Dell fesses to Studio 1535 laptop with adapter listing
Filed under: Laptops
Remember the Inspiron 1535 that was due any day now? Unfortunately, it's still MIA, but if you've got to get in on the action early you can apparently buy Dell part #310-9760, an AC adapter listing compatibility with two laptops the company hasn't yet announced. Um, just in case you weren't following along, that'd be the Inspiron Studio 1535 and 1536 (or maybe it's just the Studio 1535 / 1536 -- we don't really know).[Thanks, nizzy1115]
27.05.2008 05:05 Uhr, Engadget,
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27.05.2008 5:00 Uhr
Orange offering deal on 3G iPhone trade-up?
Orange is giving its French iPhone customers incentives to trade up to the new model, according to news from multiple readers of PCInpact. The carrier is described as calling its customers giving them an offer that would encourage them to trade up to the iPhone. One offer would see users trade in their 2G models for the next-generation version at
27.05.2008 04:50 Uhr, MacNN,
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New DS Lite colors all but confirmed by Nintendo
Filed under: Gaming
Chicks and dudes, get ready for extremely spicy, delicious, and stimulating news. Remember those new DS Lite colors we mentioned a few days ago? Apparently Nintendo has all but confirmed the forthcoming arrival of cool ice, hot red, and lime green -- at least in Europe. According to DS Fanboy, the big N has started circulating an e-teaser with the new paint jobs, which pretty much puts to rest any chance that this was just some over-eager Photoshopper's weekend art project. The landing date of June 13th seems to be hol
27.05.2008 04:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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First Look: Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile Speakers
Most people like the idea of taking their music with them wherever they go. While itís easy to listen to music through headphones or ear buds, you might want to share your favorite tunes with others. Since itís not always practical (or desirable) to share a pair of headphones with someone else, Logitech offers its Pure-Fi Mobile speakers, which can
27.05.2008 04:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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27.05.2008 4:00 Uhr
Zinio adds 20 titles to iPhone mag service
Digital publisher Zinio today announced it has updated its iPhone magazine distribution service with 20 new titles to choose from. Users can now opt to read Readers Digest, Elle, Esquire UK, Macworld Spain, Macworld UK, Outside, PC Magazine, Popular Photography, and US News & World report, among others. Zinio offers hundreds of different subscripti
27.05.2008 03:50 Uhr, MacNN,
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Aki Mahjong updated to Universal Binary
Ambrosia recently announced the re-release of Aki Mahjong Solitaire 1.2 as a Universal Binary application, allowing users to play the tile-based game natively on Intel Macs. The new version also introduces the company's revamped registration system, as well as several improvements to the interface, gameplay, and several bug fixes. Ambrosia is selli
27.05.2008 03:20 Uhr, MacNN,
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27.05.2008 3:00 Uhr
Memorial Day sale on carbon fiber iPhone case
Belch Co. is offering users a Memorial Day discount on its new carbon fiber iPhone case, which normally costs $80, available until midnight on Monday for $65. The new case offers almost complete chassis protection for the iPhone, leaving access to the dock connector, volume switches, and ring mute. Belch Co. says that the case only weighs seven gra
27.05.2008 02:50 Uhr, MacNN,
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Rock Band Stage Kit smoke machine and strobe light in pictures
Filed under: GamingGameStop leaked the existence of the $100 Rock Band Stage Kit back in January, and it's updated the listing with the first pictures we've seen of the included smoke machine and strobe light. The smoke machine looks fairly ordinary, but the light features controls so Rock Band vocalists can apparently blind themselves while making selections. The kit's listed with a ship date of August 15, but who knows if that's accurate -- and considering you can pick up a real fogger and strobe light sufficient to glam out your living room for all of $50, we're not exactly waiting on pins and needles.
27.05.2008 02:06 Uhr, Engadget,
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Briefly: Review, Sonnet price drop, GarageBand eBooks
MacNN has reviewed the Treadz for the 3G iPod nano, Sonnet repositioned the Fusion F2 with a new price, and two new eBooks to train users on Garageband. This extra-thick polished silicone case offers good corner protection and covers the basic nano form. Don't let the extra-thick marketing fool you though, it is only 1mm thicker than other cases I
27.05.2008 02:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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27.05.2008 1:00 Uhr
MO-Call international service optimized for iPhone
Morodo on Friday unveiled an iPhone-compatible web app version of its MO-Call low-cost calling service, allowing iPhone users to place international calls at low per-minute rates. The service requires an account signup at the company's mobile website, and Morodo is currently offering a free trial of the service for users in Canada, the US, and Hong
27.05.2008 00:35 Uhr, MacNN,
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Review: iFrogz Treadz for 3rd Gen Nano
Finally, I got a silver iPod nano. This lightweight and cute music player definitely needs protection from my world, although that wonít help me misplacing this tiny little block; its needs a beeper attachment for that! After I loaded it with a library of AAC and MP3 encoded music, I set out to identify the best protection for it. My initial pick i
27.05.2008 00:05 Uhr, MacNN,
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