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Archive for July, 2007

Google continues attempts to invade the mobile market

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Google continues attempts to invade the mobile market With the FCC not immediately jumping on the proposal laid out by Google for open networking, the super search engine has approached Sprint for an attempt at spreading to the mobile market.

Cnet: Kodak's C653 is clunky, slow and not worth low price

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Kodak's C653 is clunky, slow and not worth low price Another strike for Kodak, one of the lowest end models it offers, the EasyShare C653 was reviewed by Cnet and no one was impressed by it, not even the bystanders that were asked their opinion of the camera.

Comcast subscribers lose right to sue

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Comcast subscribers lose right to sue If you are a Comcast cable subscriber and are living in Montgomery county, MD then you may be giving up some of your rights as a consumer to a giant telco.  You might want to read your July bill just a little closer this time.

Microsoft: Zune brand will be "broadened"

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Zune brand will be "broadened" The Zune brand will be "broadened" so it appeals to a more mainstream market, according to Microsoft's Robbie Bach, President, Entertainment and Devices Division.

Kodak sues Panasonic and JVC over image sensors

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Kodak sues Panasonic and JVC over image sensors Sometimes I wonder why we all just can't get along.  In the case of Kodak, it is claiming that both Panasonic and JVC have infringed on patents owned by the company.

How to OCR images and printed documents using Office 2007 on Vista

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

onenote Recently we became interested in a problem, one of our writers lacked a scanner but needed to get text out of a document (known as “OCR” or Optical Character Recognition).  There weren’t very many good freeware options, a few paid ones but they were fairly lacking.  All he needed to do was get access to a computer running Vista which had Office 2007 installed which is not hard in our parts.

BBC iPlayer beta not available for Vista or Macs

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

BBC iPlayer beta not available for Vista or Macs The BBC is determined to make me eat my own words.  After I said that the iPlayer was compatible with any modern Microsoft Operating System like XP or Vista, it turns out the beta will not support Vista or Macs, I’m just guessing that Linux isn’t supported either.  Currently, the BBC iPlayer only works with Windows XP.

HD-DVD not throwing in the towel quite yet

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

HD-DVD not throwing in the towel quite yet Despite numerous reports of how HD-DVD is suffering defeats in the format war, some of those claims are proving false, and the format is preparing for a whole new offensive to gain newly recruited supporters.

Wal-Mart: $349 for an Xbox 360?

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Wal-Mart: $349 for an Xbox 360?In a recent loose-lips sink ships type debacle, an August Wal-Mart ad shows $349 for the price of a Microsoft Xbox 360 Premium.

YouTube developing system to end copyright infringing

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

YouTube developing system to end copyright infringingTo avoid the dangers of any and all lawsuits, YouTube is working to develop software that will aim to end copyright infringing once and for all on the popular video sharing site. Google, YouTube's parent company, hopes to have the system up and running by September.

Wikipedia founder plans search engine to rival nothing

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Wikipedia founder plans search engine to rival nothing Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, has been going on and on about plans for his new search engine, Wikia Search, for nearly a year; we were pretty excited when we first heard the news about the formerly named Wikiasari search engine. But Wikiasari is long out the window, and has been under development for so long that Mr. Wales seems to have forgot what the search engine was supposed to be all about - the people.

Save up to 70% of your laptop’s battery in Vista

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Save up to 70% of your laptop's battery in Vista Ever since it came out, Vista has been reviewed over and over again by almost every site and the one thing that is common for laptops is reduced battery life when compared to laptops running XP.  Vista’s Aero glass interface along with several other features eat up battery life.  A new tool has been released to help cope with this problem.

BJ's Wholesale Club to ditch HD DVD, chooses Blu-ray

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

BJ's Wholesale Club to ditch HD DVD, chooses Blu-rayAfter winning over Target and Blockbuster stores, Blu-ray gains another ally: BJ's Wholesale Club. With only one studio behind HD DVD exlusively and no big-name retail exclusives, HD DVD may see its demise in the coming months as predicted by Sony's Peter Dille.

Nintendo may introduce Blu-ray enabled Wii

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Nintendo may introduce Blu-ray enabled WiiAn unsuspecting informant accidentally stumbled upon a Blu-ray enabled Wii while visitng Nintendo's R&D facility. Apparently the bathroom wasn't that easy to find.

BBC locks some online content to Microsoft Windows

Friday, July 27th, 2007

BBC locks some online content to Microsoft Windows The BBC has launched a new version of the iPlayer which is now tied to Microsoft Windows.  This means that you must be running a supported version of Windows in order to view certain online content.

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