Archive for December 24th, 2010
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Today, Walter S. Mossberg shared his best and worst reviewed products for 2010. Apple's iPad ranks number one product of 2010."Taking Walt's top spot this year was none other than Apple's iPad. For a 1.0 product, the iPad was amazing. With the new iOS 4.2 operating system and its huge selection of apps, the iPad continues
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Dec
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Microsoft is said to be bringing a bigger focus to PC gaming in the Windows 8. According to anonymous sources, "Windows 8 will represent a "real new" push into PC gaming" by Microsoft, as well as "Gaming will be a key component for the whole OS."Slides that leaked onto the Web earlier this year hinted at
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Dec
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Have you install Google Chrome dev channel build 10, you probably have noticed two HTML5 games "Poppit and Entanglement" added to the new tab page even if you've previously installed other apps.Chrome's source code makes it clear that Poppit and Entanglement are installed for all operating systems, except for Chrome OS. Probably a
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Dec
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Facebook is now the third largest website in the world, taking the No. 3 spot from Yahoo!. According to comScore. Facebook estimated 648 million unique visitors from across the globe in Nov'10, compared to Yahoo!'s 630 million.In Oct the two sites were dead even with 633 million worldwide unique visitors each.
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Dec
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The Financial Times has named Apple CEO Steve Jobs as its 2010 "Person Of The Year," by chosing the moment in January when Jobs unveiled the iPad as the point when his and Apple's "rebound was complete"."The iPad is the culmination of an approach that he has seemingly been perfecting for his entire career," stated the
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Dec
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Google has hired several hundred sales representatives to call U.S. businesses such as spas, restaurants and hotels to promote new advertising initiatives, people familiar with the matter said. The effort includes an office in Tempe, Ariz., with around 100 sales representatives to woo Local Advertisers, one of these people said.Since 20% of searches done on Google
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Dec
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About two weeks ago, former Apple VP and current Palm lead at HP Jon Rubinestein talks about the mobile landscape including Apple's iOS and Android at D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco.As head of the Palm global business unit, Rubinstein is leading HP's efforts in the mobility space, responsible for webOS software development and
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Dec
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Sleipnir Mobile is a web browser for iPhone that enables you to browse smoothly and efficiently with functional tabs. Tabs are always displayed on the screen so that you can open, close and sort them while viewing a page. Features:FlickWipe
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Dec
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Microsoft has denied that it's working on an update that would quadruple the accuracy of its Kinect motion controller."We're constantly working to expand and improve on experiences for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE, however, this rumor is completely unsubstantiated," a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement. "We couldn't be more pleased with the fidelity of
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Dec
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Synology unveiled DiskStation DS1511+, a high-performance NAS server that offers greater scalability, significant storage capacity and full-featured business NAS solutions for SMB users, offering 15TB storage across its five drive bays, with external expansion options increasing overall storage to 45TB.DS1511+ is powered by a dual-core, 1.8GHz processor, 1GB
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Dec
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From Lance Armstrong on his bike, to a six-year-old in China learning martial arts, movement is the universal language that connects us all. The road to athletic greatness isn't marked by perfection, but the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure."It's not how you start, it's how you finish. It's not where you're from, it's where
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Dec
24
In the video below, Graham Calladine, describe the security features of the Windows Azure platform, resources available to protect applications and data running on the Microsoft cloud and SQL Azure security and authentication options.Related resources:Whitepaper: Security Best Practices for Developing Windows Azure ApplicationsMicrosoft Security Development
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Dec
24
Upcoming update to Skype for iPhone will allow iPhone and iPod touch users to video chat with desktop Skype users or other iPhones (an iPod touch 3rd Gen) users with Skype installed.A help document called "How do I make video calls with Skype for iPhone?" actually walks users through video calling steps that aren't part of
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