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Microsoft Sold 350 Million Licenses In 18 Months For Windows 7
18 months after Windows 7 was released, Microsoft is boasting that it had sold 350 million licenses of its operating system. Windows 7, is flourishing both at home and at work. Microsoft cites and IDC estimate that 90 percent of corporations are currently in the process of migrating to Windows 7, and Redmond claims that deploying Windows 7 will allow businesses to save around $140 per PC per year. This take up got nice side effects notably, it will be another nail in the coffin of IE6.
Dells Android And Windows Tablets Gets Names, Specs, Release Dates
A pair of 10-inch Dell tablets, one of them running Windows 7 on those new Oak Trail chips from Intel and other one is running Android3.0 with Tegra T25. We got some specs and release dates of these devices. The Wintel powered Latitude ST features a resolution of 1366*768, 2GB of RAM, up to 12GB SSD, GPS, an accelerometer, both front and rear facing cameras, 8-hour removable battery, and a 1080p video, which we assume means HDMI out.
PlayStation Network Outage: By External Intrusion
It really started on Wednesday night, with PlayStation gamers finding their network unresponsive to their login attempts, and now it continues as well. Sony has now finally shed some light on the problems; the culprit for the trouble has been identified as an external intrusion. The current downtime for PSN is second one, with anonymous group of online crusaders climbing responsibility for the first. The PSN blog has added an update to their US website, which suggests the service disruption may not over soon according to Patrick Seybold, the company is rebuilding our system for further strengthen our network infrastructure, and working nonstop to do so.
HTC Flyer Up for Pre-Order For $499, On April 24th
Europeans can pre-order their HTC Flyer for months, and now curious Yanks are about to get their chance. The tablet will be available for pre-order on April 24th for $499 with the Best Buy as exclusive seller. While it got the 3G version, the one about to come is Wi-Fi version. The Flyer is makers first tablet, features a 7-inch with 1024*600 display, aluminium body, 1.5GHz Qualcomm chip, and a version of companys Sense UI that was tweaked with the slates. It got Android 2.3 Gingerbread edition, but HTC promises to upgrade the version to Android 3.0 Honeycomb edition. For more details read the press release
SLC3000: Brings Grimy Gaming To Modern Displays
Arcade Forges SLG3000 scanline generator gives your seemingly flawless HD displays a throwback makeover. It act as a middle one between your VGA compatible device and your TV, bring back the imperfections that marked early console gaming. It enlists a series of DIP switches and a potentiometer for setting scanlines and resolution to your specs. You can load one of your source links for 50. Dont forget to check the video.
GigaPan Epic Pro Robotic Camera Gets Firmware Upgrade
The latest firmware update to the robotic camera mount brings more exposures per position, a dedicated mirror lock-up for bulky lenses, and a time display that get you how long it will take its panoramic magic. The update also includes a set of new aspect ratios and the ability to take time lapse panoramas. If you already got GigaPan Epic Pro, you can download the firmware update from the download link given below for free a new one will cost $900. For more details read the press release
3D Towers Double Disk Data Storage Capacity
Researchers in France have found a way to double the storage capacity of magnetic disk drives by constructing 3D Towers on information. The persons from SPINTEC created these pillars out of bit-patterned media separated magnetic nanodots, each of which carries one bit of data. By layering the dots in specific formations, the team created a multilevel magnetic recording device with an areal density of two bits per dot twice it started with.
Go Green For Earth Day
Today April 22nd, is the day we celebrate our planet and its resources that should be preserved, and it is Earth Day. Many popular websites are raising awareness about this day; this year Google is celebrating animated, interactive Doodle on its home page and Yahoo also sports an animated logo.
SARbot Searches Victims Underwater
The Texas-based Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) has sent its SARbot to Rikuzentakata. This can shoot video as it swims under houses and other crippled structures, but it also sports a limb grasping mechanism, designed to retrieve drowning victims and assist in other search and rescue operations. Dont forget to check the video footage.
Archos 7c Tablet With Eclair, Now For $220
The Archos 7c Home Tbalet is now shipping in the US for $220. The 7-inch tablet features a capacitive 800*480 display, Android 2.1(clair), and Cortex A8 processor RK2918 chipset combo that promises smooth 720p video playback. The other specifications are 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, two built-in speakers, and a kickstand you see in the picture, you have to forgo like Wireless-N, cameras, and access to Android Market. Dont forget to look at the pictures
Squeezebox Controller App Makes Transition From Android To iOS
The Logitechs Squeezebox Controller app makes the transition from Android to iOS. After launching it on Android last month, Logitech now release a version for your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad. The new features and interface appears identical, lets users control any or Squeezeboxes on Wi-Fi network complete with metadata and album art. iOS users of the boxes can get their AirPlay-free distributed audio lifestyle by clicking the source link below to download free apps from iTunes.
Husqvarna Lawnmower Remote For iOS
You can use your iPhone for Lawn Mowing. According to Husqvarna Global Garden reports, 40 percent of consumers around the World say they dont have time to take care of their home and gardens. The robotic mowers now can be accessed with your new iPhone app for Husqvarna Automower, available as free apps in App Store. Rather than sending SMS messages to your GPS-enabled Automower, all of its functions can be handled from the safety of your iOS device. It will transform your robot lawnmower into a semi-autonomous, blade wielding backyard defender. For more details read the press release
T-Mobile To Knock $100 Off G-Slate
Here is a little secret for you people, the T-Mobile is not really intended for public consumption: if you give the company a ring you can get an extra $100 off a G-Slate. The discount was promoted to those signed up for a special promotional offer T-Mobile recently and it is open to everyone. The reference promo code GSLATE100 and you can pick up a shiny new Honeycomb tablet for $430 provided the latest voice plan or sign up for one, are willing to commit two year data contract on top of that. Just act fast people, the offer ends of April 27th.
Oracle – Renaming An Oracle Database
In this article we will see how to completely rename an Oracle database and the four different methods to do it.
HTC Thunderbolt Drops To $130 For Verizon Customers At Amazon
Amazon Wireless is dropping the Thunderbolt, Verizons Original 4G, down to price of $130 on contract, valid for new Verizon subscribers who buy the phone between now and midnight pacific time on Monday. The Android Smartphone from HTC impressed with 4G speeds, price like the present one makes it an excellent proposition in short term. To order yours hit the source link
AT&Ts MiFi 2372 Gets DLNA Update And Streams Media Without 3G
Novatel 2372 MiFi users could stream tunes from the web, but now they can do it from the microSD after downloading Maintenance Release 1.0, it finally brings DLNA server functionality. DLNA support means your mobile hotspot can share music, video and other content to devices over the network from an inserted flash card, even when the router cant serve up 3G useful on AT&T devices, which tend to suffer network congestion and data caps. The update also includes a Customer Care Widget and intuitive MiFi OS web interface, so any consumers can configure these without technical support.
Samsung Strikes Back Apple With Patent Infringement Claims
Apple-Samsung dispute over the smartphones resemblance, the latter company has just retailed by filing lawsuits against Apple in three countries. Sammys load of ammo includes five patent infringements in South Korea, two in Japan and three in Germany, we have yet to hear more details about these claims.
