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American Airlines has been approved by the FAA to use Apple iPad in cockpits to navigate maps. This initiative is believed to help the airline save about $1 million per year. The very first officially iPad flight will take off this Friday aboard a B-777 aircraft being fully FAA approved to use iPads on all flight phases, as digital flight manual readers and as electronic chart.
To keep its Internet Explorer Market share and its browsing crown, Microsoft has started borrowing few tricks from its rivals. Microsoft has announced that they are going to tie Internet Explorer into future Windows Update releases. This new update system will start in the new year in both Australia and Brazil (Why only these two countries is a mystery) with a graduated roll-out from there throughout 2012.
On April 2005 we have written about microchip powering Bionic eye that, if come to fruition, will help blind to see things. Now researchers working at the Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab have created a relatively inexpensive “electronic skin” comprising of carbon nanotubes enriched with semiconductors that are also flexible and stretchable.
Activision has announced that Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) has reached the $1 billion sales figure in 16 days. This makes it the only video game to break the record of 2009’s blockbuster film Avatar, which took 17 days to gross the same amount.
Nintendo Australia has announced that the Nintendo 3DS console has sold 200,000 units in 37 weeks (more than 9 months after its launch date) in Australia. This is a very good figure, considering it beat every other console that sold 200k in a faster time frame in Australia. The price drop would have helped Nintendo a lot here, as the 3DS is pretty much selling well in almost all regions.
Grad Theft Auto III, released in the year 2001, was one of the most successful open-world RPG games. after nearly 10 years of its launch, Rockstar Games has ported and released the game for iOS and Android mobile platform. For those who don’t like on-screen controls, the game also supports select game-pads on Android devices.
During the Video Game Awards 2011, Electronic Arts announced that its label Bioware would be resurrecting a branch of the Command & Conquer franchise many fans had given up for dead. Bioware Victory would develop the sequel to Command & Conquer Generals as PC exclusive.
Starting from January 2012 Kboo, in an attempt to match Amazon’s Lending Library proposition, will start to offer a free download each month to new Touch eReader owners. Kobo customers will be able to pick from a broad selection of Pride and Prejudice, HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Managing People and Star Wars Vs. Star Trek.
Samsung has announced a second-gen dual-screen Android clamshell mobile. This mobile is announced in partnership with China Telecom. The SCH-W999 flip phone packs two 3.5-inch 480×800 Super AMOLED panels back to back, along with a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8660 processor, Android 2.3 with Samsung proprietary TouchWiz UI, HyperSkin back cover (as featured on the Galaxy Nexus for grip plus anti-smear), five megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi and WAPI (China’s not-so-successful take on WiFi, basically).
We don’t know what is going on, but one thing is sure , Sony e-readers are just getting cheaper. The latest Sony Reader WiFi, which was launched with a price tag of $ 149.99 just a couple months back has received a permanent price drop to $129.99. What is more is Sony has gone all out with a trade-in program through the end of December that will give you an additional $50 off if you turn in any old e-reader. Not quite the instant discount that an ad-supported Kindle gives you, but certainly not a bad deal if you’re looking to upgrade from an older model.
For: Light weight, Solid build, comfortable to hold one-handed, excellent screen for reading and touch functions, easy to access public library, Internet, and Google books content, Multimedia features, pinch to zoom touchscreen.Against: Full screen refresh on every page turn, Costly compared to 3G models and future competition.Sony is still fighting the good fight in e-ink powered e-book readers, and its latest model is, the Sony Reader WiFi PRS-T1 looks like a gem. Amazon is the clear leader in the space with fourth generation Kindle and the Kindle Touch. But the PRS-T1 certainly takes some steps in that direction, both in terms of pricing and features. Is it enough? Find out in the review.
One of the highlights of the Unity UI is the launcher that sits on the left side of the Unity Desktop. This allows users to access favorite apps
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