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Latest News - May 2011
- Android authToken Bug Places 99% of Handsets at Risk
- Nokia Doing Away With Ovi Branding As WP7 Transition Continues
- Samsung Droid Charge 4G Verizon Smartphone Review
- BMW's Left-Turn-Assistant Designed to Prevent Accidents
- Barnes & Noble Sees 1 Million NOOK Apps Downloads
- MacBook Air Reportedly Getting an Early Summer Refresh
- Chrome Support Coming To Microsoft's Online Office Apps
- Intel Chips To Power Over 10 Tablets At Computex
- Will Apple Launch a New Product to Celebrate the Apple Store's 10th Birthday?
- SanDisk Swipes Enterprise SSD Maker for $327 Million
- Nvidia CEO Less-Than-Thrilled With Current Tegra 2 Uptake
- Asus PA246Q ProArt 24-Inch LCD Monitor $60 Off at NewEgg
- Nvidia Offers Peek Into Advanced Design Evaluation
- Lenovo Targets Business Pros With Slim New All-In-One
- Verizon Wireless And Sony Ericsson Launch Xperia PLAY Smartphone
- Lenovo Announces ThinkPad X1 Laptop
- Apple Offers Japan Quake Victims Free Repairs
- OTA Updates Coming to Allow Sideloading on Older AT&T Android Phones
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Debuts: ASUS and MSI
- Elgato Ships HDHomeRun For Wireless HDTV Watching On The Mac
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All News for May 2011
The bad news: Google's Android platform has a vulnerability that could allow the credentials used to access Google Calendar, Contacts and possibly other accounts to be stolen. The good news: Google fixed this in Android 2.3.4. More bad news: Android 2.3.4 is only on 1 percent of Android...
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The times are a-changing, and so is Nokia. Nokia isn't and never will be the company we've grown to know and love. With the Windows Phone 7 link, the company is remarking itself day by day, and one of the ways it's doing just that is by...
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We knew HTC's Thunderbolt wouldn't be the only 4G LTE smartphone available on Verizon Wireless' network for long. Less than two months after the Thunderbolt made its debut, the Droid Charge by Samsung joined Verizon Wireless' lineup of 4G LTE smartphones. This smartphone boasts of a 4.3-inch...
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BMW has announced that it is working on a left-turn / u-turn assistant to assist in ensuring that drivers of their cars aren't going to hit oncoming cars while making a left or u-turn. Collisions caused by drivers making left turns are a major cause of accidents and motorcycle fatalities. The...
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There's no question that Barnes & Noble is just grasping for some press here, but hey, one million isn't anything to scoff at! The company has just reaching one million NOOK Apps downloads by NOOK Color customers, with the milestone being reached a week after NOOK App shopping was made...
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If the only thing preventing you from picking up a MacBook Air is the Core 2 Duo foundation, hang tight, things are about to get better (and significantly faster). According to reports, Apple is getting ready to refresh its MacBook Air line with Intel's Sandy Bridge platform and Thunderbolt...
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Last week was a huge coming-out party for Chrome OS, and now, even Microsoft is joining the festivities. How so? The company just added Chrome support for online Office apps, and they'll officially support apps running from SharePoint in SP1 (coming in June). That's all coming in the first...
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Computex was heavily focused on tablet introductions last year, and it looks like some things actually don't change with time. This year, the June event will be home to over 10 new tablets that run on Intel chips; that's according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. The show, which is...
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There's plenty of drama and suspense leading up to the Apple Store's 10th retail anniversary, which will take place this Thursday, May 19th. It's a significant milestone, and if all the online chatter is to be believed, Apple might be...
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SanDisk, a player in the flash memory storage business, just announced a definitive agreement to acquire Pliant Technology, a leading developer of enterprise solid state drives, for a cool $327 million in cash. The deal has already been approved by the board of directors of both companies and...
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Nvidia's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has given his opinion on the Tegra 2 products currently for sale, and he's not particularly pleased. Glancing at the market, it's hard to blame him. Motorola's Xoom—easily the highest-profile Tegra 2 tablet launch thus far—launched without Flash support...
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A few weeks back, we took a look at the Asus PA246Q ProArt 24-Inch LCD Monitor and came away thoroughly impressed. In our conclusion we said, “To say that this is a better display than your average, or even above average TN panel is like saying Ray Allen has an above average jump shot...
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Heather Mackey of Nvdia has written a new blog post discussing the company's hardware emulation equipment, thus affording us an opportunity to discuss a little-mentioned aspect of microprocessor development. Although we'll be discussing Nvidia products in particular, both software tools...
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Lenovo announced the new ThinkCentre Edge 91z all-in-one desktop. As the first PC in the ThinkCentre Edge family, the new Edge 91z promises power in a compact design. Features for the ThinkCentre Edge 91z include up to Intel i7 Quad Core processors, 8 GB of DDR3 memory, 80 GB solid state drive...
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Verizon Wireless will be the exclusive carrier for the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY, at least for a little while. This gaming-friendly smartphone comes preloaded with seven game titles. The smartphone will run on Android 2.3. Other key specs...
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Do you remember that cheesy video we showed you that featured the ThinkPad X1? As expected, Lenovo has formally announced its latest addition to the ThinkPad line. The new ThinkPad X1 measures less than 17 mm, which makes it the thinnest ThinkPad. The laptop also offers choices of second generation Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors. This...
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Apple is offering those customers with Apple hardware directly damaged as a result of the Japan earthquake and tsunami chance to possibly receive free repairs. The offer was posted on the company's Japanese website. It only applies to customers living in areas covered by Japan's...
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The days of saying "the Amazon Appstore requires sideloading and thus can't be used on AT&T phones" may be ending. AT&T is reportedly beginning to push out updates to some older devices to enable sideloading functionality on them...
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NVIDIA continues to flesh out their DirectX 11 GPU line-up, this time with a relatively affordable offering that drops in right between the GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GeForce GTX 550. The aptly named GeForce GTX 560 (sans Ti) launching today is essentially a replacement for the popular GeForce GTX...
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Elgato's doing it again. The company, which tends to focus on video-related gear for Mac users, has just released a dual network tuner that enables users to watch HDTV wirelessly on either a Mac or PC. The HDHomeRun box connects to a TV...
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Samsung's Series 5 Chromebook stole the show last week, but it's clear that the Series 9 is a more premium machine. Samsung's new ultraportable flagship is finally on sale in America, with a stiff starting price of $1160. The company just launched pre-orders on the device last month, and now...
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Tablets in school? Man, where were these when we were back in 8th grade? Brainchild (an awesomely named company) has just revealed the Kineo, a 7" tablet and eBook reader that has just shipped to ten states in the U.S. in order to provide students with an all-new learning platform. Textbooks...
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