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How to track the solar eclipse this weekend

Admin — Sun, 20 Maj 2012 01:45:01 +0000

An annular solar eclipse will occur this weekend, giving people in Southeast Asia and the western U.S. the chance to witness something truly amazing. If you want to watch the solar eclipse but aren’t sure what time it’ll be visible in your area, there are a couple different ways you can figure it out. Læs mere

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ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent (opdateret: MMI responds)

Admin — Sun, 20 Maj 2012 01:45:00 +0000

At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola’s mobile devices infringe a bit of Microsoft’s IP. Nu, the Commission has affirmed that decision and issued an exclusion order to ban Moto’s offending devices from importation into the US. In case you weren’t aware, the four patent claims at issue generally cover technology for scheduling meetings over email using a mobile device. Så, unless Motorola removes the feature, [...]

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The Fastest Online Payment Processor? It’s Google

Admin — Sun, 20 Maj 2012 01:15:04 +0000

If you are thinking about changing your online payment provider, you should take a moment to look at an interesting infographic from application performance management company New Relic. Turns out the most popular provider, PayPal, isn’t even close to being the fastest processor. That distinction goes to google Checkout. PayPal has the market share, but if performance is the critical metric for your company, you might want to consider the alternatives. Læs mere

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Facebook NASDAQ opening bell “hack” revealed

Admin — Sun, 20 Maj 2012 01:15:03 +0000

This week as Facebook goes public with their IPO with NASDAQ, developers at the social network have celebrated in their own special way – by hacking the stock exchange’s starting bell. What you’re about to see are some relatively simple behind-the-scenes images taken by a few developers working at Facebook specifically on the NASDAQ bell ringer Mark Zuckerberg used this morning to open the stock exchange as well as the listing of Facebook for the [...]

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Buy a Windows PC get an Xbox deal starts this weekend

Admin — Sun, 20 Maj 2012 00:45:01 +0000

Microsoft will be rolling out a deal this weekend that you may have heard of briefly the one time they did it before: purchase a brand new windows-based PC for $699 or more and get an Xbox 360 for free. It’s one of those offers that just makes sense when it comes to the software/hardware company whose fortunes are based in both the windows 7 og 8 (coming this summer) operating systems as well as [...]

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Pioneer Cellular lands the iPhone, også

Admin — Sun, 20 Maj 2012 00:44:59 +0000

The iphone has landed today on another regional wireless network in the United States, bringing a total number of iphone-friendly carriers in the country to thirteen. Læs mere

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Facebook co-founder congratulates Zuckerberg on IPO day

Admin — Sun, 20 Maj 2012 00:15:03 +0000

On the eve of the Facebook public offering it appears that Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has buried the hatchet once and for all, offering congratulations to the Facebook staff and Zuckerberg specifically as well. Saverin was portrayed in the Hollywood portrayal of the Facebook story “The Social Network” as a founder of Facebook that was betrayed and pushed out by Zuckerberg – the real life story appears to be a bit sweeter in the end. [...]

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NHK and JVC develop 120fps Super Hi-Vision projector

Admin — Sun, 20 Maj 2012 00:15:02 +0000

If your cine-cave is already decked out with the Super Hi-Vision display, the Super Hi-Vision camera, and the Super Hi-Vision-supping antenna, we guess you just need the 120fps Super Hi-Vision projector to complete the set? Guess what? Working with JVC, NHK has developed just that. It might not be much to look at, but that hunk of tech up there comes with the extra frame rate that also makes it play fast nice with the [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S III for T-Mobile hits FCC, brings future-proofed HSPA+ for good measure

Admin — Sat, 19 Maj 2012 23:45:03 +0000

There’s been hints of it coming as early as February, but we now have a smoking gun at the FCC: the Galaxy S III is coming to T-Mobile. A Samsung SGH-T999 has popped up at the agency sporting newly added 1,700MHz AWS support that’s the telltale sign of a T-Mobile device, along with the T999 name itself (the T989 is the network’s Galaxy S II). It also totes 850MHz and 1,900MHz WCDMA bands being used [...]

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Nokia Lumia 900 approved for China and reportedly arriving in June

Admin — Sat, 19 Maj 2012 23:45:01 +0000

Nokia is moving closer to its China launch of the Lumia 900, according to dates reported by Chinese news website Sina Tech. The Lumia 900 was approved for use on GSM and WCDMA networks by State Radio Regulation Committee (SRRC) on April 18, and the website is pointing to a June release for the windows Phone. The younger brother, the Lumia 800c, was launched in the country back in March. Læs mere

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