Gadgets

Install KDE 4.8 On Fedore 16

KDE 4.8, one of the best KDEs out there, was released yesterday. If you are a Fedora user you can easily install it on your system.  Rex DieteOne developer has uploaded a backport repo to enable Fedora 16 users to install KDE 4.8 on their machines. Rex writes on the Fedora mailing list “It contains just the [...]

FXI Demonstrated Ubuntu, Android Powered USB PC At CES 2012

FXI showcased its Ubuntu/Linux and Android Ice Cream Sandwich powered USB PC for the first time at the Showstoppers Media Event at CES 2012. Codenamed ‘Cotton Candy’, this device will serve as a technology bridge between any display, the Cloud, and any input peripheral. “One of the major benefits of the Cotton Candy device is its versatility,” said Borgar Ljosland, [...]

Samsung: No Ice Cream Sandwich For Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab

Sorry Galaxy S owners — even though your device has a near-identical spec sheet to the ICS-friendly Nexus S, Samsung has announced on their corporate blog that the company’s first Galaxy device won’t be getting the offical bump to Android 4.0.The original Galaxy S isn’t the only one to get the snub, as the 7-inch [...]

Carrier IQ Disabled In Sprint Devices

The largest user of carrier IQ software Sprint has disabled this software on this Friday as some of the customer raised their voice against it. In an email statement the company has declared that they are no longer using this tool to collect data and they are evaluating their options. They believe that this action [...]

Apple iPhone 4S To Witness Strong Satisfaction Ratings

iPhone 4S of Apple has appeared to draw a high customer satisfaction ratings, as revealed by a new survey carried out by ChangeWave Research, an analyst firm. The survey conducted on November included a comparatively small sample size consisting of some 215 iPhone owners. None of these samples offers decisive numbers: approximately 77% of the [...]

Microsoft considers financing Yahoo bid

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the largest software company, has signed an agreement that lets it take a closer look at Yahoo! Inc.’s financial information to help it consider financing a bid. Private-equity firms TPG Capital and Silver Lake also signed non-disclosure agreements to help size up a possible bid for Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo, people close to [...]

Samsung Becomes Number One Smartphone Vendor Worldwide

Samsung has turned out as the biggest smartphone seller in the world in the third quarter. Besides that the market share of Android devices has surpassed 50 percent for the first time. A market research conducted by Gartner reveals this report on Tuesday. The total smartphone sales worldwide reached 115 million units during the third quarter of 2011, which is 42 percent higher than the third quarter [...]

Apple Starts Selling Unlocked iPhone 4S In US

The iPhone 4S is currently available from four U.S. carriers—AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and C Spire—but if you’d rather not be burdened with a 2 year contract from these service providers, Apple today officially began selling an unlocked version of the device on its Web site. The users who wanted to avail iPhone 4S without any service contract they must know the [...]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet Set to Rival Amazon Kindle

Consumers are avidly waiting for Amazon’s first Android multimedia tablet, the Kindle Fire, but according to Engadget there will soon be another book-friendly Android tablet on the market — the Nook Tablet. “We’ve wrapped our paws around a stash of documents confirming the impending launch of the first bona fide tablet in the Nook line, [...]

T-Mobile Prepaid Samsung Exhibit II 4G Android Phone $199.99 at Walmart

T-Mobile and Samsung announced today that the Samsung Exhibit II 4G Android phone will go on sale tomorrow, Oct. 27th. exclusively at Walmart stores and walmart.com for the no contract price of $199.99. By virtue of its support for HSPA+ The Exhibit II’s is the first 4G prepaid phone ever sold at Walmart.  SpecificationsBattery 1500 mAhTalk time – [...]

Android Alpha for HP TouchPad Coming Soon

The CyanogenMod team this week releasedCyanogenMod 7.1 to bring support for more Android handsets and at present they’ve unveiled an alpha build for the HP TouchPad. Cyanogenmod for TouchPad, which is an aftermarket version of Google’s Android operating system, has been created to replace the previous version of Android, which is incorporated on several smartphones, as well as tablet computers and most recently will include [...]

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Apple has developed new innovations to provide its users not only with the best experience but also to make their lives easier and these is made possible by the release of their new product, The iPhone 4S. It was even said that it stands “ For Steve”.  Steve Jobs, who is the brilliant creator of apple who recently [...]

iOS Update Error 3014

Well I felt it would be good to share with anyone who happens to be updating their iOS devices my own experience with multiple failed attempts at updating my iPad and iPhones. The good news however is an easy fix. I was trying to get the wonderful new features of iOS 5 on my iPad [...]

AT&T Making Millions of iPhone Gadgets

AT&T is applying for its unlimited data plan for the Apple iPhones, proving its interest over the gadget, which is multiplied by record breaking pre-orders roughly about $200, 000 in just 12 hours! Can this be due to Steve Jobs’ death? Although other mobile carriers’ pre-orders were not mentioned in some reports, many analysts have already expected a [...]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire: Not the Android Tablet Schools Have Been Waiting For

At a press event in NYC today, Amazon officially unveiled what many have long been waiting for: its Android tablet. The Kindle Fire is the latest entry into the tablet market, which up until today has been so utterly dominated by Apple’s iPad that it’s hard to even call it a market.   And despite [...]

Egypt: Using Twitter to Help a Cairo Community

After seeing the huge impact of social media on the Egyptian revolution, Egyptian blogger and Twitter user, Mahmoud Salem (@SandMonkey) decided to collaborate with a local non-profit organisation to help them raise funds using the power of Twitter to offer basic services in an impoverished neighborhood of Cairo. Ezbet Khairalla is one of the largest unplanned communities in [...]

Samsung: the world’s thinnest LED large screen display device unveiled

With the changes in display technology, China has shown rapid market development and changes experienced. From DLP to LCD, from the traditional display to the LED display, technology continues to develop the commercial display market in China led to rapid development. Many vendors continue to innovate in the market vying pursue their own space. China’s [...]

Could PC Remote Access Software Make Your Life Easier?

If you travel often, this can be a helpful tool in keeping you current with your day-to-day business and transactions. Remote access to a PC will also allow you to access files and information on your terminal computer at work if it is configured as part of that network. With the technology today there is [...]

Importance of Game Quality Assurance for Brand Value

Quality assurance is a part of commercial life and it is an important criterion for any product out there, not just games. Game Designcan ruin a company’s brand value and put its reputation at stake if not taken care of properly.Game Development can be a daunting task for the company as well as the Game Testers. This [...]

Google Launched Corporate Map Service

Google started to bring a range of new products into the corporate map market. An industrial source on May 23 reveals, Google Korea has started its sales activities for its cloud based geographical information service (GIS) for Korean companies. Google authority confirms that its cloud GIS service is much cheaper than the existing GIS services. Besides that, companies which are [...]