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Verizon Tips Its 4G Handset Hand
by Richard Adhikari
11 Mar 2010 at 10:50pm
Verizon will have the first handset running on its Long-Term Evolution 4G network by the middle of next year — about six months ahead of schedule — according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The development of LTE means faster cellular data transfers than the 3G networks now in widespread use by U.S. carriers, though exactly when LTE will become common has long been a source of uncertainty.
PlayStation’s Got the Moves, but Who’s Got Game?
by Richard Adhikari
11 Mar 2010 at 8:12pm
Sony demonstrated its Move motion controller for the PlayStation 3 console at the 2010 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, following up on its first demo at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles last June. Together with the Move, Sony will release the Move sub-controller, a one-handed controller that’s similar to the Nintendo Wii “nunchuck” and is an optional accessory for some games.
Corel’s X3 Photo Editor Paints a Pretty Picture
by John P. Mello Jr.
11 Mar 2010 at 1:00pm
In the Windows world, photographers looking for an alternative to Adobe Photoshop that will save them cash without skimping on power typically have turned to Corel’s PaintShop Photo Pro. The program has consistently kept pace with the evolving needs of shutterbugs over the years and the latest “X3″ version of the software continues that tradition.
Ubuntu Dumps the Brown
by Katherine Noyes
11 Mar 2010 at 1:00pm
Color is not typically a topic of much discussion on the Linux blogs, but in recent weeks, it’s been drawing a lot of attention. Why, you ask? Simple: Ubuntu recently announced a major change to its longstanding “Human” earthtone-palette theme and branding. “I don’t know whether to call it ‘poo brown’ or ‘dirt brown,’ but either way it is seriously awful,” said Slashdot blogger hairyfeet.
Vlingo Faces Off With the Dragon: A Speech-to-Text Smackdown
by Paul Hartsock
11 Mar 2010 at 1:00pm
When Apple enabled in-app purchases for iPhone applications, it seemed as though the days of “free” and “paid” versions of any given app were coming to an end. Soon, I thought, everything in the store would start out free as a teaser and then charge for an upgrade. That hasn’t exactly panned out universally, but Vlingo’s new voice application does charge in the way I thought all apps would charge by now.
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Party Gets Troublesome Surprise
by Richard Adhikari
10 Mar 2010 at 8:01pm
This month’s Patch Tuesday arrived with a rather unwelcome security surprise. Microsoft had expected things to be somewhat sedate; however, instead of two vulnerabilities that it expected needed patching, it got hit with four, including a new zero-day Internet Explorer exploit.
EFF Knocks Apple for Dumping on Devs
by Renay San Miguel
10 Mar 2010 at 11:17pm
The first rule of Apple’s App Club is: You do not talk about App Club. Any developer who writes an app for the App Store is forbidden from making any public statements about the iPhone Developer Program Licensing Agreement. Second rule of App Club is: Said developers also can’t sell their apps to other app stores, even if that app is eventually rejected by Apple.
Google Maps Out Happy Trails for Bicycle Riders
by Katherine Noyes
10 Mar 2010 at 7:46pm
In a move sure to make the grade with cyclists across the United States, Google on Wednesday added bicycle routes to its Google Maps service. Biking directions and extensive bike trail data are now available for the United States through Google Maps, giving cyclists nationwide a way to customize their trips, figure out the most efficient routes, make use of bike lanes and avoid big hills.
Perceived Security vs. Real Vulnerability: Is Your Data at Risk?
by Roy Adar
10 Mar 2010 at 1:00pm
With global organizations depending on the sharing of sensitive information to support everything from financial transactions to patient care records, many believe they are relying on secure methods to exchange data with trusted partners. However, there is often a significant and alarming gap between perceived security and real vulnerability.
Atol Delivers Flawless File Management With No Frills
by Jack M. Germain
10 Mar 2010 at 1:00pm
Some system utilities do a variety of things well. They come with tools to give users lots of solutions in one package. Other system apps like the Atol File Manager perform a dedicated function flawlessly without adding other specialties. Atol took a while to grow on me, but now this app is one of my most-used Linux tools.
New Cisco Router Boasts Breakneck Speeds
by Jack M. Germain
9 Mar 2010 at 11:19pm
Cisco Systems announced on Tuesday the CRS-3 Carrier Routing System, a new Internet networking architecture that is designed with the huge growth of video transmission, mobile devices and new online services in mind. The Cisco CRS-3 provides more than 12 times the traffic capacity of the nearest competing system, according to John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems.
HP Flashes a Few Slate Details
by Richard Adhikari
9 Mar 2010 at 8:12pm
Sometime later this year, HP will release its Slate tablet PC device. What we know now is that it will run Windows 7 as well as Adobe Flash and Air, according to information revealed by an HP executive. However, it appears that the company is attempting to be quite selective about how and when it doles out further details on the device.
