3 Mar, 2008
Back in October of last year we reported that a mobile version of Firefox was in the works. According to the IDG News Service, a mobile version of Firefox is expected to be launched by the end of the year, and it is targeted for use in embedded Linux and Windows Mobile devices.
It sounds like Mozilla executives are making the rounds to device and chip manufacturers in addition to wireless carriers to make mobile Firefox a reality by year end . Though the company may have been a little slow to the mobile browser market, it also has a unique opportunity.
(Read the full post about ‘Mobile Firefox by the end of the year?’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
I would say that many people who already own cell phones would probably have gone through a fair number of handsets in their entire lifetime. After all, I am already in my fifth cell phone today, changing one every couple of years or so. Well, what do you normally do with those old handsets and their batteries? Chances are you would have thrown it away without giving much though, and the stockpile of used and outdated electronic products are starting to clog up landfill sites, and those very sites get larger and larger each day. Should we continue to head in the same direction each day, the environment would definitely be under more stress than it can handle and it will buckle up one day, coming back to bite our children in the future. (Read the full post about ‘Green Cell battery concept’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
First reports on the new ASUS R70a UMPC indicates that it is not exactly a hot UMPC by any means, but it should still get the job done. It is pretty big and bulky machine, but otherwise it has nice features. One of the weird things is that it doesn’t seem to come with a keyboard. To begin with, it features a 7-inch screen, runs Windows Vista, reportedly has a 120GB hard drive, and sports a 1.6GHz processor - no word on which Intel this is. Unfortunately, no more details have been released about the inside of the R70a. However, on the outside it boasts 2 USB ports, a memory card slot, and a stand to prop it up while watching videos. It bears similar controls to it’s little brother, the R50a. (Read the full post about ‘ASUS shows off new R70a UMPC at CeBIT’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
Here is some more USB goodness for you. This time, it’s not a toy or some novelty that sits on your desk sucking small amounts of power out of your computer, but something with a great deal of utility. The Powerstick is a essentially a portable battery that charges up by plugging into any USB slot. It can then in turn re-charge practically any mobile device, as long as there is an adapter available for it. So far, they (Powerstick) have adapters for things like cell phones (popular brands include: Sony Ericsson, LG, Nokia, Apple, blackberry, Samsung and Motorola), iPods and other devices that charge using mini-USB adapters (ex: Bluetooth headsets). Gimme! (Read the full post about ‘Powerstick: Emergency Power in a USB Stick for your Mobile Devices’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
A lot of readers might be surprised to learn that Mitsubishi even makes cellphones, but yeah, it sure does. Its domestic Japanese market has typically been the recipient of its impressive wares, selling models on NTT DoCoMo using the “D” model name prefix — but maybe not for much longer. Nikkei is throwing out some rumors today that Mitsu will be exiting the dog-eat-dog cellphone manufacturing biz and possibly doing so very swiftly, even withdrawing models due to hit DoCoMo in the next few weeks. Despite raking in over 100 billion yen (about $958M) annually from its mobile division alone, the company has apparently been unable to make it profitable and recently downgraded its handset sales forecast for the current fiscal year. (Read the full post about ‘Mitsubishi tapping out of the phone market? UPDATE: Yeah’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
We’ve caught wind from a number of employees — or ex-employees, as the case may be — that i-mate’s US division in Redmond, Washington has all but disintegrated after a Friday bloodbath that saw the entire engineering, QA, and tech writing departments laid off, among others. Several honchos who weren’t cut left anyway, perhaps unwilling to work in a ghost town or as a show of solidarity to their fallen brethren; notably, the Chief Software Officer and VP of Sales and Marketing are both gone, leaving a sales director to be promoted to the lofty title of GM of what seems to be all US operations. (Read the full post about ‘i-mate’s US outpost implodes, most laid off’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
Doggy Smile Ever suffer from hang-dog expressions? Getting tired of your pooch looking depressed all the time? You can have this for ?5.99 Tags: speakers, Hi-fi, hdtv, technology (Read the full post about ‘Doggy Smile’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
Posted Mar 2nd 2008 9:15PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Handhelds, Laptops Another brain-shattering announcement that you’ve all been waiting for is here. Intel has officially dubbed the Silverthorn and Diamondville chips “Atom,” and the Menlow platform has become the “Centrino Atom.” We know, it’s hard to believe the day has come, but it’s finally happened. Obviously, the 45nm Atom chips, and Centrino Atom technology will be targeted for MIDs, UMPCs, and all manner of small, internet-centric devices. (Read the full post about ‘Intel’s Silverthorn becomes the Atom, Menlow the Centrino Atom’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
Posted Mar 2nd 2008 11:10PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Desktops Confirming our belief that some people are just “bad with computers,” a boy named Joe Falciatano III from Pulaski, New York, seems to have simply the worst luck ever — and some think it could be do to an overly magnetized touch. While using PCs at this elementary school, Joe — who dubbed himself “Magneto Man” — found that every system he laid his hands on went totally haywire. Only after a teacher suggested he use a grounded, anti-static wrist strap did the systems experience relief from his Geek Squad-inducing grasp. (Read the full post about ‘12-year-old “Magneto Man” breaks every computer he touches’…)
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3 Mar, 2008
Parental controls sound pretty draconian, but hey - if a kid is not yet mature enough to choose what he/she can listen/play/watch, then this is where the authority of the parents come in. The PS3 is equipped with rather ambiguous parental controls, as they don’t go by the standard ESRB ratings that its competitors, the Xbox 360 and Wii do. Instead, Sony uses levels ranging from levels 1 to 11 (what a skewed scale), where a lower number denotes a more restrictive form of media. Logically speaking, the higher the level, the more restrictive it would be but I guess Sony thinks otherwise. A “5″, being the middle ground, is the equivalent of a Teen rating. Tags: hdtv, dap, design, sat-nav (Read the full post about ‘PS3 Parental Controls’…)
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