Archive for: October 14, 2007

Filed under: Wireless
A report into the feasibility of space-based ability rigs that would beam solar potential down to soil in the mold of microwaves has been published, with its findings being along the lines of “yes, it’ll happen, but only when the money’s there.” The Pentagon is itching to get i…

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Gadgets

var digg_url = ‘http://www.digg.com/hardware/Xbox_360_Arcade_unboxed_and_turned_on’; Thanks to Emanuel, an intrepid tipster who went above and beyond the shout of duty, we managed to get a full unboxing of the Xbox 360 Arcade before Microsoft has even been able to send out a press release about …

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Gaming

Ever wonder whether you could tap the electrical current on your phone company’s landlines (does anyone still use those anymore?) to supply low-powered household gadgets with juice in an emergency (or financial pinch)? Turns out that apparently it ain’t too tough to get amoung 40 and 70 volt…

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Gadgets

Sony was surprisingly mum about what improvements were made to the on-screen performance of its new E Ink-based Reader PRS-505. So we caught up with Russ Wilcox, CEO of E Ink, who helped shed some light on the benefits of the 505’s new display chemistry, called E Ink Vizplex:

According to E …

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Handhelds

Google’s mobile team seems to be keeping pretty engaged these days. The company has released an updated version of Gmail Mobile, and Google Maps now works on phones running the Symbian operating system.

Not much increasingly to say about the Symbian support, but Gmail Mobile 1.5 does seem to …

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E mail, Web Services

Mirroring the premature trademark dispute surrounding the launch of the Cisco iPhone in the US, Apple’s Canadian launch of its respective iPhone could be delayed due to a trademark dispute with a product that shares the same name as Apple’s gadget. Comwave Telecom in Toronto owns the trademark r…

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Cellphones, Gadgets, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Filed under: Wireless
Normally, the news that a study into the dangerousness of WiFi signals was to take place would provoke groans of disappointment from these pages: however, the British Government’s statement that such a study is going to take place is a somewhat calming development. The Health P…

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Gadgets

BitDefender Antivirus 2008 is designed for users who want state of the art protection from viruses spyware and other types of malware and includes
bull Real time antivirus protection ndash with automatic hourly updates
bull Proactive protection ndash using BitDefender rsquo s patent pending B HAVE reg advanced detection techniques
bull Anti rootkit protection ndash detecting and removing the newest breed of hidden threats
bull Privacy protection ndash reducing the risk of identity theft by preventing personal information leaks via e mail or web
bull Anti spyware protection ndash monitoring and preventing spyware threats in real time
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BitDefender Internet Security 2008 is designed for users who want complete protection from malware and other common Internet Security threats Internet Security includes all of the benefits of Antivirus 2008 as well as
bull Firewall protection ndash controlling access to the Internet while ldquo hiding rdquo the computer from hackers
bull E mail anti phishing and anti spam ndash preventing different types of spam and scam e mails from being delivered
bull Parental controls ndash to block access to inappropriate websites and e mails
bull Web time limiter ndash which allows or blocks access to the web during specified time periods
bull Application control ndash which allows users to limit access to specified applications
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BitDefender reg a global provider of award winning antivirus software and data security solutions has launched BitDefender 2008 ndash its new line of security solutions providing state of the art proactive protection from today rsquo s most damaging viruses spyware hackers spam phishing attacks and other common Internet security threats
The BitDefender 2008 product line which includes BitDefender Antivirus 2008 Internet Security 2008 and Total Security 2008 is designed to protect a wide variety of computer usage scenarios ranging from individual PC users and multi PC families to SoHo businesses
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BitDefender Total Security 2008 provides the ultimate proactive protection for your PCs It combines state of the art protection against viruses spyware hackers spam and other Internet security threats Moreover its system maintenance and PC backup tools keep your PC running fast and protected from data loss
BitDefender Total Security 2008 is designed for users who desire the ultimate in protection from Internet security threats and data loss with integrated backup and PC maintenance tools to keep their PC running at peak performance Total Security includes all of the features and benefits of Antivirus 2008 and Internet Security 2008 as well as the following new features
bull Data backup ndash safeguarding data by creating backup copies to local and removable drives CD R RW or DVD R RW
bull PC Tune up ndash improving PC performance by removing unnecessary files and registry entries
bull Trace clean up ndash which completely erases files and ldquo traces rdquo of files from disks to prevent recovery
ldquo BitDefender 2008 provides home and SMB users with an unmatched level of protection that defends against tomorrow rsquo s threats today rdquo said Bogdan Dumitru BitDefender CTO ldquo As hackers and spammers rapidly change their ...

Maxthon is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface It is based on the Internet Explorer engine which means that what works in IE works the same in Maxthon but with many additional efficient features like Tabbed Browsing Interface Mouse Gestures Super Drag amp Drop Privacy Protection AD Hunter Google Bar Support External Utility Bar and Skinning
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The Combo version of Maxthon includes More Plugins and Skins than Standard version
The Standard version only has a basic set of plugins and skins

Mozilla Firefox project formerly Firebird which was formerly Phoenix is a redesign of Mozilla 39 s browser component written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross platform It includes a popup blocker tabbed browsing a smarter search hassle free downloading and improved privacy and security
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Fixed Bugs
251910 Firefox Places No hover highlighting i e mouse tracking in Bookmarks History sidebar All
339754 Core Installer XPInstall Engine Threadsafety asserts from chrome registry when installing extensions Lin
368811 Firefox General Firefox crashes on exit after plugin install activated by InstallTrigger install xpi installCompleteFunction Win
386065 Core Layout Form Controls legend font size 0 still shows the text yahoo com mainpage Win
386551 Core Disability Access APIs expose ARIA description on document All
386585 Core ImageLib Update libpng to version 1 2 21 All
391740 Toolkit XUL Widgets listheader in richlistbox appears to right at bottom of richlistitems All
391868 Core Layout Page Source very small with meta charset windows 1258 All
394805 Core Layout BiDi Hebrew amp Arabic ldquo ASSERTION ResolveBidi called on non first continuation rdquo All
396745 Directory LDAP XPCOM SDK nsILDAPConnection Init should take an nsILDAPURL as a parameter instead of three others All
397135 Toolkit XUL Widgets tree _ensureColumnOrder dies if no columns are defined All
397288 Core GFX Thebes Missing text without fallback from U 0000 00FF fast path when first font family doesn rsquo t have necessary glyphs Lin
397296 Firefox Build Config Firefox builds need to use the current NSS CVS tag All
397434 Firefox Phishing Protection Phishing update request is malformed All
397518 Core MathML rdquo ...

The most full featured Internet power tool on the market Opera includes pop up blocking tabbed browsing integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera 39 s groundbreaking E mail program RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat And because we know that our users have different needs you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse
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New Features
bull New ldquo logical searching rdquo code mdash this means that inline find is now practically instant even on very long pages
bull The Feeds toolbar got a new button to check for updates
bull Added ldquo Make Readable rdquo action Currently it 39 s not available through any menu toolbar or keyboard shortcut but it 39 s possible to bind it manually How it works select some text on the page that is hard to read because the font size is too small then activate the action The page will automatically zoom up so that the text becomes readable
bull Added support for pointer events quot boundingBox quot in SVG
bull It is now possible to use an SVG image in an IMG element as well as specify one as a background image in CSS
bull Improved performance of JS Date getX methods
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ChangeLog
bull BUG 285741 Opera doesn 39 t freeze anymore when opening the feeds menu
bull BUG 271585 The last directory used is now remembered in the Save As and Open dialogs
bull Fixed an issue where pages could cause scripts to run in opera historysearch Thanks to David Bloom for reporting the issue
bull Fixed display of inline elements within justified text
bull Element borders are no longer offset from the ...