Archive for: October 19, 2007

October 19, 2007

WiMAX now officially part of the 3G standard

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

We remember when WiMAX was just a twinkle in an wireless engineer’s eye, and now it’s all ready for the big duration, as the ITU officially approved the spec as part of the 3G standard nowadays. That’s doubly special since WiMAX is the first non-cellular tech to get approval as 3G, but with serv…

Flock comes together, releases v1.0

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

The Web 2.0 definition of a misanthrope is somebody who doesn’t belong to any social networking sites, and by that yardstick I fit the bill. I don’t have a MySpace detail, nor a Facebook. I do not Twitter apart from when I’ve had way too much coffee. I’m not even going to start to tell you what I …

How would you change the Palm Centro?

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

Palm’s Centro hasn’t precisely lit the world on fire, but might it have whether it were simply tweaked in a few key areas? As we’ve done a number of times before, we’re presenting to you yet another Palm device that could probably use some refining, and we’re curious to know what alterations you…

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Yahoo marketing chief to leave

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

The person in charge of marketing for Yahoo is the latest executive to leave the company, which is in transition.

Chief Marketing Officer Cammie Dunaway is leaving the company at the end of that month, according to a Yahoo statement.

Cammie Dunaway(Credit: Yahoo)

“Since joining Yahoo in 2003, …

Flickr to use Picnik for online photo editing

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007


Flickr plans to expand from photo sharing to photo editing through a deal with start-up Picnik, a major change in the nature of the Yahoo site.

“We are working on a relationship with Picnik, which will be available in the coming months,” a Flickr representative said Friday, declining to share fur…

Heelys shoe hates your eyes, loves your Xbox 360

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

Filed under: Gaming, Wearables
We think Heelys could’ve saved on a few design dollars and just scribbled “mistake” across the bottom of its new Gamer collection of inexplicably Xbox 360-inspired kicks. possibly that’s just us.[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy] Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice …

iGolfScorecard iPhone app tracks your day on the green

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

Who needs a pencil to track a golf game when you’ve got a finger? Seasoned swingers will benefit from a finger-friendly iPhone app that stores course, par, and game knowledge. The free iGolfScorecard lays it all out in an appealing interface.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

Like many mobile apps, the simp…

Korean researcher hopes to build ferroelectric RAM

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

Filed under: StorageIf you’ve fantasized about how wonderful your life could be whether the merits of DRAM, SRAM and Flash memory could all be mixed harmoniously into one “dream semiconductor,” listen up. You may not be up to speed on all the advancements in ferroelectric materials, but we’re pretty…

VMware Workstation v6.0.2 Build 59824

VMware Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization software for software developers testers and IT professionals who want to streamline software development testing and deployment in their enterprise VMware Workstation allows users to run multiple x86 based operating systems including Windows Linux and NetWare and their applications simultaneously on a single PC in fully networked portable virtual machines rdquo no hard drive partitioning or rebooting required
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Bugs Reported in Workstation 6 0 1 and Fixed in Workstation 6 0 2 nbsp Hosts with AMD Duron processors might not be able to power on virtual machines This problem resulted because Duron processors that are based on Athlon do not have Intel SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions bug 183866
Ubuntu 7 04 virtual machines sometimes power off unexpectedly if paravirtual kernel support is enabled bug 190499

Taking iTunes U Beyond Campus

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

“iTunes U,” reports Campus Technology, “the education portal within Apple’s iTunes, has expanded its composition to include educational materials from sources beyond colleges and universities,” Called “Beyond Campus,” the area provides programming from Smithsonian Global Sound, KQED, …

Software glitch “unlikely” to blame for deadly cannon incident, expert says

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWhile some have speculated that a software glitch may been the cause of the deadly anti-aircraft cannon incident in South Africa final week, a defense expert is now casting doubt on that notion, saying that it is increasingly likely the aftereffect of a “simple mechanical f…

Xbox 360 to get built-in HD DVD drive in late 2008?

Filed under: Review - 19 Oct 2007

This certainly isn’t the first time we’ve heard that rumor, but SmartHouse is reporting that Microsoft and Toshiba are working on an updated Xbox 360 with a built-in HD DVD drive. whether that were all, we wouldn’t bat an eye — it’s gotta happen sometime — but there are some other, crazier aspects…

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