Archive for: November 11, 2007

November 11, 2007

CMV9301 PMP doubles as 3MP / 5MP camera

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

We’ve seen the camera / PMP mishmash before, and now that we’re witnessing yet another iteration, we still aren’t really feelin’ the concept. Nevertheless, those that are should certainly take a gander at Shenzhen Carav Electronics’ CMV9301, which features a three-inch 960 x 240 resolution displ…

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Apple finally launches in the UK, gets warm welcome

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

It looks like 02, the mobile service provider licensed to distribute Apple’s beloved iPhone in the UK, is dead on when they said that the tactile mobile phone will be successful in the UK. public keen to get their hands on the iPhone queued for as distant as 26 hours, and most of them believe that t…

*Common Usability Terms, pt. V: Modes*

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

This is the fifth composition in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms [part I | part II | part III | part IV]. On the Net, and particularly in forum discussions like we all have here on OSNews, it is nearly positive that in any given discussion, someone will most l…

Best Buy’s “Black Friday” shaping up nicely with $200 PC

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

Sure, Wal-Mart’s $100 Toshiba HD-A2 is going to be a little tough to defeat that holiday season, but Best Buy is proving no slacker in the Black Friday price war. Turns out they’ve got a $200 eMachines desktop on offer, total with 17-inch LCD. Unfortunately, it’ll cost you a fair bit increasingl…

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Compare shipping costs with RedRoller

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

Ever pull your hair out trying to figure out how much to charge for shipping on an eBay auction? RedRoller can help. that handy web site asks you a few simple questions about the package you’re shipping and where it’s going and thereupon spits out a list of rate quotes from the USPS, DHL, UPS, E…

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What I Hate About Leopard Are the Things I Love

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

I’m generally among the first to install a new version of the Mac OS after its release. So it was with the Apple’s latest OS, Leopard. Apple released it on Oct. 26, a Friday. I had Leopard installed on my MacBook Pro by the following afternoon. Having used it for the better part of two weeks…

Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu: Opening the Airwaves

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

On Nov. 5, Google unveiled what many in the phone commerce had faraway awaited. CEO Eric Schmidt explained how the search giant was ready to create new software for mobile phones that would shake up the telecom status quo. A Google-led “Open Handset Alliance” would supply consumers an altern…

Microsoft offers up new Windows XP license for refurbished PCs

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

Good news for companies looking to refurbish and resell their dust-collecting PCs — as of Friday, Microsoft has broadened its refurbishing rules in order to give outfits with heaps of not-quite-antiquated computers a way of offloading them with genuine copies of Windows XP. increasingly specificall…

OCZ ReaperX Series High Performance Memory with final Cooling Technology

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

OCZ Technology recently announced the ReaperX memory series, an innovative memory solution that utilizes highly effective heat transfer technology. The DDR2 PC2-6400 ReaperX uses a dual metal heatpipe formation to effectively offload heat and increase stability of memory modules. OCZ high-…

Samsung Stops Consumer Sales in Japan

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

Samsung had stopped selling flat panel televisions and other consumer products in Japan, citing poor profitability from Friday. Samsung has emerged in the past decade and a half as a global force in consumer electronics, taking on and even beating Japanese rivals in places such as the Unit…

Mozilla Prism now available for Mac and Linux

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mozilla, Freeware, Open Source
Mozilla has launched Mac and Linux versions of Prism. What’s Prism again? It’s a stripped down version of Firefox that essentially lets you load a individual web page at a instance. No tabs, no useful URL or navigation …

Planex Universal USB Charger

Filed under: Review - 11 Nov 2007


You can charge any devices that rely on USB for potential like digital cameras, high tech accessories, PDA and mobile phones, etc with the new high quality Planex universal USB charger- PL-UC20-TR. that innovative travel charger with patented circuit board design to protect your valuable g…

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