Archive for: March 15, 2008

March 15, 2008

Apple sends out rejection letters to iPhone Development Program hopefuls

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

Third-party developer hopefuls who wanted to get in on the iPhone coding scene tried to enroll to Apple’s iPhone Developer Program, which requires every prospective member to shell out at least US 99 to get in. However, it turns out that not everyone who are willing to pay for the fee would be acce…

Dallas considers shutting off red light cams, since they’re working too well and harming revenue

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, TransportationThere’s just one, fairly ironic, flaw to the otherwise totally lovable red light cameras that adorn Dallas: they work too well. Turns out the cams have curtailed red light infractions by 50 percent, which in turn has put a budget crunch on City corridor. T…

Dallas is considers shutting off red light cams, since they’re working too well and harming revenue

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, TransportationThere’s just one, fairly ironic, flaw to the otherwise totally lovable red light cameras that adorn Dallas: they work too well. Turns out the cams have curtailed red light infractions by 50 percent, which in turn has put a budget crunch on City corridor. T…

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LG VX9700 looks to be Verizon’s Prada-like touchscreen phone

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

Can’t leave the comforts of your speedy, dependable network, but aren’t ready to carry the brick-like Voyager to appease that touchscreen hankering? Verizon might finally have a solution with the LG VX9700, which just passed the FCC. The above leaked image of the phone shows it to be similar to …

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Gossip: Facebook’s rumored IM service involves Social.IM acquisition

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

On Friday, a rumor surfaced that Facebook would be launching an internal instant-messaging service. thereupon, on Saturday, gossip blog Valleywag suggested that launching the IM service would entail acquiring Social.IM, a Facebook application that enables instant note chatting amidst services like…

iriver’s E100 reviewed before it hits American soil

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

As any true iriver aficionado would realize, just considering one of its device isn’t yet available in the US doesn’t mean that it’s not being thoroughly enjoyed elsewhere. Case in point: the E100, which was recently loosed in Europe, has already been acquired, photographed and reviewed by the c…

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*OSNews Asks: What Are Your Most Awaited Albums?*

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

Since there is absolutely nothing going on in the tech world nowadays (really, we checked the internet), we figured some off-topic lightness might be a good concept for that Saturday night (it’s night already in The Netherlands). The question we pose to you nowadays has absolutely nothing to do with…

Another iPod touch catches on fire, Mr. BlurryCam is there

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Perhaps that is some sort of elaborate hoax, perhaps it’s an epidemic of iPod touch coffee stains, or perhaps that player really just is that tough to photograph. Still, our moment set of blurry “my iPod touch caught on fire” pictures certainly has us reac…

NorhTec prepping sub-$300 Linux-based laptop of its own

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

Filed under: Laptops
Sheesh — as whether the Eee PC, ONE, Cloudbook, G10IL and countless others weren’t decent, now we’ve got one more low-cost laptop to keep track of. Aiming to reach just a hair below that magical $300 price point, NorhTec is reportedly gearing up to introduce its Gecko laptop to…

HarmoNESica is precisely that

Filed under: Review - 15 Mar 2008

Filed under: Gaming
Samus seize the banjo, we’ll seize the HarmoNESica, tell Snake to bring his mandolin — let’s meet on Shadow Moses Island at sunset for some Brawlin’ good blue bluegrass. Video is after the break.[Via MAKE]Continue reading HarmoNESica is precisely that Read | Permalink | Ema…

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