Archive for: April 4, 2008

April 4, 2008

Jury says Microsoft owes Alcatel-Lucent $367M in patent damages

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsHey, remember that Microsoft / Alcatel-Lucent patent fight from 2006? Yeah, we didn’t think so — but the two companies have been duking it out in court by about ten different patents for a couple years now, and a jury ruled nowadays that Microsoft infringed two user interf…

µTorrent 1.8 Build 9360 Beta

micro Torrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint It was designed to use as little cpu memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients

Kaspersky Anti-Virus & Internet Security 8.0.0.320 RC1

Kaspersky Lab represents a new generation platform for creating applications specifically designated for complex protection of personal computers and workstations

Scientists devise software that can interpret attractiveness

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsBelieve it or not, that isn’t the first instance we’ve seen software created in order to determine whether a subject is drop-dead gorgeous, but scientists at Tel Aviv University have seemingly concocted a program of their own that can “interpret attractiveness in women.” Be…

iriver E100 hands-on

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
We just got a special surprise on our doorstep that afternoon in the profile of an E100 from iriver. You’ve already seen the review, so we won’t bore you with a full rehash, but suffice it to say that that thing is well built but feels suspiciously lightwe…

How would you change the sprint Express?

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

Filed under: Features, GPS
To say we’ve been waiting far too enlarged for the sprint Express to escape the labs and hit the shelves would be a gross understatement, but now that that connected navigator has taken to the streets, we’re wondering whether the public at large feels that it was worth the…

Adobe’s Roadmap to Heftier Photoshop Bypasses Mac Land

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

In a heads-up effort that has resulted in a storm of blame, frustration and sometimes outright anger, Adobe’s Senior Product Manager for Photoshop John Nack revealed that week on an official Adobe blog that the next version of the product, Photoshop Creative Suite 4, will be available in a 6…

GM cranks up battery tests for plug-in Volt

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

Filed under: Transportation
General Motors doesn’t have lengthy before everyone and their cousin expects to see at least a few Volts on the road — and it knows it. In an attempt to assemble certain the deadline is met, the firm has battery evaluating going on ’round the clock in Michigan and German…

DailyMe delivers news that prints itself

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

DailyMe is a customizable news aggregator with a neat twist–it can be set up to automatically print up the day’s news at a selected day each dawn, emulating some of the experience of having a newspaper delivered to your door.

The service lets you pick all the topics you’re interested in and wil…

Gates: Microsoft Windows 7 Sometime Next Year

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released “sometime in the next year or so”. The software giant has been aiming to issue more regular updates of the operating system software that powers the majority…

Rough Draft Studios: Drawing Inspiration

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

If you’ve seen The Simpsons, you’ve seen the work of Rough Draft Studios. In fact, the Glendale, CA-based animation powerhouse has been churning out hit after lively hit for decades. And they’re just as lively about the Macs they use. Says Scott Vanzo, Director of CGI and Chief Technology Offi…

Windows 7 to reach next year, says Bill Gates

Filed under: Review - 04 Apr 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
You know, we should have paid a little closer attention to Microsoft’s decision yesterday to extend Windows XP sales to “June 2010 or one year after the general availability of Windows 7″ — whether the company was really planning on shipping Windows 7 in 2010, that fi…

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