Archive for: June 25, 2008

June 25, 2008

DeLorme Earthmate PN-40 GPS unit for those of you who go outside

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

Filed under: GPS
We don’t normally get very excited about things that entail scary things like nature, bugs, and sunlight. In that case, though, DeLorme’s Earthmate PN-40 GPS device sports some seriously interesting features that we couldn’t pass up. It uses a high-sensitivity 32-channel Cartesio ch…

Blackberry Bold hands-on

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
We had a chance to play with Research In Motion’s upcoming BlackBerry Bold handset tonight, and we came absent fortunately impressed. To start things off, the keyboard felt easy abundant to use, at least easier than the 8830 we’re often forced to use for work newsletter. Gone…

More details and press shots of ASUS Eee Box

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

Filed under: Desktops
In typical ASUS style, it utterly floped in dishing out a nice gallery of press shots to go along with the official unveiling of the Atom-powered Eee Box. Nevertheless, those photographs you’ve been hankering for have finally arised, with luscious high-resolution angles of the …

Nikon D700 spy shots and info piling up

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

Spy shots of what could be the Nikon D700 have been floating around for a while now, but it’s only nowadays that we’ve gotten a full-on body shot of the DSLR. Rumored specs basically paint the unit as a D300 body with the D3’s FX sensor crammed inside, and there’s speculation that the lens pictu…

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.5i - Patch 6

Filed under: Review, My choice, games_entertainment, music, free_downloads, utilities - 25 Jun 2008
Patch Release May 22 2008

This release was developed and tested with

VirusScan Enterprise 8 5i
DAT Version 5288 May 5 2008
Engine Version 5 2 00

Make sure you have installed these versions or later before using this release

HP’s Puma-based Pavilion dv5z laptops now on sale

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

It’s safe to say the flood gates are officially open, as just a fortnight after HP’s Pavilion tx2500z tablet got upgraded with Puma-based innards, along comes the Pavilion dv5z series to join the fold. Available for ordering right now at HP’s website, users can seize one of these lappies with an…

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Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro / Extended

Filed under: Review, My choice, games_entertainment, music, free_downloads, utilities - 25 Jun 2008
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro helps business and creative professionals communicate and collaborate more effectively and securely with virtually anyone anywhere Unify a wide range of content in a single organized PDF Portfolio Collaborate through electronic document reviews Create and manage dynamic forms And help protect sensitive information Acrobat 9 Pro includes Adobe LiveCycle reg Designer ES software for advanced form creation
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Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended is the complete PDF solution for business and technical professionals It includes all the features and functionality of Acrobat 9 Pro plus the ability to unify the widest range of content in a PDF Portfolio create interactive presentations with Adobe Presenter software easily convert and share video in PDF create PDF maps convert virtually any 2D and 3D designs to PDF and enjoy expanded 3D capabilities with the new Adobe 3D Reviewer

Full Text: an Epic Bill Gates e-Mail Rant

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

We’re really on the subject of software installation issues on OSNews lately, and that story, making its rounds on the Net, fits in fairly well. Back in the day, during the antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft, Microsoft had to prepare a whole slew of corporate mail public. In light of Gates’ immine…

‘PackageKit: Sweet Spot in Quest for Universal Package Tools’

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

Earlier that week, we reported on the Berlin Packaging API, an effort to consolidate the various different packaging formats and managers in the Linux world. Many compared that new effort to PackageKit, and nowadays Linux.com is running an composition detailing what PackageKit precisely is, with a f…

iPhone anti-interference shield puts an end to buzzing speakers

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

As anyone with an iPhone and some unshielded speakers is likely well aware, the two don’t precisely get along all that well together when they’re in shut proximity, with the fight for your desk’s air space often resulting in an annoying buzzing sound. Now, one enterprising individual has thank…

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Sony exec admits that PSP developer community should be revitalized

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

whether you just can’t get ample of what Sony Europe execs are saying, here’s another mouthful just days after hearing from David Reeves. that instance we’ve got SCEE’s VP of publisher and developer relations Zeno Colaço shouting out on the state of PSP, and overall, his Gadgets weren’t that su…

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iPhone 2.0 software securely erases user data

Filed under: Review - 25 Jun 2008

The fact that the iPhone doesn’t securely erase user data when you choose “Erase All subject matter and Settings” has prompted a lot of hand-wringing (and given rise to a lot of complicated manual workarounds) as society get ready to flip their old phones and upgrade to the iPhone 3G, but it loo…

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