Archive for: August 8, 2008

August 8, 2008

Motorola declares white space device evaluating successful

Filed under: Review - 08 Aug 2008

Filed under: Wireless
Motorola is claiming success in the latest round of FCC white space device examining, countering Microsoft’s numerous folded attempts. “It worked as well as we said it would,” said Motorola’s Steve Sharkey. So there. Motorola’s device is mostly based on its geolocation capabili…

Opera 9.52 Build 10103 Beta

The most full featured Internet power tool on the market Opera includes pop up blocking tabbed browsing integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera 39 s groundbreaking E mail program RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat And because we know that our users have different needs you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse nbsp
Changelog
Fixed problem where some IRC commands were not working
Fixed problem where UI would not update after unsubscribing an IMAP folder
Fixed problem where content blocker add a too general block rule when using the Details button
Several improvements to the skin
Embedded YouTube videos should work more often now without having to reload
Windows Fixed opening PDF files in Acrobat Reader plugin when the folder contains special characters
UNIX Made the geometry command line argument work even when Opera was previously maximized

Artificial pancreas developed, twice as cool as your boring real one

Filed under: Review - 08 Aug 2008

Filed under: WearablesWe’ve never really found much use for our pancreas. It doesn’t comes up in conversation, and tends to be a bit of a non-entity when it comes to our social life. Still, some public have a bit more trouble with their pancreai, and for those folks the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fo…

How would you change HTC’s Advantage X7510?

Filed under: Review - 08 Aug 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
There’s no denying that HTC’s Advantage X7510 fills a narrowing niche — after all, how many of these things have you seen out and about in the subway / underground? Still, there’s just something very enticing about a 5-inch VGA display, built-in GPS, HSDPA, WiFi, …

Geotagging in Flickr now faster, simpler

Filed under: Review - 08 Aug 2008

On Friday, photo host Flickr introduced a slight tweak to the way users are able to geotag their photos.

Clicking on the “add to your map” option on the right side of any photo now pops up a mini Yahoo Map with an address finder. Previously, users were needed to go into Flickr’s somewhat complica…

Another flexible circuit project emerges, carbon nanotubes to blame

Filed under: Review - 08 Aug 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Yeah, we get it, flexible electronics — sans application — are about as exciting as the circuitry under your keyboard. But it’s Friday, and that here story has real-live carbon nanotubes, so you know it’s a winner. Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo has built for hi…

Your gas: It’s social

Filed under: Review - 08 Aug 2008

I saw Twitter buzz building that dawn by Fuelly, a site that records your gasoline purchases and gives you potentially useful info in return: your car’s mileage and cost documents like dollars you’re spending per mile and your fuel economy by day. You can record your info on an iPhone, even. Th…

Olympic 2008: Beijing is ready!



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Freewheeler speaker is wireless, round, and really expensive

Filed under: Review - 08 Aug 2008

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Household
Just considering you can put a speaker in all sorts of anatomy factors doesn’t really mean you should. Take, for instance, the Freewheeler wireless speaker. Measuring in at 22.8 x 9.8-inches, the rolly sound producer will function at up to 656-feet from its…

Maxthon 2.1.3.2430 Final

Maxthon Browser is a powerful tabbed browser built for all users Besides basic browsing functionality Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience
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Changelog
2 1 3 2430 2008 08 08
Fixed several minor bug in last release
2 1 3 2418 2008 08 07
Find In Page
fixed a crash problem when tab is closed
Mouse Gesture amp Shortcut
improved performance under some circumstances
fixed problem that mouse gesture and shorcut keys work on active tab instead of detached tab
Installer
fixed a favicon not shown problem
Others
fixed problem that after close of reader tab the original tab cannot open new url
fixed problem that tab becomes transparent after some page visit problems
fixed some keystrokes handling problems eg in flash pages
fixed problem that the quot Open All Links quot may not work properly after enabling the quot Show Most Favorites Only quot option in sidebar
FEED
fixed a problem that RSS cannot marked as read
Maxthon Downloader
fixed problem that download all links may cause multiple Maxthon instances
AdHunter
fixed a content filter log problem

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 7.0.0.223 - 08.08.2008

The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool application was designed to be another virus scanner and detection software from Kaspersky The produst will scan the specified locations for any virus threats and remove them or send to Quarantine folder

D-Link busts out “Green Ethernet” energy-saving firmware for existing routers

Filed under: Review - 08 Aug 2008

Filed under: Wireless, Networking
D-Link’s been sipping potential of late with its newish DWA-643 and DWA-556 desktop “Green Ethernet” switches, and now it’s shipping those potential savings upstream to its DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit router and DIR-855 dual channel routers with freely downloadable fir…

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