Posted on February 26th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Dell announced an & Performance Plus& version of its Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, including a 1366 x 768 display, a Broadcom & Crystal HD& media accelerator, and a six-cell battery.
The Ubuntu-ready Mini 10 also gets up to 9.5 hours of battery life, the company says.Dell’s first Mini 10 ran on Intel’s “Silverthorne” Atoms, [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of the leading Internet career sites. But these days he’s not very happy with the results.
So he’s taking another crack at it, going after Monster, CareerBuilder and similar commercial job sites. Warren is starting [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
RIM is apparently experimenting with a new design, and a future BlackBerry may be the first with a sliding keyboard and a touchscreen.
An unconfirmed report also gives some of the specifications for this upcoming smartphone.This isn’t the first time there have been unconfirmed reports that RIM is working on a slider, but today’s is the [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
HTC has confirmed earlier rumors by promising to release an upgrade to Android OS 2.1 for the HTC Hero. This smartphone is currently running version 1.5 of Google’s operating system, and the upgrade will bring a wide array of enhancements.What’s New in Version 2.1?
Near the top of the list of improvements is support for Google’s [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
A mobile phone repair company claims to have gotten a hold of the display that will be used in the next-generation Apple iPhone.Leaked pictures show that this will be bigger than the current one, though it’s not clear if the resolution has changed.
iResQ has posted a pair of images of this screen, which this company [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Microsoft has released an update to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or operate with elevated privileges.
US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletins and follow best-practice security [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Google plunged into the world of social networking on Tuesday, melding pieces of Facebook and Twitter into a new feature, Google Buzz.Buzz, which will work through the popular Gmail service, will allow users to post status updates, photos and links to members of their network — as well as pull in their activity on other [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The Motorola Split may be one of the more innovative models of this year. This Android-based smartphone will boast a split keyboard that slides out from either side of the touchscreen. In addition, what’s displayed on the keys can vary as the device changes orientation.Living Up to Its Name
The MotoSplit will supposedly look a great [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
It has been rumored for years that Microsoft is going to make its Zune media player into an iPhone competitor, and that will apparently come into being with the release of Windows Mobile 7. This will supposedly allow companies to make phones with an emphasis on music and video.Several unconfirmed reports have come out [...]
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