46% of TVs to ship with internet connection in 2013 According to new forecasts from ABI Research, the estimated 19 percent of flat-panel TVs shipping with Ethernet in 2010 will grow to 46 percent in 2013, and connectivity is expected to become a mainstream feature.
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The rise of the smart, connected TV
Today, Panasonic announced Digium Asterisk certification for its new TGP500 series SIP DECT-based cordless phone system. These handsets sport wideband audio via its G.722 codec support making this a rare HD audio phone designed for both the home consumer market and the enterprise.
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Panasonic announces Digium Asterisk certification for new TGP500 series SIP DECT-based phone system
A day after RIM chief Mike Lazaridis made the official announcement that BlackBerry would be coming out with a white BlackBerry Bold Nokia followed suit with their own announcement of a pale hued E72. Coming with a skinned UI to match the externals the new handset is being announced alongside a firmware update that will improve Ovi Maps, social networking integration and allow for location sharing through Facebook. Internet radio of an unspecified variety has been included as well along with general performance and stability improvements. Seeing as how the E7x series from Nokia is the closest competitor to the BlackBerry businessphone line it would make perfect sense that Nokia would come out with a white colored device on the heels of RIM’s announcement yesterday. The E7x series from Nokia is strikingly similar to many of BlackBerry’s devices that are targeted for the business crowd. This updated color is just a small part of the enhancements that Nokia made to their E7x series. The various updates included with the new firmware is sure to make the Nokia E7x series that much more enjoyable for the consumer. Much needed improvements to Ovi Maps and enhanced social networking integration will make these mobile devices from Nokia that much more appealing to mobile phone consumers.
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Nokia E72 gets white paint option, firmware update
Social networkers are increasing risk of cybercriminals getting info More than half of all social networkers are posting information that could put them at risk from cybercriminals, according to a Consumer Reports.
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52% of web users post personal info on social networks
Simple tool would protect against Adobe exploits Microsoft should add a basic PDF viewer to Windows to help protect users from the spike in attacks exploiting bugs in Adobe’s Reader, according to a security researcher from F-Secure.
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Apple has recently acquired Siri, a company that makes a virtual assistant app. Siri was inspired by Darpa’s CALO – the Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes – project. While Siri was initially designed to help streamline military personnel’s activities the consumer app now focuses on helping your find things like restaurants, hotels, businesses and even utilizes speech recognition tools. This app is essentially a smart search app and has people speculating about the direction that Apple might be taking. Many industry experts feel that this acquisition is leading Apple into Google territory. While the terms of the acquisition are not known Business Insider guesses the deal could be worth $100 to $200 million. A deal of that magnitude would definitely signal a commitment to this new type of technology for Apple. The technology that Siri can bring to the table for Apple’s various consumer electronics will certainly enhance the user experience of iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad users.
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Apple acquires virtual assistant search app maker Siri
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Andy Rubin the VP of Engineering at Google, finally put to rest all of the rumors that have been flying around the internet and confirmed that the upcoming Android 2.2 release known as “Froyo” will include support for Adobe Flash. Flash for Android was first demonstrated back in November 2008 on the T-Mobile G1 and ever since the Android community has been waiting with bated breath for this feature to be included on their handheld devices. While Rubin was more than willing to share information about the Adobe Flash feature he was less than willing to mention a launch date for Android 2.2. This leaves Android fans still in the dark about when they will actually see this highly anticipated feature added to their devices.
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Android 2.2 to include full support for Adobe Flash
Chip giant reconsiders its netbook strategy Intel’s plan to improve its Atom processor line, including the launch of a dual-core version this quarter, could help sustain demand for mobile products including netbooks.
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Intel to boost performance of Atom netbooks
Report says HP unhappy with Windows performance It was made public to the world by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer himself but an unconfirmed report now says that HP is ditching Windows 7 from its high-profile but unreleased Slate tablet computer.
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After the launch of ZiiSound D5, creative introduces its D100 and D200 Bluetooth speakers for your smart phones and similar mobiles. You can consider D200 as an affordable version of the of ZiiSound D5.
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D100 and D200 portable Bluetooth speakers form Creative
While many users of the iPhone have been enjoying Sirius’ XM radio for a while now it will soon be an issue of the past as Sirius has recently announced that their XM radio subscription will be coming to Android devices, like the Nexus One “soon.” While Sirius is not giving any specific dates on when you can expect this service to be available on your Android device a sign up page that went live recently promises that it will be “available soon.” The application itself will be free but you will need a monthly SiriusXM subscription to continue to use the app after your 7 day trial is up.
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BlackBerry is at it again with some more great news for their mobile device consumers like BlackBerry Bold 9700 . RIM’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis recently announced that the company’s next platform, which is being called BlackBerry 6, will be available “in the next calendar quarter,” which can be assumed as the third quarter of 2010. While there was no video preview of the platform at BlackBerry’s most recent event the demo they did have showed a touchscreen interface and with the assistance of a follow up question from the audience it was confirmed BlackBerry 6 will be available for both touch and non-touch devices. Lazaridis also mentioned that the company’s all-new WebKit-based browser is part and parcel with BlackBerry 6 pointing out that the rendering engine will have implications throughout the platform and the apps that run on it not just the browser alone. In other words you should not be expecting a release of WebKit browser for OS 5 based devices
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BlackBerry 6 coming in third quarter of this year
Ofcom reveals further findings from mystery shopper test BT and Sky have been named as the ISPs least likely to alert web users to the maximum speed they can achieve on their line when signing up, says Ofcom.
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BT and Sky least likely to open up on broadband speeds
In a rather seemingly interesting move mobile device manufacturer Motorola has decided to remove Google’s locations services from their mobile devices in favor of those from Skyhook. Motorola states that they are proudly become the “first Android device maker to abandon Google for its location services.” The device maker is set to add Skyhook’s GPS, WiFi and cellular location to the “vast majority” of its phone models, like the Motorola Milestone . This news apparently has developers giddy as the Skyhook technology is hardcoded into the OS which means every single app can reap the benefits. It is still unclear why Motorola would want to distance itself from Google like this by using Skyhook’s technology to power all of the GPS, WiFi and cellular location for their mobile devices. It will be interesting to see what sorts of apps developers will be able to come up with now that they will have access to all of this GPS technology. I am sure there are some really cool features that they will be able to add to many different apps
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Motorola gives Google the boot, turns to Skyhook for location services
Following the recent official announcement of the BlackBerry Pearl 3G Canadian carriers Telus and Rogers have announced that they will be carrying the Pearl 3G in the coming months. The Telus announcement reads: Starting in May, this smartphone will be available from TELUS in pink and in black for as little as $29.99 on a three-year plan. For more information about the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G smartphone, please visit www.blackberry.com/pearl3 While the Rogers announcement was a bit more non-committal as far as dates go: Pricing and availability will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Telus and Rogers announce BlackBerry Pearl 3G availability
The ClearOne MAX IP SIP-based VoIP conference phones are one of my favorite conference phones. One of the reasons (besides the excellent echo cancellation) is that it you can daisy-chain multiple MAX IP phones together, up to a total of four. This provides multiple speakers, multiple microphones, and multiple dial pads distributed throughout the room
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Hacking trixbox Pro to Work with ClearOne Max IP
The FREETALK Everyman HD Webcam (TALK-7140), is available for pre-orders in the Skype Shop , however, I am told that starting tomorrow they will be fully available for purchase. It features a low $49 price , and it sports resolutions up to 1280 x 720 (22.5fps), as well as smaller resolutions like 640×480 (30fps), 320×240 and 160×120. It uses 15fps for low light conditions.
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FREETALK Everyman HD Webcam for Skype Available
Alteva , a unified communications hosted solution provider recently announced a partnership with Microsoft and Broadsoft to provide a true hosted Unified Communications (UC) solution to small businesses. Alteva has connected their hosted voice and messaging services with Microsoft Communication Services product suite, including Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Office Communications Server (OCS).
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Alteva’s Hosted OCS 2007, Exchange & Sharepoint Offers Comprehensive Hosted UC
It appears that more and more evidence is starting to mount that the next iPhone will feature support for video chat. Multiple references have been discovered in the latest iPhone OS 4 beta code. It looks there have been several mentions of one on one and group video chats within an iChat app for the new iPhone OS. Apple already has three different servers set up to handle the load for this service but they are currently only accessible through Apple’s intranet. Also found within the build were mentions to chat rooms and moderation which the website 9to5mac.com speculates will be used for a new Game Center. As is always the case just because something is included in the pre-release software is no guarantee that it will be included when the final product is launched. But since there has been instances of several well connected people eluding to the fact that video chat appeared to be on the horizon this looks like just another bit of evidence that something along the lines of an iChat app is on the way. With each passing day the iPhone OS 4 is creating more and more buzz. It looks like there are going to be a lot more updates and upgrades included in this latest OS release for the iPhone than initially expected. The big buzz generated by the upcoming release of the iPhone OS 4 was the ability for users to multitask and run several apps at the same time. Now throw in the ability to stage one on one or group video conferences and it sounds like the iPhone OS 4 is set to be one of the best smartphone operating systems on the market today
Lenovo has publicized a new ecological line up of ThinkPads, named the “ ThinkPad L Series ”. Merging a comparable framework design, the 14 and15-inch L series notebooks puts forward Core i3 and Core i5 CPU processing control at charge several trade industries can be grateful for it. No other notebooks ever as green as Thinkpads L series are
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Lenovo lines up new eco-friendly series i.e. ThinkPad L Series