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Leaked Images Show A Next Generation iPhone’s Back?

By stormy at 15 February, 2009, 5:18 pm

There are a few images circulating that appear to show the back of a future generation iPhone.

Instead of the smooth, glossy back of today’s iPhone, the one in the image appears to be an attractive black matte, possibly improving grip and even further minimizing scratches.

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MIT Students Develop Wearable Computer

By stormy at 10 February, 2009, 6:25 pm


Students of the MIT have invented something that we can surely take as a glimpse of the future of computing - a wearable computer that uses any nearby surface as an interactive display.

The device consists of a mobile phone, a webcam, a projector with an attached mirror and colored finger caps. All together, it costs less than $350.

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Google’s New Favicon

By stormy at 11 January, 2009, 4:01 pm

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As you might already have noticed, Google has changed their favorites icon (favicon) again. Some people still haven’t got used to the previous one, created in June 2008. The new one is a white “g”, very similar to the previous one, but on a wavy red-green-yellow blue background.

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Apple Macworld Keynote: New 17″ Macbook Pro

By stormy at 6 January, 2009, 8:30 pm

Finally, looks like something big. Phil Schiller has just presented the new Macbook Pro.
The 17-inch MacBook Pro, is the .98 inches thin, 6.6 pounds, and is the world’s lightest and thinnest 17-inch notebook. The 17″ LED backlit display has a very promising 1920×1200 resolution and as Schiller says: “This is the best display we’ve ever [...]

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MacRumours Hacked While Broadcasting Apple Keynote From Macworld

By stormy at 6 January, 2009, 7:45 pm

MacRumours was publishing a live feed of Phil Schillers Apple Keynote At Macworld when they got hacked by a group that identifies themselves as “hackers on steroids from ebaumsworld.”
The group’s previous targets have been highly popular sites like Myspace and Fox News so it’s no wonder they managed to get their hands onto Mac Rumours’ [...]

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Apple Keynote: “Faces” and “Places” Added To iPhoto

By stormy at 6 January, 2009, 7:20 pm

As  Phil Schiller revealed a few minutes ago in Apple’s keynote at Apple, there is a new feature added to iPhoto. “Faces” lets you tell your Mac the name of a person on one of your pictures and iPhoto will try to find all of the other photos with that person.
Wouldn’t it be great if [...]

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Google Hides Easter Egg Into Its iPhone App!

By stormy at 3 January, 2009, 9:21 pm

The Google Mobile App has a few hidden menus that allow you to access a couple of extra features, not very useful but still quite entertaining.

It was probably discovered by an iPhone user that had nothing better to do than go to the “About” pages of various applications and continuously swipe the screen, waiting for something to happen…

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Windows 7 Ends Up On Torrent Sites - Leaked By Microsoft!?

By stormy at 3 January, 2009, 12:30 am

A beta version of Windows 7 (Build 7000 of Ultimate) has been spreading around shady torrent sites like wildfire and it looks like Microsoft has deliberately leaked it into the hands of pirates…

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