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Comcast’s proposed deal to buy a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal from General Electric is having congressional hearings today. The proposal faces strong opposition from many consumer groups and competitors, although federal regulators are likely to approve it with conditions. The Republicans and Democrats are looking at the […]
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Scosche Industries announces the availability of its solBAT II – solar powered charger and battery backup. The solBAT II works with almost any handheld device that can be charged via a USB cable and feature’s a simple two light indicator that lets users know when the solBAT II it is charging from the sun or a USB cable (red), and when it is passing that stored energy to a handheld (green) like a Blackberry, iPhone, iPod, or PSP.
The solBAT II’s lithium ion battery has a capacity of 1500mA and an output of 5V, allowing it to charge USB powered devices at the same rate as a wall charger. The solBAT II features a windshield mount and a universal carabineer mount making it easy to soak up the sun’s clean energy. The solBAT is available now on Scosche.com and at select retail locations throughout the US for $29.99.
[via slashgear]
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A company known as X2 computing and based here in the UK has recently presented a new tablet PC called wait for it the iTablet.
It is said that this will give Apple’s iPad a sure run for its money by combining what has been said to be some of the important bits to consumers that are missing from the iPad.
Cleary having a pop at Apple the device is really a netbook without a keyboard but it does have a capacitive multi touch interface with either a 10.2 or a 12.1 inch display with a cool resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
It comes with a 1.6GHz processor from Intel, 2GB RAM, three USB ports a webcam, Wi-Fi 3G and optional HDMI. Although not confirmed we would expect a card reader in there somewhere as well. It is a lot heavier than Apple’s tablet almost twice and three times as thick. For more information simply visit itproportal.com
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This cousin of the N97 is smaller and lighter, but has very similar features, including touch display, sliding QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel camera, WiFi, and GPS.
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The source code for the ten-year old Symbian operating system, which powers most of Nokia’s phones, will be completely open source and available for free starting today.
Symbian is the world’s most popular mobile operating system, accounting for 45% of smartphone sales.
The transition from proprietary code to open source is the largest in software history, […]
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Verizon Wireless and Motorola today announced the availability of Motorola Devour in March. Motorola Devour will be the first Verizon Wireless phone to feature Motoblur, Motorola’s unique Android-powered content delivery service created to make wireless phones more personal and customizable. The Motorola Devour comes with a 3.1-inch capacitive touch screen, bluetooth and will be bundled with a 8GB microSD card.
Motorola’s Motoblur has a tight social network integration. Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from sources including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal e-mail. MOTOBLUR automatically delivers these updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content.
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Sony Ericsson introduced its communicator called Aspen, an eco-friendly Windows Mobile smartphone –is made from recycled plastics and consumes less energy. Initially known as Faith, it also integrates a 2.4-inch touch screen display, built-in QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and high-speed HSDPA Internet.
The Aspen runs Microsoft’s new Windows Mobile 6.5.3 platform, allowing users to open and edit Office files, browse the Web, send emails and deal with social networking sites. The phone will be available the second quarter of this year.
It features include:
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Okay so some would say and agree that the Nokia N900 may not be quite ready just yet for the mass market appeal, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t appeal to everybody.
With the super power and out of the box hack ability this little qwerty number is to every person that likes to tinker around a dream come true.
Apparently Tomasz Sterna didn’t waste time in tinkering around with his Nokia N900 and has already recompiled the kernel to add mouse and also joystick support. He then successfully pieced together enough code to actually turn his device into a portable Sixaxis gaming console.
His tinkering now allows him to bring SNES gaming to any TV. It’s apparently quite simple just fire up the Nokia N900’s Bluetooth, then sit back and indulge yourself with the memories of the chubby Italian plumbers and the like remember those good games. Have a look at the video and see what you make of it. Source - engadget.com
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Life is like a B-movie. You don’t want to leave in the middle of it, but you don’t want to see it again. — Ted Turner
AT&T has approved the Sling Media’s Slingplayer app for the iPhone to run over the 3G wireless network. The app had only been available over WiFi until now.
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ARM and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) today announced a strategic partnership for the development of secure mobile phone platforms. Through the combination of ARM TrustZone technology, which creates a protected area in advanced systems-on-chip, and the secure Mobicore operating system developed by G&D, sensitive applications such as electronic payment and online banking via mobile phone will be efficiently protected from security threats. As a first step the two companies will develop a joint prototype.
“We will be working with ARM to develop the security architecture for the next generation of mobile phones. This will enable people to access highly valuable services with convenience and security,” explains Dr. Kai Grassie, head of the New Business division at G&D.
Acceptance of mobile applications such as banking, ticketing and payment solutions rests on the security of device and background systems involved. For this reason, both companies have been working on innovative security concepts.
The interplay of TrustZone and Mobicore ensures that if online services require security-sensitive functions such as entry of user name and password or data output on a display, these functions are transferred to the Mobicore high-security operating system running in the TrustZone protected area of an ARM application processor. As the security-sensitive functions are executed, Mobicore maintains control of the secure area of a system-on-chip. Users can therefore be certain that the data they have entered, such as their username and password, cannot be manipulated by malware on the phone during a payment transaction.
ARM and G&D will present their joint concepts at the Mobile World Congress from February 15 to 18, 2010, in Barcelona.
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