Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Jonathan Friedman
Apple released a beta version of Safari 4 today, with new features grabbed from Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers. Taken from Chrome include moving tabs above the address bar, adding a top sites page, among other speed based improvements. From Firefox: the address bar now grabs from history and bookmarks and displays the most [...]
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Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Jonathan Friedman
The next generation iPhone will have a matte-black metal finish according to some recent leaked photos. Do we trust those recent leaked photos? Not really. Sure, we’re not gonna immediately deny these photos’ legitimacy, but a big signal that these are fake: the case uses metal. Why would we immediately say metal means its not [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Jonathan Friedman
Just as predicted, the kindle 2 (official name) will be available on February 24 for $359 and the leaked pictures were real. Some key specs of the new device: 25 percent thinner than the iPhone, 25 percent longer battery life than the original Kindle, 7 times more storage space, 20 percent faster page-turning, and most [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Jonathan Friedman
Amazon will launch it’s new Kindle at 7:00 AM Pacific (10 EST) this morning during a press event. Pictures of the device leaked to the media this weekend, while BGR had pictures of the device months ago. According to sources, the device will cost $359 and be available on February 24. All will be known [...]
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Posted on February 7th, 2009 by Jonathan Friedman
You may have heard this story earlier today: Apple has banned Facebook from Apple Retail stores just as it did MySpace in 2007, according to tinyComb. Well, false alarm everybody, an Apple Rep. has confirmed to CNET that the move is not nationwide and is in fact dependent on specific store’s policies. As almost anyone [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Jonathan Friedman
Garmin and ASUS have joined forces to try and be a heavy hitter in the mobile phone market. Multiple Nuvifones are expected to be released throughout the rest of this year. The first of these Nuvifones is the G60. This touchscreen cell combines internet connectivity and communication. This phone looks like it could be a [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2009 by Jonathan Friedman
NBC and Fox joined forces in 2007 to stream the respective networks’ content (and their affiliates’) over the web through Hulu. Originally intended as simply a TV streaming site, Movie content from studios like Universal, 20th Century Fox, MGM and Sony were added to the mix when Hulu launched out of private beta in early [...]
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