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Processor Qualcomm® MSM7200ATM, 528 MHz Operating System AndroidTM Memory ROM: 512 MB RAM: 288 MB Dimensions (LxWxT) 112 x 56.2 x 14.35 mm ( 4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 inches) Weight 135 grams ( 4.76 ounces) with battery Display 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 320x480 HVGA resolution Network HSPA/WCDMA: * 900/2100 MHz * Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: * 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.) Device Control Trackball with Enter button GPS Internal GPS antenna

Jul 1, 2009

Gadgets,

Videos

Wednesday

Jul012009

Swedish company to buy Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay, a BitTorrent tracking site, is involved in a legal battle with major copyright holders, including Warner Brothers, MGM, and Columbia Pictures. In April, the Web site's founders were convicted by a Swedish court of copyright infringement, ordered to pay nearly $4 million, and sentenced to a year in jail. The defendants appealed the decision and were denied a retrial last week. Hans Pandeya, chief executive of GGF, said in a statement that his company is looking for a business model that will pay copyright holders for content downloaded from The Pirate Bay. "The Pirate Bay is a site that is among the top 100 most visited Internet sites in the world," said Pandeya. "However, in order to live on, The Pirate Bay requires a new business model, which satisfies the requirements and needs of all parties, content providers, broadband operators, end users, and the judiciary. Content creators and providers need to control their content and get paid for it. File sharers need faster downloads and better quality."

Jul 1, 2009

Internet,

Tuesday

Jun302009

22 iPhone / iTouch OS 3.0 Tips and Tricks

So you've got the new iPhone OS 3.0, and you might even be running it on your brand new iPhone 3GS. You probably think you know everything there is to know about the device and the new features the latest firmware update gave to it. You've probably even read our article "How To Use The Best 40 Features Of iPhone 3.0" and decided that with those 40 features you became a three-oh-pro. Well I beg to differ, because here's 22 more hidden iPhone 3.0 features that you might not have known about. And if you knew them all, congrats!

Jun 30, 2009

Apple,

How to,

Okay Geek,

iPhone

Tuesday

Jun302009

New Internet Explorer 8 Ads are actually, funny?

Jun 30, 2009

Internet,

Videos,

The ads highlight IE8 features using mock situations and cutesy acronyms like F.O.M.S.--fear of missing something--for IE8s web slices, and S.H.Y.N.E.S.S.--sharing heavily, yet not enough sharing still--for the browser's accelerator feature. But the king of all four ads is O.M.G.I.G.P.--oh my God! I'm gonna puke--for IE8s private browsing feature; private browsing temporarily stops your browser from recording your online activities including your Web history and tracking cookies.

O.M.G.I.G.P. is the most honest ad we've seen from Redmond in a long time. Microsoft openly acknowledges in the spot the most common reason to use private browsing: hiding your online porn tracks. I'm not going to go into detail about what happens in the ad, but let's just say the title O.M.G.I.G.P. is taken very literally.

The new campaign is also tied to Microsoft's dedicated IE8 Web site called, Browser for the Better. For every copy of Internet Explorer 8 downloaded from the new site between now and August 8, Microsoft will donate eight meals to Feeding America, a domestic hunger-relief charity.

Since the launch of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft's browser has struggled with dwindling popularity, as users turn to other Web browsing alternatives like Mozilla's Firefox and Opera. Will this new campaign help turn IE8's fortunes around? Check out the ads below and judge for yourself.

Jun 30, 2009

Videos,

Tuesday

Jun302009

Firefox 3.5 - List of features, Benchmark, demo and download.

New features include Private Browsing new Surf the Web without leaving a single trace. Password Manager Remember site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up. Awesome Bar improved Find the sites you love in seconds (and without having to remember clunky URLs). Super Speed new View Web pages way faster, using less of your computer’s memory. Anti-Phishing & Anti-Malware improved Enjoy the most advanced protection against online bad guys. Session Restore improved Unexpected shutdown? Go back to exactly where you left off. One-Click Bookmarking Bookmark, search and organize Web sites quickly and easily. Easy Customization improved Thousands of add-ons give you the freedom to make your browser your own. Tabs improved Do more at once with tabs you can organize with the drag of a mouse. Instant Web Site ID Avoid online scams, unsafe transactions and forgeries with simple site identity.

Jun 30, 2009

Design,

Videos,