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- BlackBerry patent would enable "merged images" in BlackBerry browser
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application introduces "image-stitching" technology that would enable merging of several images associated with a Web page to display these images within a merged image file.The advantages of this technology would be greater ease of displaying multiple images in one view, as well as quicker...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-04-29
- BlackBerry patent would save battery life by adding ambient light as screen backlight source
- Technology in a newly published BlackBerry patent application specifies a device that would supplement its self-generated backlighting system by collecting light from the surrounding area.In other words, a BlackBerry enabled in this manner would have backlit screen run by a combination of nternal power, as well as surrounding area...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
- EXCLUSIVE: Major new BlackBerry Patent app simplifies task-key association
- A major new BlackBerry Patent application would greatly simplify the association between certain tasks and the keys on a BlackBerry keypad.Title of the Patent app: DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INFORMING USERS OF FUNCTIONS AND CHARACTERS ASSOCIATED WITH TELEPHONE KEYS.I am not shouting:all-caps is Research In Motions.The Patent Abstract...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Major new BlackBerry Patent app: Auto-capitalization, Auto-punctuation, many more usability features
- As BlackBerry patent applications go, this is a big one. And you are getting it here, first.So big that only a few hints about whats enabled here are contained in the Patent Abstract for an application published just this morning and entitled, "HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE." And the all-caps were...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- BlackBerry patent app would streamline conference call connections
- BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has applied for a patent that would significantly ease BlackBerry owners use of their devices to connect to audio conference calls.The app is entitled, "System and method for connecting to an audio conference service using a mobile communications device." Ive just linked you to it.Although...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- BlackBerry patent would ease the pain of connections with peripheral devices
- Published just last week, a new BlackBerry patent application would greatly ease connections between a BlackBerry and other devices.The patent app is named "Universal peripheral connector." Ive just linked you to the app as published on the website of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. And thats a...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- BlackBerry patent would ease content transfer from other mobile devices
- Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website posted a new Patent application by BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion that would ease transfer of content between a BlackBerry and another portable device in a vehicle.In other words, if and when this technology comes to market, you might be able to...
- Tags: BlackBerry Patents, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
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- News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- BREAKING: Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops
- Sony said today that it is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to faulty parts that could trigger overheating. The recall involves 19 models in the Vaio TZ series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008. The laptops are being recalled because improperly placed wires near...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Recall, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Talkhouse Music Server with Voice Remote (exe)
- Talkhouse's Music Server software with voice remote turns your PC into a semi-wireless music server. In less than 10 minutes you can turn your PC into a voice activated music server with remote control capabilities. Simply download our server software to your PC and hook it up to some speakers....
- Tags: Software, PC, Voice, Music, Talkhouse, Telecommunications, Servers, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Google Chrome: The enterprise playbook
- Google Chrome: The enterprise playbookR&DThey are essentially a R&D company. So it just makes since they will put out loads of products and see what consumers bite on. I don't think it is a shotgun approach, just a product of their structure.Will Live Search work with Chrome?That should...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Software, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Samsung OMNIA first impressions show that Windows Mobile can beat the iPhone
- I wrote about my Samsung OMNIA buying experiences in Singapore and wanted to post a first impressions article as I continue to work on a full review of the device. I purchased the 16GB white colored device and think it may be my new preferred Windows Mobile device. Like the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Headset, Stylus, Samsung OMNIA, Center Button, Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- DGenR8 (exe)
- DGenR8 VST uses virtual analog synthesis to re-create the sound of classic beat boxes such as the Roland TR series. It has 11 tweakable voices: bass drum, snare drum, rim shot, clap, ride cymbal, crash cymbal, open and closed hi hats, and low, mid and high toms. Version 2.3 has...
- Tags: ExperimentalScene, Telecommunications
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- iPhone tethering rumored
- When I travel I carry a second phone alongside my iPhone – for one reason. Tethering. I need to be able to get online wherever I am and Wi-Fi isn't exactly ubiquitous and free Wi-Fi seems to be getting scarcer with each passing day. To make matters...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'Oh, maaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!Stupid!Stupid!Stupid!I demand patent reform!This obvious abuse of prior art is a shining example why the patent offices should reject all M$ applications going forward and invalidate its existing so called patents.Steve Jobs Patents "Monkey Boy"Demands he is to be called "Amazing Primate Genius".RE:...
- Tags: patent, Page Down, Page Up, Microsoft Patents, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
- The software maker has been granted a US patent on "navigating paginated content in page-based increments." Microsoft has been granted a patent on 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keystrokes. The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008....
- Tags: Page, Microsoft Corp., Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft, patent
- News items 2008-08-29
- iLead Free YouTube Converter (exe)
- iLead Free YouTube Converter helps you download the FLV video files from YouTube and convert them to any popular video formats (WMV, RM, RMVB, AVI, FLV, 3GP, MP4, H264, MPG, MPEG, DivX, XviD, DAT, MKV, ASF, MOV, M2TS, VOB). So that you can carry them on any digital video playback...
- Tags: FLV, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-08-29
- Peek
- Here's the Peek pitch: there are those of us who are dependent on e-mail, but don't want to get a smartphone--maybe because of pricing, or because smartphones can be pretty complicated for first-time users. So forget the BlackBerry, the Treo, and the iPhone; the people behind Peek wanted to introduce...
- Tags: Handhelds, e-mail
- Product reviews 2008-08-28
- Nokia E71, Palm Centro, Treo Pro, iPhone, BlackBerry Curve (Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device)
- Nokia E71, Palm Centro, Treo Pro, iPhone, BlackBerry Curve (Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device)Where are the BIG screens?Is it just me ... ???Why can't we have some WM phones with screens as big as the iPhone ???
- Tags: Palm Treo, Palm Inc., iPhone BlackBerry, Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customersDemocracy versus politicsThank you for discussing the difference between spectator politics and participative democracy. It seems to me that technology can definitely be put to better use for enabling the latter. At the risk of rambling, perhaps that might be a role that the newspaper...
- Tags: Government, Attention Craig Newmark
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
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