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Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcuts

At least get the right patent document!The issued patent is Number 7,596,609. You linked us to the pre-grant publication of the divisional which was filed late last year and won't be issued for probably a few more.RE: Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcutslol, good luck enforcing it..RE: Israeli...

Tags: patent, URL shortcut

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

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Cricket Captr

Though touch-screen multimedia handsets and complicated smartphones are common these days, that doesn't mean there isn't a market for entry-level phones. The Cricket Captr is one such handset, with basic features and only a VGA camera. The photo quality isn't too good, but if all you want is a phone...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, Cricket, camera, phone

Product reviews 2009-11-10

Nokia 3711 - sable (T-Mobile)

Nokia fans in the United States don't get many breaks. Few of the company's phones make it to U.S. carriers and the models that land here tend to be basic handsets for making calls. The Nokia 3711 for T-Mobile is one such phone. Simple in form and function, the 3711...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, T-Mobile, phone, Nokia Corp., keypad button

Product reviews 2009-11-10

LG Bliss - white (US Cellular)

LG is one of the top makers of touch-screen feature phones, and though many of them go to big national carriers like Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless like the LG enV Touch and the LG Xenon for example, quite a number of them make it to regional carrier U.S. Cellular...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, U.S. Cellular, LG Electronics Inc., home screen, LG Bliss, phone, Bliss

Product reviews 2009-10-14

Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)Samsung, we have a message for you: 2006 called and it wants its phone back. All right, maybe that's mean, but the fact remains that the Samsung SGH-T659 exhibits a design trend that was popular three years ago. And as features go, the SGH-T659 offers nothing that...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, slider mechanism, display, T659, Samsung SGH-T659, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone, T-Mobile

Product reviews 2009-09-14

Thurly 1.0.2 (Mac)

Thurly is a plug-in for Safari that allows you to both shorten URLs in a snap as well as post directly to Twitter without ever leaving your browser window. With a quick keyboard shortcut (Command-Control-T) Thurly springs to life automatically shortening the URL of the web page you are on....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Twitter Inc., Elixir Graphics, Thurly, Keyboards, Channel Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-10

Online Radio 1.0 (Windows)

Free Online Radio to tune in to any Online Radio Channel. Online Radio Software Utility can be controlled by System Tray Menu. By default a Non Stop FM Hindi Radio Station is tuned in. Change the URL of any other LIVE Radio Channel. Tune in to your favourite online channel...

Tags: Radio, Microsoft Windows, System Tray, MurGee, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-03

Nokia 7610 Supernova

Photo gallery:Nokia 7610 SupernovaThe Nokia 7610 Supernova gave us deja vu when it first arrived in our offices, and it wasn't due to its common slider design. Instead, we remembered that we had reviewed a Nokia handset with that same model number almost five years ago. We thought perhaps the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, slider mechanism, Supernova, Nokia Corp., slider design

Product reviews 2009-09-02

Executor 0.9.9 (Windows)

Executor is a multipurpose launcher and a more advanced and customizable version of Windows Run. The program originated as I was sick of spending too much time searching for programs through my ever growing windows start-menu, and also I missed a tool that could ease and optimize my daily work...

Tags: Executor, Keyword, Chaos Manager, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-08-27

The incredible shrinking GOOG! 25% smaller...

oddmaybe that's how they're making google faster - just by indexing less?Analysis is way too simpleSimply looking at the number of returned results is a useless criterion for determining search quality. I Googled my name and got 489,000 results - none of the first 30 or so referred to me....

Tags: Web browsers, Noone, Paradigm-Shift, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Samsung Reclaim SPH-M560 (Sprint)

Photo gallery:Samsung Reclaim SPH-M560With green living very much in the public consciousness, green gadgets are becoming more popular. Exactly what that concept means can vary--for some it's as simple as a device that uses less power--but manufacturers are applying the label to everything from televisions to cameras. For cell phones,...

Tags: Keyboards, Sprint Communications, Samsung Reclaim, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-08-06

Motorola Karma QA1 (AT&T)

It seems that PCD isn't the only manufacturer making square messaging phones. Indeed, the Motorola Karma QA1 for AT&T looks a whole lot like PCD's Verizon Wireless Blitz and the more recent Cricket TXTM8. However, the Karma QA1 is a step above those two in both design and features. It...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., Motorola Karma QA1, Karma QA1, Cricket TXTM8, Motorola Inc., phone

Product reviews 2009-08-05

Samsung Solstice SGH-A887 (AT&T)

When Samsung introduces a new cell phone in the United States, it's often the case that we've seen it somewhere before. And that's definitely true with the new Samsung Solstice for AT&T. Also called the SGH-A887, the Solstice sports a touch-screen design with few physical controls. It shows characteristics of...

Tags: Keyboards, AT&T Corp., multimedia feature, Samsung Solstice, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., keyboard, phone, display

Product reviews 2009-08-04

Report: Americans dumber than a box of rocks about spam

When it comes to spam, we Americans are quick to point our fingers at Russia, China and eastern Europe as the regions responsible for the bulk of it. But a new report issued today found that Americans are largely to blame - not because we create it, but because we're...

Tags: Spam Message, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905

Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905We don't typically see high-end megapixel camera phones from Sony Ericsson here in the U.S. unless they're unlocked, and as a result, prohibitively expensive. So it was a welcome surprise to us when we heard that the Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a would make its way to...

Tags: Sony Ericsson C905a, camera, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Cyber-shot C905a, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a

Product reviews 2009-07-15

Spammers like shortcut URLs, too. Should Twitter be worried?

Spammers like shortcut URLs, too. Should Twitter be worried?Spammer hide original URLPlease be carefull if you get url from sender anonymous,maybe is spam.If you get SPAM with URL Shortcut Tinyurl etc don't you believe it.If that URL is sponsorship MLM,Make Money Online maybe is nothing, but if virus...? and...

Tags: Spam, spammer, Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Spammers like shortcut URLs, too. Should Twitter be worried?

If you've used Twitter, you know about URL-shortening services such as tinyurl and bit.ly. With only 140 characters at their disposal, users rely on these shortcut links to mask and share their favorite web pages, such as news stories. Now, it appears that spammers are getting in...

Tags: Spammer, Twitter, Spam, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Motorola Evoke QA4

Photo gallery:Motorola Evoke QA4We're not quite sure what to make of the Motorola Evoke QA4. Though it offers a touch screen, a full HTML browser, and an appealing slider design, it hardly qualifies as either a smartphone or a multimedia powerhouse like the Samsung Eternity. Also, while we appreciate its...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, widget, Motorola Inc., touch screen, Cricket Wireless

Product reviews 2009-06-23

Google Quick Search Box 2.0.0.1447 (Mac)

With Google Quick Search Box you can search for information from just about anywhere. As you type, suggestions will appear that match your query, ranging from applications and local files on your computer, to web search and navigational suggestions, to items from your browser history and contacts - and the...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Keyboards, Instant Messaging, Web Browsers, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-06-09

11 questions I want answered on the Palm Pre

11 questions I want answered on the Palm PrePossible answers"Can you create custom shortcuts using the Pre keyboard to launch applications, browser shortcuts, etc.?"I'm guessing yes. PalmOS was very flexible about this kind of stuff."How do you quickly change the phone profile (normal, silent, meeting, etc.)?"No idea, I wonder this...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Keyboards, Digital media, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Operating systems, Pre, Palm Inc., Apple iTunes, digital-rights management, Palm OS, Palm Pre, keyboard, Web browser, DRM Music

Discussion threads 2009-06-05