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Entries from February 2008

New KODAK ScanMate i1120 Scanner helps businesses get organised at the touch of a button!

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!February 28, 2008 - Small to medium size businesses (SMBs) now have a new flagship desktop document scanner solution to help them cope with the ocean of paper and document clutter found in most offices. Launched today, the compact [...]

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Momail supports all new mobiles launched at the Mobile World Congress 2008

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Due to unique technology, Momail can already enable its leading mobile email service on all of the approximately 40 new mobile devices launched at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona two weeks ago. Amongst these new devices are the new top models N96 from Nokia and Xperia X1 from Sony Ericsson. 
Stockholm, Sweden – February [...]

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Microsoft Unveils Its First Windows Embedded R&D Center in Europe

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

New regional development center in Germany is part of $75 million global investment by Windows Embedded Business.
AACHEN, Germany — Feb. 26, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of its first Microsoft Embedded Systems Development Centre (MESDC) in Aachen, Germany. The MESDC is part of Microsoft’s effort to expand regional development centers in Denmark, [...]

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Wyse Technology Introduces Two New Mobile Devices For Virtualization at VMworld Europe 08

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

New Mobile Thin Clients Deliver Richest Set of Functionality for Virtualized Environments To Date
CANNES, FRANCE – February 26, 2008 – Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing, today announced at VMworld Europe 2008, the commercial availability of two of the world’s most advanced mobile thin clients — the Wyse X90L and X90Le. Designed to [...]

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Fedora 9 Alpha

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

I know we’re a bit behind times at the moment, but I’ve been trialing Fedora 9 Alpha. Looking good so far

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Tags: Linux

MetaRam aims to bump RAM capacity by 4x overnight

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

We’re not sure what whacky voodoo snakeoil these MetaRam people are peddling, but the company’s got some high profile behind it (like Intel, for one), is being led by former AMD CTO Fred Weber, has appears to have some potentially revolutionary RAM quadrupling technology. Claiming to have leapfrogged current RAM technology by 2-4 years, MetaRam [...]

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Tags: Hardware & Software

Rock unfazed by fallout, still offering HD DVD as standard on laptops

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

While many stores are slashing down HD DVD player prices as much as management will allow, it seems that one diehard supporter is casting a blind eye to the whole format war meltdown. Rock — which tooted its own horn after making HD DVD standard on many of its laptops — hasn’t changed its approach [...]

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Tags: Hardware & Software

Fujitsu MHZ2 BT: 500GB 2.5-inch laptop drive

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

 Its a fair old amount of storage for a lapto, however as more and more people are using them as desktop replacements, 500gb will definately come in handy.
Fujitsu’s new MHZ2 BT is the second drive to hit the half-terabyte mark, but just like the Hitachi it’s a non-standard height (12.5mm), meaning you won’t be able [...]

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Tags: Hardware & Software

2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners Are…

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

The polls are closed, the data has been audited and the results are in. Here are the official results for the 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards:
* Desktop Environment of the Year KDE (52.08%)
* Window Manager of the Year Compiz (33.65%)
* Messaging App of the Year Pidgin (53.90%)
* Mail Client of the Year Thunderbird (53.72%)
* Virtualization [...]

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Tags: Linux

Microsoft Opening up to Free Software?

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Today the software giant announced it is ready to collaborate with the rest of the software world. Describing its interoperabilty initiative, Microsoft says it will open up application programming interfaces to all software users to “increase the openness of Microsoft software”.
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* What Microsoft’s open APIs mean for open source
* Microsoft commits [...]

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Tags: Linux

Voiceovers?

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Any of you budding internet radio stars out there wanting to set up your own station?
Maybe you have your own station already and are looking for a good sound?
Try Greeny Productions, specialists in Voiceover work

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Tags: News

The £99 laptop: how can it be so cheap?

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Called the One, it can be used as a traditional notebook computer or, with the screen detached from the keyboard, as a portable “tablet” – albeit without the planned touchscreen that Elonex had to abandon to hit its £99 price tag. Wi-fi technology lets users access the internet or swap music (and homework) files between [...]

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Tags: Hardware & Software

Apple Take 2 Safe Update

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

There aren’t any hacks available for Apple TV v2 yet, but if you haven’t updated your hacked box yet, here is a link to instructions on how to update “safely”
Take 2 Safe Update

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Tags: Apple

Safari HD is now available

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

3 cheers for Brandon Holland! Safari HD is officially released. Now you can browse the web right on your big screen TV from the comfort of your couch.
Safari HD is available for both Apple TV 1.1 and 2.0. All you need is an ssh-enabled Apple TV. The installer script should take care of installing all [...]

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Movie Trailer Bulletin - Indiana Jones IV

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments

The trailer for the most anticipated movie of all time (for most of us) is finally here - without further ado, i give you Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 
Trailer 

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Tags: Movies