Archive for the ‘Sci-Tech’ Category

Apple’s often-rumored tablet may need to come in well below the rumored $800 price if it hopes to attract Windows users, a study shows today. While Retrevo believes 68 percent of Mac users are willing to opt for the large multi-touch device if it costs over $600, only 36 percent of Windows users asked would agree ... Full story

Novatel’s MiFi 2200 has recently benefitted from a firmware update that has upgraded much of its functions. The device connects to either Sprint’s or Verizon’s EVDO Revision A Internet connection and shares with up to five compatible devices across an 802.11g Wi-Fi network. Most notably, the new software allows the modem to never enter hibernation mode ... Full story

An ICANN representative has led reporters to believe that, till the end of the week, the committee might approve the usage of non-Latin characters in standard web addresses. The change, if approved, will not only be the biggest face-lift given to the Internet, but will also be the biggest technical modification done since its birth 40 years ago. On the 29th of October, 2009, three days ... Full story

Korea’s LG has recently shown off its first netbook with Intel’s Core i7 quad-core processor, the 15.6-inch XNOTE R590. Two models will be available, one with a 1.73GHz i7 and the other sporting a 1.6GHz version. Either version will ship with Windows 7 Home Premium and NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 230M graphics chipset with 1GB of dedicated ... Full story

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk. ... Full story

Korea-based MPIO is once again returning to multimedia players with the V7. The device sports a 3-inch color touchscreen with 400×240 pixel resolution and will be available in 4, 8 and 16GB capacities. The MPIO V7 has a built-in text reader, voice recorder, and FM tuner and transmitter. A built-in accelerometer will turn videos into landscape mode ... Full story

Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day’s catch. Click here to find out more! Until recently, this spot where the fish merchant was standing, in a man-made desert at the edge of nowhere, represented one of the world’s worst environmental calamities. Now fresh ... Full story

Now, here’s a splendid use of technology. Zillow.com — the Seattle online real estate company best known for its automated home valuations — has put its complex algorithms to the test to come up with the top five Seattle neighborhoods for trick-or-treating. They are Wallingford, Queen Anne, Magnolia, University District and Capitol Hill. In a blog post, the data geeks at Zillow explained how they came ... Full story

Here’s an unexpected development. Microsoft has pulled the plug on Windows 7’s high-profile and somewhat controversial sponsorship of a TV special developed by “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane. Variety reports that the deal-breaker was the show’s contents — including “typical ‘Family Guy’ style jokes, including riffs on deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest.” Without going into those types of details, Microsoft confirmed the decision ... Full story

Intel today posted a crucial firmware update for its current-generation 34 nanometer solid-state drives that promises a major lift to their performance. The X25-M series now supports the Trim, or ATA Data Set Management Command, to more efficiently write to the drive. By better recognizing and shuffling which data blocks aren’t used, Trim avoids unnecessarily rewriting ... Full story