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Today, Michael Dell was in San Francisco for a keynote at the Citrix Synergy Conference . I was able to be in the audience and enjoy the keynote live.
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2010: A Dell Odyssey from a Direct Desktop Revolution to a Ubiquitous Client Evolution
The smartphone wars have been all over the news this week, and for good reason. Close on the heels of our Tuesday article about Google’s Android operating system overtaking Apple’s mobile OS in total market share, Sprint has unveiled the release date for its very first 4G phone, a gadget that could make some significant waves in the realm of mobile computing
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Sprint 4G Phone, HTC EVO 4G, Debuts on June 4th
The latest issue of What Hi-Fi comes complete with a group test, comparing some of the latest 32” televisions on the market. The test compares the Sharp LC32LE700, the Sony KDL-32V5810, the Toshiba 32AV635DB and the LG 32LE7900, with the LG coming out on top with a 4 star review. The LG is described as “up to the eyeballs with the latest tech and features.
The American Power Act was released in the Senate yesterday by the bill’s co-sponsors, Democratic Senator Kerry and Independent Senator Lieberman. The climate cap and trade bill is nearly 1000 pages long and is more comprehensive than the House version…
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Preemption in the Climate Bill and Why it Matters
Sony has introduced five new Mercury-Free (0%) Mini Alkaline battery models set to debut around August, which are “green” power alternatives for consumers to use in a range of everyday applications, such as watches, calculators, toys and portable game consoles, without any compromise in performance and safety. In general, when Mercury is not disposed properly, it can infiltrate the food chain. Mercury has therefore been identified as a material that has the potential to cause serious damage to the human body and environment.
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Sony Introduces A “Green” Mercury-Free Mini Alkaline Battery
Sony Disc and Digital Solutions has detailed their development of new mass production technology which adds an additional layer of security to Lippmann holograms by recording individually distinct identification codes. Lippmann holograms with individually distinct identification codes are extremely resistant to counterfeiting and forgery, and are most suitable for credit cards, smart IC cards and authentication stickers. In addition to developing and mass producing Lippmann holograms with individually distinct identification codes, SDAD also envisions launching a new business whereby it will operate an authentication server via the internet, for CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and ‘trace-and-track’ services which utilize the individually assigned code on the holograms.
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Sony Disc and Digital Solutions Aims To Vastly Improve Holograms
Sony has refreshed its Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX memory cards, delivering the fastest data transfer speed when compared to other Sony Memory Stick media. The HX boasts rapid transfer speed of up to 30MB per second, increasing the convenience for consumers who often need to transfer large files of AVCHD movies and high quality RAW-JPEG files.
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Sony’s Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX Now Boasts 30MB Per Second Transfer Speed
The 37-inch, 1080p Viera TX-L37G20B LCD TV makes it as easy as pie to view high-definition content, thanks to its built-in Freeview HD and freesat HD tuners. Its standard-definition performance is also an improvement on Panasonic’s usual offerings, and its audio is good too
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Panasonic Viera G20 (TX-L37G20B) review
Congratulations to Apple for selling 300,000 iPads on the first weekend. I’m sure the product will be come a great success for the company. But while die-hard Apple fanboys were celebrating, this tweet from a spoof Steve Jobs caught my eye: While the idea that the iPad will sell for $99 in two years is compelling, I’m more interested in what’s gonna happen to all those 1st Generation iPads and even iPod Touch, when their owners upgrade to the next and newest Apple creation
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How to Recycle Apple iPad to Replace OLPC Laptops
AMD officially (and finally) unleashed its 2010 processor lineup yesterday, and Dell took the opportunity to launch its first desktop packing six-core Phenom II X6 processors—the Studio XPS 7100, starting at just $749.For that price, you currently get a choice of CPU/GPU combination: Phenom II X6 1035T and ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics; 1035T and
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Dell rolls out Studio XPS 7100 with six-core AMD Phenom II CPU for $749
This has to be the ultimate USB hub, it is made in metal for that retro look and takes sixteen USB connectors all at one time, how cool is that! You are never going to be without a spare port ever again, unless there are some people that have a desk full of USB powered devices. Here are the specs and features of the USB super sixteen port hub: •USB 2.0 hub with a whopping 16 ports •Connect up your printer, digicam, card reader, mp3 player, Snowbot, Missile Launcher, etc
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The Hub For All Your USB’s
Samsung have three interesting laptops, all are based around the same basic specs, but from then on, these are completely different laptops, as the specs will show. The base model is the 13.3 inch Q330, then the 14 inch Q430 and the top of the range is the 15 inch Q530. Here are the specs and features of the three Q series laptops: The Q series are based around: the Intel Core i3, a LED HD (1366 x 768) 16:9 Gloss Super Bright screen, Windows 7 Home Premium OS, Wi-Fi 802.11 bg/n, 3x USB 2.0, HDMI port and up to 5 hours of battery life Q330 comes with 13.3 inch display, 3GB of DDR3 RAM, 320 GB of SATA HDD, Intel GMA HD graphics, and weighs 1.99 kg
Wortmann is rare brand when it comes netbooks, but because they are not specialising in netbooks, that does not mean that they cannot produce a decent machine and they have with the Terra Mobile 1020go. This is device that uses the Intel Atom N450, which is based on the Pine Trail edition. Here are the specs and features of the interesting Wortmann Terra Mobile 1020go: 10.1 inch LED backlit display, Intel Atom N450 16.66GHz CPU, NM10 Express Chipset, GMA3150 integrated graphics, 1GB of RAM, 160GB HDD, WLAN 802.11 b/g, chicklet keyboard , card reader, 1.3MP webcam, optional UMTS module, external DVD burner, Windows 7 Starter Pack, up to 10 hours of battery life
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Wortmann Launch the Terra Mobile 1020go
It is easier than you may think to get proper digital HD TV on your laptop, all that is required is a digital TV tuner that plugs into the USB port and then instantly locates what channels are available to watch, it is that simple. The device works in the same way as a digital TV tuner in an HD TV does, the only issue is that it does not work while the device is moving. Here are some of the facts and figures of the HDTV receiver: It uses the same ATSC tuner found in full-sized HDTVs and supports up to 1920 x 1080 resolution
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Get TV On Your Laptop
Attention all Bravia Internet enabled TV users and classical music lovers – Sony just made a deal with the Berlin Philharmoniker and added the Digital Concert Hall, the orchestra s online service, to Sony’s roster of BRAVIA Internet Video content. The concerts are said to be streamed in full HD high picture quality and stereo sound quality. And the best thing about it, it is provided for your enjoyment for zero dollars! Learn more about this new channel addition below
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Bravia Internet Video Platform Adds a New Channel
Hyper-V security is based on Authorization Manager API (known as AZMan). Similarly to VMM’s delegated administration model, an administrator can configure a set of role objects and assign Active Directory user and group accounts to those roles.
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TechNet Wiki Pick for the Week: What VMM Does with AZMan Role Definitions from Hyper-V
Microsoft Broadcaster enables IT Pro and Developer bloggers to download key Technical content ( Webcasts, podcasts, white papers) aggregated across Microsoft assets that are relevant to the IT Pro and Developer adoption lifecycle and embedding them in their own sites/blogs for richer blog postings Permission and ability to download and embed content on your sites without sending traffic away from your site. Customize by product e.g
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Microsoft Broadcaster
Update: In the US, Sony will be selling these (model NWZ-W252CAMO) at SonyStyle.com and you can save a little if you buy a bundled PSP as well. It should be available soon. In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the main character Old Snake (one of the greatest video game heroes of all time) exclusively used an iPod within the game
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Snake From Metal Gear Solid Kicks Ass With A Sony Wearable Walkman (Updated)
Sony Japan has notified its users that many of its 2010 Cyber-shot camera models are compatible with SDXC memory cards , which are currently available at 64gb (and will one day be offered up to 2TB). This is pretty exciting news for people who wish to use such media with cameras, as there is up to 15MB per second write speed and huge capacities
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Many 2010 Sony Cyber-shot Cameras Compatible With SDXC Memory Cards
Today’s Malware Watch details four spamvertised campaigns installing scareware, and a worm with rootkit capabilities, spreading across Skype.
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Malware Watch: iTunes gift certificates, Skype worm, fake CVs and greeting cards