This latest model has just arrived in the UK (June 2008) and due to it’s slide out second panel, now charges even faster than previous models. It’s also compatible with even more devices including mobile phones, PDA’s, and even iPods (see full list below).
There is nothing worse than loosing mobile phone power when you’re out and about, so get yourself a solar charger and you’ll not only avoid communication meltdown but you’ll be saving the environment too.
Microsoft is starting to roll out a new version of its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software for Windows XP Pro, which the company describes as the “most pirated edition of Windows XP.” WGA is the software Microsoft uses to detect versions of Windows using fake or stolen license keys.
If you’re running Windows XP Pro, you’ll probably receive the new version through Windows Update soon. If you just can’t wait to find out if your operating system passes the test, you can also visit the direct download page.
| A keyring isn’t the most glamourous of accessories now, is it? But a keyring that can be personalised to suit your mood really is quite cool. We’ve bagged these Photo Frame Keyrings to keep your keys in check and also to mark you out as a person of distinction, with a photo album of your enormous circle of highly influential and astounding wealthy friends thrown in to boot.Just load up your favourite snaps (up to 180 depending on resolution) onto the 8MB of internal memory and set the keyring to cycle through your misadventures on-screen for you to reminisce about as you walk home from the bus, train, or perhaps even tram journey - they really do have trams in some parts of the country you know.Both these keyrings have a 1.5 inch screen, which is slightly larger than most other photo keyrings meaning you can actually see your photos easily. The screens are crystal clear, and the supplied compressing software squashes your pics down to a manageable size, so you can fit even more of them on the keyring. Should it run low on juice (each full charge gives a long 8 hours picture display time), simply plug it into a USB port and it’ll charge itself back up again. Picture that. |
Dell’s entry into the sub-notebook market, the Inspiron 910, will ship with Ubuntu preinstalled. This was confirmed this morning when Gizmodo published (leaked) specifications for the Inspiron 910.
When Nintendo rank number one top the sales of game console in 2008, same companies start to claim the patents to tap some profits. Hillcrest Labs, a Maryland-based maker of interactive media systems, claims that the console’s Wiimote violates four of its patents.
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An article on Ars Technica reveals Mozilla’s intention to create and release a plugin for Internet Explorer that would allow the often-criticized IE to utilize some of the cooler rendering code developed for Firefox. The current WIP focuses on rendering using HTML5 standards, but the plans seem to be more ambitious than just fixing this one small piece of IE. The article covers some of the plans, hurdles, and potential benefits. It also spills the beans on the code name for the project: Screaming Monkey.
Blog publishers can now monetise their RSS feeds with AdSense for Feeds, a product of Google’s acquisition of FeedBurner last year
As the mobile space heats up, Sun has released the source code for Java Lightweight UI Toolkit under the GPL v2 license. ZDNet quotes Sun’s senior director of embedded software saying, ‘By creating LWUIT, Sun is reaffirming its commitment to the mobile development community and by open-sourcing the LWUIT code, we are enabling mobile developers to quickly and easily create rich, portable interfaces for their applications — functionality that they have been requesting for some time.’ Will Adobe follow suit?
The Kingdom Hearts series found its way to Nintendo hardware back in 2004, when Square Enix released Chain of Memories on the GBA. So perhaps it was just a matter of time before the franchise made its way back, this time on the DS. But while Chain of Memories played quite differently from the original PS2 game, 358/2 Days hasn’t messed around with the series’ formula; it fully plays as a similar 3D action game.
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