2010年10月30日星期六

Asus WX-DL Multi-Touch Mouse: Galactic Hockey Puck?

Asus is mostly known these days for their netbooks, but they still make a fair amount of desktop systems, LCD monitors and other PC peripherals. The accessories that they make are probably least known, but this one is pretty unforgettable. For the most part, a mouse is a mouse, buy dreamweaver with the occasional Magic Trackpad or Razer Naga making waves in an industry that has become somewhat stale.


The Asus WX-DL mouse is definitely not stale or old fashioned. In fact, it's one of the more radical input peripherals that we have seen in recent times. This object is actually a mouse,cheap dreamweaver though it looks more like a hockey puck from outer space. Some are comparing it to the Apple colored "puck mouse" that shipped with the colorful iMac line years back, but it's definitely different.


It was designed by David Lewis,buy dreamweaver cheap and it has a top surface that actually recognizes multi-touch input, much like Apple's Magic Mouse. Users can hover the puck around the move the cursor as usual, or simply use their fingers to scroll via gestures, etc.buy cheap dreamweaver There's even multi-media remote controls on top for playing, pausing and skipping tracks. It connects to Windows-based PCs via a typical 2.4GHz wireless connection, and will retail soon for $80. We doubt it's very good for gaming, more infothough.
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Roku To License Hardware And Software

Roku is certainly making a new for themselves these days. With media streamers and content distributors all jockeying for position in this crowded market place, Roku has managed to become a star player with their low-cost, high-value boxes. Their line of self-branded set-top unitsbuy dreamweaver provide instant access to Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, MLB.tv and a bunch of other sources. For many, this is the box to get if looking to replace the cable set-top with something more economical.

But Roku has reached an interesting point. They have nearly saturated the market doing all that they can do. They need some marketing muscle, and they recently acquired that by partnering with Netgear. Netgear recently issued a Roku XD set-top using Netgear's brand; even though the box hasn't changed outside of the label, Netgear has a lot more sales channels to tap into than Roku themselves have access to.

Now, Roku is taking things one cheap dreamweaverstep further. They have announced that their hardware and software platform is available to license, giving consumers more ways to access the power of the Roku player in their living room, playroom or on any television in their home. A few other companies have done something similar. VUDU recently licensed their software to LG and LG embedded it directly into their televisions. In theory, Roku could end up with a similar deal. Television or set-top makers could integrate Roku software into their devices, which could become rivals to the incoming Boxee Box. No official deals have been announced yet, but the options are limitless. Let the media streaming battle continue!

    Roku Licenses Streaming Media Player Platform; Announces NETGEAR as first OEM Partner

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    Saratoga, Calif. – October 27, 2010 – Roku, Inc., maker of the best-selling and award-winning Roku streaming player, today announced that its hardware and software platform is available to license, giving consumers more ways to access the power of the Roku player in their living room, playroom or on any television in their home. The company also announced its first licensee, NETGEAR®, who has taken the recently introduced Roku XD streaming player and began selling it under the NETGEAR brand in retail stores including Best Buy, Fry's and Radio Shack.

    "Roku has built an openbuy cheap dreamweaver platform that has been enthusiastically adopted by content providers, many choosing Roku as the first product to launch their service into the living room," said Anthony Wood, founder and CEO of Roku, Inc. "With today's announcement we are broadening our reach and giving many more consumers access to our product and all the great content it contains, whether they shop on-line or in retail stores."

    First introduced in May 2008, the Roku streaming player provides an easy, affordable, and reliable way for hundreds of thousands of Netflix customers to watch movies and TV shows instantly on their TV. Since the launch of the Roku Channel Store last fall, all Roku customers now have access to over 85 channels from 50 unique content services,more info with more added all the time.

    Roku players already deliver the largest collection of streaming content available for the TV including over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Amazon Video On Demand (NASDAQ: AMZN), and later this fall, Hulu Plus; live and on-demand sports from MLB.TV and UFC; music from Pandora, MP3tunes, MOG, and TuneIn Radio; photo and video sharing from Flickr, Picasa, Vimeo, and Facebook; plus news and entertainment content from around the world.

RIM Introduces BlackBerry Bold 9780 Smartphone

Another week, another new BlackBerry. RIM seems to be pushing out new BlackBerry handsets at a record pace these days, but with fortunes like they have, why not? For fans of the Bold series, there's a new member in town. The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9780 is the latest to surface,buy dreamweaver with T-Mobile USA claiming it first in America.

This unit has a very similar styling to prior Bold 9xxx handsets, featuring a premium enclosure, optical trackpad, full QWERTY keyboard under the screen and a 5MP camera with Auto-Focus and flash. It's also the first in the Bold range to ship with RIM's newest mobile OS, BlackBerry OS 6. That includes a revised WebKit-based browser as well as numerous other software enhancements.

It also comes with 3G and Wi-Fi support, as well as UMA calling on T-Mobile USA. This phone is expected to become available for various other carriers around the globe as well, but no further introductions have been made. Back to specs, there's internal GPS for navigation and cheap dreamweavergeotagging photographs, as well as a microSD card slot (up to 32GB) and 512MB of Flash. Of course, it will have access to the BlackBerry App World and BBM. T-Mobile will ship their version on November 17 for $129.99 with a new 2-year user agreement.

    RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Bold 9780 Smartphone

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    Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM - News)(TSX:RIM - News) today introduced the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780 smartphone - the newest addition to the BlackBerry Bold series of smartphones.buy dreamweaver cheap Featuring a premium and iconic design with an incredibly easy-to-use keyboard and optical trackpad, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is elegantly styled and packed with advanced communications and multimedia features. It is also the first BlackBerry Bold smartphone to come with the new BlackBerry® 6 operating system.

    "We are very excited to introduce the BlackBerry Bold 9780 featuring the new BlackBerry 6 operating system," said Carlo Chiarello, Vice President, Product Management at Research In Motion. "This new model builds on the highly refined mobile experience that BlackBerry Bold users already know and love and delivers a wide range of enhancements including abuy cheap dreamweaver rich new user interface, a fast and powerful WebKit-based browser, broadly improved communications and multimedia capabilities, an incredibly useful Universal Search feature and a high quality 5MP camera."

    The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is a compact and stylish smartphone that offers a compelling blend of features, performance and design. It supports 3G networks around the world, includes Wi-Fi® with support for carrier supported Wi-Fi calling (UMA where available) and GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging. It comes with a 5 MP camera with a full complement of high-end features including continuous auto focus, scene modes, image stabilization, flash and video recording. The BlackBerry Bold 9780 also includes 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB of additional storage.

    BlackBerry 6 is a new operating system that retains the familiar and trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh, approachable and engaging experience that's powerful and easy to use. It integrates a new and rich WebKit-based browser that renders HTML web pages quickly and beautifully for a great browsing experience. The browser offers fluid navigation using the handset'smore info optical trackpad, includes tabs for accessing multiple sites simultaneously and provides a zoom feature that can intelligently auto-wrap text in a column while maintaining the placement of a page's key elements for easier viewing.

    Additional features of BlackBerry 6 include expanded messaging capabilities with intuitive features to simplify the management of social networking and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), and integrated access to BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger), Facebook®, Twitter™, MySpace™ and various instant messaging applications on the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone. Its enhanced multimedia experience rivals the best in the industry and includes a dedicated YouTube app. It also features redesigned Music and Pictures applications and a new universal search feature that allows users to more effectively search for content on the smartphone as well as extend their search to the Internet or to discover applications on BlackBerry® App World™.

Russian Viagra Spammer Faces Charges But U.S. Worst Offender

Did pigs fly? Because Russia has filed criminal charges against a spammer, something unprecedented in that country,buy dreamweaver the origination point of so many unwanted e-mails.

Moscow police on Tuesday raided the home of Igor Gusev who is alleged to own a botnet with a partner that brought the pair $120 million in revenue over about three years. Gusuv reportedlycheap dreamweaver specializes in sending Viagra and Cialis e-mails and in selling those popular drugs, too.

Gusev himself was not nabbed -- his lawyer said he is currently out of the country. What a well timed trip!

The Russian newspaper, the Kommersant daily, said the charges were a first of its kind in Russia. Apparently,buy dreamweaver cheap the country is trying to respond to complaints from Western countries to clamp down on spammers. Interestingly, the charges are not related to cyber-abuse but for operating the drug sale Web site, Glavmed.com, without a license. Gusev's lawyer told the newspaper that his client was innocent.

Gusev is known as a driving force behind the botnet known as SpamIt.com, which mysteriously stopped operating on September 27 (perhaps when Gusev fled the country?), to the relief of e-mail inboxes worldwide. When pulled offline, worldwide spam dropped by 40 percent says M86 Security Labs -- others report that spam dropped by 50 billion messages a day.


Source: M86 Security Labs

Depending on the source, Russia is named as the second, or third most spam origination country -- so gettingbuy cheap dreamweaver Russian officials to give up the look-the-other-way attitude and stop the notorious Viagra Spam King is significant.

On other hand, the spam-iest nation of them more infoall is the U.S., according to multiple sources like the Spamhaus Project. Maybe Eastern countries should put pressure on Western ones to crack down on the U.S. a little.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Finds Another Home On US Cellular

The Galaxy Tab just won't go away. If there were ever a tablet poised to take over for the iPad, it's this one. Samsung's Android 2.2 tablet has received more attention than any other slate (besides the iPad, of course), and it's mostly due to Samsung shaping itbuy dreamweaver for sale on the four major U.S. carriers. But now, even those who are living in areas too rural to be readily served by AT&T, Sprint, Verizon or T-Mobile also have an option.


US Cellular was chosen today as the fifth cheap dreamweavercarrier to sell the Tab in America, offering yet another CDMA Galaxy Tab option. The specifications will all remain the same, but what will really make or break this offer is the price. Neither US Cellular nor Samsung have come forward with a ship date and a price. The other Tab units should ship by mid-November across the other four carriers, which means that US Cellular shouldn't be too far behind. Recently, USCC picked up their own Galaxy S smartphone, so it's obvious this relationship with Samsung is growing. For a small,buy dreamweaver cheap regional carrier to get a huge tablet like this speaks volumes about just how popular slates have become over the past year.

Now we wait and see if they price it right.

    Samsung Mobile Announces Samsung Galaxy Tab™ with U.S. Cellular®

    Mobile tablet will feature 7-inch touchscreen, Android 2.2™ platform, Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 and front and rear-facing cameras for video chat support

    DALLAS – October 28, 2010 – Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile)1, the No.1 mobile phone provider in the U.S. today announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab™ with U.S. Cellular®. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is designed for people who want a premium mobile entertainment experience on the go, but don't want to be weighed down by a bulky device. Weighing only 13 ounces and 12 millimeters thin, the Galaxy Tab fits conveniently in a pocket or purse.

    The Samsung Galaxy Tab features abuy cheap dreamweaver brilliant 7-inch enhanced TFT display screen, 1GHz Hummingbird Application processor supporting 3D graphics and smooth Web browsing and 1.3 megapixel front and 3 megapixel rear-facing cameras and is powered by Android 2.2™, including full support for Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1.

    Just like Samsung's Galaxy S™ smart phones, the Galaxy Tab includes Samsung's Social Hub application, which syncs a users Messaging and Contacts to initiate the sending and receiving of information, whether it is e-mail, instant messaging, social network updates or SMS messages. Additionally, calendar information from portal calendars, such as Google Calendar, and social networking services are displayed together in one calendar with two-way synchronization.

    Services like Google Maps™ Navigation (Beta) and Google Goggles are available on Google's Android platform. With useful location-based services like Google Maps™, consumers can search in Standard English instead of entering an exact address. A search-by-voice function is just as intuitive, meaning searches can also be completed easily on the go.

    Key features:

    * 7-inch enhanced TFT display more infowith WSVGA resolution – Offers brighter colors and clearer pictures and delivers 1024 x 600 resolution whether watching a movie or reading a book
    * Rear-facing, 3MP camera and camcorder – AutoFocus captures DVD quality video
    * Front-facing, 1.3-megapixel camera and camcorder – Enables video chat with other people who have video conferencing capabilities (applications available in Android Market™).

    · Corporate Email – Supports Android 2.2 Exchange ActiveSync e-mail to synchronize corporate e-mail, contacts and calendars from office e-mail accounts

    · Wi-Fi® connectivity (802.11 b/g/n) and Wireless Hotspot support

    · Built-in 2 GB internal memory with 16 GB pre-installed microSD™ expandable to 32 GB

    · 4,000 mAh Battery – Provides ample power to watch movies, share content and surf the Web

    · Ultra thin at 12 millimeters and weighing 13 ounces – For users who don't want to be weighed down by adding a mobile tablet to their pocket or purse

    * Samsung Social Hub – Built around messaging, contacts and calendar sync, which allows users to send and receive daily activities, whether it is e-mail, social network updates or SMS messages

    · Customizable touch screen menu with drag-and-drop widgets

Secret SMS Replicator Booted from the Android Market; Would Forward SMSes Secretly

Clearly, this is an app that would have helped Elin Nordegren find out just what Rachel Uchitel was texting to Tiger Woods.buy dreamweaver The app, Secret SMS Replicator, installs and leave no trace (icon, notication, anything) but forwards all incoming text messages to a second phone.

However, while it entered thecheap dreamweaver Android Market on Wednesday, it was also pulled from the Android Market on Wednesday. Google punted it from the Market, saying that the application had been suspended effective Wednesday evening because it “violates the Androidbuy dreamweaver cheap Market Content Policy.” The app had been $4.99 in the Android Market prior to that.

The app was booted, but the Facebook page for Secret SMS Replicator still describes it:

    This app allows your phone buy cheap dreamweaver the ability to automatically forward all your incoming text messages to other phones. Simply enter in the phone numbers you want to forward to and all of your incoming messages will be forwarded automatically.

Interestingly, the company told more infothe New York Times they couldn't create an app for the iPhone because it would never make it past the App Store approval process. While there isn't such a process in the Android Market, that doesn't meant that if an app makes it into the Market it will stay there. Watch a video on how it was supposed to work.