Archive for September, 2009

Crop Circles logo appears on Google homepage

Google has changed the logo on their homepage once again. It is now featuring a logo linking to search results for Crop Circles. The Google logo also has all circles in every letter, except for the letter “l”. The URL of the image points to http://www.google.com/logos/goog_e.gif with a missing “l”. Last time Google’s logo linked [...]

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Zune.net down in preparation for new Zune HD launch, and Zune 4.0 software

Tomorrow Microsoft will finally release the new Zune HD with 16 GB/32 GB MP3 player. In preparation for the new Zune HD and Zune 4.0 software launch, Zune.net has been down since 11:00 AM PDT. Microsoft had already notified Zune owners of this downtime in advance, but for some reason their e-mail ended up getting [...]

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Search for top iPhone Apps using Bing

If you want to visually search through top iPhone apps, or  recently released iPhone apps Microsoft has now added this in their Bing search engine. It’s currently in beta, but you can see it in action at Bing.com/visualsearch. It’s really fun to browse for iPhone apps using Bing! With Bing’s visual search you can narrow [...]

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HTC Touch Pro2 available on Verizon Wireless

The HTC Touch Pro2 is now available on the Verizon Wireless website at www.verizonwireless.com. If you buy it online, you get an instant $100 rebate (no need to file a mail-in rebate). You can get it for $199.99 with a 2-year contract, $269.99 for  a 1-year contract, or $489.99 for a Month to Month price. [...]

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HTC Touch Pro 2 coming to Verizon on 9/11

Today Verizon announced in a press release that the HTC Touch Pro 2 will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com and in stores on Friday, September 11. The price is $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and a 2-year contract. The HTC Touch Pro 2 will be available in Black. The phone uses Windows Mobile. Key [...]

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New iPhone OS 3.1 anti-phishing feature in action

The  iPhone OS 3.1 update which Apple recently released includes a new anti-phising feature that alerts you when you visit fraudulent websites. To those who don’t know what phishing is, it’s basically websites disguised as other sites and steal your login information once you type it in. For example, you might click on a link [...]

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Motorola Cliq: Motorola’s first Android smartphone with Moto Blur

Today Motorola announced their new Motorola Cliq smartphone at the Mobilize conference. This smartphone is powered by Android, and uses Motorola’s own interface dubbed as Moto Blur. The Motorola Cliq has a slide down keyboard, 3G/HSDPA and WiFi, 5.0 megapixel auto focus camera, full HTML browser, and more. The Moto Blur interface syncs all your [...]

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Apple announcement video now available online

Yesterday at 1:00 PM Est time/10 AM Pacific Apple finally announced the new iPod Nano with cameras, iPod Touch 64 GB, iTunes 9 update, iPhone 3.1 update, price changes, and more. If you missed the Apple announcement, you can still watch it online. Head on over to this link to download the video. You need [...]

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Zune HD vs New iPod Touch 3rd Generation

So Apple has finally released their new iPod Touch 3rd generation today. I’ll do a Zune HD vs new iPod Touch 3rd generation comparison once I get my Zune HD. For now here are some specs. Zune HD Display: 3.3 inch touchscreen, OLED Software: Zune Firmware 3.0 Memory: 16 GB/32GB Colors: Black, Platinum, Blue, Lime [...]

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New iPod Touch 3G has no camera because of cost

When we found out that the iPod Touch wouldn’t have a camera, we were shocked. The new iPod Touch 3G has no camera because Steve Jobs wanted to reduce the price and not add any unnecessary stuff to the iPod Touch 3G. He does have a good reason for not wanting to add it. Now [...]

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