Today Google released a substantial update to its Android SDK, bring the version to m5-rc14.
The most obvious change is a move away from an Apple-like user interface. The dock at the bottom, very similar to the OS X Dock Bar, has been replaced with tray of buttons.
The not so obvious but more important change is [...]
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Toshiba has just released a firmware update for its A3, D3, A30 and A35 HD DVD players, bringing the firmware to version 2.0.
The A30 and A35 will now be capable of 1080p/24 video and all four receive some bug fixes for some playback errors with certain discs as well as improved network connectivity and HDMI/DVI [...]
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Today RIM, makers of the BlackBerry, has released their BlackBerry Remote Stereo Gateway.
There are two ways to use it:
Stream audio from your BlackBerry to whichever audio device you choose to connect to its 1/8-inch jack (say, a pair of speakers or into the line-in of your computer).
Stream audio from a device (like maybe your computer [...]
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If you’ve been looking for a place to share your photos online, I’m sure you’ve thought about using Flickr and there’s nothing wrong with that choice–its the biggest photo sharing site around right now.
Curious what else is out there? Photography Bay has put together a list of 45 different photo sharing sites, any number of [...]
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In a recent survey of mobile phone users by ChangeWave Research, 4,182 people were asked if they would consider themselves very satisfied with their mobile phone.
Any guess who came in first?
In second place was RIM, makers of the BlackBerry, with 55% of their users saying that they are very satisfied. Above them, in first place, [...]
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Some of you may have heard of something called modu. A teaser video was release a little while back (you can see it here if you’re interested) that showed a tiny gadget being docked into various devices, but what exactly is it?
Modu is the worlds smallest mobile handset (recently certified as such by the Guinness [...]
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As was expected, layoffs have begun at Yahoo with an estimated 1,000 - 1,100 employees asked to leave (Yahoo has not yet released official numbers).
According to one source, every conference room at their Sunnyvale, CA, headquarters was booked all day so that human resources could meet with the employees being laid off.
Yahoo’s new mission is [...]
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USA Today has confirmed that a new Stars Wars movie is hitting theaters this year, but it might not be what you’re thinking.
Yes, George Lucas is working on 3D versions of his films to be released beginning in 2010, but this movie is based on the popular ‘Clone Wars’ animated series from the Cartoon Network [...]
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