Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
In a story at Financial Times, Stan Glasgow, Sony Electronics US president, said that Sony and Microsoft are talking about Microsoft introducing a Blu-ray drive for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console.
This would be great for Xbox 360 owners eager to stay compatible with the current high definition disc standard, though it would also take away the [...]
Filed under: entertainment, tech, video games | Tagged: 360, addon, blu, blu-ray, bluray, microsoft, ray, sony, xbox | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
If you’re anxious to get your hands on the iPhone SDK, its available for download right now at http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/.
The download includes the Xcode IDE, Instruments, iPhone Simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, Shark analysis tool, and more.
Remember: You’ll need to have an Intel-based Mac running OS X Leopard to use it.
Filed under: tech | Tagged: apple, develop, developer, iphone, ipod, sdk, touch, xcode | No Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
Apple has just wrapped up their iPhone SDK event in Cupertino, so what’s new?
iPhone coming to the Enterprise
In the next release of the iPhone firmware, new features will be available to support:
Push email, calendar and contacts
Global address list
Cisco IPsec VPN
Certificates and identities
WPA2/802.1x
Enforced security policies
Device configuration
Remote wipe
Exchange support will be included in the next firmware release, [...]
Filed under: tech | Tagged: apple, develop, developer, event, firmware, hall, iphone, ipod, sdk, touch, town, townhall, xcode | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
Yesterday’s news about Meizu’s booth at CeBIT getting shut down by police in Hanover was apparently just the tip of the iceberg.
In all, 51 exhibitors at CeBIT were busted at the show for patent infringement with 180 police offers confiscating 68 boxes worth of equipment.
The patents in questions are MP3/MP4 infringement as well as unregistered [...]
Filed under: tech | Tagged: cebit, infringement, patent, police, raid, tech | No Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
In not so surprising news, Samsung has announced that it will be canceling their upcoming BD-UP5500 Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player.
In a statement issued by Samsung, they said “[a hybrid player] remains a practical solution, but the window of opportunity is smaller than it was before.”
The BD-5500 was scheduled for release in the second half of [...]
Filed under: entertainment, tech | Tagged: blu, blu-ray, bluray, cancel, combo, dvd, hd, hd-dvd, hddvd, player, samsung | No Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
Windows users running Outlook have a new option for accessing their calendar while away from the office. With Google’s new Google Calendar Sync, you can do a two-way sync between your Outlook calendar and Google Calendar so you view and maintain your calendar from any computer, PDA or smartphone that has access to the Internet.
Just [...]
Filed under: tech, tips | Tagged: calendar, google, microsoft, outlook, sync, tech, tips | No Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
Rumor has it that the Microsoft Xbox 360 will be getting an across the board € 50 price cut (about $76) on March 14 in Europe, meaning all models will drop by that much.
If this is true, that would put the Xbox 360 Arcade at € 197. For comparison, the Nintendo Wii is € 234 [...]
Filed under: rumors, video games | Tagged: 360, microsoft, price, reduction, rumor, xbox, xbox360 | No Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
Adidas is preparing to launch a new fitness phone in the UK that will compete with the Nike+.
Created with help from Samsung, the SGH-F110 combines a mobile phone with a media player, and throws in an MP3 player, FM tuner, heartbeat monitor, step counter, and it can even chime when you’re not running hard enough.
No [...]
Filed under: tech | Tagged: adidas, cell, cellphone, fitness, mobile, mobilephone, phone, samsung, tech, training | No Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
Ziff Davis Media, publisher of print magazines like PC Magazine, Electronic Games Monthly (EGM), and Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, and of online sites like PCMag.com, DL.TV, 1up.com and FileFront.com, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
According to the court papers that were filed, Ziff Davis has somewhere between $500 million and $1 billion in [...]
Filed under: tech | No Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dan
Hot on the heals of the announcement by Microsoft that their next version of Internet Explorer will by default be more standards-compliant, they’ve gone ahead and released the first beta.
It’s meant more for web developers and designers, but its up for grabs to anyone who’s curious to check it out.
Interested? You can grab it here.
[Via [...]
Filed under: tech | No Comments »
