02Jan2010
Sennheiser MM 70 iP headphones for mobile phones review
Provides: In-ear audio reproduction with in-line smart remote and microphoneDeveloper: SennheiserMinimum Requirements: 1/8” audio output, Apple iPhone for mic functionalityPrice: $129.95Availability: NowIf you’ve read any of my previous headphone reviews at Appletell, you know I’m not a huge fan of in-ear headphones, especially Apple’s. I’ve reviewed some good sets, but still prefer to use over-the-ear sets when possible. Trouble is, they’re not as portable. You can’t take them
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Bed Bug Camera – Now you can know before its too late
I don’t know about you guys, but ever since all this bedbug information has been hitting the news I am scared to death to stay in a hotel, or even sit with my head against an airplane seat, just the thought of these creepy critters gets my skin crawling, I just can’t relax. Well, now I have something new to add to my obsessive-compulsive arsenal, the Bedbug Camera. This web enabled USB microscope camera, can zoom into any object and examine it very closely using the 10x magnification or it
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Boxee to get Vudu next week, Netflix in late January
Boxee just before New Year's apologized for the delayed additions of Netflix and Vudu to its Mac and Windows desktop apps and the Boxee Box while giving new timetables. The Vudu update will be the first and should arrive next week to provide per-title movie purchases and rentals. Netflix is now due to reach Boxee before the end of January. "I am disappointed that we couldn?t make it happen in time for the end of the year," founder Avner Ronen said. "However I?d ask that you put your faith in
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Intel to outsource Panther Point chipsets to Taiwan?
Intel is rumored to be planning to outsource the production of its Panther Point chipsets, according to a report. Industry sources are claiming that Intel plans to partner with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacture Company (TSMC), which will fabricate the Panther Point chipsets, which will be paired with Intel?s Ivy Bridge processors. The move is aimed at reducing manufacturing costs in order to address AMD?s competitively priced Fusion APU?s (Accelerated Processing Units). It is also claimed that
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LG dips into media hubs with Smart TV Upgrader
LG continued a series of pre-CES unveilings today by releasing its first attempt at a purely digital media hub. The Smart TV Upgrader ST600 gives any TV, including those from LG's competitors, the same access to LG's Internet TV functions and TV app store as one of its own TV sets. In the US, that should bring Netflix and Vudu movies as well as a full web browser and DLNA media sharing. The emphasis on streaming keeps the hardware requirements light similar to those of the Apple TV the Smart
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Android Malware Surfaces in Chinese App Markets
A new Trojan horse aimed at Android devices has recently surfaced in China.Named “Geinimi,” San Francisco firm Lookout Mobile Security says the Trojan is “the most sophisticated Android malware [the firm has] seen to date.”“Geinimi is effectively being ‘grafted’ onto repackaged versions of legitimate applications,” most of which have been games, the firm says. The apps are then sold in Chinese third-party Android app markets. Affected apps will request permissions “over and
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Employee: Nokia-Windows Phone 7 Rumor Is ‘Loony’
Don’t believe the recent gossip that Nokia and Microsoft are hooking up to make a Windows phone. A soon-to-be-former employee of Nokia claims it isn’t happening. On his personal blog, Watts Martin explained that a partnership between Microsoft and Nokia isn’t even close to happening, because it’s unlikely Nokia would cede control of an OS to a third party. “There is no guarantee of that at all, because it is stark raving loony,” Martin wrote. “A lot of the reporting on Nokia
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Nintendo Japan Warns Kids Under 6 to Avoid 3DS
Consumer electronics companies are betting that 3-D is going to be the next big thing, and several are heavily promoting the latest 3-D televisions. But the advent of consumer-level 3-D has been accompanied by concerns about what effect the hardware might have on the human visual system. Although there’s no evidence of harm, most of these companies have issued disclaimers warning against the use of this hardware by children. Now, Nintendo Japan has joined them, warning against the use of its
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MSI’s Windows tablet shown ahead of CES, underwhelms
MSI at a Taipei preview of its CES plans had a demonstration (below) of the WindPad 100W. Despite plans to launch it in 2011, the Windows 7 slate is entirely unchanged from its May appearance at Computex and still runs a 1.66GHz Atom Z530, 2GB of RAM and a 32GB SSD. The processor is reportedly the best MSI could manage on a Windows tablet without having to use a noisy fan, NetbookNews was told in its look. In testing the device, the system was considered disappointing. The decision to use the
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Nokia estimatied to have moved four million N8s in fall
A rare prediction of Nokia's smarphone sales came today from Finland-based equity research group Inderes Oy. Pointing to chip orders, Nokia's recruitment at its Salo factory and even web search traffic, analysts estimated that Nokia would ship about four million units of its N8 smartphone flagship this fall. The demand so far was the highest in both Nokia's Finnish homeland and in countries where Apple and Google didn't have a significant footprint to start with, including India, Malaysia and
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