Western Digital has updated its WD TV Remote app for WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub users. The company will soon be adding Android support to the app as well as iOS devices . WD also announced it will be adding new streaming services for WD TV users, including VUDU and several sports […]
Nuance shook up the smartphone field Tuesday by acquiring Vlingo. The deal gives it a natural language voice command system available both after the fact and preloaded on phones like the iPhone 4S, which itself uses Nuance as part of its recognition. “Inspired by the introduction of services such as Apple’s Siri and our own […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
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Summit Entertainment released the poster for the thriller Gone, directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. In the film, opening in theaters on February 24, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill, who had escaped from a kidnapper a year […]
Archos has just unveiled its lowest-cost Android 3.2 tablet, the 70b. It gets a seven-inch, 1024×600 capacitive touchscreen and mostly keeps the cost down through a 1.2GHz, single-core processor along with 512MB of RAM. An HDMI output and SD memory card input together supplement the 8GB of built-in memory. Like newer-generation Archos tablets, it gets […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
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AOC has just introduced a new 23-inch monitor that’s rare in carrying an integrated dock for the iPhone and iPod touch. The e2343Fi will stream any video content of the docked iOS device to its screen, and sound will be delivered through a pair of integrated SRS Premium speakers. The company will bring the e2343Fi […]
The announcement trailer has been released for Peter Jackson’s anticipated follow up to the LOTR Saga, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” ”The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. […]
Ford of Europe will soon begin offering an accessory for some of its newer vehicles that will allow drivers to play back music and audio tracks from USB mass storage devices. Called the USB Music Box, it connects to the factory radio’s auxiliary input and supports smartphones and MP3 players, recharging them as well. What’s […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
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On the heels of a study that shows that 80 percent of all web video is now available in HTML5 players for the benefit of mobile users, one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations, the BBC, has formally adopted the standard for videos on the regular and mobile versions of its news website, ensuring that […]
Contributors on the XDA-Developers forums are reporting that Amazon’s just-published 6.2.1 software update to the Kindle Fire e-book reader breaks hacks again. The patch remove roots as well as ROMs other than the Amazon-issued code from the devices, though this time around, it’s not yet possible to re-root the device using known exploits as the […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
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AMD on Tuesday revealed updates to its A-series desktop and notebook Fusion processors. The flagship dual-core and quad-core chips get speed boosts, and users can for the first time overclock the x86 and graphics settings on unlocked models. All the chips also get the AMD Steady Video feature, which is meant to get rid of […]