Archive for: March, 2012

InstaPrint Creates Photos from Instagram App

A Brooklyn-based company, Breakfast, is looking to raise funds through Kickstarter to get its InstaPrint project into production. Basically a mobile printer running on Linux, it uses Zink’s inkless technology to print Instagram photos from Wi-Fi-connected iPhones and iPods. The photos include comments and are searched for by user-specified hashtags. Those who contribute at least […]

Sprint May Cancel LightSquared Deal

Sprint may simply drop its deal with LightSquared next week after its partner’s troubles grew too large, a leak indicated Wednesday morning. Bloomberg had heard from sources that Sprint’s extension to mid-March for the multi-billion dollar 4G deployment deal would likely be the last. Barring a last-minute reprieve, LightSquared would have to deploy its LTE […]

Toshiba Announces 17″ 3D Qosmio X870 Gaming Laptop with 3GB GPU

Toshiba has introduced a new gaming notebook, the Qosmio X870. The device features a 17.3-inch display with 1920×1080 resolution and 3D capabilities, powered by Intel processors and an unnamed NVIDIA GPU with 3GB of dedicated memory. Other hardware features include up to 2TB in HDD storage or a hybrid SSD option for faster speeds, along […]

Intel Ivy Bridge Gets Pre-Release Test – Shows Huge Leap in Graphics

An unofficial, pre-release benchmarking of Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge architecture has shown an overall speed up, but most of all in graphics. Testing at AnandTech of a 3.5GHz, quad Core i7-3770K desktop chip has shown that the Intel HD 4000 integrated video is about 20 to 40 percent faster than the 3000 video on a […]

Google Rewards Researchers for Exposing Flaws on Chrome

Just in time for the CanSecWest security conference, Google has announced it has handed out $47,500 in rewards to users who identified bugs in its Chrome browser. There were 14 bugs fixed, with three users getting $10,000 each for their contributions. The vulnerabilities were addressed in a March 4 update to the browser, though the […]

Adobe Shows Preview of Edge – HTML5 Design Tool

Adobe Labs has unveiled a public preview release of Adobe Edge, the company’s own take on HTML5 animation and interaction design. The free download is available now for both Mac and Windows platforms, but should be considered pre-beta software. The tool in some senses competes with Adobe’s own Flash Professional, allowing web designers to create […]

ABC Family Launches Free iOS App – Supports Full Episodes

ABC has announced the launch of an ABC Family app that showcases full episodes with ad support of the channel’s original series, such as Jane By Design, Switched at Birth and The Secret Life of an American Teenager. Episodes become available the day after they air on TV. The ABC Family app will be the […]

Google Plus Could Unify Games on Mobile and Web

Google+ group product manager Punit Soni gave a presentation at the Game Developers Conference on Tuesday that promised a completely unified game platform from his company. He expected “by next year” to see Android, Chrome Web Store, Chrome Native Client, and Google+ games to all be unified. He didn’t explain how this would happen, VentureBeat […]

Adobe Labs Releases Adobe Shadow for iOS Beta

Adobe Labs has posted “Release 1” of Adobe Shadow, which is intended to improve the workflow of web developers by allowing various devices to “pair” with the program (such as tablets, smartphones and other devices) with their computer to see real-time previews of web content on iOS or Android. The program can be used with […]

Sony To Cut Model Lines in Half – Set Minimum Prices

Sony at event Tuesday announced a major rethink of its attitudes towards retailers. In an attempt to reclaim its premium image, it was instituting a minimum advertised price for 140 of its product ranges that would prevent retailers from cutting prices too heavily on Sony products. The company’s COO Phil Molyneux added that the company […]

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