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EeePC Running Android

January 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware, Software

Making good on Google’s continued pledge to not limit Android to just phones, two guys at VentureBeat got Android up an running on their Eee PC 1000H. But a question comes to mind: why?
Apparently it was a piece of cake to get Android to support everything you’d need for functional computing, including sound, graphics (at [...]

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RemoteDroid app

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Articles, Mobile, Productivity, Software

It’s already been done on the iPhone, and it looks like G1 users can now use their handset of choice to control their computer as well. Given the G1’s preponderance of input options, this new so-called RemoteDroid app is also quite a bit more capable, with it letting you take advantage of the G1’s keypad, [...]

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Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart

December 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Software

Who needs Psystar?
Apple says it’s had “pretty interesting ideas” for a Mac netbook, but it’s everyday users who’ve already taken action. Due to their similar technical underpinnings, most of the popular netbooks can run OS X, but there are plenty of caveats: non-functioning components which lack drivers and need to be replaced—or which simply can’t [...]

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Mac OS X 10.5.6 now available via Software Update

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Software

Headline pretty much says it all, and it’s a big one. Tipping the scales at 377MB (or 190MB for some; see image after the break), the OS X 10.5.6 update is now available via Software Update. We’re sucking it down and will report back with any changes. We strongly encourage you to do the same [...]

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Windows 7 Multitouch Media Transfer Makes Our Hands Tired

December 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Software

Multitouch is great. We like it a lot. Except when it’s totally unnecessary and just make our flabby arms tired, like in this demo of a multitouch media transfer application for Windows 7. The app, by PQ-DVD (they make iPod video conversion software), is supposedly the first to use multitouch to organize media on [...]

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Songbird Remote Controls Playlists from your iPhone or iPod Touch

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Productivity, Software

iPhone/iPod touch only: One of the great strengths of Songbird, a jukebox app intended to serve as a more open-ended iTunes killer, is its Firefox-like extensibility. The 779Media group jumps out of the gate with a remote-control application for iPhones and iPod touch devices that, while simple in functionality, does give you basic play/pause/back/forward control [...]

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Microsoft Vista Ultimate gets the (PRODUCT) RED treatment

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Software

It’s not like (PRODUCT) RED versions of Windows Vista haven’t been shipping on associated systems for months now, but for those who’d prefer to keep the rig they have and just get a colorful / charitable upgrade to Microsoft’s latest OS, this is for you. Listed on the official (PRODUCT) RED website and up for [...]

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iPhone sales exceed Windows Mobile sales for first time

December 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Mobile, Software

Gartner’s latest analysis of the global smartphone industry is in, and there are few interesting nuggets tucked within all those percentages. For starters, the sector still managed to grow 11.5% in Q3 2008 compared to a year prior, but that increase is the smallest since it began tracking. Of course, given the current economic climate, [...]

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