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Windows 7 plays nice on the Eee PC 1000H

31. October 2008

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While for the most part Windows Vista has drawn the ire of netbook users for being too much of a memory hog, Microsoft has apparently addressed this issue in their next OS, Windows 7. Apparently, the Windows 7 beta runs relatively well on an Asus Eee PC 1000H that comes equipped with an Intel 1.6GHz [...]

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EA ready for Android: Tetris, Bejeweled and Monopoly confirmed

30. October 2008

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EA is almost synonymous with gaming consoles, but with their partnership with Nokia for their N-gage platform, it seems that they want to be known for gaming itself and not be limited to hardware platforms. As a testament to this, they’ve also expressed their intent on creating games for the Android phone. Here’s what EA [...]

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Lenovo S10e to come with Quick Start/SplashTop instant OS

28. October 2008

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It’s not exactly a groundbreaking improvement, but it is nonetheless a welcome enhancement. The second generation Lenovo S10e will come preloaded with Splashtop, the quickboot Linux-based OS making life easier without Windows. Dubbed as the Quick Start once it hits the Lenovo netbooks, it will be the first time SplashTop will be used in an [...]

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iPhone 3G Baseband Unlock nearing completion

26. October 2008

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While this may have little implication in the greater context of things, the iPhone Dev Team is close to finally coming up with an iPhone 3G baseband unlock solution which was missing when the iPhone 2.0 jailbreak was released. Since iPhones will still solely be available and activated through AT&T stores in the US, this [...]

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iPhone 2.2 beta 2 out now for Developers, Google Maps Street View included

25. October 2008

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iPhone 2.2 beta 2 has just be released for developers and one of its highlight features is the inclusion of street view in Google Maps. Yeah, its cool, but I don’t think it will be appreciated that much by a whole lot of users as opposed to landscape-mode e-mail typing and cut/copy & paste. If [...]

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MSI Wind gets overclocking support via BIOS v1.09 update

24. October 2008

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While externally netbooks can easily be differentiated from each other, looking at their internal machinery is a completely different story. With almost identical RAM, processor and storage capacity, the slightest difference in netbook specs will mean added performance and that winning edge over the competition. That’s what MSI is doing with the release of the [...]

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Qik app now supports Nokia, Sony Ericsson phones

18. October 2008

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Do you love that Qik application that runs on a jailbroken iPhone but can’t afford to own an iPhone? Well, here’s some good news for you. Makers of Qik have just announced that their video app is now supporting smartphones as well as J2ME phones. Included in the first batch of non-iPhone units the alpha [...]

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Audi 4 Driving Experience v2.0: Better, but still not Great

17. October 2008

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Version 2.0 of Audi 4 Driving Experience has been out for quite sometime now and after weeks of trying to get the hang of things, I must say, it’s still quite a challenge to play around with and it’s still not in a good way. We’ve given you a review of the first version we [...]

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iPhone Fring multi-IM, VoIP app now available via App Store

4. October 2008

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Joining the likes of Palringo and JetSet, Fring is the latest multi-IM app available at the App Store. Fring, as the jailbreak community knows, has been around for quite sometime now, but this is the first time they’ve made their app available via Apple’s software store. What’s also unique to Fring is that aside from [...]

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iPhone Backgrounder: Run multiple apps simulateously

3. October 2008

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Don’t you just find it irritating that you can’t run two apps at the same time on your iPhone like watching YouTube while staying connected via your favorite IM app? Well, the iPhone Backgrounder app just does that. It allows you to run apps simultaneously with each other. You can even add an XML code [...]

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