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5 Takes on Windows Vista SP1 [Roundup]

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Vista’s SP1 was officially released on Tuesday. That means people have had enough time to tinker around with it, test it out, and share their opinions. The reviews are in, and here’s what the usual suspects (plus our own most eloquent commenters) had to say.
PC World: “Pre-SP1, the [1.9GB] file copy averaged 384 seconds; post-SP1, […]

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5 Takes on Windows Vista SP1 [Roundup]

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Vista’s SP1 was officially released on Tuesday. That means people have had enough time to tinker around with it, test it out, and share their opinions. The reviews are in, and here’s what the usual suspects (plus our own most eloquent commenters) had to say.
PC World: “Pre-SP1, the [1.9GB] file copy averaged 384 seconds; post-SP1, […]

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The new Toshiba’s Gigabeat V81 portable digital TV has a 320 x 240-pixel 3.5-inch screen, fitting 40 hours of recorded TV into its internal 8GB memory, which is double the previous version, expandable with an SD card. They claim 10 hours of broadcast viewing, and 13 hours of playback video viewing with WMA, WMV and […]

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The new Toshiba’s Gigabeat V81 portable digital TV has a 320 x 240-pixel 3.5-inch screen, fitting 40 hours of recorded TV into its internal 8GB memory, which is double the previous version, expandable with an SD card. They claim 10 hours of broadcast viewing, and 13 hours of playback video viewing with WMA, WMV and […]

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As expected, Jobsy took center stage at San Francisco’s Mascone Center, pouring glasses of Kool-Aid to a thirsty yet doe eyed audience. MacWorld, for those of you unfamiliar, is Apple’s annual conference and keynote that is part State of the Union address, part infomercial, and part Renaissance Festival (minus the period costumes and […]

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Free Wallpaper Friday: Overstuffed Edition

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

Holiday wallpapers to deck your iPhone. Download them after the jump. And…you’re welcome.

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iPhone may soon come to the land of the rising sun. Word on the street is that NTT DoCoMo head honcho, Masao Nakamura, has been seen in public holding hands with a certain American wearing faded denim jeans and black mock turtleneck sweater. He confirms today that his company is actively engaged in talks […]

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iPhone wielding Slingbox owners will soon be able to view their favorite smutty Spice Channel content on iPhone screens, if rumors are true. A site that goes by the charming name Electric Pig (I prefer my swine without rectal power adapters thank you very much) claims to have spoken with one of the higher […]

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CNBC reporter Jim Goldman claims that a source close to Apple’s Asian contract manufacturer knows precisely when Apple will launch the long desired 3G iPhone. Clear your calendars for the month of June ‘08, the date of iPhone 3G’s arrival. This news, if you can call it that, comes as little surprise since the […]

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C|Net’s French website is reporting that an upcoming Firmware update, to be released by Apple as early as Saturday, will include two added features that enable the iPhone to act as a USB Flash Drive when docked with a PC or Mac, and includes Voice recorder capability. Which means you’ll be able to throw […]

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