60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee From GM

Here’s an interesting development from General Motors, they’ve decided to offer a “60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee” on new cars purchased. It’s more than a warranty, and the full details have not been released by The General yet, but it’s an interesting idea. Will other car manufacturers follow GM’s lead on this, or will it be seen as a sign of desperation to win over car buyers?GM is calling it the ‘May the Best Car Win’ marketing effort, and they’re hoping it will show the car company’s confidence in the quality and durability of its cars and trucks. Head Automoblog guy Chris noticed an interesting wrinkle right off the bat. He noticed that the...

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American Air in JAL tie-up, investment talks: report

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The parent company of American Airlines (AMR.N) is in talks to set up a broad venture with Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T) in a deal that could see the U.S. carrier investing hundreds of millions of dollars in JAL, The Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying on Saturday.AMR Corp has been in intensive negotiations for over a month to form a "far-reaching" joint venture with the Asian carrier and is willing to invest to secure an agreement, the Journal cited people familiar with the discussions as saying.Any investment deal would give loss-making JAL, which posted 99 billion yen ($1.1 billion) of net losses in the April-June...

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Gloves off as Cadbury fights Kraft's takeover bid

By Jonathan SibunThe attack came in a letter from Roger Carr, Cadbury’s chairman, to Irene Rosenfeld, the chief executive and chairman of Kraft, which outlined the British company’s arguments for remaining independent.The hard-hitting letter, seen by The Sunday Telegraph, will raise tensions between the two camps after Kraft’s bid for its UK rival was publicly rejected on Monday last week. Cadbury's market value rose 37pc over the week to £11.4bn following Kraft?s approach, initially valued at 745p a shareIt is rare for large public companies to become embroiled in critical public exchanges and Mr Carr’s arguments will be seen as a direct criticism...

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Faster AT&T 3G on its way, slowly

Since I got my iPhone 3GS a couple of months ago, I've been wondering when I would really benefit from its highly anticipated faster 3G capability. I finally got the answer, and as it turns out, the wait is far from over.AT&T announced Wednesday details of its rollout plans for High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 3G technology. This is the next generation of 3G, and it offers up to 7.2Mbps data connection speeds (as opposed to the 2Mbps and 3.6Mbps of the current 3G).(This is, of course, just the theoretical number. Typical real-world downlink and uplink speeds will likely be less than that depending on location, device, and overall traffic...

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Stocks trade flat after 5 days of gains

By STEPHEN BERNARDNEW YORK — Stocks are flat in early trading as investors look for signals about the economy after a five-day rally.Investors are cautious Friday after the recent gains but upbeat corporate news is drawing in some buyers. FedEx is raising its first-quarter earnings forecast because of stronger international shipments and cost-cuts.Strong reports out of China on industrial output, investment, loans and retail sales are also boosting the mood on Wall Street.In the first minutes of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average is up 8 at 9,635. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 2 at 1,047. The Nasdaq composite is up 1 at 2,085.THIS...

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Euro surging against weak dollar

The dollar fell to the lowest levels for months against the euro today as upbeat economic data reduced demand for the safe-haven US currency.The euro rose to a near nine-month high of $1.4627 at one stage today, before dropping back to trade at around £1.4609.Analysts said that Chinese economic numbers fuelled dollar weakness today and investors risk appetite, underlining hopes of a global economic recovery.AdvertisementMost analysts expect the dollar to weaken further amid a growing sense that recovery from the worst global economic crisis in decades is taking root.With the economic outlook brightening, traders tend to shun the dollar in favour...

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Campbell Soup To Report Q4 Results: Earnings Preview

RTTNews) - Campbell Soup Co. (CPB: News ), the world's largest soup maker, is scheduled to report fourth-quarter results before the market opens on Friday. On average, 15 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect the company to earn $0.26 per share for the quarter, while analysts look for fourth-quarter revenues of $1.52 billion. For the full year, earnings are expected to be $2.17 per share on revenues of $7.60 billion. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.Camden, New Jersey-based Campbell manufactures and markets branded convenience food products. It operates in four segments: U.S. Soup, Sauces, and Beverages; Baking and Snacking;...

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Motorola Cliq takes aim at social network users

Just don’t call it the Click.Today, Motorola trotted out a shiny new device called the Cliq – the first phone from Motorola to use the Android operating system originally developed by Google. The Cliq, pictured at right, utilizes the Motoblur interface to allow users rapid access to email, text messages, and photos. But most of the early hype surrounding the Motorola Cliq has concentrated on the phone’s social networking capabilities.“With Motoblur we are differentiating the Android experience for consumers by delivering a unique mobile device experience designed around the way people interact today,” Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of...

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Motorola CLIQ Review: In Depth First Impression

The speculation is over. Today Motorola announced their first Android Phone, the Motorola CLIQ, running their custom version of Android called Motorola BLUR. After spending some time with the device we have both praise and criticism - which we’ll discuss in depth below - but first we should acknowledge the bigger picture.Congratulations to Motorola! Speculation set extremely high expectations for this event and although the best case scenario didn’t occur (multiple Androids, Verizon included) - don’t let that detract from this event’s importance. You can critique CLIQ/BLUR all you like, and perhaps the terms “portfolio” and “suite” were misleading,...

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First impressions: Motorola Cliq

It was a big day for Motorola. The handset manufacturer unveiled its first Google Android device, the Motorola Cliq, to a packed house at the Mobilize '09 conference in San Francisco. While much of the interest was in seeing Moto's premier Android handset, many were also curious to see if it would deliver something that would breathe new life into a company struggling behind the competition.Is the Motorola Cliq the answer? Well, we're not completely sold at this point. We finally got some hands-on time with the device, and while we're impressed with the hardware and the features are on par, it's the MotoBlur software that makes us weary. The...

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Motorola Cliq with Android and Motoblur Available For Free At T-Mobile?

Motorola’s Android event took place yesterday, and like we reported earlier the phone maker unveiled CLIQ, an Android-powered smartphone with MOTOBLUR UI, 5-megapixel camera, WiFi, and full sliding QWERTY keyboard. We’re not really fond of this phone’s design, but it’s nice and it’s coming to T-Mobile (no AT&T), and it might be availalbe [....

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Poll Technica: iPod event rumor roundup before we get rocked

There has been plenty of speculation about what Apple might announce at its "rock and roll" media event tomorrow. Here's a look at what we have heard so far, with your chance to tell us what yo...

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Nano update cements Apple's midmarket hold

The Nano was the only Apple device that got a significant overhaul, with a video camera, FM radio, voice recorder, and pedometer. Somewhat surprisingly, the more expensive and higher-end iPod Touch isn't getting a refresh this time around. It still lacks a video camera and built-in FM radio.The Nano was the only Apple device that got a significant overhaul, with a video camera, FM radio, voice recorder, and pedometer. Somewhat surprisingly, the more expensive and higher-end iPod Touch isn't getting a refresh this time around. It still lacks a video camera and built-in FM rad...

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Five reasons Apple botched its new iPod lineup

I think they botched it, and in doing so, they showed very un-Apple-like cracks in the product lineup. Here’s why: 1. The third-generation iPod touch is a wash. Sure, it’s faster and cheaper, but Apple’s already sold 20 million of them. Without a camera on it (rumor is that it was delayed), there’s little to recommend as an upgrade. 2. The iPod nano cannibalizes other products…and their customers. FM tuner (hello Sony and Microsoft!) and VoiceOver features make the nano a worthwhile upgrade for previous nano owners. With VoiceOver, it’s got shuffle-like capability. Since it’s light as a feather and almost as slim (and cheaper), why would...

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Steve Jobs returns to the stage with an overhauled iPod Nano

Steve Jobs triumphantly returned to the spotlight to present this year's lineup of new iPods, iPhone OS 3.1, iTunes 9, and improvements to the iTunes store. In iPhone OS 3.1, a free incremental download that goes live today, the App Store has Genius recommendations, and a ringtone store with over 30,000 ringtones from all of the "big four" major labels priced at $1.29 eachiTunes 9 also goes live today, receiving improved Genius functionality as well. Here, it applies to "Genius Mixes," a Pandora-esque playlist feature where songs of a similar nature are played sequentially. The database for Genius Mixes currently contains over 54 billion songs....

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The iPod Nano now has a built-in video camera, an FM radio with live pause mode, and a pedometer. The iPod Touch gets more storage space for less, and iTunes has several new features for music lovers.The most dramatic additions to the iPod Nano include a built-in video camera and FM radio, which marks the first time that Apple has embedded a radio in its iPod. The new Nano is priced at $149 for the 8GB gigabyte storage size and $179 for the 16GB. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press / September 9, 20...

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Jobs Himself Is Biggest Rollout at Apple Show

By Mike MusgroveWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, September 11, 2009Apple showed off new iPods, new music software and an updated iPhone on Wednesday. But little of that seemed to draw as much attention as the man in the black mock turtleneck who took the stage in San Francisco to introduce the offerings."I'm vertical," proclaimed chief executive Steve Jobs as he made his first public appearance since returning to the company from a six-month medical leave. "I'm back at Apple, and I'm loving every day of it."Jobs looked every bit as thin as he did in the months leading up to January's announcement that he would be taking time off to focus...

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HTC Tattoo budget smartphone runs Android

If you’re on a budget, but want to get in on the hot Android action, pay attention to the HTC Tattoo. Not only does it run on Google Android’s operating system with the Sense UI, but it also packs in a Qualcomm MSM7225 528MHz processor, 256MB RAM, and Quad-band GSM/EDGE. It also has a 2.8 inch touchscreen LCD display, Bluetooth 2.0, a microSD slot, GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and Wi-Fi connectivity. To us, that’s one of the most feature-packed phones we’ve seen for the budget market. The HTC Tattoo will be available in Europe at the beginning of next month, and will come to the US soon thereaft...

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HTC Tattoo might be an affordable Android handset

TAIWANESE PHONE MANUFACTURER HTC has announced its latest Android mobile phone, the Tattoo, and it looks like it's ready to make its mark on the affordable smartphone market.Not content with a hat trick, HTC's Tatoo is its fourth Google mobile OS powered handset, and it's finally one with a relatively affordable price tag according to HTC.No official word from HTC on how cheap the Tattoo named mobile will really be, although online mobile phone reseller Expansys has the handset at £319.99, whereas the previous HTC Android phone was around £429.99 at launch.To achieve this lower cost it appears HTC has brought down the specs of this phone from...

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HTC Tattoo could be the first 'real' free smartphone

Now that HTC has unveiled its fourth Android handset, one begins to wonder what is next for the Taiwanese company and indeed the Android handsets business as a whole. HTC was the first to release a phone running on Google's open smartphone operating system, and now that it has shown off the Tattoo (formerly known as "Click") the company appears to have foregone design innovation in favor of releasing a cheap device.The HTC Tattoo has a 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7225 processor with 256 MB RAM, quad-band GSM/HSPA/UMTS radios, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack and microSD-expandable memory. But aside from HTC's Sense UI,...

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Asus To Launch EEE E-Book Reader With Two Screens

Last month end, it was reported that Asus had plans to enter the eBook reader market and now, more details emerge about Eee Reader. London Times reported that as per Asus UK spokesperson, a budget and a premium version of eBook reader would be unveiled before the end of this year. This clearly means that Asus is all set to take on Sony eReader and Amazon Kindle by the end of this year.Considering the Asus Eee Family of products, we presume that the eBook Reader would be referred Eee Reader.At the CeBIT 2009 Expo in March, Asus had showed off Dual Panel Touchscreen PC concept and obviously it was a prototype with nothing much shared about it....

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Gamescom: Welcome to Cologne

Sony kicked of the inaugural Gamescom in Cologne with the not-so-surprising announcement of its new PS3 Slim consolehe new Sony PS3 Slim. Photograph: Alex Grimm/Getty ImagesThe games industry has descended on Cologne in a rare old state of excitement. For some years now, Europe has had a videogames show that wan't really much of a rival to the American E3 – previously known, prosaically, as the Games Convention and based in Leipzig, a city about which it is nigh-impossible to be complimentary.But this year it has rebooted itself as Gamescom, and moved to the refreshingly pleasant environs of Cologne in Germany. The result is a general feeling...

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HTC Tattoo: An Android phone for all

Formerly known as the HTC Click, the Tattoo, we presume, gets it name from the customization options it offers and is being advertised as an Android phone for all. It's the second phone from the company, after the HTC Hero, to use the HTC Sense user interface, which provides up to seven home screen panels that can be personalized with various widgets, shortcuts, and wallpapers.The phone itself is pretty compact at 4.17 inches tall by 2.17 inches wide by 0.55 inch thick and 3.99 ounces. The HTC Tattoo features a 2.8-inch QVGA resistive touch screen and comes with a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, a microSD expansion slot, and a 3.2 megapixel camera....

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Verizon Launched Samsung Rogue U960 and Intensity U450

As expected, Verizon Wireless today released two new Samsung devices, the Rogue U960 and Intensity U450.The Samsung Rogue, which will be replacing the Glyde, is a new touchscreen phone using Samsung's TouchWiz UI. It features a 3.1" AMOLED display sporting a 480x800 pixel resolution, a 3.0 megapixel camera with flash and editing capabilities, microSD support for 16GB of extra memory, slide-out QWERTY keyboard and EV-DO.The Samsung Intensity is practically the entry-level version of the Rogue. This handset is packing a 2.1 inch 262k color display (176x262 pixels), 1.3 megapixel camera with dedicated shutter button, slide-out QWERTY keyboard and...

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The group that currently owns the patents, Allied Security Trust, buys them to protect its members from lawsuits. Composed of such companies as Google

A new post on AppleInsider has recently showed up which looks into ways win which Snow Leopard has improved security for Mac users, there have been many improvements in a lot of different areas of the OS, for full details check out AppleInsider.One major change has been with warnings that show up when using Safari, previously Safari warned you when tried to enter sites which are known too distribute malicious software, however now Snow Leopard shows additional warnings when disk images are opened which contain known malware installers.There are a lot more improvements which have been made within Safari, however rather than just repeat what has...

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Report: Rivals eye Microsoft's former Linux patents

Microsoft has at times alleged patent infringement in its attempts to stifle certain Linux-based applications. But one group is hoping to fight back by using Microsoft's own former patents.he Open Invention Network (OIN), a group made up of Microsoft competitors and Linux advocates,said it's close an agreement to buy 22 patents that Microsoft sold to another organization earlier this year. According to Tuesday's Wall Street Journal, the patents may relate to Linux.The OIN believes that getting these patents is critical to protecting Linux developers from costly lawsuits, according to the Journal. The concern is that otherwise the patents could...

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Sprint offers $100 credit to new Pre users

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp hopes to lure customers from rival service providers with a special $100 service credit for new subscribers who buy Palm Inc's Pre, essentially giving the device a 50 percent price cut a few months after it started selling the phone.Sprint said on its website that the offer, which does not apply to existing customers, would be available for new Sprint customers who sign up before October 31 and commit to a 2-year service contract. The service credit would be added to customer invoices over a 3-month period, the company said.Sprint's existing Pre price tag was $199, after rebates.While some analysts said...

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Apple offers sleek cachet for clunkers

Imagine consumers en masse dumping their old PC clunkers for a svelte MacBook Air running the sleek, new Snow Leopard operating system. An implausible Orwellian vision but probably not that far removed from Apple's marketing aspirations.In short, walk into any Apple Store in any tony neighborhood and the message is: relieve yourself of those old bulky PCs and flip phones and we'll give you smaller, more stylish computing with the Apple cachet.The analogy may be a bit strained, but imagine trading in a 14 mpg Hummer H2 for a 45 mpg hybrid Ford Fusion. The point: smaller is better. And it's not just Apple hardware. Apple's new Snow Leopard operating...

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Shuttle Undocks from Station, Heads Home

By Bill Harwood(CBS/AP) The Discovery space shuttle will pull away from the international space station, ending a resupply visit that spanned just over a week.The shuttle will bring home seven astronauts, departing Tuesday and returning to earth Thursday evening, weather permitting.The two crews, seven on the shuttle and six on the station, hugged and shook hands as they said goodbye before sealing the hatches between Discovery and space station."The most efficient way to do it was close the hatches tonight and undock early in the morning, so you're all prepped and ready to go and all you have to do is open up the hooks for tomorrow," NASA's...

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T-Mobile and Orange joint venture to have 37pc of UK market

T-Mobile and Orange are on Tuesday expected to announce a deal to create the UK's largest mobile phone operator.By Rupert Neate, City Reporter T-Mobile and Orange joint venture to have 37pc of UK marketThe new operator will have more than 30m customers and push O2 and Vodafone, which had launched unsuccessful bids to buy T-Mobile UK, into second and third place.It is understood that the joint venture will be majority-owned by France Telecom, the owner of Orange, unless Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent, makes a cash payment to France Telecom to make up for the fact that Orange has more customers than T-Mobile. It is expected that Orange and...

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BookArc MacBook Stand

Here is a useful accessory for your MacBook, the BookArc Stand that lets you turn your MacBook into a desktop.Ideal for all the MacBook users who use an additional monitor with their MacBook, the BookArc stand holds your Macbook in a vertical position with the screen closed, and it will work with the MacBook Air and all MacBooks up to the 17 inch versi...

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Official iPhone 3G Unlock

Posted 24 Aug. 2009 in Apple, Gadgets, iPhone by FatgadgetWe have seen the many ways of unofficially unlocking your iPhone 3G like redsn0w, it seems like one lucky iPhone owner managed to get his iPhone 3G unlocked by Apple.The iPhone user in question lives in Finland and his iPhone was on the Sonera network, who let users buy themselves out of their 3G contract in Finland when the iPhone 3GS was relea...

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MacCores iTab Mini – Apple Tablet Mod

We are still awaiting official news from Apple on the much rumored Apple Tablet, in the meantime here is a cool Apple Tablet mod, the MacCores iTab Mini.I have to admit from the photos, the MacCores iTab Mini looks very cool, it features a 12.1 SVGA resistive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1400 x 1050 and a 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 duo process...

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Newspaper MacBook Sleeve

Here is a fun accessory for your MacBook, a sleeve that looks like a newspaper, and it is designed to stop people stealing your MacBook as they will think it is just a newspap...

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Apple Special Event 9th September

Apple (AAPL) has sent out invitations to technology journalists for its latest special event, called ‘ It’s only rock and roll, but we like it’, as the name suggests, this event is going to be all about iPods, as we reported previously the event will be held on the 9th of September at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco at 10AM P...

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iPhone AT&T Exclusivity deal starting to crumble

-According to a prediction from financial analyst Gene Munster, a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray, AT&T’s exclusivity iPhone deal with Apple could come to an end within the year.This could spell big trouble for AT&T. About 40 percent of AT&T’s 10 million iPhone customers switched to AT&T from another carrier to get their hands on a precious iPho...

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MacTable for iMac

If you have a number of Mac workstations or need some funky desks for your classroom then the MacTable may be one for you.The MacTable is designed with a semi-recessed platform for open sight lines and to allow the iMac to be held secure. Retained in the well, the iMac is protected against being knocked off of the desktop by the casual passer-by and 2″ diameter steel legs are designed for open access. The angles of the legs and modesty panels complement the angles of the iMacs, themsel...

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Apple To Sell Ready Made Ringtones For the iPhone

Cnet are reporting that Apple (AAPL) has obtained rights to sell ready made ringtones for the iPhone from iTunes, and apparently they are rushing to get them ready for next weeks Apple Special Eve...

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XSKN iKeyboard for the iPhone

One feature that a lot of iPhone and iPod Touch users would like to see on the iPhone is the ability to use a Bluetooth keyboard.One company called XSKN is working on a Bluetooth keyboard for the iPhone and iPod touch, called the iKeyboard, which is basically a modified Apple Bluetooth keyboard featuring icons on the ke...

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Spotify iPhone App Now Available

We mentioned the other week that Apple has approved the Spotify iPhone App, well it looks like it is now available as a free download from iTunes.Spotify is a music subscription service that streams music direct to your iPhone, the main difference between Spotify and other music streaming Apps is that it lets you download the music direct to your iPhone, and then you can listen to your playlists when your iPhone isn’t connect to 3G or Wi...

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Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category

Apple (AAPL) is holding a special event tomorrow the 9th of September in San Francisco at 10am PST, we are expecting them to unveil a new range of iPods which will come with a built in camera just like the iPhone.The latest rumor doing the rounds today is that there are certain ‘technical difficulties’ with the new 3.2 megapixel camera modules that are going to be integrated into the new iPod Touch and iPod Na...

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HTC Tattoo Google Android Smartphone Announced

Connectivity on the HTC Tattoo comes in the form of quad band GSM/EDGE, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, plus there is also built in GPS, a digital compass and an accelerometer.The HTC Tattoo will go on sale in Europe in October, there is no word on pricing as ...

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Intel's latest chip ready for release

Four-core processors will double capacity, writes David Flynn.NO ONE knows how many angels can dance on the head of a pin but the boffins at Intel know how many transistors fit into the full stop at the end of this sentence. That magic number is 3 million and it represents a milestone in Intel's four decades of driving the personal computer industry.Transistors - tiny electronic switches that flick between zero and one as a computer crunches every piece of data - are the DNA of the computer's brain. The smaller they are, the more can be squeezed into a limited space and the more powerful the computer chip becomes.Intel's new Core i5 processor,...

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Astronauts pack Buzz Lightyear for ride home

By MARCIA DUNN (AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle and station packed up Buzz Lightyear on Monday for the ride home from "infinity and beyond."The 12-inch action figure has been at the international space station for more than a year.Mission Control asked Discovery's crew to do a final check to make certain Buzz was safely stowed on the shuttle, before the hatches between the linked spacecraft were sealed late Monday night. The shuttle will depart Tuesday.NASA also was tracking another threatening piece of space junk, but did not think the orbiting outpost would have to steer clear.The Buzz Lightyear toy kept...

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