Archive for the 'Software' Category

Nokia Giving A Countdown To ‘Everyone Connect

No clues as to what this is but the Twitterverse has an inkling that we’ll see Ovi Maps integrated with Nokia Messaging. Jury’s still out on hardware like, say, the N8-00 — though as the rumored flagship S^3 device we’d prefer its reveal to be a bit more formal instead of a countdown.

iPhone OS 4 Numerous New iChat Clues Found

It is difficult to understand why Apple wouldn’t have mentioned iChat at its “tentpole”-filled keynote if it was all ready to go on it, but the eternal optimists within us would like to believe that the merest glimpse of the app would instantly reveal a front facing camera on whatever new iPhone hardware is in [...]

Apple Rejects Dashboard iPad app and Opens Source instead

After long hours of search you land up finding an app that adds some much-needed Dashboard-like functionality to the iPad only to realize that it has been rejected by Apple– Bling bling what next?? If you’re Hongrich, developer of the slightly problematically-named “Dashboard” app, you make it open source. Of course, you’ll have to be [...]

Sony Ericsson To Push Major Firmware Update Xperia X2

X2 owners, this is one knews you should know at any cost. This might get your feet of the ground! You would happy to know that your very own Sony Ericsson hasn’t given up on its critically panned Xperia X2, delivering a sizable new firmware update that offers a variety of goodies like FM radio [...]

Windows 7 SP1 Beta Out in the News

As we all know Microsoft has already spoken for its progessive working of the Latest Windows 7 Service Pack 1, but it seems that the prime update has secretely leaked out slightly before hand. If not the update atleast the first look of it. The look has unexpectingly not changed at all but for the [...]

Windows 7 Way Hotter Than Vista off The Line, Now More Popular Than All OS X Versions

We learned back in November that Windows 7 was having a much (much!) better first few days in retail than Vista did when it launched, but now that the system has had a full quarter and change to make an impression, it looks as if that growth isn’t slowing down. According to new figures from [...]

Firefox 4 Windows Mockup Provides 5 UI Hints of Things To Come

Want a hint as to where Firefox will go next? As a product visual designer at Mozilla, Stephen Horlander is the kind of guy who can make things happen — so when he shares updates and mockups on Firefox 4’s user interface, we tend to pay attention. He outlines five portions of a screenshot teaser [...]

Windows 7 Starter Comes With Hidden Wireless Connection Sharing

Ah, the blessings of market fragmentation. If you thought that, in its efforts to differentiate the Starter Edition from its beefier Windows 7 offerings, Microsoft chopped off the ability to share wireless connections between compatible devices, we’ve got good news: it didn’t. Turns out that ad-hoc networking is very much a part of Windows 7 [...]

Programmer adds IE 9 Graphics Acceleration to Firefox

Not so fast, Internet Explorer! We know that you have great things in the works for IE 9 — including Direct2D GPU acceleration, the 2D / vector graphics API that we first laid eyes on in Windows 7. And believe us, that got our attention — as well as the attention of Mozilla programmer Bas [...]

Data Robotics introduces 5-bay Drobo S, Enterprise-ready DroboElite

Data Robotics has been quietly raking in the dough (and trying to match up supply with demand) ever since it launched its 8-bay DroboPro back in April, and now the company is making yet another bold move: doubling its product line. Starting today, the traditional 4-bay Drobo will be joined by the quicker Drobo S, [...]