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Whenever a company releases or announced a device that doesn't have a removable battery, the question is always raised over how inconvenient will it will be to replace it. Apple, a company who fits this description with many of its products, faced the same challenge with the iPhone and iPod...
Speaking on the developer’s Facebook page, Harmonix has confirmed that Rock Band 3 will release this holiday season.
Harmonix is developing Rock Band 3 for worldwide release this holiday season! The game, which will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic...
As Neowin reported earlier this month, AT&T plans to invest up to $19 billion in network upgrades. The first major step appears to be opening three test labs, according to an AT&T press release. Two of the development centers will be located in the United States and the third will...
Stating in a press release, Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the closed beta test for its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, has begun.
“Gathering concentrated feedback from our players is an important step for us as we head into the final stretch of development...
Google is set to unveil a brand new social networking application, that is all set to integrate with at least two Google products. The new social network will go head-to-head to compete with the likes of Facebook and Twitter, bringing in a whole new competitor to the market.
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According to a report from The Wall Street Journal via CNET.com, Google is preparing an online store in which it will sell third-party business software to Google Apps customers.
Google's store could arrive as early as March with the works of third-party developers available as enhancements to Google's office productivity software...
PC World is reporting Intel and Micron plan to announce 25 nanometer flash memory chips on Monday. The news comes from a research note by Objective Analysis sent out ahead of the official unveiling. According to PC World, an Intel rep confirmed the new chips, which are set to...
PC World is reporting Intel and Micron plan to announce 25 nanometer flash memory chips on Monday. The news comes from a research note by Objective Analysis sent out ahead of the official unveiling. According to PC World, an Intel rep confirmed the new chips, which are set to...
An interesting proposal was announced on the official Google Code Blog this week. In a lengthy draft, a group of DNS and content providers (including Google) outline the concept of extending the DNS protocol to include part of a user's IP address. DNS works by translating friendly domain names to a...
Play a video game, win money. That is the ultimate dream for gamers, and 2K Sports looks to make it a reality.
2K sports have announced that they are saying that they will offer one million dollars to the first player who can pitch a perfect game in Major League Baseball...
After two months of the game’s availability on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Ubisoft has dated the PC version of Assassin’s Creed II for March 5 in Europe and March 16 in North America.
Like the original before, it will be labeled as a “Director’s Cut”, packaging the full game...
Today, Internet service provider Comcast announced that it will be switching from McAfee anti-virus to Symantec's Norton Security Suite. The switch from McAfee to Norton will benefit Norton, Comcast and its 15.7 million customers.
The deal between Comcast and Symantec is a triumphant win for both companies - and a big...
Messenger Plus! Live is by far the most used add-on for Windows Live Messenger. The project started in May of 2001, and nine years later has over 60 million users, has been translated into 21 languages, and is downloaded and installed more than 300,000 times a day. The best part...
Yesterday, Neowin covered the Sprint press event where Sprint unveiled their 'Overdrive' mobile hotspot that boasts 3G and 4G connectivity. The device is being marketed as a home broadband replacement as well as a mobile hotspot. Overdrive connects to Sprint's 4G (WiMax) service and produces a mobile hotspot for up to 5 devices. The Overdrive which we received this morning does exactly what you would expect. It provides a very simple setup and allows you to easily connect any Wi-Fi enabled device seamlessly and use it as you would any other hot spot.
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A colleague of mine pointed me in the direction of some breaking news. One of our co-workers, who writes for Search Engine Roundtable, has discovered something very exciting. It seems that many of Google's data centers have begun kicking in the new Caffeine indexing system. He reports that many threads have been buzzing about this. People in those threads seem very sure that the results are from Caffeine's new algorithm. The writer has emailed Matt Cutts over at Google to confirm the change, but has not heard back yet. Here are some threads that he links to where users have experienced the change: DigitalPoint Forums WebmasterWorld However, not all users are experiencing the new results.
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The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all. User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox smart location bar, affectionately known as the "Awesome Bar," learns as people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over time. Performance. Firefox is built on top of the powerful new Gecko platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product. Security. Firefox raises the bar for security.
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Orbit Downloader, is a download manager specifically designed for the new generation Web (Web 2.0). You can use Orbit to download video/music/files from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, and Rapidshare, or on any site to make general downloading easier and faster. Main Orbit Downloader Features: Download social music, social video and streaming mediaExtreme download acceleration.Super Light: micro-sized and resource-friendlySupports RapidShare download.Supports IE, Firefox, Maxthon, and Opera.Supports Metalink download.Supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP protocols.Supports Proxy server configuration.Supports download, pause and resume.Provides general download management. Download: Orbit Downloader 3.0.00 | 2.45 MB Freeware View: Features + Screenshots
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Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. One box for everything Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.Thumbnails of your top sites Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.Incognito mode Don't want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing.Safe browsingGoogle Chrome warns you if you're about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website. For information about alpha and developer builds, check out the Chrome dev channel here. Download: Google Chrome 4.0.288.1 Beta | 11.8 MB View: Chrome Dev Channel
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Panasonic has announced a new lineup of 3D devices, ranging from compatible 1080p HDTV's to Blu-ray players. Panasonic is set to release their new 3D HDTV's, Blu-ray and now their new partnership with DirectTV to bring consumers an in-home true 3D experience. Panasonic is also introducing a brand new 3D camcorder, said to launch at a reasonable price and within a reasonable time frame, April 2010. The new 3D camcorder hardware features two lenses to capture 3D for a true experience, without the need for specialized software to create the image. 3D display was finalized in December 2009, and already Panasonic is ready to launch their new 3D line-up and capable Blu-ray players.
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The Sony press event was held this evening at CES. As with other television manufactures, the primary focus was placed on the upcoming 3D models of Sony's latest LED TVs. Sony will be launching these televisions later this year. A variety of sizes will be available including a 55 and 60 inch model. As with other 3D TVs, special 3D glasses are required in order to view 3D content. In order to provide viewers with a steady steam of 3D content, Sony has partnered with ESPN to create the ESPN 3D network, expected to launch later this year. A multitude of sporting events and news will be broadcast in a 3D format.
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It's no secret that when another year rolls around, rumor blogs begin firing up with various 'sources' and other bits of information. However, an ex-employee of Apple has revealed that the company starts some of these rumors on its own, to help build up a bit of publicity. According to an article posted on The Mac Observer, written by John Martellaro (previously Senior Marketing Manager at Apple), a senior executive would inform him that, "We need to release this specific information. John, do you have a trusted friend at a major outlet? If so, call him/her and have a conversation. Idly mention this information and suggest that if it were published, that would be nice.
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Sprint is hosting a 4G event and Neowin is there for the live blog coverage! Sprint 4g
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Tonight CES 2010 was officially kicked off when Steve Ballmer took the stage for Microsoft's CES 2010 keynote. Even with a 20 minute delay due to a power outage, Steve Ballmer took the stage enthusiastically and had quite a bit to announce. While this year's announcements are nothing like last year's announcements, Steve Ballmer had a lot to say. According to Ballmer, 2009 was a big year for Microsoft. Ballmer announced that Windows 7 was by far the fastest selling operating system in history with PC sales jumped nearly 50% the week Windows 7 launched. Ballmer added that Bing saw major progress by adding 11 million new users.
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Samsung held their CES press conference today, announcing many new features and upgrades to a variety of its product lines. The most exciting upgrades take place with their television line. More than half of Samsung's new LED TVs support 3D resolutions, and are as thin as the width of a pencil. The new TVs feature a new design dubbed "Inspired by Nature" which sports a brushed metal finish or wood grain accents, four legged stands, and can also sense when a viewer nears the TV and exposes a control panel when approached. Live TV can also be viewed from the remote of several LED models. Traditional LCD TV's have also been upgraded to support 3D viewing.
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Today Sharp announced their new lineup of Sharp AQUOS HDTV's, with innovating technology in display colour. Sharp has taken the leap forward from the traditional RBG primary colours, adding in yellow as the fourth primary colour (RBGY), in what they call, Quad-Pixel technology. The new series of Sharp AQUOS will be able to produce 1 trillion colours, from the standard 1 billion colours in conventional HDTV's. The new lineup of Sharp AQUOS LE will come equipped with LED backlight technology, and be full 1080P LED TV's. Sharp's new lineup will use as much power as a single lightbulb (115W), 50% reduction from conventional LCD HDTV's (52-inch), and up to 80% over CCFL lghts.
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Today Microsoft will kick off CES 2010 with a keynote speech by CEO Steve Ballmer and Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment & Devices Division. Neowin has a team that will be attending the keynote and will be live blogging depending on the Internet connection. We have embedded the chat below and the chat will open 1 hour before the keynote begins, and comments will be disabled during the duration of the keynote. Microsoft is rumored to announce a Tablet PC, new online services, and updates to other Microsoft services. The keynote is set to start at 6:30 PST, click here for local times near you. A live stream of the keynote is being made available here.
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Toshiba unveiled a new line of TVs today that they are betting will be the premier choice for 2010. Their top of the line TV series dubbed the "Cell TV" is built on top of the Cell processor. The top tier model will include many features that will help to separate Toshiba from the pack. The new cell TV is going to boast the ability to take any 2D content and turn it into 3D content on the fly. Toshiba claims that this will "deliver the ultimate 3D experience in 2010.
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AT&T today announced at its CES 2010 press conference that the company is finally pushing its lineup of Android based devices. The company will launch five new Android devices from Dell, HTC, and Motorola later this year. One device that has already been announced is Dell's Mini 3, which debuted in Brazil and China last year. Dell announced that the device will be ready for AT&T in the first half of 2010. That leaves 4 more Android based devices will be coming from HTC and Motorola. In a press release, AT&T stated that the Motorola's Android based smartphone will be powered by MOTOBLUR and will have a unique form factor, while HTC's device will be an AT&T exclusive.
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Today at CES2010, Netgear announced new product lineups that will improve user experience in home networking. Some of the new products include a NAS storage system, dual band wireless-N routers and switches, AV Internet adapter kits, and video streaming upgrade technology to improve at home experience. The new NAS (MS2110) network storage, featured with social media connectors, so you can instantly upload your photos to networking sites such as Facebook. The Netgeat NAS system comes with 1TB RAID1 of storage, with two upgradable bays. The MS2110 system can use RSS feeds for synchronizing your photos, videos and digital media with digital picture frames and other home media.
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A comparitively humble desktop computer has successfully calculated pi to 2.7 trillion digits, 123 billion more than the previous record set by a supercomputer in August 2009. Since 1995, records for pi have been set by supercomputers, but Fabrice Bellard claims his method is 20 times more efficient. Gizmag reports that using a Core i7 running at 2.93GHz, with 6GB RAM and a 7.5TB of hard disk space, it took 131 days and over a terabyte of disk storage for Febrice Bellard to complete and check the record of 2,699,999,990,000 digits. So how long is that number?
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