Dell is one of the first important brands, that entered the Android-tablet market with a viable product, Dell Streak. Even though it also features phone capabilities, Dell Streak is primarily considered an Android-tablet and targets advanced users that are looking for a mini laptop, that could occasionally be used as a phone. Dell put a lot of work into this device, especially that they decided to ship it with Android 1.6 OS, which was the most stable platform at that moment, as Dell's officials stated. Stil...
[read more >>] The way you find and download software is changing. We warned you about it 3 months ago on Twitter and today we’re ready to show you the first stage of the process: the Softpedia Download Hubs. (Note for the impatient: go ahead, have a quick look, then hurry back here to learn more about their story.)The Softpedia software library is truly gigantic, possibly the largest on the whole Internet. Several “browse&find;” methods of navigating this content are available: categories, search, tags an...
[read more >>] Word on the street in Shenzhen, “the wild west of consumer product development,” according to Shanzai.com, is that Apple has actually given the final finish to its seven inch iPad, but the company is moving around multiple prototypes to create confusion with respect to the final design of the product.The source is reporting that, by keeping its ears to the ground in Shenzhen, it was able to pick up on some mighty interesting gossip “about Apple’s forthcoming new tablets.” (note the p...
[read more >>] Dear Ubuntu 9.04 users, the time has come to say goodbye to the Jaunty Jackalope release of the popular Ubuntu operating system. One month from today, on October 23rd, it reaches end of life.Almost 18 months ago, on the 23rd of April, 2009, Canonical was proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 9.04, dubbed Jaunty Jackalope, which introduced features such as GNOME 2.26.1, Linux kernel 2.6.28.9, LZMA compression, automatic keyboard detection, Computer Janitor app, Brasero, PulseAudio, and of course, the wonderful...
[read more >>] Today, the Windows Live team made an announcement through the Inside Windows Live blog: they have launched an update to Hotmail, which includes Facebook Chat integration, nested folders, additional Active View partners and much more.A few months prior to this, the Windows Live team launched a Windows Live Hotmail with an efficient face-lift, including features like Sweep and one-click filters, ActiveViews, the possibility of sharing many large photos in a single email and last but not least a feature that lets yo...
[read more >>] Beginning next month, Microsoft plans to offer its Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) anti-malware solution for free to small businesses with up to ten computers.Microsoft released MSE one year ago as an answer to what the company said was a very concerning number of unprotected computers.The product was generally well received by users, software reviewers, antivirus testers and even other providers of free security solutions.On the other hand, the more traditional (commercial) vendors like Symantec were not so...
[read more >>] Cyber-criminals taking advantage of the hype surrounding jailbreaking iOS 4.1, releasing fake "Greenpois0n", the name of a purported new jailbreak tool which, in fact, contains a trojan tasked with stealing passwords.Costin Raiu, Kaspersky's chief security expert for the EEMEA region, has issued a warning to all those who might be interested in jailbreaking their iDevices, saying that multiple sources purporting to offer jailbreak tools for iOS 4.1 are, in fact, malicious.“When iPhone jailbreaking was ...
[read more >>] Sony has launched the newest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 home gaming console, labeled 3.50, with the biggest feature of the package being the addition of the ability to play back Blu-ray content in full three dimensions, as long as a suitable television set is linked to the game console.But this is not the only change Sony has included into the 3.50 firmware, which will be installed as soon as users power up their home console.The new PlayStation Move motion tracking system can now be used directly as t...
[read more >>] StarCraft II, by far one of the most expected video games of the year, has just received its first patch, taking it to 1.1.0 status, which adds solves a host of balance issues, brings new features to the map editor and, hopefully, will solve some of the complaints lodged by players.StarCraft II's patch is already live, and it will be downloaded the next time you will log into the Battle.Net service.Be warned though, that even if the patch has been tested, a lot of gamers have reported glitches and bugs, and,...
[read more >>] Features like resizing images, customizing them with a logo, encrypting/decrypting files, splitting or joining them or a pretty wide range of renaming options are not part of Windows Explorer. FilerFrog fills this gap in a very original manner, as a shell extension. It makes room in the context menu and offers quick access to all of the above functions. The application takes little time to install and the functions it reveals upon right-clicking are file-dependent. This means that image manipulation functions wi...
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