June 20, 2013

Software - News


Daniusoft DVD Ripper for Windows & Mac: Review

Daniusoft DVD Ripper for Windows & Mac Review

Daniusoft DVD Ripper, is one fine DVD Ripper software that can not only rip DVD to MPEG, Xvid, AVI, WMV, MP4 and other popular video formats, but also extract background music from the DVD file with stunning speed and amazing quality. It is an excellent tool for Mac users to rip DVD to various video [...]

HTC EVO 4G Update for Sprint Customers; gets Amazon Kindle E-Reader App and More

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An update for the HTC EVO 4G is being readied for Sprint customers that will improve performance and add new software. Inside the update is an EVO-friendly version of the Blockbuster movie streaming app, Amazon Kindle eReader app, and the try-before-you-buy version of Gameloft NOVA. A new game trial has also been thrown in, besides [...]

Google App Inventor Tool updated from closed Beta; Now available for all

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Google App Inventor is a simple WYSIWYG Android app development tool, the DIY Android application software Google App Inventor is out of beta now, and available to everyone who wants to make their Android gear do simple tasks, without a single line of code. Google App Inventor is aiming to let folks who don’t want [...]

Hitachi Launches New Deskstar Series External Hard Drives

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Hitachi went all in today on their commitment to 3TB hard drives after posting the Deskstar 7K3000 to their website last month. In addition to the 7K3000, Hitachi also announced the Deskstar 5K3000 and the Hitachi XL, a 3TB external hard drive. Latest Deskstar SATA 6Gbps HDD, the 7K3000 (7200rpm), 64MB of cache. The drive is [...]

Nokia E7 Launch postponed to early 2011; Nokia cuts 800 Jobs in Finland

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Nokia is cutting back on staff while grappling with its new E7 Communicator, which will now not ship until next year. Like the N8 before it, Nokia just confirmed that the Symbian-powered E7 slider will be delayed. The layoffs were announced in October, and the number being cut in Finland has slimmed slightly following mandatory [...]

Jailbreak Detection API in iOS 4.2 Removed

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Consumers who have jailbroken Apple devices were worried a few months back as Apple Inc. introduced the jailbreak detection API with the iOS 4 update. Now, however, the Cupertino-based company has decided to disable the API with the iOS 4.2 update. it was either disabled or removed by Apple for no apparent reason. While Apple [...]

ViewSonic “ViewPad 7″ Review

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The ViewSonic ViewPad 7 delivers Android 2.2 on a swift 7-inch capacitive display. But it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.One of the more intriguing underdogs of the tablet wars is ViewSonic–a company known more for computer monitors than portable computers. It’s understandable that Google’s open source Android is on the majority of tabs [...]

Microsoft is expected to release an Update for Windows Phone 7 in February 2011

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Windows Phone 7 users should mark February 2011 in their calendars, because it seems Microsoft is one step ahead of them at the moment as in February 2011 at the Mobile World Congress it is expected that a second major update to the mobile OS Windows Phone 7 will be brought to its users. Microsoft’s [...]

Samsung plans “Gloria” a Windows 7-based Tablet with QWERTY Key Board

Rumor has it that Samsung is planning a new Windows7-based   tablet with a 10-inch display, a slide-out keyboard and the name…”Gloria.”, but we didn’t quite grasp if that’s for the tablet itself, or a new line of those. Samsung is no stranger to the whole QWERTY-on-a-Windows-tablet concept, as it developed the Samsung Q1 Ultra back [...]

Is Mac App Store Coming on December 13th?

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In an effort to bring even greater unity between its flagship iTunes, Mac OS and iPhone products, Apple’s online applications downloading service, essentially an app store for full computers, will open on Monday, Dec. 13, an “inside source” told Appletell.com, an analogue of App Store, which offers various applications for smartphones iPhones, iPods and iPads, [...]

Apple Launching “Mac App Store” on December 13th ?

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Rumor is going around that Apple might be targeting to launch the Mac App Store as early as December 13th. Jobs himself said that it would go live “within 90 days” back when the iOS-inspired App Store was announced on October 20th, that’s mid January, if the timeframe is carried to its fullest extent.Even though Apple [...]