Archive for August 30, 2007

What If Apple TV Were a Web App?

A web based application that allows users to have the same experience as they would when purchasing a Apple TV device. Features such as a History and Favories list have been implemented plus utilizes RSS feeds from the top web sharing sites such as YouTube,Google,MySpace,Digg,BlipTV,MetaCafe,iFilm,Pornotube,
DailyMotion,Break,Grouper,Heavy and Guba.

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First Sub-$200 HD DVD Player Announced: Format Wars Over?

>Is this it? The HD DVD stake into Blu-ray’s heart that will signal a start to the resolution of these next-gen DVD format wars? We tracked down a price on the upcoming Venturer HD DVD player and discovered it to be $199, the magical price that everyone’s been waiting for.

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It’s Official: Halo 3 Goes Gold

Finally, what is arguably the biggest release of the year, Halo 3, has gone gold. All that really means is that the game has been finalized and has begun being manufactured – maybe not the most exciting sounding thing in the world, but it does tell us that the game’s development cycle is complete.

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Vista Service Pack 1 details announced: timing, beta, more

After months of speculation, rumor, and silence from Microsoft, the company is finally talking publicly about Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.
Microsoft says that the first public beta of Windows Vista SP1 will be available in the next few weeks to TechNET and MSDN subscribers.

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Japan’s Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future

Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away with it. Broadband service here is eight to 30 times as fast as in the United States — and considerably cheaper. Japan has the world’s fastest Internet connections, delivering more data at a lower cost than anywhere else, recent studies show.

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WGA failure: 12,000 systems affected, caused by “human error”

Human error caused the recent WGA failure that falsely tagged 12,000 users as running pirated software. Microsoft disputes calling it an outage, however.

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Japan’s Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future

Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away with it. Broadband service here is eight to 30 times as fast as in the United States — and considerably cheaper. Japan has the world’s fastest Internet connections, delivering more data at a lower cost than anywhere else, recent studies show.

read more | digg story

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join Digg

Video sharing site MetaCafe launched a new area of their site today - it uses the Digg API to show the most popular MetaCafe videos. Viewers can sort by most dugg, highest rated, most discussed, most viewed, etc. Only Metacafe videos are shown.

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Web Office Defined - How it’s Evolved From 2005 to Present

Ultimately a Web Office suite is a combination of productivity, publishing and collaboration features. A Web Office both embraces the functionality of desktop office suites (e.g. Microsoft Office) and extends it by using Web Native features.

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The Gphone is coming; how Google could rewrite the rules

If done right, the Gphone will change the wireless industry, at least in the U.S. If not done right, the Gphone will be just another cell phone with some advanced features. Here’s what it might look like, if done right.

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