Chrome Stable Update Fixes Three High-Priority Security Issues [Updates]

Chrome Stable Update Fixes Three High-Priority Security Issues [Updates]: "

Before you do too much browsing around this morning, you might want to hit Chrome's About menu and check for updates. Chrome's standard Stable release for Windows has an update out that fixes three security issues labeled as high priority, along with some Java and JavaScript tweaks. [Google Chrome Releases via Ghacks] More »

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Samsung Corby S3650 SpongeBob Squarepants

Samsung Corby S3650 SpongeBob Squarepants: "

Samsung has presented a new line to its Corby phone, the Samsung Corby S3650 SpongeBob Squarepants. It willl be offered with a SpongeBob and Patrick Star battery cover set.

As mention, the Samsung Corby S3650 is equipped with a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio, a microSD card slot, and 2-megapixel camera, supports EDGE data and Samsung’s TouchWIZ UI with Cartoon-like version. This phone is a limited edition and will be available in Hong Kong on April 23.

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HP Compaq Presario CQ1-1020 Desktop

HP Compaq Presario CQ1-1020 Desktop: "

HP has unveiled its new all-in-one desktop which is based on Intel Pine Trail platform, known as HP Compaq Presario CQ1-1020. Adopting a 18.5-inch display with a resolution 1366×768 pixels, this desktop will be offered with pre-installed Windows XP Home Edition SP3.

Measuring 3.66×18.50×14.06 inches, this $429.99 HP Compaq Presario CQ1-1020 comes with a DVD Super Multi drive, 1GB DDR2 RAM 667MHz, a 160GB hard drive (7200 rpm), Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, two speaker, 6-in-1 card reader (SD/SDHC/MMC/MS/MS Pro/xD), eight USB ports, etc. It boasts an Intel NM10 chipset, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom D410 processor, and an Intel GMA 3150 integrated graphics.

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Toshiba Portégé M780 tablet laptop

Toshiba Portégé M780 tablet laptop: "

Toshiba has introduced its new tablet laptop, called Portégé M780. It is powered by a 2.66GHz Core i7-620M processor, 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. This laptop has a gorgeous 12-inch touchscreen with a snazzy swivel screen. The Portégé M780 will be shipping this month for £1,100.

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Pantech Link Quick Phone, on sale via AT&T

Pantech Link Quick Phone, on sale via AT&T: "

Pantech with AT&T has announced the sale of newest addition to AT&T’s portfolio of quick messaging phones (QMPs), named Pantech Link. It is an excellent solution for regulars and fans of social networks to correspond via e-mail. It features full QWERTY keyboard, 1.3-megapixel camera, music player (formats MP3, MIDI, iMelody, WAV, MMF, WMA and 3GPA).

The Pantech Link Phone also comes with a 2.4-inch horizontally oriented display with a resolution of 240×320 pixels (QVGA), Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, and a microSD card slot with capacity up to 32GB. It measures less than 10mm. This phone will be release on April 18th, 2010.

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Microsoft Kin phones hits UK

Microsoft Kin phones hits UK: "

Microsoft has rolled out a pair of Windows phones, the Kin One and Kin Two. They have been designed with Sharp and both feature a touchscreen and slide-out keyboard. These phone feature Zune music sevice, meaning they’re geared up for music, video, FM radio and podcasts.

The Kin One and Kin Two feature a homescreen called Kin Loop that automatically updates all your Facebook, Twitter and MySpace details. They also offer Kin Spot, which lets you share share stuff like photos, text messages, web pages and status updates by dragging them to a single place on the Kin called the Spot.

The Kin One is a small, pocket-sized handset with comes with a 5-megapixel camera, while the Kin Two is larger, has an 8-megapixel camera, more storage and the ability to capture HD video. They also has Kin Studio which like an online vault of everything that gets created on the phone.

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Vertu ASCENT X Phone

Vertu ASCENT X Phone: "

Nokia subsidiaries, Vertu will announced its new luxury phone which comes with a 2-inch TFT display with QVGA resolution and 32GB of internal memory, called Vertu Ascent X. It provides dual mode, WCDMA Quad band (2100/1900/850/800 MHz) and GSM Quad band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) networks, which can be used almost in worldwide.

Featuring email client (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4), Auto Dual time clock update and City Briefs, this Vertu Ascent X phone supports for HSDPA/HSUPA that offers High Speed download and upload. It is also equipped with A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash.

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The Bomb Personal Speaker System

The Bomb Personal Speaker System: "

ifrogz has added the line of its earPollution series portable speaker, namely Bomb. This personal speaker with a tennis ball size has two 50mm drivers, which I think I even saw in headphones and rated power is 2 x 2 watts, and that over a nominal impedance of 4 ohms.

The Bomb has frequency response restricted between 220Hz and 18,000Hz, which can only translate into a complete lack of bass and definitely not crisp high frequencies. Power required by the Bomb is either suited by three AAA batteries, a USB connection or a 4.5 ~ 6V power supply. The signal to noise ratio is lower than some on-ear headphones, at 89dB with a 3dB attenuation/amplification across the shallow frequency response. It is available for $39.99.

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Dell Lightning Windows Phone 7

Dell Lightning Windows Phone 7: "

Dell has unveiled the first proper Windows Phone 7 Series phone, called Dell Lightning. It adopts 4.1in OLED screen and features a 5MP camera with autofocus, GPS, an accelerometer, compass and FM Radio. The Dell Lightning also supports 3G, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 1GB of flash and 512MB of RAM

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BlackBerry 6.0 OS unveiled

BlackBerry 6.0 OS unveiled: "

The information of the first screenshots BlackBerry OS 6.0 with a new smarter browser, multi-touch and an all-new media player has been unveiled. The most interesting is the ability to support tabbed browsing that enable to browse at more than one webpage at a time.

The BlackBerry OS 6.0 also has new touch abilities, with kinetic scrolling and pop-up menus when you tap and hold. There is also new Android-style customisable homescreen too, new media player looks quite iPhone-like as well as a new photo viewer. New BlackBerry OS 6.0 will be released in June or July.

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Nokia E72 White Edition in Malaysia

Nokia E72 White Edition in Malaysia: "

The new line of Nokia E72 will be added with white color edition and Malaysia will be the first country to have it. Previosly this smartphone comes in black, grey, brown and purple. It has similar specifications with the regular Nokia E72. But it will comes with white Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-216, white Nokia Stereo Headset WH-205, white pouch, and white strap as match with its color. The sale of this phone in Malaysia will be started at the of April and it will get cost at $327 worldwide.

VIA: GADGET FOLDER

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Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models hits US on April 30

Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models hits US on April 30: "

Apple has announced the magical iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models in US. It has 0.5 inches thick and weigh just 1.6 pounds and provides up to 10 hours of battery life for surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching videos or listening to music, and up to 9 hours of surfing the web using a 3G data network.

With this magical iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models, users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface. It will be available on April 30 in the US for a suggested retail price of $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB.

VIA: AVING USA

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Netronix mini e-books with Wi-Fi

Netronix mini e-books with Wi-Fi: "

During China Sourcing Fair 2010 which held in Hong Kong, Netronix has announced its latest lightweight mini e-book called E-60420/E-60610. This mini e-book reader supports Wi-Fi connectivity with features a 6-inch mini display and provides up to 8000 pages of battery life.

VIA: AVING USA

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Onkyo DP312 Nettop in Japan only

Onkyo DP312 Nettop in Japan only: "

Onkyo has announced its another nettop, called Onkyo DP312. It is equipped with a 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU, 2GB of RAM, 320GB HDD, and even a DVD player. It is only available in Japan for 64,800 yen (nearly US$700) and can be upgraded to include Digital TV Tuner, AM/ FM radio, 4GB of RAM and 500GB HDD for an additional 20,000 yen.

VIA: GADGET

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Nokia X5 Music Smartphone gets official

Nokia X5 Music Smartphone gets official: "

Nokia has officially introduced its new music smartphone in China , named Nokia X5. Adopting a a 2.4-inch TFT display with resolution of 320×240 pixels (QVGA), this phone supports GSM and TD-SCDMA/TD-HSDPA network.

The Nokia X5 runs on Symbian OS (S60 Third Edition Feature Pack 2). It features a 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, front camera for video calls, GPS, 256 MB of integrated memory, a microSD card slot (up to 8GB), a 3.5mm audio jack, microUSB port, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and a 950 mAh battery. It will be available during Q2 2010 via China mobile.

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T Power USB, What a miracle

T Power USB, What a miracle: "

A new wonderful USB drive has come up. It is T Power USB drive which the manufacturer claims that it can reduce the user’s eyestrain, improve blood circulation, and “VDT Decrement Heal” and also reduces the Rouleaux phenomenon when sticking on the computer. The cost of this USB drive is £39.95 (US$60-ish).

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Velocity Micro Android 2.1 Cruz Tablet and Cruz Reader

Velocity Micro Android 2.1 Cruz Tablet and Cruz Reader: "

Velocity Micro has presented two new tablet devices, the Cruz Tablet and Cruz Reader. The tablets have an 800MHz processor, SD card slot, USB connectivity, and the standard Android apps.

Cruz Tablet and Cruz Reader have a 7-inch touchscreen and support Flash 10.1, but the most attractive aspect is the affordability. There will also be a “Cruz Market” app store for downloading software and ebooks. The Cruz Tablet comes with a 2-magapixel front facing webcam as well as a docking station. The Cruz Tablet is cost $299.99 while the Cruz Reader will be $199.99.

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Dell Flash Smartphone with Android 2.2

Dell Flash Smartphone with Android 2.2: "

Dell has presented its latest mobile phone with running Android 2.2 (Android Froyo), named Dell Flash. It is powered by an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 processor and works in GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1900/2100 MHz.

With adopts a 3.5-inch TFT touch screen display with 480×800 pixels (WVGA), Dell Flash has a 1300 mAh battery with provides up to 12 hours in talk time. It comes with a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with image stabilizer and LED flash, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA supported, an accelerometer, an electronic compass, GPS, 3.5mm jack for headphone, TV output, 512MB RAM, 512MB of integrated memory, and a microSD slot. This smartphone will be release for early 2011.

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BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G

BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G: "

RIM has released two new BlackBerry models, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 (pictured) and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G. The Bold 9650 is reminiscent of the Bold 9700, with a 3.2MP cam, GPS and an optical trackpad. While the Blackberry Pearl 3G sports the same optical trackpad and a SureType keyboard, and we’re promised it’ll also come sporting a 3.2MP camera, GPS and WiFi.

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World’s first paper SIM card phone, Samsung Blue Earth

World’s first paper SIM card phone, Samsung Blue Earth: "

TMN Portuguese mobile operator has announced the world’s first paper SIM card phone, the Samsung Blue Earth. With the paper SIM card can minimize damage to the environment. TMN in cooperation with Incard and Toppan is distributing the recycled paper SIM cards. TMN also plans to expand this paper SIM card to another smartphones. This packcage has cost €239.

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Programmable vodka bottle

New age Vodka bottle that can be pre programmed.
Has an LED display that shows your message


More details at the Medea site

Gmail's New Interface for Adding Event Invitations

Gmail's New Interface for Adding Event Invitations: "Gmail is even more integrated with Google Calendar: when you compose a new message, you'll find a new interface for sending invitations. Click 'Insert invitation' and Gmail opens a new dialog that lets you find the best time for your even by showing the events from your calendar and from the calendars of people you are inviting. You can also type the location of the event, a description and choose a calendar for the event.


After entering all the details, the event is added to the email message and you can still edit the event or remove it.


{ Thanks, Abhijeet. }

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Midwest Meteor

Preview the faster, more feature rich Google spreadsheets

Preview the faster, more feature rich Google spreadsheets: "On Monday we launched a preview version of the new Google spreadsheets. We completely rebuilt the user interface to be faster, stabler, and more feature-rich, while maintaining the real-time collaboration that has made Google spreadsheets a powerful tool for the past four years.

In this new version you will find a host of highly requested new features, as well as performance and usability improvements. The new UI also gives us engineers a better platform to build on in the coming months, so stay tuned for more exciting developments.

You can now edit cells using the formula bar, which is ideal for working with complicated formulas.

Cell auto fill makes duplicating an entry as easy as pressing Enter. Just type the first few characters and the rest will show up as you type.

You can now move columns by dragging them with your mouse. You can also sort a column with the drop-down menu on the column header.

Our changes even made it down to the bottom of the spreadsheet, where we’ve re-designed the links to sheets so they're clearer and easier to use. Sheet titles are bigger and easier to click. And for those of you with a lot of sheets in one doc, we added a quick way to view a list of all your sheets.

At Google, we believe every millisecond counts and we’re happy the new technological foundation allows for faster loading and a smoother scrolling experience. Initial loading, cell freezing, scrolling, and edits from collaborators are all improved. And getting where you want in a spreadsheet is faster too: you can provide direct links to any sheet in a spreadsheet.



To give the new spreadsheets a try, click the New version link in the top right corner of every spreadsheet. And let us know what you think on the forums.

Posted by: Zach Loyd, Staff Software Engineer

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Google Chat Enhances Links to Google Maps

Google Chat Enhances Links to Google Maps: "When you type a link to Google Maps search results in Gmail Chat, iGoogle Chat or orkut's chat box, Google replaces the long URL with the Google Maps query. Google Maps URLs are usually very long because they include a lot of parameters, but Google should do a better job at removing extraneous parameters.



'On the Gmail version of Google Talk, Google now shortens the links and makes them readable. For example, it changes the link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=HEB+near+college+station,+tx&sll=30.606817,-96.309929&sspn=0.050086,0.090895&ie=UTF8&hq=HEB&hnear=College+Station,+TX&ll=30.6128,-96.318512&spn=0.050083,0.090895&z=14 to a link where the text is HEB near College Station, TX,' noticed Korben, a reader of this blog.

{ Thanks, Korben. }

Google Follow Finder for Twitter

Google Follow Finder for Twitter: "

A Google Labs experiment called Follow Finder analyzes following and follower lists on Twitter “to find people you might want to follow.” Entering mattcutts, for instance, finds randfish, laughingsquid, aaronwall and dannysullivan. [Thanks WebSonic.nl!]

[By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google Follow Finder for Twitter | Comments]

Introducing Google Docs drawings

Introducing Google Docs drawings: "As we announced yesterday, we just launched a new tool for making drawings in Google Docs. You can use Google Docs drawings to make charts, diagrams, designs, and more. We’ve been using this tool at Google to create everything from project timelines to launch plans. Here are some examples of what you could make:


Create a drawing now!

Many of you previously tried the Insert Drawing feature in Google Docs and said you wanted to be able to collaborate on drawings. We heard you, and collaboration is what this launch is about. The new drawing editor lets you share drawings just like you share spreadsheets, documents, and presentations. You can also simultaneously edit drawings with your friends and chat with them right in the editor. Here’s what we mean:



With drawings, you can insert text, shapes, arrows, scribbles, and add images from your hard drive or from the Web. You can also use alignment guides, snap to grid, and auto distribution to lay out drawings with precision.


Once you’ve perfected your drawing, use it pretty much anywhere -- copy and paste your drawings into other document types using the web clipboard and then make edits with the embedded drawing editor, publish them as images hosted by Google, insert them into other web pages, or download them as PNGs, JPGs, PDFs, and SVG. Note: the new Google documents editor doesn’t have support for drawings yet, but we’re working on it.

Already have a drawing in another Google doc that you want to share with others? Just use the web clipboard to copy and paste it into the new drawing editor.

Please note that if you want to edit your drawings in the new editor, you need a browser that supports the SVG standard, like the latest versions of Safari, Firefox, or Chrome, or to install Chrome Frame if you are using Internet Explorer. You can learn more about browser requirements here.

We’re excited to hear how you and your friends use Google Docs drawings. If you have a cool drawing, share the publish URLs in comments or tell us what you think in the forums.

Posted by: Chris Nokleberg, Software Engineer

Google Buzz buttons

Google Buzz buttons: "

(Cross-posted from the Official Gmail Blog)

We've seen lots of people using Google Buzz to share interesting links from around the web. To do so, you had to copy and paste the link from one browser window to another — there weren't buttons that made it easy to post to Google Buzz without leaving the site you're on. Savvy sites like Mashable and TechCrunch quickly got creative and implemented their own Buzz buttons, using Google Reader as the backend. But not every site owner should have to hack together their own version of these buttons (and not everyone who uses Buzz also uses Reader), so this morning we're making copy-and-paste Buzz buttons available for anyone to use.

Starting today, you'll see these buttons around the web on participating sites including: The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Glamour, YouTube, Blogger, MySpace, GigaOM, PBS Parents, PBS NewsHour, The Next Web, TweetDeck, SocialWok, Disqus, Vinehub, and Buzzzy. Mashable and TechCrunch have updated their sites to use these new buttons too.


A number of sharing platforms, including ShareThis (pictured below), Meebo, Shareholic, AddThis and AddtoAny have also incorporated the Google Buzz button into their sharing functionality, so you'll see Buzz listed as a choice when you go to share something on many other sites around the web as well.


If you want to add Google Buzz buttons to your site, just go to buzz.google.com/stuff, configure your buttons with a couple clicks and copy a few lines of JavaScript. Paste this code where you'd like the Buzz buttons to appear and you're all set.


And if you'd like to promote your own Google Buzz account, we have a button for you, which allows people to follow you on Buzz right from your blog or website. Here's an example using the Google Buzz team's own Buzz account (clicking it will take you to the Buzz team's profile page and from there you can easily follow our team's posts):

Follow on Buzz

You can grab that button code from buzz.google.com/stuff as well.

Posted by Mussie Shore, Product Manager

Google's Jazz Interface, More Widely Available

Google's Jazz Interface, More Widely Available: "In November, Search Engine Land reported that Google started to test a new user interface that's more consistent. 'I don't like jazz, because you never know what's going to happen next,' explained Google's Marissa Mayer said. 'I've been calling this problem 'user interface jazz.' This result looks this way, and that result looks that way [something much different], and it really does slow you down.'

Instead of switching to an entirely different interface when you go from the standard search results to Google Image Search, Google Video or Google Book Search, you'll see the same interface. There's a new left-hand column that replaces the expandable 'search options' sidebar. It looks like a vertical navigation bar and it shows the most relevant specialized search engines and the most useful filters that help you refine your query.

Since November, Google has tested many versions of the interface and added features like location detection and 'not entirely unlike' search suggestions. Lately, a lot of users started to see the new interface and that's a clear sign that Google will release the UI soon.

Google web search results (screenshot from April)

Google's homepage and a new logo (April)

Google's new footer (April)

Google's search results (November 2009)

Google web search results (screenshot from February)

Google News results (screenshot from February)

Google's search results (March)

{ Thanks, Richard, Dan, Kherlen, Mike, Travis, Victor, Pal, Rami, Luka and everyone else who sent a tip at gostipsATgmailDOTcom. }

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