(L-R) Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie and CEO Steve Ballmer
Ah good old Bill Gates. The man who has created the worlds largest software empire will soon be “retiring” in July of 2008. Microsoft announced today that Bill Gates and Microsoft has now entered a [...]

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Samsung, one of nine companies that currently support the Blu-Ray format DVD player has come out with a DVD player of its own. This Blu-Ray DVD player will be the first to hit the US market. Samsung’s BD-P1000 Blu-Ray DVD player will be available beginning June 25, 2006.
With the release of the Blu-Ray DVD [...]

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Sony and Longs Drugs (store in the US) have joined together to create a simple place where one can upload digital images they took and have them printed at their local Longs Drugs store within one hour.
Here in Canada Shopper’s Drugs Mart has a similar kind of service. Anyway, Sony has has called the [...]

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Research In Motion (RIM) has released the BlackBerry 8707v in Spain. This BlackBerry is perfect for individual or corperate use. The BlackBerry 8707v looks pretty slick and will be using Spain’s Vodafone’s UMTS wireless network.
Users who use the UMTS wireless network are able to talk on the phone and at the same time send e-mail, [...]

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Disney has launched Disney Mobile to provide cell phone service for parents and their children. The popular kids movie maker is making families the target of their services and makes parents the ones who control the wireless experience.
George Grobar, senior vice president and general manager of Disney Mobile stated:”Families have clearly told us that they [...]

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Well, a couple posts ago I discussed how MySpace could be a dangerous place for children because predators may be lurking. However, in recent news it seems that now the National Security Agency (NSA) will be allowed to collect vital information about you from social networking sites such as MySpace.

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Today we’re gonna look at another Tablet PC released this time by Fujitsu Computers. A couple days ago we discussed one that was released by Toshiba. The LifeBook T4210 Tablet PC is the one pictured here.
This new tablet pc, like most tablet pcs, can act as a notebook but can also converts into a tablet [...]

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Toshiba has released the Portégé M400-S4032 tablet personal computer. The Tablet PC comes with built in “high-speed Evolution Data Optimized (EV-DO) technology for Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess1 service”.
However, the Portege M400-S4032 also can connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Gigabyte Ethernet. The wireless technology is aimed at those who need to continue using data and working while [...]

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Scandoo is a website that has appeared that reportedly is able to tell weather a site is safe to download from. Many internet searches lead to a site where we might be looking for a download, and sometimes we forget about safety before we hit the “Download” button. It also indicates weather a website is [...]

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SanDisk’s Cruzer Crossfire USB drive is now being used to fight crime - well not literally. SanDisk has partnered up with Ubisoft (a popular game maker) to link gaming with the USB drive.
Ubisoft has created CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder. The integration of the USB drive is supposedly to replicate the use of technology [...]

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Samsung has created a 1.98-inch LCD screen that has acheived the VGA standard. VGA screens are those used in notebooks and PCs. As you can imagine that level of image quality would be somewhat difficult to create on such a small screen.

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Asus has released a rather interesting looking notebook. The computer maker has created a stylish notebook. The notebook is rather interesting looking as it appears with a lot less plastic and aluminum. The S6 has hard leather, jewelled hinges, and a polished keyboard.
Since leather is a natural material each one will appear leather top [...]

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Apple has released another version of the U2 Special Edition iPod. The U2 iPod will contain 30GB of storage space and hold up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 photos, or 75 hours of video. The U2 iPod will contain be black with a red clickwheel and the autographs of the U2 band engraved on the [...]

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Sony has taken a plunge into the digital single lens reflex (D-SLR) cameras. SLR cameras allow the user to view the image they want to take through the same lens as the camera. Sony has unveiled the a (pronounced alpha) DSLR-A100 camera.
The a DSLR-A100 has a 10.2 megapixel CCD (a digital camera’s version of film) [...]

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Well, Gazotto predicted that 2006 would be a big year in the war between Google and Microsoft. Google announced that it will be launching an online spreadsheet (think Microsoft Excel). However, unlike Excel it won’t have any advanced features such as macros.

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