The end of the credit card is nearing
Another day, another slice of evidence that NFC technology will be coming to Apple‘s next-generation smartphone. The latest leak arrives in the form of an iPhone 5 patent, showing an “e-wallet” icon on the handset’s touchscreen.
The current DirecTV remote experience certainly leaves room for improvement, pray this might be it
The 13-inch model comes with a dual-core i5 Intel processor. The quad-cord i7 processor is available on the 15-inch and 17-inch models.
The laptops have entirely new graphics processors, as well, ditching NVIDIA graphics for a combination of Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU and, on the larger models, AMD Radeon graphics processors. The AMD graphics chips take over in graphics-heavy programs such as games or applications that use high-definition video.
Amazing era coming to an end ...
Thanks to the magic of the internet (and taxpayer dollars), you can watch Discovery and the two other final shuttle flights this year in high-definition, for free.
Like we needed more proof
If any further proof is needed of Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi’s mental instability it is provided by WikiLeaks dispatches from US diplomats in Tripoli in November and December of 2009. At issue was some nearly loose nuclear material, a Russian plane, and a lone security guard—a footnote in the WikiLeaks scandal that many may have missed. But first, a little background.
Apple has finally announced its subscription plan for its apps sold through its iTunes store: As previous reports indicated, it both allows app developers to set up recurring payment plans for iPad/iPhone/iPod apps, and mandates that developers who want to sell subscriptions use iTunes in addition to their own platform.
Silver with a concussion ... wow
She's back in action and feeling good! Lindsey Vonn has recovered from her concussion and raced to the Silver medal at the World Championships. On soft snow conditions the American won her fifth Worlds medal and Austrian Elisabeth Goergl took the Gold with hometown favorite Maria Riesch taking Bronze.
Looking forward to this
With Livestand from Yahoo!, what you’re reading will be personalized based on your interests, your location and even the time of day. Your experiences, which will begin on tablet form factors, will include intuitive touch interactions and an elegant design that focuses foremost on the content.
Resistance is futile
First serious alternative to the iPad iOS, in many ways even more advanced, very exciting!
Pretty novel idea
HeyTell is an app for the iPhone and Android phones that allows you to instantly send short voice messages to other users. Or, as they put it: “push-to-talk, starting at $0.”
