Archive for ‘June, 2008’

Shareholders sue Yahoo’s severance plans

Shareholders sue Yahoo’s severance plans

Several shareholders have filed suit against Yahoo’s severance plans to have them declared void. Thus the investor on the side of the major investor Carl Icahn, who wants to re-occupy the next Annual General Meeting of the Board of the company. With the severance plans Yahoo wants to minimize the risks to his employees that [...]

Video: TypePad blogging software demonstrated for iPhone

Video: TypePad blogging software demonstrated for iPhone

Michael Sippey of TypePad at WWDC has demonstrated a photo-blogging software for the iPhone. With the tool, users can enter text and photos to process. With TypePad for iPhone, it is possible to add with the phone’s camera captured images to a blog. Also photos from the iPhone’s library can be used. The images can [...]

Yahoo reviewed were partial sale to Microsoft

Yahoo reviewed were partial sale to Microsoft

According to several sources close to Yahoo’s search provider has recently begun trying to examine a possible partial sale to Microsoft as an alternative to a full takeover. Before a final agreement must still be ensured that the competition authorities have no objections to the sale. Yahoo wants to exclude the fact that the Federal [...]

Advertising will follow you on the street

Advertising will follow you on the street

Nowadays, advertising is becoming more sophisticated. Even in the movies and games are promoting products that we talk about television, Internet and huge billboards blocking the high-rise buildings in major cities. Given the huge competition in this market, advertisers are now paying attention not only on the number of hits, but when it happened and [...]

Hewlett-Packard and Acer Settle Patent Disputes by

Hewlett-Packard and Acer Settle Patent Disputes by

Hewlett-Packard and Acer have their own Anagaben According to patent disputes are settled. An agreement between two parties provides for the setting of three lawsuits brought in U.S. federal courts, and two investigations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before. HP had in March 2007 its competitors Acer in a district court in Texas sued [...]

Shuttle XP19: Touch 19 “display

Shuttle XP19: Touch 19 “display

Touch screen is currently mainly used in various mobile devices to minimize size by refusing full-size keyboard, or to enhance functionality. Company Shuttle, published this year on the LCD monitor market, presented at Computex TAIPEI 2008 19-inch touchscreen display with a rather interesting characteristics. Monitor made in a single metal housing, with little or no [...]

Samsung brings iPhone competitor to GPS

Samsung brings iPhone competitor to GPS

Samsung today introduced the smartphone SGH-i900 Omnia unveiled, which is equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. The mobile phone has a 5-megapixel camera, with features like autofocus, face detection, Smile Shot and Panorama function. For navigation, a GPS chip is integrated. Surfing is either WLAN or UMTS with HSDPA data transmission method with up to [...]

Conceptual laptop ASUS with built-in projector

Conceptual laptop ASUS with built-in projector

On the news site PC Perspective.com appeared interesting news photos from ASUS – Laptop with built-in projector. Unknown model laptop was presented at the Computex TAIPEI 2008 and closely guarded company representative, who did not wish to make any comments, twisting intrigue around the new items. None of the laptop is no logos and names [...]

iPhone 2.0 is coming

iPhone 2.0 is coming

Apple boss Steve Jobs is today the opening night of the Worldwide Developers Conference to benefit a second time to announce news from the Mac universe. As usual with Apple’s secrecy policy is too strict this time – the rumors. Observers expect that Jobs will unveil the second generation of the iPhone. A power-saving chip [...]

FTC launches antitrust case against Intel official

FTC launches antitrust case against Intel official

The U.S. International Trade Commission Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has now opened a preliminary investigation by informal formal antitrust case against Intel. It should be noted that Intel has abused its dominant market position and proceed with unfair competitive practices against competitors. In a statement, Intel confirmed the opening of the proceedings and the receipt [...]

O2 brings international data plan for business customers

O2 brings international data plan for business customers

now offers the O2 Data Pack International a mobile data tariff for business customers that can be used worldwide in all UMTS and GPRS roaming partner networks of O2. The Data Pack International Volume 100 for € 50 includes a data volume of 100 MB per month. According to O2 can be accessed globally by [...]

Apple iPhone sales model differs in

Apple iPhone sales model differs in

Apple reportedly wants loosen its distribution model for the second generation of iPhones. As the Financial Times reported, citing inside sources, mobile phone providers are the new smartphone, which is expected to introduce Steve Jobs during the opening day of the Worldwide Developers Conference, may also offer subsidized. Apple also waive a portion of the [...]

The first audio / video card with support for ASUS HDMI 1.3a

The first audio / video card with support for ASUS HDMI 1.3a

Press office of ASUSTeK Computer has announced the market launch of the world’s first combination PC Card with a PCI Express x1, designed to decode the HD-audio and HD-video with optical disc Blu-ray and equipped with support for standard HDMI 1.3a. solution named Xonar HDAV 1.3 is intended for use primarily in multimedia computers designed [...]

MSI G45 Platinum motherboard for HTPC-system

MSI G45 Platinum motherboard for HTPC-system

During the international exhibition Computex 2008 in Taipei at the demonstration booth Micro-Star International (MSI) has been shown a new motherboard G45 Platinum, based on chipset Intel G45 Express integrated graphics with Intel GMA X4500HD, which is compatible with DirectX 10 and is characterized by ability of hardware acceleration of video formats H.264/VC1/AVC. model implemented [...]

Could UFOs cool the processor?

Could UFOs cool the processor?

A positive answer to the question posed in the title of this publication, gave the company GlacialTech, shown at the International Computex 2008 in Taipei, a working prototype of a very original design of the CPU cooler, made in the form of alien spacecraft from other worlds. Just want to point out that this “flying [...]