Archive for October, 2011
Coby Kyros MID7012 tablet gets an FCC teardown, flaunts a roomy case
Coby’s latest in budget slates hit the federal testing tables on Friday, getting the customary teardown and tell-all photo shoot. The Coby Kyros MID7012 comfortably fits a 800Mhz processor, 256MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory,
MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli dies in race accident [w/video]
Bad news, it seems, does come in threes, as we’re grieved to report the passing of Marco Simoncelli. The MotoGP rider succumbed to injuries sustained this weekend at the Malaysian Grand Prix, his death coming barely a week after those of Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon and Baja racer Rick Huseman.
A promising Italian rider, Simoncelli […]
AmtrakConnect WiFi now available on at least one Northeast Regional train
Okay, so it’s a little later than expected, but we’re happy to report that at least some Northeast Regional trains have now been augmented by AmtrakConnect. This (free) WiFi has been available on Acela trains for some time now, and in a few lucky Regional trains in the Northwest. Amtrak still hasn’t confirmed the existence […]
Samsung Stratosphere, Motorola Droid RAZR to be first Verizon LTE phones with Micro SIMs?
Looks like Verizon’s got a hardware-crush on teensy 3FF Micro SIMs. The carrier’s two latest 4G handsets, Samsung’s Stratosphere and Motorola’s Droid RAZR, both appear to make do with the diminutive cards. Neither, however, would be the first, as that honor was bestowed upon the carrier’s version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
GoodSync 8.8.4.4
GoodSync is an easy and reliable file backup and file synchronization software, easy to use products from Siber Systems, the makers of RoboForm. It automatically analyzes, synchronizes, and backs up your emails, precious family photos, contacts, MP3s, financial documents, and other important files locally - between desktops, laptops, servers, external drives, and Windows Mobile devices, […]
Overseas-only Chrysler 300C wagon killed off
Well, we can all stop hoping for a new Dodge Magnum.
Chrysler-Lancia CEO Saad Chebab told Autocar that there will be no Touring version of the redesigned Chrysler 300 built for Europe, saying that wagon sales in the U.S. are not robust enough to justify development costs for a five-door version of the platform. If Europe […]
Porsche Designed BlackBerry 9980 (Knight) Being Introduced October 27th
The BlackBerry 9980 (aka Knight) is one of the curious BlackBerry smartphones at the year. While many thought the device was a fake, it seems that it is real and it is coming very soon. The BlackBerry Knight is a collaboration with design inputs taken from Porsche. The BlackBerry 9980 is expected to be unveiled […]
Fraps 3.4.7
Fraps (derived from Frames per second) is a benchmarking, screen capture, and real-time video capture utility for DirectX and OpenGL applications. It is commonly used to determine a computer’s performance with a game, as well as record gaming footage. The program is very popular in the making of amateur machinima films. Fraps can take screenshots […]
Windows 7 Manager 3.0.2
The complete solution to optimize, tweak, clean up Windows 7! A all-in-one utility to tweak, optimize, tweak, tune up and clean up your Windows 7, it bundles more than 30 different utilities in one and help your system faster and more stable, secure and personal! Windows 7 Manager is a system utility that helps you […]
Holodesk: More Kinect magic from Microsoft Research
There are a lot of conspiracy theorists at Joystiq that attribute the human race’s breathtakingly rapid technological advancement to ancient aliens, claiming that world-changing inventions like polymers, optical media and the Internet have all been reverse engineered from downed extraterrestrial spacecraft.
In actuality, very few modern conveniences can trace their roots back to ancient aliens; most […]
