Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 15, 2010 ·
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Ever since the iPad was launched a couple of weeks ago – there’s been no shortage of fans who’ve fallen in ‘love at first sight’ with Apple’s latest gadget. The iPad has evoked mixed reactions from all over the world – if there are plenty of fans and admirers, there’s also no shortage of critics and people who’ve questioned iPad’s usability aspects.
The [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 15, 2010 ·
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It looks like Gmail will never see light of the day again in Iran. With the Iranian revolution anniversary around the corner, Iran’s telecommunication agency has ‘permanently’ suspended Google’s popular email service – Gmail, with immediate effect.
Over the last few days, people from many cities in Iran have reported disruptions regarding Internet and Text Message [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 10, 2010 ·
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Since its launch, the Acer Aspire Revo R3600 has truly revolutionized the Mini PC industry. It is undoubtedly the first genuinely desirable nettop and a great purchase if you want to buy a sleek and stylish home infotainment center.
The Acer Aspire Revo R3600 offers great performance in a small package. It runs on an Intel 230 1.6 GHz Atom processor with Nvidia’s GeoForce [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 10, 2010 ·
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A smart hack from 3 good men – Mike Kershaw (Kismet), Mike Baker (OpenWRT) and Chris Paget (TomBom Blogger) has just revealed that in future, you might be able to hook up a USB flash drive, printer or even a video camera to your Motorola Droid phone.
The concept is simple – design a micro-dongle and connector cable for your Motorola Droid phone. Since [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 10, 2010 ·
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Google has formally announced its much awaited entry into the social media fray with the launch of Google Buzz. Though still at an early stage in development, it is touted to take on the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Myspace.
Google Buzz runs within Gmail and can integrate with your mobile phone as well. It would be fair to say that it looks like a mix and [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 9, 2010 ·
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The red carpet has been rolled out for HTC’s most anticipated launch of 2010 – The HTC Incredible. Though there is no official word on the Verizon HTC Incredible Release Date, the blogosphere is rife with leaked pictures and rumored specs.
The HTC Incredible runs Android 2.1 with HTC Sense on a Snapdragon CPU. It might feature a 3.5-3.7” WVGA screen and 256 [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 9, 2010 ·
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It seems that the Chinese Government has finally started taking action on Google’s allegations over suspected Chinese involvement in the recent cyber attacks code named ‘Operation Aurora’. Chinese Police have shut down the country’s biggest hacker training site – Black Hawk Safety Net in Central China’s Hubei province. Three people have been arrested [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 9, 2010 ·
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Rumours on the internet suggest that the folks at Research in Motion (RIM) have been working overtime on preparing the Roadmap for the new version of BlackBerry OS – 6.0. A Boy Genius Report suggests that the Canadian Phone Maker has now started the development of BlackBerry OS 6.0 and it might be slated for a release in year 2011.
Blackberry has been in the [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 9, 2010 ·
The red carpet has been rolled out by Mplayit to announce the top mobile games in its collection. Mplayit is the maker of the immensely popular Mobile App Catalog that powers Facebook and lets users recommend and rate its games and apps through Twitter and Facebook.
Though an official report with the list of winners is expected later, the winners include Tetris, The Sims 3, Wheel of Fortune, Tap Tap [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 9, 2010 ·
It seems that Facebook hasn’t learned from its mistakes. Though it is by far the most popular social network on the internet, it tends to get into trouble by making changes to its interface every now and then.
Shortly after it was blasted by users all around the world for changes to its privacy policy, Facebook has now introduced navigation changes for users. So, what has changed for you on Facebook? [...]