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Technology meets the History of Jazz

, Jan 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

One of my favorite cities in the US is New Orleans. I was originally introduced to this city when I had to go there on business some 20 years ago and fell in love with its people, food and culture. I take two weeks each year and designate them as eating holidays and, while one week may take place in Asia or Europe, the other week almost exclusively is in New Orleans. This city is known for its wonderful food scene with great dishes like Oyster Po Boys, red beans and rice, gumbo, jambalaya and the mufaletta and my favorite, a N’awlins crawfish feed.

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The Daily Slash: January 28 2011

, Jan 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the future of the smartdevice - no, it's not Android 3.0 Honeycomb, we're getting to that later - it's Horizontal Symmetry. Grab a review or two from Chris Davies: the ZyXEL MWR211 Mobile Router and the AT&T MiFi 2372. A hacked NOOKcolor receives Android 3.0 Honeycomb on the same day we recieve official invites from Google to attend an Android Honeycomb Event - things are getting pretty sweet around Android Community. Take a peek at our LG Optimus 2X Full Walkthrough and Hands On. Discover the ease in downloading the hardware update released today for the Samsung Continuum on Verizon. See the first Motorola released Atrix 4G commercial - very lovely music and everything. All this and MORE on The Daily Slash! Read The Full Story

Verizon iPhone Pre-Order Release Day, Hour, and Minute

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [6]

Oh Verizon, you guys so crazy. They've got splash screen after splash screen up on their iPhone site saying that Existing Customers will be allowed to ram their buttons down at exactly 3 AM EST on the third of February, 2011. The site will crash at that moment, and everyone will cry. Read The Full Story

NookColor gets Android 3.0 Honeycomb

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [12]

The Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK was just released earlier this week and developers are already busy working on implementing the system on various devices. Developers may have just gotten the Android 3.0 Honeycomb to work on the NookColor, the increasingly popular Android based full color e-reader.

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Sony’s Next Generation Portable pricing reasonable but no 3D

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [4]

Sony's PSP refresh, code named Next Generation Portable (NGP), is a major overhaul two years in the making. But Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai promises that this time around they designed the device with the price in mind. Read The Full Story

Google Invites Publishers to Honeycomb Android Event

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [3]

Google has just sent out invites to an event with a bee sticker attached to the email. This event will take place of course on February 2nd, giving everyone an ample amount of time to prepare for it, and you can bet that we'll be amongst them. There'll be an in-depth look at Honeycomb, Android ecosystem news, and some hands-on demos! Get your eyeballs out, we'll be typing so furiously you'll know what they say before they said it! Read The Full Story

World Governments Clamp Down on Anonymous, UK Arrests & FBI Warrants Served

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [5]

Wikileaks isn't the best-loved website in the world right now. Anyone associated with the leak page and its crusade against everyone are coming under harsh scrutiny. And that includes Anonymous, the Internet's blind, vicious animal brain. Read The Full Story

RIM begins modest BlackBerry PlayBook production

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

Looks like RIM is playing it cautious with the PlayBook as the company needs the tablet to succeed to stay relevant.  Production of the PlayBook tablet is between 150,000-200,000 a month from Quanta’s plant in Taiwan, with shipments ready as early as February.  Sources say that RIM is building the PlayBook exclusively in Taiwan so white-box makers in China won’t be able to copy the tablet, while also protecting its security specifications. Read The Full Story

Hands on the White BlackBerry Torch

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

Showing Apple how it's done when it comes to releasing white versions of their phones--the white iPhone 4 being still elusive--RIM is now offering a white version of their BlackBerry Torch 9800. The folks over at Pocket-lint got intimate with the White BlackBerry Torch and offered up many lovely photos of their hands on experience. Read The Full Story

Android Honeycomb Could Support Smartphones?

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [4]

Android 3.0, aka Honeycomb, has been pushed by Google and Motorola as a tablet-centric version of the Android OS. Google is open about their plans to unify Android and we may in the midst of a stirring towards that now. While Honeycomb's default setting is 1280x768, it switches into a different mode when you change the screen setting to WVGA. Read The Full Story

iTunes 10.1.2 released, supports CDMA iPhone 4

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple has released iTunes 10.1.2 for the Mac and PC, adding CDMA support in the latest update.  This is necessary for those who plan on buying Verizon’s iPhone 4 and have it sync properly with iTunes. The release didn’t specifically mention Verizon and only referred to an “iPhone 4 (CDMA model)” which has people speculating whether other CDMA carriers for the iPhone 4 may be in the near future.

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Amazon Sells More Kindles, But the Margins are Razor-Thin

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [3]

It's a bold new day for reading. Amazon has just announced their financial results for Q4 of 2010. For the first time ever, the online retailer is now selling more Kindle books than paperback books. For every 100 "real" books, Amazon now moves 115 ebooks. Three times as many Kindle books sell as hardcover books.

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