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AVC LiveLine Internet home surveillance system revealed

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Jul 21st 2009 1 Comment

AVC has revealed a brand new Internet home surveillance system today called LiveLine IP, which just hit beta today. This new system makes it easy to keep track of your home, no matter where you are.

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Verizon FiOS gets Widget Bazaar

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Jul 15th 2009 No Comments

People have signed up for Verizon’s FiOS service, which provides fiber optic Internet and cable, will now have access to a new feature called the Widget Bazaar. This feature gives you access to all sorts of apps and information right on your TV.

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Satechi INSP3 WiFi radio: odd design, fulsome file support

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 15th 2009 No Comments

You’re spoiled for choice at the moment if you’re shopping for an internet radio, and if you’ve found the current designs on offer too staid then perhaps Satechi will grab your attention. Their INSP3 WiFi radio has a distinctive barrel design, but more importantly can stream music from both internet stations and from any UPnP network device.

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Crunchpad “prototype” up for sale? We say fake

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 9th 2009 No Comments

We’re not entirely sure what’s going on here, but it looks as though a Chinese firm is attempting to sell what are claimed to be prototypes of the Crunchpad internet tablet. Reminiscent of the “Prototype B” design, rather than the newer renders TechCrunch have been displaying, the confusing product page and Windows OS leads us to suspect that this is more about borrowing Crunchpad hype than it is selling off prototype designs.

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CrunchPad coming late July/early August says NYT

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 6th 2009 No Comments

The much-anticipated CrunchPad internet tablet from Michael Arrington is apparently ramping up for a late July or early August launch. According to The New York Times’ Bits Blog the touchscreen web tablet will be priced at “less than $300.”

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Firefox 3.5 released: faster JavaScript, Location-Aware, new privacy features

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 30th 2009 No Comments

The browser cycle continues, with Mozilla next to announce an update of their open-source app. Firefox 3.5 brings with it the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, said to be more than twice as fast as in v3.0 and ten times faster than Firefox 2, together with native integration of Ogg Theora video, and Location Aware Browsing.

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Vodafone Access Gateway femtocell announced

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 23rd 2009 No Comments

Vodafone UK have become the latest carrier to offer a femtocell, and the first in Europe to do so. The Vodafone Access Gateway connects to a subscriber’s home or office broadband connection and creates a local “3G cloud” of coverage; up to four Vodafone 3G handsets can use this at any one time, with their calls and data routed over the broadband.

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Verizon FiOS internet speed boost: up to 20Mbps uploads

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 22nd 2009 1 Comment

verizon fios speed boost If you’ve considered Verizon’s FiOS internet service but dismissed it for being too slow for your tastes, the news that they’re speeding up the fiber-optic system will come as a pleasant surprise. The company is boosting downlink/uplink speeds of its entry-level package from 10/2 Mbps to 15/5 Mbps, while the mid-tier 20/5 Mbps climbs to 25/15 Mbps. New York City and Long Island will see even greater increases.

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Sonoro elements W HD radio now available

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Jun 19th 2009 1 Comment

If you’ve been looking for the device that has it all to help you jump into the world of HD radio, then you might just want to check out the Sonoro elements W. This Internet radio can bring you all the HD stations you’ll ever need and then some.

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mintpad US/Euro launch delayed by web-render server [Updated with Video]

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 17th 2009 No Comments

After mintpass’ English-language site was updated to include the mintpad ultra-portable MID earlier this week, speculation began that a launch in the US and/or Europe was imminent. SlashGear has been talking to mintpass as to the state of play, and it seems that while the mintpad hardware is basically ready for its English-language release, the thin-client UZard browser requires new server support.

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