Tag Archive for 'software'
Google have already admitted that they pulled the trigger a little early on the Chrome announcement yesterday; it was meant to hit the headlines today, in fact. As of writing, the www.google.com/chrome site still isn’t live, which means all we have to go on is the Chrome comic and some background understanding of Google’s webapp [...]
Google have announced plans to take on Microsoft and Firefox with their own open-source browser, codenamed Chrome, by releasing a specially drawn comic by Scott McCloud explaining the app. Based on the existing Webkit rendering engine, Chrome will integrate not only tab-based browsing but Google Gears and a newly integrated search and address system called [...]
AMD has announced support for three new games. The graphics cards will be used in EA Phenomic Studio’s game Battleforge, Sega’s Stormrise, and NHN Games’ Cloud 9. All three of the games will be using DirectX 10.1. The games that are expected to use the cards and Direct 10.1 together range from strategy games, [...]
If you want to keep a traditional journal–you know, not a blog?–but have apprehensions about keeping your personal thoughts in an insecure book, Secret Diary might be the right software choice for you. With an all digital diary, your secrets are safe yet easily accessible to you for the future.
We already knew iRiver’s SPINN PMP looked great from the outside, but thanks to this YouTube video we now know that they’ve done some good work with the GUI too. Primary control is shared between the tactile-looking dial (that gives the PMP its name) and the touchscreen, which has haptic feedback.
If you’ve been following our sister-site iPhoneBuzz over the past few days, you may have been keeping track of Nullriver’s NetShare app for the iPhone. Intended to offer iPhone users a way to tether their handsets, via WiFi, to their laptops (for use as an external modem), the program initially went on sale through the Apple [...]
Given the ongoing Psystar legal tousle, you can bet Apple’s legal team are keenly watching EFiX’s nifty USB dongle that allows you to run OS X on good old generic PC hardware. However EFiX themselves seem to be having more fun demonstrating their setup than worrying about the potential legal ramifications; TeknoJunkie caught up with [...]
Vuzix’s iWear VR920 has been around since the tail-end of last year, promising virtual reality for multiple games. Of course, software tends to move faster than hardware does, and while the iWear’s compatibility list was pretty comprehensive back then, mid-way through 2008 and it’s not looking so hot. Perhaps I’m a cynic but I’d half [...]
When Apple sued OS X clone-maker Psystar earlier this month, some commenters suggested that multiple other cloners could spring up depending on the outcome of the case. Open Tech Inc. don’t appear to have the patience to wait, however; the company will apparently be selling two new computers that, while not coming with OS X [...]
Opera kept its promise of making the first beta of Opera Mobile 9.5 available today. The mobile browser displays full web pages rather than strip down mobile version and seems to be quite responsive and polished web browser, even for a beta version.
Opera claimed the browser is twice faster than Internet Explorer mobile. It features [...]
