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IBM Invests in Battery Research
IBM has decided to invest on battery research and the company hopes to develop a battery that is capable of storing huge volume of energy, almost ten times as much as energy stored in today’s batteries. The company has announced a deadline as five years for the project and will partner with U.S national labs to develop this promising but controversial technology. Though the technology is capable of producing high energy density batteries but it uses highly flammable lithium metal to react with the oxygen present in the air.
Google Native Client grows out of research phase
With robust security corroboration, Google has boosted its open-source Native Client Technology to accelerate Web applications out of research phase and is taking measures to build it into the Chrome browser.
Google’s Native Client engineering manager Brad Chen in a mailing list announcement stated the basic architecture of this system is effectual and the implementation is supportable, so many tasks are undertaken for the transition of Native Client from a research technology to a development platform.
Native Client, called Nacl is a used directly on x86 processors (like Intel’s Core line) to run software downloaded over the Web. Its major objective is to achieve the speed of normal “native” software installed on a computer compared to the much slower JavaScript environment that complicated Web sites use today. It is also helpful in evolution of Web from a static sites collection into foundation for more powerful applications.
Google polishes competition charm offensive
Google started the groundwork this Wednesday as an act of antitrust defense if the federal government decides to take a look at the search giant’s core business. Earlier United States regulators have been scrutinized parts of company question some topics like Google CEO Eric’s role on Apple’s board of directors and Google’s proposal in settlements with book publishers on Google Books. To cope up with these, the company has started doing all the groundwork to polish its image and has called press and other media agencies to reveal the fact that when it comes to its overall core business, Google is a not a threat.
O2 beats rivals to iPhone 3GS exclusivity
The new version of the iPhone the 3GS has raised some speculations in the market there is a tough competition between Vodafone, Orange and this time it will not be O2. But O2 confirmed to tech radar that it will be the exclusive provider of the coming release of the iPhone.
The new version is about to get released on June 19th but still no prices are announced legitimately.
O2 has also announced that it will be supporting tethering and MMS in the current release of iPhone 3GS. The users have to pay a premium for internet tethering bolt and this varies according to the download limit the user chooses.
State of the iPhone Ecpsystem: 40 Million Devices and 50000 Apps
Apple proudly announced the yet another milestone for its most popular App Store that 50000 applications are now available in the store. Apple made this announcement in the WWDC event here in San Francisco along with the news that it has sold over 40 million iPhones and iPod touches. This milestone follows the company’s 1 billionth app download milestone in April and 35000 apps later in April. These improvements clearly show that Apple is growing bigger and more powerful and is letting a note to all its competitors.
Along with these announcements Apple also went to show the new features of the iPhone 3.0. The new iPhone has over 100 features and the cut, copy and paste is the pick of them. It also has the iTunes software that allows one to get movies, TV shows from air directly. It can also be tethered to a Mac or a PC either wired or using Bluetooth.
Review – LG enV Touch (Verizon Wireless)
LG enV Touch
The LG enV Touch is one of the latest messaging phones that have been introduced to the market. This phone unlike its predecessors in the enV series LG enV3, LG enV2 and the LG enV VX9900 does not have a numeric keypad at the front. It has a full touch screen interface similar to the one on the Voyager VX10000. This design has been seen as a move by LG and Verizon to reinforce their presence in the market for luxury phones.
The LG enV Touch comes about two years after the launch of the Voyager VX10000 and is definitely an improvement in both the features and design. The LG enV Touch has bigger internal displays and touchscreen. The keyboard layout has also been improved, the camera settings are advanced, the headset jack can now allow you to use headphones of your choice and browsing the web with the LG enV Touch is much faster. While the phone seems to be an improvement of the Voyager VX10000, it does not come with a V Cast Mobile TV.
Top 10 BlackBerry Apps for Professionals
BlackBerry is like a mobile office since it allows the user to stay online without being confined to the computer. It is the hottest choice for many people all around the World. It has several advantages to the user. It supports for reading and responding to e-mails. And users can actively participate in social networking. Viewing and editing documents are also supported. Additionally tasks can be managed and users can read blogs. Various applications are available which can be integrated on the BlackBerry device to support several additional functionalities. This guide discusses about the top 10 BlackBerry applications that can be plugged-in to your device to increase the accessibility and productivity. This includes some fun related applications also.
1. Documents To Go
This application is used by users for performing Microsoft Office Tool’s operations. It supports viewing, editing and creating various MS tools like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and attachments on BlackBerry. It costs $69.99.
2. File Manager Pro
This application which costs $11.95 efficiently handles files on the BlackBerry. This application performs various File Management tasks. File operation includes open, create, extract and append Zip archives.
O2 Xda Guide
O2 has been striving quite hard to be able to produce something for all, and these efforts have now brought fruit in the form of its new Xda smart phones wide array. In the Xda diverse range, the O2 Xda Guide is the latest one with main focus on location-based services and sat nav, as it’s not all about its A-GPS transmitter, the device houses CoPilot Live 7 software as well.
Just like other phones of this line, Taiwanese firm HTC is behind the creation of this Xda Guide, the company has also been producing the same sort of devices for its Touch brand and the HTC Touch Cruise is the device that you would find nearest to the Xda Guide. How much identical they are, it’s another issue, but it is the O2 model which has CoPilot Live 7 alone.
Bing Travel from Microsoft
People who are looking for Badda-bing from the gentleman club of Tony Soprano, Microsoft is bringing a site for them named Bing Travel.
It would definitely become so if the hotel comparison and airfare site that works in the UK is launched, but it doesn’t seem to happen here right now.
If there is some similarity in the UK site and the decision engine for the travel, you would definitely expect an array of hotel tools and airfare from the acquisition of Microsoft 2008 that will be sexed up with editorial content and news found on MSN Travel.
