Archive for March 11th, 2009
Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace Gets Detailed
Chris Microsoft is just about ready to launch its own app store. And we have hot details for all those developers interested in the future Windows Marketplace. Microsoft will charge developers $99 to be accepted and $99 extra for every application they submit after 2009. This year devs will have the chance to submit five [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Use PicoNote for dead-simple note taking anywhere
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Like to keep things as simple as possible? Looking for a way to create notes for yourself? Take a look at PicoNote. It’s available in three forms: a free Windows application, a web-based app, and a mobile-friendly web app (http://m.piconote.com). From the moment you sign up, you’ll enjoy its simplicity – [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Archos 5 Snap-on TV DVB-T tuner released
By Nilay Patel, Engadget Yes, it looks goofy as hell, but we’re sure Archos 5 owners aren’t complaining about the new Snap-on TV DVB-T accessory — not only will it allow you to watch live TV, it integrates with the DVR features of the unit to give you portable recording. Interestingly, although the Snap-on TV [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New iPod shuffle requires extra adapter for third-party headphones
By Nilay Patel, Engadget We were wondering why the new voice-enabled iPod shuffle even has a standard 3.5mm headphone jack since it’s controlled by proprietary headphones, and we just got the answer: non-Apple headphones will require a special dongle that includes the new three-button controller, and Apple says it’s working with third parties to bring [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Dev Team releases free iPod touch 2G jailbreak
By Nilay Patel, Engadget Well, that didn’t take long — hot on the heels of the $15 NitroKey Slipstream iPod touch 2G jailbreak, the Dev Team’s released their free version. Apparently they’d been hoping to keep the jailbreak-enabling security hole a secret until the next version of the iPhone came out so Apple wouldn’t be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wednesday giveaway: Comodo Internet Security Pro
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad I took Comodo’s free Internet Security suite for a test drive when they released it last year, and was pleased with how it performed. The company has been a respected provider of firewall protection for years, so it was nice to see them develop a more complete desktop security solution. The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile App store details
By Brad Linder, Downloadsquad Microsoft plans to launch an App Store that lets Windows Mobile users find, purchase, and download programs directly from the phones. It’ll work much like the iPhone App Store and the upcoming BlackBerry App World. Today Microsoft revealed that developers will have to pay $99 per year to list their items [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )OilCan may bring Userscripts to the Android browser
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Userscripts can be incredibly useful. I’ve got several (like some of Jay’s suggestions) installed in Firefox and can’t imagine surfing without them. Got an Android handset and wish you could utilize your favorite scripts in its browser? You might not have to wait much longer. Developer (and Google staff employee) Jeffrey [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pantscast: a better breed of iPhone fart app
By Jay Hathaway, Downloadsquad Much has been made of the amazing number of fart noise apps in the iTunes App Store. Sure, they can be amusing, but if you’ve heard one iPhone fart, you’ve heard them all. Or have you? Pantscast is a much more refined fart machine that injects flatulent sound effects into any [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Five sandboxing apps to protect your Windows computer
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad System admins and technicians deal with a number of frustrations in our daily work. One of the biggest: desktops that keep getting misused, abused, and trashed as a result of carelessness, malice, or a lack of common sense. Sandboxing programs are a great way to prevent these kinds of headaches. What [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tweetie 1.3 rejected from App Store because of swearing on Twitter
By Jay Hathaway, Downloadsquad Many iPhone developers have horror stories about their apps being rejected from the iTunes App Store for frustrating, sometimes arbitrary reasons. After today, Atebits, makers of the bestselling iPhone Twitter client, Tweetie, might take the prize for the most absurd rejection yet. Tweetie 1.3 was barred from the App Store for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Openwith.org finds free programs to open unknown file types
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad OpenWith.org may not be the kind of program you need to install on your own computer, but it might be a good idea to load it on your parents or less technically-inclined acquaintances’ machines. It’s a simple application that integrates with the Windows right-click context menu. No program available to open [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Water Fountain Toothbrush No Longer Costs $1750
By Charlie Sorrel, Blog.wired.com Remember the Brush & Rinse? The novel toothbrush first came to our attention back in August of 2007, when a prototype could be had for a rather scary $1750. Now, Scott Amron has them in production at a much more comfortable $1.18 (It will rise to $5). The Brush & Rinse [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft unveils Windows Marketplace fees, splits, hopes, and dreams
By Joshua Topolsky, Engadget Microsoft has begun laying out plans for its version of the App Store — dubbed the Windows Marketplace — with some familiar numbers, and a few unfamiliar tweaks. According to Ina Fried, the company will charge developers an annual fee of $99 to become part of the ecosystem, and an additional [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Vigilant Windows Could Detect An Intruder Before They’re Even Broken
By Andrew Liszewski, Ohgizmo.com Imagine if the windows in your home or business could be used as motion detectors to sense a potential intruder before they even attempted to break in. Well that’s the idea behind the ‘Vigilant windows’ being developed at the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research. The glass is coated with a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Knoppix 6.0 Linux LiveCD replaces KDE with LXDE
By Brad Linder, Downloadsquad Knoppix is a Linux distribution that’s been popular for years among folks looking for a full featured operating system that can be booted from a LiveCD (meaning you can run the operating system without installing it to your hard drive – you just can’t save any changes). You can also install [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Playlist.io: store music in the cloud with Drop.io
By Jay Hathaway, Downloadsquad Drop.io is known for having one of the best, most simple file storage interfaces out there. They’ve already expanded into file sending (usend.io) and tweeting (tweet.io), and music playlists are the next thing on the hit list. Enter playlist.io. It gives you 102mb of space to upload audio files into a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Twitterfall tracks Twitter trends and more in real time
By Jay Hathaway, Downloadsquad Twitter Search is great at tracking trends, but you have to refresh your search page manually when new results appear. Twitterfall solves that problem by cascading tweets with popular keywords or your custom search down the page in real time. You can also log into Twitter to put your friends’ tweets [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Apple’s redesigned iPod shuffle hits 4GB, talks to you
By Thomas Ricker, Engadget Bam, another Apple rumor vindicated. Apple just doubled the capacity of its iPod shuffle to 4GB while ditching the control wheel entirely. The new design keeps the clip and adds VoiceOver — a new feature that gets around the lack of display by telling you which song is playing and who [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Linpus demos uber klein mystery netbook
By Tim Stevens, Engadget Like a little intrigue with your morning Joe? Check out the video below of this sleek little unidentified netbook on display at CeBIT last week at the Linpus booth, found by the same excitable bloke who brought us a glimpse of the company’s Linux Lite OS. The hardware sounds to fit [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Apple store down: 4GB iPod shuffle on the way?
By Thomas Ricker, Engadget Yeah, we know, the Apple Store’s down. We had presumed it to be regular maintenance since it’s not Tuesday and there’s not a single Apple rumor in the mix that would warrant such a quiet product launch. Then we peeped MacRumors and low and behold Arn’s got a source claiming 4GB [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )USB 3.0 to Arrive Next Year?
By Chris, Mobilewhack I don’t know about you but I’m looking forward to the official release of USB 3.0. We could all use a little speed improvement when it comes to data transfer and USB 3.0 will definitely come in handy. Agilent Technologies say that test specifications for the new standard will be ratified by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nokia continues to hemorrhage Smartphone marketshare to RIM and Apple
By Thomas Ricker, Engadget Rough morning for Nokia. After having its trio of new music-oriented handsets leaked, Gartner goes and releases a set of unflattering sales figures related to Nokia’s beleaguered smartphones. While smartphone sales overall increased 3.7% in Q4, Nokia’s share slid from 50.9% to “just” 40.8% on 15.6 million units. While many, including [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fatman iTube 452
By Simon, Mobilewhack Fatman’s iTube 452 delivers warm, live sounding audio quality and delivers amazing power. It’s a $2,992 valve amp, with nine heat-pumping valves to drive audio. Valve amps are something of a retro choice these days, but they do offer a unique type of sound, similar to the way that vinyl sounds very [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )UMID M1 mbook now less close to US release
By Darren Murph, Engadget Less close, further away — take your pick. The bottom line is that the UMID M1 mbook that we’ve been secretly swooning over for weeks now may be further away from a US release than any of us Yanks would like. According to new intel gathered by Pocketables, a Stateside release [...]
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