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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review
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Google's latest version of the Android operating system is here and will be rolling out to a precious few devices later this month. Unlike the last iteration, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is more about refinement than revolution, but a new feature called "Google Now" has the potential to finally...
How the 'all-new' Foursquare is using big data to figure out what you'll crave next
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"The profile page should be a representation of me and what I do when I go out into the world," Foursquare Head of Search Andrew Hogue told me, but what he really means is that you as a person are quickly becoming the sum of everywhere you've been and...
Fracture Putty: It Heals, Bounces, Molds, Stretches, Snaps & More!
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Broken bones could heal in a matter of weeks, thanks to a new concotion developed by researchers at the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center: “Fracture putty.“ A stem-cell-infused gel, fracture putty induces rapid bone healing by producing a protein essential to bone formation. And it does so very quickly....
Demystifying Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) was nothing to sneeze at as far as mobile operating systems go, but the just-unveiled Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update looks to be the refinement of what was started in ICS. The Holo user interface is still there, but so much has been tweaked and...
Twitter's new bird logo takes flight
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Twitter has just unveiled its simplified logo: a plain, iconic blue bird. The company says that "from now on, this bird will be the universally recognizable symbol of Twitter," and that "there's no longer a need for text, bubbled typefaces, or a lowercase 't' to represent Twitter." While the...
Pair, the ‘Path for couples’, hits 50K downloads and 1 million messages in 4 days
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Pair is an interesting refinement of the personal social network that is designed for couples. Think of it as an even more personal version of Path with only two members, rather than 150. Today, at the Y Combinator Demo Day, the app announced a milestone at 50,000 downloads, 1 million...
Research shows RSA SecurID 800 can be cracked in 13 minutes, others token devices vulnerable
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A research team has shown that it can crack security devices used by government agencies and enterprise companies, like the RSA SecurID 800, to protect their data. The researchers refined a method developed in 2006 by Swiss cryptographer Daniel Bleichenbacher for retrieving the cryptographic keys used in RSA signature...
Google launches Knowledge Graph, a new intelligent search platform
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Google has just launched Knowledge Graph, the latest refinement to its search engine product that seeks to provide users with more relevant and in-depth responses to search queries. Along with the standard search results you're used to seeing, Google's search results page now displays instant results related to your...
Pathbrite Raises $2.5M, Looks to Become Academic Credentials 2.0
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Online portfolio startup Pathbrite today announced a Series A funding round of $2.5 million, led by Rethink Education and including strategic investment from ACT, makers of standardized tests and testing material for high school and college admissions. The company plans to use the funding to continue building out product,...
Firefox for Android loses beta tag, speeds up mobile web
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After months of testing and refinement, Firefox for Android loses its beta tag on Tuesday, bringing a fast mobile web experience to devices running Android 2.2 or greater. The updated browser touts a full web experience, including support for Adobe Flash, a nearly instant startup time, fast page rendering and...
Latest beta of Firefox’s speedy mobile browser hits Android
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Mozilla released a new beta version of its mobile Firefox browser for Android devices on Tuesday. Although the software is still a work in progress, it shows promise with a redesigned user interface, faster startup and page loads and support for Adobe Flash. The browser is available for free in...
Intel's Ivy Bridge processor review roundup: integrated graphics see a big bump
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Intel has just revealed its third-generation Core processors, codenamed Ivy Bridge, and the reviews are already starting to pile up. At first just the quad-core versions are going to be available — ultra low voltage and dual-core Ivy Bridge processors are slated to come out later this spring —...
Windows 8 gesture controls will make you forget about the mouse (hands on)
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The upcoming Windows 8 operating system has some serious challenges ahead of it. In changing how Windows has fundamentally worked since Windows 95, some consumers are looking at this new OS and thinking it’s too radical a change. But in playing with the just-launched Windows 8 Release Preview on...
Windows 8 Release Preview goes live with better Metro apps, Flash in IE10, & more
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Microsoft has launched Windows 8 Release Preview, a slightly better version of its upcoming OS that adds better Metro-style touch applications, new multi-monitor controls, social sharing, family safety features, and more. For those that haven’t been paying attention, Windows 8 is Microsoft’s attempt to merge traditional desktop computing with...
Apple TV teardown reveals second antenna, single-core A5 processor
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The third generation of the Apple TV is identical on the outside and nearly functionally identical with its predecessor — the only change being the addition of 1080p. That doesn't meant that it's the same on the inside, however, as iFixit's traditional teardown has revealed a few small details...
Facebook's Big Freemium Funnel Helps Spotify Et Al Find The Pay In Free
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In the land of the freemium, how much free is enough to convince users to pay? In the latest refinement to its market strategy, Spotify in many countries is now abolishing a five-free-plays-per-track limit it introduced last year. The limit was implemented along with a 10-hours-per-month free listening cap...
Huawei MediaPad 10 photos leak slim frame and iPad-like dock
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Huawei's MediaPad 10 was spoiled a few days ahead of its Mobile World Congress debut on Tuesday after a leak through Russia's Mail.ru. The 10-inch design is at once a refinement and close cousin of the seven-inch version. It keeps a very thin aluminum design and is believed to be...
Intel and Nissan collaborate on Infiniti's 2013 infotainment system, Atom inside
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Intel is notorious for marking its territory on a wide array of consumer gear, but one piece of kit that's unlikely to sport that famous sticker is the infotainment system of Nissan's 2013 Infiniti lineup. Unveiled today at the New York International Auto Show, the in-vehicle computer represents a...
E3 2012: Fifa 13 hands-on preview
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Ahead of its official unveiling at E3, we've had a hands-on session with the latest Fifa game – and here's our guide to the new player AI, tougher defenders and moreFifa isn't really a game, goes the perennial message from its creators – it's a continually evolving simulation. Every year,...
Precision and purpose: Ubuntu 12.04 and the Unity HUD reviewed
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Ubuntu 12.04, codenamed Precise Pangolin, rolled out last month. The new version of the popular Linux distribution brings updated software and new features, including the highly-anticipated Heads-Up Display (HUD) interface. The HUD is one of several excellent improvements that have helped to make Ubuntu's Unity desktop shell even better in...
How Lytro can save cameras
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The radical Lytro camera is immature and needs refinement, but CNET Reviews Editor in Chief Lindsey Turrentine wants Lytro to succeed for the health of the camera industry. [Read more]...
Good overview by 9to5Mac of what we’re likely to see out...
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Good overview by 9to5Mac of what we’re likely to see out of WWDC. I’ll echo the talk that iOS 6 won’t look all that different and instead will be more about refinement and things under the surface. Sort of surprised Apple would let the iOS 6 banner leak in such...
Facebook May Merge Application Ticker With News Feed
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The precursor of today’s ticker on Facebook might disappear, possibly replaced by aggregated news feed posts grouped by friends or application. As detailed on the developer blog, the new games-only activity feed is actually a sub-menu option under the apps and games dashboard called “Friend Activity.” When selected, the view condenses...
Phone Halo Saves Absentminded Phone Owners from Themselves
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At DEMO today, Phone Halo introduced its product to the crowd. Phone Halo is designed for people who have a tendency to lose their phone, money clip or keys.It uses GPS, e-mail and SMS to keep you alerted audibly when you leave a device behind, and also to let...
No Silver Bullet – Requirements refinement and rapid prototyping.
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The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build. No other part of the conceptual work is as difficult as establishing the detailed technical requirements, including all the interfaces to people, to machines, and to other software systems. No other part of the...
This is how a clean user interface can make a huge difference
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Companies like Microsoft spend literally millions upon millions of dollars on user interface research because while we might not think much of it companies involved with software can succeed or fail based on their user interfaces. For the most part Microsoft’s Windows user interface (UI) has gone through any...
How To Get The Most Out Of Google's Share-Happy World
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If Google's going to keep tying all their services together, you may as well know how that will work, and how you can benefit from it.In just over a month, Google will change its privacy policies for all its products. Actually, Google is combining 70 different policies into a single...
Google Buzz E-mail Notification Changes Are Coming
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Google’s new social network, Google Buzz, is getting some additional refinement, based on user feedback. Today’s news: The search giant is testing new features that will give you control over the flood of Buzz e-mail notifications.Google Buzz has the benefit of being integrated directly into Gmail. Not only does...
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