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Entries for January, 2011

[MacWorld 2011] ZAGGmate Wins Macworld Expo 2011 Best of Show

SAN FRANCISCO, USA (AVING Special Report on ‘Mac World 2011′) — The ZAGGmate from ZAGG(www.ZAGG.com) has been named a winner of the Macworld Expo 2011 Best of Show Award, presented at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, California. ZAGG Inc. designs, markets, and distributes innovative accessories for electronic devices, including the popular invisibleSHIELD, ZAGGskins, ZAGGbuds, [...]

Mitsubishi Electric Becomes First HVAC Manufacturer in U.S. to Employ Honeywell’s RedLINK™ Wireless Technology

GEORGIA, USA (AVING) — Mitsubishi Electric Cooling and Heating Solutions, an industry leader in split-zoning and variable refrigerant flow(VRF) cooling and heating technology in the U.S., today announced that it will incorporate Honeywell’s RedLINK wireless HVAC protocol into Mitsubishi Electric’s line of split-ductless and ducted heat pumps. The RedLINK-enabled split-ductless system is designed to maximize [...]

Geek Culture Will Never Die…or Be Popular

adeelarshad82 writes “Last year CNN wrote an interesting article on how geek culture is now a big part of pop culture, while Patton Oswalt gave his own opinion on how he thinks pop culture has outright co-opted and diluted it. These articles gave birth to a completely different view, which is that geek culture can [...]

IBM touts social skills on RIM’s PlayBook

TORONTO (Reuters) – IBM wants to dislodge Microsoft’s desktop-bound business software by touting an update of its Lotus programs designed to harness the mobility and collaboration possible with cloud computing. Original post by Whitson Gordon

Former Google, MTV engineers cook up IntoNow – Foursquare meets Shazam for TV fans

If there’s one thing we love here in the good ol’ U. S. of A., it’s television — so it stands to reason that various companies have had a go at TV-based social networks and other trendy services that tie America’s love of television in with America’s love of social networks. To date, none have [...]

Samba Filesharing for Android Shares Your SD Card Over Wi-Fi [Downloads]

Apple Changes Stance On Water Damage Policy

tekgoblin writes “It appears Apple has changed its stance on whether an iOS device is actually water damaged. If you remember when the 13-year-old girl sued Apple in December, it was because her iPhone’s moisture sensors had gone off and Apple voided her warranty. Those sensors have also been triggered by simply exposing the phone [...]

Wi-LAN reports more deals, expects to avoid court

TORONTO (Reuters) – Wi-LAN has reached settlements with six companies in a wireless patent dispute and expects to reach deals with six others involved in the case before the February 2 trial date, the patent-licensing company said on Monday. Original post by Whitson Gordon

Kaspersky Source Code In the Wild

mvar writes “The source code of an older version of ‘Kaspersky Internet Security’ has been circulated on the internet. The code was created in late 2007 and was probably stolen in early 2008. Names contained in the source indicate that the stolen code was probably a beta version of the 2008 software package – the [...]

Easily Drag Items to the Desktop from Maximized Windows Using the Quick Launch Bar [Windows Tip]