Mac OS X only: The latest beta 3 release of Yahoo Messenger for Mac adds voice and voicemail capabilities ala Skype. Using Yahoo Messenger, computer to computer voice calls are free, and you can purchase a PhoneOut and/or PhoneIn account to call land line or cell phones, or receive calls on your […]
A team at Microsoft is looking at the iPhone Software Developer’s Kit with an eye toward Mac Office functionality, according to Fortune. Sounds like Word docs might soon be viewable without web-based converters. [via]
Original post by Kevin Purdy
Reservoir Hill writes “The Pentagon announced that the United States had mistakenly shipped to Taiwan four electrical fuses designed for use on intercontinental ballistic missiles, but has since recovered them. The mistaken shipment to Taiwan did not include nuclear materials, although the fuses are linked to the triggering mechanism in the nose cone of a […]
HANNOVER, Germany (AVING Special Report on ‘CeBIT 2008′) — Navigon presented its 4.3-inch entry-level navigation device ‘NAVIGON 2110 max’ during CeBIT 2008.
Original post by Kevin Choi
Windows only: Sweeping through your system and deleting unnecessary files feels great—until you realize you’ve just permanently wiped your master contact spreadsheet. Avoid that kind of over-zealous deletion with fsLock, a free Windows tray utility that prevents a list of files from being deleted, moved, renamed, modified, or otherwise touched. The utility has to be […]
HANNOVER, Germany (AVING Special Report on ‘CeBIT 2008′) — NAVIGON presented its 4.8-inch wide navigation device ‘NAVIGON 8110’ during CeBIT 2008, which displays a 3D road layout covering whole of Europe.
Adopting 16:9 wide touchscreen LCD, the NAVIGON 8110 supports Text-to-Speech function, TMC service, FM transmitter, mp3 playback and image viewer.
Measuring 134.5 x 84.5 […]
SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — A-Data(www.adata.com.tw) introduced its special edition USB flash drive ‘S701’ as well as SDHC memory card designed for ASUS’s Eee PC.
Coming in white color to match with the Eee PC, it meets additional storage requirement thanks to its 8GB capacity. No words on pricing yet.
Original post by Grace Won
Inspired by a relative’s spending of nearly $70 on Suze Orman’s “Ultimate Protection Porftfolio,” J.D. at the Get Rich Slowly blog compiled a lower-cost DIY version that accomplishes the same goal: serving as a base-level, must-do box to ensure financial health and long-term security. Among the items he suggests keeping inside:
A standard expanding/accordian file
Will and […]
SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Thinkware(www.thinkware.co.kr) announced the launch of its premium navigation device ‘iNAVI K2’ in Korea market, which is equipped with its dynamic electronic map of 3D space representation ‘iNAVI 3D’.
Adopting 8GB SDHC memory card and 256MB of RAM, the iNAVI K2 provides useful information on the 3D environment structure through a […]
Ranjit Mathoda writes “Marc Andreeson, the cofounder of Netscape, met Senator Barack Obama in early 2007. Mr. Andreeson recalls, “In particular, the Senator was personally interested in the rise of social networking, Facebook, Youtube, and user-generated content, and casually but persistently grilled us on what we thought the next generation of social media would be […]
