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Entries from January 2007

Turning plain Mobiles into Smarter Devices

January 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Sophisticated mobile phones like RIM’s BlackBerrys, Palms’ Treos, Danger’s Sidekicks and Windows Mobile devices are all smartphones which allow their users to do more than just make phone calls and take pictures. They are really pocket-size computers equipped for many functions, including e-mail, web browsing, PDA functions (contact management, calendar, etc.), and the ability [...]

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Tags: Mobile

The Real Dirt Environmental Website is set to Launch

January 19th, 2007 · No Comments

The Real Dirt on Food, Unearthing the Controversies Behind the Food We Eat, an environmental conference on focusing on Food Sustainability, will have its website launch next week. The conference will take place on Saturday, March 17th, from 9AM to 5PM, at the University of Toronto’s Hart House. For more information, vist therealdirt.ca.

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Tags: Environmental · Projects

Netflix to deliver Movies by Streaming Video

January 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Netflix is introducing a service to deliver movies and television shows directly to users’ PCs, not as downloads but as streaming video, which is not retained in computer memory. The service, which is free to Netflix subscribers, is meant to give the company a toehold in the embryonic world of Internet movie distribution.
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Tags: Entertainment · Online Video

Nokia launches Developer Device Program for the N800 Internet Tablet

January 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Nokia is launching a Developer Device Program to provide open source developers with Nokia N800 Internet Tablets at a discount. Maemo.org will be providing 500 devices at a price of 99 euros per device to selected open source developers. Eligible developers will be provided a discount code to be used at the Nokia N800 online [...]

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Tags: Nokia · Open Source

Microsoft’s Browser Loses Market Share Despite 100 Million IE 7 Installs,

January 18th, 2007 · No Comments

While Microsoft recently publicized the 100 millionth installation of Internet Explorer 7, Web measurement firm WebSideStory has indicated that IE7 is simply replacing oolder editions of IE. IE7 has not had an impact on Firefox’s ability to increase market share.
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Tags: Microsoft