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Google and the CIA invest in analytics firm

Easton Royce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:55:50 +0000

Google and the CIA have both set their sites on an analytics firm created by a former Swedish Army Ranger. Google Ventures and In-Q-Tel, the CIA's investment arm, have given money to analytics firm Recorded Future. The sum of money given to Recorded Future wasn't released but it is less...

HTC Desire to get Froyo starting in Europe this weekend

Easton Royce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:05:19 +0000

Neowin reported yesterday that the HTC Desire Froyo update was imminent, now, it has been announced that European owners of unlocked HTC’s Desire will soon be receiving Android 2.2 (Froyo). This follows reports of some Droid X’s receiving the latest version of Android from 28 July. Users of the desire can...

Ballmer: Windows 7 slates coming “as soon as they’re ready”.

Easton Royce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:11:19 +0000

We’re all very interested in learning more about Microsoft’s plan to respond to Apple’s iPad, and during a speech given at Microsoft’s Financial Analysts Meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer shared some more on Microsoft’s strategies for slate computing. Crushing the dreams of some, Ballmer revealed that there isn’t currently a slate-version...

YouTube increases maximum video length to 15 minutes

Easton Royce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:11:19 +0000

The YouTube team has today confirmed that videos uploaded to the popular video sharing service can now be as long as 15 minutes, allowing those uploading videos 5 more minutes of length than before. Previously users were only allowed to upload videos of a length up to 10 minutes, with Google...

Australian Government expands broadband network proposal

Easton Royce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:32:49 +0000

The current Labor run Australian Government has announced that it is expanding the proposed NBN (National Broadband Network) by a further 300,000 homes and businesses, in hope of winning next months August 21st election. The opposition, Tony Abbot, is against this project, as his party predicts it will cost as much...

Rogers confirms iPhone 4 prices; big three offering 6GB data for $30

Easton Royce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:47:26 +0000

Hours before doors open to Apple Stores and all the major carriers here in Canada, Rogers, Fido and Bell all released prices for the iPhone 4, including special price promotions for data plans. Rogers has confirmed that the iPhone 4 (black) 16GB will retail for $159 and the 32GB model will...

Google might release Nexus Two next month

Easton Royce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:25:37 +0000

Neowin has just learned from an inside source close to Google that they are hard at work on the successor of the Nexus One, dubbed the Nexus Two. Although not too much information has been revealed about the Nexus Two, the tipster has revealed Google is going to release it within...

Rumor: Nintendo 3DS launch details coming soon?

Easton Royce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:11:07 +0000

When Nintendo announced their new portable glasses-less 3D system (3DS) at E3, it was expected that they might at least hint at a price or release date. That didn’t end up panning out. However, we may soon be getting that information. N4G via Connected Consoles claims that Nintendo UK Marketing...

Updated: Google fully blocked in China

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:11:07 +0000

Reuters reports that Google is entirely blocked in China today, with only a very small percentage of users able to access the web service. As a result, Google shares have plummeted by 1.4 percent, and Baidu, China's largest search engine operator has seen a 3.5 percent increase. According to Google's mainland...

iPhone 4 launch MIA in New Zealand

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:11:07 +0000

According to a report by TechDay, the iPhone 4 may not be available in New Zealand after Vodafone pulled all information from their website this morning, and the devices are not available in stores as of yet, even though the launch was announced for this Friday. Vodafone had previously said that...

Rogue Android app steals data while showing pretty pictures

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:57:24 +0000

Mobilebeat is reporting that a rogue Android wallpaper app has been collecting personal data and sending it off to a site in China, as discovered by mobile security firm Lookout as part of their App Genome Project. Lookout found the dodgy wallpaper application as part of the Genome project, where they...

Update: HTC Evo to get Android 2.2 August 3rd

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:57:24 +0000

Following hot on the heels of news that the HTC Desire and other devices are receiving Froyo soon, it's been pinned by Engadget that the HTC Evo may also get the Froyo update as soon as tomorrow, though they say the date may not stick. Engadget's gotten hold of internal slides...

Microsoft confirms IE9 public beta is arriving in September

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:54:49 +0000

Microsoft said on Thursday that it's currently readying an Internet Explorer 9 public beta for September. According to sources familiar with Microsoft's plans the software giant was originally targeting late August for the public beta but this date slipped slightly. Although Microsoft officials didn't confirm the exact date for the public...

Google cleared of wifi snooping charges in the UK

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:53 +0000

According to the UK's Information Commissioner Office (ICO), Google did not collect any personal details when collecting data from wifi networks for their location based services. Google was cleared of the charges after the ICO reviewed some of the data that was captured from unsecured networks and found nothing significant...

Sluggish iOS 4 performance on the iPhone 3G? We have the fix

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:34:25 +0000

After information surfaced yesterday that Apple is investigating sluggish performance on the iPhone 3G when running iOS 4, a Neowin reader posted what could be a quick and easy fix and the best part is, it actually works. To remedy the sluggish performance (or at least one cause of it)...

TechSpot: StarCraft II Wings of Liberty GPU & CPU Performance

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:32:00 +0000

It's been more than a decade since the original StarCraft was released, but unlike a wide majority of the titles released in this time frame, the game never really faded away throughout the years and remained the benchmark of what a well-conceived real-time strategy game should be. For that reason StarCraft...

Internet Explorer 9 build reveals new download manager

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:02:35 +0000

An early Internet Explorer 9 build has revealed a new download manager for Microsoft's popular web browser. Screenshots of the build leaked to Chinese website Cnbeta earlier this week. The screenshots reveal a download manager for pausing and canceling downloads, a new icon for Internet Explorer 9 and what appears to...

Motorola takes another shot at iPhone 4

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:34:34 +0000

The battle for mobile phone dominance heats up once again, with the new ad for the Motorola Droid X, stating "No Jacket Required" referring directly to Apple. It's getting more and more personal between Apple and Motorola. The battle of words started when Motorola used the line "hold the phone any...

Virgin Media launches trial web video-on-demand player [UK]

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:34:34 +0000

Virgin Media announced today that it will be launching a trial of its first online and mobile TV player: Virgin Media Player. Virgin Media has confirmed 'hundreds of hours' of content for the beta trial including ITV, LIVING, Disney, Cartoon Network, National Geographic and a range of MTV, Comedy Central and...

Amazon announces new Kindle

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:34:34 +0000

Amazon's e-reader, the Kindle, has today received a makeover, with a new, slimmer range announced. The Kindle, one of the first e-reading devices to hit the market, still remains one of the most popular e-reader devices on the market, although in recent times has become overshadowed by hot new tablet devices...

Adobe teams up with Microsoft to issue early security alerts

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:34:34 +0000

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it plans to extend its Active Protections Program (MAPP) to include vulnerability information sharing from Adobe. The announcement, made at the Black Hat USA 2010 conference, called upon the broader security community to move to coordinated vulnerability disclosure. Launched in October 2008 by the Microsoft Security...

Phone applications giving away your private information

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:06:33 +0000

In a scan run by Lookout Inc., nearly 300,000 free applications for Apple's iPhone and phones built with Google's Android software were tested, and it was found that many of them had software that is secretly pulling private information out of your phone. This private info includes full details about your...

Apple investigating iOS 4 issues for the iPhone 3G

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:14:21 +0000

There has been a lot of talk about iOS 4 ever since its initial release a few weeks back; since then, Neowin has covered reports of issues of iPhone battery life being reduced and iPhone 3GS random reboots. But, it also appears that there are other issues with the iPhone...

Light leak causing White iPhone delays

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:14:21 +0000

Ever since the announcement of iPhone 4, the white iPhone has been experiencing delays. Today, the reason for the delays may have been uncovered. TheStreet is reporting the back light from the iPhone display screen is leaking out around the edges of the glass, and seeping through the back of...

Google may be developing a Facebook rival

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:14:21 +0000

Google Inc. is in talks with several developers of 'Social' games and is said to be launching a competitive service to the social networking giant, Facebook. The list of developers includes Playdom, Electronic Arts's Playfish and Zynga Game Network — a company in which Google recently took a financial stake in,...

Froyo for HTC Desire imminent

Easton Royce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:14:21 +0000

Over on Twitter, it looks like one of the directors of HTC Europe has outed the Froyo update for the HTC Desire. HTC has been relatively tight lipped about the update, and only just announced recently the devices that will actually be receiving the 2.2 update. Late June, HTC revealed...

100 million Facebook accounts exposed

Easton Royce — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:30:44 +0000

Facebook has taken a lot of heat recently over its security settings and implementation. With the wealth of information some people expose on their profiles for would be identity thieves, it’s a gold mine of information. So when 100 million Facebook pages leak to the web, it’s a...

Safari 5.0.1 released, now supports extensions

Easton Royce — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:36:53 +0000

Apple released an update to Safari today, upgrading to version 5.0.1, that introduces extensions to the Safari user base. Extension tools were available in the original 5.0.0 release, but for developer use only. Since then, developers have been working to prepare their extensions for today's release date. Some of the...

Microsoft Street Slide: Street view will never be the same

Easton Royce — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:36:53 +0000

Microsoft researchers have developed a tool to enhance the current street view functionality of Bing Streetside. In a typical street view implementation, a sense of “being there” is accomplished by putting photos side by side and scrolling through them like a very slow stop-motion video. While you can pan and...

Yahoo Japan to use Google search

Easton Royce — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:56:53 +0000

According to Reuters, Yahoo Japan is going to use Google's search technology rather than follow Yahoo Inc who chose to partner with Microsoft for search. Currently Yahoo Japan, the country's largest portal operator uses Yahoo Inc's search technology. Google will control almost all of the search traffic in Japan after...

TechSpot: Run Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 4 Beta Simultaneously

Easton Royce — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:42:32 +0000

It's been a few weeks since Mozilla released the first beta of Firefox 4, a major overhaul of the world's second-most used web browser. While we're pleased to report that the performance issues plaguing earlier versions seem to be gone, the latest build isn't flawless – but what software is,...

No more Android pirates: Google launches licensing service

Easton Royce — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:31:57 +0000

Android has been a platform that allows its users to pirate applications relatively easily up until now, with users able to install licensed, pay applications if they can get a copy of the "apk" installer files for the program, and know how to install the applications themselves -- there is...

New Intel technology to make it possible to download an HD movie in a second

Easton Royce — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:12:04 +0000

As the technology industry prepares for the adoption of USB 3.0 (in anticipation of the increased speeds), Intel has been hard at work on technology that will be far faster. In fact, it is capable of transferring the entire printed catalog of material within the Library of Congress in only...

iPhone 4 to come unlocked in Canada this Friday

Easton Royce — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:31:08 +0000

Apple is set to release the iPhone 4 this Friday in 17 more countries including Canada. The iPhone 4 will be available in Canada and other parts of the world unlocked for use with any carrier. Customers will be able to walk into any Apple Store on Friday and pick up...

Twitter adding Tweet Media feature

Easton Royce — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:31:08 +0000

For a short time yesterday, some users saw a setting called Tweet Media which said, "By default, you'll only see images and videos shared by people you're following, and reveal those by people you're not. Check this box to see media from everyone on Twitter." The feature suggests that Twitter will...

Apple iMac and Mac Pro lines updated

Easton Royce — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:57:53 +0000

This morning, Apple unveiled an upgrade of their workstation Mac Pro series. The focus of this iteration of the large and customizable machines is on the new quad-core and six-core Intel Xeon processors, according to the press release by Apple. Other improvements include upgrades to the available ATI graphics card...

Apple unveils new Magic Trackpad

Easton Royce — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:52:56 +0000

Apple unveiled its new Magic Trackpad on Tuesday. The new Trackpad is the first Multi-Touch trackpad designed for Macs. It uses the same Multi-Touch technology as the MacBook Pro. The pad supports a full set of gestures and can sit flush next to a Mac keyboard. The pad supports click, scroll, swipe...

Apple store down globally, updated iMacs and Mac Pros expected

Easton Royce — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:50:01 +0000

Apple's online retail store has gone offline globally, leading many to expect a range of new products. Apple typically updates their store on a Tuesday and Apple expert, John Gruber, predicts a new 27" Cinema display, speed-bumped iMacs and new Mac Pros. Gruber also hints at the possibility of a new...

Who put Gingerbread in my Froyo: Android 3.0 might already be in the wild

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:41:35 +0000

Curiously, potential evidence has been uncovered regarding Android 3.0 (codenamed Gingerbread). Although most of the Android world is still awaiting an update to version 2.2 of Google's mobile operating system, the folks over at Phandroid have discovered what looks to be a Nexus One running a previously unseen version of...

President Obama to be featured in Madden 2011

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:27:00 +0000

This year’s Madden game is set to be a major improvement over its predecessors. One major aspect of the game that is getting an overhaul is the Super Bowl. Previous Madden games made the Super Bowl feel like simply another game. With Madden 2011, the Super Bowl will be seen...

3DS games to come at a premium cost according to analyst

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:17:17 +0000

Despite all of the excitement over the 3DS and its games, there are still several unknowns about them, including the price and release date. Today, one of those things (the price) may have been made clearer. According to Computer and Video Games, “The Nintendo 3DS could see higher game prices...

Citigroup warns of security flaw in their iPhone mobile banking app

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:17:31 +0000

Citigroup instructed the users of its mobile iPhone banking app to upgrade immediately in the wake of a discovered security flaw, according to the Wall street Journal. Apparently, the mobile banking iPhone app (currently the 11th most popular finance app in the App Store) stores personal data from transaction in...

Citigroup warns of security flaw in their iPhone mobile banking app

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:17:31 +0000

U.S. government makes jailbreaking, unlocking and ripping DVDs legal

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:19:16 +0000

The U.S. Government Library of Congress Copyright Office announced today new policy changes that let owners of electronic devices break security protections within the device to allow non-authorized code and programs to be run on the operating system. The decision came earlier today as The Library of Congress Copyright Office reviews...

HP set to shun Windows Phone 7, use webOS for mobiles

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:44:07 +0000

Although HP is gearing up to produce a tablet based off Windows 7, Executive Vice President Todd Bradley has told CNBC that they will "exclusively use its webOS" software for their forthcoming line of new smartphones. With HP's purchase of Palm in April of this year, many have speculated on just...

GM, BMW choose MeeGo for ‘in-vehicle infotainment’

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:44:07 +0000

The GENIVI Alliance, a non-profit industry alliance whose founding members include BMW Group, Delphi, GM, Intel, Magneti-Marelli, PSA, Visteon and Wind River, have announced that they have chosen MeeGo as the basis of their next reference release for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI). The GENIVI Alliance was founded with a goal of...

Dell drops support for Ubuntu on its website

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:42:44 +0000

The Linux users of the world who want to take the platform mainstream have been dealt a serious blow by Dell. Dell has pulled Ubuntu offerings from its website but will still allow systems with Ubuntu to be sold but only through its call centers. According to the Telegraph.co.uk,...

HTC to build Sense into Windows Phone 7 devices

Easton Royce — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:54:17 +0000

HTC have revealed that their upcoming phones running Microsoft's yet-to-be-released Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system will run an adapted version of their overlay user interface, dubbed "Sense". Microsoft have been eager from the outset to maintain a much more controlled environment around Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices and what manufacturers...

Researchers discover WPA2 vulnerability

Easton Royce — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:00:10 +0000

Researchers at wireless security company AirTight Networks have uncovered a vulnerability in the widely used WPA2 security protocol, part of the 802.11 standard. The vulnerability, termed "Hole 196", which can be exploited by attackers already authenticated to the network, allows decryption of data sent by other users across the network. Wireless...

Intel intends to limit Sandy Bridge chipset overclocking

Easton Royce — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:08:04 +0000

According to an Intel presentation about their upcoming LGA1155 "Sandy Bridge" CPUs, the company plans to intentionally limit the chip's overclocking capability; it appears that Intel only intends to permit a 2 – 3 percent overclock with the Base Clock adjustments. BitTech states that “A video leaked to HKEPC and posted...