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When State of the Art goes South!

12.22.2009
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Biometric solutions are in the realm of James Bond, top security firms like the CIA, and Hollywood movies.
Biometrics, technologies for recognising – and thereby authenticating or screening – people on the basis of innate physical characteristics
Biometric devices are incredibly new on the consumer front. but something a lot of tech companies want to incorporate into [...]

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Windows 7, A Heart Stopper?

10.24.2009
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Well not exactly, although some of the promotional endeavours going on around the world may be. A Japanese promotion, involving Burger King, brings us the Windows 7 Whopper. A meat lovers fantasy, 7 patties, almost a kilo of meat in one, I must say, unappetising monstrosity.
A couple of bloggers in Japan decided to investigate the [...]

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Danger…Microsoft… Cloud storage in general?

10.19.2009
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Now that Microsoft are on the case, it seems that Sidekick users can expect some results in the near future.
The Danger / Microsoft team is continuing to work around the clock on the data restoration process.  We apologize that this is taking so long, but we want to make sure we are doing everything possible [...]

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The Sidekick Data Sequel!

10.15.2009
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I posted earlier in the week about the whole Sidekick data debacle, and the trepidation mobile users may now feel using Microsoft’s cloud backup services, either for their Sidekick or Windows Phone.Well it seems like the whole hoo haa has finally spurred Microsoft into action. Well, into an official response anyway. Better late than never [...]

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Pink… Rendered! The Rumour Mill

09.24.2009
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Unbelievably, the latest edition of Microsoft’s pink saga, has been visually updated. I warn you though it ain’t pretty. The code names for the devices, apparently built by Sharp, are equally unenticing.
These phones are going to be made by Sharp, who’ll get to share branding with Microsoft. Sharp produced the Sidekick hardware for Danger, who [...]

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Press Release: Windows Phone, It’s Official, Coming October Six!

09.02.2009
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Finally we get a date, and official confirmation that Windows Mobile 6.5 will be widely available on current and upcoming WinMo devices from Microsoft. With all of the leaks and unofficial ROM builds that have been surfacing of late, it’s nice to actually get a bit of news that’s not speculation.
Leading mobile operators and phone [...]

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Microsoft OneApp, Innovation at last!

08.25.2009
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Well, after all of the Windows Mobile/Phone bashing, and defending, Microsoft today have today kicked a goal in the innovation of mobile technology. There’s always been some contention, and dissatisfaction at the development lag with Windows mobile, Recently we’ve seen Nokia and Microsoft form a partnership, that seemed intentionally vague, and didn’t really give a [...]

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WM 6.5, A Naked View!

08.22.2009
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Windows Mobile 6.5. Windows Phone as it should now be known, seems to be leaking all over the internet. Many cooked ROMs are emerging pre release, this could be a Microsoft strategy, leak it get all of the ROM cookers and site owners to review it, hence providing valuable UI and bug fix information for [...]

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