Intel and Nokia team up to begin work on open 3D interface for MeeGo
Chipmaker Intel and mobile phone leader Nokia Tuesday announced their partnership has extended into research and development, in a collaboration expected to last three years, and focus on future telecommunications solutions.
The first project will be aimed at creating user interfaces for mobile devices that are "more similar to interactions in the real world," and take advantage of the increased power of small, pocketable devices.
TiVo launches QWERTY remote
TiVo today has finally launched the full QWERTY TiVo Slide Remote control. The remote was extensively demonstrated at the TiVO Premiere launch in March.
"This is the first ever DVR remote with a full QWERTY keyboard, and we are certain that users will be excited to get their thumbs on it. The slick design has the same fun look of the classic TiVo remote, but makes it even easier to get more from your TV experience," Jim Denney, vice president and general manager of product marketing for TiVo said today.
Halo: Reach hacked, leaked weeks before anticipated release date
Halo: Reach, a prequel to Microsoft's billion-dollar Halo first person shooter series was scheduled to launch on September 14 worldwide, but a pre-release version of the game leaked early and has found its way across the Web.
The title, however, wasn't kept under tight lock and key.
PocketGear secures $15M to advance 'largest open app store'
PocketGear, the cross-platform mobile application retailer which acquired mobile app store Handango earlier this year, has closed a round of series B funding, which earned the company fifteen million dollars.
The round of funding was led by Trident Capital, and included investments from BlackBerry Partners Fund, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures LLC.
HP counters Dell's 3PAR acquisition bid with 33% higher offer
One week after Dell announced its intention to acquire virtualized storage company 3PAR for $1.15 billion, HP announced it has submitted a counter offer of $1.6 billion to acquire the company.
HP had actually made a private offer to acquire 3PAR previously, but the company passed on it, accepting instead Dell's $1.15 billion share buyout bid. Monday's counteroffer from HP was public.
Scitable pulls scientific research out from behind the paywall
I experienced quite a personal shock when I aged out of having access to my university's research portal. The vast catalog of peer-reviewed journals, empirical studies, and thorough analytical research I had at my disposal as a student was boarded up behind a distinct paywall not long after I finished school.
The fast-moving news, blogs, forums, and free tools I had been taught to eschew were suddenly all I had. My principal option (besides re-enrolling in school) was to become a member of a research service like LexisNexis or NewsLibrary; but those portals cost several hundred dollars a year each.
I suddenly recognized that the best information on the Web is not free.
'Innocent Infringer' copyright defense for downloaders goes to U.S. Supreme Court
The case of Whitney Harper, the first defendant in a peer-to-peer copyright infringement suit to use the "innocent infringer" defense, was submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in the form of an Amicus brief Thursday by a group of "Cyberprofessors" led by digital copyright reformer Professor Charles Nesson.
Nesson's group, calls this the "next generation of P2P lawsuits."
LightSquared initiates L-band spectrum shift critical to new 4G LTE/Satellite network
LightSquared, the company responsible for the first wholesale hybrid Satellite/Cellular network that many expect will power the 4G services of at least one of the four major wireless carriers in the U.S., announced Wednesday the beginning of the wireless spectrum shift that will ultimately make its network possible.
In a December 2007 agreement, SkyTerra (now LightSquared) and mobile satellite service provider Inmarsat arranged a system that would allow the L-band spectrum to be re-banded for use in both MSS (satellite) and ATC (terrestrial) services.
Intel seeks to change cybersecurity with $7.6B McAfee acquisition
Intel Corporation Thursday morning announced that it will acquire security software and management company McAfee Inc. for $7.68 billion in cash. Intel says the move reflects the changing security climate as more non-PC devices connect to the Internet, like cars, TVs, and medical equipment.
"With the rapid expansion of growth across a vast array of Internet-connected devices, more and more of the elements of our lives have moved online," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. "In the past, energy-efficient performance and connectivity have defined computing requirements. Looking forward, security will join those as a third pillar of what people demand from all computing experiences."
Intel says there needs to be "a fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware and services," for the increasingly connected world.
Facebook adds check-in feature with "Places," teams up with likely competitors
Leading social network Facebook Wednesday announced Facebook Places, a service which adds location awareness to the service's mobile experience.
The service launches tonight in the United States as a part of the Facebook application for iPhone, and on the HTML5 touch.facebook.com, and users will have the ability to "check in" to their locations similar to the way users on Foursquare, Gowalla, and Brightkite can, and likewise they can find out who and what is available around them.
Bike tech is Hot: Google Maps gets help from 10,000 bicyclist beta testers
Google announced on Wednesday that it has expanded the bicycle mapping feature of Google Maps to include 80 new cities, thanks to an overwhelming response from its community of beta testers.
In March, Google introduced the beta of bike routes in Google Maps, a feature which lets users plan directions optimized for bicycle transportation. When we ran a story about this, it got a tremendous amount of traffic, beating nearly everything else the whole week in terms of unique reads.
T-Mobile's first HSPA+ phone to be called G2
Mobile network operator T-Mobile today announced that the first smartphone capable of fully utilizing the company's HSPA+ network upgrade will be called the G2. Unfortunately, there were few details about the device, and the site announcing the G2 is currently unavailable.
The brief announcement on the vanity site said, "The T-Mobile G2 will deliver tight integration with Google services and break new ground as the first smartphone designed to run at 4G speeds on our new HSPA+ network. In the coming weeks, we'll share more details about the G2 and offer exclusive first access to current T-Mobile customers." instead of a photograph of the device, there is simply a white block suggesting the shape of a smartphone.
New PlayStation 3 includes largest hard drive of any video game console
At Gamescom, the annual video game tradeshow in Cologne, Germany, Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled a new PlayStation 3 bundle that includes not only the new PlayStation Move motion controller, but also the Playstation 3 with the largest hard drive ever.
In conjunction with the launch of Sony's PlayStation Move motion controller, the new 320GB PlayStation 3 slim will launch on September 19 for $399.99, and will include the PlayStation Move motion controller, PlayStation Eye camera, and a motion-based game entitled Sports Champions.
Microsoft announces gaming lineup for Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7
At MIX '10 Last March, Microsoft gave an impressive look at Xbox Live integration with the Windows Phone 7 platform. Today, it got even more impressive as Microsoft announced the upcoming lineup of more than 60 Xbox Live games on Windows Phone coming for the Holiday 2010 season.
"Windows Phone 7 is the launch of a major gaming platform for Microsoft," said Matt Booty, general manager of mobile gaming for MGS. "Just like we've done with Xbox 360, our charter is to push the envelope and deliver definitive games that maximize the platform. We will have an incredible lineup of MGS titles, and that's just the beginning."
Intel introduces faster 'Pineview' Atom processor for network-attached storage devices
Intel today announced its low-power Atom processor line has two new models designed to be used in network attached storage in the home or small business setting: the 1.8GHz single core D425, and and dual-core D525.
We first began seeing network storage devices built on Intel Atom chips in early 2009 with solutions like Asus' D200 mini-server/router/nettop, which utilized the Atom N270, a member of the first generation "Diamondville" platform.
Tim's Bio
Tim Conneally was born into dumpster tech. His father was an ARPANET research pioneer and equipped his kids with discarded tech gear, second-hand musical instruments, and government issue foreign language instruction tapes. After years of building Frankenstein computers from rubbish and playing raucous music in clubs across the country (and briefly on MTV) Tim grew into an adult with deep, twisted roots and an eye on the future. He most passionately covers mobile technology, user interfaces and applications, the science and policy of the wireless world, and watching different technologies shrink and converge.
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