Kobo is now Android friendly! The free e-reader app – which is available on the Android Market – supports the popular ePUB standard, including rich text and images.
“Now the fastest-growing mobile platform, Android has many new devices that are great for eReading,” explained Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis.
“We’ve adapted the features our [...]
Samsung has engineered a Blu-ray PC drive that has a BD-ROM read speed of 12x, a combo drive that is faster than any other competing product on the market.
The SH-B123 is an internal computer drive that can also read DVDs at 16x speed and CDs at up to 48x. It operates with a [...]
Just like the fat kid at school who used to be skinny and popular, Tivo is trying to remind people that it’s still cool, by launching a new Web content interface.
Available now on Tivo Series 3 and above is a feature called Framechannel. It lets users tap into a whole bunch of [...]
Toshiba has introduced a 3D-ready laptop powered by Nvidia’s Vision technology.
The Satellite A665 – which carries a base price of $1,600 – features a 15.6-inch diagonal TruBrite LCD display, LED backlighting, 120Hz refresh rate, a rewriteable Blu-ray Disc drive and integrated Harman/Kardon speakers.
In addition, the system boasts an Intel Core [...]
The Russian government has deployed Nvidia’s 3D Vision technology to provide cosmonauts with a virtual reality experience during their simulated Mars mission.
As TG Daily previously reported, the Mars-500 project is manned by 6 crew members who are living a life as close as possible to that which would be experienced by [...]
DirecTV has blamed a transmission “glitch” – caused by an apparently buggy software update – for freezing a number of HD DVR units.
“We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced or any recordings that were interrupted,” the company said in an official website post.
“Our engineers have identified the fix and [...]
Five chip makers have created a non-profit joint venture to boost investment in Linux and increase its presence in consumer devices such as cellphones, TVs and tablet computers.
Linaro is founded by ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, and will invest in open source projects that can be used by [...]
A 64-bit iteration of Mozilla’s Firefox browser for Windows has been spotted in the wild.
“I am cleaning up and wrapping up my automation patches and will do a wider announcement and status update (debug builds/others),” Armen Gasparnian confirmed in an mozilla.dev.planning forum post.
“Please give big thanks to Makoto for having [...]
Tired of choosing between Nvidia and ATI? Well, now you can have the best of both worlds – on one kick-ass Asus motherboard powered by LucidLogix’s Hydra 200 SoC.
Yes, you read that correctly!
The ROG Crosshair IV Extreme allows gamers to mix and match up to three GPUs regardless of brand, series [...]
Of the estimated 300,000 3D TV sets that have been sold worldwide, 270,000 have been Samsung units, leaving other powerful companies to fight for the remaining scraps.
The sales numbers are being reported by Chosun, a newspaper based in South Korea where Samsung is headquartered. Even before the advent of new stereoscopic 3D [...]
SanDisk has upgraded its SSD lineup by doubling capacity and significantly boosting performance.
According to company spokesperson Doron Myersdorf, the new G4 SSD is designed as a “drop-in” replacement for notebook hard disk drives, while the P4 will allow manufacturers to create “even thinner” devices.
“SanDisk SSD P4 and SanDisk SSD G4 offer [...]
Motorola – which has been buoyed by the success of its popular Droid smartphone – appears to be putting the final touches on an Android-based tablet.
Indeed, during a recent question-and-answer session, Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha discussed a “companion” product that would boast a 7-10 inch screen and allow users to remotely [...]
Breaks wind barrier in phone technology. Damn you short headlines designed for ADD Internets.
Once upon a time there was a forum for product design. And on this forum, a graphic designer by the name of Cyrene Quiamco, say it soft and it’s almost like praying, gave the tree loving, [...]
Ohio’s state legislature today passed a bill that carves out a new law for under-18 individuals who share nude pictures of themselves with other minors. It will allow them to be charged with something other than child pornography.
Democratic State Senator Connie Pillich introduced the bill, calling the teen sexting phenomenon “a [...]
Dell has confirmed that its Android-based Streak tablet will feature a 5-inch screen, 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 2GB of internal dedicated storage and Micro SD memory expandable up to 32 GB.
In addition, the device is expected to offer built-in Wi-Fi/3G/Bluetooth connectivity options, a high-res autofocus 5 MP camera with dual LED [...]
Although Motorola’s Droid continues to sell very well, the mobile phone maker has plans to roll out a successor to the device soon, code-named “Shadow.”
According to Gizmodo, the Shadow will come packed with a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, an 8-megapixel camera, and 16 GB of built-in storage. It will also have [...]
Forget the bulky Nook! Yes, Pandigitial has alien a sleek, 7-inch multimedia eReader priced at a air-conditioned $200.
The tricked out, Android-powered accessory boasts an ARM 11 adaptable processor, abounding blush TFT LCD touch-screen display, Wi-Fi connectivity, abounding web browser and chip admission to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore.
“The Pandigital eReader lets [...]
