Amazon offers instant video streaming with some DVD and Blu-ray purchases
Amazon is offering a new service called Disc+ On Demand that lets customers watch some video titles immediately after purchasing them on DVD or Blu-ray. This improves one of the only remaining benefits of buying videos at Best Buy (who is also exploring on-demand content) and other chains: instant gratification. Waiting a week to watch your new Blu-ray film is a bummer. Disc+ On Demand also adds a...
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Twitter introduces new interface for mobile phones
Microblogging service Twitter expanded their portfolio today, introducing a new interface optimized for mobile phones. Aiming for an improved experience on Android, iPhone, webOS and Nokia S60 platforms, the interface was designed with the Twitter API. Most features from the site have been included, such as reply, retweet, favorites, mentions and direct messages. Following, search and other functi...
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Download of the Week: Mozilla Thunderbird 3
Mozilla Messaging, the mail focused branch of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, this week removed the beta tags from its Thunderbird client and made the final version available for download. This long-overdue update to the popular Microsoft Outlook alternative brings several handy new features and much needed improvements, including a revamped search system and support for tabs in the user interf...
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Microsoft licenses exFAT file system to Sony, others
Microsoft has announced that it is licensing its exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) file system to third parties to spread its use in computers and other electronics. Redmond will charge a flat $300,000 license fee for devices like cameras, camcorders, and digital photo frames. Companies that intend to use the format in devices like phones, PCs, and networks will have to pay a volume-based fee...
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Microsoft to offer downloadable Windows 7 Touch Pack
It would seem that Redmond has plans to offer a downloadable copy of the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7. First introduced in May, the Windows 7 Touch Pack includes several applications and games that are compatible with touch-enabled displays.
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Panasonic to gain majority ownership of Sanyo in $4.6 billion transaction
Panasonic today announced it would acquire a majority ownership of Sanyo after revealing interest in the company last December. In the $4.6 billion deal, Panasonic will buy more than three billion shares from Sanyo's top three investors -- Goldman Sachs, Daiwa Securities SMBC, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking -- to gain a 50.2% stake.
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Dell intros Optiplex 780 USFF, mini-PC with desktop parts
Dell has announced the "world's first fully functional" mini-PC. The Optiplex 780 USFF (Ultra Small Form Factor) measures just 24 x 24 x 6.5cm. While that's larger than other small systems like Apple's Mac mini, the Optiplex 780 USFF takes an unconventional design approach: it primarily uses desktop parts.
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MSI revamps X-Slim X600 with Core 2 Duo, Windows 7
MSI has unveiled an enhanced "Pro" edition of its X-Slim X600 ultrathin notebook. The X-Slim X600 Pro swaps the insipid Core 2 Solo SU 3500 1.4GHz to a more powerful Core 2 Duo processor (the model is unspecified). The Pro unit also drops Vista in favor of Windows 7 Home Premium, and appears to offer an optional (presumably external) DVD or Blu-ray drive.
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ASRock launches two new Ion-based nettops
ASRock has added three more Ion powered systems to its growing 330-series of nettops. The ION 330-HT and 330HT-BD each use a dual-core Atom 330 processor clocked at 1.6GHz and are capable of playing back 1080p high definition video thanks to the built-in GPU from Nvidia, but the latter also throws in a Blu-ray drive.
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VIA intros power efficient multimedia-focused VN1000 chipset
VIA has introduced what it claims is the world's most power efficient DirectX 10.1 chipset. The VIA VN1000 is designed for next-generation small form factor and all-in-one Windows 7 computers that focus entertainment, multimedia and touchscreen capabilities.
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WiGig finishes short-range, high-speed wireless standard
It's been a while since we first heard from the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig), but the group backed by wireless heavy hitters including Intel, Broadcom and Atheros has now delivered their first unified 60GHz specification as promised. The new wireless standard supports data transfer rates of up to 7Gbps within a 10-meter range -- more than ten times faster than 802.11n -- while remaining backw...
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Consumer technology revenue declines Black Friday week
Consumers were all about saving money this Black Friday, so much in fact, that technology revenue dropped on-year during the week according to NPD. Total revenue for the busy shopping week was just over $2.7 billion, a 1.2% decline from 2008.
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News around the web: The Rabbit-Ear Wars
The Rabbit-Ear Wars @ Wall Street Journal
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Tech Tip of the Week: How to Bring a Lost Window Back to your Desktop
At one point or another, you're bound to run into this pesky issue: you can see an application open in the taskbar, but can't see the window on your desktop. A number of things can cause this, such as disconnecting your laptop from a secondary display before dragging the windows back to the primary desktop. It can also occur when you open a program that alters your resolution, among a few others.
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News around the web: Facebooking at the Altar
Wedding Twitterring and Facebooking at the Altar @ YouTube
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Tuesday tech deals: Sony Bravia HDTVs with free PS3 and shipping
Sony Bravia 46" VE5 1080p LCD HDTV w/ Sony PS3 for $1,250 + free shipping
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Offline Gmail leaves Google Labs, integrated into Gmail
Slightly under a year after launch, "Offline Gmail" has matured beyond Google Labs and is now a standard Gmail feature. Google made the announcement yesterday, posting instructions to enable the tool and highlighting some of its features.
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Super Talent to ship its first USB 3.0 flash drives this week
According to DailyTech, Super Talent will begin shipping its RAIDDrive USB 3.0 flash drives this week. The series uses "multiple pairs of differential serial data lines technology" and boasts transfer speeds of 200MB/s via USB 3.0 or up to 320MB/s using a UAS Protocol driver. Super Talent plans to offer drives in 32, 64 and 128GB capacities, but only a few thousand 64GB units will be available to ...
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HTC shifts focus away from Windows Mobile to Android
A leaked portfolio of upcoming HTC products indicates the company is shifting much of their focus to Android-based phones. Five of the eight models due for 2010 will sport Android, the remainder powered by Windows Mobile 6.5. This marks a change for HTC, which has primarily manufactured Windows-based devices.
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Google releases Chrome beta for Mac, Linux
Google has finally released betas of its Chrome Web browser for Mac and Linux. Like the original Windows version, Chrome for OS X and Linux attempt to unite a clean, simple design with a responsive and speedy browsing experience. Most, if not all of the noteworthy features present in the Windows version have carried over (such as each tab running in a separate process and the Omnibar), but there a...
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Microsoft tweaks browser ballot as antitrust deal nears
In response to ongoing complaints from rival browser makers, including Opera and Google, Microsoft has made yet another round of changes to the proposed ballot screen for European editions of Windows 7. Specifically rather than presenting browsers in alphabetical order when users first try to surf the web, which would have placed Apple's Safari as the first option, the software maker has agreed to...
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Windows 7 Family Pack offer sold out, will it return?
Microsoft has officially "sold out" of the Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack upgrade in the US. For the unfamiliar, the Family Pack offered a discount on three Windows 7 upgrade licenses ($150 for the entire Family Pack versus $110 for Home Premium upgrade one license -- a $180 savings).
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How to Bring a Lost Window Back to your Desktop
At one point or another, you're bound to run into this pesky issue: you can see an application open in the taskbar, but can't see the window on your desktop. A number of things can cause this, such as disconnecting your laptop from a secondary display before dragging the windows back to the primary desktop. It can also occur when you open a program that alters your resolution, among a few others.
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ZipGenius 6.2.0.2010
Free and easy to use, plus it supports more than 20 formats of compressed archives
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Adobe Flash Player (IE, AOL) 10.0.42.34
Gain unprecedented creative control with expressive new features and visual performance improvements in Adobe Flash Player 10
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Seagate SeaTools 1.2.0.1
Seagate's exclusive disc drive diagnostic software designed to troubleshoot most Seagate hard drive issues.
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IncrediMail 6.0.3 Build 4424
Make your email incredible.
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EditPad Lite 6.6.0
A general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact.
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Windows Vulnerability Scanner 1.41
Checks your system for vulnerabilities and guides you to update with the right patch to make your system more secure.
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update December 10, 2009
Virus definitions for Kaspersky Anti-Virus.
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 1.71.683.0
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0
Now with tabs, better search, and email archiving.
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Realtek HD ALC 880 Audio CODECs v R2.38 for Win XP/2000/2003 (32/64 bits)
Driver Date: 12/8/2009 OS Support: Windows 2000/XP
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Realtek HD ALC 880 Audio CODECs v R2.38 for Windows Vista (32/64 bits)
Driver Date: 12/8/2009 OS Support: Windows Vista
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Realtek HD ALC 880 Audio CODECs v R2.38 for Windows 7 (32/64 bits)
Driver Date: 12/8/2009 OS Support: Windows 7
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