Opera Mini for iPhone passes 1 million downloads
Approved rather surprisingly by Apple a few days ago, Opera Software's Opera Mini browser for the iPhone has been a massive hit, managing to top the App Store download charts in all the 22 countries in which the service is available. The download rush has resulted in over 1,023,380 iPhones, iPads and iPod touch players being loaded up with Opera Mini to give Safari a run for its money.
"Today iPhone users have a choice, and, as the numbers show, they are eager to explore new and faster ways to surf the Web on the iPhone - especially during heavy Web traffic," said Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. "With any widely available and frequently downloaded Opera product, we are appreciative of all the feedback we are getting, as it helps us to continually improve our product and better meet the needs of our users."
Opera Mini is available free of charge for the iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Android.
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Club 3D to introduce full-height Radeon HD 5450
Add-in-board maker Club 3D has just revealed that it is readying a third Radeon HD 5450 Noiseless Edition card for those looking for DirectX 11 on the cheap. Pictured below, the new card has a full-height PCB, not half-height like the initial releases, but also packs a single-slot passive cooler (read heatsink), and features 80 Stream Processors, a core clock of 650 MHz, a 64-bit memory interface backed by 512MB of DDR3 VRAM @ 800 MHz, and D-Sub, DVI and HDMI outputs.
Club 3D hasn't said anything about the price tag of the fresh Radeon HD 5450 Noiseless Edition but it will likely hover in the 40 to 50 Euro zone.
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Apple issues two new updates for 27-inch iMacs
Fruity tablet designer Apple has yesterday released two firmware updates to address several problems reported with their Core i5/i7-powered 27-inch iMac All-in-One desktop.
The first update, which is just a small 397kB download, fixes some Target Display Mode compatibility issues, while the second, standing @ 2.1MB resolves two things, a problem that caused high processor utilization while playing audio through the headphone output mini-jack, and one that prevented the display backlight from turning on after powering on the iMac.
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Tapatalk mobile forum software available for iPhone, Android
A new piece of software has caught attention this week - a commercial forum browser application for mobile devices called Tapatalk, which provides a much richer experience when viewing forums in a supported mobile device with a native interface.
Here is the description from the developer:
Tapatalk is a mobile forum app for iPhone / Android and soon to be on Blackberry and Nokia. Tapatalk supports vBulletin (3.x and 4.x) and phpBB forums and forum owner can activate this service for free. Tapatalk supports all the usual forum functions plus full screen image viewing, image upload, caching (less reload), private messaging, all these features are accessible in just a few simple taps.
The short fall of course, is that forum owners do need to ready the service on their end - and, if you're on Windows Mobile, then it's currently not supported! But otherwise, this application is a great way to view forums on the go with ease, so check it out, and start mailing your favourite forum administrators requesting support!
For more information please visit Tapatalk.
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British IT staff endure overwhelmingly negative management
According to a report published by the Chartered Management Institute in the UK, based on a survey that addressed how people feel about working in various company structures, some 60% of workers in the IT industry feel that a dominant' management style negatively impacts the workplace.
Addressing 'bureaucratic', 'authoritarian', 'secretive' and 'dominating' management styles, the survey revealed that 24% of IT workers find their management to fall under 'bureaucratic', 19% find it 'authoritarian', and 15% find it 'secretive' - where only 5% find their managers to be 'empowering' and a measly 2% find them 'trusting'.
CEO of the CMI spoke out against these rather ghastly results, stating that "It is an embarrassment for the IT sector that the management style of 58% of companies is seen as negative by the people that know them best: their employees." He went on to say "Negativity breeds negativity and, if we are serious about pushing the UK towards economic recovery, we need more businesses that are innovative, accessible and empowering."
Here you can see the online questionnaire published by CMI which is designed to help managers understand how their colleagues perceive them... and of course, to start improving their methods to a positive end!
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Recuva version 1.37.488 software update
Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a new file recovery tool that will unerase files that you have mistakenly deleted from your computer. Recuva is fast, small and will even run from a USB drive. The soft is also completely free for both commercial and personal use.
Changes in this version include:
- Improved support for scrolling context menu.
- Improved language support.
- Improved context menu in info panel.
- Minor changes to recovery algorithms.
- Minor UI changes.
Website: Piriform
Download: Recuva 1.37.488
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Amazon launch European Relational Database Service
Amazon have announced the launch of their Relational Database Services (RDS) in Europe this week, in a statement that claims businesses and AWS (Amazon Web Services) developers will be able to ensure that their data stays within Europe.
Providing lower latency and generally better performance, the RDS servers are located in the EU, which, according to Amazon, makes more sense in offering business closer to other resources under AWS such as EC2 and S3.
RDS is a simple and easy to use web solution to hosting scalable relational databases online, and amongst other features, it boasts a full MySQL database service, meaning that all operational procedures in existing MySQL databases will work with Amazon RDS, allowing users to scale resources and/or storage capacity via a single application programming interface.
"RDS is one of the fastest growing AWS services, attracting leading firms from industries such as technology, media, communications and the public sector," said AWS' Vice President, Adam Selipsky. "We have been working hard to extend the same high-quality low-cost service to customers who have told us they want to deploy in Europe."
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IBM announce new servers for Power7 range
Big blue have added 3 new blade servers to their Power7 line this week, helping to expand the database platform that boasts the latest Power7 silicon.
Designed for the computing giant's BladeCenter platform, the new servers are to be offered in 3, 8 and 16 core editions, which IBM hopes will combine the performance increase of the Power7 chip with the efficiency and advantages of the blade format for servers.
Estimating that the new Power7 BladeCenter models will out-perform the closest Hewlett-Packard and Oracle equivalent by as much as 188% to 225% - the company boasts the the Power7 line (or rather more specifically their 780 model) can handle loads of as many as 1.2 million transaction per second, which sets further records for performance in high-performance benchmarking.
As well as these new blades, the company is also releasing an update to their IBM i7 environment, alongside an update to their AIX operating system.
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Lian Li's PITSTOP PC-T1 Spider-shaped case to debut in May
PC enthusiasts not suffering from arachnophobia will be happy to know that Lian Li has officially announced its PITSTOP PC-T1, its spider-shaped testing bench/open air case. Seen below, the aluminum, four-legged creepy crawler measures 227 (W) x 272 (H) x 345 (D) mm, supports mini ITX motherboards and can take in one slim 5.25-inch optical drive and a 3.5-inch HDD or SSD, has adjustable leg angles, and can be equipped with a standard size ATX power supply.
There are no fan holders available but that's understandable, there's only so much the exoskeleton can carry, and who ever heard of a spider with active cooling?
Lian Li's case is set to ship at the end of May and cost $108 (black or silver versions), or $123 (red) plus taxes.
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Cerulean serves up Trillian 4.2 beta version
Cerulean Studios has yesterday released a public beta build of the next major update for its Trillian messaging software, providing extra features, stability improvements and a a reduction in resource requirements. According to its makers, the main additions in Trillian 4.2 are the following:
- Windows Live - Trillian now supports signing in to WLM from multiple locations! File transfer speed has been improved (more to come), and mobile messaging is now supported.
- Notifications - You can now use notifications to directly retweet, reply to a tweet, and interface with mail right away.
- MetaContact Windows - When talking to a MetaContact, if you receive a message from another of their usernames the window will automatically switch for you.
- Instant Lookup for Hyperlinks - Move your mouse cursor on top of links to preview. Youtube links will show a preview image, too. Great for detecting NSFW links before you open them in browser, and will even resolve shortened links.
- Instant Lookup for Popular Terms - We now have more up-to-date Wikipedia data, and more relevant links for each popular term detected.
- Activity History - A polished look and powerful new asset view feature that lets you browse through images sent and received help improve history.
- Quicker MetaContact Creation - You can now drag and drop one contact on top of another to instantly combine them into a MetaContact.
- Other Updates - Support for Twitter's new retweet mechanism, Twitter Lists, a customizable timeout for notification windows, and the return of custom avatar support.
- Skin Packs - Emoticon and Sound Packs have been moved to a more prominent location in preferences and are easier to change on-the-fly. You can also change contact list icons now with the new Icon Packs.
- Faster Setup For New Users - We've tidied up some of the screens in the installation wizard so new customers can get started more quickly than before!
To download Trillian 4.2 beta for Windows simply click on this link.
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