Tweet from your television
Reports hare surfaced that Samsung has released a Twitter widget which can be used on their network enabled models, the LED 6000/7000/8000 as well as their 6 and 7 series televisions. This means that while one is watching Star Trek for the 32nd time, they will receive any updates made to their friend's status. This [...]
New iPhone to launch July 17, full specs leaked?
Wired is reporting that a source closely connected to the Apple hardware team is giving out details about the suspected upcoming revision of the iPhone. Read full story…
Editorial: Three ways to a cleaner, brighter Mac
The presupposition that Macs are the choice for the user who wants a hassle free, take it out of the box and get on with it experience is simply a lie. This may very well be the experience Mac users get for a while, but soon enough the system (like every other computer) becomes a [...]
Milkyway rises over Texas video, in honor of Hubble
In honoring the success of the Hubble repair mission star watchers across the globe are holding “star parties” to observe the heavens. Neowin recently posted pictures of Atlantis pulling Hubble out of orbit and today, in celebration of the successful Hubble repair mission, we bring you the video below. The Hubble has been successfully repaired [...]
Sprint confirms June 6 launch for Palm Pre
Sprint has just confirmed the rumored June 6th launch date for the Palm Pre. Engadget spotted the press release after previously noting that June 6 was the day of the Pre. The Palm Pre phone will be available from Sprint on June 6 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year service [...]
Microsoft’s My Phone service now in open beta
You may remember a while back, Microsoft announces a new web-syncing service named My Phone, aimed at, you guessed it, cellphones. We at Neowin have given our first impressions on it, but at that time it was still only available through an invitation from the Redmond company itself. Well, this is no longer the case; [...]
Screenshots: Live Search ‘Kumo Lite’ refresh
If you use Live search, you are no doubt well used to the daily background changes that the search engine goes through. Today, a little more than the background changed. Without so much as a press release or a blog post, Microsoft unlocked a “Kumo Lite” UI refresh for selected public beta testers. We are [...]
Office 2010 32-bit and 64-bit to be on the same DVD?
One of the most important details about the upcoming Office 2010 release is that it will come in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, helping pave the path towards an x64 computing future. However, people have been wondering if these versions will come separately, or if Microsoft will choose to include them in the same package. [...]
Google must re-shoot all Street View pictures in Japan
Citizens of Japan have won a fight against Google to get them to re-shoot all of the photos taken and shown via Google Street View. The argument stemmed around the idea of invasion of privacy, specifically that the cameras could take pictures over the fences around private homes. Google agreed to re-shoot all of the [...]
Computational knowledge engines: the search engine, evolved
A new search engine, known as Wolfram|Alpha has launched. It may be improper to refer to it as a search engine, as it refers to itself as a “computational knowledge engine”. The engine differs from a traditional search engine in that the goal of the engine is not only to make information accessible, but in [...]
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Coolest Optio E75 digital camera | Weblog Surf
Here is coolest gadget the new Optio E75 digital camera offer by Pentax for capturing giraffes in the air or water. Yes it is the most excellent camera comes. …