Title: No more Skype for Windows and Java phones
It's not often you hear a company critique its own products, but that's exactly what Skype did this week.
After releasing a new version of its well-known VoIP client for Windows PCs, Skype then announced it was pulling Skype for Windows Mobile phones and Skype Lite for Java handsets, including Android. Indeed, download pages for Windows Mobile and Java have been scraped from Skype's site, although existing users won't lose functionality for either Skype for Windows Mobile or Skype Lite. What predicated Skype's decision? "Neither of these apps offered a great Skype experience," Skype said in a blog post.
Specifically, Skype Lite's limited country list was a hindrance for many Java phone owners, and calls dipped into the user's bank of minutes. For its Windows Mobile showing, Skype also cited difficulty maintaining the app's behavior from one device to the next. As some of the Java phones now also overlap with the Symbian operating system, Skype hopes Nokia users will pick up Skype for Symbian.
It seems to us that Skype is clearing the way for a distribution mobile model focused on carrier partnerships.
Earlier this month at the Mobile World Congress, Skype announced one such deal with Verizon that will put a mobile Skype app on a variety of smartphones in Verizon's lineup, including long-awaited support for some BlackBerry phones. It is also likely we'll one day see Skype Mobile on Windows smartphones offered through Verizon in the U.S. We're guessing that a Windows Phone 7, slated to be on shelves by December 2010, would be one of them.
Until now, Skype has been actively developing at least its Windows phone apps, releasing Skype 3.0 for Windows phones last June. Skype has also been continuing work on a new Nokia-compatible app, the beta of which showed up in December
27 February 2010
Google Integrates Nearby location
Title: Google integrates Nearby location in search results
The Nearby tool also gives users the option of searching a different area with the help of a "custom location"
option that requires them to input a city and state or zip code.
Google said the Nearby tool works by geography, rather than keyword, which means that results will include
surrounding areas; they won't be limited to the single town or city a user selects.
Google's addition of Nearby to its search results comes just more than a month after the company launched its "Near Me Now" feature for mobile search. That option enables users to query Google from their iPhone or Android-based device to find results around their location
The Nearby tool also gives users the option of searching a different area with the help of a "custom location"
option that requires them to input a city and state or zip code.
Google said the Nearby tool works by geography, rather than keyword, which means that results will include
surrounding areas; they won't be limited to the single town or city a user selects.
Google's addition of Nearby to its search results comes just more than a month after the company launched its "Near Me Now" feature for mobile search. That option enables users to query Google from their iPhone or Android-based device to find results around their location
04 February 2010
Corsair at 2333MHz
2333MHz Corsair® Dominator™ GTX confirmed as World's Fastest Intel® XMP-certified memory
The Dominator GTX1 ultra-high performance DDR3 memory module (CMGTX1) has passed Intel's XMP-Ready certification at the blistering speed of 2333MHz, surpassing Corsair's 2000MHz modules as the fastest XMP-certified memory in the world.
Corsair Dominator GTX modules are individually hand-screened and tested to ensure unmatched performance. They are designed specifically for enthusiasts and overclockers who want to achieve the highest performance possible and to break benchmark world records.
Intel's engineers awarded the XMP-Ready certification to 2 x 2GB Corsair CMGTX1 modules running at the incredible frequency of 2333MHz using low timings of 9-11-9-27 at a voltage of just 1.65V. The test
platform was a Gigabyte™ GA-P55A-UD4P motherboard. The successful XMP certification is a testament to the performance capabilities as well as the stability of both the memory and the target platform.
"Building the fastest memory for extreme overclockers and enthusiasts requires considerable engineering
expertise, combined with a unique understanding of the complexities of overclocking," said Kevin Conley,
VP of Engineering at Corsair. "Intel is one of the most meticulous and sophisticated technology companies
in the world, and so achieving XMP-Ready certification at the astonishing frequency of 2333MHz once
again clearly demonstrates Corsair's performance leadership."
Corsair Dominator GTX1 modules are individually screened and tested on multiple high-performance Intel
P55 chipset platforms. In addition to the XMP-Ready certification at a frequency of 2333MHz, they are
guaranteed by Corsair to operate at up to 2400MHz at timings of 9-11-9-27 at 1.65V.
About DHX+ Technology
Corsair's patented DHX+ technology uses specially designed, high-quality heatsinks and a custom-designed
PCB that allows both the front and rear of the memory ICs, as well as the printed circuit board itself,
to be cooled. DHX+ technology also allows for the cooling fins to be removed, allowing for a range of
modular cooling accessories including extended heatsink fins, the Corsair Cooling™ Hydro Series H30 watercooling block and Corsair Cooling™ Ice Series T30 sub-ambient cooling subsystem, which cools the memory up to 20°C below room temperature for maximum overclocking performance. DHX and DHX+ designs are covered by US Patent number 7,606,034.
Intel Core i3 Review
It’s about time we got an interesting value processor to review from Intel. Today I’m bringing you
a full review of the most interesting dual-core Westmere for the desktop the Intel Core i3.
Priced at $113 (and selling for about $125 on the street) the 530 runs at 2.93GHz and features no
turbo modes. It’ll run at 1.33GHz at its lowest frequency, and no faster than 2.93GHz at full load.
The missing turbo boost is almost all you sacrifice as the 530 still has a hefty 4MB L3 cache shared
between both cores. Each core gets a 256KB 10-cycle L2, just like the i5s and i7s.
The un-core is clocked at 2.13GHz, down from 2.40GHz in the i5. That should hurt performance a bit
compared to our simulated i3 in the launch article. Aside from Turbo the other thing you give up with
the i3 is AES acceleration. Westmere's AES New Instructions (AES-NI) are disabled on all of the i3s in
typical Intel fashion. There has to be some reason for users to opt for a Core i5 instead.
a full review of the most interesting dual-core Westmere for the desktop the Intel Core i3.
Priced at $113 (and selling for about $125 on the street) the 530 runs at 2.93GHz and features no
turbo modes. It’ll run at 1.33GHz at its lowest frequency, and no faster than 2.93GHz at full load.
The missing turbo boost is almost all you sacrifice as the 530 still has a hefty 4MB L3 cache shared
between both cores. Each core gets a 256KB 10-cycle L2, just like the i5s and i7s.
The un-core is clocked at 2.13GHz, down from 2.40GHz in the i5. That should hurt performance a bit
compared to our simulated i3 in the launch article. Aside from Turbo the other thing you give up with
the i3 is AES acceleration. Westmere's AES New Instructions (AES-NI) are disabled on all of the i3s in
typical Intel fashion. There has to be some reason for users to opt for a Core i5 instead.
Welcome
Learn the new trends in the market.
Keep track of what is going on.
Have a brief of what is in and what is out, get the most comprehensive articles on almost every content.
Keep track of what is going on.
Have a brief of what is in and what is out, get the most comprehensive articles on almost every content.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)