dinsdag 30 september 2008
zaterdag 27 september 2008
zondag 21 september 2008
woensdag 17 september 2008
Dream On: T-Mobile To Unveil First Google Android Phone Soon - The Google Channel - IT Channel News And Views by CRN and VARBusiness
Dream On: T-Mobile To Unveil First Google Android Phone Soon
T-Mobile will be selling the HTC Dream, a smart phone that will run the Google Android open source mobile platform and is poised to take on the Apple iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry, in late October, according to an article by the Wall Street Journal.
Previous reports indicated the HTC Dream could be available for pre-order as early as Sept. 17, but the Wall Street Journal says that T-Mobile will announce the HTC Dream on Sept. 23. Stefan Frank of the blog Android Authority posted a screenshot of his invitation to a press conference on Sept. 23 at 10:30 a.m. in New York City.
The HTC Dream was approved by the FCC back in August.
Details have not been confirmed, but sources such as the Wall Street Journal and the unofficial T-Mobile blog Tmonews indicate that it's likely the HTC Dream will run on the 3G network, and have a 5-inch by 3-inch touchscreen, a trackball and a sliding or swivel QWERTY keyboard.
The HTC Dream will be the first smartphone on the market equipped with Google Android software; interestingly, a variety of third party apps have already been created on the Google Android platform.
Unlike Apple, Google is throwing a lot of support behind developers who want to create apps for Google Android phones -- Google is sponsoring the Android Developer challenge with a total of $10 million in prizes for the best Google Android apps. Winning apps from the first round of the contest include cab4me, which will allow users to order a cab with a single click on their phones, and Ecorio, which automatically tracks a user's mobile carbon footprint.
dinsdag 16 september 2008
maandag 15 september 2008
iPhone 3G news, iPhone reviews, and new iPhone videos
Just over a year after Apple birthed the first iPhone, the long-awaited, next-generation iPhone 3G has arrived bearing a mildly tweaked design and a load of new features. With access to a faster 3G wireless network, Microsoft Exchange server e-mail, and support for a staggering array of third-party software from the iPhone App Store, the new handset is the iPhone we've been waiting for. It still lacks some basic features but when compared with what the original model was year ago, this device sets a new benchmark for the cell phone world.
With the iPhone 3G, Apple appears to have fixed some call-quality performance issues we had with the previous model--in our initial tests, the volume is louder with less background buzz than before. The 3G reception could be improved, however. Music and video quality were largely unchanged, but we didn't have many complaints in that department to begin with.
Price may well remain our largest concern. New AT&T customers and most current AT&T customers can buy the iPhone 3G for $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model. If you don't qualify for that price--check your AT&T account to find out--you'll pay $399 and $499 respectively. Either way, you'll pay $15 more per month ($74.99 total) for a plan comparable with the original iPhone ($59 per month). So, while you'll pay less outright to buy the handset, you'll make it up over the course of a standard two-year AT&T contract.
So should you buy an iPhone 3G? If you haven't bought an iPhone yet, and have been holding out for a new model, now is the time. If you're a current iPhone owner and you're yearning for a faster cellular network, then you should take the plunge. But if you're an iPhone owner who won't use 3G (or can't; check your coverage at AT&T), then you should stick with your current model. The iPhone 2.0 software update provides Exchange server support, third-party apps support, and many new features without the added cost.
Design
You'd be hard-pressed to notice any design differences on the front of the iPhone 3G. The minor changes--the silver rim is thinner and the silver mesh behind the speaker--are so minimal we didn't notice them for a few hours after picking up the device. Turn the phone on its side, however, and you'll see more changes. Apple has replaced the aluminum silver back with a plastic face in either white or black. The black version (our review model) is attractive, but we admit that we miss the original silver, which shows fewer fingerprints and smudges than the shiny black version. The white model is not our cup of tea
zaterdag 13 september 2008
Apple re-releases iTunes 8 to fix Vista 'blue screen of death'
September 12, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc. late yesterday re-released iTunes 8 for Windows to roll back a buggy driver that had been bricking Windows Vista PCs with dreaded "blue screen of death" crashes since Tuesday.
In a support document posted around 8:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Apple urged Vista users who had been unable to synchronize their iPods or iPhones using iTunes 8 to uninstall both iTunes and an Apple-provided device driver, then download and reinstall the entire 75MB package yet again.
From Vista's "Uninstall a Program" control panel, users should ditch the "Apple Mobile Device Support" driver as well as iTunes itself, then restart the PC. "Re-download and install the updated iTunes 8 installer from www.apple.com/itunes/download," said Apple. "Do not use the iTunes8Setup or iTunes864Setup file you previously downloaded."
Users running Microsoft Corp.'s Vista operating system had reported problems almost as soon as the updated iTunes 8 was posted for download Tuesday. According to scores of users on the Apple support forum, plugging in an iPod or iPhone caused Vista to crash, then display the "blue screen of death" (BSOD), a Windows critical error screen best known for its blue background.
Google Patents
Google Patents
Explanation of terms
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Patent Title: The title of each entry in the search results is the title of that specific patent.
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Patent applications: We offer you the option to limit search results to only issued patents or applications. Applications are marked as [APPLICATION] in search results.
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Sorting options: We automatically sort results by relevance to your search terms, but also provide the option to sort by date.
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U.S. Patent Number: The patent office assigns a unique number to each patent.
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Filing Date: The filing date is the date on which the patent was filed with the USPTO. The filing date is when the inventors applied for the patent and should not be confused with the issue date, which is the date the patent office granted the patent. If we don't have a filing date for a patent, this field will be blank.
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Assignee name: The assignee is the person or organization to which the rights of the patent are assigned. If we don't have an assignee for a patent, this field will be blank.
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Patent snippet: We include a snippet of text from the patent to show where the specific search terms were found.
vrijdag 12 september 2008
donderdag 11 september 2008
Google Alerts
Altijd op de hoogte: Google Alerts
Een andere manier waarvan veel mensen niet weten dat hij bestaat is via Google Alerts. Google Alerts zijn ‘voorgebakken’ zoekopdrachten die, zodra er op het internet een nieuwe ‘hit’ bijkomt, je daarvan via e-mail op de hoogte stellen.
Heel handig, maar hoe stel je dit nu in?
Allereerst ga je naar www.google.com/alerts en log je in op je Google account (of je moet je nog even registreren bij Google). Vervolgens kom je in het overzichtscherm met al je Alerts:
Je kunt hier nu een nieuwe Alert aanmaken:
Hierbij kan je kiezen uit verschillende typen zoekopdrachten zoals Algemeen (Comprehensive) maar ook enkel video’s, news, blogs etc.
Daarna geef je op met welke frequentie je via e-mail het overzicht van deze Alert wilt ontvangen. Ik heb dit standaard op ‘as-it-happens’ gezet, zodat ik direct op de hoogte wordt gesteld bij een nieuwe hit van een zoekopdracht.
Voila, that’s it, nu wordt je dus persoonlijk door Google via e-mail op de hoogte gehouden van jouw interessegebieden!
Waarvoor?
Hoe kan je deze Alerts nu gebruiken? Er zijn een aantal toepassingen (zoekopdrachten) te bedenken:
Je eigen naam
Je hobby
Je bedrijf
Je concurrent
Publicaties van je favoriete auteur (blogger)
Een probleem waarvoor je op internet nog geen oplossing hebt gevonden
Syntax
Je moet natuurlijk wel goede (’slimme’) zoekopdrachten opgeven, anders krijg je elke keer veel te veel hits binnen om nog relevant te kunnen zijn. Tussen aanhalingstekens plaatsen: Zoekt op de exacte zin, dus op DIE woorden in DIE volgorde. Voorbeeld: “fietsen”. Site: Deze ‘operator’ zoekt enkel binnen de aangegeven site.
OR: als je deze tussen verschillende zoekcriteria zet kan je in 1 keer op meerdere zaken zoeken. Type bijvoorbeeld de namen van de concurrenten in en krijg een mail met in 1 overzicht alle hits op al je concurrenten
woensdag 10 september 2008
zondag 7 september 2008
search
he new date option, screen from my Iphone 1. Do a normal search in Google
2. Put &as_qdr=d after the search string. Just copy and paste it just behind the last digit of the URL you see after you do a search in Google. Now you get only the sources from thelast 24 hours indexed by Google (keep in mind: the date that Google found the info is not always the actual publication date). Put&as_qdr=d2 behind the string to get sources of the last two days
zaterdag 6 september 2008
Back-up
Continuing on with the complaints about the long backup process every time you sync your iPhone, here is yet another little trick that should help to cut that time down a bit, and thankfully this suggestion will not involve turning off the backup process.
Thanks to a nice forum posting over on the HowardForums, you can now cut that sync time down and still be prepared should something unfortunate happen to your iPhone that forces you to have it replaced.
The process is simple and it involves turning off the ability to send diagnostic data to Apple.
With just a few easy steps you should be left with sync times that are much more manageable, of course this will not help if you add a bunch of new media or the first sync after you add some new apps, however regular or routine syncing should be much more pleasant.
After connecting your iPhone to your computer;
1. Uncheck the check mark from the “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” option in iTunes.
2. Unplug your iPhone and then plug it back in
3. Once iTunes launches again, right click on its name in the devices menu (on the left) and from menu choose “Reset Warnings”
4. Then click Sync in the bottom right hand corner
5. You will then receive a pop-up (see image below). Simply uncheck the “Do not ask me again” box
6. Now you can go back and re-apply the check to the “Automatically sync” option that you removed in Step #1
donderdag 4 september 2008
dinsdag 2 september 2008
Magnetic resonance imaging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MRI is a relatively new technology, which has been in use for less than 30 years (compared with over 110 years for X-ray radiography). The first MR Image was published in 1973[1] and the first study performed on a human took place on July 3, 1977[2].
Magnetic resonance imaging was developed from knowledge gained in the study of nuclear magnetic resonance. In its early years the technique was
