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Apple is not the first to consider solar power For Mobile Devices
Apple is reportedly looking into solar panels as a power source for mobile devices. A recently published patent application discovered by the Apple enthusiast site MacRumors.com describes a technique in which solar panels would be built behind a portable device’s LCD screen. From that location, the panels could absorb ambient light that passes through.
The technique [...]
Apple updated its 3G iPod nano software with 1.1.2 update.
Apple updated its 3G iPod nano software. Notes on the update are limited. Neither the download or Apple’s support pages contain any specific information on what was fixed.
The only information Apple provided was that the update included some bug fixes. The 1.1.2 update is only available through iTunes at this time.
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Next-gen iPhone with Haptic Technology?
It seems Apple Inc is in talks with Immersion Corporation to licence for its next-gen iPhone Haptic Technology for its iPhone. if recent internet reports are to be believed. Also Immersion Corporation on Thursday announced that they have appointed former Apple executive Clent Richardson to the position of President and CEO.
Palluxo.com reports: “A source (Apple [...]
Hackers next target Like Tesco, Marks & Spencer etc
Criminals could use the kind of tactics which crippled Estonia’s government and some firms last year, they warned.
The experts were members of the infamous “Hackers Panel” which convened in London this week at the InfoSecurity Europe conference.
The panel includes penetration testers and so-called “white hat” hackers, who help companies tighten up their digital security by [...]
Yahoo Replacing Its Search Add System With Google Add?
Yahoo will be displaying Google search ads in a small number in its search engine queries, a move likely to be interpreted as the latest in a series of Yahoo maneuvers to resist Microsoft’s acquisition attempt.
The test, expected for two weeks and be limited to up to 3 percent of Yahoo search queries in the [...]
Yahoo, MySpace & Google Have Agreed to Form The OpenSocial
Yahoo, MySpace, and Google have announced they have agreed to form the OpenSocial Foundation in order to “ensure the neutrality and longevity of OpenSocial as an open, community-governed specification for building social applications across the web.”
OpenSocial, launched by Google last year, is a common set of APIs for applications across multiple websites that will allow [...]
