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Archive for May 11th, 2008
Eye-Fi launches Eye-Fi Home, Share, and geotagging Explore
Posted in May 11th, 2008
Filed under: Peripherals, Wireless, Storage
Eye-Fi’s expanding from a single card to a family of three tonight. All are the same 2GB as before, but now we’ve got the new flagship Eye-Fi Explore ($129), which includes geotagging courtesy of Skyhook (the same WiFi-based location system that helps the iPod touch and iPhone find their way). Then you’ve got the Eye-Fi Share ($99) — basically the same card we used to know simply as the Eye-Fi — and finally the Eye-Fi Home ($79), which appears to only be able to upload photos through desktop software using your home network. Expect ‘em all on sale come June 6th.
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Parallels Adds Windows Service Pack Support [Parallels]
Posted in May 11th, 2008
by admin in lifehacker
The Windows on Mac virtualization arms race continues: On the heels of a new VMware Fusion 2.0 beta, Parallels Desktop issues a software update that adds support for XP Service Pack 3 and Vista Service Pack 1 for Boot Camp partitions. Here’s more on how to dual boot and virtualize the same Windows partition with Parallels. [via]
RIM’s BlackBerry Bold / 9000 gets official
Posted in May 11th, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones
Damn, took ‘em long enough! RIM finally announced the BlackBerry Bold / 9000 — we’ve got specs, but no price or hard launch date. Here we go:
- HSDPA and EV-DO versions (including an AWS-capable 1700MHz version)
- 320 x 480 display
- 625MHz CPU
- 1GB internal flash memory
- 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 (with A2Dp), GPS, MicroSDHC
- 480 x 320 video recording, photo geotagging
- 4.5 x 2.6 x 0.55-inches, 4.7 ounces
PC Mag’s got the (latest) hands-on, hit the read link.
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Powerset Searches the Wikipedia with Natural Language [Wikipedia]
Posted in May 11th, 2008
by admin in lifehacker
Instead of putting the onus on you to choose the best keyword, just-launched semantic search engine Powerset can find the answers you seek on the Wikipedia using natural language. Type things like “what is a life hack” or “paintings by Salvador Dali” and Powerset extracts those answers from Wikipedia and lays them out on an attractive page. CNET reports:
Powerset’s natural language search technology is based on patents licensed exclusively from PARC and its own proprietary indexing. Powerset’s engine has read 2.5 million Wikipedia pages and extracted “meaning” from the sentences, creating a navigation and semantic layer on top of the popular Web encyclopedia.
In my tests, Powerset was slow to respond (no doubt suffering from launch overload), but you can check out a video of Powerset in action after the jump.
Apple promo references 2.6GHz MacBook
Posted in May 11th, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
Not that we wouldn’t eventually expect a 2.6GHz MacBook, but Apple’s Hot News site is running this promo that references a new, upgraded model of the laptop (which right now only reaches 2.4GHz). Our take? We’re thinking typo, not premature announcement.
[Thanks, Matthew and fr]
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