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RIM to start encrypting app downloads to combat piracy

Calendar April 13, 2012

RIM’s Alec Saunders caused a fair amount of controversy with recent postings to his Twitter account. Apart from calling the Google Play market a “cesspool” and wagging his finger at rampant app piracy, he also told the world that RIM was going to drop app sideloading for end users. Realistically, the change probably wouldn’t have [...]
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Acer’s tiny USB-powered pico projector capable of 100-inch display

Calendar April 13, 2012

Pico projectors are slowly but surely starting to become quite useful, affordable devices. They are small enough to carry in your pocket, have a power draw low enough to remove the need for a separate power cable, and can produce large projections at HD resolutions. Acer’s latest pico project, the C120, is the perfect example [...]
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Resident Evil 6 Premium Edition costs $1,300

Calendar April 12, 2012

For the most part I don’t think collector’s editions or deluxe versions of games are worth the higher price tags they command. At best you get an art book or a soundtrack CD, and unless the game is something special in either of those areas, the extras just end up taking shelf space. With Resident [...]
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UAV helicopters to help curb piracy on the high seas

Calendar April 12, 2012

While Hollywood churns our movies depicting pirates as likeable characters, the real-life scallywags are continuing to make serious trouble on the shipping lanes near the Middle East. With the condition worsening in impoverished countries like Somalia, the rate of piracy occurrence has skyrocketed. Hoping to curtail these bold buccaneers, the US Navy is equipping several “Fire-Scout” UAV helicopters with [...]
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Most popular screen resolution increases to 1366 x 768

Calendar April 12, 2012

With the transition from CRT displays to LCD panels, the average size of the displays we use for computing has increased. But so have the resolutions even smaller displays can achieve. High resolution 21 to 24-inch widescreen monitors are now both commonplace and relatively cheap to pick up. Laptop displays range from 10 to 17-inches, [...]
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The internet responds to Google’s Project Glass

Calendar April 12, 2012

We’ve been hearing rumors about these Google Glasses for a some time now, but actually seeing Project Glass really impressed a lot of people. The glasses looks far less intrusive than had been previously imagined, and, if Google’s video is any indication of the future, when this new tech does reach consumers it could be [...]
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Spotify looks to dominate music streaming with new Play Button

Calendar April 12, 2012

After finally making their way to the U.S in July of 2011, Spotify’s popularity predictably skyrocketed. But with millions of new subscribers and free users, the company’s plans for global domination were far from finished. Today, they announced the Play Button, a streaming music widget system that can be embedded on websites that allows users to [...]
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