Chuck Yeager Pissed Off At Local Airline (SF Weekly Blogs)
December 31, 2009
Chuck Yeager is in a tizzy considering he claims California’s newest airline, Virgin America, didn’t bother to get his permission when using his name to advertise its in-flight WiFi service.T…
The decade’s must-have gadgets (Financial Times)
December 31, 2009
iPod Before Apple introduced the iPod in 2001, tens of millions of consumers listened to MP3 digital music tracks on home PCs or no-name, no-elegance portable players. next Steve Jobs insisted on being no more than three clicks away from whatever song he wanted.
Samsung’s Pine Trail-boasting N220 netbook spied in France (Engadget)
December 31, 2009
We’ve been seeing a fair amount of netbooks equipped with Intel’s Pine Trail platform since they were announced early last week , and it looks like we’re going to be seeing at least one from Samsung in the very near future. that one — the N220 — was just spotted in France. The 10.1-incher packs (as you’d expect) an Atom N450 CPU, GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, b/g/n WiFi …
Dulin’s Books brings Onxy’s 6-inch Boox 60 e-reader to US shores for $349 (Engadget)
December 30, 2009
It has taken longer than anticipated, but the Boox e-reader that we toyed with at CeBIT earlier that year is finally available for order here in the US of A, with shipments expected to start in a fortnight. Onyx International’s 6-inch reader — which features WiFi, a Vizplex e-ink display, a 532MHz processor, 512MB of memory, a 1,600mAh battery and an SD / SDHC expansion slot — is bring slung …
Airlink deploys WiFi at IIT Patna (CIOL)
December 30, 2009
BANGALORE, INDIA: Airlink deployed WiFi network in IIT Patna Campus. Airlink’s end-to-end, DoT/TRAI compliant solution comprises of network design/deployment, SMS-based user-authentication, bandwidth management, per-user traffic monitoring and 24/7 Support.
Samsung’s Pinetrail-boasting N220 netbook spied in France (Engadget)
December 30, 2009
We’ve been seeing a fair amount of netbooks equipped with Intel’s Pinetrail processors since they were announced early last week , and it looks like we’re going to be seeing at least one from Samsung in the very near future. that one — the N220 — was just spotted in France. The 10.1-incher packs (as you’d expect) an Atom N450 CPU, GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, b/g/n WiFi …
Dulin’s Books Announces Launch of Boox 60 ereader in the U.S. (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
December 30, 2009
A Wacom enabled touch tablet Boox 60 allows for note taking and more with included stylus. WiFI and Webkit browser optimized for the E-ink Vizplex display enables surfing your favorite news, blogs and wiki sites as well as subject matter download.