Apple warns that iPhone and iPod users may experience a small static shock through their earbuds.
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iPhone and iPod users may experience a “small and quick” shock via their earbuds due to a buildup of static electricity, Apple warned Monday.
People listening to one of the devices in
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It wasn’t exactly hard to see this one coming, but AT&T has now officially announced that it’ll soon be making 3G-equipped netbooks available at AT&T stores throughout the US (and on its website), following what the carrier has deemed to be a “successful” trial run in Atlanta and Philadelphia back in April. While complete details are still a bit light, AT&T will apparently be offering most if not all of the same netbooks that were available during that trial period, including various models from Acer, Dell and Lenovo. Unfortunately, AT&T also isn’t getting any more specific than “this summer” in terms of a rollout date, and it’s not ready to announce any pricing either, although the netbooks sold for as little as $49 in Atlanta and $99 in Philly (where AT&T wasn’t able to rely on its residential DSL to further defer the costs).
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AT&T announces plans to expand netbook sales nationwide originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 May 2009 17:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The rumored BlackBerry Storm 2
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As if June wasn’t packed enough with new smartphone launches, there are rumors that the RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 may just hit Verizon Wireless stores in the same month.
BlackberryOS.com says it received a tip from an “insider” (a senior-level …
A site called App Advice claims to have gotten some fairly detailed specs about the upcoming Apple iPhone from “a source who is closely connected to Apple’s hardware development team.” The site has a long list of details about the iPhone 3.0, including pricing, capacity, and release date.
According to the site, the latest iteration of the popular handset is due out on July 17th. It will come in 16GB and 32GB capacities, priced at $199 and $299, respectively. It will feature a 3.2-megapixel camera, video recording and editing, and video MMS. The screen will be OLED, the battery life will be upped 1.5 times that of its predecessor, and an FM radio will be built-in.
Also it will no doubt ship with a few grains of salt.
This article was written on July 21, 2006 by CyberNet.
I knew that Google always blocked the sending and receiving of a virus but I had never thought to see what happens if you try to send a virus. A Google Blogoscoped visitor sent in the above screenshot of what happened when he tried to send the eicar virus string to himself in a text file. After that had failed he also tried changing the extension to JPG and WMV but neither of those worked as well.
The eicar virus string is a simple string of characters that is used to test an Antivirus. In fact the string is only 68 bytes long:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
While it may not be anything extravagant it is a very popular way to test your Antivirus. The code does not do anything harmful to your computer and just simulates a virus.
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Commemorating the 10th anniversary of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Mimoco is releasing another series of Star Wars-themed flash drives (here’s a prior series). The first of the designer Flash drive characters will be Darth Maul, to be released June 10th.
The new Star Wars Mimbots will be available in 1GB to 8GB capacities. They’ll come preloaded with digital extras, icons, avatars, screensavers, and mimoByte (sound software that plays Star Wars audio clips when the Flash drive is inserted or ejected from the computer).
No pricing information yet, but comparable 1 GB drives go for $19.95.
We’d ventured a guess that the Pre would run close to $500 off-contract, and it looks like we were in the ballpark — Sprint customer service is apparently telling people that Palm’s first WebOS device will run $549 without a two-year commitment. That’s just off-contract, not unlocked, mind you, so don’t get any ideas about throwing this thing on Verizon. We’re guessing most people will sign the papers on June 6th and pay $199 after rebate, so don’t get too worked up — just know that living a life free of attachment and responsibility will cost you $549 upfront.
[Thanks, Dustin]
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Palm Pre to run $549 off-contract originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 May 2009 16:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Today eMachines introduced the EL1300 series desktops with an all-white small form factor design and matching 20-inch monitor. The $298 eMachines EL1300G-01W is a smallish 10.7″ by 4.2″ by 15″ (HWD) desktop with a AMD Athlon 2650e processor, integrated nVidia GeForce 6150se graphics, 2GB of mmeory, 160GB hard drive, DVD burner, and runs Vista Home Basic. The $398 eMachines EL1300G-02w gives up 1GB of memory (leaving it with 1GB) and runs Windows XP Home instead of Vista, but adds a 20-inch widescreen monitor.
The new eMachines E182H wm display goes for $119 MSRP, and has a 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen, 18.5″ 1366×768 resolution display, and 5ms response time. The E182H wm display is also decked out in a glossy white finish to match the EL1300 series desktops. The monitor also includes built-in stereo speakers.
Both systems and monitor are aimed at the frugal home user or student. Both systems are available exclusively at Walmart.
Update: It looks like the pre-order is already sold out! Wonder if the fact that we ordered 1,000 of them has anything to do with it?
[Via Coolest Gadgets]
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Transformers USB flash drive is ready to ravage your files, bring carnage to your desktop originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 May 2009 16:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock software is out now in stores for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Wii system. This game of classic rock hits will feature 20 songs from artists such as The Who, Rush, Boston, Police Steve Miller Band, and George Thorogood.
Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners will have the option of playing the game off the disc or downloading it onto their consoles’ hard drives for free. After the songs are downloaded they will appear automatically in player’s Rock Band library.
Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock’s suggested retail price is $29.99 and will be rated “T” for Teen.
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