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Feb 22

New FoxyTunes Feature Helps You Socially Share your Music

This article was written on July 05, 2007 by CyberNet.

FoxyTunes fans, listen up! FoxyTunes has just released a new version with a handful of changes and a new feature called Signatures. The Signature feature will allow you to put a signature in email messages and on blog posts that displays the music that you’re currently listening to. It’s yet another way that you’re bale to socially share your music with others.

Right now there’s a list of 9 different services which are supported, however they note that they intend to add many more sites to this this:

Facebook Notes, Mail
WordPress
AOL Mail
SquirrelMail
MySpace Blogs
Yahoo! Mail
Hotmail
Horde Webmail

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The image above shows what this feature will look like. It’s pretty simple to use. You’ll notice an icon on the supported sites like WordPress, and all you have to do is click the icon and your signature will be inserted for you. According to the FoxyTunes blog, “the added music signature is more than just a song title – it links to FoxyTunes Planet where your friends can listen to music and learn all there is to know about your favorite artists and songs. You can also use the “auto-insert” mode to have your signature automatically inserted.

The latest release is the first part of what will become FoxyTunes 3.0. Download FoxyTunes 3 phase 1 here.

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Feb 22

Samsung develops mobile DRAM capable of 12.8GB/sec data transfers, making all other memory jealous

Posted in: green, memory, samsung, Today's Chili

Much like clockwork, Samsung’s memory labs are cranking out yet another innovation in the mobile DRAM sector, with the goal being to make the next (next) generation Galaxy Tab — and any other mobile device relying on Samsung memory — faster than ever. This go ’round, the crew has developed a 1Gb mobile DRAM module with a wide I/O interface for smartphones and tablets, enabling it to transmit data at 12.8GB/sec. For those keeping count, that’s an eightfold increase in bandwidth compared to LPDDR2 DRAM chips, and the company has also managed to trim power consumption by 87 percent all the while. In order to boost the data transfer rate, Samsung’s new wide I/O DRAM uses 512 pins for input and output, dwarfing the 32 pins used in the previous generation. Following this, Sammy’s hoping to provide 20nm-class 4Gb wide I/O mobile DRAM sometime in 2013, but we’re hoping to see this particular development sashay into tablets that hit the market long before then. Sadly, there’s no specific word on when, but you know we’ll be handing that information over just as soon as we get it.

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Feb 22

Sony VAIO S Series get an updated design, Core i5-2410M CPU and Radeon HD 6470M graphics

Posted in: AMD, CoreI5, laptop, Laptops, launch, radeon, release, sony, thin and light, ThinAndLight, Today's Chili, vaio, windows 7, Windows7

Excuse us for a moment while we ponder Sony’s product naming scheme. The company’s VAIO S thin-and-light laptop range got upgraded specs at CES this January, which also happened to be the place and time that we first laid eyes on a set of “prototype” machines that seemed to target the same market segment. Lo and behold, after making some cameos at European online listings, the newly redesigned Sony 13-inchers are here, only they’re still called… the VAIO S Series. For the trouble of figuring out which is which, you’ll be rewarded with a 3.9-pound mobile computer with a 1366 x 768 screen, a 500GB hard drive, 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM, 802.11n WiFi, optional VAIO “everywair” 3G, a Radeon HD 6470M GPU with up to 1GB of dedicated memory, and what will presumably be a selection of Core i5 CPUs from Intel (at present we’re only seeing the i5-2410M listed). Windows 7 is the inevitable OS on board, though Sony’s enhanced it with a Fast Boot sequence that’s said to halve the usual bootup time. Launch is scheduled for the end of March and you’ll find a full spec sheet and release after the break.

Gallery: Sony VAIO S February 2011 press shots

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Sony VAIO S Series get an updated design, Core i5-2410M CPU and Radeon HD 6470M graphics originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 22

Fujitsu’s 10-inch Stylistic Q550 tablet to sport Oak Trail, Windows 7

Posted in: cebit, enterprise, Microsoft, slate, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili, video, windows 7, Windows7

We knew good and well that Fujitsu’s Stylistic Q550 was en route, but now we’re learning a few more dirty details as its official launch day draws ever nearer. Reportedly, the business-oriented slate will be fully revealed at CeBIT next month, with Fujitsu being one of the only outfits out there eager and willing to take a chance on both Oak Trail and Windows 7 Professional. Our experiences with existing Win7 tablets haven’t been stellar, but it’s possible that the added power in Oak Trail will cut down on the lag and make things a bit smoother to operate. We’re told to expect a 10-inch LED touchscreen, smartcard slot, fingerprint reader, trusted-platform module (TPM), front and rear cameras, a 32GB / 64GB solid state drive, USB socket and an optional 3G module. Most impressive, however, is the claimed eight hours of battery life, which we’ll quite honestly have to see to believe. If all goes well, it’ll start shipping this April to European nations, but there’s no word yet on how badly it’ll hurt your wallet (or when it’ll grab a passport and head to other continents). As you’d expect, we’ll be live from Germany digging for more just as soon as the show floor opens. A brief introductory vid is just past the break.

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Fujitsu’s 10-inch Stylistic Q550 tablet to sport Oak Trail, Windows 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 22

AT&T Motorola Atrix 4G now on sale, $149.99 at Amazon or RadioShack (update: $129.99 at Walmart)

Posted in: amazon, att, motorola, on sale, OnSale, Today's Chili

The hotly reviewed and already rooted Atrix 4G is now on sale at AT&T. As expected, the privilege of buying direct from the carrier will set you back $199.99 with a two-year contract in the range of $39.99 per month for the Nation 450 on up to $69.99 for the Nation Unlimited with another $15 per month for a 200MB DataPlus plan or $45 per month for a Data Pro 4GB + tethering plan. Or shop on over to Amazon (or RadioShack) who lists the same HSPA+ device for $50 less with a 24-hour ship time. Remember, if you just have to have the laptop dock then you’d best do it now while it’s offered with the handset in a $499 bundle (after $100 mail-in rebate and purchase of the Data Pro plan with tethering add-on) — the same laptop dock purchased separately will cost you $499.99. No, really.

Update: Walmart is offering the Atrix 4G handset for a measly $129.99 for those of you activating a new account before Thursday.

[Thanks, Zizo and Hoodean]

AT&T Motorola Atrix 4G now on sale, $149.99 at Amazon or RadioShack (update: $129.99 at Walmart) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 22

Verizon Xoom teaser ad will eat you up (video)

Posted in: ad, Android, Google, honeycomb, motorola, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, video, vzw, xoom

Verizon’s first Xoom ad is out leaving little doubt about how the company plans to market Motorola’s new tablet. While the Honeycomb slab might lack the Droid branding, VZW looks set to maintain the overtly machismo tone that helped sell so many Android handsets over the last year while dismissing any of that cerebral nonsense preferred by Motorola. And really, who amongst us, man or woman, can resist the temptation of strapping on an $800 jetpack come thursday?

Verizon Xoom teaser ad will eat you up (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 21

HP TouchPad on sale in April?

Posted in: HP, launch, palm, retail, rumor, ship, Today's Chili, touchpad, webos

The official TouchPad launch date isn’t even a date per se, but a season: summer. So we’re surprised to see DigiTimes reporting that HP will take delivery of shipments in March with the TouchPad going on sale in April with plans to ship 4 – 5 million units from the TouchPad “series” in 2011. Based on what we know, both from using the software-incomplete pre-production tablet and from our detailed discussions with Jon Rubinstein, an April retail date would be extremely aggressive to say the least. And DigiTimes‘ accuracy with regard to rumors for companies located outside of its home country of Taiwan is spotty at best. Nevertheless, HP’s new CEO Leo Apotheker did say originally, that products announced at the February 9th event would be on sale just a few weeks later. Unfortunately, only the wee Veer handset got an early spring promise with the Pre 3 joining the TouchPad for a summer launch. Perhaps this will be a case of HP under promising and over delivering? We can’t say for sure. But with any luck, HP could bring some clarity to the matter on March 14th — a day Apotheker had promised a big reveal regarding a “secret answer” and “vision of what HP is capable of in the future… the starting point.” Why so mysterious, Leo?

HP TouchPad on sale in April? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 21

Minecraft for iOS confirmed, the hunt resumes for free time to squander

Posted in: Apple, AppStore, game, ios, ipad, Today's Chili, video

You know all of that time you’ve been wasting on Angry Birds HD? Looks like your flying friends may have company when it comes time to, um… kill time, as Markus Persson has confirmed to Gamasutra that an iOS port is “in the works.” That means that an official Minecraft build will soon pop up in Apple’s App Store, with iPhone and iPad versions hinted at. Aron Neiminen, a new recruit to the Mojang team, is responsible for the port, and if all goes well, it’ll be let loose later in the year. Persson also confirmed that the iOS version won’t receive every update that the original browser / download versions get, but that it’ll be “granted features that make sense for the touchscreen platform.” Raise your hand below if you’re giddy beyond control.

Update: Video’s after the break! Thanks, Cooper.

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Feb 21

New ThinkPads coming soon to an office near you

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Lenovo has several new ThinkPad models coming in March, with new Intel CPUs.

Feb 21

Lenovo trots out new ThinkPad T, L, and W series laptops

Posted in: ati, lenovo, NVIDIA, sandy bridge, SandyBridge, thinkpad, Today's Chili

It feels like just yesterday that Lenovo unleashed a serious amount of Sandy Bridge laptops at CES, but left out of the bunch were the more traditional ThinkPad T, L and W models. Well, Lenovo’s got those on its mind right now, and each is being refreshed with Intel’s latest Core 2011 processors, NVIDIA Optimus or ATI discrete graphics, and improved VoIP features. One even promises 30 hours of battery life! Yep, there are a few key updates coming to each series, so hit the break for a short breakdown of each of those, and don’t forget to peruse the glossy press shots below.

Gallery: Lenovo T Series press shots