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The humble MiFi from Novatel has, in various guises for myriad carriers, saved our bacon on repeated occasions at press events, feeding up sweet connectivity when 3G USB modems were few or ineffective. Now it can make that bacon sizzle, too, receiving DLNA certification and becoming a little media streamer. Content loaded to the MiFi’s microSD card will now be served up to any compatible media player, receiver, or computer, which includes watching movies on iPads and Xboxes and PS3‘s. Oh, my! It remains to be seen whether existing 2372s will be upgradeable to support DLNA or whether it’ll be new devices only, but the company has said that AT&T will be the first carrier to offer the service. So, there’s something to look forward to, T-Mobile subscribers.
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Don’t you hate when you’re downloading something (namely via BitTorrent) and it renders the rest of your computer nearly unusable. NetBalancer can fix this because it is a Windows program that gives you control over what apps are considered more important than others. You can, for example, designate priority to your web browser instead of your BitTorrent client. You can even specify download and upload priorities separately meaning a process can have a high download priority but a low upload priority.
The catch? The free version of NetBalancer limits you to setting upload and/or download priorities for 5 different processes. If you want to do any more than that you’ll have to buy the full version for $25, but generally I’d say there are only a handful of apps that I’d want to apply this to. So I’d say for personal use this limitation should be fine for most people.
Here’s a list of the things NetBalancer is capable of:
This is one of the few traffic shaping applications out there that have a free version available, and being able to prioritize your traffic to ensure a quality of service (QOS) is pretty nice. Definitely worth the download if you’re in the market for such an app.
NetBalancer Homepage (Windows 2003 32/64-bit, XP 32/64-bit, Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit)
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Letter from U.S. senators to Apple, Google, Research in Motion to remove mobile apps that pinpoint drunk-driving checkpoints has been answered by RIM, which plans to yank such apps from its marketplace.
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Never mind the fact that Intel’s outing a mid-range laptop CPU long after the highest of high-end — the 2.53GHz Core i5-2520M is shaping up to be a lovely option for those who’d prefer a budget choice with plenty of horsepower for churning through HD video. The benchmarking gurus over at Hot Hardware recently grabbed hold of the new silicon, and they noticed an “unmatched performance-per-watt profile for mobile CPUs,” not to mention a robust graphics core, “ridiculously low idle power consumption,” a respectable price point and plenty of power for any software title not named Crysis 2. ASUS’ 15.6-inch K53E was the test machine, and with a starting tag of just $899, it’s definitely a compelling package. Based on their testing, this particular CPU was around 15 to 25 percent faster across the board compared to its previous generation 2.5GHz Arrandale counterpart, and that’s with around the same power draw, too. Hit the source link for more charts than you’d care to see on an average workday, and be on the lookout for this chip to hit a whole slew of new rigs in the coming weeks.
ASUS’ K53E laptop gets reviewed, 2.53GHz Core i5-2520M CPU gets praised originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior VP of Mac software engineering, developed the Mac OS X operating system. Photo courtesy Apple.
Apple announced Wednesday that Bertrand Serlet, lead developer of Mac OS X, is leaving the company, just a day before the operating system turns 10 years old.
Though less publicized than Apple executives Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, Serlet is a legend at the company. He was basically the Jony Ive of Apple’s software design. Mac OS X, which originally released March 24, 2001, has played a crucial role in driving the success of Apple’s Macs and mobile products.
“I’ve worked with Steve for 22 years and have had an incredible time developing products at both NeXT and Apple, but at this point, I want to focus less on products and more on science,” said Serlet, Apple’s senior VP of software engineering, in a press statement. “Craig has done a great job managing the Mac OS team for the past two years, Lion is a great release, and the transition should be seamless.”
Serlet has a lot to brag about. His baby, Mac OS X, not only powers Apple’s Mac computers, but also the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch — all blockbuster products.
After Apple fired Jobs in a power struggle in 1985, the exiled CEO founded NeXT to build a Mac-like computer for education that would put Apple out of business. Serlet, a former Xerox PARC employee, was on the NeXT team.
Then when Apple nearly went bankrupt in 1996, the company acquired NeXT to build a new Mac OS. That brought both Jobs and Serlet on board at Apple, and the two have been working together for 22 years.
When Mac OS X debuted in 2001, it had a somewhat rocky start: Many features were missing, and there were some compatibility problems with external hardware. Over the past decade, Apple pruned out OS X’s issues and polished the OS. Apple released iOS in 2007. It’s a specialized version of Mac OS X for the iPhone, and later the iPod Touch and iPad.
The next version of Mac OS X, dubbed Mac OS X Lion, is due for release sometime 2011.
Brace yourself. You’re about to be guided to the best website in the history of the universe, and if you dare doubt it, your universe may very well be ripped to shreds. Every so often, a new and improved reason for surviving emerges on the world wide web, and it’s safe to say that Pica-Pic fits the bill. For all intents and purposes, it’s a drop-dead gorgeous portal for accessing retro handheld games — the very vessels that carried you through your childhood. Simply toggle through the myriad options with your left / right arrow keys, and then mouse over each game to learn of the keyboard controls. Venture on down to the source link if you’re looking to occupy yourself for the next week month. Now, if only they’d build an app for porting this to the mobile side…
Pica-Pic brings retro handheld games back to life, purpose to the internet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In some ways, visiting cyberspace is kind of like entering a crowded subway car during the peak of flu season. You’re surrounded by all sorts of germs-in the form of trojans, spyware, viruses, rootkits, etc.-just looking for a vulnerable host to invade and feed on. Once you’re infected, these pests can wreak havoc on your system, swiping your personal information and passwords, annihilating your credit rating, and stealing your identity. To avoid a potentially virulent attack, you need to take precautions. More »
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