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This article was written on December 20, 2005 by CyberNet.

A recent iPod enthusiast took his iPod shuffle and made it more useful. Now, he won’t have to worry about plugging those pesky headphones in and wondering where to place his Shuffle, because he has the Shuffle built right in. I am sure this could be a popular item if there was a way that it could be manufactured with out breaking any copyright laws.

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If you can accept what we’re about to tell you as rumor, and nothing more, then we’d like to let you in on the latest scuttlebutt surrounding Nokia’s first dip into the shallow Windows Phone waters. Eldar Murtazin, the eternal Nokia antagonist, claims to have the inside scoop on Nokia’s current Windows Phone device plans while getting an early hands-on with a prototype. Besides demonstrating a natural extension of the Nokia naming strategy to accommodate the new Windows Phone devices, Eldar tells us that model W7 is built around an X7 hardware base while the new W8 handset is a variant of Nokia’s N8 cameraphone (conceptualized in the above pic). According to Eldar, all of Nokia’s WP prototypes are built upon Qualcomm chipsets per Microsoft’s requirement (and Nokia’s dismay). The W7 model is currently being used in-house for development purposes and will likely be the first to market, according to Eldar, with an 8 megapixel autofocus camera and flash. Murtazin claims that the W7 reminded him of the HTC Mozart without any noticeable customizations to the OS. If neither of these models appeal to you, hold tight — Eldar says that Nokia has a dozen Windows Phone devices planed for 2012. Of course, it’s early days so any, or all of this might change before Nokia ships its first device later this year or early twenty-twelve. Imagine it: Nokia hardware slathered in Mango — mmm mmm good.

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We’ve seen a rather creepy array of robots programmed to mimic human emotions, but teaching a machine to feel regret? Now, that’s a new one. With funding from Google, a team of Tel Aviv University researchers is working on an algorithm to teach computers to learn from their experiences, thus reducing instances of “virtual regret.” According to the team’s lead, such an algorithm would allow servers and routing systems to more efficiently deal with internet traffic, by recognizing and documenting things like sudden spikes in traffic or increased attention to an online product. Basically, the more they learn from their past inadequacies, the more effectual the machines become. Google’s apparently interested in the potential impact on programs like AdSense and AdWords. Now, if they could just teach online advertisers a sense of shame… Full PR after the break.

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This article was written on December 09, 2006 by CyberNet.

Google has just added a new feature to Gmail.. and it’s one I’m sure you’ll like! The new Mail Fetcher will allow you to “fetch” mail from other non-Gmail accounts! Yes… non-Gmail accounts.  It seems like everybody has multiple email accounts these days; one for work, school, home, etc. This is a great solution for those who don’t use a program such as Outlook, but need to check multiple accounts daily. You’ll be able to add up to five different accounts.  As always, Gmail doesn’t just implement the feature for everyone right away, rather they implement it over a period of time.  I have yet to see this feature in my account (check yours, you may have it already!), but here’s how it works:

Simply click on Settings (found at the top of the Gmail page), and click on Accounts. If you already have this feature, it will have an option that says get mail from other accounts.  Then you’ll click to Add another mail account.  It will guide you through the process of adding other accounts. Because Gmail offers an insane amount of storage for a free service, you can bet this will surely attract lots of people.  Gmail has other attractive features that have made it the preference over other free services such as Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail, like the labeling and archiving system. With the new service, you have the option of automatically labeling all of the messages that you receive from a non-Gmail account.

If you’re considering having Gmail fetch mail from other Gmail accounts, you’re better off fowarding them instead.  Gmail offers forwarding of other Gmail accounts for free by going to Settings and clicking on “Forward.”  This way, you’ll still have your five non-gmail accounts available to use for fetching.

Gmail says that it checks the other accounts on a regular basis which makes me wonder how often it will actually check.  I’d imagine it would be every hour, but I’d love to see Gmail add a “fetch mail now” feature so that you could have it check whenever you want.  It would also be nice to be able to set the time interval that you’d like it to check it such as 5 minutes of 10 minutes. I think this could possibly be the one thing that would keep people from switching over from something such as Outlook which gives you the option to set the time interval, or to  ”check mail now.”

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In case you’re looking for some more options in the 3D monitor market, Acer’s just announced a couple of new models for the US that might do the job. First up is the HN274H pictured above, which claims to be the first 27-inch LED-backlit monitor supporting both HDMI 3D and NVIDIA 3D Vision — Blu-ray or TV set-top box for the former, PC gaming for the latter (via the usual DVI-DL). Though limited at 1920 x 1080 resolution, this display boasts a 100,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio with 300cd/m2 brightness and 2ms response time, along with a built-in IR emitter for the included NVIDIA 3D glasses, as well as a handful of ports: VGA, DVI, and three HDMI. All this for $689.

If you prefer something smaller and more budget friendly, then there’s the 23.6-inch HS244HQ as well. For $449 you get the same HD resolution, brightness, and response time, though contrast ratio is lowered to 12,000,000:1. Most importantly, there’s no support for NVIDIA 3D Vision here (though you still get a pair of Acer 3D glasses), meaning gamers will have to consider other options. Press release after the break.

Continue reading Acer brings HN274H and HS244HQ 3D monitors to the US, motorbikes not included

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