Jun 14
Microsoft introduces new Comfort Curve 300 ergonomic keyboard.
Jun 14
Google announces Search by Image and Voice Search for desktop, revamped mobile search
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Google’s done a ton of talking about search at its Inside Search event today, and two of the biggest new developments are on the desktop. It’s just announced that Android-style Voice Search is headed to Chrome (with support for English only, initially), and that it will be joined by a new Search by Image feature (also available in Chrome, or Firefox with an extension). To use that latter feature, you simply drag and drop an image or cut and paste an image URL in the search box, and then Google tries its best to recognize it and deliver relevant results — including identifying the location in an old vacation photo, for instance (though Google notes it isn’t doing face recognition). Both features will be rolling out over the next few days, but you can get a glimpse of them now in the demo videos after the break.
In other news, Google’s announced Instant Pages (also demoed after the break), which promises to speed up browsing by prerendering results when its “confident you’re going to click them.” It’s available in the latest developer version of Chrome today, and will also be included in the next public beta. Lastly, Google took the wraps off a number of revisions to its mobile search offerings, including a new set of shortcut icons, enhanced search options, and faster local results when browsing on a phone, as well as some revamped search and image results that have been specifically tailored to tablets — all of which are also rolling out today.
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Jun 14
New 10-inch color Kindle dubbed Hollywood would feature streaming video and is expected to be out in time for the holiday season, says analyst firm Detwiler Fenton.
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Jun 14
New York Times, OpinionLab sue Lodsys seeking declaratory judgement
Posted in: Apple, AppleIphone, developer, developers, iPhone, Law, lawsuit, legal, patent, Today's Chili
Indie developers turned to the Web hours after receiving warning letters from Lodsys last month, but larger devs took a more traditional approach, leaving the communication and finger-pointing to lawyers instead. Two such companies, the New York Times and OpinionLabs, came to light after filing suit against the patent troll yesterday, seeking declaratory judgements to invalidate Lodsys’s patents. A nine-page complaint filed by NYT lists four Lodsys patents, including 7,222,078, which had previously been used to target smaller developers. NYT’s ad click-through system and OpinionLabs’ surveys were both also targeted, and if the suits are successful, Lodsys would be responsible for all legal expenses, and wouldn’t be allowed to collect on its patents in the future.
We spoke with Julie Samuels of the EFF, who explained that filing for a declaratory judgment could theoretically enable NYT and OpinionLabs to have trials held in California and Illinois, where the declaratory judgments were filed, instead of the Eastern District of Texas — the notoriously plaintiff-friendly court where Lodsys filed its suit against seven devs on May 31st. Other devs who received letters but have not yet been sued can also do the same. The suits brought by NYT and OpinionLabs formally call the validity of Lodsys’s patents into question, but unfortunately don’t change the game for devs Lodsys already sued, who would still be responsible for licensing fees and other damages if the court determines the patents to be valid (and their apps to be infringing).
New York Times, OpinionLab sue Lodsys seeking declaratory judgement originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 14
Russia’s largest bank is trying out ATMs that automatically analyze your voice when you apply for a credit card to see if you’re telling the truth.
Jun 14
D-Link has announced that it now ships the Intel WiDi-based MainStage wireless display adapter that was first introduced during CES 2011.
Jun 14
Company’s new Digital Terminal Adapter is designed to bring high-definition content to basic cable subscribers and can deliver its signal to multiple outlets around the house.
Jun 14
HTC Desire tries to catch Gingerbread, can’t keep up
Posted in: Android, gingerbread, HTC, Today's Chili
After months attempting to bring the Desire up to speed with Android 2.3, HTC is throwing in the towel, and it doesn’t have much more than a comments section full of disappointed handset owners to show for it. The UK branch of the phone manufacturer announced via its Facebook page that attempts to upgrade the Nexus One-esque smartphone to Gingerbread have proven fruitless, due to a lack of internal memory on the device. According to the company, the promised update just won’t play nicely with its Sense UI. Those desiring less official methods can always check out the leaked 2.3.3 ROM. Everyone else will have to suffer through the Froyo brain freeze.
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HTC Desire tries to catch Gingerbread, can’t keep up originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 14
May represents the worst monthly sales for the video game industry since October 2006, research firm NPD reports. Still, latest figures don’t include digital downloads, a growing part of the industry.
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Jun 14
A Piper Jaffray analyst expects higher growth for June and an overall healthy quarter for sales of Apple laptops and desktops.
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