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Who would have thought that hackers would need a special pair of glasses to help them get their nefarious objectives achieved? Well, here we are with JINS making an announcement that come July 2nd, they will put up for sale a limited release of 1,500 pairs of the “JINS PC for Hackers” glasses. I wonder whether your regular programming jock would find this pair useful, never mind that whatever he does are just all spreadsheets and word processors, instead of busy circumventing whatever security measures that have been put in place by the government.

It is a good thing however, that JINS drew the line clearly right from the get go, where the term “hackers” here refers to someone with a whole lot of experience and skill when it comes to using computers and navigating through networks, compared to the glory hunters that border on the criminal which are portrayed on media channels. The glasses will feature a single lens that stretches far out over your eyes, making sure you have optimal field of vision, and the arms of the glasses will also connect around your temple. Lightly tinted, the lens intend to limit the amount of blue light that are often emitted by computer monitors. They cost $125 a pop if you are interested.

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Google has just introduced “My Android Apps” to their Google Play Store, where this particular segment lets you check out an entire list of smartphones, tablets, and other devices that are connected to your account. Basically, whenever you tap on any one of those icons, you will be able to pull up a list of apps that are installed on that particular device, now how about that? Isn’t it easier to perform digital housekeeping now?

Even cooler is the fact that you can click on a small trash can in order to uninstall an app, making life a whole lot easier, as though we are in a Windows environment. Not only that, there is also an update that is available for you, accessible through a single button tap. You are now able to perform updates or remove apps from your phone straight from your desktop web browser itself. Of course, this feature is not applicable to all apps, as some apps need to be manually updated.

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If you love Android apps, then you are probably familiar with Bluestacks. Bluestacks is actually a platform that will allow users to download and play Android apps on your PC. Early this year, Bluestacks beta was released for Windows. I myself use the software application a lot, synching my smartphone every now and then via Bluestacks Cloud Connect. But it looks like the people behind the ingenious creation is bringing Bluestacks to Mac as well. The company announced today that it will be releasing a Mac version of Bluestacks in public alpha. The software is powered by BlueStacks’ patent-pending LayercakeTM technology.

The initial release features several apps from the company’s developer partners, such as HandyGames, Creative Mobile and Pulse, with the next release scheduled to expand things even more. “By bringing Android Apps to Mac we are breaking open the Apple ecosystem, which has traditionally been closed. Also, Android is struggling because of a lack of tablet applications. Developers now have an incentive to build hi­‐resolution apps to work on the resolutions like retina displays on the new Mac for example,” BlueStacks CEO Rosen Sharma said. If you love testing Android apps on your Mac, you can get the alpha version here.

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Google I/O is about to start in just less than 10 minutes’ time, and we already have our live blog up and ready to rock and roll. Well, the rumored Nexus Q has been spotted in its official YouTube video (which you can watch on your PS Vita if you want to), where it is speculated to come with YouTube interactivity, support for Google Play Movies, Play Music and TV, and will need to work in tandem with either an Android-powered phone or tablet – one that runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread or higher, of course. We hope to bring you more on the Nexus Q as news breaks at Google I/O conference.

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Software giant Microsoft has lost their appeal against a decision made at an EU court, where the company was punished for defying an antitrust ruling. This closes a long drawn out chapter that has lasted a good 10 years, with the European Commission finally achieving “victory” over Microsoft’s business practices. According to antitrust experts, this particular verdict by the General Court might set a precedent against other current cases which involve Google, Samsung Electronics and Motorola Mobility concerning their patents.

Well, just as every dark cloud has a silver lining, the same applies as well in this case – where Microsoft’s fine was reduced by 4.3%. Granted, that is not too much of a silver lining, but we are talking about a reduction of $200,000,000, which is still a fair amount – the equivalent of slightly more than 2% of Microsoft’s revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.

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