Daily Archives: September 13, 2011

Windows 8 matches Lion with ‘Retina’ display, adds Xbox Live

Microsoft in sessions and talks following its Windows 8 preview has confirmed that its OS will have very high resolution display support. Developers are being asked to produce 100 percent, 140 percent, and 180 percent resolutions for artwork in anticipation of 250DPI and higher “HD” screens. The hardware itself should arrive within the “next couple of years,” Steve Troughton-Smith heard during one session, but the OS had to be ready in advance…. Continue reading

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Remains of the Day: Everything but the kitchen sync

Apple may be up for bringing back some of MobileMe’s soon-to-be-discontinued features at a later date, if consumers barrage them with feedback. Continue reading

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Apple wins 3D patent for Kinect-like gesture navigation

Apple has, over the years, patented a number of ideas that dealt at least on some level with 3D interfaces, but today’s patent for a projected “image area” where 3D manipulation could be realized emanating out of future mobile devices — if practical for the company to implement — could have major implications for future gaming, interfaces and other user interactions, going beyond the movement-sensing technologies of devices like Microsoft’s Kinect, reports Patently Apple…. Continue reading

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Intel, Google announce mobile partnership for Atom Android smartphones

Intel and Google have announced a partnership to enable the use of Android software on Intel’s Atom mobile x86-compatible processors, in hopes the chips can wrestle market share from the ARM processor family now dominating mobile devices. Continue reading

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Intel, Google team to optimize Android for smartphones

Intel and Google announced on Tuesday that they would partner to optimize future versions of the Android OS for smartphones and other mobile devices using Intel chips. Continue reading

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Parrot outs MiniKit+ dual-phone bluetooth hands-free device

Bluetooth accessory maker Parrot has announced the latest addition to its MiniKit line of hands-free Bluetooth smartphone car kits with the MiniKit+, which can handle two Bluetooth mobile phones simultaneously and pair with up to 10 such phones, storing up to 2,000 synchronized contacts with each. Continue reading

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Four iPhone accessories for phone photograpers

It may be a phone first, but the iPhone 4 is also becoming one of the more popular cameras in the world. Continue reading

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Apple may have another 2011 MacBook Pro update in September

Apple may return to its once frequent pattern of updating computers more than once a year with a second 2011 MacBook Pro refresh, historically accurate tipsters suggested Tuesday. Taking advantage of Intel’s recently refreshed Core i5 and i7 mobile processors, the refresh would just be a mild speed upgrade to keep the performance up. The revamp could happen before the end of September, AppleInsider heard… Continue reading

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Microsoft Also Preparing for Desktop/Laptop Retina Displays

During a BUILD 2011 presentation , Microsoft told Windows 8 developers to plan their artwork for High DPI (dot per inch) monitors with varying artwork sizes. In particular, they mentioned Retina-class desktop and laptop monitors. Continue reading

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Apple May Processor Bump MacBook Pros in 2011

AppleInsider claims that Apple may be bumping the processors of the MacBook Pros before the end of this year, but will make no other changes to the notebooks. According to people with proven insight into Apple’s future product plans, the late-2011 MacBook Pro refresh will deliver marginal speed bumps to the notebooks’ Core i-Series of Sandy Bridge processors but will otherwise introduce no material changes over the existing models. Continue reading

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