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SlyDial launches mobile apps for easy weasel calls

SlyDial , the telephone service that lets you dial directly to someone's voice mail, has launched three new mobile applications for users on Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Apple's iPhone. The new apps have direct access to your phone's contact list so you can begin a SlyDial call without...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
Tab tearing live in latest Firefox test build

Good news for Firefox users who have lusted over Chrome and Safari's option that lets you "tear" away tabs from an open window. The latest build of 3.1 offers it as a standard feature --and it works marvelously. As in Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari browsers you simply pull away...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
Corin Tucker and Eddie Vedder Cover John Doe

Corin Tucker and Eddie Vedder have collaborated on a cover former X and Knitters frontman John Doe's \"The Golden State\" for an EP of the same name available now . This record is the duo's second collaboration after \"Hard Son,\" off the Into the Wild soundtrack. The Golden...

Posted to Grunge by Anonymous on 11-13-2008
First 'Steam Cloud' game coming this week

Later this week Valve Software , makers of the popular Half Life series, and the Steam software distribution system are releasing the first version of the Steam Cloud service in the demo for the upcoming cross-platform title Left 4 Dead . The service will keeps things like game saves, mouse and keyboard...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 11-03-2008
Finally getting with the program: Microsoft to offer Office online

Microsoft announced at the Professional Developers Conference Tuesday that it is finally putting Office apps Word, Excel, and PowerPoint online , but not killing the traditional versions. It's about time Microsoft got with the program here. Online apps offer several advantages over software apps...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-28-2008
Wiimote

Head Tracking Johnny Chung Lee had an idea and rather then writing a paper or speaking at a conference he decided to make a demo video on YouTube . 6,215,740 views later he's been recruited by Microsoft's Applied Sciences in the entertainment and devices division, where he hopes to get the biggest...

Posted to Programming by Anonymous on 10-26-2008
Wii Music a rare Nintendo miss, but it's a fun two hours

Wii Music has flashes of brilliance, but the lack of an actual game and compelling music makes this feel more like a $50 tech demo. Read More...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-24-2008
Slash Exercises Freedom With Solo Album

A solo album or the third Velvet Revolver album -- or possibly both -- are on Slash's docket for 2009. The guitarist tells Billboard.com that he's "at the very tail end of the demo phase" for the solo project, which he hopes to start recording early next year.

Posted to Pop by Anonymous on 10-23-2008
Gmail for Mobile Gets Offline Support

Gmail’s mobile application is getting a useful upgrade today. You can now compose and send emails when in a low/no coverage area and have them automatically delivered in the background when you regain a signal. While this is essentially the same way that offline email works on Blackberries (my device...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-23-2008
Confirmed: Apple Can Enable Dual GPU and On-the-Fly Switching in MacBook Pro [MacBook Pro]

Nvidia dropped by today to demo some of the awesome things that the GeForce 9400M in the new MacBooks can do that Intel's integrated graphics just can't touch and discuss a few technical points....

Posted to Gadgets by Anonymous on 10-22-2008

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