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A new report published by Fox News has bolstered rumors regarding Apple’s anticipated media event on January 26th at the Yerba Buena center in San Francisco, California. While the original report indicated that Apple had reserved the space to make “a major product announcement,” today’s report indicates that sources have first hand knowledge that the event will be associated with a product in the “mobility space.” For those anticipating the release of a tablet device at the event, Apple has reportedly told some of its iPhone developers to prepare their apps to run on a larger device, which is not a major undertaking given the flexible foundation supporting today’s iPhone apps. Reports that Apple is hosting its own January media event at the Yerba Buena, a location it has historically used for its fall iPod-related music events also help explain why the company announced last year that it would no longer be presenting a keynote or even hold a booth at IDG’s Macworld Expo event. The event date set in late January allows the company more time to plan and prepare for the slate introduction

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Additional Reports Bolster Likelihood of Apple January 26th Media Event

Besides flash drives , RAID and even movie kiosks , video applications are moving fast to take advantage of ten-fold increase in bandwidth offered by USB 3.0 . The first to jump onto the SuperSpeed USB bandwagon is none other than DisplayLink whose latest DL-195 network video chipset is already struggling with HD output on a heavily congested USB 2.0. If DL-195 is designed to be scalable, then the upgrade might just be as easy as swapping in new USB 3.0 peripheral bridge.

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DisplayLink Wholeheartedly Supports USB 3.0

National Geographic has seen fit to bestow a gift upon the world, a digital version of ALL of their past issues. One of the most pivotal publications of the last century, Nat Geo contains stunning photography and in depth research on every imaginable topic. From deep sea monsters to outer space and beyond, the compendium contains a searchable rendition of every single monthly tome ever published. These yellow spined marvels have decorated 3 generations of bookshelves in my family, but not mine

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Nat Geo Puts 120 Years of Issues on a USB Drive

As hackers continue to develop their insidious tools, committed device manufacturers have to decide how to handle the economic strain their advances induce. Several flaws have recently been discovered in one current and two discontinued models from Kingston. Flaws that could be exploited by a very sophisticated hacker with some sophisticated tools. The DataTraveler BlackBox, DataTraveler Secure and Elite Privacy USB drives are susceptible to the attack.

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Kingston Shows Admirable Response to Security Flaws Found in DataTraveler

News stream and social media app my6sense wants to make the deluge of information available on the web a bit more manageable for you — by reading your mind. Yes, this is another app that studies your tendencies, but my6sense is actually a pretty good tool at sorting through your RSS feeds and pulling up content that aligns with your interests. It works by using an artificial engine to digest your news feeds from an RSS reader account, such as Google Reader. After a few hours, my6sense will start giving you recommended reading under a Top Messages panel. The longer you use my6sense, the more information there is about your reading habits

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Conquer Your RSS Feeds with my6sense

2010 will be the first year that Apple doesn’t take part in MacWorld, but that doesn’t mean the company doesn’t have big announcements that need to be made. According to both the Financial Times and Fox News, they’ve been told by a “source inside Apple” that the company will be holding a special event on January 26th that will be focused on the mobility space. What does that mean? The iSlate / iGuide / iPad / Apple Tablet should become a reality. Now, we aren’t ones to spur unnecessary excitement, but lets look at the facts.

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Apple Event on Jan 26 says Fox News and Financial Times

windows mobile 7 There was a rumor floating around that custom UI like the one from HTC will not be present in the upcoming WM7. The rumor came from msmobiles.com but was quickly shot down by mobiletechworld.com who found an interesting bit of info from xda-developers. if HomeMachineStatus.WM7Device.Value then IsWindowsMobile7Device = true PredefineItem = 1 HomeItemCollection = HomeManager:GetHomeCollection(1) else IsWindowsMobile7Device = false PredefineItem = 0 HomeItemCollection = HomeManager:GetHomeCollection() end It looks like if the device is WM7 then HTC wants to show a specific UI which may be a completely new HTC UI. What do you guys think will HTC need to cover up the WM7 Home Screen or will Microsoft put out some great new UI to revive the Windows Phone brand.

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Windows Mobile 7 and Custom UI like HTC Sense

It’s been quite a while since TiVo has given us a new model of DVR, but a shipping error pretty much confirms that the company is set to launch a new device called TiVo Premiere (alongside the TiVo Premiere XL.) Recent TiVo HD purchaser Patrick McCarron had a TiVo Premiere setup guide included in his order, and he decided to throw the whole thing up on Scribed for our perusal . The main details here are the the S-Video port is out, and there is only space for one multistream CableCARD now, as opposed to the two slots found on the TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD

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TiVo set to launch TiVo Premiere DVR?

OmniaII Are you a fan of the Samsung Omnia II, are you planning to get one soon then you might want to check out the review by mobilitysite.com . They have done a detailed software and hardware review. Their Verdict : ” The Samsung Omnia II is a strong, light-weight handset with a fabulous AMOLED display that did not deplete battery life as fast as expected and a powerful 5-megapixel camera with LED flash. Applications like Smart Reader, Smart Memo, Swype, and FM Radio work flawlessly and should be included on more smartphones! A few downsides to this device are the apparent lag to load widgets when switching from panel-to-panel, the absence of the ability to list new programs on the Main Menu while in TouchWiz mode, and the inability to switch to landscape mode in most programs. Plus, the abundance of static shortcuts and the lack of live-updating widgets was surprising.

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Review of the Samsung Omnia II

Installing apps on your BlackBerry can be done in two ways. And part of the fun of the BlackBerry is having those apps. Today I’m going to walk you through the basics of installing them, though I do know this applies to newbies since many of us are pretty adept with this. The easiest way to install an app is called ota. What this stands for is over the air.

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Installing Apps On Your BlackBerry: One If By Air, Two If By Cord

It’s the time of the year when every research company and industry organization puts out a prediction for what’s to come in 2010. The Mobile Marketing Association this month put out a list of 10 industry predictions for mobile marketing in North America for the coming year. What do you think about these predictions from MMA for 2010? 10. Mobile Healthcare Look out for apps that diagnose, doctors that text, and medical reminders.

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Mobile Marketing Association’s Forecast for 2010 in North America

Vlingo put out list today of the Top Ten Voice-Powered Mobile Searches of 2009 and the list is a bit more action oriented that searches generally executed on the web.  Vlingo is the popular “Unlike traditional Web searches that focus on specific search terms such as ‘Michael Jackson’ or ‘Twilight,’ our data shows that on mobile phones, people tend to search for specific destinations sites and resources,” said Dave Grannan, president and CEO of Vlingo. “Mobile Web search is very popular on Vlingo, accounting for over 20% of all usage. Based on our users’ top searches, we are seeing mobile extending far beyond SMS and voice communications to encompass multimedia and social networking.” Check out the list after the jump… Top 10 Mobile Voice Searches for 2009 YouTube Facebook MySpace Weather Movie Times Twitter Yellow Pages MapQuest Craigslist White Pages Vlingo recently released version 4.0 and you can download both the free and Plus versions via the following link… Download Vlingo 4.0 for BlackBerry [ Source ] Top 10 Voice-Powered Mobile Searches Of 2009 is a post from: RIMarkable

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Top 10 Voice-Powered Mobile Searches Of 2009

The new Samsung Corby Pop is believed to be the cheaper version of the Corby S3650, which has been officially launched in India, early this month. This affordable Corby Pop will feature a 2.8-inch 320 x 240 pixels touchscreen display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, music playback, multi instant messaging, and 22MB of internal memory. The price tag of the affordable version of the S3650 is said to be about 7000INR or $150.

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Samsung Corby Pop: Affordable Version of Samsung Corby S3650

For those who are in a limited budget for a mobile phone, might definitely want to check out the new LG GS200. One of the intresting features of this mobile is the external speaker, which you can quite obviously see along the keypad, giving out rich and loud sound. Other features include a 2-inch TFT display (176 x 220 pixels), 1.3-megapixel camera, FM radio, FM recording, music player, Bluetooth, PC synchronization, and a microSD card slot expandable up to 8GB

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LG GS200: The Loud Phone

It looks like Apple is getting ready to replace the aging 8GB iPhone 3G that currently sells for $99 with a newer iPhone 3GS model, if their packaging is to be believed. A user on the German apfetalk discussion forum posted the image above, which is the label on the iPhone 3G 8GB box, and while he did receive a regular iPhone 3G, the box clearly says “iPhone 3GS v2.2 8GB” and has us thinking that Apple is finally ready to have the entire product line fall under the 3GS brand.

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8GB iPhone 3GS on the way?

Verizon has had its fair share of software issues in the past – and it looks like the Palm Pixi is the next victim. DigiTimes now claims the following: … Compal Communications in the fourth quarter of 2009 will total only 600,000 units instead of 800,000 units projected previously, … The orders for Pixi smartphones were reduced as part of the cellphone’s software has failed to pass tests conducted by Palm’s client, Verizon Wireless, said the paper, noting that shipments to Verizon will be delayed to the first quarter of 2010. Given DigiTimes once flawless track record, I am still somewhat inclined to believe them – but one never knows…

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Verizon’s Pixi likely to be delayed

Mobile phone shopping is easier than driving to the store or even booting up a laptop to make a purchase because you can do it when you’re inspired to make a gift purchase. Maybe that’s why eBay performed remarkably well this holiday season . The e-commerce auction and retail company says that users purchased 1.5 million eBay items from either eBay’s mobile site or their iPhone app over the holidays. According to eBay, purchases ranged from the mundane to a $75,000 1966 Chevrolet Corvette, a $19,000 boat, and a $10,000 Steinway grand piano.

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eBay’s Holiday Gift: 1.5M Sales Via Mobile

You’ve gotta love the Apple Knowledge Base, for it sometimes has the answers. Per CNET , Apple has updated and released a few knowledgebase articles, covering issues with iPhoto and iMovie as well as offering troubleshooting tips for wireless keyboards and mice. Without further ado, here we go: iMovie ‘09: Referenced videos from iPhoto Library not displayed in iMovie Event Library This article outlines a problem where even though iPhoto can be set to import a movie and store it in locations other than the iPhoto library, if you do this movies that are kept in the iPhoto library will not show up for use in iMovie.

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Apple Updates Knowledge Base Articles for iPhoto, iMovie and Wireless Input Devices

Gaming has been a big part of the success of the iPhone. There is a huge choice of games available, from some of the leading games manufacturers. This popularity of mobile gaming hasn’t been lost on Microsoft, who are in a prime position given their position in the gaming market with the Xbox console. The ideal option would be to combine the two and port Xbox games to the Windows mobile platform, and it seems Microsoft are looking to do just this.

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Xbox Live Games Coming to Windows Mobile

In a recent post I discussed the various factors that must be considered when planning an Exchange database design . For Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 the layout and naming of databases played an important role in the ease of administration as well as the balancing of database load.  If Help Desk staff randomly chose a database to host a given mailbox it could easily lead to unbalanced servers and result in poor performance of the Exchange back end. Fortunately Exchange Server 2010 makes this a lot simpler thanks to several improvements and new features. Database Performance Improvements An immediate improvement in Exchange 2010 is the database performance, when viewed in the context of disk IOPS (Inputs/Outputs per Second) required to perform certain operations.  Simply put, a given operation in Exchange 2010 (let’s say a user sorting their 10,000 item inbox by name instead of date) generates far less read/write load on the disks that store that mailbox database.

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Exchange Server 2010 Simplifies Mailbox Database Design

As the year comes to a close, I thought I would wrap it up with the most popular stories that you clicked on in the last year. The year was driven by a lot of deals, and interest in some of the well built, lower priced GPS units that graced the store shelves – virtual or not.

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Top Stories and Top 5 Reviews for 2009 at GPS Lodge