The Wall Street Journal reports that Nokia has started a search for its next CEO, to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo as Nokia’s No.1. A decision will apparently be made by the board members before the end of this month. Whether or not this is warranted is not something that people outside of Nokia can possibly know. Are Nokia’s recent troubles at the high end of the phone market only Kallasvuo’s fault?
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Nokia may be looking for a new CEO
Calvin and Hobbes is the most anti commercial comic strip that I know of. Its creator Bill Watterson stopped with the strip in 1995 after 10 years of creating a daily comic strip of Calvin and Hobbes. He has withdrawn from public eye and never gives an interview. He has been called the J.D. Salinger of the comic strip world
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9 Cool Calvin and Hobbes tattoos
If you are looking to stock up on video games this summer, head to GameStop and check out their Power Saver Sale . From now through Sunday, August 8, 2010 in stores and online, you can get new and pre-owned games up to 50% off. Modern Warfare 2 Sale titles include popular games such as: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Assassin’s Creed 2 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Splinter Cell: Conviction DJ Hero Also through July 24, 2010, you can purchase any color DSi ($149.99) or DSi XL (169.99) system and receive your choice of one of the following games free: Pokèmon Platinum, Style Savvy, Pokèmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky, Super Mario 64, and Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Selections are limited. Post from: EveryJoe
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GameStop Power Saver Sale
There was me thinking “Vampire Power” was what made Robert Pattinson so sexy! No, friends that’s not what it is at all. It’s actually a term people in green tech use to describe power wastage. When you leave your charger…
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Green chargers reduce "Vampire Power" energy waste
I love Slacker Radio. I love the way it reintroduced me to the music I loved as a kid . I love the fact that it now caches radio stations for Slacker Plus subscribers. And I love the fact that it now runs in the background on iDevices running iOS 4.0.
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Slacker Radio and ABC News Hook Up To Provide Personal Radio Service
Since the release of the iPhone 4 no application developer has used the bulit in iPhone 4 Gyroscope to create additional functionality in their software, that is, until now. Acrossair, makers of a popular iPhone AR browser, are the first app developer to add gyroscopic functionality to their iPhone 4 software that provides an incredibly smooth mobile augmented reality experience. Check out the video after the jump, compared to the older 3GS iPhone. In previous app development Acrossair needed to rely on the accelerometer and compass to calculate location and the iPhone’s position in 3D Space.
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iPhone 4 Gyroscope Creates Silky Smooth Augmented Reality
Some of our readers will remember the Dragon Dictation iPhone app that we featured on the site back last year, it has been available in the US app store for quite some time, unfortunately it hasn’t been available in the UK app store, that is about to change. Nuance who make the Dragon Dictation iPhone App have announced that it will be available for the iPhone and the iPad in the UK app store within the next couple of weeks, they will also be launching another application called Dragon Search. The Dragon Search iPhone app will let you search the Interent using voice commands. There are no details on the exact date on when Dragon Search and Dragon Dictation will be available in the UK app store
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Dragon Dictation iPhone App Headed To The UK
Nokia UK is now offering the Nokia C6, a Symbian^1-powered smartphone, for sale on its website. The C6 features a 3.2-inch 640 x 360 pixel touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and support for microSD memory card storage. The phone is compatible with AT&T’s GSM and 3G networks, and is available for 289 GBP direct from Nokia UK. Read the full story here.
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Nokia C6 Symbian^1 smartphone now available from Nokia UK, compatible with AT&T’s network
It looks like Lenovo is set to release their Android tablet, the LePad, which we have heard about previously before the end of the year, although we still don’t know any details about what sort of specifications the LePad tablet will have. Lenovo showed off another device earlier in the year, the ideaPad U1 hybrid which was basically a laptop with a removable display that could be used as a tablet. It is possible that the Lenovo LePad Android tablet could share similar specifications to the ideaPad U1, which include a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and a 10 inch multi touch display. As soon as e get some more information on what Lenovo have planned for the LePad Android tablet we will let you guys know.
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Lenovo LePad Android Tablet To Be Released By The End Of The Year
If you think modern games have good physics effect then be prepared to be blown away. The Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 is a fantastic physics engine designed and written to replicate the laws of real life physics in a digital environment in an ultra realistic way. View the video after the jump to see some amazing effects. The Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 has been created by Thiago Costa and can replicate the movements of : High friction granular materials, Incompressible fluids, Elastic structures and Plastic deformations to name a few. The effects shown in this teaser video are just fantastic, can wait to see them filter down to movies and games.
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Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 The Ultimate (Must See) Physics Engine
Section: Apple , Gadgets / Other , ebooks As of this morning an updated version of the iBooks app is now available in the App Store. This update brings the version number up to 1.1.1 and adds some welcomed features.
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Apple updates iBooks app, now at version 1.1.1 with audio/video book support & more
Ich erinnere mich noch sehr gut an die Eröffnungsrede von Microsoft-CEO Steve Ballmer bei der der diesjährigen CES in Las Vegas . Kurz musste man unbedingt noch das HP Slate mit Windows ins Bild schieben, dass jeder weiß, dass man ähnlich wie Apple auch an einem Tablet arbeitet. Inzwischen ist schon lang bekannt, dass es wohl kein HP Slate mit Windows 7 geben wird, was wohl nicht zuletzt daran liegen wird, dass sich Windows als Desktop-Betriebssystem wesentlich schlechter für den mobilen Einsatz eignet. Nun hat kürzlich HP ja Palm aufgekauft und Gerüchte machten die Runde, dass das HP Slate nun mit WebOS als Betriebssystem auf den Markt kommen wird.
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Das HP Slate wird zum PalmPad mit WebOS
No, it’s not all Santa Claus and pretty animations, Coca-Cola have got caught out for using porn references to market their Dr Pepper drink to teens on Facebook. And despite the scandal breaking a few hours ago, the wall of…
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Coca-Cola exec’s poor knowledge of online porn classics, lands their Dr Pepper Facebook app in a scandal
By Andrew Liszewski To commemorate the 10+ years of the Rockstar Games label, which was founded in 1998, the company has worked with German publisher Stiedl to create this 3 volume, 544 page hardcover tome that features everything from original illustrations to wireframe models to advertising to even what inspired the people and places seen in many of their games.
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Dear Rockstar, I Enjoy Your Games Immensely, But Will Not Be Paying Half A Grand To Read How They Were Made
Es ist schon phänomenal wie einfach man doch die Aufmerksamkeit des gesamten Internets auf sich ziehen kann. Da reicht es schon, wenn man zum gefühlt hundertsten Mal das Gerücht in die Welt setzt, dass das iOS 4 Update für das iPad nicht kostenlos sein wird (früher war dieses Spiel eher beim iPod Touch beliebt). Schnell wurde dieses Gerücht jedoch als falsch zurückgewiesen und so könnt ihr euch ziemlich sicher sein: der Download von iOS 4 für das iPad wird kostenlos sein – wenn er dann am Ende des Jahres endlich mal verfügbar ist. Ohnehin liegen entsprechende Updates in der Regel freizugänglich auf den Servern von Apple , so dass entsprechende Sorgen unbegründet sind. In diesem Sinne: lasst euch nicht verunsichern 
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iOS 4 Download für das iPad kostenpflichtig? Nein!
If you’ve been eagerly waiting for the release of Filemaker for the iPad & iPhone your wait is over. FileMaker Go is now available for $19.99 for the iPhone and $39.99 for the iPad from the iTunes App Store and will allow users to connect to databases over the local network, or over the Internet using Wi-Fi or 3G. FileMaker Go supports many of the features you would expect like Tab controls, Quick Find, Web Viewers, External SQL Data Sources, containers, portals and even most scripts
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FileMaker Go For iPad and iPhone Now Available
I’ve seen a lot of iPod and iPhone docks that do more than just charge the device. My Griffin Simplifi contains both memory card reader as well as a USB hub along with its 30-pin dock connector which charges and syncs the iPhone or iPod. I’ve also seen docks with hard drives built it and others with clocks or radios.
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tlight: Let There Be Light … and Power, Too
A new data network arrived on the scene today. LightSquared will be a wholesale only, net-neutral 4G-LTE network that combines with satellite to provide nation-wide broadband wireless access
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LightSquared, wholesale 4G-LTE + satellite network coming soon
Here is a cool accessory for your geeky office, the custom NES Moue Pads. each of the custom NES mouse pads have been created by 8BitMemory who has brought us some cool creations in the past like the cool NES Cartridge Hard Drives . There are quite a few NES game themed mouse pads available including Super Mario Bros, as well as some cool NES games like Zelda, and if you dont fancy one of the ones listed, you can even choose to have a custom one made with your favourite NES of SNES games. I’m happy to introduce my newest product, the 8Bit Mouse Pad! Show your geeky side at home or at the office with your favorite retro game made into an awesome mouse pad.
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Custom NES Mouse Pads
It was heralded as a game changer when it was released nearly six years ago, but now it’s being let out to pasture without a path back to the barn. It’s Windows XP Service Pack 2 and last week, Microsoft released the last security patches it’s ever going to release for that version of its operating system.
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So long XP SP2, it was good to know you
If your looking to take for iPhone 4 video footage to the next level it might be time to invest in a Steadicam holder or even make one yourself. If you do fancy making your own, Spencer Watson has create a video tutorial that takes you through every stage of the construction process. Spencer’s Steadicam design includes a three axis gimble and counterweight to make sure ever shot you take is as professional as possible.
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DIY iPhone 4 Steadicam (Video)