Tech Xposé: February 2011



Apple FaceTime Beta for Mac is now Available

Apple Facetime for Mac has finally out to make video calling from iPhone to Mac.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

48 year old Man has been fooled by a Fake Online Girlfriend

A 48-year-old man in Naperville, Illinois has been fooled by an fake online girlfriend. They apparently had a two-years and six-months relationship. The said man called the police station and have reported that he feared that his online girlfriend of 2 and half years had been kidnapped.Police officers discovered and informed the 48-year-old man that her girlfriend didn't even exist and that the drivers license photo "she" had shown him in the past was just a photo likely from a sample Florida license.The broken-hearted man told the police he had sent $200,000 to his so called "online girlfriend" during their relationship to different bank accounts...

Four HTC Smartphones to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Android 2.3 Gingerbread will definitely bring off four HTC devices such as HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire Z, HTC Desire and the HTC Incredible S. According to HTC spokesperson, the OS updates scheduled will be on early of second quarter this year so that means from April or June.The Incredible S is which was recently unveiled at MWC, is powered by an Android Froyo. The said smartphone device had recently hits the market of United Kingdom this weekend.The Samsung Galaxy S I9000 is also reported to get an Android 2.3 Gingerbread update on spring after the release of the new Samsung flagship smartphone the Galaxy SL. Alongside the Google's Nexus One,...

Friday, February 25, 2011

Xoom Corporation Money transfer company drag Motorola into court

We all know that the Motorola's most anticipated tablet that run Android Honey comb has been out in the market since Thursday, but it might be face out of the shelves as the California-based money transfer company, Xoom Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Motorola this week California District Court, for trademark transgression, for which the Xoom.com has been claiming that they have the rights to the Xoom name.Xoom Corp., which operates a money-transfer business, claiming that their registered the xoom.com domain name in year 2003, and they have been registered the Xoom trademark on December 14, 2004, stated in the lawsuit. Motorola then has filed...

Sony Cut Down $40 of PSP's retail Price

Sony PlayStation have recently released and statement regarding their most anticipated PlayStation Portable device, that it will be dropping its price by $40 to $129.99 from its regular price of $169.99. It was almost twenty-five percent off that brings the PSP at the similar retail price level of Nintendo DS Lite portable gaming console.The cut down price of the PSP is effective starting on February 27. Meanwhile the PSP Entertainment Packs, will be purchased for only $159.99. The said drop down price is only effective for PSP-3000 models. The later version or rather model of PSP which is the PSP Go will stick around at its usual $190 price...

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Apple FaceTime Beta for Mac is now out in the shelves of App Store

Apple Facetime for Mac has finally out to make video calling from iPhone to Mac, it is only means that any Mac user have the chance to do video conference with other Mac users and as well as iOS users. But you have to pay for $0.99 on the Mac App Store for some happy moment with your loved ones.According to MacRumors, the New MacBook Pro has an Apple's Facetime installed in it, the FaceTime will requires Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later and at least 128-Kbps Internet connection.It is expected that the Facetime will be using a 720p HD video calling to have the capabilities to display 1280×1024 which will also requires 1-Mbps Internet connection...

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Samsung to release two new Galaxy Tab model by early summer

Samsung is expected to release an 8.9-inch and 10-inch model of Galaxy Android tablet, it was confirmed by Yonhap News agency. Yonhap claims that the tablet could be out in the market as early as this coming summer.Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 will features a dual-core innards, an Android 3.0 tablet OS, surf the internet with WiFi connectivity. While the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes with a bigger screen size, obviously. It also packs with a popular Android 3.0 OS made for tablets, the said model is powered by a 1GHz Tegra Nvidia dual core processor, that comes with 16GB or 32GB storage. Both models comes with front-facing 2 megapixel camera for video...

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Microsoft unleashes SP1 for Windows 7 and Win 2008 R2

Today Tuesday, Microsoft unleashes Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is now open to public for download through the Microsoft Download Center.Most users who uses genuine Windows 7 products will be getting SP1 over Windows Update, Microsoft stated."Windows 7, Service Pack 1 will help keep your computers well supported by delivering ongoing updates, many of which have been made previously available through Windows Update," Microsoft made available the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to its Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers, on February 16. and has been available in three different one for 32-bit and two for 64-bit Windows 'x64'...

Apple's iPad 2 First Public Appearance Event

Apple is reportedly set to reveal a March 2, 2011 happenings, at which Apple will finally expose the new iPad 2. AllThingsD reported that the unveiling of iPad 2 would take place at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.The iPad 2 is assumed to be skinny and have a retina resolution display which is a quite better the the old one and of course it packs with front facing camera for facetime and rear-facing cameras for HD video recording.The Apple's iPad 2 is powered by a Qualcomm's dual mode CDMA/GSM chipset to make this device work with both AT&T and Verizon's networks.Apple is expected to send out invitations a week before the event. The...

Motorola's Flagship Tablet Xoom is expensive as $800 or $600 with 2 year contract

Motorola's most anticipated tablet that came out from the shelves at Consumer Electronics Show and at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain during this year was the Motorola Xoom - the said to be iPad killer and the crowd favorite and it will be out in the market on February 24.The pre-order page on Best Buy says that the suggested retail price for 3G + WiFi will be at $799 and $599 for the WiFi-only model without commitment. The Xoom will cost $600 for customers who sign a two-year contract with Verizon Wireless carrier. The Motorola Xoom comes with Google’s tablet OS, Android 3.0 Honeycomb.A dual-core NVidia Tegra 2 CPU @ 1.0GHz with...

Globe most Advanced Broadband Internet services

In a recent study conducted by the Nielsen Philippines appeared that the Globe Telecom's Broadband have been the most advanced and trustworthy internet connection in the Philippines.The mobile broadband network test research study organized by Nielsen Philippines was engaged in a total of 500 households in randomly selected urban areas in the Philippines, embracing NCR, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.Globe Tattoo Broadband outstanding performance in a network test performed in the 4th Quarter of 2010 analyzed and collate with all other Telecom companies that offers prepaid mobile internet services in the marketplace.The network test that was done...

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