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Samsung Galaxy S Advance snapped in the wild, pricing in tow

Dave — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:09:41 +0000

Sure, we’ve read the specs and we’ve seen the press shots, but we didn’t expect to get up close and personal with Samsung’s Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070) until Mobile World Congress later this month. Fortunately, Filipino tech blog TechPinas was able to get a hands-on with the handset — complete with photos and video. The [...]

Panasonic expects huge $10.2b yearly loss over Sanyo woes

Dave — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:09:40 +0000

Panasonic compounded the troubles at Japanese electronics firms on Friday after it anticipated a steep $10.2 billion yearly loss for its fiscal 2011, which ends in March. The record drop was blamed near exclusively on the costs of buying Sanyo and its Electric division, including reorganization and write-offs. President Fumio Ohtsubo apologized, but promised corporate [...]

Free PDF Conversion and Online Virus Scanning Sites Now Provide Increased Limits

Dave — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:09:39 +0000

Here’s are two unexpected bonuses for all PC users. First, our favorite free online virus scanning service has increased the maximum file size you can scan from 20 to 32 MB. Second, one of the best free online PDF to Word conversion services is now offering a free downloadable version that has no file size [...]

T-Mobile brings Square to select small businesses, does the mobile payment thing

Dave — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:06:48 +0000

T-Mobile is throwing some of its weight behind the mobile payment movement this morning, becoming the first carrier to offer Square credit card readers to a handful of retail outlets. Under the company’s new campaign, stores equipped with T-Mobile smartphones will be able to use Jack Dorsey’s readers to finalize transactions from the comfort of [...]

EU looks into possible Samsung abuse of 3G patents vs. Apple

Dave — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:06:48 +0000

Samsung may have overstepped its bounds in trying to counter Apple as the European Commission has launched an investigation of its practices. The EU body is hoping to determine whether Samsung breached promises to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to charge fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) rates by suing Apple over 3G in multiple [...]

How to Run a Survey Using a Free Online Service

Dave — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:06:47 +0000

Editor “Bernardz” was looking for a free online survey service that could handle between a hundred and a thousand responses and between three to twenty questions. Few of the free services he looked at could do that but after a long search he found a site that provided just what he needed and it is [...]

Israel announces plans to build national broadband network, increases fiber intake

Dave — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:08:10 +0000

Israel is home to a burgeoning tech industry, but the country’s broadband infrastructure hasn’t really been able to keep pace. In terms of broadband penetration, in fact, Israel ranks just 21st out of 34 developed nations, according to statistics gathered by the OECD. All this may be changing, however, now that the country’s state-run electric [...]

Samsung Galaxy S III may have appeared in support pages

Dave — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:08:09 +0000

Samsung continues to send out conflicting signals about when its future flagship phone, the Galaxy S III might be released. Earlier today, Samsung’s Senior marketing VP, Younghee Lee, said that the company was “still reviewing” options. At the same time, a probable reference to the phone has since shown up on Samsung’s UAE support page [...]

This Great Free PIM Looks a Lot Like MS Outlook

Dave — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:08:08 +0000

This impressive PIM looks after your diary, calendar, notes, contacts, to-do list, and more. It even has an inbuilt email client so you can use it to read and send mail through your standard mail provider. There’s even a section for you to make a secure note of your passwords. And if you’ve ever used [...]

Clearwire Q4: revenues up, costs down, LTE expensive

Dave — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:02:56 +0000

Things are looking up at Clearwire, its Q4 revenue came in just over Wall Street’s estimates at $362 million, split between $198 million retail and $164 million wholesale — with the latter figure up 20 percent over the last quarter. It pointed a finger at increased smartphone usage and slashed operating costs (spending only $82 [...]