How to make free ringtones and text tones in iOS 5

The iTunes Store is the ring for $ 0.99 to $ 1.29 flood, the price is high enough so that you stick with the iPhone the standard tone. But now, with a few simple steps you can create a unique sound, set your phone apart from many other people who share the same default sounds.

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Asus' new Android Transformer tablet going quad-core

Asus already has a similar product on the market, EeePad Transformer, with dual-core processor and Nvidia Tegra 2 features a signature, detachable keyboard, you can look more like a tablet laptop. It is not clear whether the keyboard module will work for Transformer EeePad with new models.

Apparently, the new transformer will come with Ice Cream Sandwich, version 4.0 of Google's Android operating system for mobile devices. Android 3.x, aka Honeycomb is a temporary measure intended to help Android tablet coming to market as quickly as possible, but Ice Cream Sandwich is a finished product and no longer in sync with the version of the OS that runs on Android phones. Shih said the Ice Cream Sandwich, the tablet could "probably sooner" than the end of the year.

Asus has set high expectations for the family tablets, predicted earlier this year that Asus will be no other manufacturer except Apple Tablet outship.

Asus also offers the tantalizing video yesterday Prime Transformer. It shows the closeup of the keyboard, including a USB port, and a combination of screen and the tablet to break away from it.

Nvidia has the best Android tablet strength today, and it seems likely that the new quad-core chips Nvidia will be the main selling point of Android tablet makers to compete with established iPad from Apple aspire to.

Android identity crisis: Is it for nerds or everyone?

Android 4.0 is designed to be accessible from its predecessor, Google's open operating system on the broader market. But this shift towards the mainstream market is hobbled by a technician-focused marketing message.

Design of Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, where the Samsung Galaxy Nexus embodied in November, suggesting that Google is trying to Android aims for a wider market. It is designed to be more physical, with a touch-action make people do what they want without having to hunt through the interface to the appropriate command. Google Android wants to allow people to interact more easily with others, without a phone on the road.

But the vibration techie that Android-veiled marketing saturated that the major utilities. Vibe risk alienating many in the mainstream market before they have even a chance to ice cream sandwich is on skills.

Nerd center

Here are some examples of what I'm talking about.

Start, we start with the name. Perhaps the "Android" is to make people think their little digital assistants, but deep down, he took the message that the product is more on gadgets and gear from around the person.

The "nexus" more of the same name: it sounds like a Venn diagram and link analysis, not connected with the people. Verizon "Droid" is even worse, especially when reinforced by displaying the robotic voice electronically. Can R2D2, one of the original droid with sweet and good, but Verizon has Droid as something that just love Cylon appears.

Nerd also is a video introduction to Ice Cream Sandwich. This is the Android mascot race around on light cycles in Tron-style black emptiness marked with grid lines. Is this a sign that you feel a personal connection with?

Overall this is the impression I get: Android is for people who light up the room lit only by the flame of the blue LED through the transparent case of their PC overclocked.

To be clear, I'm not dissing nerds here. Google is a company famous nerds, and part of the reason I like a lot of what he did is because I'm a pretty nerdy too. Nerds that early adopters are large, and they carry a disproportionate influence in determining the technology trends that later adopted the mainstream.

But nerds are a niche market.

Apple's shiny happy people

Compare this to the other extreme: Apple.

I've seen a lot of Apple's demos and promotional videos. They really complete line of stars, ethnic, middle-class people who are jumping up and down in the surf, enjoying productive careers, and show soccer kids their medals.

This is on top of it, of course, but I can not blame the company for the entire message: You'll get more out of life with our products in it. Ads and commercials are not about people with their devices through the device itself.

Sure, Apple has a few pointers when it's time to brag about the device is thin, with pretty pictures and the possibility of hours of video playback. But the specs are pretty scattered through marketing materials, and they are always subject to the main message.

Has Siri, assistant sound-powered iPhone may 4S weird fembot into the wrong hands. Apple has little utility personality, with a female voice and some snarky responses, but no one seems to be on the side of the valley remarkable spooky.

To be sure, the real competition IOS vs Android, and of course, different companies trying to differentiate their products in order to get attention in a crowded market. If Google started to mimic Apple's ads, it makes Android look more like products such as cloning and less comfortable in his own skin.

But I think if you want to be successful with a mass market product - a success out of sheer numbers - you could do worse than learn from Apple's approach.

Putting People First Android?

There are encouraging signs that Google knows what it takes to go to the next level.

"People focus Ice Cream Sandwich," said chief executive of Google, Larry Page in a posting + Google. He was specifically referring to the new contact manager ICs, but also for companies trying to, let all Google properties through interaction with humans + Google enabled.

And Joshua Topolosky interview with Matias Duarte, Director of User Experience working on Android, shows the increasing awareness that the smartphone will be for "normal people."

Google's done extensive research of people with their smartphones, Duarte said, and find something that the company has not made: "With Android, not the people react emotionally, they do not form an emotional connection with the products you need, but they do. Not really really like it. "

It is to their credit to Google, that the reach and awareness of how products are perceived and how they should evolve.

But what concerns me is the Duarte of the next statement on efforts to Android: "We want our efforts to feel the people, the more astonishing because the focus was wearing a super power techno-magical armor and now you can fly. We wanted to shoot the bad guys. Our products to make them more empowered. "

Is that really how Google wants a position with Android? "Techno-magic clothes"?

I like to feel empowered by my phone, but the pictures I think about Starcraft Terran Marines rays or Sigourney Weaver in a large hydraulic clothing, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the alien queen.

I am afraid that Google is still too far to the geeky side of the spectrum, catering to those who are technology, enjoy not want those who want to enjoy life.

Google planning music download store 'with a twist'

For questions about plans for the company's music service, Rubin said that Google is "close" to start offering that customers will download music. And, to distinguish it from competitors, he said, Google offers a "twist a little - it will have little of the Google in him."

Google launched its music service lockers, Music Beta, earlier this year. Offer to allow users to upload and access their music in the cloud, but does not have a store download. Negligence is remarkable, considering the two main rivals, Apple and Amazon have a music-download store is available to subscribers.

Rubin's comments are a confirmation of a report last week stating that Google is working on launch music download service. Sources with knowledge of the talks told CNET last week that Google has not entered into an agreement with the label, and previous reports in the New York Times said the business started and it is unlikely for several weeks.

This means that Google has been at this point. Last year, the company was in negotiations with music labels, sources told CNET at the time, but the talks failed after the label can not, and the search giant to come to an agreement.

Rubin would not say today if the company will start to save, but he acknowledges that Google has some issues with media companies face negotiations in the past.

"Google is in the very early stages of the addition of consumer products in our portfolio," Rubin said at the event. "The industry has not seen the media we like it They see us, the search company .."

Google did not immediately respond to CNET's desire for more information about their music-download service.

Is the world ready for Facebook Timeline?

The idea is simple: occasionally celebrities and ordinary citizens will be surprised with his own life story, told through the words of some influential people they met along the way. Past they have come back, warts and all, the studio audience and millions of viewers.

The result is a sentimental, awkward, touching, sad and funny and invasive depending on the perspective of a particular sequence. Life "This Is Your Life" is to package a new way to use television and the past into bite-sized entertainment.

World, or at least 800 million Facebook users is to have his "This Is Your Life" moment.

Apple iPod Touch 2011

Good: Apple iPod Touch comes with new colors, new prices, and feature-packed OS. This recording HD video, or video chat through IMessages, check e-mail, keep your promise, combined with a movie rental clouds, play music, take pictures and play the game more than all its competitors.

The bad: Photo quality is not up to the iPhone 4, no GPS and no option for 3G data services.

Conclusion: iPod Touch the best iPod to date and offers all the fun of the iPhone experience without a carrier contract or monthly bills.

Toyota returns to 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours with LMP1 hybrid race car

Toyota Motorsport in Germany, chassis design, and the car is equipped with gas hybrid powertrain developed by Toyota in Japan: According to the automaker, which LMP1 into a joint effort.

A new racing team will be held from Toyota Motorsport in Cologne headquarters, the company said in a press release. And in addition to the 80 competitive round of Le Mans 24 Hours (16 and June 17, 2012), Toyota is planning a series of event types 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship.

"Toyota Le Mans before, came out with our hybrid technology, this time will be a new challenge. We want a new chapter in the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours write, as in the FIA World Endurance Championship, through our commitment to hybrid technology," said Tadashi Yamashina, Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer and Chairman of Toyota Motorsport, said in a news release.

This is a return to Le Mans 24 Hours for Toyota. The last time Toyota participated in this event, as a producer, was in 1999 when the GT-One is a new race lap record

Comparing voice quality on the iPhone 4S

Call quality depends on several factors, however, than just a device. This is the power of a support network, your distance from the tower, and how many people are having a conversation at the same time. So, if you throw all the variables together, the same handset for more operators can provide a different experience.

Below you will find a voice sample of the version Sprint and AT & T of iPhone 4S find. How do we interact with other cell phones CNET review, I took the sprint from the handset to the message script to rely on a landline phone. Then I take a vote that ballot and put it in media player that you see below. For AT & T 4S, I won CNET's David Carnoy for the same test run from New York (I'm calling from San Francisco). We do not have a Verizon Wireless iPhone 4S, but we will continue the process as soon as we get a repeat unit.

Listen carefully and you'll see the difference between the two samples. I am not a trained engineer, but to me that Sprint audio fine, but my voice slightly muffled. Audio phone AT & T has a longer range, but David's voice has a quality, a loud shrill.

Apple's Siri service not working for some

At about 18:00 PT, users began posting on Twitter that they have trouble responding to voice commands Siri. Affected users have reported that the function is properly enabled, but not the connection process with voice commands.

Some tests with test-CNET-hour 07,50 18.58 Unit operates buses on CNET Pacific features a Wi-Fi and Sprint 3G network by a set of query types that can be isolated on these issues.

'4 S function using the iPhone's built-in microphone, and user commands and put them in action on the phone. This includes the things that use a network connection, such as Web search, you remember, and controls to make the stock price. It's a question that is then passed through Apple's servers.

Problems reported downloading to follow on the heels of users who have trouble installing the IOS and 5 earlier this week. IOS 5 is the latest version of Apple's software for powering the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad.

Apple representatives had no information about the failure. We update this post if it changes.

Update at 10:30 PT hours: Go through the comments on this post, has run a series of CNET readers into the problem, working with others to report on the functioning fine. There is also an Apple discussion thread on the topic here. A user has suggested disabling the feature, reboot the phone, then switch back to Siri, but does not seem conclusive, if that helps those affected by this problem.

iPhone 4S teardown: 512MB, tweaked battery, A5

A breakdown and analysis firm iSuppli iFixit, Chipworks and others show the iPhone as a mini version of the iPad 4S 2 in many ways.

Camera: A Sony CMOS sensor, according to Chipworks. Overall, the 8-megapixel camera, 60 percent more pixels than the camera on the iPhone 4 A larger aperture (f/2.4) and new sensors. Better in low light conditions. Video to 1080p, 30 fps.

Memory: 512 MB Chip Apple has A5 Samsung DDR2 RAM, depending on the iFixit teardown. Capacity is the second of the iPhone and iPad 4 Elpida (memory, combined operations of NEC and Hitachi) also provides RAM for 4S. The fact that the iPhone is still only use 512 4S "demonstrate the power of Apple's IOS operating system compared to other smartphones are nearly twice as much [space]," said iSuppli.

Battery: Apple has managed to increase the WHRS (watt hours) easily - precisely by five hundredths of Wh, according to iFixit. "Look more closely ... be careful ... because it is: an additional 0.05 WHRS the battery on the iPhone 4" - iFixit said. Talk time on 3G networks for the iPhone than the iPhone 4S 4 enhanced, writes iFixit - adding that there are 100 fewer hours of standby time on 4S. Just a few things to note.

Apples A5 system-on-a-chip (SoC): A5 seems to be made by Samsung and pretty much the same SoC, ie, according to Anandtech with 2 iPad, which has the simultaneous analysis of iFixit teardown. "At a high level, there are no surprises, A5 on the iPhone 4S practically identical to what is used in the iPad 2 - although it runs at a lower clock rate and voltage may be low as well," says Anandtech. Chipworks seem to agree.

Qualcomm: Qualcomm RTR8605 Multi-band/mode RF transceiver. And Qualcomm MDM6610 chip. iPhone 4S leading HSPA and CDMA radio features found separately in the two previous iPhone model 4 in one product, so the phone world and is available to AT & T, Verizon, Sprint network. Apple may offer the simpler for the first time since RTR8605 transceiver, according to Wayne Lam, an analyst at IHS iSuppli.

Storage / NAND Flash Chip: A Toshiba 16GB multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory chips, such as those found in both iPad MLC is generally less expensive than single-level cell (SLC) flash but not so fast.

Accelerometer: accelerometer is the same device as in 2 iPad after Chipworks - which LIS331DLH STMicroelectronics. Nano "The LIS331DLH high performance ultra-low power MEMS three-axis linear accelerometer is from the" family ", with I2C/SPI serial digital output interface standard," said Chip Works.

Gyroscope: A L3G4200D STMicroelectronics. Previously found in the iPad 2 and after Chipworks.

TeleNav GPS Navigator updating to 7.1 for Sprint Android users

TeleNav announced this morning that her GPS navigator app for the Android phone to be a big update soon.

Appointed launched version 7.1, a new update with a new screen "My Dashboard" house, that the local map, driving times and traffic, links and search bar presents the user's fingertips when you start the app. Users may not notice immediately if their journey is underway, but behind the scenes, the card incorporates updated rendering engine that claims TeleNav both smoother and faster.

Of course you will not have a good Android phone without widgets entirely, TeleNav Navigator 7.1 features About three of them, including large 4x2 unit, which replicated many of the interface "My Dashboard", including local maps, travel times and delays and search bar .

Also new in version 7.1 is a customized car icon for the card and give users a choice of 3D space ships, tanks, or buy a sports car to a location on the map to show how to navigate it.

Android phone users with version 2.3 on the Sprint network, you will see the TeleNav GPS Navigator 7.1 Update in Google Android Market later this month. (Android users will have to wait for other operators to get updates "in the near future.") There is a free download, but the commute to premium features such as reports, graphs, pathways to help and speed cameras and red light camera sign to open a $ 4, 99 per month. And the custom car icons are also available for $ 0.99 a pop available.

Sonim adds three new rugged phones

Now add the San Mateo, Calif. company, three new GSM mobile phone lineup Tumble wrld rough 'n', including the skills of the NFC or Near Field Communication.

That would be the Sonim XP1301 Core NFC, which (surprise, surprise) had the NFC chip in the tag scan position back into the workplace, the medical field would be a good implementation for this.

Then there is the Sentinel Sonim XP3340. Oriented security device offers up to 29 hours time GPS tracking, a special panic button, and a sensor that automatically calls for help when you recognize it in an emergency situation. It's crazy, especially for workers in the eyes alone, working in a very tough situation.

Aimed at Latin American markets, the Sonim PTT device core XP1330 push-to-talk are available for Latin America within the next two months.

Although Sonim phones open to all, the labor force to its largest customer, especially those who spend their days in the harsh climate and conditions. The thick, rugged phone to meet accreditation standards 11 (PDF) and warrantied for three years.

T-Mobile touts two 4G Android tablets: SpringBoard, Galaxy Tab

U.S. carrier T-Mobile today announced two tablets Android 4G network capabilities in the coming weeks to sell their own 7-inch stepping stone and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Anyone with a tablet-oriented version of Google's latest incarnation of "Honeycomb" Android operating system version 3.2, and will be sold "in time for the holidays," the company said.

Samsung 10.1-inch tablet first debuted in a few months, but without the ability of the 4G network. This is the center of the rotating collection of patent infringement lawsuit with Apple, which IOS iPad tablet powered models now dominate the market.

This stepping processor built with a 1.2 GHz dual-core, Huawei said, T-Mobile. Has a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 720p video and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera can record. Smaller size makes it fit into your pocket jacket.

Listed blockbuster media on-demand, Netflix and T-Mobile TV applications. TeleNav GPS Navigator is also integrated app for turn-by-turn navigation.

T-Mobile - the first airline in the world, offering Android devices - did not disclose pricing information.

Android to get enterprise friendlier

3LM, a division of Motorola Mobility, ready to publish a series of enterprise-class security and management tools for a series of Android handset makers.

The tool allows IT departments to integrate their Android devices in the system. It also makes it easier for individuals to take personal Android phones, and tablets and they work.

3LM work related to broader trends known as the consumerization of IT, where people in their own equipment to work, instead of separate companies assigned to the unit. Earlier on Monday announced that AT & T can switch toggle-services, mobile devices, between corporate and personal identity.

"I think we've done it, one for IT and consumer win-win offer," said Tom Moss, CEO 3LM.

The company is using the CTIA Enterprise Application & Conference, which begins tomorrow in San Diego, a place to party come out.

3LM software provides the ability to encrypt, the phone memory and SD card. It can also selectively add additional encryption of parts of the phone company. It can also track job applications and non-work, so the advanced security to protect important programs.

As with other security applications, but also offers the ability to remotely erase the phone memory if lost or stolen.

The software also allows IT departments to remotely install or remove programs, location and control of the operating system, programs and monitor the device itself. It also allows the phone, a secure connection to office, how to create a virtual private network is known.

The software runs in phones with the Android 2.2, also known as Froyo or higher-known works.

Motorola 3LM purchased earlier this year to help strengthen security in its products. But instead of keeping 3LM own ability as a partner decides to distribute it as much as possible, so that IT departments get a consistent level of security and management tools.

3LM has agreements to distribute the software to Android dozen manufacturers, including HTC and Sony Ericsson. It is still in discussions with Samsung Electronics, the world's largest Android players.

3LM production will not be charged cell phone is the cost for the software. Conversely used by companies who want to activate the software installed already on Android phones.

3LM test software for the last few months, and Moss said that they would be ready later this month. Moss added that, because it is a unit of Motorola, it is time to fully develop the software, and not under pressure to produce immediate income.

With that said, Moss noted that there is a clear division of Motorola, which has the same access with the ability 3LM like everyone else.

"We're not holding anything back from all partners," he said.

Moss, who broke with his team at Google to set up a new business, said he was pleased that he eventually will be folded back into the mother ship. Google agreed to acquire in August Motorola 12500000000 $.

"I'm pretty happy with how things are with Motorola and Google," said Moss. "There will be a great partnership for them."

Puppeteers, CG meet to create 'Real Steel' robots

LOS ANGELES - Big-budget sci-fi films and computer-generated visual effects are closely related and probably will continue in future years. This does not, there is nothing magical about it with the techniques and skills to create human life, "in the flesh" version of another world, or the character of futuristic films take us on the screen.

It's part of the reason director Shawn Levy decided to big, gadget-rich version of the "puppet" of boxing robots Hugh Jackman new action film, "Real Steel", the building opened in theaters yesterday. Dreamworks film is set in the near future when the human fighters were replaced by mechanical boxer.

There are many CG shots of soldiers training machine ring and went at it lap after lap. But Levy's Legacy Securities build should work "real life" version of the animatronic creature with Jackson and other actors to interact in the set.

During the recent press event for the film, Levy said he was, how well the robot works and how easily rubbed elbows with them, work in amazement.

Effects Legacy builds a robot doll 24 in total, including a version of the atomic big "stars", Boy Noise and Ambush. According to statistics heritage, each more than 350 individual parts of the machine that contains the doll, what the final creation, which weighs more than 250 pounds. Each leg joints can be adjusted by the operator control over the bots will be articulating rod puppet theater. Legacy uses digital sculpting and design software in-house creations for all of the final turn in four months.

"It's hard to believe, but the truth is if you are in the presence of these robots and they are moving, you think of them as real."

- Shawn Levy, "Real Steel" Director

"We have very few accidents" Levy said. "These robots and puppeteers who are working with a remote they are very reliable. We had a terrible time at the beginning of the first paper, where the ambush fighting, police in the opening of the movie he was standing on the tailgate,. And in the middle of taking, I think the system hydraulic goes haywire, and reducing the chin and it started to fall down like that, that he broke his own collarbone, and has her chin resting on his chest plate., and it's scary. "

"It's hard to believe, but the truth is if you are in the presence of these robots and they are moving, you think of them as real," continued Levy. "Must see to destroy [Ambush] sort of yourself a little sad. So we have a break 25 minutes and we still stand. And from that moment, we do not have an accident I was very, very happy with. The result is the impact of practices that rare anymore."

Levy said he would work to build a version of the robot, so the actor will have more to play than the green screen.

"If you ask [the perpetrators] to pretend a tennis ball that hard," he said. "But if you ask an actor, a scene with the robot 8.5 meters true playing well, you get something else And so you get an effective reality., And you also get a visual reality. I just think there is a difference. And I know that I wanted to film because the premise is very nice from the outside I really want as a aesthetics and style of the film is quite realistic .. "

CG obviously faster, action-packed sequence of robots, more movement. Team Legacy computer is used to "touch" puppet sequence with some additional details, repairs and damage animation.

Chrome extension enables remote computer control

Months working on "chromoting" has fruit with the release of Google Chrome on Friday reached a new extension to allow one other person on one computer remotely over the network.

Chrome beta version of Remote Desktop, which arrived on Friday, is the equivalent of a browser-based remote desktop software for legacy operating systems. Such software is useful for IT administrators to manage the staff machines that people care about their relatives or individual computers to gain access to their own machines remotely.

The word "BETA Chrome Remote Desktop is the first installment of a capability that allows users to remotely access other computers via the Chrome browser, Chrome, or the Book," the release notes. "Remote Desktop Beta Chrome are cross-platform, so that you can not have two computers, capable of connecting the Chrome browser, including Windows, Linux, Mac Book, and Chrome."

With the expansion of remote desktop Chrome requires that a person who provides access to a computer access code, people touching distance.

(Credit: Google)

It is the latter category, which may be a very important factor in the development of technology. Google Chrome was designed in part to organizations that want their computers to reduce administrative costs, and remote management is an important factor when it comes to this purpose.

The technology is currently so limited that permission be given, at any time, if remote administration is enabled. "This version allows users to share with or obtain access to another computer with a one-time authentication code Identified only given access to the user for each person only once, and sharing sessions are fully protected." , Said the release notes.

AT&T: 200,000 iPhone 4S preorders in 12 hours

AT & T said today that it is the morning session for pre-order Apple iPhone 4S most successful launch of the iPhone is still with the company for more than 200,000 pre-orders falling within the first 12 hours the device was sold.

"AT & T has an incredible demand for the iPhone 4S with more than 200,000 pre-orders in the first 12 hours just to see the successful launch of the iPhone we've ever had," said a company spokesman said in a statement.

The news comes despite the bumpy start to the support, which ensures trouble-free processing of customer claims to sales on the site and through Apple's online store has been, pre-orders starting shortly after midnight Pacific time.

Launched four years ago the iPhone, the iPhone exclusively from AT & T last was released in the United States, 600,000 pre-orders on the first day saw a new record for Apple and its carrier partners. This years version is now available for pre-orders prior to launch simultaneously in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and England scheduled for next Friday.

AT & T data is the first sign of how well Apple's upcoming device sold. The subject has been of particular interest given that some people expressed disappointment this week after the case of the iPhone that the device does not receive a complete overhaul. Apple has its own data, which publishes preorder total volume of all carrier partners.

CTIA moves to block SF cell phone law

San Francisco and the CTIA in conflict again now that the association has formally warning legislation wireless phones, which went into town, made ​​earlier this year in question.

In a statement released Tuesday, John Wall, the so-called CTIA Vice President of Public Affairs, San Francisco action "both alarmist and false" and denied any suggestion that the radio frequency (RF) emissions generated by mobile phones have had an adverse effect on your health . "The FCC and the FDA has repeatedly noted that the use of cell phones are not a threat," he said. "This legislation recommends things like turning off the phone when not in use, a proposal to make critical emergency communications are not available to residents of San Francisco would be."

The "Right to Know" regulations (PDF) that the 11-member San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted at the 19th San Francisco in July, requires retailers to information poster (PDF) contributions, that mobile phones emit RF energy and to provide fact sheets to consumer demand. In addition to stating that the World Health Organization has RF energy as a potential carcinogen, so interpreting the Fact Sheet (PDF) that consumers use a phone with RF exposure limits, wear a belt clip, and cut with a headset.

According to court documents (PDF), according to CTIA, a city ordinance violates the First Amendment rights of retailers and is contrary to the supervision of the Federal Communications Commission wireless security standards. "The federal government has exclusive responsibility for the safety of RF emissions from cell phones to organize," he said according to CTIA

WD TV player gets built-in Wi-Fi and Spotify

Western Digital has announced the latest media player TV series WD, WD TV Live. This is the fifth generation of the family of WD enterprise TV network media player - not to be confused with the second generation product with the same name, published two years ago - and it is the first that offers support for built-in Wi-Fi and provides music service Spotify .

In contrast to WD Live TV Hub, which has a capacity of 1 TB of internal storage, the new WD TV there is no built-in memory. This is the same size as WD TV Plus, and is equipped with two USB ports for external hard drive and Ethernet host port to pull content from the Internet or network storage devices.

The new version of the player only has one HDMI port, leaving support for older TVs. This is a good step, because most if not all TVs now support HDMI. The device supports Wi-Fi standard 802.11n standard with data rates up to 300Mbps. This means, depending on the type of wireless router you have at home, can provide wireless streaming of HD content without much delay or buffering time.

Similar to the previous generation, the new WD Live TV playback of digital content such as photos, music and video in almost any format and with support for multiple audio streams and subtitles. (Unfortunately, new players, such as family members still do not support UTF-8 character set, it will indicate to the player, subtitles in languages ​​such as Chinese or Vietnamese WD. To say this to add them later via firmware update.)

An Apple without Steve Jobs

From the outside perspective, it seems clear that the short term. The company said it has a succession plan that was adopted in August at the request of Jobs, Tim Cook installation as CEO. The company also has a new iPhone - the hottest money making products - next week, will begin a week later with what is possible to set another record quarter.

But one wonders what happened over the years, or maybe sooner. Can Apple continue mojo as a technology company that has made a remarkable comeback and influence change in virtually every industry in the last ten years? Can Cook carve its own place in the history of the company, about the role change, as Apple puts together its products, in a role that defines what they are and how they felt?

This is the big unknown in part because Jobs has Apple been before the people since he got back to the community. Cook while on medical leaves for 'Jobs completed and run the company day to day business for many years for the public, he is now just beginning to attract attention as people who would go on to lead Apple. No more, if something is a success or a failure point as "Steve will continue to be involved with strategic decisions." And with future products and services, Apple is now facing control how many hands, people think or do not have a job where long-term vision, that was before he stepped down play set.

In the end, this is a firm, smooth run with a lot of strong leaders. But the momentum is the "vision thing" is difficult to replace. The loss of one of the founding board members can take years to have a negative influence on, and usually there is one more subtle - a loss of energy, loss of drive, the MBA option, rather than engineers. This will happen at Apple? It is impossible to say, but they are a risk in coming years.

DoCoMo battery phone case recharges in 10 min

Super-fast prototype battery case, from here at CEATEC 2011 to just 10 minutes for full charge. If your phone battery dies, they simply slide into the cage for a fee.

You do not have a phone on a regular course, for free, but you have a portable power source, the juice is extracted in a few minutes.

This could be useful if you are not near a power source.

The case is equipped with a lithium titanate (LTO), which is much faster on costs than lithium ion.

This is similar to the Toshiba Super Charge Ion Battery, which can recharge in 5 minutes and last for 6000 charge-discharge cycles.

DoCoMo did not say when the battery case, can the market, or price adjustments which might be affected.

Branded iPhone 5 won't arrive until LTE

"They are five saves for the iPhone version of LTE and will not be until next spring," said Strauss, a company like Qualcomm chips that provide the track, the power of 3G and 4G technologies in the phone. LTE offers among other things, faster download and upload speeds than current 3G technologies.

In addition, CEO Tim Cook has at least two said the earnings conference call (when he was Chief Operating Officer), that "first-generation LTE chipsets to force many design compromises." He said that in April.

And not always to blame Apple, said Strauss, who in the current implementation of LTE mobile phones like the HTC Thunderbolt kludgy say Apple tastes. "There's no way they could come out with LTE right now," said Strauss. Thunderbolt, for example, has LTE baseband (modem) and the second chip Qualcomm 3G chip for speech features.

It just takes too much space inside a relatively compact smartphone like the iPhone. Other experts agree. "The iPhone 4 PCB [PCB] has been very small, do not leave enough room for the chip, so without shrinking the size of the battery (or an increase in the thickness of the phone to the second PCB is larger and a great place to LTE Battery)," says Anand Shimpi, an expert chips and CEO of Anandtech. His comments have been written today.

iPhone 5 to be major makeover, 'shatter' sales record

iPhone 5 will represent a significant upgrade over its predecessor to help "break" the catch was a record sales of the iPhone at launch last four years, said an analyst at Ticonderoga Securities.

Provide new perspectives on the iPhone ahead of the launch event today analyst Brian White expects the iPhone to 5 "cage sleek, aluminum unibody" which is more like a MacBook Air to offer the iPhone 4. The new housing will not only look better, but more powerful and easier, avoiding the cracks that sometimes appear at the bottom of the glass iPhone 4.

The new housing could even pave the way for Apple to bump up the screen at least half an inch to 4 inches or more. Based on the opinion of other analysts, also know to expect that the new iPhone has a dual-core processor and 8-megapixel camera.

"Apple is clearly the speed of the processor to update at least a dual core 1.2 GHz, Samsung Galaxy II matches, while 1080p upgrade to 8-megapixel camera, which is now also said to be the Galaxy II, white."

Combining all the new features with pent-up demand, and the new phone could easily outshine the iPhone sold 1.7 million units during the four apparatus, the first day of its launch three years ago, analysts said.

Apple iPhone 4S launching October 14

Although Apple's iPhone event is only hours away, rumors do not stop making the evidence may be in the company's plans.

9to5Mac reported this morning, citing sources, that the rumors of Apple iPhone on 14 October will start 4S. The sources said that the company's blog shop door on the 7th time hours in the field, what should be open to strong demand for the device. In addition, the blog Apple employees say "night", so they can see the stores ready for the next day.

Apple's iPhone will still show today. Although the company has not said what he had planned, the latest rumor, also will unveil the iPhone-4S, with several improvements over its predecessor, like the five iPhone

New Fitbit knows how high you are

The Fitbit electronic pedometer is designed for people with baby-step into the gym. As founder James Park told me, after the company was launched at an event TechCrunch 2008, he found that, while Nike and Garmin eventually sell their fitness and health monitoring products for nuts activity, Fitbit ended up gaining market share by the middle of a vast population, so to speak. "We do not have a user is very athletic," said Park.

$ 99 new Ultra Fitbit, launched today, is the same as previous products, the hardware key difference: It has a pressure altimeter, so he can determine when the ladder (or, in my town, the hill). This is an important indicator to follow when you try to improve your fitness is to walk the streets, parks and hope it will encourage people to Fitbit Ultra, climbing the equivalent of 10 steps per day while they were collecting their standard of 10,000 steps. This device also measures the quality of sleep.

HTC follows BlackBerry to $299 tablet bargain bin

HTC flyer to see the latest prices tablets kicked down a few hundred dollars, as the market adjusts to the effects of fire sales of HP TouchPad $ 99 and $ 199 recently announced the Amazon Kindle the Fire.

7-inch HTC Flyers fell from a height of expensive $ 499.99 at Best Buy for $ 299.99 on Friday.

It comes with the Android operating system 2.3, the 1024 pixel-by-600 7-inch color touch screen, front and rear camera, 16 GB of memory, 1GB of RAM, Wi-Fi, microSD card slot and single-core processor Qualcomm.

If telling the truth, tablets HTC expensive to start, such as CNET review reaffirmed in May. But the phenomenon of over-priced tablets are not limited to HTC. Best Buy has an identical price movements on the BlackBerry manual 7-inch earlier this week. Motorola and pressure on prices collapsed in July.

Do not be surprised if more pills prices get reduced. Amazon Kindle $ 199 if the fire is as popular as expected, when she released 15 November is the price adjustment that other Android Tablet makers as possible.

Dell to take another shot at MacBook Air

Dell will go after Apple MacBook Air back to take part of a broader strategy to agree on the whole MacBook line.

Ultra-thin laptop can come around CES time period, according to sources familiar with the industry, Dell plans.

There are also separate reports this week that Dell is prepping an ultra-word book - Windows camp answers the MacBook Air is reportedly extremely Is the Book of the same notebook, see the Dell-source is not clear.

Anyway, it's all part of a wider drive Dell to the MacBook line to take. This week, Round Rock, Texas-based company announced the XPS 14z, right in the 13-inch MacBook Pro. (Dell claims makes panel-less design of the screen near the 13-inch MacBook Pro in size.) And in May, brought out the Dell XPS 15z that 15-inch MacBook Pro targets.

And if Dell will wait until CES 2012, a super-thin laptop announced that it will be exactly three years after Adamo, head off to announce the head of the MacBook Air.

Expected to boost sales of the book Ultra Spring 2012 - the time it could have been with the announcement of Intel's next generation processor called Ivy Bridge match. Ivy Bridge supports USB 3.0, Microsoft DirectX 11 multimedia technology and offers a more powerful graphics silicon.

Thus, ultra-thin design with Dell stick this time? He killed Adamo earlier this year because demand is weak. But Dell would be well advised to learn the story of the MacBook Air. Water - announced in January 2008 - did not sell well for over two years - such as Adamo. But Apple fixed and refining the design (not Dell). Now is one of the best selling models from Apple.

Sony offers a few minor laptop updates, finally puts the Vaio SE on sale

This is a rare event, but we know sometimes our hands on a tester for the product to be sold on without end. This is the case with Sony's 15.5-inch Vaio SE, an upper middle-class laptop with a discrete GPU and IT-friendly components (TPM chip, for example), which impressed us when we checked during the first week of September. At the time said that we are about him: "For $ 999, SE Vaio playing in a fairly crowded field, and we will put it in the same league with the Dell XPS or HP Envy 15z 14 - all over the middle-class laptops, Mixed styles and high performance. "

Since this morning, said the new Sony Vaio SE is now officially for sale, joining the 13.3-inch VAIO SA-existing models (and other units sister, SB Vaio will always be some new color options as a very un-VAIO red).

Among other minor updates today announced the Vaio, Sony Vaio F and multimedia-friendly Vaio L-system (the first was a laptop, the last all-in-one desktop) say now also a free software package called Sony Imagination Studio: multimedia Edition. Packages in Vegas Movie Studio Platinum HD, Sound Forge Audio Studio and ACID Music Studio (Sound Forge and Acid, we personally intensively used for several years back and found them very useful for audio production).

Samsung extends olive branch to Apple in AustraliaS

Samsung has reached to an agreement with Apple that will allow the sign to sell consumer electronics manufacturers Galaxy Tab 10.1 Australia.

In the Federal Court in Sydney this morning, Samsung said that they offer Apple has a deal, if accepted by the makers of the iPad, Table 10.1 Galaxy will hit the shelves in Australia to see next week, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the story. Neither side disclosed details of the deal.

Samsung's press court in the country, so they sell their Galaxy Table 10.1 months. But Apple has been able to stop the sale of units, on the grounds that it copies the iPad.

The tension eased a little look at Samsung said last month that it would be willing to provide Apple with three versions of a tablet, depending on the manufacturer and approved by the iPad will be sold in the country. However, only a few weeks later, Samsung announced that the introduction of the pill in Australia until the end of this month lag, so that it can Countersues from Apple.

New iPhone reportedly spotted in Apple's inventory

IPhone long-awaited new has been reported in Apple's stock with the signs that it will be a major upgrade to the current slammed iPhone 4.

How 9to5Mac and SlashGear described, this phone N94 inventory revealed in the name of the code, the same name in the code for Apple IOS hidden this year. The name of the code has been determined that a device with dual-core-A5, the same chip, which is expected to appear at point 5 iPhone.

Relying on information from an anonymous but reliable sources of Mr X for leaking details of Apple's products are known, 9to5Mac says the new model cell phone number showed that it could be an iPhone instead of 5 4S iPhone stigma, however, is that the details are not confirmed.

Whatever it is called, the phone is in stock likely to see a revamped model that should come with 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera, Nuance Speech-to-text dictation and voice navigation, a new assistant. For more information on the label points to the phone, dual-mode CDMA and GSM devices are found.

Rumors have been running the iPhone whether Apple will be entirely new and more powerful (aka the iPhone 5), slightly revised update of the current iPhone 4, or both release rampant. We believe the rumor is true, as Apple claims "Let's Talk iPhone" event next Tuesday to know.

This latest discovery follows a report on Wednesday from 9to5Mac that several new iPhone model 4, maybe 8GB version in black or white, and three new iPod Touch models are also found in Apple stock. Based on new information from sources, said the technology-news website that the iPod Touch will see some price decreases, with the 8GB version drops as low as $ 199

iPhone 5 tops many a mobile-phone shopping list

Although not yet released, the iPhone is 5 already in the shopping list of more than 40 percent of surveyed InMobi.

In a study released yesterday, found that mobile advertising network that 41 percent of mobile users in the U.S., Mexico and Canada to buy the new iPhone, with 50 percent of respondents plan to take in the first six months of the phone's debut. If these numbers hold true, the iPhone will be five of the most successful product launch from Apple yet, after InMobi.

Apple has the iPhone case scheduled for next week, in which the firm shut widely expected to reveal the fifth iPhone

In addition, the new iPhone could easily shake the battle between Apple and Android by increasing market share to 41 percent from 27 percent of the IOS reported in June, the study said. A small survey in early August by Gene Munster Piper Jaffray has done, give the same results, after analysts predicted that the iPhone could double Apple's market share 5.

Get a Chumby 8 digital frame for $129

It begins with a touchpad HP $ 99 in August and reached its peak yesterday $ 199 Amazon Kindle the fire, but suddenly there's that offer tablet everywhere. (Well, not everywhere -. cough, Apple Store, cough)

For example, this time only and while supplies last, Woot has a refurbished Motorola Xoom 32GB Wi-Fi 10.1-inch Tablet $ 349.99, plus $ 5 for shipping. Priced at just a few months: $ 600.

Meanwhile, 7-inch BlackBerry guidelines are now selling for $ 299.99 at retailers like Best Buy (which currently attracts ordered). The previous day it is $ 499.99. Of course, unless you have a built-in camera, I can not see, choose, the lighting of a fire.

This is just the beginning, people. I've seen a lot of cheap, no-brand Android tablets sold for under $ 100 (but steer clear - they all suck really positive), and it will not be long until the fire forced the big names to cut prices even more. (Mark my words: Apple will continue to press iPad entry level 2 to $ 399.)

In any case, today is all about hybrid photo-frame/alarm-clock/tablet cold. From now until the day Sunday, October 2, you can use the Chumby 8 (red or black) to get for $ 129, plus $ 12 for shipping. This deal is actually an exclusive CNET and elsewhere. (Nice one, boss!)

Samsung intros HM7000 Bluetooth headset

Samsung's latest Bluetooth headset runs today with its own charging station.

HM7000 has a boom microphone and includes the latest business dual-microphone noise suppression and echo cancellation technology to date, according to Samsung. Headset supports Bluetooth 3.0-announcements and commands, A2DP music streaming and multi-point technology. In addition, Samsung Android FreeSync users download applications from the Android Market to add text-to-speech function.

The HM7000 Samsung store in late October for $ 99.99 at RadioShack stores and select T-Mobile. For the price, you also get a portable charging station that allows you to fully charge the headset for up to three times the jump.

Amazon Silk: Weaving a new browser

Based on Amazon's release today is that the retail giant and cloud services in the browser market is strengthened with a new web browser that ships on the upcoming Android-based tablet.

The new browser is called the Sutra, and it is the latest attempt to make Web browsing faster, especially on portable devices, where the hardware is usually much slower than what users may be on a desktop or notebook computer. It can also learn how to surf the Web, and provide longer battery life by some of the most difficult jobs in the cloud, Amazon said.

The company uses large heavy cloud infrastructure services behind their browsers to make up for potential hardware faults. While the tablet is equipped with a flame fused dual-core processor that runs the games and other applications, the company said that users have come up with a certain amount of speed on the desktop, which is expected is not always on mobile devices.

Amazon's solution is what makes it a "Split Browser", method, use of local processing to some extent, to the process during the development of Elastic Compute Cloud and serve content faster than they can do it directly from the device calls.

This iPhone-controlled RC car climbs walls

Recently, we have a short post about Dexim is mini-IOS-controlled monster truck. Well, we now have a gravity-controlled cars IOS challenged appropriately called the iPhone Control Climbing Wall Car iW500.

What trick? Or should we say, what continues?

Apparently, this RC car actually has a built-in vacuum, can hug the walls and even upside-down ride in the ceiling.

How Dexim App Speed ​​Monster Truck, a car packed with a transmitter that you plug into the bottom of your iPhone or iPod touch (it should work so well IPAD), and you control a free application in the car.

The iW500 integrated 3.7V, 200mAh lithium-battery recharges via USB and the polymer will take you about 10 minutes travel time with 30-minute charge. It is also worth mentioning that the sender can be set at three different frequencies, so you can get some walls up to race with two more friends using iW500s (you will only need space cylinder).

Apple holding iPhone 5 event on October 4

As expected, Apple's iPhone will be held next Tuesday, the Cupertino California headquarters.

The company is sending e-mail to reporters earlier today choose to say that the hours of the event by 10 weeks of PT ahead begins with a "presentation of the executive." Although not specifically mention Apple, the iPhone 5 with the names began to speculation that the company will reveal one or maybe two iPhones at the event.

Rumors swirled for months about when Apple finally reveal the next iPhone. In recent years Apple has shown a new version of the popular smartphone at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. However, the new iPhone has been conspicuously absent this year's event, after that rumor speculated that Apple will wait until September or October to demonstrate their latest handsets.

AllThingsD reported last week, citing sources, which will hold a special event at Apple's fourth of October, which will be led by new chief executive officer Tim Cook. Publication sources said that the new iPhone will go on sale "within weeks" after the announcement of the release link at the end of October.

Apple slashes fourth-quarter iPad orders

Apple iPad has cut orders for production partners, Bloomberg reported, citing an investment report from JP Morgan Chase.

Apple has said in the fourth quarter to reduce shipping iPad by 25 percent, said Bloomberg, JP Morgan Chase per. Analysts at JP Morgan said that this is the first time they've seen from Apple iPad cut programs as a tablet which was introduced last year.

If Apple actually has cut shipments iPad for the fourth quarter will have a profound impact on many suppliers, including Hon Hai Precision. According to analysts, Bloomberg said, Hon Hai plans iPads 17 million in the fourth quarter of the ship, but now will only ship 13 million units.

Apple: Samsung got 'caught' mimicking iPad

Samsung deliberately by Apple to the development of Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Apple iPad have in mind.

Presenting an argument for New South Wales Supreme Court today, Apple's lawyers alleged that Samsung has designed its Galaxy Table 10.1, see, feel and operation as the iPad iPad and 2 and, in this case has been caught red-handed. Samsung will "have a go at launching a product, and if they [violate patents] caught, they will design around it," said Apple's legal department.

Samsung originally took Apple to court in Australia in August, claiming that Galaxy Tab 10.1 on the patent for the creation of an injury to use iPad. Samsung, for its part claims that Apple has based his case on the U.S. version of the device and presents three models for the study of Australia, agreed to push back the release device on the market. Apple claims that the device quickly denied he was given a function in an attempt to avoid legal disputes and allows the release of the product was stripped.

Fresh iPhone/iOS 5 rumors cite Twitter events, vacay days

Tired of speculation about exactly when the iPhone came 5-5 and IOS operating system? Nothing? Well, we still have some hints for you then you gadgiopath incurable.

The Next Web says that the date has come for Twitter a few instances the developer indicates that IOS Apple 5 on or before October 10 release.

TNW event said, "seem to focus on the integration of Twitter into the IOS software-5 upcoming Apple." The first was in London on 10 and the second is in New York 12. And event reports are not limited TNW Apple Developer Program members. This means that participants are not under a confidentiality agreement - so the theory goes, maybe there is nothing yet lay open, with, then all will be from the IBG.

Of course, this fits with a lot of data from previous reports from the early to mid-October at the launch of the iPhone IOS 5 and 5, including a report from All Things D, the announcement of the iPhone five for the fourth day of the month herring.

Another clue is offered today that Apple reportedly told employees at its Apple Stores, that they can not go on vacation during the second week of October (which by AppleInsider). Who will compete with the iPhone-buying hordes of Apple-ites when all relaxing at home, wiping their fingerprints off the iPad?

"The first block [deleted] data - 9 to 12 - could be the release of IOS IOS device 5 for existing owners on Monday, referring to the 10," says AppleInsider. And "the second block of retail blackout dates - October 14 and 15 - could signal the availability of the fifth generation of iPhone hardware, from Friday."

iPhone 5 rumor roundup

As we wait for the official announcement of the next iPhone, we can only see what we guess. Apple, after all always produce a ton of gossip in the absence of the original details on upcoming devices. Some of the rumors about the new handset in conflict with each other - a camp show a small update for the iPhone 4S, while others say five major update to the iPhone - but do not agree, finally, is often what the rumor is all about.

Because of all the conflicting information would be difficult to follow, we offer five handy when iPhone rumors thus far in 2011. We should add it as we go along, and let us know if we left any juicy tidbits.

24 September

No holiday in October

According to AppleInsider reports Apple is telling employees in a retail store that they do not go on vacation during the second week in October.

23 September

A flaw in the iPhone 5 plates?

Taiwan DigiTimes says that Apple is finding a supplier Wintek "delayed-bubble" defects in some of the iPhone to 5 panels have been produced. After the release, though known, what the lack of screen, it seems the touch panel and a layer during installation.

Apple logos in backdrop for Samsung in-store display

Samsung can dispute Apple's claim that he has a habit of tearing the product from Cupertino, but apparently featuring an interior designer has less of a problem with swiping a small part of the intellectual property of Apple. Surprisingly, create icons for Apple's iTunes App Store and some background on Safari for Samsung in the shop this store "display in Italy - despite the fact that both run on Android, Windows or the Bada-based devices.

It makes you wonder if it includes Motorola and HTC logo is hidden by a screen ...

Without a fantastic investigative journalism budget, please allow me, fly to the Italian branch of the questions on the company jet at the time will, I am left to assume one of three things has happened here:

An ad from another mobile promotions and the only remaining truly picky geeks like us and the people at All Things D never make an issue about some of the dreams of small icons to admit only those geeks at all.

2 Samsung has a very underdeveloped understanding of the meaning of the term "product placement."

3 Samsung stalking Apple. It has a Korean factories, nothing but a black sweater and jeans. It also has an icon that Safari tattoo on his ass. And sometimes it's just a mess.

You can decide for yourself what the most likely explanation, but Samsung does not have great success here. Back in 2008, let slip that the version of Safari is to come to one of his old school Symbian phones. Apparently they are "s60 safari" that has several different browsers on the same component-based browsers such as Apple intended, however, mistaken about the company apparently did not realize the concept of trademarks.

Well, at least one mystery to solve here. Perhaps we now know what the background of the ads move to mobile phones S60 Safari.

Samsung 830 SSD review: Fast and not so furious

Even if you get a good offer, solid-state drives still cost significantly more than normal hard disks of the same capacity, and drive, the price naturally one of the biggest factors to determine its value. For this reason, it is very difficult to know without the SSD, how much the cost of speed. However, that's what I have with the Samsung 830 have to do.

While the final product available to the press, very tight lipped about the Samsung is pricing the new SATA 6 Gbps-based SSD, and will not be revealed until the drive for sale in October. To date the company has said that the new drive with SSD prices promises similar to the other at the same rate and capacity in the market and that there are no "surprises" in the final price. So let's just sometimes assume that the drive is about $ 500 for the 256GB version with different capacities ranging from 64 GB to 512 GB will cost more or less very expensive.

Witch Samsung offers a variety of software tools for managing, tweaking, and even benchmarking SSDs.

(Credit: Dong Ngo / CNET)

Price aside, the 830-series offers a great power is made perfect in our testing, making it one of the fastest SSD on the market to become the standard. Starting in the tradition of the previous 470 series, 830 new drive is also very handsome, like a piece of jewelry, a big bonus if you want to get it to give as gifts.

Although the above design the next standard 2.5-inch, slim drive is just 7mm 9mm drive a standard in drive or other SSDs more. This means it will fit with ultraportable laptops, and requires a bit of padding with a standard laptop drive bay to work.

Samsung provides a spacer for this purpose in the upgrade kit laptop that is more cost $ 10 and includes a SATA to USB adapter is an external drive as a hard disk, a convenient solution for those who are in the laptop is to clone your hard drive to work on the new SSD. There is a $ 10 upgrade kit desktop additional SATA cable, screws and converter slots that contain it fits the drive into a desktop computer.

What Samsung free 830 bundle with the drive is a copy of Norton Ghost 15.0 backup and disk cloning software and Samsung witch who manages a number of practical tools that allow each user and to optimize SSDs from Samsung.

All in all, this new SSD offers a great value if the price is right. To learn more about them, read the full CNET review of the Samsung SSD 830.

Can this robot coach help you lose weight?

Can the relentless determination of the master robot help you shed pounds? A Hong Kong startup hopes dieters willing to horses for a $ 1,800 robot instead of just one application.

Intuitive Automata is accepting orders for Autom, his robot maid funny weight, long in development.

The droid spoke 15-inch LCD touch screen has. Users enter data on calorie consumption and exercise they do every day. The robot responds with customized advice and encouragement, and new language patterns can download from the Internet, so that the chat is not too boring.

Developers Cory Kidd said that many dieters phone or web-based applications trying to get rid of excess weight, but there is a "psychological differences" in dealing with the machine with his head, blinking eyes and body.

Autom possible face-tracking function and big blue eyes that make users feel guilty about sneaking that pizza slice between meals. Kidd refers to the feminine pronoun with the Autom, and said, "they" do not scold the user.

A study by Kidd dieters compared with 45 in the Boston area and monitor calories and exercise with a computer, on paper or with an automatic. The results showed that the robot is to help people keep their diet is almost twice as long as other tracking methods.

Autom but not cheap. Count on paying $ 863.46 ($ 195 deposit) plus $ 79.95 for a monthly fee for a minimum of one year for a whopping $ 1,822.86.