Apple releases Java updates for OS X

Apple releases Java updates for OS X

Apple has released an update for Mac OS X users following a hacking attack on employees’ Macs as well as the remote blocking of the Java plugin thanks to security vulnerabilities.

While this is the standard quarterly update of Java 6 that Apple distributes, customers who are looking for Java 7 should grab it straight from Oracle’s site. This update includes a malware removal tool that removes most common variants of malware.

Google Glass

Google Glass

Google Glass testers wanted, get your application in today. Google is opening up a testing program for its wearable high-tech specs to anyone, provided you can impress the company with an application and have $1,500 to spare.

A video has been posted on Youtube showing Google Glass in action, including the interface which appears in the wearer's line of sight. The opening is mainly aimed at developers, applicants should have strong ideas about how they want to use the new technology. It's shown on the demo video how The Glass can be used to take pictures, record video, and share content directly via email or social networks using voice commands such as "OK, Glass, take a picture".

Other features include Skype-like video chats, weather reports, and map directions. All of this information appear in a small translucent square in the top right of the wearer's field of vision.

HTC reveals new smartphone

HTC has unveiled a 'new smartphone', or rather a revamped version of HTC One. This is seen as a major attempt by the company to regain lost market share. 

The news that HTC has revamped the HTC One comes only a few months after the Digital Journal reported that HTC launched two new smartphones called the 8X and the 8S. This indicates that technology companies continue to be driven by the need to innovate

the new HTC One uses Google's updated Android operating system called the Jelly Bean. The phone features a 4.7in (12cm) 1080p high display and includes what is described as an ultrapixel camera. The phone is an update of the previous One X model.

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Sony mum on PlayStation Vita price drops for U.S., Europe

Sony mum on PlayStation Vita price drops for U.S., Europe

Sony breathed new life into its PlayStation Vita portable alongside the introduction of the PlayStation 4 today.
The gist of the news: The Vita can be used as a full screen and controller for your PS4, similar to what Nintendo's done with the Wii U. The idea is that you can continue to play a game on the PS4 through your Vita, even if someone needs to use the TV for something else. The only catch for now is that the two devices need to be on the same Wi-Fi network.
That should make the handheld gaming device more attractive to would-be buyers who are looking for more utility from the $249 or $299 entry price, and who plan on buying Sony's upcoming console.

Google said to release touch-screen laptop this year

Google said to release touch-screen laptop this year

As the divide between laptops and tablets continues to shrink, word is that Google has already developed its first Chrome-powered touchscreen laptop.

Google edged into this territory over the past year too. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google sold nearly 100,000 $199 and $249 Chrome books in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of last year.

Chrome OS already includes a touch-screen keyboard, which means that it shouldn't be too difficult to add a touch-centric interface to the operating system, especially with Google's experience with Android. 

Acer introduces H6 series

Acer introduces H6 series

Acer has announced its new H6 series of budget friendly yet sleekly designed monitors. The 21.5-inch H226HQL and the 23-inch H236HL monitors are the first models released in the line, and sport 1080p HD IPS panel displays.
The monitors are designed with what Acer is calling a "zero frame" construction. The displays have a small frame measuring 0.08 inch to make for a less distracting border around the screen. Both monitors have HDMI, DVI, and VGA ports.
The series appears to have only basic features and specifications, but the lower-than-average price and 1080p IPS displays for both models sound promising.

T-Mobile launches GoSmart budget wireless service

T-Mobile launches GoSmart budget wireless service

 

The service, which has been in beta mode in nine markets since December, is geared toward consumers more interested in voice and text services than high-speed Internet access. As such, GoSmart's target audience includes younger people, college students on a budget, and those with incomes between $30,000 and $40,000 a year, GoSmart Marketing Director Shailendra Gujarati told the Seattle Times. 

Six tech features should be standard in new car

Six tech features should be standard in new car

Bluetooth connectivity

Let's start with the most obvious one: Bluetooth. The best way to keep phone-toting drivers from plowing into things is to make it easy for them to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road, by use of the ubiquitous Bluetooth connection that nearly every phone has. Unfortunately, early Bluetooth connectivity was pretty clunky and had traditionally been bundled as part of expensive technology packages. Drivers and lawmakers complained loudly and, by and large, automakers have started to make Bluetooth standard in their 2012 and 2013 model year vehicles. 

USB/iPod connectivity

Just like the mighty 8-track and cassette tapes that came before it, the CD player is on its way out of the dashboard. Chevrolet has already ditched the disc in the Spark subcompact, and I doubt that it'll be the last to do so.
Any automaker that doesn't offer USB connectivity for digital media as a standard feature across its line is already behind the tech curve. Why? Because no one buys physical media anymore. The success of digital music stores.

Rearview camera

This is another obvious choice, because the U.S. government has been saying that it is going to make rearview cameras a required safety featuure since about 2008. However, the deadline keeps getting pushed back and currently sits sometime beyond 2014. The simple acts of checking mirrors and turning your head shouldn't be downplayed, but automakers have continued to build cars with ever-decreasing rear visibility, thanks to high beltlines and thick rear pillars. Nearly everyone can benefit from the increased visibility afforded by a rear camera.

Blind-spot monitoring
Blind-spot monitoring makes the list largely for the same reason that rearview cameras do: automakers are building cars with fairly poor visibility, making it difficult for even a good driver to do a simple over-the-shoulder check when changing lanes. And those not-so-good drivers who don't even bother with the over-the-shoulder check could definitely use a flashing light or audible alert to let them know that they're about to merge into me on the freeway. Either way, all of us could benefit from an extra set of electronic eyes watching our tails.

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Car-centric app integration

A large number of drivers are already using apps in the car, sometimes illegally, for simple functions such as listening to music, podcasts, and audiobooks, navigating to their destination, getting around traffic, and letting loved ones know where they are. Third-party technologies, such the Car Connectivity Consortium's MirrorLink and Livio Connect, are already making strides to make interacting with these apps as easy as tuning a radio station. Automakers are also making similar strides with their own technologies -- Toyota's Entune and Ford Sync AppLink, for example.
Since we can't put the smartphone apps genie back into the mobile technology bottle, let's instead focus on trying to make the current situation safer.
We see again here that these features are already making their way into cars, but as components of expensive tech bundles that include overpriced navigation systems and premium audio rigs that could discourage many drivers from bothering.

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HTC One looks great

HTCOne looks great

HTC's design and software teams did their jobs in creating an attractive, unique, and premium-feeling phone, taking Apple's love for metal construction and taking it to the next logical progression. 

 HTC's One family of phones met with similar critical praise last year, yet failed to reverse its flagging revenue and profits. While HTC has had a history of showing off buzz-worthy products, dating back to the first Android smartphone in the G1 and the first 4G phone in the Evo 4G, the company has more recently shown a troubling trend: the tendency to get ignored in the marketplace.

Transparent smartphone prototype is cool

Transparent smartphone prototype is cool

A fully transparent conceptual smartphone, developed by Taiwanese company Polytron Technologies, gives me hope for a future full of fancy smartphones far different from the common designs seen today.

As evidenced in the below preview video, several internal items such as the SIM card, SD card, and microphone can be clearly seen. As Polytron moves toward a more complete device, the company plans to shift many of those visible components to an opaquely shaded area at the bottom while hiding other items, such as the camera, with darker glass.

 

 

LG Optimus 4X HD

LG Optimus 4X HD

LG Optimus 4X HD boasts of the Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 1GB of RAM,16GB built-in storage (12GB user available), expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. The HTC One X gives up on expandable storage by offering 32GB internal storage (26GB user available), however Dropbox storage is available.

The display on the device is a 4.7-inch True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1280x720.

The device runs on Android OS 4.0.3

Backup and restore Manual backup

Backup and restore
Manual backup
1. Click the Bookmarks button
on the right side of the
navigation toolbar (Windows
XP: click the Bookmarks
menu) and select Show All
Bookmarks to open the
Library window.
2. In the Library window, click
the Import and Backup
button and then select
Backup... .
3. In the Bookmarks backup
filename window that opens,
choose a location to save the
file, which is named
bookmarks-"date".json by
default. The desktop is
usually a good spot, but any
place that is easy to
remember will work.
4. Save the bookmarks json
file. The Bookmarks backup
filename window will close
and you can close the
Library window.

Restoring from backups

Caution: Restoring
bookmarks from a backup
will overwrite your
current set of bookmarks
with the ones in the
backup file.
1. Click the Bookmarks button
on the right side of the
navigation toolbar (Windows
XP: click the Bookmarks
menu) and select Show All
Bookmarks to open the
Library window.
2. In the Library window, click
the Import and Backup
button and then select
Restore .
3. Select the backup from
which you want to restore:
The dated entries are
automatic backups.
Choose File... lets you
restore from a manual
backup.
4. After choosing a backup,
your bookmarks from that
file will be restored. Close
the Library window.

New 13-inch MacBook Pro

New 13-inch MacBook Pro

The new 13-inch MacBook Pro features a
high-resolution (2,560x1600 pixel –
227ppi) Retina Display, made out of an
13.3-inch IPS panel with a viewing angle
of 178 degrees, as well as 75 percent less
reflection and 29 percent higher contrast
than the previous generation. It is just
0.75-inches thick (20% thinner than its
predecessor), and weighs in at 1.62 kgs.
It ships only with flash storage options, up
8GB of RAM, and up to Intel Core i7 processors.

The Nikon Coolpix S800c

The Nikon Coolpix S800c

The Nikon Coolpix S800c packs
in a 16MP back-side Illuminated sensor
which is complimented by a 25-250mm
zoom lens with vibration reduction. It also
has a built in GPS for geo-tagging and a
Wi-Fi chip for uploading photos to social
networking sites straight from the
camera.