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Insignia Narrator is a “talking” HD radio

This July, we will have seen our fair share of Hollywood blockbusters, but apart from that, there is also the Insignia Narrator, which has been touted to be the first “talking” HD radio on the market. The Narrator will be bound for a Best Buy debut, and is also the first IAAIS-certified HD radio product, which sports an ergonomical design that caters for folks who are visually impaired,... 

Radio Tactics’ ACESO Kiosk mobile data extraction to be used by London Police

The Metropolitan Police, the police force responsible for Greater London, has announced that it will begin using a mobile device data extraction system that will give its officers the ability to extract data from a mobile device in a matter of minutes. The said system will use Radio Tactics’ ACESO Kiosk, a touchscreen device that will be deployed in the city. According to Radio Tactics, the... 

Did Steve Jobs’s own words damn Apple in anti-trust suit?

Apple’s attempts to have the anti-trust suit brought against them by the US Department of Justice thrown out of court were denied on Tuesday. Federal Judge Denise Cote cited previous statements from Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs as justification for the dispute over e-book pricing to continue. Jobs’s comment was included in the DOJ’s case against Apple. "We’ll go... 

Gmail updated with quick access to contacts in search and new Google+ integration

Small things do matter. That’s exactly why Google is deploying another update to Gmail. Today, Google is introducing a few changes in Gmail which include quick access to contact details when viewing past conversations, as well as an improved integration with Google+ circles. Let’s get down into the details. Today’s update will give Gmail users rich contact information when searching... 

Front-lit Kindle to land in July but Kindle Colour unlikely

Night owls will be pleased to hear that Amazon’s next Kindle is said to be front-lit so you can do away with those pesky reading lights. Reuter’s source, who claims to have seen a prototype of the front-lit ereader, says the new Kindle will arrive in July in both Wi-Fi only and 3G versions. July, of course, being one of the months in which the nights are shortest – how’s that... 

GeForce Grid To Accelerate Cloud-Based Gaming Rendering

GeForce Grid is described by NVIDIA has a cloud gaming platform which is a “gaming-as-a-service” product which lets developer address a larger market by executing games on remote servers and stream them to all kinds of devices (laptop, tablets…) over the Internet. This is not unlike OnLive by the looks of it. Of course, the main issue when dealing with game streaming games is latency.... 

The music industry ‘just didn’t get’ Zune, says ex-Microsoft ent head

An ex-Microsoft exec has spoken out about the company’s Xbox success and relative Zune failings, saying part of the blame lies with the music industry. Robbie Bach, who headed up Microsoft’s entertainment division during the early days of Xbox and Zune, was speaking at the Northwest Entrepreneur Network event in Seattle. Talking about how the Zune team tried to replicate the Xbox’s... 

Kindle Fire 8.9-inch and Front-lit Kindle eReader launching soon?

A few days ago, we wrote about the possibility for Amazon to release color e-book Kindles this year. Today, Reuters is backing up the rumor by saying that Amazon will indeed launch new versions of its Kindle e-reader and Kindle Fire tablet, including a monochrome e-reader with front lighting. According to Reuters, a source of theirs who claims to have direct knowledge of the matter told them that... 
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