Message date: 2009-06-30

Cisco ups the ante for network professionals with a new certification

Cisco just announced a new level of certification for network professionals. The Cisco Certified Architect (CCA) attempts to combine its predecessor, CCIE, focused on networking engineering, with a bit of MBA expertise. Candidates will learn how to convert business needs into effective information technology systems. Research, according to Fred Wieller, spokesperson for Cisco, indicates that [...]
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Faster-than-light radio waves could revolutionize computer industries

Scientists have been plagued by Einstein’s theories which state nothing can travel faster than light. But over the past decade or so, we have seen a new branch of physics theorized, one which might give Einstein cause for pause. It’s called Superluminal Electromagnetic Field / Wave Propagation, which is basically a form of faster than [...]
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Outdooor speakers keep the tunes playing while also protecting your iPod

Beach parties wouldn’t be beach parties without the proper tunes. Though, you have to admit, technology has changed since the time of Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello and most tunes now are stored on small MP3 players like the iPod. Thanks to portable speakers, however, you can still share your music with your friends on the sand. [...]
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Palm Pre coming to GSM networks?

Earlier this month we reported on rumors of the Palm Pre coming to Verizon. At the time the CEO of Verizon Wireless was heard mentioning that the Palm Pre would be on the Verizon network over the next six months. While the above certainly does increase the probability of the Pre coming to Verizon, a video [...]
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Windows Mobile Marketplace to ship with 600 applications

Back in April we reported that more than 25 mobile developers had signed on to deliver apps on Windows Mobile Marketplace. Now we’re receiving word (via an interview with Audrey Zolghadr, Windows Mobile Product Manager at Microsoft France) that 600 applications will be certified and available for download at launch. According to Audrey, there are [...]
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Hollywood loses out, commercial free remote storage DVRs coming soon

On Monday, The United States Supreme Court declined to block a new remote storage digital video recording system that will make it easier for consumers to bypass commercials on stored shows. This is a major blow to Hollywood studios who have called the court action “unfortunate and potentially harmful to creators and creative enterprises across the [...]
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China kills gold farming with new virtual currency restrictions

Gold farming in online games is frowned upon and liked depending on who you talk to. Publishers of MMOs hate the practice and try and ban it whenever accounts are discovered to be doing it, players either denounce it or embrace and use the services of gold farmers to get ahead in a game. Then [...]
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Google bends app stores

Google says AdSense ads are coming to your favorite iPhone and Android apps. As a result, some popular paid apps may become free, funded out of the ad revenue shared between Google and app developers. After seeing positive test trials of AdSense ads directly embedded in many popular Android and iPhone apps, Google has launched the [...]
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Canon cuts 700 chip equipment operation jobs

Reuters reports that Canon in Japan is feeling the economic pinch and will be cutting approximately 700 jobs. The workers are employed at its chip equipment operations and the cut is thought to equal around 30% of Canon’s employees in that area. Canon makes chip steppers, which are multi-million dollar machines that etch circuitry on to [...]
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io9 reviews Transformers: ROTF

Sci-fi blog i09 has posted a fantastic review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the summer blockbuster that was released last week. If you saw the first movie then you probably had some inkling of how ridiculous ROTF was going to be. i09’s Charlie Jane Anders has put together a (non-traditional) movie review that borders on [...]
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Japanese DIYer creates devices that Tweets heartbeat info

Ah, Twitter. Is there any task at all that people haven’t found a use for you yet? Wait! Don’t answer that. Today we have another use of Twitter that involves a small device that monitors the most important muscle in the human body - the heart. Apparently there is a DIY project from Japan that tells you how to [...]
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How was your iPhone 3GS buying experience?

Did you pick up an iPhone 3GS yet? I do almost all of my shopping online (as I am sure most of this site’s readers do) but I didn’t want to wait too long for my 3GS so I figured this time around I would buy the phone in person rather than ordering it through [...]
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Watchmen release to show how Blu-ray extras should be done

As the market share for Blu-ray looks to be growing painfully slowly companies including the biggest of the Blu-ray pushers, Sony, are attempting to make buying the players and discs more attractive. For example, Sony’s recent introduction of movieIQ. But it may not be the type of content on the discs that is the problem, [...]
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Obama gets his own 8GB USB drive

Active Media Products is a manufacturer of unique USB drives so it’s not surprising to hear the company’s latest product just in time for Independance Day. The company has announced an 8GB Obama USB drive in honor of President Obama. The drive will come loaded with 80MB of preloaded material. The material includes high resolution photos [...]
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iPhone 3GS overheating reports start to appear

Blogs and news reports worldwide are questioning if the Apple iPhone 3GS (see our review) overheats. Le Journal du Geek, a French technology website, even uploaded a consumer’s picture of their iPhone 3GS with reddish marks around the battery which also appeared on another French site called Nowhere Else. The Apple discussion forum is getting a [...]
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