I'm sure many of you want to learn about the new version especially since the BlackBerry PlayBook is now supported.. Right now there is nothing for the PlayBook, as the BlackBerry Desktop Manager (rim's answer to itunes) has not yet been updated to support it. i would expect this update to be coming very soon, however. Just got leaked and you can grab it from several sources. Heralding the launch of nfc and augmented reality-enabled BlackBerry handsets, an updated version of RIM's desktop software companion has broken cover. The multimedia experience in BlackBerry 6 is designed to give users a more engaging and streamlined experience with album art everywhere in the new music and video players. This bundle of always-on online services ties in to Office software and is meant to enable access to work, contacts, and calendars from your desktop and mobile devices, including Windows Phone 7, Android, ios, and BlackBerry smartphones. Like earlier BlackBerries, devices with the new os are supposed to sync with PCs and Macs using BlackBerry Desktop software, which can sync media and pim information to various BlackBerry devices. “crucial features, namely desktop connectivity and the infamous Bridge software that provides messaging and scheduling “if there’s one message that comes through loud and clear about the BlackBerry PlayBook. Today announced Adobe® Flash® Builder™ 4.5 for php software, a new integrated product helping php developers create rich Internet applications (rias) for mobile, Web and desktop. The software developed by PushLife enables phones running on BlackBerry or Android operating systems to a user plugs their PushLife-enabled phone into their desktop computer, just like they would an ipod. “the MezeoCloud storage platform uniquely enables organizations to offer on-demand cloud storage as a private or public cloud, with easy access from any Web browser, Windows® desktop, iphone, ipad or BlackBerry®. No BlackBerry, no e-mail app. “i got the strong impression rim is scrambling to get the product to market, and that it will be adding other features already offered on competing devices for months, through software features of its desktop counterpart. We don’t know when the software update will be Right now there is nothing for the PlayBook, as the BlackBerry Desktop Manager (rim’s answer to itunes) has not yet been updated to support it. First, let’s go through the reasons you’d want the PlayBook. Adobe today announced software to develop, test and deploy mobile applications on devices running Android, BlackBerry and Apple’s ios. Research In Motion ‘s first major foray into the tablet market gets a lot of things right and plenty of things wrong. The BlackBerry PlayBook is a powerful and good-looking tablet, but buggy software and the need to tether a phone to get BlackBerry email and other key apps hold it back. The BlackBerry PlayBook has had a rough few days. Rim’s tablet exudes the same “business chic” as its BlackBerry smartphones, but the PlayBook’s software suffers from lackluster Flash performance and the absence of useful apps.

Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader will soon look more and more like a full-fledged Android tablet when a software update is released this spring that brings applications to the device. The Home Shopping Network sells the Nook Color via their store, and if their copywriters are to be believed, the frequently-rooted tablet may soon be getting an update that brings applications, and maybe Flash. Galaxy Tab vs. 'rooted' Nook ColorCNETThe site has several videos related to "rooting" or hacking the Nook Color with custom firmware that allows you to turn Barnes & Noble's color e-reader into a full-on Android tablet. Well, it is possible—with Barnes & Noble's Nook Color (nookcolor, if you try using their hip stylized branding à la ipod). In the meantime, my $250 Nook Color with a simple 10-minute Android hack will blow it away. Hacks for the Nook Color are being sold on ebay, pre-installed on microsd cards. The case against Barnes & Noble, Foxconn, and Inventec alleges that the Android-based Barnes & Noble Nook and Nook Color devices infringe on patents held by Microsoft. Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color e-reader will receive a software update in April, transforming it into a cheap Android tablet. Looks like hsn wasn’t lying when they said the Nook Color would be getting an update next month. Of course, they continue to lie about the price of the device ($500, HSN? Really?), but that’s a whole other thing. Barnes & Noble’s deal with Nickelodeon, meanwhile, means that customers with the Nook Color or Nook Kids for ipad app can exclusively access digital books featuring popular Nickelodeon characters like SpongeBob Square Pants and Dora the Explorer. Barnes & Noble on Friday confirmed mounting beliefs that it would get full apps. The company is planning a “major update” for April that will give it new apps, e-mail, and other features. Barnes and Noble’s Nook e-reader will soon look more and more like a full-fledged Android tablet when a software update is released this spring that brings applications to the device. While plenty of people have “rooted” their Nook Colors with custom firmware that allows them to access the Android Market and download applications, most Nook Color buyers have stuck with the official firmware that came with the device. M-edge has announced several Nook Color accessories that will be available through the M-Edge online store, as well as Best Buy stores. The Nook Color is Barnes & Noble‘s Kindle-killer. Barnes & Noble is opening an Android app store on the Nook Color next month. The little e-reader that could is about to do even more — according to a listing on the Home Shopping Network, the Nook Color will get an update next month that brings Flash support and additional apps to the platform. Last year, thanks to a hacker from the xda Developers forums, the Nook Color (from Barnes & Noble) was transformed from its e-book reader default state into a fully-fledged Android device with full access to the Android market. A scheduled software update will turn color Nooks into Android tablets on a budget. On Saturday, the future of Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color will be revealed in the unlikeliest of places.

In far too many ways, the ipad 2 trumps RIM's alternative. The Blackberry PlayBook tablet from Research In Motion Ltd. (nasdaq: RIMM) will be in stores April 19. rim is releasing the PlayBook in an attempt to close the gap that Apple (nasdaq: AAPL) has created with the ipad. The PlayBook, in contrast, has been in the public eye since last fall when it was demonstrated at a rim developer gathering and a conference held by partner Adobe. Rim's BlackBerry Enterprise Servers will apparently connect “cloud to cloud” with Microsoft's data centers to host Office 365 data on users' BlackBerries. Beating or equalizing Apple in pricing is hot on the minds of tablet makers rim and Samsung. The PlayBook will run BlackBerry software and connect to a phone, acting as a bigger screen for it. rim is accepting pre-orders for the gadget now. Photo: Verizon says it isn't interested in merging with Sprint — for now. Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will hit store shelves on April 10, multiple sources tell the mobile site Boy Genius Report. The PlayBook features a 1ghz processor that runs in dual cores and runs the BlackBerry Tablet OS, which supports symmetric multiprocessing, rim said. Analysts at Goldman Sachs are calling the pricing of Research In Motion’s (nasdaq: rimm ) BlackBerry PlayBook tablet “higher than expected.” Rim is hoping the PlayBook’s natural affinity with its corporate-friendly smartphones gives sales an early boost and offsets a move by more companies to allow workers to use their own non-blackberry smartphones to access work-related email and data. Research In Motion (rim), the maker of the popular Blackberry line of smartphones, said Tuesday its long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will go on sale from April 19 at 20,000 retail outlets in the U.S. and Canada at a starting price of $499. Rim has a date and price for the BlackBerry Playbook tablet, which will start at $499 for the 16gb Wi-Fi version. With the launch of Research In Motion’s PlayBook tablet now just a month away, the BlackBerry maker’s battle against Apple and Google is at the cusp of a fierce new phase. It’s official: With the launch of Research In Motion’s PlayBook tablet now just a month away, the BlackBerry maker’s battle against Apple and Google is at the cusp of a fierce new phase. The wifi-only PlayBook will start at $499 for a 16gb version, $599 for a 32gb version, or $699 for a 64gb version. Research In Motion (rim) said Tuesday its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will go on sale from April 19 at 20,000 retail outlets in the U.S. The PlayBook, Research In Motion’s computer tablet, will face stiff competition for consumers’ loyalty and is expected to appeal more to business and “hardcore” BlackBerry users, analysts say.

San Diego State hosts byu on Saturday in a nationally televised game between top-10 teams that everyone will be watching. The San Diego St. Aztecs moved up to No. 4 and took three first-place votes. A moderate earthquake south of the border shook parts of San Diego, but there were no reports of damage or injury. Qualcomm Stadium hosted this weekend’s San Diego Supercross. Can San Diego State and Bringham Young really earn No. 1 seeds on Selection Sunday? Two of our experts seem to think so, putting the non-bcs programs in the same rarefied air as traditional powers Duke , Kansas and Pittsburgh , among others. The thunderstorms that were lingering offshore have moved into the San Diego area, generating booming thunder that echoed across the downtown area at 8 p.m. Accion San Diego, a local micro-lending organization that provides financing and free educational resources to small businesses, announced that it has issued $15 million in loans to San Diego County business owners since it was established in 1994. It was raining the day that i arrived for 2011 Spring Training. – News ), announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a Three-Percent (3. The Thomas Jefferson School of Law, which finished its move to downtown San Diego in January, is now offering its students housing one block from campus. As a result of the recent price decline, San Diego homes are now very much in line with their historical relationships to local rents and incomes. Accion San Diego, a local micro-lending organization that provides financing and free educational resources to small businesses, announced that it has issued $15 million in loans to San Diego County business owners it was established in 1994. 1 seeds on Selection Sunday? Two of our experts seem to think so, putting the non-bcs programs in the same rarefied air as traditional powers Duke, Kansas and Pittsburgh, among others. In a unit on the 10900 block of Evening Creek Drive and found two people dead, according to Sgt. Jorge Leon. This month, California Homebuilding Foundation named Dawn Davidson one of six industry leaders to be inducted into its Hall of Fame in June. San diego (ap) — a moderate earthquake south of the border shook parts of San Diego, but there were no reports of damage or injury.

One indication is the company's winding down of its LimeWire download store, a legal complement to the file-sharing software LimeWire is best known for. Yes, this is the notice on LimeWire's website warning its users of the law that they have broken. I mean, in 2007, we were still thinking LimeWire was cool. Limewire has been a thorn in the side of record companies because millions of fans used it to download music for free. Limewire, which enabled people to share copyright mobile apps and a catalog of music from which people could stream and download songs. Limewire?s legal problems appear to be affecting the legitimate side of its business. One indication is the company?s winding down of its LimeWire download store, a legal complement to the file-sharing software LimeWire is best known for. I had been using LimeWire for free fileshares, up until a month ago when the New York District Court demanded that LimeWire needed to shut down its entire operation. The walls are caving in on Limewire with the media sharing outfit announcing that it will shut its music store at the end of 2010. Could this be the real end of Lime Wire LLC? Tuesday Lime Wire llc Director of Partner Relations Tom Monday said that the company will close its online LimeWire Store on December 31, 2010. Click here to grab yours now ! i have some interesting news for you considering that the file-sharing company shut down in October, LimeWire has bits and pieces that are up and running. Limewire, the music file-sharing service embroiled in a lengthy legal challenge from the music industry, said on Friday it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its sole office in New York. Lime Group, whose LimeWire software was barred from letting people share copyright-protected files over the Internet, will shutter the remainder of its operations on Dec. 31, the company said Friday. If you were lamenting the fall of LimeWire, take note–the file-sharing client is back–better, more powerful, and shhh…it’s a secret. One of the world’s biggest outlets for people to share music, movies and tv shows free of charge over the Internet — said it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its sole office in New York. By now, most of the student population at CCSU, and most likely everyone else around the country, if not the majorly populated regions of the globe, knows about LimeWire’s shutdown. Music sharing site Limewire is set to shut down its service by December 31. The company is facing numerous lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America and will be mired in a legal battle beginning January 2011 for copyright infringement. Limewire, one of the world’s leading online outlets for free peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing of music, movies and tv shows, said it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its New York-based office for good.

Eastern students will no longer be able to download music from the popular music and video sharing website, Limewire. Because of LimeWire's so called “free handouts”, it is said that the record industries have suffered severe financial damage. Baen Books does quite well, in spite of posting much of their library for free download on their site. It no longer needs limewire's trackers. Limewire is in trouble for allowing people to download music for free. The Limewire file-sharing service probably peaked in popularity around 2006. New york (ap) — Lime Group, whose LimeWire software was barred from letting people mobile apps and a catalog of music from which people could stream and download songs. Founded in 2000 by Mark Gorton, LimeWire has been a thorn in the side of record companies because millions of fans used it to download music for free. It appears LimeWire Inc. is continuing its slow demise with news that it plans to shutter its legal music download store as well. Band’s frontman, Damon Albarn, says that he created an album entirely on his ipad while the band was touring in the US, and plans to release the album for free on Christmas Day as a gift to the band’s loyal fans. Since LimeWire was a Gnutella-based download site, i figured that there had to be another program that ran from the same client. The walls are caving in on Limewire with the media sharing outfit announcing that it will shut its music store at the end of 2010. One of the world’s biggest outlets for people to share music, movies and tv shows free of charge over the Internet — said it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its sole office in New York. If you were lamenting the fall of LimeWire, take note–the file-sharing client is back–better, more powerful, and shhh…it’s a secret. Limewire, one of the world’s leading online outlets for free peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing of music, movies and tv shows, said it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its New York-based office for good. Limewire, the music file-sharing service embroiled in a lengthy legal challenge from the music industry, said on Friday it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its sole office in New York. Limewire one of the world’s biggest outlets for people to share music, movies and tv shows free of charge over the Internet said it would be shutting down by the end of the year. New york – LIMEWIRE, the music file-sharing service embroiled in a lengthy legal challenge from the music industry, said on Friday it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its sole office in New York. Music sharing site Limewire is set to shut down its service by December 31. The company is facing numerous lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America and will be mired in a legal battle beginning January 2011 for copyright infringement.

Nov 11, 2010 (prweb.com via COMTEX) — ugmash! is the perfect social app for friends to lose themselves in pure hilarity. Along with the Samsung Continuum and possibly a new Nexus Two, Verizon ( vz ) is going to release its Android App Store next week. Now you can take “the Team You Trust” everywhere you go on the new wjar App. The app is free to download from the itunes Store and from Android App stores. Are companion Apps for top video podcasts, which in the past were only available through itunes and Apple’s App Store. To get the app, you can click here , text blues to 46275 or search for Blues Hockey in your app store. There has also been talks that Apple may open up a news stand like its popular itunes App Store and the ibookstore It’s unclear if we’ll be seeing a magazine store from Next Issue Media prior to Android 3. One big drawback of having browser choice is that, at least on Android’s default setup, the user is presented with a choice of browsers to complete the request every time an application presents a Web page link. Mugmash! for the iphone and Android is the perfect social app for friends to lose themselves in pure hilarity. Now holiday shoppers can browse the Black Friday ads from their iphones or Android phones using the free tgi Black Friday app available for download in the Apple App store and Android Market. Verizon’s Android app store will start appearing on selected phones next week. App Store drm is incompatible with GPL, claims developer a potential licensing conflict raised by one of its developers could result in the popular free and open-source video player vlc being pulled from the App Store. Htc is reportedly creating an online store for apps and e-books. Carrier is announcing new products and has struck a deal with an independent app store to make sure it has something to offer consumers when it must give up its exclusive hold on the iphone. Verizon said Thursday that a software update to the Droid Incredible available next week will add the v cast Apps store to the phone, essentially adding a second, competing app store to the existing Android Market.

Utilizes Canon's Hybrid is to compensate for angular and shift camera shake during close-up shooting. The Canon S95 has a sensor with 88 percent more area than most pocket cameras' sensors. In my usual skyline shot from the subway going across the Manhattan Bridge, the Canon PowerShot S95 produced a striking, vivid image. That's the thinking behind the Canon S95, a high-end compact camera brimming with manual controls and unique features. You won't find the Canon PowerShot S95 10mp Digital Camera for a better deal than Newegg's offering. Some definite user numbers will supply a more detailed inspection of the Canon PowerShot S95 than a large number of the appraisals all over the Net. Canon's hottest point-and shoot gets even hotter. In August 2009, Canon announced its PowerShot S90 — an important digital camera for the company, because it marked a significant change in strategy. Canon has updated its Digital Photo Pro, eos Utility, Picture Style Editor, ZoomBrowser and ImageBrowser software fixing bugs, bringing improvements and extending support to recently released cameras including the eos 60d and PowerShot S95. Advanced Image Stabilization Canon’s new Hybrid is (image stabilization like feel. Canon PowerShot S95 Review @ T3 ;t3 has posted their review of the Canon PowerShot S95 where they write – ‘we’re as impressed with the Canon PowerShot S95′s image quality and we are with the top spec feature set. Bigger sensor? You need a bigger camera. That was until last month, when all three cameras were upgraded. Launched in the Philippines just last month, the Canon Powershot S95 came in with a suggested retail price of Php27,950. Canon’s hottest point-and shoot gets even hotter. I don’t often write love letters to gadgets. Here are a few of cnet Reviews’ favorite items from the past week, including the hp Envy 17 laptop, the Canon PowerShot S95 camera, the 88volts Dropcam Echo Wi-Fi Security Camera, and more. The stalker cam is here! See the Canon PowerShot SX30 is wield its 35x optical zoom in our full review. After introducing its High Sensitivity (hs) System in the Digital ixus 300hs, Canon is following up with a new range of hs System-equipped digital cameras that produce better and sharper photos even in challenging lighting conditions.

Others speculated that the object may have been an early hearing aid or amplifier, such as the Siemens 1924 hearing aid device. An Irish filmmaker claims to have discovered video evidence of what he says can only be a time traveler speaking on what appears to be a cell phone in the year 1928, almost a century before they were invented. Those commenting on the Youtube video, which has over 1.5 million views, urged people to visit Siemens official hearing aid site and flick through their product history page. A check of the Siemens Web site for what its hearing aid looked like in 1924 turns up a device that could very probably be what this woman is holding to her ear. I can see the sunlight and shadow and the sharp corner of a black object. Principles in fcc Policy Statement cn be implemented consistent with the requirements of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. The Web has been buzzing this week with news of a supposed time traveler in the 1928 Charlie Chaplin film “the Circus.” Chaplin time traveler? An Irish filmmaker has spotted a woman who appears to be using a cellular phone in a 1928 vintage Charlie Chaplin film and uploaded the clip and an analysis to Youtube. The bill included consensus language on Hearing Aid Compatibility (hac) that tia negotiated with the accessibility community late last year. Tia appreciates that the bill meets the goal of continued availability of accessible technology without hampering the technological innovation that is the hallmark of America’s information and communications technology (ict) industry.

Gizmodo reports that they spoke to their source who saw the Google Nexus Two in action. According to one report, Samsung will announce the Nexus Two at a press event on November 8. By Jared Newman, pc World. Google’s flagship Nexus One phone was a pretty important smartphone. Rumor has it that the Nexus Two will be announced at a press conference on November 8th in New York. If you didn’t get your fill of the Google Nexus phone, there may be a second chance. Google’s new Nexus Two phone will be made by Samsung and is similar to the company’s Galaxy S, according to new reports – including one that claims to have seen it. Wow, consider me shocked and i will gladly eat the words i wrote mere hours ago, although, i still think the Samsung press conference could be for the Samsung Continuum. If you don’t believe in the existence of the Google Nexus Two , Gizmodo says you should, because the smartphone “is real” and, as rumored, “it’s made by Samsung. If you’re waiting for a phone that runs stock Android in the way Google intended, Samsung may soon have a Nexus Two for you, according to Android and Me. Three months after it ended distribution of the Nexus One, a feature-packed phone that consumers seemed to be allergic to, Google appears ready to try again. The recently uncovered Nexus Two may be a relatively modest phone if unveiled next week, a reported hands-on with a prototype hinted this evening. Samsung Nexus Two mockup by Gizmodo a source  of the infamous tech blog Gizmodo has purportedly played around with the next big Android phone, the Nexus Two. Unlike its predecessor, which was manufactured by Taiwanese titan HTC, the new phone is made by an equally capable company further up north: Samsung.