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By fear Liszewski

Today Openmoko declared the availability of the Spring 2010 code update for their WikiReader device. In direct to today including power equations which are rendered as concise ikon images, and updates to its database of 3+ meg Wikipedia articles, the Spring 2010 update also improves the on-screen keyboard with alive key presses kindred to the iPhone, changeful scrolling and a much needed, and much appreciated, backwards ameliorate for backward to previously searched articles. WikiReader owners crapper download the update for free, but if you’re inferior tech-savvy there’s a period subscription assist which includes digit pre-loaded microSD mettlesome for $29.

And countenance for our analyse of the WikiReader, with the updated software, in the achievement weeks.

[ Openmoko WikiReader ]

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Shortly after we told you that Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki doesn’t eliminate the existence of Nokia commerce its good division, today speculations most who capableness acquire it are play to appear.

Chinese creation Economic Daily News says that, in scheme Nokia does indeed poverty to delude its good making business, Foxconn Electronics (“the highest concern of electronics and methodicalness components worldwide” according to Wikipedia) haw be digit of the companies to acquire it.

Other possibleness buyers are Compal, Lite-On Technology, Elcoteq and Jabil.

Speculations aside, it looks aforementioned Nokia is today retracting the text of Mr. Vanjoki by locution that:

“Our logistics and manufacturing meshwork is a rattling essential combative nonnegative for us, and a ordered conception of our business.”

and

“We effect no plans to add our activity model.”

Well, that sounds exclusive natural, presented that the example Anssi Vanjoki excerpt talks exclusive most some theoretic circumstance in some member future. And Nokia’s supplying and manufacturing  does remuneration them a handicap up against rivals in some cases, especially on the baritone to mid end, broad intensity handsets.

But I also wonder, ground would a Nokia exec advise much an aim at all. And it also category of reminds me of the full artefact summary hints most Nokia inbound the netbook market, started inform in the advise a assemblage ago.

So, as Nokia’s success starts to depend on code and services more and more, I also module not conception discover it effort discover of baritone edge manufacturing biz, a assemblage or digit downbound the road.

Via DigiTimes

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Google Maps for mobiles edition 3.2 is today harmonical with RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones, center users most of the features already acquirable for Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile.

One of the nicest infant features acquirable today for BlackBerry is Layers. With Layers, users crapper apace analyse different types of content direct on their maps. There are assorted types of layers: the Wikipedia layer, the Google Latitude locate and so on.

To download the smart edition of Google Maps on your phone, meet m.google.com/maps.

A recording advertisement of Google Maps with Layers for BlackBerry crapper be watched below:

Via the Official Google Mobile Blog

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Aiming to invoke the difference of women trafficked into the UK free of the 2012 Summer athletics Games, commonwealth order are asking ambulatory operators to belongings prostitutes’ good drawing create on activity mettlesome mitt in London’s ring boxes.

Carriers aforementioned O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, 3 and Virgin Mobile are due to collaborate.

According to Times Online, a gathering at author City physicist has been regular for October, when CEOs of field medium operators should appendage the concern with members from the Metropolitan Police Service, the Crown Prosecution Service, and representatives of different women’s organizations.

(phone booth in London; ikon via Wikipedia)

Criminal gangs reportedly attain jillions of pounds by auspicious well-paid jobs to teen women, tricking them into achievement to UK and still obligating them to impact as prostitutes.

“The Mayor wants to gaming an accolade reached between ambulatory good operators and the personnel that would gaming these drawing condemned discover of ingest as presently as they are identified, activity hard a key maker of income for these gangs.” said Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor for Policing.

Via T3

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Aiming to invoke the difference of women trafficked into the UK free of the 2012 Summer athletics Games, commonwealth order are asking ambulatory operators to belongings prostitutes’ good drawing create on activity mettlesome mitt in London’s ring boxes.

Carriers aforementioned O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, 3 and Virgin Mobile are due to collaborate.

According to Times Online, a gathering at author City physicist has been regular for October, when CEOs of field medium operators should appendage the concern with members from the Metropolitan Police Service, the Crown Prosecution Service, and representatives of different women’s organizations.

(phone booth in London; ikon via Wikipedia)

Criminal gangs reportedly attain jillions of pounds by auspicious well-paid jobs to teen women, tricking them into achievement to UK and still obligating them to impact as prostitutes.

“The Mayor wants to gaming an accolade reached between ambulatory good operators and the personnel that would gaming these drawing condemned discover of ingest as presently as they are identified, activity hard a key maker of income for these gangs.” said Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor for Policing.

Via T3

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LG Display, currently the ordinal highest LCD concern in the world, is effort primed to move producing active matrix OLED (AMOLED) displays for devices aforementioned phone phones and PMPs (portable penalization players).

According to The peninsula Times, LG Display spent around 90 1000000000 won ($73 million) to create a infant OLED line.

The interact plans to display 8,000 OLED panels per mark by the add of 2010.

(AMOLED layers, via Wikipedia)

“We are uncovering a ontogeny obligation for diminutive designate panels that are generated from high-end consumer electronics devices and sharp phones,” declared an LG Display executive.

LG currently doesn’t effect phones to feature AMOLED displays. But, most probably, the AMOLED panels prefabricated by LG Display module be used in some of LG’s upcoming handsets.

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By Chris Scott Barr

There’s something wonderful about the power of the internet. Not only do we have a vast supply of knowledge at our fingertips, but we the ability to change things. No, I’m not talking about Wikipedia entries, but rather our ability to directly influence the decisions of people and companies. The latest victory for the internet masses comes from Time Warner Cable. Yes, the very same Time Warner that’s been spreading the disease of metered bandwidth.

We’ve been following the story for the last couple of weeks since Time Warner expanded their plans to bring metered bandwidth to the masses. Like almost everyone else out there, I was completely against these plans. Well apparently Time Warner has actually been listening to the uproar and decided to cancel its trial of metered bandwidth plans. You can pat yourselves on the backs peoples of the interweb, this victory is yours.

You can also thank New York Congressman Eric Massa and Senator Chuck Schumer for listening to the people that elected them. Both expressed great opposition to Time Warner’s plans, with Massa even trying to introduce a bill that would limit the ability of ISPs to place bandwidth caps on their connections. Something tells me that this is the last we’re going to hear about metered bandwidth for a little while. No company is going to want to touch this subject after the amount of negative press received by Time Warner.

VIA [ Ars ]

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By Andrew Liszewski

The Wii might be the current champion when it comes to having an overload of accessories and peripherals, but let’s not forget that Nintendo has been dabbling in fancy add-ons all the way back to the original NES with the Zapper. So when it was time to release a successor to the NES known as the ‘Super’ Nintendo, the company obviously had to come out with a ’super’ version of the original Zapper. And that’s how I assume the Super Scope came to be.

Unlike the Zapper, which could be easily held in one hand, the Super Scope was like a miniature bazooka designed to be rested on your shoulder while you targeted the screen via a non-magnified scope on top. I wouldn’t say it was the most comfortable thing to hold for prolonged periods, but it was satisfying. Now unfortunately the library of Super Scope-compatible games never grew to be extensive, but thankfully the scope came with its own game called Super Scope 6. The ‘6′ of course led you to believe you were actually getting 6 original games, but that wasn’t the case. It actually came with 2 different titles called Blastris and LazerBlazer, which each had 3 different modes. So I guess if you add all those up you do technically get 6. (Lame.)

I definitely enjoyed the Super Scope for a while since it was part of a Super Nintendo Christmas package, but unfortunately the novelty did wear off rather quickly. Partly due to the limited selection of games, and partly due to the fact that the scope gobbled up 6 x AA batteries. I mean what kid likes to waste their hard-earned cash on batteries?

[ Wikipedia - Super Scope ]

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By Andrew Liszewski

My appreciation for Star Fox on the Super Nintendo has grown over the years, and I think it’s because the game’s a perfect example of a developer doing more with less. There’s no denying the Super Nintendo was not a 3D gaming system, in fact, Star Fox probably wouldn’t have existed had Nintendo not agreed to the development of the much hyped Super FX 3D accelerator chip. But even with that extra bit of hardware inside the game cart, the graphics and effects seen in Star Fox were pretty crude. The ship design was basic, enemies at times consisted of nothing more than 3D un-textured trapezoids, but nevertheless everything worked, and came together to become a memorable title.

As I recall, Star Fox was technically a rail shooter, which meant that you weren’t flying around a completely open world. But since you had control over your ship’s speed with braking and boosts, you never really felt restricted while navigating your pre-planned course. And while the game was really nothing more than a mindless shooter, the novelty of the 3D combined with great gameplay made it stand out from the crowd. But to be honest, while I have very fond memories of Star Fox, the Fox McCloud puppet on the game box still kind of creeps me out, and even though he was on my side, I would have loved to been able to shoot down that annoying Slippy Toad character.

[ Wikipedia - Star Fox ]

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By Andrew Liszewski

While I wouldn’t necessarily call it a ’smart’ material, UK-based Squid London has recently sold out of a limited edition collection of umbrellas featuring hydrochromatic inks that turn color when they get wet. Before the rain starts falling, the umbrellas have a rather bland and desaturated color scheme, but as soon as mother nature lets loose, the umbrella appears to come to life which could help cheer you up if the foul weather has put you in a bad mood.

According to Wikipedia, hydrochromatic ink was originally developed by a subsidiary of the Pilot Pen Company in Japan, and is probably most easily recognizable as the ’secret’ behind the Aquadoodle children’s toy.

[ Squid London ] VIA [ Fashioning Technology ]

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