Samsung’s E-Reader Screens Boast 16.7 Million Colors

Samsung’s new e-reader with an “electrowetting” display can show up to 16.7 million colors. The new display doesn’t offer the same resolution but refreshes faster than the E-ink.

Posted on: May 20, 2011 9:00 am

Phishing Site Discovered on Sony Server

Adding to Sony’s woes, F-Secure found a phishing site running on one of Sony’s servers. Sony has cleaned the site from their servers.

Posted on: May 20, 2011 9:00 am

Graphics and Animation on iOS

If you’d like to build an app to run on Apple’s iOS, you probably want to make the most of the graphics and animation capabilities. This book is designed to get you started using Cocoa.

Posted on: May 19, 2011 9:00 am

Google Is Serious: You Can Kill Chrome’s URL Bar

Killing the URL bar completely may not be possible, but Chrome 13 has a feature so you can hide it and free up space on your mobile display.

Posted on: May 19, 2011 9:00 am

Sony Vaio VPCF21Z1E 16in laptop

This is a “portable desktop” system built for gaming and other high-demand programs. It comes with Win7, a 1920 x 1080-pixel screen, and 3D active shutter glasses.

Posted on: May 19, 2011 9:00 am

What the Internet is hiding from you

Your search engine is very thoughtful. It reviews your past searches and applies that information to new searches. This “targets” your preferences, but can result in you not finding what is actually available.

Posted on: May 19, 2011 9:00 am

Samsung Galaxy S II dual core Android smartphone

This update to the Galaxy S offers a dual core processor, an AMOLED screen, an 8Mp camera, and more in a slim case. This review offers technical specifications and lots of pictures.

Posted on: May 18, 2011 9:00 am

Google Issues Patch to Plug Android Data Leaks

After researchers announced there was a problem with the way Android handles some information, Google has issued a patch.

Posted on: May 18, 2011 9:00 am

France Halts ‘Three Strikes’ IP-Address Collection

France’s idea to fight online copyright infringement, by kicking miscreants off the web, suffered a setback when the company holding the data was hacked.

Posted on: May 18, 2011 9:00 am

Ricoh color e-paper display promises 2.5x brightness

Ricoh is working on new color e-paper technology that may have the potential to replace LCD displays on color e-readers. The new system requires less power than LCDs but is not as bright.

Posted on: May 18, 2011 9:00 am