One common puzzle for the security-minded is how to work with confidential data on the road. Sometimes you can’t bring your laptop, or don’t want to. But working on somebody else’s machine exposes you to malware and leaves behind all kinds of electronic trails. Even if you keep your files on a portable drive, Windows will scatter …
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Google Shows Off Secret New Android Phone
Google CEO Eric Schmidt took the hot seat at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday, and wasted little time showing off his company’s next-generation “Nexus S” Android phone.
On the surface it appears to be a Samsung Galaxy S phone (which would explain the “S” moniker), while Schmidt demonstrated a built-in near field communications (NFC) …
App of the Week: Xfinity TV
Recently released for iPad and iPhone, Comcast’s free Xfinity TV app allows you to browse TV listings and schedule remote recordings directly from your device. The real kicker is the ability to use your iPhone or iPad to change the channels on your cable box, though.
Setup entails entering your Comcast.com account credentials in …
AT&T Samsung Galaxy Tab Due November 21 for $650
Recent murmurs of a November 21 ship date and $650 price tag for Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab have officially been confirmed by AT&T.
AT&T will sell the Galaxy Tab for $650 with no contract on November 21st. The company currently offers two data plans: $15 per month for 200MB, and $25 per month for 2GB.
Let’s update the Samsung …
Will Apple Announce Web Based iTunes Tomorrow?
We will never forget whatever Apple’s announcing tomorrow, according to the teaser text on the company’s website. “Ah, November 16th. The day Apple launched iTunes for the web,” we might say in the year 2056. That’s not to say that Apple’s launching iTunes for the web, but a web-based version of iTunes would certainly be a relatively big …
Galaxy Tab Torn Apart, Shows It’s Mostly Battery
Ever wondered what the inside of a tablet looks like? The fine folks at iFixit recently tore the new Samsung Galaxy Tab apart to reveal a big, fat battery surrounded by a C-shaped logic board that handles everything else.
As computer components get exponentially smaller and faster all the time, gadgets’ weight and thickness are still …
Fox Joins Other Networks in Blocking Google TV
And then there were none.
Fox has now blocked Google TV’s web browser from streaming episodes found online at Fox.com, joining ABC, NBC, and CBS to round out the major broadcast networks’ stance against the idea of a web browser on a TV set.
(More: TV Networks Blocking Shows From Google TV’s Web Browser)
Further confusing the …
Learn How to Play the Fiddle on Your iPad
Available today, Smule’s $2.99 Magic Fiddle iPad app turns Apple’s $499 tablet into a $501.99 digital fiddle of sorts.
The app teaches you to play the fiddle using a rolling line of notes that cross over a virtual set of strings, similar to how games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero work. You can play along to a built-in library of …
BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet to Cost Less Than $500
Research in Motion’s 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will cost less than $500 when it becomes available in the U.S. early next year. RIM executive Jim Balsillie told Bloomberg, “The product will be very competitively priced.”
As tablet makers attempt to find ways to compete with Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad, which starts at $499, …
FilmOn Slings Live Network TV to Your iPad, No App Required
Well this ought to be interesting.
If you have an iPad or an iPhone, head over to FilmOn.com in the web browser. What you’re looking at are all the broadcast TV stations in the LA area, plus a couple at the bottom of the list that definitely aren’t safe for work.
Tap any of the network stations and—voila—there’s some live TV …
The 58-inch Multi-touch iPhone Table Gets a Video Demo
Remember the 58-inch Table Connect for iPhone post from last Friday? As promised, there’s now a video demo of the table in action.
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As some skeptical YouTube commenters have pointed out, the demonstrator appears to hit the power button on his iPhone at the same time he launches …
Is Google Launching Its Own Chrome OS Smartbook Soon?
News of Google’s browser-based Chrome operating system has been quiet lately. Perhaps a little too quiet. DigiTimes looks to shake things up with a rumor that Google may roll out its own smartbook running Chrome OS before the end of the year—maybe even sometime this month.
“Sources from component players” in Asia are apparently …