Nokia N900 gets new firmware, new games coming too (video) (Tuesday 16th of February 2010 12:59:00 PM)
If your N900 is in need of a little more excitement, this post is for you. First up is word of
a new firmware release (3.2010.02-8 (PR 1.1.1)), 16.2MB worth of outwardly minor changes along
with a slew of new regions, the incorporation of which ...
(more)PS3 3D video output turns up in 3.20 debug firmware (Monday 15th of February 2010 01:40:00 AM)
We'd already heard that the PS3 wouldn't need whatever at all more than a simple firmware
update to make the jump to 3D, and it looks like we now have the first ratification of that
very firmware update. It's without doubt not ready for ...
(more)Motorola Europe says Milestone getting Android 2.1 soon, 2.0.1 even sooner (Saturday 09th of January 2010 08:46:00 PM)
Echoing statements made by CEO Sanjay Jha earlier in the week moving on the Droid and CLIQ,
Motorola's spanish discord is letting everyone know that its own Android devices are in for
their own updates pretty shortly. Android 2.0.1 is externally "on its ...
(more)Sprint says webOS 1.3.5 is hitting the Pre today (Monday 28th of December 2009 09:18:00 AM)
Well, lookie here: it's not up on Palm's support site yet, but Sprint is showing a release date
of December 28 -- that's today, by the way -- for webOS 1.3.5 on the Pre. This is a pretty
nifty little upgrade, you might recall -- ...
(more)First Droid Eris update makes the slow OTA rollout starting tonight (Thursday 10th of December 2009 04:25:00 AM)
Sorry, no Android 2.0 here (yet), but Verizon's version of the HTC Hero is now getting its
first over-the-air update. Known by its affection title of Droid Eris ROM:1.16.605.1, the patch
is more or less the usual minor tweaks and improvements, but to ...
(more)Palm Pre WebOS 1.3.1 update available now (Saturday 14th of November 2009 05:49:00 AM)
webOS 1.3.1 was always destined to come right around the launch of the Pixi, but it's thrown
off us by showing its face early. No app catalog bombshells here, but there are a slew of more
minor fixes and updates that should make users savor ...
(more)Palm Pixi definitely shipping with a new webOS version, but which? (Saturday 31st of October 2009 07:44:00 PM)
Whoa, is that webOS 2.0 we see on the horizon? No, sorry, it definitely isn't -- but we can say
with relative
mettle that the approaching Pixi will be shipping with a newer, slightly more
feature-rich version of webOS than its Pre brethren around the ...
(more)Yesterday's PlayStation news, all in one place (Wednesday 19th of August 2009 05:47:00 PM)
Sony had itself quite a day yesterday, effectively reinvigorating the xbox [tm] brand with the
$300 PS3 Slim and a host of upgrades and updates to the PSP, the playstation [tm] Store, and
computer game Network. Now that the dust has settled, we thought ...
(more)HTC to offer Sense upgrade for Magic in October, might be free? (update: free, only coming to Taiwan so far) (Sunday 16th of August 2009 07:03:00 PM)
The spec gap between the Magic and the Hero is mighty small -- other than the entirely
revamped Sense UI, the Hero's 5 megapixel camera is about the only thing the newer model has
over the original, force design notwithstanding. That gap is on the ...
(more)Garbage Collection Algorithms Coming For SSDs (Saturday 08th of August 2009 12:45:01 PM)
MojoKid writes "A common concern with the current crop of Solid State Drives is the feat
penalty customer's broker person with block-rewriting. Flash memory is comprised of cells that
usually contain 4KB pages that are arranged in blocks of 512KB. When ...
(more)Intel Confirms Data Corruption Bug, Halts New SSDs (Tuesday 04th of August 2009 06:45:01 AM)
CWmike writes "Intel has third edition by the editors of the stars and bars heritage®
dictionary. copyright © 2003 that its new consumer-class X25-M and X18-M solid state-disk
drives (SSDs) suffer from data corruption issues and said it has pulled ...
(more)Apple Keyboard Firmware Hack Demonstrated (Sunday 02nd of August 2009 03:16:43 AM)
Anonymouse writes with this excerpt from SemiAccurate: "Apple keyboards are pregnable to a hack
that puts keyloggers and malware now into the device's firmware. This could be a serious
problem, and now that the conferral and code (PDF) is out there, the ...
(more)Sonos 2.8 adds Deezer Radio to multi-room systems in Europe, updates iPhone controller (Tuesday 14th of April 2009 07:00:00 AM)
After plunking down a grand for Sonos' impressive two-room bundle, it's always nice to see a
freebie or two arrive via ms-dos updates. While not quite as big a release as version 2.7 was
for Sonos' field buzz* (or wired) multi-room audio system, 2.8 ...
(more)iPhone Jailbreaking Still Going Strong (Tuesday 14th of April 2009 08:45:09 AM)
Snydeq writes "Despite the productivity promises of Apple's anticipated 3.0 firmware update,
jailbreaking should reopen to push the iPhone's productivity envelope, as users increasingly
demand the Holy Grail of smartphone power use: applications that ...
(more)BeBook e-reader getting WiFi, new firmware update: eyes-on (Friday 06th of March 2009 08:54:00 PM)
Clearly, the big news from Endless Ideas today at CeBIT was its next-generation BeBook 2. But
what about all those existent / to-be BeBook 1 owners? We've got a bit of excitement to share
with you folks as well. While prying for dossier today in ...
(more)Seagate Hard Drive Fiasco Grows (Sunday 18th of January 2009 01:45:01 AM)
AnInkle writes "Two months after acknowledging that their flagship 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11s
could hang while streaming video or during low-speed file transfers, Seagate again faces a
swell of complaints about more drives failing just months after purchase. ...
(more)Open Firmware Released For Broadcom Wireless (Sunday 11th of January 2009 04:30:01 PM)
Mcgrof writes "Linux developers have announced the release of a reverse-engineered open source
firmware for Broadcom 4306 and 4318 cellular phone hardware, licensed under the GPLv2.
'Although the base firmware is not fully 802.11 compliant, e.g., it does ...
(more)iPhone 2.2 firmware update available now, Google Street View and plenty more (Friday 21st of November 2008 05:43:00 AM)
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_2_2_firmware_update_available_now'; It's
here. Google Street View and over the air Podcast downloads from iTunes. Yup, public transit
and walking directions too and the ability to share your spot via email. ...
(more)Sony details PS3 firmware 2.50 upgrades: DivX VOD support, AV tweaks (Friday 17th of October 2008 09:41:00 AM)
Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Sony didn't want to make a big deal about this
(so humble, that Sony) but the electronic game 3's recent 2.50 firmware update has a few extra
additions aimed plain at home theater buffs. First up is a place ...
(more)Poll: Is firmware 2.1 actually boosting your signal? (Friday 12th of September 2008 07:22:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones
So, you've gone and updated to that new "big fix" firmware 2.1 -- but
is the Kool Aid as delicious as you've been promised? On our end, we're doubtlessly seeing
noticeable improvements on lagging keyboards, app switching / opening ...
(more)Is Apple shooting in the dark to fix iPhone 3G issues? (Wednesday 20th of August 2008 01:59:00 AM)
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
digg_url =
'http://digg.com/apple/Is_Apple_shooting_in_the_dark_to_fix_iPhone_3G_issues'; Hopes were high
that 2.0.2 would decisively crush the meeting woes some iPhone 3G owners have old since taking
rescue of their ...
(more)iPhone roundup: Apple seeds 2.1 with new GPS features, possible copy/paste, also completely out of phones (Friday 25th of July 2008 02:57:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones, GPS
Your morning iPhone news fix: looks like Apple's seeded a beta of
firmware 2.1 (not to be mystified with the supposititious 2.0.1 that will fix the myriad bugs
and issues with 2.0), which may have some new GPS physiognomy ...
(more)iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch 2.0 released officially (Friday 11th of July 2008 01:15:00 PM)
Filed under: haulable Audio, transportable Video
var digg_url =
'http://digg.com/apple/Official_9_95_iPod_touch_2_0_firmware_out_leaked_for_free'; Listen up
children, we've got a story to tell. It's scary and exciting and might just turn your iPod ...
(more)iPhone Frenzy Day iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 Firmware Release Date (Friday 11th of July 2008 06:06:36 AM)
That Leaked iPhone 2.0 Firmware Update? It’s BuggyThose of us who went ahead and
downloaded the iPhone 2.0 Firmware Update direct from Apple may have jumped the gun a little
too early. There have been some problems with it " I myself have had ...
(more)iPhone Dev Team Jailbreaks and Unlocks iPhone 2.0 Firmware (Friday 11th of July 2008 06:05:01 AM)
Yes, iPhone will be officially launched worldwide in antother few hours and even before the
launch the?? iPhone Dev Team has cracked the OS 2.0. These guys will release their Pwnage tool
for everyone to unlock and jailbreak their Gizmodo is reporting ...
(more)iPhone firmware 2.0 adds Chinese handwriting recognition, Newton sweats (Monday 05th of May 2008 07:17:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Screen shots posted on Chinese site wretch.cc allege that
iPhone firmware 2.0 has added support for Chinese handwriting recognition in addition to a
revamped (albeit non-recognition) sauna bath interface. While that's ...
(more)iPhone firmware 2.0 hands-on (Tuesday 18th of March 2008 06:07:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones, Features
We know there have been a couple of crappy videos here and
there on the web, but we finally got our own grubby paws on the yet-to-be be divulged iPhone
2.0 beta, which isn't officially due until this June. It isn't ...
(more)VUDU XL starts shipping, v1.3 software gets detailed (Wednesday 05th of March 2008 01:51:00 AM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Lots of news on the VUDU front today, open gate with the
announcement that the grossly overpriced VUDU XL is finally shipping to all three people who
forked out for one. Moving on to more important matters, the forthcoming ...
(more)Apple TV (take 2), take two (Tuesday 12th of February 2008 09:12:00 PM)
Filed under: Home Entertainment
We got some good time in with Apple's take 2 (i.e. v2.0) unix
update at Macworld this year, but now that it's out we had to put the spurs to it. We'll be
updating with more as we go, but for right ...
(more)The skinny on iPhone and iPod touch firmware 1.1.3 (Tuesday 15th of January 2008 08:29:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, easily carried Audio, wieldy VideoSo let's just boil down
the newly-available firmware 1.1.3 to the nitty gritty, shall we? Here's what Apple's latest
juicy morsel is going to do to your iPhone (or iPod touch, if that's ...
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