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The GazettE - Recently, the covers for their new single have been released, and they come in two different impressions. The limited edition design will be an “optical impression” and will come with two songs, “RED” and “VERMIN“. The normal version will have an “auditory impression” and three songs, “RED“, “AN BEARABLE FACT“, and “VERMIN“. Source: tokyohive.com

After going on the intense diet for this photoshoot, she can definitely say that it paid off. Ivy posed in sexy lingerie for Guess 2010 F/W collection. It’s a special line of lingerie called Fanta-G2. The photoshoot was filmed on the 5th of August last month and it’s finally here for us to gawk at. And from the pictures, you can definitely say that her body is something to be envied of and she posed with the foreign male models that were present. Click here for more photo

Russian anti-virus and content security solutions provider Kaspersky , which has its south Asian hub in Hyderabad, will be investing $2 million (approximately Rs 9.4 crore) in its India operations during 2010, primarily to enhance its partnership network and scale up sales and marketing efforts, said its managing director (south Asia), Gun Suk Ling. “We currently have around 800 partners, which we plan to double by the end of the next calendar,” Suk Ling told mediapersons adding that the company was studying various cities in the country to set up an R&D and a call centre to cater to its customer base across south Asia. In the last three years, Kaspersky had sold 2 million licences in India and is expecting to grow by 130 per cent in 2010. The company has Hyderabad-headquartered Zoom Technologies and Pune-based Sakri IT Solutions as its exclusive distributors. The relationship with them would continue, she said. Stating that the Indian anti-virus market is pegged at $200 million (c...

Greetings, citizens of the Koprulu sector! StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is celebrating its one-month anniversary and we’re extremely excited to witness the amazing community that’s come together around the game. To that end, we want you to know we are hard at work on the first feature and balance patch, and expect to have it completed and available by the middle of September. Patch 1.1 will contain a number of improvements including additional mod features, Editor improvements and bug fixes, some custom game improvements, support for NVIDIA’s 3D Vision, and more. We'd also like to share some specific plans for this patch with you. To begin, we've heard a lot of feedback from our global community about standardized hotkey options. We're happy to announce that in patch 1.1 we are going to make the Standard (US) and Standard for Lefties (US) hotkey options available in all regions. Balance Changes We have several balance changes in store. One general change we're making ...

Final Fantasy XIV closed beta keys were a coveted item for a while, as fans sent in beta applications in the hopes of seeing the game's ups and downs firsthand. Square Enix promised to grant that wish for everyone very soon with open beta, announcing that it would begin in early September. It looks like things are ready a bit earlier than anticipated, as the latest news from FFXIV has an open beta start date of August 31st. For those of you without access to the official beta forums , fansite FFXIVCore has everything summarized nicely. News of the open beta isn't the only thing coming from Square Enix today. The company released a new pre-release trailer as well, featuring "Answers," the official FFXIV theme song. Follow along after the jump for the trailer, and we'll see you in open beta! via; massively

BlackBerry 6 is Research In Motion's recently overhauled operating system. It became available on August 12, when the BlackBerry 9800 Torch went on sale at AT&T stores. When RIM introduced the new platform in front of a large gathering of New York tech reporters, the company focused keenly on consumers. In fact, all the video demonstrations shown at the event were of normal people using BlackBerry 6 in their everyday lives. What happened to the powerful executive, the busy sales professional, the traveling field technician? Did RIM forget about them? Not entirely. RIM used some interesting language to describe BlackBerry 6. The one that stuck in everyone's head is "fresh but familiar." RIM wanted the user interface to be different, but still easily understood by seasoned BlackBerry veterans. "RIM was too cautious and left too much the same," said Current Analysis' Avi Greengart. "BlackBerry 6 is not a radical break." That's both good an...

The Facebook application for iPhone now has over 100 million active monthly users, according to the latest reports. Tech focused site Redmond Pie points to a recent post on the Facebook Developer Blog which reveals more than 150 million people actively using Facebook from mobile devices. Of those, 100 million active users per month use the Facebook for iPhone application. According to David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect, the application is: "So heavily used compared to other apps that I have been told by someone who thought he knew the data -- this is highly secret data and I don't know the actual numbers - that more than half of all usage of the iPhone of apps, other than those provided by the phone itself like telephony and email, is coming from Facebook." continue reading

Calling all b-boys and b-girls… The Seoul Dream Series has launched a new competition for breakdancers worldwide to show off their greatest moves online for a chance to battle Jay Park, Bruce Lee (not to be confused with the Chinese martial arts icon), Vero, Pocket, Skim and Rookie right in Seoul! As a government-sponsored program designed to promote tourism in Korea, the Seoul Dream Series has featured TVXQ, Super Junior, Girl’s Generation and Rain in past commercials. Last year’s singing contest gave two lucky winners a free trip to Seoul, the opportunity to meet TVXQ, Super Junior and SNSD and a chance to participate in the official recording of the later-released Seoul Song. Want to win a trip to Seoul and get a chance to have a b-boy battle with Jay Park and some of the top b-boys in Seoul? For more information, go to http://facebook.com/hiseoul Continue reading

Via; D kpop Are you a truly SONE? If you are, you sure is going to be more excited since we can sing a long with the girls. Here is the lyrics of the Japanese version! Let's sing along!! O yo bi de su ka Ne i ka ke ta SOS wa ma ji da Ho ra ma sa ni ko ko de su na o jya na kya Na ni ka ne gu u na ra ki mi to ko I ni o chi ta Genie yo Ki re i go to tte yo ri mo ji bun cyui no ho u ga ma ji ne Ma zu wa I wan a kya wa kan na I de syo Ko do ba wa i ga I ni mo mo ryoku wo so me te ru no Syo ji ki na ki mi no yu me wa So o yo ko no ho shi wa o mo I to o ri Fu ta ri na ra no zo mi to ri Mi ra i sa e mo o mi to o si Ka na e te a ge ru Ko ko ni i ru wa I am Genie for you boy Ki mi mo ku re ba I am Genie for your wish Su ki ni na ru wa I am Genie for your dream Mo tto na re ba I am Genie for your world Ka ku go de ki ta Ta i ku tu nan de syo O na ji hi bi wa Ma e ni su su mu na ra U si ro ha de na Tu yo ki no go sa I n Ki mi wa superstar, shining star, superstar Tsu hi tsu ma a wa su yo u ni ...

A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that social networking is maturing--or at least its audience is. As Baby Boomers flock to Facebook and other social networking sites, it shifts the marketing demographics and makes social networking an even more critical forum for engaging consumers. The overview for the report by Senior Research Specialist Mary Madden, titled "Older Adults and Social Media," points out, "While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools." Social networking use has risen in general, but the sharpest increase was among the over-50 population which almost doubled from 22 percent to 42 percent. Madden's report finds, "While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. Altho...

Linkin Park will release its new album "A Thousand Suns" on Sept. 14, on its official website . The album's first single, "The Catalyst", offering from Linkin Park's upcoming effort "A Thousand Suns", has been unleashed. It's an awesome video. LP album will be Hybrid Theory, but I still look forward to each new release. They was one of my favorite bands and always will be. Definitely waiting with bated breath for A Thousand Suns. Check out the video below;

25th August, 8.30pm, at Ariake Colosseum, as soon as the last of the 3 showcases by SNSD had finished, they were reported as the 'Top news' on NHK News watch at 9pm (The main news of NHK in Japan). The reason that they made the top news was because of all the Japanese fans, especially in the 10s and 20s, lined up to see SNSD's first show case in Japan. Following morning, the hype continued on. On a morning Japanese programme, which provides information about society, politics, celebrities etc, and other celebrity programmes focussed on SNSD. They said that "Number 1 group in Korea, performed for the first time in Japan. Including their additional performance, they performed 3 times in total in front of 22,000 fans. If that hadn't been enough, the press in Japan had also wrote articles on SNSD. 'Yori woori' newspaper reported "Top idol group SNSD, who was placed number 1 for 9 weeks in Korea 2009, had debuted in Japan". Another press reported that ...

The iPhone 4 can do plenty, even play nicely on other GSM networks when you’ve unlocked it with ultrasn0w, but up until now you couldn’t put two SIM cards inside it. USBfever’s new iPhone 4 Dual SIM Adapter Case doesn’t quite change that – the two SIMs in question aren’t exactly within the iPhone – but it does allow you to easily flip between cards without reaching for the Liquidmetal tool. That’s because each SIM clips into a special adapter that then snakes round the side of the iPhone 4 and into the regular SIM tray. A transparent plastic shell keeps everything safely in place, and there’s no need to cut the cards beforehand. Continue reading

Google added new functionality to its real-time search engine, and moved it from an obscure feature buried in the options on the left pane of the standard Google search, to its own Web site. The new Google Realtime can be a powerful tool for businesses that know how to use it. Search rivals Google and Bing were engaged in a heated race last fall to forge deals with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in order to incorporate those real-time status updates into search results. With the changes delivered by Google, the real-time data is more customizable, and more accessible--making it much more valuable. Customer Relevance Companies can use information gleaned from Google Realtime to "read the minds" of consumers. Conducting searches related to current or planned products or services can help identify what customers want and what concerns they might have. As the next-generation Kindle launches today, continue reading

This morning, Netflix finally debuted its app for the iPhone and iPod touch in iTunes. Now, here’s the review. At Apple’s big press event in early June, the big deal was obviously the iPhone 4. While not as equally exciting, the official announcement of a Netflix app finally coming for the iPhone was definitely welcome news, especially after rumors were swirling since a few months prior. First off, know that your device has to be running iOS version 3.13 or later. Using my iPhone 4, I tested the app out this morning. Like the SlingPlayer for iPhone app, media can be streamed over both Wi-Fi and 3G networks. Immediately, you’ll get a bunch of new releases pop up on your Home screen to look through, which you can literally watch instantly right there. Continue reading

After singing praises about Taeyang’s I’ll Be There music video just five days ago, gossip blog king Perez Hilton is now swerving the spotlight onto none other than Sori for her track 1Chance! When Sori first released her second mini-album Hip Girl back in June, 1Chance immediately rustled some feathers for its stark similarities with Justin Bieber’s One Time. Although the rumors didn’t really lead anywhere, it looks like Perez connected the two tracks as well, calling 1Chance a cover of Bieber’s song then admitting, ”Sorry, Justin, but we kind of like this version better!” Continue reading

Square Enix is causing a bit of upset in the MMO community due to the inclusion of a feature in Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) that will punish you for playing too long in certain roles. According to the current rules in the beta release of the game, selecting a new job for your character will see you get 8 hours of play time receiving full experience points. After that initial 8 hours the experience points will start to drop for doing the same tasks. That drop will continue for 7 hours at which point no more experience will be gained. The punishment is limited, however, and at the start of every week the system is reset allowing you to get a further 8 hours of full experience points. Players can circumvent the system to some extent by switching jobs, as every job has a weekly 8 hour allotment of full experience point generation. But players are of course arguing that no such limit should be in place for a subscription MMO, and if they want to carry on playing they should not be hindered. C...

Square Enix has announced that its next MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, will go into open beta in early September. This will follow the closure of the current closed beta test tomorrow, 25th August. The news was made public on the game's official Twitter . The game will then be released at the end of September, with a special edition offering early access on 22nd September, and general release on the 30th. That's the PC version - it's been delayed until March next year on PS3 for technical reasons. We've been spending a fair bit of time in the closed beta recently, and we'll have a preview for you soon. Via; EuroGamer

Advanced Micro Devices is considering the implementation of its upcoming low-power netbook chips based on the new Bobcat architecture in low-end servers, the company said this week. "We're definitely in the process of examining this as a design point," said Donald Newell, AMD's new server chief technology officer, in an interview. "It would be foolish not to." AMD will start shipping its first low-power chips based on the Bobcat architecture for devices like netbooks and ultraportable laptops later this year. The chips, code-named Ontario, combine a central processing unit and graphics processing unit into one piece of silicon. AMD has not yet offered low-power chips as part of its server offerings, and Ontario will be AMD's most advanced x86 low-power chip. Netbook processors like Intel's Atom processor and Via's Nano processor are already being used in low-end servers designed for cloud computing. Newell was appointed the company's server c...

Facebook announced that it is ending support for Internet Explorer 6. Granted, it is only pulling the plug on IE6 in its chat function, but the move by Facebook is the latest effort to shift away from the outdated browser that refuses to die. Facebook's decision illustrates once again why organizations that still rely on IE6 should consider upgrading (finally). A Facebook Blog post describes the issue behind the decision "Many of you have told us that sometimes your Chat session comes and goes or even stops completely. We're working hard to end those interruptions so that your experience is stable and consistent." The blog post goes on to explain "The biggest improvements come from changes that aren't supported on older web browsers. After evaluating the alternatives, we've decided to make rapid improvements and provide the best Chat experience possible, which means we will no longer support Internet Explorer 6 browsers." I don't expect that com...

Is Sprint's second 4G phone the best Android smartphone to date? Earlier this year HTC introduced the world's first 4G-enabled Android phone, the Evo 4G. Packing a larger than life touchscreen display, an 8-megapixel camera, HD video recording, mobile hotspot technology, and more, the Evo 4G had a lot to offer. Now Samsung is throwing their hat into the ring with the second 4G phone to hit the market, dubbed the Epic 4G. Can it match, or even exceed, the standard set by the Evo 4G? The answer is a definitive yes. In terms of design, the Epic 4G is not unlike many recent touch-screen slider phones. The glass paneled touchscreen interface dominates the upper portion of the chassis, with only a speaker, a small front-facing camera, and the standard array of Android touch-enabled buttons (settings, home, return, and search). The lower section, which features the slide out keyboard, also accounts for a considerable amount of bulk; housing the built-in battery and the phone's pro...

Facebook Places is still new to the location-based check-in game and is missing some key elements to really compete head on with rival services. As it matures, though, Facebook Places will be a powerful tool for businesses to engage the vast Facebook social network, and identify what really matters to customers. Companies can take advantage of the popularity of Facebook, and the new information shared via Facebook Places to tailor products and services, and market more effectively. Customers don't really care about specs and features. Effective marketing is built around determining what customers want and tailoring the marketing message to target what is relevant to them. Troy McAlpin, CEO of xMatters, explains "What matters to people is highly dependent on where they are and what they are doing, right now. Facebook Places incorporates the concept of location to help define what matters now to each of their users. Understanding where someone is at a moment in time may inspire ...

Today, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan decided to expand their PlaySation Store to sell 3-D music videos. The 3-D music videos are available on the Playstation 3, and are the first ones available in Japan. As of today, there are four videos available: Genki Rocket’s “make.believe,” Ikimonogakkari’s “Arigatou,” UVERworld’s “GOLD,” and MISIA feat. M2J+Francis Jocky’s “Maware Maware.” MISIA’s video cost 700 yen (about 8 USD) to download, and all the other videos cost 730 yen (about 8.50 USD). All sales are done with unlimited views available after purchase. Genki Rocket’s “make.believe” song is also getting a lot of attention, as it is the theme song for the Sony brand in Japan, and it was previously unveiled in 3-D at Sony’s World Cup event. Sony is also planning to screen the 3-D video for “make.believe” again at their Good Design Expo 2010 this weekend in Tokyo, so interested fans can always go there for a sneak peek before they spend money on the Playstation 3 version. Via; Toky...

Earlier today the pretty ladies of SNSD / Girls’ Generation held a successful Premium Showcase Live at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. Last week the girls revealed a video teaser for Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) and now the PV (Promotional Video) has been released! Via; Allkpop

VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years the highest number of searching orders that contain the word “crack” on Google came from Vietnam, according to Google Search statistics. “Crack” keyword is associated with cracking software, allowing users to use copyright protected materials free of charge. Vietnam was ranked second worldwide after Russia in searching for this keyword until 2006, after which Vietnam reached the top position. The top city for searching the word “crack” is Hanoi, followed by Indonesia’s Jakarta. Vietnam also ranks first for searching the word “hack”, 3G, laptop, as well as iPhone 2G, 3G, USB, and “Mod Case.” For more statistics

Firefox Panorama lets people group tabs in a visual array in an attempt to bring some order to browser tab chaos. Mozilla released its fourth beta of Firefox 4 on Tuesday, bringing a new feature that addresses one of the biggest challenges in the new era of the browser: reclaiming control over the burgeoning number of tasks that now happen on the Web. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Firefox 4 beta 4 introduces a feature now called Firefox Panorama. Today's browsers typically cram tabs in a strip along the top of the window, but Panorama provides a Mac OS X Expose-like interface that groups tabs into related bunches. Panorama presents an array of thumbnail images, each representing a tab. The thumbnails reside in rectangular boxes that constitute a group. Tabs can be moved from one group to another, and groups can be named and moved as well. The overall idea is to make it easier to switch from one tab to another, to group or regroup related tabs, and overall to see what'...

A Singaporean man who attacked the ruling party on Facebook and urge people to “burn” a cabinet minister has been arrested on charges of inciting violence, police said Wednesday. In a statement, police said they had arrested a “man in his late 20s” on Tuesday “in connection with investigations into offences related to incitement of violence”. The statement did not name the man or give details of the offence, but said that he was released on bail pending further investigation. Local media identified him as Abdul Malik Ghazali, 27, who posted a series of comments on the social networking site critical of how Singapore is hosting the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The August 14-26 event, held for competitors aged from 14 to 18, has generated limited public interest, with many events blighted by empty seats and the host country’s athletes faring badly. Continue reading

I’m sure many of you have been antsy waiting for Big Bang’s latest comeback, Japanese or Korean. Well, look no further! Their music video for their comeback track “Beautiful Hangover” has finally been released! Their latest song is part of their 5th Japanese singles album and has been garnering much interest because… well, their Big Bang! With a completely new artsy concept this time around, their music video allures you in! And quite frankly, I’m pretty impressed with their film work and angles this time! Check out their latest music video below and tell us what you think! Via; Allkpop

A US court says it's okay to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad. Apple doesn't seem to agree / AP Source: AP APPLE has been accused of creating "traitorware" for trying to patent security software that tracks down people who jailbreak their iPhones and iPads and locks them out of their devices. Jailbreaking allows users to access software and features for their devices that have not been sanctioned by Apple. The process was declared legitimate by a US court earlier this month, but Apple said any such interference in their device will void its warranty. Apple's patent, which went before the US Patent and Trademark Office earlier this week, is for "systems and methods for identifying unauthorised users of an electronic device". Using the software, Apple can remotely access your sensitive information and data, continue reading

Just few days F.T Island unveils ‘Love Love Love’ MV teaser , now they unleashes ‘Love Love Love’ full MV. Check it out below;

Apple has shipped a new Mac OS X security update to fix 13 documented vulnerabilities, some serious enough to expose users to remote code execution attacks. The patch includes fixes for security holes in several open-source components, including ClamAV and PHP. Here’s a quick look at the vulnerabilities and affected components. * CVE-2010-1808: A stack buffer overlow exists in Apple Type Services’ handling of embedded fonts. Viewing or downloading a document containing a maliciously crafted embedded font may lead to arbitrary code execution. * CVE-2010-1800: CFNetwork permits anonymous TLS/SSL connections. This may allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to redirect connections and intercept user credentials or other sensitive information. This issue does not affect the Mail application. This issue is addressed by disabling anonymous TLS/SSL connections. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.6.3. Continue reading

Microsoft Corp. will continue to offer the Xbox 360 for the next five years, expanding the lifespan of the console to 10 years, said Chris Lewis, vice president for interactive entertainment business in Europe. The company is trying to lengthen the Xbox 360’s shelf life with new features and services, such as the motion-sensing Kinect device, in a bid to wring more profit from the machine. Consoles are typically unprofitable in their first few years because the cost of materials takes time to drop. The Kinect accessory goes on sale in November. “Kinect really gives us, I think, a very genuine additional five years,” Lewis said in an interview today at the Gamescom computer-games fair in Cologne, Germany. “What Kinect does is broaden us out to users that we weren’t addressing in the past.” Microsoft’s decision marks a change in strategy from the first Xbox generation, when Microsoft released a new model after just four years. Continue reading

The Apple iPad has been embraced by businesses much faster than its iPhone predecessor. That acceptance is primarily a result of the success of the iPhone, but it also opens the door for iPad competitors to enter the business world more easily once they're available. A report from the Wall Street Journal states "The company's tablet-style device seems to be sidestepping the resistance that the iPhone and other consumer-oriented devices have faced in the corporate environment. Indeed, many businesses have raced to snap up iPads." The iPad has a jumpstart on other tablets in two ways. First, it has the advantage of riding the coattails of business adoption of the iPhone. Second, it has the benefit of being first to market among the next-generation tablets. Because the iPad is built on the same iOS foundation as the iPhone, companies that have accepted the iPhone and continue reading

It’s August 25 in Korea and that means that all the albums scheduled to drop on this date has been released on all the various Korean music portals. The most anticipated album to drop today is none other than Taeyang’s SOLAR International album. Just a few hours ago he revealed the English MV for I’ll Be There but now you can listen to some of the other English tracks from the album. Full Article; Allkpop

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Will work on more realistic interfaces as well as exploring 3-D hologram Intel and Finland's Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, said on August 24 that they had opened a joint research laboratory on Finland's northwestern coast. Intel, whose processors power nearly 80% of computers worldwide, said the center would "employ about two dozen research and development professionals." The center is hosted at the University of Oulu, which said the lab's research activities had "started gradually in August." Intel said the lab would work on developing continue reading

Students at North Carolina State University are getting a taste of tomorrow's cutting-edge gadgets this month with the opening of 1,700-square-foot learning laboratory called the Technology Sandbox. The Sandbox, at the university's D.H. Hill Library, gives them a hands-on experience with the latest in interactive technology. The lab is made possible by a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is administered by the State Library of North Carolina. It serves as a test bed and showcase for technologies that will be available when the James B. Hunt Library opens on N.C. State's Centennial Campus in 2012. "It's going to have a ton of tech-rich spaces that no one's ever seen in a library before," NCSU Libraries' David Woodbury said. Some of the featured technology is already being used in departments on campus, continue reading

New YouTube mobile site offers faster browsing, better quality videos and is built on HTML5. YouTube has launched a new mobile website, designed to make it easier to watch and share videos on the go Google has launched a new mobile version of its video-sharing site, YouTube. The refreshed site is designed to offer a better video experience across mobile devices, and deliver better quality videos to viewers, faster. The new site, which is built on the HTML5 standard and accessed through the phone’s web browser, will offer an even better user experience than native mobile applications, claims Google. There are also enhanced social networking features to make it easier to share video links on Twitter, Facebook and Google Buzz. Continue reading

Popular girl idol group, AKB48, is already set to release their next big single on October 27th. Their record label has updated their site saying that the new single will contain six tracks, including three new songs along with their instrumental versions. A DVD will also be included with the single, and it contains music videos for all the new songs. The group released their single, “Heavy Rotation“, on the 18th, and it was met with stunning sales. Their new single will be coming out just two months after that victory. Although there has been no official title set for their new single, the planning stages are already well underway. The regular edition of the single will be released as Type-A, and the Type-B special edition will be available in four different forms. Continue reading

Previously, we reported that the GazettE postponed their tour, “TOUR10 NAMELESS LIBERTY SIX BULLETS-01″, due to their vocalist, Ruki, being diagnosed with vocal cord edema. According to The GazettE’s official site, Ruki’s condition is getting better after treatment, and they are now ready to continue their tour starting on August 24th at Nigata Terrsa. Continue reading

f(x) members Victoria, Krystal and Sulli showed their charismatic smoky makeup and fashionabledenim look through a photo shoot with W Korea magazine. Popular girl group f(x) have always showed a powerful stage presence but through this shoot they appeal with a different look as the girls stand amongst city buildings background, giving a chic and city girl aura. Regarding the shoot, Victoria commented, “On stage we always did our makeup and wore clothes depending on the music concept but on this shoot we were able to show a different side of ourselves so I’m looking forward to it.” Continue reading

Good news for iPhone users who had lusted over the Android-only app Goggles from Google. It's set to hit the App Store sometime in the next three months. A report by The Register, which was covering the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University on Monday, makes note of Google staff engineer David Petrou's keynote, wherein Petrou said the application was, in fact, still in the works. Better yet: pending Apple's approval, it's scheduled for release by the end of 2010. Goggles was unveiled by Google last December as a way for users to search the Web using the camera on their mobile phone. It was later added as a built-in application in the company's Android mobile operating system. Continue reading

Following a couple random rumors that iOS 4.1 is impending, a stereotypically terse response apparently sent from Steve Jobs iPhone confirms that the highly anticipated update is, in fact, "coming soon." This will be the third update to iOS 4 since its initial release in June, and if speculation about iOS 4.1 is accurate, this update will finally be the software that should have been on the iPhone 4 when it launched. I am sure you're familiar by now with the notorious antenna issue that has plagued some segment of the iPhone 4 population. The infamous "antennagate" caused a great uproar--although Steve Jobs and Apple have maintained that the attenuation of the signal power is perfectly normal, that only a small percentage of iPhone 4 users are experiencing the problem, and that if iPhone 4 users would just hold the smartphone differently the issue would be resolved. Continue reading

RIM has announced an update to the BlackBerry App World that now allows local users to purchase applications using their credit cards. The BlackBerry App World is the official application store for BlackBerry smartphones that up until now, only allowed local users to download free applications. Other new features in the updated BlackBerry App World include enhanced discovery and search capabilities, and a new user identification system called BlackBerry ID. In terms of enchanced discovery, BlackBerry App World now has new tabbed sections for various lists of applications. Users can horizontally swipe or scroll to quickly view the Top 25 Free Apps, Top 25 Paid Apps and Top 25 Themes, as well as lists of the newest apps and recently updated apps. Continue reading

Smartphones will make up over half of Asian mobile phone sales by 2015, with 477 million units likely to be sold, an industry report said Monday. Consultancy Frost and Sullivan said smartphones would account for 54 percent of the Asia-Pacific mobile market in five years, up sharply from five percent in 2009. The sharp take-up rate for smartphones will be a huge revenue boost for telecom operators as it means a surge in demand for data services, the consultancy said. The consultancy said data usage from smartphones would generate over 38 billion US dollars for the region's telecom operators by 2015, from slightly over 1.3 billion dollars last year. Smartphones are high-end mobile devices providing faster access to data connections such as e-mail and Internet browsing than so-called feature phones, which have less computing ability. Continue reading

On August 11th, it was revealed that the boys of F.T Island would make their comeback in Korea with a new mini-album after concentrating on the Japanese market for the past few months. Around a week later, F.T Island’s comeback was confirmed, as their new second mini-album was revealed to be titled Beautiful Journey. Today, the MV teaser of their comeback title track Love Love Love was unveiled! The teaser reveals the boys looking like a puppet and in the end, it reveals a sneak peek of the track’s melody. Check it out below! Beautiful Journey Tracklist: 01. 사랑 사랑 사랑 / Love Love Love 02. 굳은 살이 박혀버려.. / Calluses Being Stuck.. 03. Baby Love 04. 미친 듯이 너 하나만 / Being Crazy Looking Only At You 05. 돈키호테의 노래 / Don Quixote’s Song Source; Allkpop

Facebook's enormous membership gives it a clear advantage of critical mass over the competition in location-based services. Facebook launched its Places service with a lot of fanfare on Wednesday. Once it rolls out, which is happening gradually, Places will let you use your mobile phone's GPS to "check in" when you visit movie theaters, restaurants, and other locations. If you're familiar with Foursqare and Gowalla, it's a lot like that. Facebook offers one clear advantage over the competition: Critical mass. With more than 500 million users around the world, chances are your friends are on Facebook, and they're not on competing location-based services. The competition works around that problem by integrating with Facebook and Twitter, where your friends actually are. But Facebook has a direct line to your social and professional circle. With Facebook playing the Places game, the competition is going to have to offer extra value, or they'll get stompe...

If Sony's piracy safeguards have indeed fallen, perhaps Sony should bring back Other OS. Although I never found much utility in Other OS, a Playstation 3 feature that could turn the console into a basic computer running Linux, my heart went out to people who used Other OS before Sony scrapped it. Sony said it removed Other OS in March to "protect the integrity of the console," possibly because one hacker came too close to exploiting the feature in a way that would allow piracy. But now, OzModChips claims to have the first PS3 modchip on a USB stick. In theory, this allows people to play bootleg and homebrew games and make disc backups. Supposedly, it can also bypass firmware updates that Sony might use to banish the hack. If Sony's piracy safeguards have indeed fallen, I propose that Sony should bring back Other OS. After all, once the integrity of the console is lost, there's no point in protecting it at the expense of users who did no harm. Full Article; PCWorld

Via; The Nation - ASUS NX90 is a revolution of home entertainment notebook industry. It is powered by Windows® 7 OS, Qual Core i7-720QM CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M 1G DDR3 graphics card, and 8GB DDRIII RAM. The notebook also has 18.4-inch Full HD 1080p display and HDD 1000GB-7200rpm (2x500G). The NX 90 shines with polished aluminum body that blends with any environment. Its speakers are placed outside the chassis and alongside the screen to produce best-ever audio quality on a notebook. The exacting standards implemented in SonicMaster guarantee crystal clear reproduction, deeper and richer bass, vocals, and overall feel very much akin to a live concert. Meanwhile, dual touchpads enable true two-handed multi-touch usability. The notebook also includes USB 3.0 port for 10-time faster data transfer speed and a slot-in ODD Blu-Ray Read Only drive. ASUS NX90 notebook is now available at Mouse Group, 2nd floor, Pantip Plaza Pratunam, and Com Seven, 3rd floor, I.T. Mall Fortune Ratchadaphis...

In the four years since Sony's PlayStation 3 has been with us, it's never been hacked to play pirated games--until now, that is, if claims by hacker group PSJailbreak prove true. The group, reportedly operating from China or Hong Kong, claims it's on the verge of releasing a USB dongle (they're implying it's a 'jailbreak' tool) that lets you play pirated as well as homemade games on a retail PS3 by converting it into a "debug" unit, a special version of the PS3 used by developers and others to access non-retail versions of games. The dongle comes loaded with software that the hackers claim will let players save games to the PS3's hard drive. All one has to do to get it working, they say, is insert the dongle into the PS3 and boot up. The hackers also claim the dongle is capable of blocking Sony's mandatory firmware updates, which might otherwise disable the hack, or "brick" (render unusable) the system. Full Article; NetworkWorld

Facebook announced last week its much-anticipated location-based service, Places. Places, which is currently available only on mobile devices that support HTML 5 and with a GPS or geolocation feature, is set to pose a threat to other more-established services such as Foursquare, Gowalla, MyTown and Whrrl. Here's what you need to know about the alternatives and how Facebook's four big geolocation rivals stack up. 1. Foursquare Foursquare, the mobile social networking startup that launched in 2009, lets users share locations with friends and awards points,badges and other perks for checking in frequently. If a user visits a restaurant, for example, he'd check-in to that location via his mobile device. His location would then become visible to his friends on Foursquare..... Full article; PCWorld

Online threats abound every day, and some 30,000 new malware emerge daily such that there is a higher risk now of getting malware whenever you go online. This was revealed by Alex Ng, regional product manager for Southeast Asia of Kaspersky Lab, a developer of secure content management solutions, at a press conference held in Manila recently. Citing a report published on www.securelist.com, Ng revealed that the top target countries for cyber attacks for the first quarter of 2010 are China, Russia, India, United States, and Vietnam. The Philippines is 19th on this list. Given this online threat, Ng underscored the need to protect the family from cyber attacks, especially since the Internet plays a significant role in today's society. Kaspersky Lab just launched in the country two new anti-virus products that promise to provide "more accurate detection and an even faster response to any IT threats." Unlike other anti-virus products, the Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 and ...

Just a few months ago the boys of Big Bang were dressed up in rugby polo shirts endorsing clothing for Korea’s apparel company BSX. Now, they’re ditching the short sleeves with their latest endorsement for Korean sportswear manufacturing company FILA. Big Bang has been endorsing FILA since 2008 and now they’re back to model for FILA’s upcoming 2010 winter line. Looks like the guys had a lot of fun during the photo shoot, especially G-Dragon with the snowboard. For more photos, check them via; Allkpop

Mozilla hopes to release its fourth beta of Firefox 4 on Monday, adding hardware-accelerated graphics for some Windows users but leaving it turned off by default. Also coming is a major user interface change called tab sets, formerly known as tab candy. Hardware acceleration, coming to all the major browsers in various forms, is designed to shift some tasks from a computer's main processor to its graphics processor. One way Firefox is tackling the technology is by using Windows' Direct2D interface, which can speed up the display of text and graphics on newer versions of Windows. Mozilla planners had hoped to enable Direct2D in the fourth beta, but decided caution was appropriate. "b4 won't have D2D on by default after all; just not quite ready to send it to that many users. soon!" tweeted Mike Shaver, Mozilla's vice president of engineering. The Firefox 4 beta 4 code is frozen for finalization, putting the "release target as next Monday, Aug. 23," ac...

You needn't look far to find criticism of Apple's iPad as a device for consumption, not creation. The latest volley comes from Chang Ma, vice president of marketing for LG's mobile device unit, who hyped LG's upcoming Android tablet as a productivity tool. Paraphrasing Ma, the Wall Street Journal says he likes the iPad, but doesn't do much work on it, and that's where the LG tablet will stand apart. I call bull. While Ma is right that the iPad flounders with creativity in some areas -- but not others -- the iPad's limitations are often inherent to its form. But don't take my word for it. Let's look at some other "iPad consumption vs. creation" arguments and consider whether another tablet could do better. Full article; PCWorld

Symantec has issued a warning for users to beware the “AnVi Antivirus”. The virus is malware that attempts to fool you into uninstalling legitimate antivirus software. In a press releases issued today, Symantec warns that the AnVi Antivirus will give users a pop up telling them that there is a problem with their current antivirus software, then it will encourage them to remove it immediately. The virus will display this cheeky little message: “Uncertified [program name] antivirus software detected on your computer. You need to remove {antivirus name} software for correct operation of the Antivirus. Attention: If you don`t remove [program name] software, the performance of your computer will dramatically degrade. Press “OK” to remove the [program name]” Continue read via; Digital Trends