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Tech News: Online Android Market Goes Live
Move over mobility. Google extended it’s Android Market client from just mobiles devices to the web. As long as you have a browser you can now search thousands of third party software and purchase apps right from your desktop. The apps are then automatically downloaded to your android based device or smartphone.
Verizon’s Making Their Own Android App Store, and That Makes Google Happy
Gizmodo.com: Some have applauded Android’s “come one come all” app philosophy; others think it’s left the Android Market a mess. Now, Verizon’s looking to clean things with a closed, competing Android app store of their own. So why isn’t Google fuming? Verizon currently preinstalls something called the V Cast App Store on many of its BlackBerry phones, [...]
The Nexus One – Will The Real Google Phone Please Stand-up?
The Nexus One represents a pretty significant game changer not just for the wireless industry, but for a multi billion-dollar company that has never sold a single piece of consumer hardware in its history.
First Programmable Quantum Computer Created
The NIST computer consists of two quantum gates, one single qubit gate and an entangled two qubit gate. The gates utilized two beryllium ions stimulated with UV lasers to represent operations. The test programs run came back with 79% correct results. Certainly not perfect, but a huge step forward. You won’t be dropping one of these into a socket on your motherboard anytime soon, but maybe someday.
Multitouch Wind Top AE2220 All-in-One from MSI Now Shipping
MSI on Wednesday announced it has begun shipping its new Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one desktop PC. The AE2220 takes its place as MSI’s flagship all-in-one and expands the company’s fast growing Wind Top series.
ECS Becomes Latest Company to Offer USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s Cards
A few days after Asus announced the world’s first USB 3.0 /SATA 6.0 PCI-E card, ECS is also said to be ready to launch similar add-on cards. According to reports, it will release two separate PCI-E expansion cards, with one equipped with USB 3.0 and the other armed with SATA 6 Gb/s.
MSI Preparing to Launch AMD Neo CPU-fueled 12-inch MSI Wind U230 with Windows 7
MSI is preparing to launch a 12-inch Windows 7 netbook that will sit atop its U200 series. The U230 will be very much like the previously released U210, which ran Vista. The only notable differences are the new operating system, and slightly faster AMD Radeon GPU. The netbook will come with the AMD Neo X2 MV40 [...]
