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Microsoft to lay off 17% staff
Jan 1, 2009 Business Leave a comment
Microsoft is going to lay off 15.000 people of their 90.000 employees, that’s 17%. The lay offs er set to happen on January 15th, 2009.
It’s not clear what departments or regions will be hit the worst, but the rumor says it will be MSN. Microsoft is probably not going to lay off people in successful departments or regions. That means it’s not likely that people working in the Xbox 360 departments will be laid off because of how well console sales have been doing.
[Via Fudzilla]
Picasa for Macs in 2009?
Dec 31, 2008 Apple Leave a comment
According to an inside source, Google might be launching a Mac version of their popular photo organizer, Picasa, at Macworld 2009.
I asked if Picasa for Mac was coming, and as luck would have it I
managed to pick the Google employee with the least amount of media
training and immediately put her on the spot. Her response: Picasa for
Mac is under-development and will be launched later this year. — Duncan
Riley, TechCrunch
This is still unverified, but if it’s true it would be good news.
[Via Lifehacker]
10 laptops with 80% off
Dec 30, 2008 Laptops, Video Leave a comment
Some store in Moscow advertised laptops with 80% off but didn’t mention that they had only 10 of them.
Here is a video of the opening, people are crazy!
[Via Random Good Stuff]
Mercedes Attention Assist wakes you up
Dec 29, 2008 Cars, Technology Leave a comment
If you fall asleep at the wheel of the new Mercedes E-Class the car will try to wake you up.
This system is called Attention Assist and it is the result of studies by the folks at Mercedes. They studied brainwaves of sleepy drivers and physical behavior that followed (like sluggish or delayed steering) and were able to design a car that knows when you’re about to fall asleep at the wheel.
When the system notices that you’re falling asleep, with the help of sensors in the steering wheel, it will sound an alarm to wake you up and then the display will suggest you stop driving and take a break.
[Via Gizmodo]
Windows 7 Beta leaked on bittorrent
Dec 29, 2008 Software Leave a comment
The Windows 7 Beta 1 (Build 7000) that was public-bound in mid-January has been leaked on BitTorrent.
The beta expires July 1, 2009, and is supposedly more stable than other Windows 7 betas.
This beta is of excellent quality. This is the kind of code that you could roll out and live with. Even the pre-betas were solid, but finally this beta feels like it’s “done.” This beta exceeds the quality of any other Microsoft OS beta that I’ve handled.
[Via Gizmodo]
Prime laptop with three collapsible screen
Dec 29, 2008 Laptops, Technology Leave a comment
This Prime laptop has three collapsible screens that offer a wide viewing panel. When the laptop is closed it is the size of a 13″ notebook and when it’s open it’s the size of 26″ notebook.
The main screen is a 10″ concealed OLED screen with 16:10 aspect ratio and the left and right slide out OLED screens are with 8:10 aspect ratio.
The laptop has an aluminum body for maximum cooling and has plenty of power, 2 CPUs and GPUs.
I would really want to try one of these if it actually gets made, but it’s probably going to be really expensive.
Real-Life Humvee Transformer Robot
Dec 29, 2008 Video Leave a comment
How nice would it be to have a real-life transfomer robot? Well that’s excacly what some engineer was thinking, so he built has own!
It’s called Humvee Biloid and is transformable (obviously) and comes equipped with a camera for surveillance.
It might be pretty old, but who cares…
[Via TechEBlog]
LG introduces 3G wrist phone
Dec 29, 2008 Cell Phones, Gadgets Leave a comment
LG just introduced its latest mobile device, the LG-GD910, a wrist phone with a 1.43 inch LCD touchscreen, 3G data and a built-in camera for video conferencing. The wrist phone also has some nice features like text-to-speech (TTS), Bluetooth, MP3 playback and voice dialing with speech recognition.
The device is scheduled to be presented at CES in January.
[Via Engadget]
Unlocked Google Android Phones Released for Developers
Dec 9, 2008 Cell Phones, Software Leave a comment
Google released unlocked Android based G1 smartphone on Friday. Previously developers had to sign up for T-Mobile contract to test their apps on Android. This sim-unlocked and hardware-unlocked device will be sold for $399, plus the $25 to register on Android Market site.
The unlocked G1 looks pretty slick, with a dark steel gray case and a pattern on the back side. The phone will be available for developers in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, India, Canada, France, Taiwan, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Poland and Hungary.
For now developers can only get one phone per account to prevent the phones from entering consumer market.
[Via DailyTech]
Windows Vista Ultimate RED edition coming next week
Dec 9, 2008 Software Leave a comment
Microsoft is going to release the RED version of Windows Vista Ultimate on December 15th. This won’t be the first time people see this edition of Windows because Dell has been selling computers preloaded with it for a few months now. You will just be able to buy a standalone copy.
Windows Vista Ultimate RED comes in a red box and includes a few extra wallpapers, screensavers, sidebar gadgets and a Dreamscene moving background. Also, a portion of the proceeds from sales will help buy and distribute AIDS medications to patients in Africa.
Amazon is selling the RED version for $70 more than the plain Vista costs.
[Via Download Squad]