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Adobe Labs on Monday released test versions of two closely related foundations for Net-based applications, Flash Player 10.1 and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 2. Flash is widely used to bring streaming video, interactive graphics, and games to browsers; AIR, with Flash built in, is a foundation for other desktop applications. Both are instrumental to Adobe's effort to stay ahead of the gradually broadening feature set of HTML and...

With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft showed Wednesday it's trying to retake the browser initiative. IE remains the Net's dominant browser. But perversely, it became something of a technology underdog after Microsoft vanquished Netscape in the browser wars of the 1990s and scaled back its browser effort. That left an opportunity for rivals to blossom--most notably Firefox, which now is used by a quarter of Web surfers, but also Apple's...

Last week, Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But if Mozilla succeeds in its hope, Microsoft could be playing catch-up instead. The technology in question is hardware-accelerated graphics and text using interfaces called Direct2D and DirectWrite that provide an easy way to use graphics cards' computing power. They're built into Windows 7, and Microsoft is bringing...

Google has opened up its gallery for developers to share Chrome extensions, a step that soon should make it easier for people to customize the open-source browser. Aaron Boodman, a leader of the Chrome extensions effort, announced the move on a mailing list posting Monday, and programmer and "gallery master" Lei Zheng shared details in a blog post. So far, only uploads are permitted. Google plans to let some testers use the gallery...

Gmail users now can attach files to messages with the offline version of Google's Web-based e-mail service. "Starting today, attachments work just the way you would expect them to whether you are online or offline," said programmer Andy Palay in a blog post Tuesday. "If you have Offline Gmail enabled, you'll notice that all your mail now goes through the outbox, regardless of whether you're online or offline. This allows Gmail to capture...

Google's new open source Chrome operating system won't be officially available until dedicated devices hit the market next year. Developers have tinkered with the code, which was released last week, to make a version of the OS that can be downloaded and installed on existing machines, but Chrome's true colors -- and speed -- won't be evident, maintains Google. ...

Google has rolled out a new version of its free Google Maps Navigation application that's compatible with smartphones running the Android 1.6 operating system, such as T-Mobile's myTouch 3G and its G1. When the app was introduced last month in beta, it could only be used by smartphones running Android 2.0, the latest version of the OS, such as Verizon's Droid...

A Twitter ecosystem of applications is springing up, so that the dedicated Twitter user can glean the most from the experience. This is partly because Twitter is, by nature, a minimalist Web site -- and partly because the limits of serious tweeters' creativity have barely been stretched....

The Pogoplug allows a user to run a personal cloud server from a home network. The data resides on hard drives and thumb drives that plug directly into the Pogoplug device; from there, the data can be accessed from anywhere via the Internet. Keep in mind that some ISPs forbid customers from hooking servers up to residential connections, though those rules are rarely enforced. What Is Pogoplug? Pogoplug is made up of two components:...

Windows 7 has sometimes been referred to as "Vista SP3," but under the new OS's hood, critical changes have been made, swapping out technologies that have been in place for 20 years for seemingly more complex but more efficient replacement parts. Two years ago, these ideas may have been forecast to come along around 2015. So maybe Windows 7 is more like Windows 9. The reason Windows Vista seemed slow, and somehow, strangely seemed even...

General motors has made it public that they are looking at negotiations seriously with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. regarding launching the Hummer in India with full fledged availability. GM had admitted to this in Thailand at the plant opening for production of new cars. There have also been talks of GM selling their Hummer division to the Indian company but that idea seems to be far fetched for the moment. Although there are several...

Acer launched 2 new the new B series displays B243H and B233HU. Acer B243H and B233HU LCD monitors are the perfect combination of enhanced reliability and ergonomics...

ATI Radeon HD 5970 Graphics Card is recently announced. ATI Radeon HD 5970 is the world’s fastest Graphic Card. ATI Radeon HD 5970 integrates Dual graphic processing unit with a total of 4.3 billion 40nm transistors and based on TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture...

LG Electronics India has launched LG GD900 Crystal, first transparent design phone with Gesture Command. LG-GD900 is the world’s first transparent phone. LG GD900 is the combination of 3D S-Class User Interface and LG’s next generation touch technology....

Nokia has announced the launch of N97 mini in India. The handset is the successor to the popular Nokia N97. The Nokia N97 mini is a smaller mobile computer with stainless steel cues. The Nokia N97 Mini features a tilting 3.2″ touch display, QWERTY keyboard and fully customizable homescreen and a 5 Megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and VGA video recording at 30fps. ...

MSI announced a new name in MSI Wind Series Netbook, Wind L2100. MSI Wind L2100 netbook is powered by AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processor. L2100 Notebook comes with AMD Radeon X1250 Graphics Card, 12.1-inch LED backlit LCD Display with 1366×768 pixels screen resolution, installed Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, 2GB RAM and 250 GB Hard Disk...

Samsung has announced the new multi colored Bluetooth Headset for Samsung Corby dubbed as Samsung WEP490 Corby. The Corby Bluetooth Headset is the perfect accessory for the Corby Mobile Phones since they have changeable cases to match the handsets. It comes in four dual-tone colors along with a simple black shade and features sharp edge design....

The Nokia 6600i has just been launched in India and it establishes itself as the smallest 5-megapixel phone in the market. The 6600i has a slider form factor with an extremely impressive design and style. The camera being the phones USP promises to deliver crystal clear imaging with its 8x zoom and auto focus functionality. It also comes with a dual LED flash for enhancing image quality. Other features include FM radio, playback for all kinds of media files/formats, stereo headsets and bluetooth v2.0. A microSD card slot...

The open source version of Google Chrome OS was released on Thursday, and tech wizards didn't waste any time turning the code into a workable test version of the new operating system. If you don't want to wait until next year to see what's going on with Chrome OS, then follow this handy guide to find all the information you need to get the new system up and running on almost any comput...

It's not clear what Microsoft's desktop plans are, but the Windows Server team included slides at PDC suggesting a new major release coming around 20...

Shoppers and retailers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holidays. Criminals are out in full force with plenty of scams to separate you and your mo...

If my argument is successful, there will follow some interesting consequences. First, the hallowed contrast between Mind and Matter will be dissipated, but dissipated not by either of the equally hallowed absorptions of Mind by Matter or Matter by Mind, but in quite a different way.... It will also follow that both Idealism and Materialism are answers to an improper question. The "reduction" of the material world to mental states and processes, as well as the "reduction" of the mental states and processes to physical states...