Gadget and Techno Updates
Archive for April, 2010
When You Need A WAV Converter
Apr 29th
Valuable wav converter readily exists to change all audio formats to WAV. Caution! The utility converter is not only for intellect users! The tool is uncomplicated and perceptive to use. The program enables to transform every aural format in WAV and provide hassle free settings and does not allow dull issues. Our audio utility converter can be man bosom friend since you will just unlock the songs you wish to alter in the main window. Simply clack “Convert” key, then in span of minute you will enjoy listening to your favorite music in wav format. It provides you pleasure in snooping More >
adobe flash gala does hardware decode on macs
Apr 28th
Adobe tonight released Gala, its first-ever version of Flash for the Mac with GPU-based hardware acceleration. The release takes advantage of Mac OS X 10.6.3′s hardware video decoding API to offload the work of decoding H.264 to the graphics chipset rather than the main processor. The change both eases the strain on the system and helps battery life on notebooks by moving tasks to the more power-efficient GPU.
The test release currently requires a modern NVIDIA video core, including the GeForce 9400M on the older unibody MacBooks, present-day Mac minis and certain iMacs; newer MacBook Pros using the GeForce 320M or More >
Facebook videos make switch to HTML5
Apr 27th
Social networking website Facebook has begun switching some of its videos over to HTML5, accounts say. Formerly, any videos native to the site were displayed in a Flash player. With the conversion to HTML5, videos should now be compatible with Apple handhelds such as the iPad and the iPhone. By extension they should also playable on other devices that support HTML5, such as Android smartphones.
Not all videos are available in the new format. Some clips, namely older ones, continue to be hosted in Flash, and will generate error messages on incompatible devices. The transition nevertheless undermines Flash creator Adobe, whose More >
Hold the Hamilton Hand
Apr 27th
Hamilton watches are known for their long term collaborations with some very high profile people and very reputed institutions. From the very beginning of its operations, the company got associated with American railway. It was a manifestation of trust the authorities had on the watch. Later on the company started producing watches for American army which further strengthened the belief in its precision, accuracy and quality. The manufacturers started catering the needs of general public in true sense after the end of World War II. The fake Hamilton watches are one of the established names in the fake watch markets. Some of the More >
Prerelease Nokia N8 known to have Symbian3
Apr 26th
The Nokia N8 has already been given an early review that calls it a poor rival to Android and the iPhone. Symbian^3 is said to have “little change in functionality,” and the phone itself as seen as offering little new that Nokia or other companies haven’t done before. Mobile-Review’s Eldar Murtazin goes so far as to jokingly accuse Nokia employees of sabotaging the company’s brand from the inside, else it might be “impossible to explain” why the N8 exists at all.
Symbian^3 still has some advantages, such as true multitasking, but mostly adds now virtually ubiquitous features like widgets or multiple More >