Archive for May, 2008
Cellity hands out e-mail, free SMS, and cheap calls abroad
Cellity Communicator (download) is an e-mail, SMS, and calling client and service for Java cell phones that’s better than it looks. That may not sound terribly heartening, but it’s no derisive knock. Designing an app that crams phone calls, conference calls, various tiers of texting, and e-mail in…
BenQ camera sports iPhone-like touch screen
(Credit: BenQ)
The Taiwanese manufacturer has just introduced what it claims is the world’s thinnest 8-megapixel digital camera, the BenQ T850. Measuring a compact 14.9 millimeters thick, it has a stainless steel casing, a large 3-inch LCD display, 3x optical zoom, and high ISO 1,600 setting.
But …
Fring’s iPhone and iPod chat app nets two for the price of one
Good things happen to software publishers that listen to their users.
Fring, an aggressively growing company that builds a chat and cheap calling application for Symbian, iPhone, and Windows Mobile platforms, heeded a swell of feedback from iPod Touch users who had been using the pre-release iPh…
Kenko camera does the Mickey thing
(Credit: Crave Asia)
Japanese camera accessories maker Kenko is slapping pictures of Disney characters on its new point-and-shoot.
The DMC-50 comes with a 5.17-megapixel sensor, 2.4-inch LCD screen, 128MB of internal memory (with SD card expansion slot), and 4x digital zoom. That’s right, boys and…
Surf Chair for the Lazy
There is nothing quite like spending a quiet afternoon on a comfortable chair, surfing on your favorite websites. that makes the Surf Chair very suitable for such activities, allowing you to just laze while enjoying the latest webcomics or movie reviews without a care in the world. The monitor, while not the largest in the world, is suspended in f…
FCC approves Philips X800
Guess here’s more nitty gritty on the Philips X800 after receiving the nod of approval from the almighty FCC. Guess several things are confirmed now, including Chinese character input as well as an English-Chinese dictionary. It does come with EDGE connectivity, but that’s as far as it goes since 3G and Wi-Fi have been ruled out. A 2 megapixel cam…
Comcast Hijackers Expose Flaws in World Wide Web’s DNS
Teenage hackers temporarily hijacked and defaced several Comcast Web sites and redirected user e-mail in an exploit that appears to expose fundamental weaknesses in the Internet’s Domain Name System. The hackers, known as Defiant and EBK, apparently used “social engineering” — persuading insiders to hand by history knowledge — to break into Comca…









