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Motorola Droid Bionic update tested

Motorola has started to test their Droid Bionic update on Verizon Wireless, with the mobile carrier sending one out at the beginning of December last year in the form of system software 5.5.893. Apart from that, the past one month plus has seen the arrival of an update to hit 5.9.901, where it will hold [...]

[ More ] January 18th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Skype turns into Santa, gives you free airport WiFi during the holidays

They don’t call this the “giving time of the year” for nothing. A couple of years back we saw Google hook up the traveling masses with gratis WiFi, and today Skype is matching the big G’s kindness by giving you a holiday gift of its own. Starting on December 21st thru the 27th, you’ll be [...]

[ More ] December 20th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Direct X Error Handling good practice

I am working on a Direct3D game (Myst-like) using DirectX9. I have already created a demo and tried it on some computers (one XP, one Vista, 2x Windows 7 and some others) and it worked fine. I tried to install it on a IBM… I am working on a Direct3D game (Myst-like) using DirectX9. I [...]

[ More ] December 14th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

German Company Exploits iTunes Security Flaw to Create Software

Fresh reports say that a German company created software that could monitor from the remote while exploiting a security flaw within iTunes for contaminating target PCs. Actually, an advertising movie file exhibited Gamma International…   Fresh reports say that a German company created software that could monitor from the remote while exploiting a security flaw [...]

[ More ] November 30th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Beta of Skype 5 for Mac Released

A beta of Skype 5 for Mac is now available for download, Skype announced Wednesday. Highlights of the new software include an interface redesign using a single large window, a new control bar, integration with the Mac address book,… A beta of Skype 5 for Mac is now available for download, Skype announced Wednesday. Highlights [...]

[ More ] November 18th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Safari Dominates Mobile Browsers, But Android Gains Ground

In the mobile browser race, Apple’s Safari maintains its lead by a wide margin, according to data from Netmarketshare. Between December 2010 and October 2011, Safari’s share of mobile browsing use rose from 49.17% to a crushing… In the mobile browser race, Apple’s Safari maintains its lead by a wide margin, according to data from [...]

[ More ] November 3rd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Latest ‘Pick of the Week’ PC Software Releases

Brothersoft‘s latest ‘pick of the week’ provides insight into the latest software released this week. It includes Getsubtitle’s Subtitles, FileZilla, Maxon’s Cinebench and AdminCraft’s Google webMail Filer for Thunderbird…. Latest ‘Pick of the Week’ PC Software Releases Brothersoft‘s latest ‘pick of the week’ provides insight into the latest software released this week. It includes Getsubtitle’s [...]

[ More ] August 31st, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

HTC Sense 3.5 spotted in China?

If you think that HTC Sense 3.0 is rockin’ on your Android powered HTC smartphone, I think it won’t be out of place to say that “wait until you see HTC Sense 3.5″. It was reported that the upcoming HTC Bliss will feature the latest version of HTC Sense, and XDA China actually came up [...]

[ More ] August 26th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Chrome’s growth slows in July according to new browser share data

Research firm Net Applications released its most recent browser share trend report on Monday. The latest information suggests that adoption of the Chrome web browser slowed slightly, possibly due to an increase in Safari’s popularity. Chrome had a 13.45% market share during the month of July, up .34 percentage points from the 13.11% share it [...]

[ More ] August 2nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Firefox 4 downloads top 6 million in first 24 hours [video]

Mozilla announced on Tuesday that the final release version of its Firefox 4 Web browser was available for download. Within its first 24 hours of availability, the browser was downloaded over 6 million times. Microsoft’s latest browser release, Internet Explorer 9, was downloaded 2.35 million times in its first 24 hours of availability. Version 4 [...]

[ More ] March 23rd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |