1. New Software Update for Nexus One phones  permalink

New Software Update for Nexus One phones
Googlenexusoneboard.blogspot.com

Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including:

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2. Millionenklage gegen "Liftkartell" in OÖ  permalink

ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk / News.ORF.at

Die Stadt Linz und die GWG haben ihre Schadenersatzklagen gegen jene Aufzugshersteller eingebracht, die in einem Kartell Preisabsprachen zum Nachteil ihrer Kunden getroffen haben sollen.

3. Hasselblad releases H4D-40 medium format camera  permalink

Hasselblad releases H4D-40 medium format camera
Www.dpreview.com

Hasselblad has launched the H4D-40, 40 megapixel medium format camera. It incorporates a 33 x 44mm CCD sensor (almost twice the size of a full-frame 35mm DSLR sensor) and includes the 'True Focus' AF system introduced in the H4D-50 and 60. The H4D-40 kit, including camera body, 80mm lens and viewfinder is available at a retail price of US $19,955 (

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4. A Simple ASP.NET State Server Failover Scheme  permalink

A Simple ASP.NET State Server Failover Scheme
The Code Project Latest Articles

Set up failover and load balancing support for web applications that make use of the ASP.NET state server

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5. Olympus intros $600 12.3 megapixel PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera  permalink

Olympus intros $600 12.3 megapixel PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera
Joanna Stern / Engadget

It certainly took them long enough, but Olympus has finally (finally!) introduced a Micro Four Thirds camera with a price tag that's a little closer to earth. If you'll recall, both of the previous PENs cost upwards of $750, but the E-PL1 touts a much more reasonable MSRP of $599.99. And that doesn't mean Olympus has been stingy on features. Nope,

6. Gateway's FX series desktops revamped, SX / DX series find solace in Core i3 and i5  permalink

Gateway's FX series desktops revamped, SX / DX series find solace in Core i3 and i5
Ross Miller / Engadget

In the market for new desktop machinery? Gateway 's gone ahead and given its gaming-centric FX series a facelift for the new year -- nothing Alienware-esque crazy, but we do like the accessible ports up top, right next to the control dial for LED-infused lighting effects. Enough about the superficial, let's go inside: a 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 ...

7. Ovi Maps Racing by Nokia now in Ovi Store  permalink

Ovi Maps Racing by Nokia now in Ovi Store
Pressbulletinboard.nokia.com

February 2, 2010 - NokiaPressServices, Tags: location-based, mobile game, Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, Nokia N97 mini, Ovi Maps With Ovi Maps Racing, the first location-based mobile game by Nokia, players can navigate and access their location, create a track and race around the block. 

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8. A recent improvement for Arabic searches  permalink

A recent improvement for Arabic searches
A Googler / The Official Google Blog

This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed. We've learned that when performing a search on Google, people sometimes forget to separate words with spaces. Moreover, people often mistakenly repeat a letter within a single word. For instance, when ...

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9. Street Scenes of Munich:  permalink

Street Scenes of Munich:
Omis.me

Earlier this month I was invited to conduct an on stage interview with Jason Kilar, chief executive officer of Huluthe DLD conference in Munich. It gave me a chance to visit the city, walk around in bitter cold and look around what is arguably one of the cleanest and quietest cities in the world.

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10. Sony Ericsson Aspen Smartphone Offers Windows Mobile 6.5.3  permalink

Sony Ericsson Aspen Smartphone Offers Windows Mobile 6.5.3
Www.eweek.com

The Sony Ericsson Aspen is the latest in the GreenHeart line, which promotes recycled materials, energy-efficient chargers and waterborne paints. It pairs the Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5.3 OS with enterprise e-mail support, Wi-Fi and a qwerty keypad.

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11. Adchemy Makes Advertising Personalized in Real Time  permalink

Adchemy Makes Advertising Personalized in Real Time
Liz Gannes / GigaOM

Adchemy has figured out a way to tweak web ads to make them dramatically more effective. The company performs a crazy real-time technical dance to optimize the ads and landing pages shown to searchers. We visited its new office this week to learn more.

12. Yip 705: Poll: How many email accounts?  permalink

Outlooktips / Outlook Tips

I have a couple of new polls up at slipstick.com. With the first, I’m interested in knowing how many email accounts you have in your main Outlook profile. Early responses include people with more than 15 accounts. Wow. If I have that many, I wouldn’t get anything done but check mail. How many email accounts are in your main Outlook profile? ...

13. IPad Prognostications: What Matters in Web Tablets  permalink

IPad Prognostications: What Matters in Web Tablets
Michael Wolf / GigaOM

When it comes to Apple’s iPad , the question for many is not if they will buy the device, but when. However, as detailed in our new report at GigaOM Pro (sub. req’d), which presents the results of a survey of technology enthusiasts we ran in [...]

14. Object Oriented Database db4o  permalink

Digital Media Minute

If you’re creating a local database but have an amount of data that might be a little too big for XML serialization, take a look at db4o if you aren’t already familiar with it. Here’s a little intro and demo of this open source object-oriented database, which makes it unnecessary for Java and .NET developers [...]

15. Actionscript Editor  permalink

Digital Media Minute

If you’re a Mac user and looking for better Actionscript Editors, here’s one developer’s opinion as to why IntelliJIDEA 9 is the way to go rather than Actionscript programming environments like TextMate or Flex/Flash Builder.

16. A Complete Guide to Using Namespaces In AS3  permalink

Www.gskinner.com

I need to define a custom namespace in AS3 a couple times a year at most, and nearly every time, I forget how to do it. The docs tell you to use the "namespace" keyword (which I remember), but not where or how to use it (which is what I forget), and google isn't much help. I always wind up opening mx_internal.as in the Flex SDK as a reference.

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17. Bill Gates And SEO  permalink

Digital Media Minute

So Bill Gates has a new blog, called The Gates Notes. Danny Sullivan at SearchEngineLand.com has some free SEO advice for Bill. This is pretty hard to believe. (At the moment, every page on his site has the same title tag…seriously) It does read as superb intro advice for a beginner though.

18. Creating Instances of UserControls Declaratively and Programmatically  permalink

The Code Project Latest Articles

User controls are easier to create than custom controls, because you can reuse existing controls. Web User control or the .ascx file in asp .net is a replacement for the include file feature in ASP. Web user controls are derived from System.Web.UI.UserControl namespace. They can be added to the aspx page either at design time or programmatically ...

19. A Working Example of Five Different Ways to Make jQuery AJAX Calls  permalink

A Working Example of Five Different Ways to Make jQuery AJAX Calls
The Code Project Latest Articles

This is intended to be a short article to introduce a working example of five different ways to make AJAX calls using jQuery. I have been developing applications running on web browsers for many years, and I realize that AJAX and jQuery are getting close to the ultimate dreams of any programmer who has been working on this subject for some time. ...

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A Working Example of Five Different Ways to Make jQuery AJAX Calls 5 Ways to Make Ajax Calls with jQuery   —  There are at least five ways to make AJAX calls with the jQuery library. For beginners, however, the differences between each can be a bit confusing. In this tutorial, we'll line them up and make a comparison. Additionally. we'll review how to inspect these AJAX calls with Firebug as well.

20. It appears that car park computers revert to their native language, German, when placed under stress  permalink

It appears that car park computers revert to their native language, German, when placed under stress
Oldnewthing / The Old New Thing

A car park in Birmingham switches from English to German in times of stress . That reminded me that over a decade ago, a colleague of mine noticed an error message on the screen at the exit to the parking garage at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The way the airport works, you pick up a ticket as you enter, and you pay your parking fee ...